Can't Direct State Govt To Extend Financial Assistance To Workers Associated With Durga Puja Festivals: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court on Friday said that it can't direct the State Government to separately extend financial relief to workers associated with the Durga Puja festivals and whose livelihood has been adversely affected due to COVID.The Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice B. P. Routray was hearing a bunch of petitioners, who are the office bearers of various Puja Committees in...

High Courts Weekly Roundup [September 27, 2021 To October 3, 2021]

Allahabad High Court 1. "Due To DM's Inaction Unavoidable RERA Cases Coming To Court": Allahabad HC Seeks GB Nagar DM Suhas LY's Personal Presence [Priya Kapahi And Another v. State Of U.P. And 5 Others] The High Court sought the personal presence of the District Magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar, Suhas LY while observing that due to his inaction 'unavoidable' RERA cases were coming...

'No Drugs Were In My Possession, Embargo For Bail Won't Apply', Aryan Khan's Lawyer Tells Court, Agrees On NCB Custody For One Day

A holiday court at Mumbai has remanded actor Shah Rukh Khan's son - Aryan – and two others in the Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) custody till tomorrow in connection with the seizure of drugs on the luxury cruise ship off the Mumbai coast. Additional CMM RK Rajebhosale remanded Khan, along with Arbaaz Merchant, and Munmun Dhamecha to NCB's custody till October 4 after NCB sought...

Unnao Rape Case: "No Material/Cogent Reason Adduced": Allahabad High Court Dismisses CBI's Plea To Cancel Bail Of Accused

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) recently dismissed applications for cancellation of the bail (of three accused in the 2017 Unnao Gang rape case) filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Significantly, the applications were moved by the CBI in the year 2018 pursuant to the observation of Division Bench, in which the Court had asked the CBI to consider as to whether...

Constitution (105th Amendment) Act Deemed To Be In Force From 15th August, 2021; Power To Identify SEBCs Back To State Govts And UTs

The Constitution (One Hundred and Fifth Amendment) Act, 2021 has come into force from 15th August, 2021, a recent notification of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment provides. The 105th Amendment Act which received the assent of the President last month restores the power of the State Governments and Union Territories to identify and specify Socially and Economically...

Allahabad High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging Govt Order To Issue Caste Certificate In English With 3K Costs

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition challenging the Government's order allowing for the issuance of the caste certificate of the caste 'Dhangar' in the English language.Finding nothing objectionable in the impugned orders, the Bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice Piyush Agrawal dismissed the plea with Rs....

Revisional Powers Of High Court Under Rent Act Confined To Detecting Legality, Regularity & Propriety Of Impugned Orders: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has reiterated that the power exercisable by a High Court under Section 25 of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act is not an appellate power to reappraise or reassess the evidence for coming to a different finding contrary to the finding recorded by the courts below.A Division Bench of Justice Anil Narendran and Justice K Babu remarked:"...it cannot be said...

Shah Rukh Khan's Son Aryan Khan and 7 Others Arrested in Mumbai Drugs Case

Aryan Khan, son of actor Shahrukh Khan, has been arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau in connection with the seizure of banned drugs on a cruise off the Mumbai coast. Khan is booked under sections 8(C) read with 20, 35 and 27 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and will be produced for remand soon, according to sources. Advocate Satish Manishande, earlier representing...

Application U/s 156(3) CrPC Seeking Registration Of FIR Cannot Be Dismissed Merely On The Ground Of Delay: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court observed that a magistrate cannot dismiss an application under Section 156(3) of Criminal Procedure Code merely on the ground of delay in lodging complaint.The magistrate cannot draw an inference that because of delay of lodging complaint it could be inferred that the application could not be treated as FIR on the ground of inordinate delay, Justice Bibek...

MPSLSA: "Prabhatpheri" Organised Under Pan India Awareness & Outreach Program As A Part Of "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav" [2nd October 2021]

A Pan India Legal Awareness & Outreach Campaign is being organized by the National Legal Services Authority as a part of "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav" from October 02, 2021 to November 14, 2021. As a part of campaign, M.P. High Court & MPSLSA under the visionary leadership of Justice Mohammad Rafiq, Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court & Patron-in-Chief MSPSLSA, organized...

Centre Promulgates Ordinance To Rectify Anomaly In Section 27A NDPS Act With Retrospective Effect

The Centre has promulgated Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021, amending section 27A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 to rectify an anomaly that had crept in.Section 27A deals with the punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders. It read as follows: Whoever indulges in financing, directly or indirectly, any of...

Temple Idols Theft: Madras High Court Expresses Shock Over Missing Case Diaries, Rebukes State CID For Not Being Serious

The Madras High Court last week rebuked the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Tamil Nadu state on account of its lack of seriousness to recover the stolen properties (temple idols and artifacts) or to book the culprits in such cases.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D.Audikesavalu was hearing a PIL filed by a Madras High Court lawyer, 'Elephant' G...