138 NI Act- High Court Can Nullify An Order Of Conviction Even After The Revisional Stage On the Basis Of Settlement Between Parties: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court recently held that High Court can nullify an order of conviction passed by it in a Criminal Revision in a Cheque bouncing case, by using the power under Section 482 CrPC noticing subsequent compromise of the case by the contesting parties.The Court has permitted the compounding of an offence committed under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act while hearing...

No Litigant Can Assume As A Matter Of Right Court's Power To Condone Delay, Rights Accruing To Opposite Party Need To Be Kept In Mind: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has observed that no litigant can assume, as a matter of right, the Court's power to condone delay and that the rights accruing to opposite party on account of the delayed action also needs to be kept in mind while exercising such a power."While it is true that the power to condone delay is intended to advance substantive justice, nevertheless, procedure cannot be given...

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, WB Minister Move Tripura High Court Seeking Quashing Of FIR In Khowai PS Incident

Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, MP Dola Sen, West Bengal Minister Bratya Basu, and 3 others have moved the Tripura High Court seeking quashing of FIR registered against them on a suo-moto complaint. They have been booked for obstructing police officers from performing their duties on August 8, said Kiran Kumar, the Superintendent of Police (SP) in...

Nominate Members To Vacant Posts At National Commission For Minorities By September End: Delhi High Court To Centre

The Delhi High Court has extended the time given to the Central Government for nominating members to vacant posts at the National Commission for Minorities by September 30.The Court was hearing a petition seeking directions for the expeditious filling up of vacancies at the National Commission For Minorities. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Rekha Palli ordered thus:"Keeping in view...

Unmarried Girls In India Don't Indulge In Carnal Activities Just For Fun Unless Assurance Of Marriage Is There: MP High Court

"India are a conservative society, it has not yet reached such level (advance or lower) of civilization where unmarried girls…indulge in carnal activities with boys just for the fun of it, unless the same is backed by some future promise/assurance of marriage," the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore Bench) observed recently. The Bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar also opined that...

Recording Of Victim's Statement By Audio-Video Means, By Woman Officer: Allahabad HC Directs Compliance Of Provisos To S. 161 (3) CrPC

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday observed that in majority of cases, 1st and 2nd proviso to Section 161 (3) CrPC, which mandate the recording of sexual offences victim's statement by audio-video means and by a women officer, are not being followed by the Investigating Officers in the true sense. Therefore, the Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh directed the Director-General...

Delhi High Court Denies Traders' Plea Seeking Waiver Of Detention Charges Imposed By ICDs and CFSs During Lockdown

The Delhi High Court recently disposed off a plea filed by traders seeking waiver of penal detention charges and ground rent levied by the Inland Container Depots (ICDs) and Container Freight Stations (CFSs) during the COVID lockdown. A Bench of Justices Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and C. Hari Shankar dismissed the various writ petitions filed by importers/exporters while noting that all...

COVID-19 : Gauhati High Court Vacates All Interim Orders Passed By Subordinate Courts, Tribunals From August 31

The full bench of the Gauhati High Court on Friday vacated its interim order dated May 10, 2021 applicable for all subordinate Courts, Tribunals and others due to the improvement in the Covid-19 situation in Assam. The Court vide order dated May 10 had extended the interim orders passed by it, its outlying Benches and other subordinate Courts and Tribunals till June 1, 2021. Full Bench...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Setting Up International Task Force Of Experts On CoVID Deaths

A plea seeking directions to the Centre to set up an international task force of experts comprising of National and International experts (including from China)- reporting to this Top Court for determining if the Delta Variant could be a synthetic pathogen and steps to be taken for preventing the third wave has been filed in the Supreme Court It has been argued that India owes...

Delhi High Court Denies Bail To Astrologer Who Allegedly Touched Woman Inappropriately; Stabbed Her For 'Human Sacrifice'

The Delhi High Court has denied bail to an astrologer, accused of inappropriately touching a woman, who was also his client, and later stabbing her with a knife allegedly under the pretext of performing 'human sacrifice' during a puja.Justice Yogesh Khanna rejected the bail plea of the man after the prosecutrix alleged that she was cheated by him for a sum of Rs. 1.5 lakhs to improve her...

A Misconception And Misreading Of EIA Notification: Kerala High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging Construction Of LuLu Mall In Capital City

The Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed a plea that challenged the construction of LuLu Mall, a popular shopping mall in the Capital city of Kerala on the ground that it was not eligible for environmental clearance (EC).A Division Bench of Justice S.V. Bhatti and Justice Bechu Kurian while rejecting the public interest litigation, also observed that the State Environmental Impact...

Minor Girl Allegedly Dies By Suicide In Govt Shelter Home: Allahabad High Court Seeks Details On Letter Plea Seeking CBI probe

The Allahabad High Court on Friday sought details from the Uttar Pradesh Government of death of a 17-year-old minor while she was in a Nari Niketan in Prayagraj district, a government shelter home for women. The Bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice Rajendra Kumar-IV was dealing with a letter petition seeking CBI probe into this matter, and the same has now...