Rajasthan Judicial Service: High Court Dismisses Review Petition Challenging Answer Key Of 2021 Preliminary Exam As 'Misconceived'

The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday dismissed a review petition challenging the answer key of Preliminary Examination for selection to the post of Rajasthan Civil Judge. The review petition was filed against the order dated 08.04.2022, whereby the division bench had dismissed a batch of writ petitions questioning the correctness and validity of the merit list prepared after...

POCSO Act | Chargesheet Filed Without FSL Report Not Incomplete, No Ground For Default Bail U/S 167(2) CrPC: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court, while dealing with a case registered under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO), held that, for an offense of sexual assault, final report would be complete on statement of the prosecutrix and FSL report can be used only to corroborate their version. The bench comprising Justice Suvir Sehgal held that based...

Hanskhali Gangrape & Murder: Plea In Calcutta High Court Seeks Transfer Of Trial From Nadia To Kolkata, CBI Files Status Report

The Calcutta High Court on Monday took on record the latest status report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) pertaining to the Hanshkhali gangrape and murder case. According to reports, a 14-year-old girl belonging to the scheduled caste community died on April 5 after she was allegedly gangraped by the son of a panchayat member owing allegiance to the Trinamool Congress (TMC)...

Two Accused In Birbhum Massacre Granted Bail In 'Improper Manner': Plea Alleges In Calcutta High Court, Record Sought

The Calcutta High Court on Monday took on record the second progress report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) pertaining to the investigation into the violence in Birbhum district of West Bengal, in which ten persons were killed allegedly in retaliation to the murder of local All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Bhadu Sheikh.The Court had earlier also transferred to the...

"These Are Important Matters": Bombay High Court Seeks State's Response On Resumption Of Video Call Facilities For Prison Inmates

The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra Government to take urgent instructions on a PIL to resume voice call and video call facility for prison inmates across the state, to communicate with family members and legal counsel.The development comes in a petition filed by the People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) through its secretary Sandhya Gokhale. Their counsel submitted...

Calcutta High Court Orders DLSA & SALSA To Process Compensation Within 2 Weeks For Victims, Kin In 5 Recent Rape Cases

The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) and the State Legal Services Authority (SALSA) to expeditiously decide a representation seeking compensation for the victims and their family members pertaining to the 5 recent rape cases that have been reported in various districts of West Bengal last month.The direction was issued while adjudicating upon...

Kerala High Court Monthly Digest: April 2022 [Citations:155- 200]

Nominal IndexUdaya Sounds v. Principal Commissioner of Income Tax & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 155K.A John & Anr v. State of Kerala & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 156 Nisha Haneefa v. Abdul Latheef & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 157 Leelamma Eapen v. District Magistrate & Ors, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 158 Vijayakumar v State of Kerala, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 159Beksy A v. District...

COVID-19: High Court Seeks Delhi Govt's Stand On Compensation Policy For On Duty Deaths In Hospitals/ Non-Requisitioned Nursing Homes

The Delhi High Court has recently sought the stand of the Delhi Government about the policy framed by it regarding the compensation payable to doctors, nurses, security staff, sanitation staff, paramedical staff and other attendant staff, who were working with private or public hospitals or running private nursing homes that were not requisitioned for treatment and who died during the...

Condonation Of Delay | Indolence Beyond A Point Results In Forfeiture Of Right To Secure Justice: Delhi High Court

In the context of condonation of delay, the Delhi High Court has observed that indolence, beyond a point, results in forfeiture of the right to secure justice.Justice C Hari Shankar dismissed the appeal challenging the impugned order dated 30th November, 2015, which was initially challenged before the High Court after nearly three years in 2018. The Court said that there was no explanation as...

Wrongful Availment Of ITC: Chhattisgarh High Court Refuses Bail

The Chhattisgarh High Court bench headed by Chief Justice Arup Kumar Goswami and Justice Gautam Chourdiya has refused to grant bail to a person allegedly involved in availment of fraudulent Input Tax Credit (ITC).The appellants created several fictitious and physically non-existent trading company firms in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra,...

Moynaguri Sexual Assault: PIL In Calcutta High Court Seeks CBI Probe After Minor Victim Sets Herself Ablaze Over Threat To Withdraw Complaint, Dies

A renewed prayer for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been made before the Calcutta High Court on Monday with regards to an incident of attempted rape that took place at Moynaguri in West Bengal last month, in light of the fact that the minor victim had succumbed to her injuries. The minor victim girl who had set herself ablaze following a threat to withdraw a...

Mere Involvement In Other Cases Can't Be Sole Basis To Confine Accused In Perpetuity, Case To Be Considered On Its Own Merits: Punjab & Haryana HC

Punjab and Haryana High Court on April 27, 2022, while dealing with a petition for seeking concession of regular bail in FIR registered under provisions of IPC and the Arms Act, held that taking into consideration, the role of the petitioner, the alleged recovery and the stage of investigation along with the period of actual custodial detention already undergone, it is appropriate to...