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Teacher Recruitment Scam: Calcutta HC Orders Police Commissioner To Be Present At Kolkata Airport Today Evening To Take WB Minister Paresh Adhikari Directly To CBI Office
The Calcutta High Court today directed the Police Commissioner of Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate to be present at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Airport, Kolkata on Thursday evening so that Minister of State for School Education Paresh Chandra Adhikari can be directly taken from the airport to the CBI office at Nizam Palace in Kolkata for questioning over the alleged illegal appointment of...
Delhi High Court Sets Aside Delhi Govt's Doorstep Ration Delivery Scheme
The Delhi High Court on Thursday set aside scheme of the Delhi Government for doorstep delivery of ration. A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh delivered the verdict in the pleas filed by Delhi Sarkari Ration Dealers Sangh and Delhi Ration Dealers Union, opposing the scheme.The Bench however said that the Delhi Government is entitled to frame a...
No Valid Sale Under Law If Notice Of Sale On Which Parties Acted Upon Has Been Set Aside: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday observed that when the notice of sale based on which the parties bid for property has been set aside, it can be presumed that there is no valid sale under the law. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas thereby dismissed the plea which had sought a direction to the respondent to confirm the sale of the property auctioned by the petitioners after accepting the balance...
Teacher Recruitment Scam: Calcutta HC Directs WB Minister Paresh Adhikari To Appear Before CBI At 3PM Over Alleged Illegal Appointment Of Daughter
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed Minister of State for School Education Paresh Chandra Adhikari to appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by 3pm today over the alleged appointment of his daughter as a teacher in a government-aided school.The direction was issued on a petition by a candidate who had alleged that she was deprived of the job despite having secured...
Trial Court Has Power To Modify Orders Of Custody & Disposal Of Property Pending Trial U/S 451 CrPC As Per Changed Circumstances: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the Trial Court would not be powerless to modify orders of custody and disposal of property pending trial as provided under sec. 451 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, as per changed circumstances. Justice Asha Menon added that the power to modify orders passed under sec. 451 Cr.P.C. is inherent in the provision as the purpose is only safe custody...
SSC Recruitment Scam: Justices Harish Tandon & Rabindranath Samanta Recuse From Hearing State's Appeal Against Deployment Of CRPF In SSC Office
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday recused from hearing an appeal preferred by the State government against a Single Bench order directing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take assistance of central forces to secure the West Bengal School Service Commission (SCC) building in Kolkata over claims of evidence tampering pertaining to the case of alleged...
False Rape Case: Madhya Pradesh High Court Says Prosecutrix Must Be Asked To Refund Compensation Paid By State
The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently directed the trial court to issue direction against the Prosecutrix in a rape case to refund the compensation she had received from the State Government because she had admitted in her statement that she had lodged a false report against the accused. Deciding the bail application moved by the Applicant/accused, Justice Vivek...
Kashmiri Separatist Leader Yasin Malik Convicted In J&K Terror Funding Case After He Pleads Guilty
A Special NIA Court in Delhi on Thursday convicted Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, after he pleaded guilty in connection with Jammu & Kashmir terror funding case.The arguments on quantum of sentence will be heard on May 25. The Court has sought an affidavit from Malik regarding his financial assets. Meanwhile, National Investigation Agency (NIA) has also been asked to submit a...
Trial Court Must Give Opportunity Of Hearing To IO Before Ordering Action For Allegedly Botched Up Investigation: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently set aside the order passed by the trial court, directing the Superintendent of Police to take action against the Investigating Officer for an allegedly botched up investigation, observing that he was not given an opportunity by the lower court to explain his position. Quashing the impugned order, Justice Atul Sreedharan...
Mere Joining Of Son In Execution Of Sale Deed Does Not Raise Presumption That Subject Property Is "Family Property": Madras High Court
The Madras High Court bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh observed that merely because a son has been added as a co-vendor in a sale deed would not give rise to the presumption that the property being dealt with is a family property. The court further held that the burden of proof to prove that the property was a joint family property or was purchased from the surplus income...
'Consent Can Be Reasonably Deciphered': Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Doctor In Rape Case
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted bail to a doctor who was accused of raping another doctor finding that the prima facie evidence shows that it was a consensual relationship.Justice C. Jayachandran held that the question of whether such consent was vitiated by the alleged false promise to marry should be considered by the trial court. "Going by the prosecution's allegations,...
Order 14 Rule 2 CPC | Where Suit Involving Mixed Question Of Law & Fact Can Be Disposed On Issue Of Law Alone, Same Must Be Decided First: Manipur HC
The Manipur High Court has recently held that Order 14 Rule 2(1) CPC is a general rule which provides that the Court shall pronounce judgment on all issues, notwithstanding the fact that the case may be disposed of on a preliminary issue.However, it added that an exception to this Rule is provided under Order 14 Rule 2(2), which states that where issues of law and of fact arise in the same...