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Gauri Lankesh Murder: Karnataka High Court Directs Jail Superintendent To Provide Treatment To Accused In Private Hospital
The Karnataka High Court has directed the Superintendent of Jail to shift and provided treatment to K T Naveen Kumar, an accused in the journalist Gauri Lankesh murder case, in a private hospital. A single judge bench of Justice K Natarajan while allowing the petition, set aside the order of Special Court dated December 31, 2021 and said, "The Superintendent of jail is directed to...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: February 28 To March 6, 2022
CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 53 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 60Nominal Index: Shivanand S/O Karabasappa Gurannavar v. Basavva @ Laxmi W/O Shivanand Gurannavar 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 53 M/S SAPL-GCC JV v. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 54 Dhondiba Anna Jadhav v. The State Of Karnataka 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 55 Padmanabha v. State of Karnataka 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 56 Michael Graham Prince...
Expected From Parents To Pay Necessary Fees Or Some Installments To Pvt Schools Which Have Settled Fee Structure After Apex Court's Decision, Rajasthan HC
The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur observed that it was expected from the parents to pay necessary fees or at least some installments, if their children are enrolled in private schools which have settled fee structure after Apex Court's decision. In this matter, petitioners are students of respondent No.1-Cambridge Court High School, which have allegedly deprived the petitioners to...
'Unwholesome': Kerala High Court Deletes Bail Condition Imposed On Migrant Labourers To Produce Sureties From State
The Kerala High Court last week deleted the condition imposed by a Judicial Magistrate of producing sureties from Kerala on the bail granted to a group of migrant labourers.In a plea moved by the workers, Justice K. Haripal observed that it was unwholesome to insist them to produce sureties from the State itself while deleting the condition that sureties must belong to the State of Kerala.A...
BJP's Plea Seeking Deployment Of Central Forces In WB Municipal Elections: Calcutta HC Adjourns Hearing To March 11 On State Gov's Request
The Calcutta High Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of the plea moved by Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) seeking the deployment of central forces during the recently held elections to the 108 municipalities of the State on the ground that large scale violence had taken place during the elections to the four municipal corporations – Siliguri, Bidhannagar, Asansol and Chandernagore which...
"Considering Issue On Administrative Side": Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking To Adopt 'Virtual Hearings' As A Norm
The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation, seeking to adopt virtual court hearings as a norm across all the Courts in the national capital.The petitioner, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, stated that virtual court hearings are extremely convenient and time saving, hence, the Court should consider adopting it as a norm in all district courts as well as the...
Calcutta High Court Weekly Roundup: February 28 To March 6, 2022
Citations: 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 59- 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 70Nominal IndexSwadhin Kumar Sarkar v. Chandana Sarkar and Ors 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 59Dipak Singha v. State of West Bengal 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 60Nasrin Khatun v. The State of West Bengal & Ors 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 61Ashok Kumar Sureka v. Assistant Commissioner State Tax, Durgapur Range, Government of West Bengal 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 62Zia...
Gold Was Freely Importable By Normal Importer prior to DGFT Notification Dated 18 December, 2019: CESTAT
The Banglore Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that gold was freely importable by the normal importer prior to the restrictions imposed by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) vide Notification dated 18 December 2019.The two-member bench of Ashok Jindal (Judicial Member) and C. J. Mathew (Technical Member) has ruled that the...
Rajasthan High Court Weekly Roundup: February 28 To March 6, 2022
Nominal IndexAkhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) v. The State Of Rajasthan and Ors.; 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 81 Chitranshi Goyal v. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.; 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 82 Prakash Chand Saini v. State Of Rajasthan; 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 83 Bhagwati Singh (Since Deceased) S/o (Late) Shri Raja Mansingh v. Raja Laxman Singh S/o (Late) Shri Raja Mansingh and...
Delhi High Court Dismisses Alapan Bandyopadhyay's Plea Challenging CAT's Order Transferring His Case To Delhi From Kolkata
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the plea filed by Former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, challenging the order passed by Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench which had transferred his petition filed before the Kolkata Bench to the Principal Bench at New Delhi.The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh while pronouncing the...
Section 377 IPC Attracted Even When Penetration With Sexual Intent Happens On Any Part Of Body Other Than Vagina: P&H High Court
In a significant observation and widening the scope of Section 377 of IPC (Unnatural offences), the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that this offence is attracted even in a situation where the penetration happens to be on any other part of the body of a victim (other than Vagina) with sexual intent.The Bench of Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj further observed that Section 377 is to be...
Proper Facts & Evidence Must Be Placed Before Court To Invoke PIL Jurisdiction: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has observed that a citizen approaching the court in a public interest jurisdiction holds greater duty to make full research and present necessary facts before the court to cause further investigation. In the present matter, serious allegations were made by the petitioners with respect to mis-management of the respondent No. 2, Arth Credit...