BJP Worker Found Dead In Kolkata: PIL In High Court Suspects Foul Play, Seeks Judicial Intervention

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Calcutta High Court on Friday seeking the Court's intervention regarding the death of a 26-year-old BJP worker who was found hanging inside an abandoned building on Friday morning.According to reports, the deceased, identified as Arjun Chowrasia, was found hanging inside a building in North Kolkata's Ghosh Bagan area. He was...

NOC Not Mandatory For Registering Sale Of Fragmented Land: Bombay High Court Strikes Down Provision In Maharashtra Registration Rules, 1961

The Bombay High Court has read down Rule 44(1)(i) of the Maharashtra Registration Rules, 1961 which imposed additional conditions on the person seeking registration of sale deeds for lands of certain size and therefore produce a No Objection Certificate for fragmentation of the land from the competent authority. A circular issued by the Inspector General of Registration and Controller...

High Court Seeks Response Of Centre, Delhi Govt On Steps Taken For Continuing Education Of Children Orphaned Due To COVID-19

The Delhi High Court has sought the response of Delhi Government on the steps taken by it independently for the purposes of continuing the education of children who may have lost their parents due to Covid-19 in aided or government established schools.Justice Yashwant Varma also sought response of competent authority in the Ministry of Women and Child Development explaining in detail the...

Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: April 2022 [Citations 266 - 387]

CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 266 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 387NOMINAL INDEXSacheerome Advanced Technologies (SAT) versus NEC Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (NECI) 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 266RANA AYYUB v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 267LIVING MEDIA INDIA LIMITED & ANR. v. AABTAK CHANNEL.COM (JOHN DOES) & ORS. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 268DR NAND KISHORE GARG v. GNCTD 2022 LiveLaw (Del)...

Consent Of Prosecutrix Not Vitiated When Her Doubts In Relationship Got Cemented With Lapse Of Time: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court recently held that the consent of the prosecutrix under Section 90 of the Indian Penal Code was not vitiated when her doubts in the relationship got cemented with the lapse of time. Setting aside the conviction of the accused under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, a Division Bench of Justices Rongon Mukhopadhyay and Rajesh Kumar noted that, "If at all there was...

Shawarma Food Poisoning: Kerala High Court Calls For Constant Monitoring & Enforcement Of Food Safety Standards

Prevention is certainly better than prosecution, the Court said.

Decline In Population Of Indigenous Cows: Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL Against Artificial Insemination Using Exotic Foreign Breeds

Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a PIL filed seeking directions to Centre and States to take steps for the artificial insemination of Non-Descript indigenous Cows using the semen from pure/descript Indigenous Breeds as opposed to 'Exotic' Foreign Breeds.A bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Hima Kohli has issued notice to the Union of India and all...

Karnataka High Court Issues Guidelines For Making Or Continuing Entries In Rowdy Register /History Sheets In Light Of 'Privacy Jurisprudence'

The Karnataka High Court recently issued guidelines to be followed by the police before entering the name of an individual to the Register of Rowdies, which is maintained by every police station. A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit said, "The implications of the name of an individual being entered, and indefinitely continued in the 'Register of Rowdies' are far reaching....

"Sport Is Suffering": Delhi High Court Appoints Court Commissioner For Conducting Elections To Executive Committee Of Taekwondo Federation Of India

The Delhi High Court has appointed a Court Commissioner-cum-Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting elections for the executive committee of the Taekwondo Federation of India.Observing that the sport of Taekwondo was suffering and the genuine Taekwondo players were not getting the opportunity to represent the country, Justice Rekha Palli said:"It would, therefore, be in the interest...

Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case: High Court Grants One Week For Filing Relevant Documents, Adjourns Umar Khalid & Sharjeel Imam's Bail Pleas

The Delhi High Court on Friday once again adjourned hearing in the appeals filed by student activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam challenging the Trial Court's orders refusing them bail in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.A division bench comprising of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar will now be hearing bail pleas of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam on May 19 and...

CBI Arrests Interim Resolution Professional For Demanding A Bribe Of 20 Lakhs

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested insolvency professional Mr. Subrata Monindranath Maity (IRP) for demanding a bribe of INR 20 lakhs from the promoter of Guardian Home Pvt. Ltd. for settlement of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) of Guardian Homes. Brief Background NCLT Mumbai vide its order dated 03.01.2020 dismissed the Section 9 petition against...

BREAKING| Calcutta High Court Directs IPS Officer Amit P. Javalgi To Supervise Probe Into Moynaguri Sexual Assault Case

The Calcutta High Court vide order dated May 4, 2022 has directed IPS officer Amit P. Javalgi to oversee the investigation into the case of death by suicide by a class eight girl at Moynaguri, West Bengal following the commission of the offence of attempt to rape upon her. The minor victim girl who had set herself ablaze following a threat to withdraw a police complaint regarding the rape...