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...

Petition U/s 482 CrPC Seeking Quashing Of A Domestic Violence Application Not Maintainable: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that that a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to quash a complaint under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act is not maintainable.The court observed that a petition under Article 227 of the Constitution may be maintainable if it is shown that the proceedings before the Magistrate suffer from a patent lack of...

Findings Of Higher/Coordinate Bench While Rejecting A Plea Must Be Seriously Considered By Court Hearing Similar Plea: P&H High Court

"The findings of a higher Court or a Coordinate Bench must receive serious consideration at the hands of the Court entertaining a similar petition at a later stage when the same had been rejected earlier": Punjab & Haryana High Court

P&H High Court Allows Transfer Of Refugee Boy From Amritsar To Nuh Camp To Enable Him To Stay With His Mother

Acting on a habeas petition filed by a mother (Julaha @ Julaha Yusuf), the Punjab and Haryana High Court last week directed that her son be transferred from Amritsar to Rohingya Refugee Camp in Nuh tehsil of Mewat district so that the mother-son duo could be kept at one place till they are deported back. Accepting the mother's prayer, the Bench of Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill directed...

Sister Abhaya Case : Kerala High Court To Consider Fr Thomas Kottoor's Appeal Tomorrow

The Kerala High Court will consider for admission tomorrow the appeal filed by Father Thomas Kottoor against his sentence and conviction for the murder of Sister Abhaya in 1992.The criminal appeal is listed before a division bench comprising Justices K Vinod Chandran and M R Anitha tomorrow.Kottoor, who was sentenced to life by the Special CBI Court, Thiruvnanathapuram on December 23, has...

'State Will Have To Consider What Happens To Common Farmer' : Karnataka High Court On Cattle Slaughter Ordinance

The Karnataka High Court on Monday observed that "State will have to consider what happens to a common farmer," while suggesting that either state will have to make a statement for time being no coercive action will be taken for violation of section 5 of the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Ordinance, 2020, or it will pass appropriate orders. A division bench...