POCSO | Child Witness' Testimony Must Be Evaluated More Carefully, Sufficient For Conviction If It Inspires Confidence & Is Reliable: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that a trustworthy testimony of a child witness is sufficient to record a conviction under the POCSO Act. At the same time, the Court struck a note of caution that the testimony has to be evaluated more carefully..The observation was made by Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri while hearing an appeal against conviction under Section 12 of the POCSO Act, which pertains...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Bail Plea Filed By Wrestler Sushil Kumar In Chhatrasal Stadium Murder Case

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on a bail plea filed by Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar in connection with the Chhatrasal Stadium murder case of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankhar.Justice Mukta Gupta sought response of the Delhi Police while posting the matter for further hearing on March 28.Sushil Kumar was arrested from Delhi last year. His associate,...

CCI Imposes Hefty Penalty On 6 Tyre Manufacturers For Cartelization

The Competition Commission of India in In Re: Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Appolo Tyres & Ors., in a Bench consisting of Mr. Augustine Peter, Mr. U.C. Nahta and Justice G.P Mittal imposed hefty penalties on Apollo Tyres, MRF, CEAT, JK Tyre, Birla Tyres and Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association for cartelization. It also passed a "cease and desist" order against...

Public Prosecutors Under Duty To Read Correct Allegations As Case Diary Isn't Available During VC Bail Hearings: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that during the video conference hearings in bail pleas, since the Courts have no access to case diaries, therefore, the duty heavily lies on the Public Prosecutor to read out the correct allegations against the accused/applicant.The Bench of Justice G. S. Ahluwalia was hearing the bail pleas filed by the applicants apprehending their arrest...

Murder Conspiracy | Kerala High Court To Pronounce Order On Dileep's Pre-Arrest Bail Plea On Monday

The Kerala High Court will pronounce its verdict on Monday, in the anticipatory bail plea moved by actor Dileep and other accused in the alleged criminal conspiracy to kill police officers investigating the sensational 2017 sexual assault case.Justice Gopinath P. heard the prosecution and the accused at length today before reserving its orders. DGP T.A Shaji appearing for the...

Emergent Powers U/S 41 Of Assam Excise Act Do Not Include Closing Of Premises Not Engaged In Liquor Manufacturing Possession Or Sale: Gauhati HC

The emergency powers encompassed within Section 41 of the Assam Excise Act 2000 accords on any excise or police officer the power to search premises and seize material and documents found and arrest any person, after having recorded his grounds to believe that an offence has been committed, however, this power does not include sealing/closing the premises, Guwahati High Court...

"Tainted Investigation": Allahabad High Court Sets Aside Convict's Life Sentence In A 40-Year-Old Murder Case

The Allahabad High Court today set aside the life sentence of a murder convict in a case that dates back to 1981 after concluding that the investigation of the case appeared to be tainted and not as per law. The Bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Vivek Varma didn't find the statements of the eyewitnesses of the incident to be credible and it also discarded several theories put up by...

Supreme Court Grants Protection From Arrest To Sherlyn Chopra In Porn Videos Case

On Friday, the Supreme Court granted protection from arrest to actress Sherlyn Chopra in the porn films racket case. Advocate, Mr. Sunil Fernandes appearing on behalf of the actress apprised the Bench comprising Justices Vineet Saran and Aniruddha Bose that Ms. Poonam Pandey, who was a co-accused and was alleged to have committed the same offences, has been granted protection from...

'Unconditionally Undertakes To Take Good Care': Calcutta High Court Directs NGO To Return French Mastiff Dog 'Bruno' To Its Rightful Owners

In an interesting development, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed an NGO to return a French Mastiff dog named 'Bruno' to its rightful owners after the dog had gone missing and was subsequently kept in the custody of the concerned NGO. The NGO was however allowed to visit and inspect the dog at least once in a month.The NGO Debasree Roy Foundation had deposed before the Court that...

Delhi Riots: High Court To Hear Next Week Pleas Seeking SIT Investigation, Registration Of FIRs Against Politicians For Alleged Hate Speech

The Delhi High Court will commence hearing next week a bunch a pleas seeking independent SIT investigation into the North East Delhi Riots of 2020. The pleas also seek registration of FIRs against politicians for alleged hate speeches and action to be taken against errant police officials.A bench comprising of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Anup J Bhambhani posted the matter for hearing...

Gujarat High Court Disposes PIL Seeking Appointment Of Presiding Officer In DRT Ahmedabad In View Of Centre's Notification

The Gujarat High Court today disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a direction for filling up posts of Presiding Officer in the Debt Recovery Tribunal-I, Ahmedabad in view of Centre's notification giving additional charge of DRT-I, Ahmedabad to the presiding officer of DRT-II till March 31, 2022, or till the permanent appointment of a member is made.At the request of...

'We Are Tired Of Adjectives, What Due Diligence?' : Bombay High Court To Centre On Delay In Appointment Of DRAT Chairman

The Bombay High Court on Friday pulled up the Union Government delaying the appointment of Chairperson to the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal (Mumbai), and sought a road map on the appointment by next Thursday. The bench led by Chief Justice Dipankar Datta had earlier issued several directions suo-motu, for debt recovery litigants since the High Court is flooded with matters that...