Law Intern Allegedly Assaulted At Law Firm: Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash FIR

The Karnataka High Court recently refused to quash a case registered by the police against an Advocate under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act, 2000, on a complaint filed by a Law Intern. A single judge bench of Justice V.Srishananda said, "Who is the aggressor party, what exactly that transpired are all subject matter of the investigation and...

The Assessing Officer And Inspecting Person Need Not Be Same Person Under The Electricity Act: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court bench of Justice Devashis Baruah has held that Section 126 of the Electricity Act, 2003 empowers the Assessing Officer as designated to carry out the provisional assessment and pass the order of provisional assessment.The petitioner/assessee is a consumer of electricity with a contracted demand of 1001 KVA. A technical inspection of the petitioner's electrical...

Daughter Living With Grandparents Does Not Absolve Father's Responsibility To Provide Maintenance: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that a father cannot deny his responsibility to maintain his wife and daughter even if he has to take care of his parents. It thus upheld a Family Court order directing him to give maintenance to the wife and daughter.A Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna added that merely because the daughter is living with her maternal grandparents,...

"Adverse Remarks Prejudicial To My Reputation": Former UP AAG Jyoti Sikka Moves Allahabad HC Challenging Single Judge Order

Former Additional Advocate General, Uttar Pradesh Jyoti Sikka has moved the Allahabad High Court challenging an order of the Single Judge (of March 2, 2022) alleging that in the order, adverse remarks were made against her which were capable of having professional repercussions for her.For the uninitiated, the Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh had taken an exception to Sikka's failure to...

Litigant Seeking Adjournments From Trial Court Can't Invoke High Court's Supervisory Jurisdiction U/Art 227 For Expeditious Proceedings: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has observed that it is not permissible for a litigant to seek adjournments before a Trial Court and thereafter invoke the jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 227 of the Constitution seeking expeditious proceedings. Justice C Hari Shankar was dealing with a petition seeking a direction to the Additional District Judge, Karkardooma Courts, to decide expeditiously,...

"This Is Ilegal Detention" : Delhi High Court Pulls Up MHA For Not Giving Premature Release To Prisoner Despite Order

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday pulled up the Union Ministry of Home Affairs for not complying with an order passed way back in January 2021 for granting premature release to a prisoner.A bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad warned that the MHA Secretary will be summoned personally to show-cause for not initiating contempt action, if the order is not complied within a week.The bench...

IIT-M Professors Get Pre-Arrest Bail From Madras High Court In PhD Scholar Sexual Harassment Case

The Madras High Court on Wednesday granted Anticipatory Bail to two professors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) in connection with a case for sexually harassing a PhD candidate of the University. While granting bail, Justice G Jayachandran observed that there was no reasons to deny bail to the professors as no allegation was directly made against them. The only...

"Strong Suspicion Of Planned Syndicate Selling & Buying Children": Delhi High Court Upholds Charges Framed Against Medical Professional

The Delhi High Court has recently upheld charges framed against a woman, a medical professional, under Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, finding a "strong suspicion" of a planned syndicate for selling and buying of children.Justice Subramonium Prasad upheld the Trial Court order which had framed charges under sec. 120B read with sec. 363...

"How Will These Bodies Function?": Delhi HC Seeks Centre's Response Over Failure To Fill Posts Created For Welfare Of Persons With Disabilities

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday expressed concern over Centre's failure to fill up various vacancies with respect to the statutory posts created for the welfare of persons with disabilities."Why aren't the vacancies being filled? How will these bodies function? Why such reluctance? These are statutory bodies....Do you know what will happen if these organizations are not allowed to run!"...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Grants Bail To Man Arrested For Carrying "Toy Gun" To Movie Theatre

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently granted bail to a man arrested under Sections 290 (Punishment for public nuisance), 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) r/w 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) IPC and under Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 for carrying a toy gun to a cinema theatre.Justice Cheekati Manavendranath Roy observed that...

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Stand On Plea Seeking Details Of Lokpal Selection Committee Meetings

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the stand of Central Government on a plea seeking details of meetings of the Selection Committee constituted under the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act 2013 for selecting the Chairperson and members of the Lokpal. Justice Yashwant Varma was dealing with a plea filed by RTI activist Anjali Bhardwaj, challenging an order dated January 28, 2021 passed by the...

Essential To Protect Witness Identity: Calcutta High Court Tells State In PIL Over 4 Rape Cases

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday took on record the status report filed by the State government pertaining to the investigation into each of the rape cases in Deganga, Matia, Ingrejbazar and Banshdroni in West Bengal. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj had earlier asked IPS officer Damayanti Sen to oversee the probe in the rape...