Marital Rape Exception: Delhi High Court Grants Two Weeks Time To Centre For Deciding Its Stand

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted two weeks' time to the Central Government to decide and clarify its stand in a bunch of pleas challenging the exception of Marital rape under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code.The development came after Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta referred to the recent additional affidavit filed by the Centre wherein it had reiterated the request to...

Delhi High Court Issues Practice Directions Regarding Early Hearing Applications In Company Matters

The Delhi High Court has issued certain practice directions as to how early hearing applications in respect of company matters will be considered by the Court. The said practice directions have been issued pursuant to the order dated November 26, 2021 passed in "Re-MIS JVG Finance Ltd."According to the practice directions, in any application seeking early hearing of the company matter,...

Concerted Efforts By State Departments Necessary To Restore Temple Properties & Recover Monetary Loss: Madras High Court

Shocked with the allegations about illegalities and frauds related to temple properties, the Madras High Court has held that the state should undertake immediate measures to prevent the looting of temples.A single-judge bench of Justice S.M Subramaniam opined that the continuation of such large scale illegalities would mean that the HR & CE Department has failed in its duty under the...

Judicial Interference Necessary When Principles Of Natural Justice Are Ignored In Determining Citizenship: Gujarat High Court

While inquiring into a Habeas Corpus petition filed by the Petitioner seeking the release of her son from Special Operational Group, the Gujarat High Court has remarked,"the least that is expected of the person who has been given such wide and vital powers of recommending the deportation of a person on the basis that he is not an Indian national, is to avail an opportunity of hearing...

'Can't Allow Public To Die Like This': Karnataka HC Directs BBMP To Submit Plan For Automatic Pothole Filling Machines

The Karnataka High Court on Monday sought for an explanation from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) as to what arrangement was made for using another technology in place of the Automatic Pothole Filling machines, in case they were not ready to renew the contract of a private agency, which was providing the same. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi...

MediaOne Ban: Kerala High Court To Pronounce Judgment Tomorrow

The Kerala High Court on Monday reserved its judgement in the petition filed by Popular Malayalam news channel MediaOne seeking to set aside an order issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting revoking its license.Justice N Nagaresh conveyed that he will pronounce the judgment tomorrow morning in open court after perusing the files. Meanwhile the interim order deferring the...

Encroachment Over Public Land Can't Be Retained Citing Right To Shelter: Gujarat High Court

While dismissing a PIL seeking to restrain the Railway authority from evicting slum dwellers until rehabilitation, the Gujarat High Court has held that the right to shelter is not a ground to continue encroachment on a public land.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh Shastri recalled the observations made by a previous Bench in this regard: "The...

Nehru Place Fire Incident | 'Abuse Of Process Of Law': Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain Manushi Sangathan's Plea Challenging Mock Drill Report

The Delhi High Court today refused to entertain the writ petition filed by Manushi Sangathan, an organization representing 67 hawkers and vendors, challenging the mock drill report submitted by Delhi Fire Service in the suo moto case registered last year following a fire incident at a building in the Nehru Place market.The Bench comprising of Justice Manmohan and Justice Navin Chawla, which...

Free Speech Not A License For Persons With Half-Baked Facts Or Little Knowledge About Judiciary To Abuse Courts: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court on Monday expressed concerns at the public commentary in media and social media by "persons armed with half baked facts with little or no knowledge of how the judiciary functions" about ongoing cases.In the order granting anticipatory bail to actor Dileep and other accused in the case related to alleged criminal conspiracy to kill the investigating officers in the 2017...

Sex CD Scandal: Karnataka HC Quashes Proceedings Initiated Against Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant For Delay In Registering FIR

The Karnataka High Court recently quashed the proceedings initiated against Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant and two other police officers, for alleged commission of an offence under Section 166A IPC which pertains to disobedience of law by a public servant. It includes refusal of a Police officer to record any information given to him under Section 154(1) CrPC in relation to...

[Yogesh Gowda Murder Case] Supreme Court Dismisses Former Karnataka Minister & Congress Leader Vinay Kulkarni's Plea Challenging Transfer Of Case To CBI

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Special Leave Petition preferred by former Karnataka Minister and Congress leader Vinay Kulkarni assailing Karnataka High Court's order of upholding a State Government's GO dated September 6, 2019 for transferring the investigation related to murder of BJP worker, Yogesh Gowda to the CBI. The bench of Justices UU Lalit, SR Bhat and PS Narasimha...

Calcutta High Court Seeks Response From State, SEC In Plea Seeking Deployment Of Central Forces During Upcoming WB Municipal Elections

The Calcutta High Court on Monday sought response from the State Election Commission as well as the State government in a batch of PILs seeking deployment of central parliamentary forces during the upcoming West Bengal Municipal polls. Elections to four municipal corporations – Siliguri, Bidhannagar, Asansol and Chandernagore are scheduled to take place on February 12, 2022 and the results...