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'Mercy Petitions Not Decided For Over 7 Years' : Bombay High Court Commutes Death Penalty Of Two Women
Twenty-one years after half-sisters Renuka Shinde and Seema Gavit were sentenced to death for kidnapping 13 children and murdering at least five of them, and 16 years after the apex court upheld the verdict, the Bombay High Court has commuted their sentence to life imprisonment. A division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Sarang Kotwal cited the inordinate delay in disposing of their...
Consent Of Accused Not Necessary To Obtain Voice Sample; No Violation Of Article 20(3) Of Constitution: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has ruled that the consent of an accused is not necessary to acquire their voice sample for the purpose of comparison, since it has already been established that obtaining voice samples of the accused do not infringe Article 20 (3) of the Constitution of India.While dismissing a petition alleging that the accused was not given an opportunity of being heard before...
"Sending Photograph Of Summons Through WhatsApp Not Overreach Of Judicial System": Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has set aside an order passed by a Commercial Court to the extent of issuing a show cause notice of criminal contempt after a plaintiff had sent the photograph of summons to the defendant through WhatsApp. The Court said that the same cannot amount to overreaching the judicial system or running a parallel system with the judicial system. Justice Amit Bansal was dealing with...
Land Reserved For Public Park Not To Be Used For Commercial Purposes Like Marriages/ Parties: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has ruled that land reserved for the public park in question shall not be allowed for commercial purposes like marriages/ parties etc. The decision was delivered in a public interest litigation filed by one Suresh Thanvi. A division bench of Justice Vinod Kumar Bharwani and Justice Sandeep Mehta, observed, "It is hereby directed that the respondent No.2...
Supreme Court Issues Notice In ED's Plea Challenging Bail To A Chinese National Accused In Money Laundering Case
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday issued notice in Enforcement Directorate's plea challenging bail granted to a Chinese National accused in the money laundering case for allegedly running betting operations in India in a racket worth more than 1000 crores. A Bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, AS Bopanna and Justice Hima Kohli was hearing a special leave petition challenging Telangana...
Delhi Riots: High Court Grants Bail To 6 Accused In Dilbar Negi Murder Case
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted bail to six accused persons in a case related to the North East Delhi riots, alleging that a mob caused vandalism, put on fire a sweet shop as a consequence of which a 22 year old boy namely Dilbar Negi died after sustaining burn injuries. (FIR 39/2020 PS Gokulpuri)Justice Subramonium Prasad granted bail to Mohd. Tahir, Shahrukh, Mohd. Faizal, Mohd....
Ola Has Not Abused Its Dominant Position, Not Used Predatory Pricing: NCLAT
The NCLAT Bench headed by Justice Jarat Kumar Jain and Dr. Alok Srivastava in Meru Travels Solutions Pvt. Ltd. v. CCI refused to set aside the order passed by the Competition Commission of India in 2017 and held that Ola has not abused its dominant position and that it has not entered into anti-Competitive agreements with their drivers, in violation of the provisions of the Competition...
Delhi High Court Directs Employees' State Insurance Corporation To Constitute Committee To Frame Policy Regarding Contractual Workers
The Delhi High Court has directed the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) to constitute a committee in order to frame a broad policy for all its establishments in respect of contractual workers.Justice Pratibha M Singh added that the Committee shall consist of at least two experts, two representatives from the Workmen and two representatives from the Contractors, as also...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Advance Hearing In Plea Against Blacklisting YouTuber Karl Rock From Entering India
The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to advance the date of hearing in the plea moved by YouTube vlogger Manisha Malik, wife of New Zealand YouTuber Karl Edward Rice (popularly known as Karl Rock) seeking quashing of a blacklisting order issued against him which had prevented him from returning to India.Justice V Kameswar Rao, who was inclined to hear the legal issue involved in the matter,...