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Delhi Riots Cases To Be Considered With Sensitivity That Doesn't Mean Common Sense Should Be Given Go-By: Delhi Court
A Delhi Court on Tuesday observed that while it is conscious of the fact that communal riots cases have to be considered with utmost sensitivity, however, the same does not mean that common sense should be given a complete go by. It also added that mind has to be applied at the stage of framing of charges with regards to the material available on record.The observation came while...
Breaking: Bombay High Court Dismisses Kangana Ranaut's Plea To Quash Defamation Case Proceedings Initiated By Javed Akhtar
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to quash the defamation proceedings against actor Kangana Ranaut initiated on lyricist Javed Akhtar's complaint. The court reserved orders on Ranaut plea on September 1. Akhtar has accused Ranaut of damaging his "immaculate reputation" by dragging his name in actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death in her interview with Republic TV...
Kerala High Court Interdicts Motor Vehicles Department Officers From Wearing Blue Beret Caps, Badges Embossed With Ashoka Emblem
The Kerala High Court recently interdicted officers of the Motor Vehicles Department from wearing 'blue beret caps' and badges embossed with the Ashoka Emblem or any other uniform deceptively similar to the uniform prescribed for Senior Police OfficersA Division Bench of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly thereby reinforced Rule 406 of Kerala Motor Vehicles Rules and...
"These Relationships Are Purely Illegal, Anti-Social": Rajasthan HC Denies Protection To Widow Living With A Married Man
Denying police protection to a widow, who was living with a married man, the Rajasthan High Court recently observed that such a relationship between the petitioners don't come under the purview of a legal Live-in relationship and rather, such relationships are 'Purely Illegal' and 'Anti-Social'.The Bench of Justice Satish Kumar Sharma was hearing the protection plea of a widow and her partner...
Delhi High Court Denies Permission To Accused For Going To Afghanistan; Says Bleak Chance Of Returning Under Prevailing Circumstances Of The Country
Taking note of the prevailing circumstances in Afghanistan resulting from Taliban's takeover, the Delhi High Court has refused to permit an Afghan National, accused in connection with a customs case, to return to his country to look after his family. The Court observed that if permitted, the chances of the accused being able to return are very bleak.Justice Mukta Gupta denied relief to a man...
UAPA -What Difference Will It Make If Accused Files Bail Application Under Section 439 or 437? Jamia Alumni President Argues Before Delhi Court
A Delhi Court on Wednesday heard President of Jamia Millia Islamia Alumni Association, Shifa-Ur-Rehman who argued on the maintainability of bail plea under the provisions of UAPA in connection with the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case (FIR 59/2020).Advocate Abhishek Singh appearing for Rehman submitted before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat that UAPA provides for the source of the...
Once Jurisdictional Challenge U/S 16 Arbitration & Conciliation Act Is Rejected, Party Has To Wait Till Stage Of S. 34 Proceedings: Madhya Pradesh HC
The Jabalpur Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has reiterated that the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is a "self contained code" dealing with every aspect of arbitration. It added that once an Arbitral Tribunal rejects an application disputing its competency in terms of jurisdiction, the same cannot be challenged immediately and the arbitral proceedings may continue till passing...
Chief Conservator To Settle Ecologically Fragile Land Disputes If Application Filed Within 6 Months From Individual Notice: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently upheld the Single Judge's decision directing the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) to consider the applications preferred by the petitioners regarding a dispute whether their land is an ecologically fragile land since it was filed within 6 months from the date of individual notices served on them.A Division Bench of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and...
Petitions Filed Before HC In The Name Of Deceased Advocate: Allahabad High Court Directs Registrar General To Lodge FIR
The Allahabad High Court last week directed its Registrar General to lodge a First Information Report (FIR) in the matter, after it found that 3 petitions were filed before the Court in the name of an advocate who has already died. The Bench of Justice Samit Gopal was presiding over a bail plea, filed in the name of the deceased lawyer, when it noted that 3 other pleas have also been...
UP Police Transfers Investigation Of Case Under 'Anti-Love Jihad Law' To Karnataka Police: Allahabad HC Stays Order, Seeks State's Response
The Allahabad High Court last week stayed an order passed by the Uttar Pradesh Police transferring an investigation into an 'Anti-Love Jihad Law' matter [U.P. Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020] to Karnataka Police and called for a response from the State Government.The Bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Saroj Yadav was hearing the plea of a lady, Umme Kulsum,...
Will Demoralise The Police Force: State Opposes Plea Urging CBI Probe Into Massive Bank Fraud Before Kerala High Court
The State government submitted its counter-affidavit on Wednesday before the Kerala High Court in a plea seeking CBI investigation into the controversy that rocked the State wherein a Rs 100-crore bank fraud was uncovered in Thrissur's Karuvannur Cooperative Bank.The petition seeking a mandamus to entrust the investigation to the CBI was filed by M.V.Suresh, a former employee of the...
Blind Man Seeks Availability Of Public Documents In 'Braille' Under Disabilities Act: Allahabad HC Calls For State, HC Reply
A Blind man has approached the Allahabad High Court seeking, inter alia, availability of public documents in accessible formats (including in Braille) as per the mandate of Section 12 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.The Bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Deepak Verma has called for the reply of the State Government and the High Court administration and have...