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EÂ-Kiosks Installed In All Prisons In Delhi For Prisoners To Know Their Case Particulars & Incarceration Period: Centre To Supreme Court
The Centre informed the Supreme Court that all prisons in Delhi have installed eÂ-kiosks for prisoners to know their case particulars including the status of their court case and their period of incarceration.This e-Âprison/court module is developed by the National Informatics Centre and the Court can also access it.While considering a criminal appeal, the bench headed by CJI NV Ramana...
Why No Final Decision Taken Against Judicial Officer Indicted Of Accepting Bribe Three Years Ago?: Punjab & Haryana HC Asks Registrar General
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday enquired from its Registrar General as to why no final decision had been taken in respect of a judicial officer, who was found guilty of grave misconduct for accepting bribe while deciding a criminal case.The Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, CBI, Patiala namely Hemant Gopal was charged for accepting illegal...
Rotomac Scam Case : Supreme Court Grants Bail To Uday J Desai On Medical Grounds
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Uday J Desai, a director of Frost International Ltd, in the alleged Rs 7,500 crore financial fraud committed by Rotomac group of companies with public sector banks and other institutions.A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy granted bail to Desai on medical grounds. Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, appearing...
'Cannot Allow Them To Go Scot Free': Meghalaya HC Directs State Police To Apprehend Persons Spreading Rumours About Covid Vaccine Efficacy
The Meghalaya High Court on Monday directed the State police to take immediate action against people spreading rumours about the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccine on various social media platforms.The Court was adjudicating upon a suo motu PIL concerning orders issued by the State Government making vaccination mandatory for shopkeepers, vendors, local taxi drivers etc. before they can resume...
Can Impose Condition Of Restitution Of Benefit/Property By Accused To Victim While Granting Bail: Punjab & Haryana High Court
In an important ruling, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that at the time of granting bail to the accused, the Court can impose the condition of restitution of benefit/property by the accused to the victim. The Bench of Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi clarified that imposition of any such condition (while granting bail) for such restitution of the benefit/property by the accused to...
Kerala High Court Directs VACB To Wind Up Probe Against IAS Officer Biswanath Sinha Within 3 Months
The Kerala High Court recently directed the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau to complete further investigation into the corruption charges against Bishwanath Sinha, former managing director of the Kerala Cooperative Bank within 3 monthsJustice R Narayana Pisharady issued the order while dismissing a petition filed by the officer challenging the Muvattupuzha Vigilance Court's order...
Chief Justice Alone Can Allot Roster & Transfer Case From One Bench To Another; Puisne Judge Can't : Karnataka High Court
A full bench of the Karnataka High Court has held that it is only the Chief Justice who can allocate the work to a particular judge, issue a roster, transfer a case from one judge to another judge, pass an order in respect of transfer of a case from one Bench to another Bench and by no stretch of imagination, a puisne judge can transfer a case from one Bench to another Bench. The...
Anti-Muslim Sloganeering At Jantar Mantar : Delhi Court Sends Lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay To 2-Day Judicial Custody
A Delhi Court on Tuesday remanded former Delhi BJP Spokesperson and Supreme Court lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay to two days judicial custody in the case registered by the Delhi police over the anti-Muslims slogans raised at an event organized by him at Jantar Mantar at the national capital on Sunday, reported ANI.The Court has also remanded three other accused to judicial custody. Two accused persons...
5 Reasons Why Bombay High Court Cancelled Common Entrance Test for Junior College Admissions
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday quashed the Maharashtra Government's notification to conduct a Common Entrance Test (CET) for students from all boards seeking junior college or class XI admissions in Maharashtra. A division bench of Justices RD Dhanuka and RI Chagla directed the State to, instead, complete the admission process based on marks secured by standard X students through...
'The Very Act Of Throwing a Chit On a Woman's Person Which Professes Love For Her Amounts To Outraging Modesty': Bombay High Court
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court recently observed that there exists no straitjacket formula to ascertain whether modesty of a woman is outraged. The High Court also went on to note that the very act of throwing a chit on a woman's person which professes love for her and which contains poetic verses, albeit extremely, purely written is sufficient to outrage the modesty of...