Incomplete/Material Omissions In Case Diary Hamper Administration Of Justice: MP High Court Orders Issuance Of Directions To Police Stations

Observing the trend of sending either incomplete case diary or material omissions in the case diary which hampers the administration of justice, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Gwalior Bench) recently directed for issuance of necessary directions to police stations in this regard.Essentially, the Bench of Justice Anand Pathak was hearing the third bail application filed by one Surendra Rawat,...

Bihar Court Tries, Convicts Minor In Sexual Assault Case In 24 Hours, Stresses On Need To Instil Respect For Women In Adolescents

A Bihar court recently tried (inquired) and found a minor guilty, accused of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl within 24 hours while stressing upon the need to instil respect, good values (samskara) towards women in juveniles.While finding a 14-year-old minor guilty for committing offences under Section 377 (Unnatural Sex) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Protection of...

'Judges Shouldn't Count Their Leaves, No Alternatives To Hardwork': Justice MR Shah

"There is no alternative to hard work and Judges should not count their leaves, rather devote all the time to the service of the people", said Justice MR Shah, Judge, Supreme Court of India in an inspiring valedictory session of the 30th Batch of Civil Judges (Jr.Division) of Bihar Judicial Services organized by Bihar Judicial Academy on Sunday.The event was graced by the presence of...

High Courts Weekly Roundup [November 29, 2021 To December 3, 2021]

Allahabad High Court 1. Allahabad HC Directs Name, Gender Change Of A Transgender In Educational Records Following UP Education Board's DenialThe High Court (Lucknow Bench) today directed Uttar Pradesh Government authorities to take immediate steps for change of name and gender of a Transgender in her educational mark-sheets and certificates. The Bench of Justice Vivek Chaudhary also ordered...

Telangana Court Grants Interim Injunction In Favour Of TSRTC Against Rapido's Advertisement Featuring Allu Arjun

A Telangana Court recently granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) against Rapido, an app-based bike taxi aggregator and YouTube to remove an advertisement starring Tollywood superstar Allu Arjun which allegedly defamed TSRTC.The City Civil Court's Xth Junior Civil Judge in Hyderabad has directed respondent No.2 (YouTube) to...

Benefits Provided To Dependents Of Freedom Fighters 'For Perpetuity' Need A Relook: Allahabad HC To Union, State Govts

The Allahabad High Court last week observed that it is high time when the governments have a re-look for providing concessions to dependents of freedom fighters and examine as to whether it remains desirable to allow such facilities to continue any further.Importantly, the Bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Vikram D. Chauhan also stressed that benefits extended to family members...

"Natural Justice Principles Violated": Manipur HC Sets Aside Legislative Assembly Speaker's Disqualification Order Against An MLA

The Manipur High Court last week set aside a disqualification order passed by the Speaker, 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly against an MLA, Tongbram Robindro Singh in June 2020.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice M. V. Muralidaran held that there was is a clear and flagrant violation of the principles of natural justice while passing the disqualification order as no...

Calcutta High Court Calls For An Inquiry Into Police Officials' Conduct For Not Investigating A Mob Lynching Case

Pulling up West Bengal Police for not following Police Regulation of Bengal in relation to a Mob Lynching Case, the Calcutta High Court last week called for an inquiry into the conduct of the Officers-in-Charge of two police stations in the state.The Bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha issued this order after noting lapses on the part of the Shibpur and the Shakespeare Sarani Police Stations...

Maintainance- Magistrate Empowered U/S 125 CrPC To Sentence Defaulter To Separate Terms Of Imprisonment Of Upto 1 Month For Every Month's Default: Rajasthan HC

In a significant judgment, the Rajasthan High Court has held that a Magistrate is empowered under Section 125 of CrPC to pass separate sentences over non-compliance of its order granting maintenance, and that such sentence may be of upto one-month imprisonment each for every month's default."We have no hesitation in holding that where the defaulter repeatedly breaches the order of...

Supreme Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Man Accused Of Raping Olympian Mayookha Johny's Friend

The Supreme Court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to C.C Johnson, the man accused of raping Olympian Mayookha Johny's friend, and for capturing her nude photographs to blackmail her with a direction to the accused to cooperate with the investigation. The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and A.S Oka while disposing of the special leave petition assailing the Kerala High Court's order...

"Do Little Service To This Court Or Sanctity Of It's Procedure": Delhi High Court Unhappy Over Improper Filing Of Document In Petition

The Delhi High Court has recently expressed it's unhappiness over improper filing of a notice in the form of a 'folded photograph' in the petition remarking that such filing "do little service to the Court or sanctity of it's procedure".Justice C Hari Shankar noted that the notice dated 23rd February, 2021 issued by the petitioner in the matter to the respondent, was filed in the form of a...

75% Extortion Collection Was For Param Bir Singh, 25% For Sachin Waze – Says Mumbai Police Charge Sheet

Ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh had a 75% share in the extortion amount collected from cricket bookies, while the remaining 25% was for dismissed cop Sachin Waze, according to the Mumbai Police charge sheet filed on Saturday. Based on statements of several witnesses the Mumbai police's crime branch further said that it had been established that Singh was referred to...