Madras High Court Reserves Orders Regarding Movement Of Vehicles Through Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

The Madras High Court has reserved orders in the matter pertaining to the night traffic ban in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve. Earlier, the bench comprising of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy had directed the Additional Advocate General J. Ravindran to file an affidavit detailing the alternative routes that can be utilised for movement of traffic...

Rubbing Male Organ On Vagina Or Urethra Over Victim's Underpants Amounts To Rape: Meghalaya High Court

A Division Bench of the Meghalaya High Court comprising of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice W. Diengdoh held that rubbing male organ on the vagina or urethra of prosecutrix despite she wearing her underpants, would still amount to penetration for the purpose of Section 375(b), IPC. "Penetration for the purpose of Section 375 of the Penal Code does not have to be...

Reassessment Notice Issued Within 5 Hours Of Receiving Information, Bombay High Court Says Nothing Wrong, If There Is Application Of Mind

The Bombay High Court bench of Justice K.R. Shriram and Justice Amit B. Borkar has upheld the validity of the reassessment notice issued within 5 hours of receiving information against Maharashtra Minister, Chhagan Chandrakant. The petitioner/assessee was Maharashtra's Cabinet Minister. He filed the return of income for the assessment year 2012–13, which was accepted without...

Rejection Of GST Refund Application On The Ground Of Delay Not Valid, Extension Of Limitation Applicable: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court bench consisting of Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Justice Jayant Banerji observed that the refund application under the Goods and Service Tax (GST) cannot be rejected merely on the ground of delay."We find that the refund application of the petitioner could not have been rejected by the respondent merely on the ground of delay, ignoring the order of the...

'Wakf Board Meddling In Administration Of Nagore Dargah': Ad Hoc Board Of Administrators Files Affidavit Before Madras HC

Nagore Dargah's Ad-Hoc Board of Administrators has filed an affidavit before the Madras High Court stating that they have done everything in the best interests of the Dargah and the Tamil Nadu State Wakf Board has been meddling in the day to day administration of dargah from June 2018."...the counsel for the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board had claimed to represent us though we did not authorize him and...

Lawyer Appears In Court Without Gown, Allahabad High Court Calls It 'Unfortunate'

The Allahabad High Court recently pulled up a Lawyer who appeared in the court without a gown and termed it as 'unfortunate'.The Bench of Justice Pritinker Diwaker and Justice Ashutosh Srivastava, however, did not refer the matter to the State Bar Council as it noted that he is a 'young' lawyer."Shri Sandeep, appeared in the Court without gown, this is unfortunate. However, considering the...

Section 125 CrPC Falls Within Constitutional Sweep Of Article 15 (3); It Intends To Protect Women, Children & Infirm Parents: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has observed that Section 125 Cr.P.C. is enacted for social justice and especially to protect women and children and also old and infirm parents and that this provision falls within the constitutional sweep of Article 15 (3), re-enforced by Article 39 of the Constitution of India. The Bench of Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav observed thus as it stressed that this...

Testimony Of Interested Witness Has To Be Examined With Extra Care And Caution, Reiterates Allahabad High Court

While stressing that during the trial of a case, the testimonies of the interested witnesses have to be examined with extra care and caution, the Allahabad High Court today dismissed an appeal filed by the informant of the case challenging the acquittal order of the trial court in an attempt to murder case.Finding serious discrepancies in the statements of the interested witnesses in the...

Sedition Case: Delhi Court Proposes Day To Day Hearing Of Trial Against Sharjeel Imam In Anti-CAA Speeches Case

A Delhi Court on Tuesday proposed day to day hearing of the trial against Sharjeel Imam in a case relating to the alleged inflammatory speeches made by him in Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia area in Delhi against the Citizenship Amendment Act.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat today formally framed charges against Imam in his presence and read out and explained the said charges...

Govt. Reduces GST To 5% On Domestic Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Services In Aviation Industry

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has notified the reduction in Goods and Service Tax (GST) from 18% to 5% on Domestic Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul Services. The press release stated that the average number of passengers carried in the pre-COVID financial year (2019–20) was around 4 lakh per day. On March 6, 2022, domestic airlines in India carried around 3.7...

'Underwent A Traumatic Experience, Was Panic Stricken & Disoriented': Calcutta HC Dismisses Plea Of Delayed Lodging Of FIR, Upholds Conviction Of Gang Rape

The Calcutta High Court has recently observed that a delay of a few hours in lodging of the FIR by a victim of gang rape will not vitiate the prosecution case since it is natural for the victim to remain disoriented and confused after having gone through such a traumatic experience thereby justifying such a delay. A Bench comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Bivas Pattanayak was...

Karnataka Education Act Empowers Government To Prescribe Uniform: Karnataka High Court In Hijab Case

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday upheld the validity of the Government order dated February 5, providing for prescription of dress code in educational institutions. A full bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishan S Dixit and Justice J M Khazi said, "Section 133(2) of the (Education) Act which is broadly worded empowers the government to issue any directions...