Why 21 Years Delay To Act In Dowry Death Case? SC Seeks Explanation From Bihar DGP, Patna HC Registrar General [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has directed the Director General of Police, Bihar and Registrar General of the Patna High Court to explain why it took 21 years to arrest a man accused in a dowry death case.FIR was lodged on 02.02.1999 by the brother of a deceased woman alleging that her husband and family had harassed her for dowry. He stated that funeral ceremonies were completed by the husband of the...

SC Upholds Patna HC Order Directing Husband To Pay Rs.20K Per Month To Wife As Condition For Anticipatory Bail [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has dismissed a husband plea against the Patna High Court direction to pay Rs. 20,000 to his wife monthly, as a condition for granting anticipatory bail.In this case, the husband had approached the High Court seeking anticipatory bail apprehending arrest in a Domestic Violence Complaint filed by his wife. While disposing his pre-arrest bail plea, the court noted that a...

[POCSO] Conviction Can Be Based On Sole Testimony Of Victim If Reliable And Trustworthy, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

There can be a conviction based on the sole testimony of the sexual assault victim if she is found to be reliable and trustworthy, the Supreme Court has reiterated while upholding conviction in a POCSO case.Ganesan was convicted for Sexual assaulting a girl aged 13 years, and was sentenced to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment. Before the Apex Court, he contended that the Trial...

Law Students Move Delhi HC Seeking Transparency In NLU-D's Moot Court Competition; Seek Disclosure Of Competition Records & Marks Secured

A petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking a direction upon the Moot Court Organizing Committee of NLU-D, to release the marks obtained by the Petitioners in the memorial round of the 70th Constitution Day Moot Court Competition. The Petitioners are students of University Law College (ULC), Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar namely, Debashish Kumar Panda, Deep Kumar...

Calcutta HC Upholds Govt. Durga Puja Grant: Puja Committees In State Directed To Utilise It For Buying COVID Protection Gear [Read Order]

The Calcutta High Court on Friday (16th October) refused to invalidate the State Government's notification which provided for disbursements of Rs. 50,000 each for Committees/Organisers of Durga Puja festivities across the State.The Bench of Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Arijit Banerjee was hearing a plea challenging the state government's decision and the propriety of such grant on...

[Assault On Constable] Maharashtra's Women & Child Development Minister Yashomati Thakur Gets 3-Month Jail Term By Maharashtra Court [Read Order]

The Amravati District & Sessions Court (Maharashtra) on Thursday (15th October) sentenced Maharashtra's Women & Child Development Minister Yashomati Thakur to 3 months rigorous imprisonment in an eight-year-old case of assault on a policeman and also imposed a fine of ₹15,500.The Sessions Judge, Amravati Urmila S. Joshi Phalke held Thakur, her driver (Sagar Suresh Khandekar) and...

[Tablighi Jamaat] Patna HC Consolidates Cases From All Over Bihar; Transfers To Patna District

The Patna High Court on Wednesday (14th October) directed the transfer of all the Tablighi Jamaat related cases pending in different district courts in the State of Bihar to one particular trial court at Patna.The Bench of Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, however, left it to the discretion of the Chief Justice, Patna HC to allot the cases to a particular Trial Court at Patna.BackgroundThe...

Address Non-Payment Of Pension Problem Faced By Senior Citizens: Karnataka HC Directs State Govt.

The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the State government to immediately look into the grievance raised about senior citizens not being paid pension amounts. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ashok S Kinagi issued notice to the respondents while hearing a petition filed by an organisation Akhila Karnataka Vyyovrudhara Okkoota (Aikyata). Advocate Clifton...

Bandra Court Orders FIR Against Kangana Ranaut & Sister Rangoli Chandel For Allegedly Promoting Communal Disharmony

A Magistrate court in Bandra has ordered an FIR to be registered against actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel for allegedly trying to create a communal divide in the film industry through their social media.Metropolitan Magistrate Jaydeo Ghule on Friday ordered the FIR to be registered after finding a prima facie case against the actor and her sister. The complaint was filed by...

'Transition Of Unitilized Input Tax Credit Only For Taxes And Duties Subsumed By GST' : Madras HC Disallows Credit For 3 Cesses [Read Judgment]

In an important judgment that can have pan-India implications, the Madras High Court on Friday held that the cesses that have not been subsumed by the Goods and Service Tax laws cannot be carried forward to claim set off against output tax credit.A division bench of the High Court was considering the issue relating to Education Cess (EC), Secondary and Higher Education Cess (SHEC) and...

[IBC] Is Moratorium Applicable to Suits Filed By Corporate Debtor?: SC Issues Notice [Read Order]

Is the provision of moratorium in Section 14(1)A of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 only applicable to civil suits filed against the corporate debtor?, the Supreme Court has issued a notice in an SLP which raises this issue.The Special Leave Petition is filed against a Bombay High Court order contending that the High Court erred in its interpretation of Section 14(1)A of Insolvency...

Slapping Complainant By Police Isn't Due Discharge Of His Official Duty; Not Entitled To Protection Under S. 197 CrPC: Kerala HC [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (14th October) observed that in order to get the protection under Section 197 of Cr.P.C., the act constituting the offence should be so connected with the official duty or should be an act which is inseparable from such duty.In the present case, the Bench of Justice N. Anil Kumar was hearing a Criminal Revision Petition filed under Section 397 r/w Section 401...