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'A Woman Is Free To Move As Per Her Wishes. We Cannot Curtail Her Freedom, Neither Can Her Parents': Bombay High In A Habeas Corpus Petition
The Bombay High Court on Monday said that a woman is free to move as per her wishes and her freedom could neither be curtailed by the court nor by her parents. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale made the oral observations while hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by a final year MBA student against his 23- year-old partner's parents. The couple had...
Programme Code - Centre Duty Bound To Immediately Deal With Complaints Regarding Broadcast Content : Bombay High Court
With its judgement on "media trials" in Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, the Bombay High Court has changed the course of how complaints regarding news content will be dealt with hereon. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice GS Kulkarni has directed all complaints regarding a programme's contents to be dealt with immediacy by an authorized officer of the...
Karnataka HC Seeks Better Explanation From NHAI For Affidavit Saying 'Environment Protection Act Was Framed At Foreign Powers' Instance'
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain an application filed by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), tendering unconditional apology and seeking to unconditionally withdraw the statement of objections, filed on January 4, wherein the authority made a bizarre statement that the Environment Protection Act, 1986, has been passed by the Parliament at the instance...
Not Necessary To Issue Summons U/S 91 CrPC In All Circumstances Before issuing A Search Warrant: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that it is not required in all circumstances to issue a summons prior to issuance of a search warrant. A search warrant could be issued in terms of Section 93(1)(c) without issuing a summon under Section 91of the Cr.P.C. Justice Suraj Govindaraj passed the order while dismissing a petition filed by Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) challenging...
"He Tried To Avoid A Particular Bench By Clever Drafting": Allahabad High Court Imposes 50K Cost On 6000-Crore Amrapali Scam Accused
Noting that Amprapali Group's Director Ajay Kumar tried to avoid a particular Bench and get his matter listed before another Bench, the Allahabad High Court last week imposed a cost of Rs.50,000/- to be deposited by him with Oudh Bar Association within a period of two weeks. [NOTE: Ajay Kumar is involved in six thousand crores infamous Amrapali mega scam and, a case, under Section...
Trial Judges Do Not Have Absolute Discretion To Prune Or Reject List Of Witnesses Submitted By Accused: Kerala High Court
The trial Judges do not have absolute discretion to prune or reject the list of witnesses submitted by the accused, the Kerala High Court observed in a judgment delivered on Monday.Justice VG Arun observed that the trial court is empowered to interfere with only when the court is convinced that the application seeking issuance of summons is submitted for the purpose of vexation or delay or...
Plea In Madras HC Seeks Initiation Of Contempt Proceedings Against S. Gurumurthy For Allegedly Scandalous Remarks Against Judges
The Madras High Court has been moved for initiation of contempt proceedings against Swaminathan Gurumurthy, the editor of the weekly 'Thuglak' magazine, for making scandalizing speech against the judiciary. During an annual event of the magazine on January 14, Gurumurthy had allegedly said that "most of the Judges are dishonest and meritless and obtained the post of the High Court Judge...
Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority Organizes Online Community Mediation Programme In 8 Districts
The Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority recently held an Online Mediation Programme in eight districts, to encourage alternate dispute mechanism. The programme extending to participants of Muslim Communities in the districts of Jabalpur, Anuppur, Shahdol, Mandleshwar, Dewas, Badwani, Raisen and Neemuch, commenced from January 6, 2021 and concluded on Monday,...
Plea In Bombay High Court Seeks Contempt Proceedings Against Kangana Ranaut For Tweets In Violation Of Undertaking Given In Court
A plea in the Bombay High Court seeks to initiate contempt proceedings against actress Kangana Ranaut for tweeting a video in alleged violation of her undertaking given to the court. The petition filed by casting director and original complainant- Munnawarali Sayyed -is in the same proceedings in which Kangana and her sister Rangoli have sought quashing of the sedition FIR...
About 3.5 Crore Cases Pending In Indian District Courts: Plea In Supreme Court For Appointment Of More Judges In Subordinate Judiciary
A public interest litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court, underscoring the issue of long pendency of cases in Subordinates Courts in India, inter alia seeking formal guidelines and rule of procedures for the appointment of judges within the time-bound duration. The petition has been filed by a final year law student, Shrikant Prasad, stating that the delay in the administration...
Karnataka High Court Rejects Devegowda's Plea To Reopen Defamation Suit For Producing Additional Evidence
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Rajya Sabha Member and former Prime Minister of India, H D Devegowda, seeking to quash a civil court disallowing him to adduce evidence at trial stage in a defamation suit, initiated against him. Justice Krishna S Dixit while rejecting the petition noted that "The suits founded on the tort of defamation need to be tried...
Manipal Fraud Case: Supreme Court Grants Bail To Former Employee Sandeep Gururaj
The Supreme Court has granted bail to Sandeep Gururaj, Former Deputy General Manager of Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG), accused of siphoning off funds (reportedly 62 Crores) from the company accounts.While granting bail, the court noted that the instant case is not one of public money being involved but monies of the concerned corporate entities. "We have given a thought to the...