'Can't Direct State To Enact A Law': MP HC Dismisses PIL For Fixing Ceiling Limit On Expenses Incurred By Candidates In Local Body Elections

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently dismissed a Public Interest Litigation, which had sought for the Court's direction to the state government to take a final decision on the representation submitted by the Petitioner for fixing a limit of the expenses to be incurred by candidates contesting elections to various posts held under the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Evam Gram Swaraj...

If Evidence Of Official Witnesses Inspire Confidence, Lack Of Corroboration By Hostile Independent Witnesses Will Not Affect Prosecution Case: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court has recently observed that if the evidence of official witnesses inspire confidence then the absence of corroboration by independent witnesses who have turned hostile will not make a dent in the prosecution case. A Bench comprising Justice Bivas Pattanayak and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was adjudicating upon a case involving the seizure of fake currency notes. The...

Registering Offence Of Corruption Against Public Servants Merely On Written Complaints Without Supportive Material Disastrous: Madhya Pradesh HC

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently quashed the charge-sheet and consequential proceedings in a case registered for offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PC Act), observing that the investigating agency proceeded for prosecution based on half-baked material, and that allowing trial to proceed on the basis of the same would be an exercise in futility, inevitably resulting...

Change Of Counsel Not Ground To Recall Witnesses U/S 311 CrPC: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Gwalior Bench recently dismissed a criminal revision, whereby the Applicant was praying for re-examination of witnesses in a trial, holding that change of counsel cannot be a ground for recall of the witnesses. Furthermore, it noted that if the Applicant felt that his previous Counsel had indulged in professional misconduct, he should report the same to...

'Not Entitled To Relief U/Art. 226': Calcutta HC Refuses To Interfere With Show Cause Notice Issued By UIDAI Suspecting Petitioner's Citizenship

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday refused to interfere in a dispute over the citizenship of a Hindu man, claiming to have converted his religion from Islam, by observing that no relief can be granted under Article 226 of the Constitution.The petitioner had challenged a show cause notice dated January 27, 2022 issued by the UIDAI stipulating that his Aadhar Card would be deactivated if he...

Prenatal Sex Determination | Magistrate Can't Take Cognizance Of Complaint Unless Filed By 'Appropriate Authority' Notified By Govt: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that the under section 28 of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, a Magistrate court cannot take cognizance of a complaint except it being registered by an 'Appropriate Authority' notified by the Central or the State government. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna...

Reopening Of Income Tax Assessment Can't Be Allowed On Grounds Of Future Contingencies: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the reopening of Income Tax Assessment cannot be allowed on grounds of future contingencies. The division bench of Justice N.J.Jamadar and Justice K.R.Shriram has noted that the entire exercise of reassessment is only contingent on a future event and a consequence that may endure upon the decision of the Tribunal, that again if the Tribunal were...

Defence Of Accused Can't Be Looked Into In Writ Plea Seeking Quashing Of FIR: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the defence of the accused cannot be looked into while considering the writ petition seeking quashing of the First Information Report.The Bench Justice Anjani Kumar Mishra and Justice Deepak Verma observed thus while dismissing a plea filed by one Kalicharan seeking the quashing of the impugned F.I.R. registered against him under Section 302,...

Bhima Koregaon: Bombay High Court Allows Anand Teltumbde To Visit Nonagenarian Mother For 2 Days Following Brother's Death In An Encounter

Three months after his brother's demise in an encounter, the Bombay High Court permitted Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde to meet his nonagenarian mother in Chandrapur on March 8 and 9, 2022 under escort protection. An undertrial in the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad Case, Teltumbde had sought direction for interim bail from the High Court after the Special NIA Court refused his...

U.S. President Nominates First Black Woman To The Supreme Court Of United States

U.S. President Joe Biden, last week, announced U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to the United States Supreme Court. Jackson, if confirmed would be the first black woman jurist to the Supreme Court of United States. Introducing Jackson, the President in the nomination speech said that he wanted to select a nominee worthy of retiring Justice Stephen...

Plea In High Court Challenges Delhi Govt Order Prohibiting Discounts On MRP Of Liquor

A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court challenging an order issued by the Delhi Government prohibiting the issuance or grant of discounts or rebate or concessions by the retail licensees on MRP of liquor in the city. The plea moved through Advocates Sanjay Abbot, Tanmaya Mehta and Honey Uppal challenges the order dated February 28, 2022 passed by the Department of Excise, Entertainment...

Fitness For Recruitment In Armed Forces| Opinion Of Medical Board Prevails Over Pvt/ Govt Doctors; No Interference U/A 226 Unless Malafide: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that for selection to armed forces, the candidates must be fully fit and no benefit of doubt in this regard can be given to them.It further held that the medical opinion of doctors of the Forces, who are well aware of the demands of duties and the physical standards required to discharge the same, cannot be discarded and would, in fact, prevail over the report...