All Courts In This Country Are Bound By The Judgment Of The Apex Court, Says Supreme Court [Read Order]

All Courts in this country are bound by the judgment of the Apex Court, the Supreme Court remarked while disposing a special leave petition on Thursday.Justice RF Nariman led bench was considering an SLP filed against a Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment in a land acquisition matter. It was submitted before the bench that the petitioner apprehends that the Executing Court may not follow...

When Party Members of Constituents Of A Coalition Act Against Coalition's Interest, It Amounts To Acting Against Their Own Party: Kerala High Court

While upholding the decision of the Election Commission, the Kerala High Court recently dismissed Writ Petitions filed against the decision of EC declaring the petitioners "disqualified" for being members of Grama Panchayath (Ranny-Pazhavangadi) and also disqualified them from contesting as candidates in any election of the local body for a period of six years.Before the Bench of Justice...

[IB Official Ankit Sharma Murder During Delhi Riots] 'Reminiscent Of Carnage During The Days Of Partition', Delhi Court Denies Bail To Accused

While denying the benefit of Bail to IB Officer Ankit Sharma's Murder Accused (Muntajim alias Musa), the Karkardooma Court (Delhi) on Thursday (29th October) remarked that "it is common knowledge that the dreary days of 24.02.2020 and 25.02.2020 saw parts of North-East Delhi gripped by a communal frenzy, reminiscent of carnage during the days of partition".The Additional Sessions Judge...

S. 82 CrPc Neither Creates Riders Nor Imposes Restrictions In Filing Of Anticipatory Bails By Proclaimed Offenders: Himachal Pradesh High Court [Read Judgment]

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has made it clear that declaration of an accused as an "absconder" under Section 82 of CrPC does not preclude him from filing an application for seeking anticipatory bail. "Section 82 of CrPC neither creates any riders nor imposes any restrictions in the filing of anticipatory bails by the proclaimed offenders," a Single Bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara...

JNU Revokes Compulsory Direction For Use Of Aarogya Setu App By Students and Staff

The Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU), New Delhi, has revoked the mandatory direction that that students and staff should install Aarogya Setu app.A modified order issued by the JNU Registrar said that the installation of the app is advisable. It was on October 21 that the JNU administration issued the direction making the use of Aarogya Setu mandatory.Now, the Registrar has issued a...

[Honour Killing] 'Fast Track Investigation By SITs Needed', Punjab And Haryana High Court Calls For Details Of Pending Cases

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Monday (26th October) directed the Director-General of Police (DGP), Haryana, to file an affidavit regarding the number of Honour Killing cases registered in the state in which trial or probe is pending, and what steps have been taken to fast-track the same.The Bench of Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi has further asked the State DGP to spell out the steps taken...

'Religious Conversion Just For The Purpose Of Marriage Is Unacceptable': Allahabad High Court Dismisses Plea Of Married Couple

[Update : A division bench declared this judgment as bad in law on November 11. The division bench judgment may be read here]The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking police protection filed by a married couple.This is after the Court noted that the girl was a Muslim by birth and she has converted her religion to Hinduism, just a month before the marriage was...

Delhi Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Registration Of Separate FIR In Connection With JNU Violence In January

A plea preferred by JNU Professor Suchitra Sen under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. who had sustained injuries during the January mob violence in JNU, was dismissed by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Saket, on the ground that the matter was already under investigation by Delhi Police. It was observed by Pawan Singh Rajawat, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Saket that since the...

[Kerala Actor Assault Case] 'Victim Was Harassed During Trial; Court Did Not Control': Prosecution Tells Kerala High Court Seeking Transfer

The victim of the Kerala actor abduction and sexual assault case was harassed during the trial by the lawyers of the accused and the trial court did not control it, said the prosecution in the High Court of Kerala on Friday.The submission was made before a bench of Justice V G Arun which is considering the applications filed by the prosecution and the victim seeking the transfer of the case...

Gujarat HC Initiates Suo Motu Matter On Expediting Trials Against MPs/MLAs [Read Order]

In a suo moto case registered on Wednesday, the Gujarat High Court has decided to monitor expeditious disposal of criminal proceedings pending against sitting/ former MPs and MLAs in the local Courts under its jurisdiction. The case was registered by a Division Bench comprising of Justices RM Chhaya and Vaibhavi D. Nanavati, and will be placed before a Bench led by Chief Justice...

Personal Info Of More Than 4000 RTI Applicants Displayed On Official Website: Bombay High Court Pulls Up I&B Ministry

The Bombay High Court on Thursday, while hearing RTI Activist Saket Gokhale's writ petition against the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting's decision to upload his personal details on their website, pulled up the Ministry after being informed that personal details of more than 4000 of such RTI applicants were disclosed on the official website until recently.In the previous...

'Arrest Of Accused Not Automatic On Registration Of FIR': Punjab & Haryana High Court Reiterates [Read Judgment]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has cautioned that even though registration of FIR is mandatory when a complaint discloses commission of a cognizable offence, "the arrest of the accused is not automatic on registration of an FIR." The Single Bench of Justice Raj Mohan Singh has held, "The arrest cannot be made in a routine manner on a mere allegation of commission of an offence....