Kasganj Custodial Death: Allahabad High Court Calls For Status Report Of Magisterial Inquiry By Feb 8

Hearing the plea moved by Chand Miyan (father of the Kasganj Custodial death Victim) seeking a CBI probe in the matter, the Allahabad High Court sought the status report of the magisterial inquiry ordered in the matter by February 8.The bench of Justice Anjani Kumar Mishra and Justice Deepak Verma has directed the Additional Government Advocate to file the report before the next date of...

SC/ ST/ OBC Females From Outside Rajasthan Not Entitled To Reservation In Public Employment In State On Migration After Marriage: High Court

The Rajasthan High Court reiterated that females outside the State on migrating to Rajasthan post marriage may not be entitled to the benefit of reservation in public employment in the State, on account of being a member of a SC or ST or OBC in another State.However, they can avail of other benefits as being an member of a reserved category, if the scheme envisages domicile or residence...

Anil Deshmukh, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray & Son Aditya Instructed Me To Reinstate Waze: Param Bir Singh To ED

Param Bir Singh, former Mumbai Police Commissioner, has told the Enforcement Directorate that he had received instructions not only from then Home Minister Anil Deshmukh but also from Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son and a Cabinet Minister Aditya Thackeray on the point of reinstating tainted cop Sachin Waze back to the Mumbai Police. Singh's statement is part of the...

Persons With Criminal Antecedents/Without Police Clearance Certificate Not To Run Stalls In Temples Managed By Travancore Devaswom Board: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court on Monday established that individuals with criminal antecedents or those without a Police Clearance Certificate are not allowed to run or be employed in stalls in the premises of temples managed by the Travancore Devaswom Board. A Division Bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P.G. Ajithkumar observed so while dismissing a petition filed by a bidder whose power...

"Accused Not Seen In CCTV Footage No Ground For Discharge When Identified By Witnesses": Charges Framed Against 11 In Delhi Riots Case

A Delhi Court has framed charges against 11 accused in a case concerning the North East Delhi riots that rocked the city in 2020, observing that the fact that they were not seen in the CCTV footages cannot be made a ground for their discharge. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat framed charges against Ankit Chaudhary @ Fauzi, Sumit Badshah, Pappu, Vijay, Ashish Kumar, Sourabh...

Supreme Court Stays Suspension Of BJP's Somya Gurjar From Post Of Mayor Jaipur Municipal Corporation

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the suspension of BJP's Somya Gurjar from the post of Mayor of the Jaipur Municipal Corporation- Greater, till the conclusion of the judicial enquiry set up to look into the allegations of assault of the JMC Commissioner, over which the Rajasthan government had suspended her and 3 other councillors in June, 2021. The bench of Justices S. K. Kaul and M....

Statutory Remedy Against Appointment Of Arbitrator Lies Under Arbitration Act, Can't Invoke Extraordinary Jurisdiction Under Art. 226: Gujarat HC

If an Act prescribes a mechanism to address certain grievances and the petitioner is ignorant of such statutory mechanism or chooses not to avail them and straightaway invokes High Court's extraordinary jurisdiction under A.226 of the Constitution, then exercising such jurisdiction for the same is not in the fitness of things, Gujarat high Court has held. In a writ petition seeking...

Delhi Court Grants Bail To Anil Deshmukh's Lawyer Anand Daga In Document Leak Case

A Delhi Court has granted bail to former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's lawyer, Anand Daga in connection with the allegations of leaking sensitive documents in the ongoing investigation against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, thereby subverting investigation.Special Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal also granted bail to Vaibhav Gajendra Tumane, Co accused in the matter....

"I Had No Choice," Anil Deshmukh Sent Unofficial List Of Officers For Transfers And Postings : Principal Advisor To The Chief Minister Sitaram Kunte To ED

Principal Advisor to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra -Sitaram Kunte, who was then the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) accepted before the Enforcement Directorate that then Home Minister Anil Deshmukh would send "unofficial lists" of names of police officers for transfers and postings in Maharashtra, a record of which was not officially maintained. Kunte's statement is part of...

Women In Shelter Home Allegedly Subjected To Immoral Acts After Being Sedated: Patna HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance

The Patna High Court today took a suo moto cognizance in a matter wherein an inmate of a shelter home alleged that women were forced to submit themselves to "immoral acts" after being sedated.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjoy Karol and Justice S. Kumar took a suo moto cognizance on the basis of recommendation made by the Juvenile Justice Monitoring Committee, Patna High Court, and sought...

'Not Unmindful Of Social Stigma Attached To Nature Of The Offence': Calcutta HC Condones Delay In Lodging FIR In POCSO Case Of Man Raping 14 Yr Old

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday observed that there is existing social stigma associated with the offence of rape and accordingly held that a delay in lodging FIR in cases of such nature would not vitiate the prosecution case. The Court accordingly upheld the conviction of a man for raping a minor victim aged 14 years who had subsequently given birth to a still born child. A...

Ledger In Itself Does Not Have Evidentiary Value Under S.34 Of Evidence Act Unless Corroborated By Other Evidence: Gujarat High Court

Although S.34 of the Evidence Act does not require a specific form of corroborative evidence, under it, a ledger by itself does not have evidentiary value unless corroborated by independent entries like roznama (Daily cash entries) or any witness or even orally by the power of attorney, depending on the facts and circumstances of each case, Gujarat High Court has held. The...