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Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 21 to February 27, 2022
A weekly round-up of important legal developments in Karnataka.1: No Vicarious Liability ForCriminal Offences In Absence Of Statute: Karnataka HC Quashes Defamation CaseAgainst MP Rajeev Chandrashekhar Case Title: Rajeev Chandrasekhar v. K.Koteswar Rao Case No: Criminal Petition No.101127 Of 2015 Citation: 2022 Livelaw (Kar) 51 The Karnataka High Court has quashed the...
Allahabad High Court Weekly Round Up: February 21 To February 27, 2022
CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 58 TO 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 76NOMINAL INDEX 1. Niyaz Ahmad Khan v. State of U.P. and Another 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 582. Tarun Pandit v. State of U.P. and Another 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 593. Virendra Singh vs State Of U.P. 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 604. Rakesh Kumar Pandey & Anr v. State Of U.P. & Anr. 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 615. Bheem Singh vs State of UP Through Secretary...
MP High Court Directs Husband Accused Of Beating Wife To Stay At In-Laws House For 1 Month To 'Reunite' Family
The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently directed a man who has been accused of beating his wife to live with his wife at his in-laws' place for one month "so that the family gets reunited for all times to come".The order came from the bench of Justice Rohit Arya on a habeas corpus plea filed by his wife (Geeta Rajak) seeking a writ of habeas corpus for production of the missing corpus of her...
Tripura High Court Directs State To Inspect All Govt Schools, Look Out For Shortfall Of Teachers & Infra Needs
The Tripura High Court recently directed the Tripura state to carry out inspection of all State Government schools within the State of Tripura and to take such remedial steps vis-a-vis wherever shortfall of teachers exist to meet that contingency as well as wherever infrastructural needs are required.The Bench of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice S. G. Chattopadhyay was hearing a...
Tripura High Court Bans Sale Of Meat Products In Public Places/Streets
The Tripura High Court last week directed the State Government to ban the sale of meat products in public places and/or streets and to consider providing locations where slaughter can be carried out till the slaughterhouse is made operational.The Bench of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice S. G. Chattopadhyay issued several directions to the state government on a PIL moved by...
Bail Cannot Be Cancelled On The Basis Of Vague Allegation Against The Accused: Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently ruled that the bail granted cannot be cancelled under Section 439(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure if there are vague allegations against the accused without any substantive proof. Brief facts of the Case The criminal petition was filed under Section 439(2), CrPC to cancel the bail that was granted to the accused. It is a case of...
Bye-Laws Of The Co-Operative Society Constitutes A Contract Between The Society And Its Constituents: Madras High Court
A division bench of Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq on 23.02.2022 was passing orders on a batch of appeals with respect to an election for the office-bearers of the South Indian Artistes' Association. The appellants were challenging a common order dated 24.01.2020 passed by Single judge, whereby the Single judge held that the decisions taken by the...
Time To Shift Perspective From 'Didactics' Of Orthodox Society: P&H High Court Orders Police Protection For A Live In Couple
While granting police protection to a live-in relationship couple, the Punjab and Haryana High Court last week observed that there is a need to shift perspective from didactics of the orthodox society, shackled with the strong strings of morality supported by religions to one that values an individual's life above all.The Bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara observed thus while hearing a...
Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 49 to 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 58
Nominal Index Rajib Paul v. The State of West Bengal and Anr 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 49Rakesh Kumar Singh v. Director, Alipore Zoological Garden & Ors 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 50 Anindita Mandal v. The State of West Bengal & Ors 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 51 Md. Abdul Gani Ansari v. State of West Bengal & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 52Iti Pandit v. The Union of India and Ors 2022 LiveLaw (Cal)...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Reservation For Transgender Persons In All Public Appointments In Delhi
The Delhi High Court last week issued a notice to the Delhi Government and sought its reply on a plea seeking, inter alia, reservations for transgender persons in all public appointments in the NCT of Delhi.The Bench of Justice V. Kameswar Rao issued a notice to the Delhi Government and directed it to file a counter affidavit within four weeks.The plea moved by Jane Kaushik, a transgender...
Slum Development Schemes To Rehabilitate Encroachers On Same Land A Mockery Of Public Trust Doctrine; Must Be Done Away With: Bombay HC
Municipal authorities cannot be "pawns at the hands of land mafia and elected representatives," and encourage encroachment of public land for extraneous reasons, the Bombay High Court observed in a landmark judgement on illegal construction and building collapses in Maharashtra. The bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni criticised the Slum Rehabilitation Policy...