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Delhi Court Acquits Four Men In A Riots Case, Says Their Identification As Rioters Who Committed Loot & Arson Becomes 'Intensely Doubtful'
A Delhi Court has acquitted four men in a case concerning the North East Delhi riots observing the their identification as rioters who committed loot and arson in the complainant's house was intensely doubtful. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat acquitted Dinesh, Sahil, Sandeep and Tinku who were facing trial under sec. 143, 147, 148, 380, 436 read with sec. 149 of IPC.FIR 64/2020...
Amazon-Group Files Appeal At The NCLAT Against CCI Order And Also Appeal In The Supreme Court Against Delhi High Court Order
The Amazon-Group has challenged the Competition Commission of India's order dated 17.12.2021 at the NCLAT, which suspended its deal to acquire 49% stake in FCPL, on the ground that Amazon failed to disclose the true and complete details for the purpose of the Combination. It was held by the Commission that Amazon had misrepresented that its decision to pursue the Combination was based...
Wife Refuses To Go To Matrimonial Home For 10 Yrs Awaiting 'Shubh Muhurat': Chhattisgarh HC Calls It 'Desertion', Grants Husband Divorce
Calling it a case of Desertion, the Chhattisgarh High Court recently granted a divorce decree in favor of a Husband, whose wife, under the guise of auspicious time (Shubh Muhurat) to return back to the matrimonial home, continued at her maternal home and refused to come back for 10 long years."If the respondent/wife was so sanguine of the fact that in the circumstances and like nature of...
S. 482 CrPC Plea Maintainable To Quash Proceedings Which Are Ex Facie Bad For Want Of Sanction: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court today observed that an application under Section 482 CrPC is maintainable to quash the proceedings, which are ex facie bad for want of sanction as required under Section 197 of Crpc (Prosecution of Judges and public servants).With this, the Bench of Justice Chandra Kumar Rai set aside a summoning order passed by the Judicial Magistrate Farrukhabad against a...
Allahabad High Court Decides To Adopt 'CISCO WebEx' Platform For 'Efficient' VC Hearings At Lucknow Bench
In order to make virtual court proceedings more efficient and user-friendly, the Allahabad High Court has decided to adopt the CISCO WebEx Events platform for video conferencing at Lucknow Bench.This development comes almost 6 months after the Allahabad High Court (at Prayagraj bench) decided to adopt the CISCO WebEx Events platform for video conferencing at Allahabad in place of the JITSI...
PIL Alleges Assam RERA Not Functioning As Per Law: Gauhati High Court Issues Notice To Authority, Its Chairman
Dealing with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea raising the issue that Assam Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Assam RERA), is not functioning in accordance with law, the Gauhati High Court issued the notice to the Authority and its chairman.The Bench of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Soumitra Saikia was dealing with a PIL moved by Anita Verma submitting that the Authority,...
Marital Rape Exception Violates Woman's Right To Dignity, Personal & Sexual Autonomy And Right To Self Expression: Petitioners Tell Delhi HC
In relation to the bunch of petitions seeking criminalization of marital rape in India, the Delhi High Court has been told by two of the petitioners that the marital rape exception provided under sec. 375 of Indian Penal Code violates a woman's right to dignity, personal and sexual autonomy and her right to self expression enshrined under the Constitution of India. This comes after...
Person Working At Mutt Can't Claim 'Tenancy Rights' Over Appurtenant Land Granted For Residential Use: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that a cook, working for the Sr Admar Mutt in Udupi district, cannot claim occupancy over appurtenant land which was granted to him by the Mutt for residential use. A division bench of Justice P S Dinesh Kumar and Justice P Krishna Bhatt allowed the appeal filed by the Mutt challenging the single judge bench order dated April 21, 2011, by which it...
Drugs Case: Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Interim Protection To Akali Leader Bikram Singh Majithia
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today granted interim protection from arrest to Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia in Drugs Case on the condition that he shall co-operate in the police probe. A detailed order in this regard is awaited. The Bench of Justice Lisa Gill granted him interim protection while dealing with his anticipatory bail plea in a case registered against him by...
Development Of Roads To Be Done Considering The Future, Not Just Present Requirements : Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Monday suggested that the State government should consider designing roads for the future- amidst all the ongoing discussion about the future with K-Rail project SilverLine.While adjudicating upon a plea alleging that a 14 km stretch of a road development project was being done with a reduced width citing financial constraints, Justice Devan Ramachandran...
How Will Doorstep Ration Delivery Scheme Prevent Corruption In Public Distribution System? High Court Quizzes Delhi Govt; Judgment Reserved
The Delhi High Court has reserved its judgment in the plea filed by Delhi Sarkari Ration Dealers Sangh, opposing the State Government's scheme for door step delivery of ration.A Division Bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh today quizzed the Delhi Government as to how the proposed scheme is better at preventing corruption in distribution of food grains, when compared to the...
S. 482 CrPC| Can't Appreciate Evidence In Quashing Petition: Karnataka High Court Reiterates
The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that a Court hearing a petition for quashing of FIR/ charge sheet under Section 482 CrPC cannot appreciate evidence as the same lies within the domain of the trial Court. Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar said,"It is a settled principle that while deciding the petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C, evidence cannot be appreciated as it lies within the...