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"Right Of Convict To Have Conjugal Relations Isn't Absolute": Punjab & Haryana High Court Agrees With Madras HC's Recent Ruling
In a significant ruling, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that the right of a convict to have conjugal relations is not an absolute one and is subject to 'reasonable restrictions', 'social order', 'security concerns', 'good behavior' in the jail, etc.Significantly, the Bench of Justice Augustine George Masih and Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi expressed its agreement with Madras...
Bombay High Court Issues Show Cause Notice To NCP Leader Nawab Malik On Contempt Plea Filed By Sameer Wankhede's Father
The Bombay High Court has issued a show-cause notice to State cabinet minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik asking him to explain why shouldn't action be taken against him for breaching undertakings given to the court and for continuing to defame IRS officer Sameer Wankhede and his family. A division bench of Justices SJ Kathawalla and Milind Jadhav passed the order on a contempt...
Can't Become Super-Censor, No Compulsion To Proactively Monitor 'Unlawful Content' On FB, Insta: Meta Tells MP High Court
Meta has deposed before the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore Bench) that it can't be compelled to proactively monitor its platforms (Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp) for unlawful content and that it can't become a super-censor for billions of users and billions of pieces of content posted on its platforms every day.Essentially, Meta has filed an affidavit in a Public Interest Litigation...
Bhima Koregaon: Seized Mobile Devices Of Seven Accused To Be Submitted To Pegasus Committee To Check For Possible Snooping
Mobile devices of the seven accused in the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad Case will be submitted to the Supreme Court-appointed Technical Committee (TC) probing allegations of snooping using Pegasus spyware, after the Special Court allowed the National Investigation Agency's plea. Special Judge DE Kothalikar allowed the application to hand over devices from the court's custody to the...
Lacunae In Prosecution Case Due To Patent Contradictions Cannot Be Cured By Resorting To Statutory Presumption U/S 29 POCSO Act: Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday observed that lacunae in the prosecution case due to patent contradictions or inherent improbabilities cannot be cured by resorting to statutory presumption under Section 29 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act). A Bench comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Bivas Pattanayak observed, "Glaring lacunae in the...
Delhi High Court Directs ESIC To Constitute A Committee To Frame Policy For Welfare Of Contractual Workers In All Its Establishments
In a case concerning illegal termination of services of contractual workmen at Employees' State Insurance Corporation Hospital, the Delhi High Court has directed the ESIC to constitute a committee which will frame a policy for the welfare of contractual workers in all its establishments.Justice Pratibha Singh ordered:1. ESIC shall constitute a committee in order to frame a broad policy for...
Madras High Court Directs Implementation Of 'Night Travel Ban' In Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve To Prevent Roadkills
In a public interest litigation filed for effective implementation of a 2019 notification issued by the Erode District Collector banning traffic movement in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, the Madras High Court has directed that the restriction should come into force from February 10, 2022.The first bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy...
Disclosure Of Identity Of Protected Witness Defeats The Purpose Of Section 44 (3) UAPA: Calcutta HC Orders Trial Court To Redact Name Of Protected Witness
The Calcutta High Court on Friday observed that Section 44 (3) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) mandate Courts to undertake measures to protect the identity of a protected witness and accordingly directed the concerned Trial Court to to redact the name, address and other particulars of the protected witness from the records immediately.A Bench comprising Justices...
Allahabad High Court Slams SHO For Handing Over Custody Of An Adult Woman To A Man, Seeks SSP's Explanation
The Allahabad High Court on Monday slammed the Station House Officer of a police station in District Budaun as he 'passed an order' to hand over the custody of an adult woman (named Shivani Gupta) to another adult man (named Swale Raza).The Bench of Justice Jahangir Jamshed Munir also sought a personal affidavit from SSP, Badaun in two days as the Court called it unpalatable as to how the...
Bhima Koregaon Case: NIA Approaches Special Court To Handover Seized Handsets Of 7 Accused To Pegasus Committee
The National Investigating Agency moved the Special NIA Court on Saturday to hand over seized mobile handsets of seven accused in the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad Case to the Technical Committee formed by the Supreme Court to investigate the use of Pegasus spyware. Special Judge DE Kothalikar sought for the accused to file their responses to the application and posted the matter...