"Entire Dept Protecting Custodial Death Accused Police Personnel": Patna High Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Policeman

Observing that the entire police department is protecting the police personnel who are accused of causing the custodial death of 2 persons, the Patna High Court on Wednesday rejected the anticipatory bail plea filed by a policeman accused in the matter.The Bench of Justice Sandeep Kumar made this observation as it noted that despite the fact that the custodial death case is of the year 2019,...

"Very Sensitive In Nature": Court Expresses Concern Over Delay In Disposal Of Delhi Riots Cases Due To Non Appearance Of SPPs, Seeks Report On Further Appointment

Expressing it's concern over the delay in disposal of cases concerning the North East Delhi riots due to non appearance of Special Public Prosecutors, a Delhi Court yesterday sought report from the DCP concerned for taking the issue 'seriously' and also to appoint further SPPs to represent the prosecution in the matters. "Earlier also, I had communicated this state of affairs to the DCP, NE...

Nawab Malik Apologizes To Bombay High Court For Violating Undertaking To Not Make Statements Against Sameer Wankhede Family

Maharashtra State Minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik on Friday tendered an unconditional apology to the Bombay High Court for commenting on NCB officer Sameer Wankhede's family despite giving an undertaking to the Bombay High Court that he would refrain from making such comments.The division bench of Justices SJ Kathawalla and Milind Jadhav accepted the apology in the defamation suit filed...

Empanelment Of Advocate Bank's Discretion; Writ Court Cannot Ordinarily Interfere: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that empanelment of an advocate by a Bank is a matter of discretion of the bank concerned and a writ court cannot ordinarily interfere & undertake a deeper examination into it. A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit while rejecting a petition filed by one Thimmanna said that, "Empanelment is a matter of discretion of the bank concerned;...

NEET-UG : Kerala High Court Dismisses Candidate's Plea Alleging OMR Sheet Manipulation

The Kerala High Court recently dismissed a plea filed by a NEET-UG 2021 candidate who alleged that the OMR sheet attached to her application number had been manipulated and sought an investigation into the same. After perusing the report submitted by the Committee constituted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), Justice N. Nagaresh held: "The Committee has exhaustively considered...

PMLA Authority Can Pass Order On Attachment Of Anil Deshmukh's Assets Worth 4.2 crore, But No- Coercive Steps Till January 10 : Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Friday allowed the Adjudicating Authority under Prevention of Money Laundering Act to pass an order regarding attachment of assets belonging to former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and his family but directed that no coercive steps should be taken till January 10 or without the HC's permission. A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and the Madhav Jamdar...

Plea Filed Before Patna HC Challenging Recruitment Process Of Department of Excise, Prohibition and Registration, Bihar Gov That Allowed Only CNLU Graduates To Apply

A petition has been filed before the Patna High Court challenging the notification dated December 1, 2021 wherein 31 appointments had been made to the post of Legal Consultant by the Department of Excise, Prohibition and Registration, Government of Bihar on the ground that such a recruitment process was discriminatory as it allowed only law graduates from the Chanakya National Law...

Delhi High Court Issues Directions For Revamping Security Arrangements In City Court Complexes, Appreciates Efforts Of Police And Central Paramilitary Forces

The Delhi High Court has issued a slew of directions concerning the safety and security of the city courts complexes and also for the purpose of reviewing and revamping its security arrangements.Dealing with a suo moto case registered following the gun firing incident at Rohini District Court in September this year, a Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued...

Mirzapur Web-Series: Allahabad High Court Quashes FIR Against Makers, Directors & Writers

The Allahabad High Court today quashed the First Information Report (FIR) registered against Web Series Mirzapur's producers Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani in a case registered against them alleging that the series showed Uttar Pradesh in a "bad light". A Bench of Justice MC Tripathi and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi also quashed the FIR against 'Mirzapur Series' Directors and...

Victim's Family Funded Flight Tickets For Police: Kerala HC Appoints Amici Curiae To Explore If FIR Can Be Registered Without Complaint

The Kerala High Court on Thursday appointed two amici curiae in a case where the Assistant Sub Inspector of Police (ASI) is accused of demanding a bribe for the release of two girls from a children's home to their parents. The case was registered suo motu on the basis of a news report.Justice Devan Ramachandran was distressed by the fact that the victim's family was made to finance the to and...

Karnataka High Court Stays GO Directing Educational Institutions To Collect 85% Tuition Fees As Against The Annual School Fee

The Karnataka High Court has by way of interim relief stayed the operation of the government order dated November 11, by which educational institutions were directed to collect 85 percent tuition fees as against the Annual School Fee for year 2020-21 and to adjust excess fees if collected towards academic year 2021-22. A single judge bench of Justice Ashok S Kinagi while...

"Improper Examination U/S 313 CrPC Caused Serious Prejudice": Allahabad HC Acquits Murder Accused In Prison For Over 30 Yrs

Holding that improper examination of a murder accused under Section 313 CrPC had caused serious prejudice to him and had resulted in miscarriage of justice, the Allahabad High Court recently acquitted the man (who remained in prison for over 30 years) of murder charges.The Judgment by Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Sameer Jain came in an appeal filed by a Bangladesh National, Ishaque against...