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'No Positive Compliance': Karnataka High Court Urges State To Fill Up Vacant Posts In Forensic Science Laboratories
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday urged the state government to fill up vacant posts in Forensic Science Laboratories in the state, to improve its functioning which would help in early disposal of criminal trials pending in courts. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum on going through the compliance report submitted by the...
Telangana High Court Allows A4 Size Papers, Back To Back Printing For Pleadings & Internal Communications
The Telangana High Court has allowed the usage of A4 size papers to be printed on both sides for filing pleas and internal communications at all levels of Judiciary in the State, so as to save paper and free up storage space.A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sathish Chandra Sharma and Justice A. Rajeshekar Reddy noted that the Full Court had already taken a decision to use only A4 size...
Road Accident- Court Shouldn't Award Flea-Bite Sentence For Offence U/S 304-A IPC By Showing Undue Sympathy: MP High Court
Dismissing the criminal revision plea of a convict who hit a bike in a rash and negligent manner thereby causing the death of two persons, the Madhya Pradesh High Court last week noted that the court should not award a flea-bite sentence for offence under Section 304-A of IPC by showing undue sympathy.Section 304-A Indian Penal Code deals with Causing death by negligence [Whoever causes the...
'Whether Playing Cards Under Gambling Act Amounts To An Offence Involving Moral Turpitude'? Supreme Court To Consider
The Supreme Court has issued notice on a special leave petition, raising a question as to whether a person, convicted under the Gambling Act, 1867 for playing cards, can be said to have committed an offence which tantamount to 'moral turpitude'. The Division Bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh issued notice on the petition filed by one Satendra Singh Tomar, against a...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Launches Special Drive To Dispose Old Pending Cases
Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Ravi Malimath has begun the exercise of disposing of old pending cases in the state of Madhya Pradesh. After having taken the charge as the Chief Justice, and with the help of other companion Justices of the High Court, Justice Ravi Malimath has emphasized the expeditious hearing of old and pending cases with the proper cooperation of the...
Forcing Prisoner's Family To Travel From Mountains To Plains To Meet Prisoners Violates Article 21: U'khand High Court
The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday observed that forcing the family of a prisoner to travel through the mountainous terrain and to come down to the plains to meet and interact with a relative-prisoner, prima facie, violates fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India of prisoners and their family members.This assertion came from the Bench of Chief...
Can An Appeal Arise To The Division Bench From An Order Other Than Passed Under Article 226: MP HC Refers The Question to Larger Bench
In a challenge to the order by the Single Judge, a Division Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has referred the matter to a larger bench with the following question:Whether the Division Bench in the exercise of powers under Section 2 of the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Appeal to Division Bench) Act, 2005 may entertain the appeal arising from an order other than the order passed under...
Tripura High Court Directs Closure Of Shops In State Selling Wild Animals, Birds Notified Under Wild Life (Protection) Act
The Tripura High Court on Tuesday directed the authorities under the Wildlife (Protection) Act to take action regarding the closure of all such shops in the state of Tripura where animals and birds notified under the Act are being sold.The Bench of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice S. G. Chattopadhyay has called for a compliance report/order in this regard within a period of...
Kerala High Court Issues Guidelines For Family Court To Endorse Divorce Under Muslim Personal Law, Says Detailed Enquiry Not Necessary
The Kerala High Court has formulated guidelines to be followed by the Family Court in a petition filed to endorse an extrajudicial divorce under Muslim Personal Law.A Division Bench comprising Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Kauser Edappagath was considering the scope and nature of the enquiry to be undertaken by the Family Court in such cases:"The unilateral extrajudicial divorce...
Case Against Rahul Gandhi For Allegedly Disclosing Rape Victim Identity In Social Media Withdrawn From Delhi Court
A Delhi Court yesterday disposed of as withdrawn a plea filed by BJP Delhi Media Head and Spokesperson Naveen Kumar Jindal against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly disclosing the identity of 9 year old minor victim who was allegedly gang-raped and murdered in Delhi Cantt area.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmendra Singh of Rouse Avenue Court took on record the...
"Justice Is Sum Of All Moral Duty": Orissa HC Orders ₹10 Lakh Compensation For Gang Rape Survivor Carrying Over 26-Week Pregnancy
Quoting political philosopher William Godwin, the Orissa High Court, while stressing that Justice is the sum of all moral duty, directed the State Government to pay ₹10 Lakh as compensation to a 20-year-old gang-rape victim who became pregnant due to the offence committed against her.However, the Bench of Justice S.K. Panigrahi refused the permission sought by the victim to terminate her...