"This Is Forum Shopping, Parties Not Entitled To Hop From Judge To Judge": Bombay HC Judge Justice GS Patel Rejects Plea For His Recusal

Justice GS Patel of the Bombay High Court recently rejected an application seeking his recusal from hearing a case and transfer to some other Court after the party, Respondent in the pending matter, cited the reason of not having faith in him. While rejecting the said application, Justice GS Patel opined thus: "The application for recusal is rejected outright. This is nothing but...

Augusta Westland Money Laundering Case: Delhi Court Grants Bail To Accused Businessman Anoop Kumar Gupta

A Delhi Court on Monday granted bail to businessman Anoop Kumar Gupta, an accused in the Augusta Westland money laundering case. Gupta was arrested by Enforcement Directorate on 29th January this year. Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar granted bail to Gupta subject to his furnishing of personal bond of Rs. 5 lacs with two sureties of like amount.Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa along with...

Ramesh Jarkiholi CD Scandal : Karnataka High Court Seeks Report From SIT On Investigation So Far

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to probe the alleged sex CD case involving former State minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, to submit in a sealed envelope a report on the investigation so far carried out by it. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj while issuing notice to the...

Prior Environmental Clearance Not Needed For Widening Work Of NH 4-A : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that prior environmental clearance is not needed for the widening work of the 82 kilometer stretch of National Highway 4-A in the State of Karnataka in terms of the EIA Notification dated August 22, 2013.As per the said notification, prior EC is required for projects having a stretch of more than 100 kilometers. The Court made this declaration based on...

"Cannot Be An Unending Thing": Delhi High Court Directs For Alternate Remedies To Family Of A Man Incorrectly Buried In Saudi Arabia

A Single Bench of Justice Prathiba Singh of the Delhi High Court today directed the Ministry of External Affairs to expedite and suggest alternate legal remedies for the process of exhumation and transport of the remains of one Sanjeev Kumar, an Indian migrant who was allegedly incorrectly buried as per Muslim rites in Saudi Arabia upon his death there in January this year.Noting that despite...

"Victim's Trauma Doesn't End With Rape" - Bombay High Court Recommends Amendment To Give Victim's 164 Statement The Status Of Examination-In-Chief

In a significant ruling, The Bombay High Court has urged the State and Central Governments, to bring amendments under relevant laws and give statements recorded before a magistrate under section 164 of the CrPC, the status of examination-in-chief. A division bench of Justices Prasanna B Varale and Shriram M Modak observed that the trauma of a victim does not end with the incident and...

Mumbai Sessions Court Dismisses Kangana Ranaut's Revision Petition Against Summons In Javed Akhtar's Defamation Case

A Sessions Court at Dindoshi, Mumbai rejected the revision application by actor Kangana Ranaut seeking to "suspend" the proceedings against her in the criminal defamation case filed by veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar. Akhtar has accused Kangana of damaging his "immaculate reputation by falsely attributing statements to him," in her interview with Republic TV anchor Arnab Goswami, on...

Allahabad High Court Lays Down Procedure & Standard Of Evidence For Enquiry Into Criminal Antecedents Of A Candidate During Selection Process

In a significant judgment, the Allahabad High Court has laid down the procedure to be adopted by the competent authority for inquiring into the criminal antecedents of a candidate for the purpose of selection. A Single Bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot has elucidated the type of materials that may be considered by such authority, the standard of proof, and other aggravating/ mitigating...

Compulsory Service Not Applicable To PG Medical Students Admitted Before 2018-19 : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has clarified that provisions of "Karnataka Compulsory Service Training by Candidates Completed Medical Courses Act, 2012" will not be applicable to the PG medical students/petitioners who were admitted to the course during the academic years 2016-17 and 2017-18. The PG students admitted from the academic year 2018-19, onwards who have been informed...

CRPF Officers Face Stagnation In Promotion: Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Look Into Plea

The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to decide on a plea by a group of officers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) upon their stated grievance that they have not been promoted in the past 10 years.The petition was moved by directly appointed Assistant Commandants of the Executive Cadre, who claimed that despite having put more than 10 years of service "they have not earned...

"Indeed, Commendable": Bombay High Court Lauds Special Judge, Police Station, Lawyers For Completing POCSO Trial Within A Year

In the course of its judgment confirming the conviction of a person under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Bombay High Court lauded the police investigating team and the Special Judge concerned for completing the trial within the timeframe stipulated by the POCSO. Specifically, the Bench comprising of Justice Revati Mohite Dere appreciated Special...

President Promulgates Tribunals Reforms Ordinance; High Court Made Appellate Body Of Many Tribunals

The Central Government has notified the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021, to dissolve certain existing appellate bodies and transfer their functions to other existing judicial bodies. Whereas a Bill to the above effect as introduced in the Lok Sabha during the Budget Session 2021, it could not be taken up for consideration and passing....