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Lawyer Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Guidelines For Conducting Search And Seizure Operations On Advocates Premises
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi High Court praying for issuing appropriate guidelines of mandatory procedures to be followed by police or investigating authorities while conducting search and seizure operations on an advocate's premises. The prayer also includes searches to be conducted in business organizations where material involving the search is in...
Cancerous To The Justice Delivery System If Hostile Witnesses Believe They Are Beyond The Rule Of Law: Bombay High Court
The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court in a recent order observed that the courts cannot "turn a blind eye to the menace of hostile witnesses," while directing the trial court to take action against five witnesses whose evidence resulted in the acquittal of a 75-year-old woman. A division bench of Jusitces Ravindra Ghuge and BU Debadwar said that even though respect for the...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Disbursement Of Salaries Of Sanitation Workers
The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh has issued notice on a plea seeking directions to pay salaries of sanitation workers of Delhi till January 2021.Filed one by Harnam Singh, the plea seeks prayers against the Delhi government, the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis and the Delhi Commission for National Karamcharis. The Central government has also been...
Gold Smuggling With Intent To Threaten Economic Security Of Country A 'Terrorist Act' Under UAPA : Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has observed that the offence of gold smuggling with the intent to threaten or likely to threaten the economic security of the country covered under the definition of 'terrorist act' under Section 15 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967(UAPA).The Court said that such an activity will come under Section 15(I)(iiia) of the Act.Section 15(I)(iiia) of UAPA...
CBI's Power To Investigate Beyond 'Railway Areas' Subject To Specific Consent By State Govt : Calcutta High Court
In an interesting Judgment, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday (03rd February) ruled that the authority of the CBI to investigate into the allegations in a particular case within Railway areas remains unfettered by the withdrawal of consent by the State Government. The Single Bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya further observed that the extension of powers of the CBI in respect...
Former ICICI Bank MD And CEO Prima Facie Misused Her Official Position : PMLA Court Summons Chanda Kochhar And Husband
Former ICICI Bank MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar had prima facie misused her official position in granting loans to accused Videocon group of companies and received illegal gratification, through her husband Deepak Kochhar, a special court observed while taking cognisance of the investigation complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate in the multi-crore scam under the Prevention of...
"Though Breaking Open University Gate Questionable, But Act Connected To Official Duties": Delhi Court Dismisses Plea By Jamia Millia Islamia Seeking FIR Against Police
""Though it could be argued that while so acting, the police/ respondents had allegedly exceeded their jurisdiction and used more force than necessary in some instances, it cannot be said, by any stretch of imagination, that the said acts allegedly committed by the respondents were wholly unconnected to their official duty."
Over 400 Judicial Vacancies In Indian High Courts; Four In Supreme Court And 31 In Delhi HC: Law Ministry Tells Lok Sabha
The Central Government on Wednesday informed the Lower House that as of February 1, 2021, there are more than 400 Judicial vacancies in Indian High Courts. As per the information provided by Ministry of Law & Justice, there were 419 vacancies of Judges in 25 High Courts on the said date.Centre informs #LokSabha that as of Feb 1, 2021, there are:-4 Judicial vacancies in #SupremeCourt...
Commuting Life Sentence: Consent Of Central Govt. Mandatory U/S 435 CrPC, But Centre Can't Deny It Without Application Of Mind
The Delhi High Court has held that "consent" of the Central Government is a pre-requisite for premature release of a prisoner under Section 435 of CrPC. The provision prohibits the State Government to exercise powers conferred under Sections 432 (Power to suspend or remit sentences) and 433 (Power to commute sentence) of the CrPC in certain cases where the investigation was conducted...
"Education Should Never Be Compromised": Gujarat High Court Directs Govt. To Ensure That No Child Drops Out Due To Inability To Pay Fees
While noting that Education is something which should never be compromised, the Gujarat High Court recently directed the State Government to ensure that the inability to pay the fees should not compel the parents to stop providing education to their children. It may be noted that the Bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice J. B. Pardiwala had taken up a public interest...