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'20 Years Of Discrimination': Plea In Madras High Court Alleges Parayar Community Denied Hair Cuts In Pudhupatti Hamlet, Notice Issued To State
In a public interest litigation filed by a school teacher alleging caste-based discrimination in Pudhupatti hamlet of Pudhukottai District, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has issued notice to the respondents, including the state government and the Director-General of Police, returnable in four weeks.The petitioner, R Selvan, who belongs to the Periyar Ambedkar Makkal Kazhagam,...
Bhima Koregaon | Vernon Gonsalves, Varavara Rao & Arun Ferreira File Review Application In Bombay High Court, Seek Default Bail
The Bombay High Court has directed the National Investigation Agency to respond to a review application filed by three accused in the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad Case seeking bail and factual corrections in the order refusing them default bail. A division bench led by Justice SS Shinde gave the agency two weeks to file their reply and posted the application filed...
181 Corruption Charges & 1,439 Criminal Cases Against Central Forces Personnel: Centre Tells Parliament
The Central Government informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that 181 personnel in the Central Forces are facing corruption charges and 1,439 personnel are facing criminal cases.This was informed by the Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai while answering a question posed by CPI(M) Member of the Parliament Dr. V. Sivadasan on the number of Central paramilitary and police...
Delhi HC Directs Animal Welfare Board Of India To Undertake Survey For Reporting Status Of Animals Held By Circuses Without Renewed Registration
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) to undertake a survey of the circuses across all the States whose registration is not renewed and to report the status with respect to animals held by each one of them. Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh was dealing with a plea filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) regarding...
'Parrot-Like Testimonies Of 6 Eye Witnesses, Humanly Impossible': Bombay High Court Acquits 20 Persons In Murder Case
The Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, has acquitted 20 persons in a murder case, citing identical and parrot-like version of all the star prosecution witnesses, calling it as "humanly impossible".A division bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and Pushpa Ganediwala, in a judgement last week, observed,"It's difficult to believe that six eyewitnesses deposed in an identical fashion with each and...
Leena Manimekalai Passport Impounding Case: Madras High Court Declines Leave To Susi Ganesan For Filing Appeal Against Single Bench Order
The Madras High Court has refused to grant leave to film Director Susi Ganesan to appeal against the decision of a single bench which quashed the Regional Passport Office's order for impounding the passport of renowned filmmaker, poet and artist Leena Manimekalai.The first bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy observed that there is...
Authority Must Have Valid Reasons For Accepting/ Rejecting Bids Even If Tender Clause Stipulates Otherwise: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court recently observed that merely because a clause in the tender stipulates that the bids may be accepted or rejected without assigning any reasons, does not mean that the tender authority can act arbitrarily. It must have valid reasons for exercising its discretion.The division bench comprising of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh said,"No doubt, the...
"Mujhse Bahut Badi Galti Huwi Hai": Bombay High Court Cites Extra-Judicial Confession To Uphold Conviction, Commute Death Penalty Of 23 Yr Old
An extra-judicial confession made voluntarily, free from threat or inducement, carries the presumption of truth, Bombay High Court observed adding that depending on the facts of the case, a confession doesn't need to be presumed as weak piece of evidence. The court cited the 23-year-old appellant's extrajudicial confession as an important piece of evidence to convict him for a...
Criminal Appeal Can't Be Dismissed On The Ground Of 'Not Pressed': Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court last week observed that a Criminal Appeal cannot be dismissed on the ground of not being pressed. The Bench of Justice Anil Kumar Ojha observed thus while allowing a revision plea filed against an order passed by Additional Sessions Judge under Section 101 of JJ Act dismissing an appeal filed by the accused/revisionist on the ground of not pressed.The case in...
'Mouthpiece Of Bharatiya Janata Party': PIL Filed In Calcutta High Court Seeking Removal Of WB Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition was filed before the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday praying for a direction to the Central government to remove Jagdeep Dhankhar as the Governor of West Bengal, claiming that he was acting as the 'mouthpiece of the Bharatiya Janata Party'. The PIL has been filed by petitioner Rama Prasad Sarkar who is also a lawyer by profession. The High Court...
"Use Of Bank's Seal Unauthorisedly A Matter Of Enormous Gravity": Delhi High Court Upholds Workman's Punishment Of Compulsory Retirement
The Delhi High Court has upheld the punishment of compulsory retirement awarded to a workman, guilty of forgery, fabrication of bank statements and other forms of misconduct, observing that the use of a bank's seal unauthorisedly is a matter of enormous gravity which cannot be simply brushed under the carpet. Justice Pratibha M Singh also observed that forging the signatures of a colleague...