No Bar In Furnishing B-Report And Its Enclosures Under RTI When Investigation Already Concluded: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that once an investigation is completed and B-Report is filed by the police, there is no prohibition to give information about the same under the Right To Information Act. A single-judge bench of Justice N S Sanjay Gowda while upholding the order of the State Information Commissioner (SIC) said, "In my view, the Commissioner (SIC) was absolutely...

Whether UP Govt Wants To Establish Forensic Lab At All Commissionary HQ In State For Speedy Criminal Probe?: Asks Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court recently asked the Uttar Pradesh Government as to whether it wants to establish a forensic lab at all Commissionary headquarters in the State of Uttar Pradesh in order to facilitate fair, proper, and speedy investigation and fair and speedy trial.The Court has called for a reply from the UP Government in view of the fact that several persons are approaching the...

Magazine's Editor, Photographer Accused Of Publishing Goddess Durga's 'Distorted' Image Granted Interim Protection By Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court last week granted interim Anticipatory Bail to 'Nandini' magazine's editor, Maini Mahanta and its photographer, Unique Borah who have been accused of publishing a symbolic image of Goddess Durga in a distorted form.The FIR in the instant case had been filed by M. Kailash, President, and Apan Choudhury, General Secretary of Pragjyotishpur Aikya Sangha Hojai District...

Shilpa Shetty & Raj Kundra Send Rs 50 Crore Defamation Notice To Sherlyn Chopra

Actor Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra have sent a defamation notice to actor Sherlyn Chopra seeking an apology and Rs. 50 cr in damages for "lewd, below the belt" remarks against them on public platforms. The notice claims that the Chopra's allegations against Kundra and Shetty are "concocted, false, frivolous and baseless…made with an ulterior motive to defame and...

Can A Categorical, Wilful Admission Made In The Pleadings Be Struck Down By Filing Amendment Application? Kerala High Court Answers

The Kerala High Court recently held that a categorical or wilful admission made in the pleadings cannot be permitted to be withdrawn by way of amendment if such withdrawal would amount to totally displacing the case of the plaintiff and would cause him irreparable prejudice.Justice Badharudheen while dismissing a petition remarked:"...if the amendment sought for is to strike down a categorical...

NEET-UG : Madras HC Permits OCI Candidates To Appear For Counselling In General Category For 2021-22; Says 'Treat At Par With Indian Citizens'

The Madras High Court last week passed an interim order allowing Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) candidates to participate for the NEET-UG counselling in the general category for the year 2021-22 instead of the category reserved for NRIs or foreign nationals. Justice V. Parthiban passed the direction while taking into consideration that the Supreme Court had passed a similar order on...

Look Into The Backlog Of Court Cases In All The Districts: Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Registrar General Of HC

Observing that pendency before an Amritsar Court is phenomenally on the higher side, the Punjab and Haryana High Court last week directed the Registrar General of the High Court to look into the matter as to whether the pendency is only in the Court concerned or is it the case in every District of the state.The bench of Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill was hearing a plea seeking directions to...

Delhi High Court Issues Directions To Ensure That Custody Of An Undertrial Prisoner Is Not Extended Mechanically

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued slew of directions to ensure that the custody of an undertrial is not extended mechanically in view of sec. 167(2) of Cr.P.C. and also to ensure that the rights of undertrial prisoners to seek default bail are not defeated despite legislative mandate and the principles of law.Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri also observed that the order of remanding an...

'No Immediate Possibility Of Appeal Being Heard': Calcutta HC Suspends Sentence Of Two Convicts Who Had Been In Custody For Over 10 Years

The Calcutta High Court has recently suspended the sentence of imprisonment imposed on two convicts on the ground that there lies no possibility of their appeals being heard within a reasonable time. The Court also took into consideration that the convicts had already been in custody for over 10 years and had also shown satisfactory conduct during custody. A Bench of Justices...

Difference Between 'Bond' & 'Agreement' : Kerala High Court Explains

The Kerala High Court recently reiterated the difference between an agreement and a bond by establishing that for an instrument to partake the character of a bond, an obligation must have been created in the instrument itself. The question before the Court was whether the agreement entered into by the parties is a bond as defined under Section 2(a) of the Kerala Stamp Act, 1959 or...

Arbitral Tribunal Can't Pass Ex-Parte Ad-Interim Order; Arbitration Act Mandates Advance Notice : Bombay High Court

An arbitration tribunal cannot pass an ex-parte order on the mere filing of an interim application as the Arbitration and Conciliation Act of 1996 mandates sufficient advance notice for any hearing, the Bombay High Court has held. Justice GS Kulkarni observed that a combined reading of Sections 18,19 and 24 (2) of the Act requires all parties to be treated fairly at all stages. Also,...

SC/ST Act Misuse- Don't Register FIR At 3rd Party's Instance Sans Opinion Of District Attorney (Legal): P&H HC Directs Punjab DGP

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently directed the Director-General of Police, Punjab to not register FIR under the SC&ST Act at the instance of a third party unless an opinion is sought from the District Attorney (Legal) that the complainant falls within the definition of the victim as per the SC&ST Act.The Bench of Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan made the obtaining of legal...