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"Bail Application Under Stringent Law Like UAPA Should Not Be Dismissed Due To Technical Mistakes": Riots Accused Tells Delhi Court
Seeking bail in the Delhi Riots larger conspiracy case, riots accused Gulfisha Fatima has told a Delhi Court that bail application under stringent law like Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act should not be dismissed merely due to some technical mistakes.Advocate Mehmood Pracha told Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat that sec. 16(3) of National Investigation Agency Act gives a hybrid...
People Who Buy Liquor Should Not Be Treated Like Cattle: Kerala High Court Directs Excise Commissioner To Ensure Proper Infrastructure At Liquor Stores
The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the Excise Commissioner to not default in complying with the instructions passed by the Court regarding appropriate infrastructure being made available at the liquor outlets in the State. Justice Devan Ramachandran also notified the authorities that he had received a letter from a woman dated 7th September concerned about a particular outlet situated...
Justice Manjula Chellur Refuses Rs 10 Lakh Honorarium For Monitoring SIT Probe In WB Post-Poll Violence Cases
Justice (Retired) Manjula Chellur has informed the Calcutta High Court that she does not want to accept the Rs 10 lakh honorarium fixed by the Court for monitoring the SIT probe into West Bengal post-poll violence cases.Taking note of this, the High Court directed that the State Government need not pay the honorarium to Justice Chellur, who was the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court from...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice To IRCTC On Plea To Relax License Fee For Catering Services In East & West Zones Amid Covid-19
The Delhi High Court today issued notice to IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) on an appeal seeking relaxation in license fee granted to newly allotted catering units of the East & West Zones, at par with the North & South Zones, amid Covid-19.A Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Amit Bansal denied interim relief and kept the matter for hearing on...
District Courts In West Bengal To Resume Functioning In Hybrid Mode With Immediate Effect
The Calcutta High Court vide a press release informed on Wednesday that all district courts in the State of West Bengal will resume functioning with immediate effect in a hybrid mode i.e. both through physical as well as virtual hearings as per the convenience of the concerned litigants and lawyers. "Physical presence of learned lawyers, their staff and litigants in the court premises shall...
"People Were Traumatized Due To Communal Tension, Took Them Days To Muster Courage": Delhi Court On Delay In Recording Statements In Riots Case
Dealing with a case concerning murder of 21 year old Aaftaf during the North East Delhi riots, a Delhi Court observed that it was difficult for the investigating agency to trace public witnesses promptly for recording of statements as people were shocked and traumatized to the extent that it took them days to muster the courage in reporting the case to the Delhi police.Additional Sessions...
'Perjury A Heinous Crime, Complaints On It Shouldn't Be Deferred': Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court recently observed that consideration of complaints regarding perjury should not be deferred or delayed by courts. Justice Krishna S Dixit said "Act of perjury is treated as a heinous offence in all civilized societies; consideration of complaints with regard to the same cannot be deferred or delayed; otherwise there is all possibility of the fountain of...
All Hindus Living In Kashmir Valley Cannot Claim Benefits Meant For Kashmiri Pandits: J&K High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that all Hindus residing in the Valley cannot be said to be a Kashmiri Pandit, thereby allowing them to avail the benefits of the schemes meant exclusively for the Pandits. While disposing of the plea seeking benefit to the petitioners, under the package for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants, Justice Sanjeev Kumar held that,"In the absence...
P&H High Court Grants Protection To Muslim Man In Second Marriage, Directs To Pay 1 Lakh To First Wife
Dealing with a protection plea filed by a Muslim man seeking protection in his second marriage, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Single Judge) imposed Rs. 1 lakh fine on the man to be paid to his wife noting that he had failed to maintain his first wife and minor Daughters.The single judge dismissed the plea even without adjudicating on the issue of protection to life, however, in an appeal...
Amendments In Written Statement Cannot Completely Displace Former Admissions: Kerala High Court
While dealing with a plea where a written statement was amended after the matter was listed for trial, the Kerala High Court observed that amendments made in a written statement cannot completely displace the former admissions made before the amendment. Justice V.G Arun while dismissing the original suit remarked:"...in the case at hand, the amendments would not only have the effect of...