Can't Withhold Passport Application Merely On Account Of Pendency Of Govt Appeal Against Acquittal Order: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that a person's application for issuance of a passport cannot be withheld merely on account of the pendency of a Government Appeal against acquittal order.The Bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Vikram D. Chauhan further clarified that so long as the order of acquittal (in connection with a criminal case) remains, the petitioner's...

Headload Workers Act A Relic Of The Past : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court while hearing a matter of a firm seeking police protection for its staff from the obstruction caused by headload workers in loading and unloading the goods, remarked that the Kerala Headload Workers Act should ideally not be in force in these modern times. During the proceedings, Justice Devan Ramachandran orally remarked that the practice of headload work should have...

Aryan Shahrukh Khan Approaches Bombay High Court For Modification Of Bail Condition

Aryan Shahrukh Khan has approached the Bombay High Court for modification of his bail condition to appear before the Narcotics Control Bureau every Friday between 11am to 2pm.Khan's plea states that his bail condition could be relaxed since the Cruise Ship Drugs Case is transferred to a Special Investigations Team set up by the NCB in Delhi.He has cited difficulties faced by him due to the...

"Not A Tinge Of Remorse Or Apology": Delhi HC Pulls Up Man Seeking Setting Aside Of Sentence Awarded To Him For Contempt In Matrimonial Case

Coming down heavily on a man who was sentenced to three months simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 2000 for wilful disobedience of repeated Court directions in a matrimonial dispute requiring him to pay maintenance to his wife, the Delhi High Court rejected his plea seeking setting aside of the punishment. Observing that there was not a tinge of remorse or apology in the application...

Calcutta High Court Reserves Judgment In Plea Filed By BJP Leader To Hold Municipal Polls In State In One Phase

The Calcutta High Court on Friday reserved judgment in the plea moved by BJP Sate vice-president Pratap Banerjee seeking direction to the West Bengal government and the State Election Commission (SEC) to hold municipal polls in the State in one phase.A Bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bhardwaj had earlier sought response from the State government...

Patna High Court Starts Live Streaming Of Court Proceedings On YouTube

After Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Orissa High Courts, now Patna High Court has become the fifth High Court in the Country to commence live streaming of Court proceedings on YouTube.Today, the division bench comprising Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh and Justice Madhuresh Prasad live-streamed its proceedings.#Breaking: After Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & Orissa High...

Court Convicts Man For Harbouring Shahrukh Pathan, Who Pointed Gun At Cop After He Absconded During Delhi Riots

A Delhi Court has convicted a man for harbouring Shahrukh Pathan, the man who pointed a gun at a policeman during the North East Delhi riots, after he had absconded. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat convicted one Kaleem Ahmed under sec. 216 of IPC after he had voluntarily pleaded guilty to the charge framed against him. Sec. 216 talks about harbouring an offender who has escaped...

Large Scale Food Adulteration: Madras High Court Issues Directions For Food Safety Commissioner To Spread Awareness And Take Swift Action

Madras High Court has underscored the aggravating consequences of food adulteration in the public domain while disposing off a writ petition questioning the order passed by the Designated Officer under The Food Safety And Standards Act, 2006. Despite the submission of respondent authorities asserting that they have been taking swift action, large scale adulteration is on the rise,...

"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;...