Kerala High Court Hears Actor Vijay Babu's Anticipatory Bail Pleas In Rape Case In-Camera

The Kerala High Court on Monday held an in-camera hearing for actor-producer Vijay Babu's pleas for anticipatory bail in the case where an actress accused him of sexually exploiting her and in the case for revealing her identity respectively. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas ordered for the case to be heard in camera at the request of the State. Last week, the actor had secured interim...

Anil Deshmukh Moves Bombay High Court Seeking One Day Release To Cast Vote In MLC Elections

Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has filed an interim application in the Bombay High Court seeking to be released on a bond for a day to cast his vote in the upcoming MLC elections in the State on Monday, June 20, 2022.In the alternative, Deshmukh has sought permission to go to Vidhan Bhavan under escorts anytime between 9am-6pm and cast his vote.The IA filed in his pending...

Non-Examination Of 4-Yr-Old Rape Victim Not Fatal To Prosecution Case: Delhi High Court Upholds Life Sentence Under POCSO Act

The Delhi High Court has upheld life sentence awarded to a man for committing rape on a 4 year old minor girl within his close family. A division bench comprising of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Mini Pushkarna was dealing with an appeal filed by one Mukish, challenging the Judgment dated 28th November, 2019 and order on point of sentence dated 29th November, 2019 passed by POCSO Judge....

Swapna Suresh Moves Kerala High Court To Quash FIR Alleging Conspiracy Behind Her Remarks Against Chief Minister

Swapna Suresh, the prime accused in the infamous gold smuggling case, has approached the Kerala High Court seeking to quash the FIR registered against her for allegedly spreading false information against MLA K.T Jaleel, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the Government.Swapna Suresh is the prime accused in the gold smuggling case which had snowballed into a political controversy in the...

Formal Documentation Not Mandatory For Adoption Of Privately Owned Elephants, Commercial Transactions Prohibited: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that Section 40 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 permits private ownership of live elephants and there is no bar in giving them up in adoption, so long as the transaction is of non-commercial nature.The observation was made while dismissing a PIL against adoption of four elephants by Gujarat based Radha Krishna Temple Elephant Welfare Trust (Respondent...

AO Failed To Consider Genuine Purchases And Sales Entered In The Books Of Account: Himachal Pradesh High Court Deletes Addition

The Himachal Pradesh High Court bench of Justice Sabina and Justice Satyen Vaidya has deleted the addition on the grounds that the Assessing Officer (AO) has failed to consider genuine purchases and sales entered in the books of account. The respondent/assessee company followed a direct marketing business model and derived income from retail trading of various consumer goods. The...

[Rajya Sabha Polls 2022] "No Notice, Ex-Parte Order": Shiv Sena MLA Suhas Kande Moves Bombay High Court Against Invalidation Of Vote By ECI

Shiv Sena MLA Suhas Kande has approached the Bombay High Court challenging invalidation of his vote in the biennial elections of the Rajya Sabha by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on June 10.Kande states that there is no provision under which the ECI has Appellate Powers over orders of the Election Officer. Moreover that the ECI's order was passed ex-parte, without any notice to...

Orissa High Court Quarterly Digest: January-March 2022 [Citations 1-36]

Nominal Index: 1. Binod Bihari Sethy v. State of Odisha, 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 12. Dara Singh @ Rabindra Kumar Pal v. State of Orissa, 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 23. Chinmay Mohanty & Anr. v. Bar Council of India & Anr., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 34. Ashok Kumar Agarwala v. Registrar General of Orissa High Court & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 45. Surendra Kumar Sahoo v. State of Odisha, 2022...

"No Citizen Can Take Law In Own Hands": Rajasthan High Court Refuses Bail To Two In Honour Killing Case, Orders Further Investigation

The Rajasthan High Court on Friday denied bail to two accused, including the girl's brother, in a case 'having a strong trait of honour killing'.Essentially, the deceased-Azad and the accused petitioner-Bhim Saini's sister were in a relationship. As the girl's family was not pleased with the same, therefore, the couple eloped. They were later apprehended by the police and the girl was made...

Factories Act Is Not In Substitution Of Any Other Statute, Does Not Override Indian Penal Code: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court, while dealing with a matter wherein usage of non-updated machinery led to the death of two labourers, held that provision of Factories Act, 1948 are not in substitution but are supplemental to any other Act; and thus they do not override the provisions of the Indian Penal Code. The bench comprising Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj observed that perusal...

Allahabad HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against Alt News' Mohd. Zubair Over His Tweet Allegedly Calling 3 Hindu Seers 'Hate Mongers'

The Allahabad High Court recently dismissed a petition moved by the Co-Founder of Alt News, Mohammed Zubair challenging an FIR registered against him earlier this month for a tweet in which he allegedly called 3 Hindu seers- Yati Narasinghanand Saraswati, Bajrang Muni and Anand Swaroop as 'Hate mongers'It may be noted that Zubair was booked by the Uttar Pradesh Police earlier this month...

Filing Written Request Must For The Accused To Be Treated As A Witness U/S 315 CrPC: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that an accused person can be competent witness, provided there is a written permission or there is a written request made to the concerned court at the instance of accused under Section 315 CrPC.It thus dismissed the petition challenging the order of the Sessions Court which rejected the Petitioner's application for being treated as a witness, in the absence...