High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High Court Section 438 CrPC Doesn't Mandate That Sessions Court Must Be Moved First; But Special Circumstances Must Be Shown To Directly Approach HC [Ankit Bharti v. State of UP & Anr.] In a significant ruling, a 5-judge bench of the Allahabad High Court clarified that under special circumstances, a person apprehending arrest may approach the High Court directly...

Judge Hearing 2002 Naroda Gam Riot Case Transferred

A special SIT judge hearing the 2002 Naroda Gam riot case, in which former BJP minister Maya Kodnani is an accused, has been transferred as principal district judge of Valsad by an order of the Gujarat High Court.According to a notification issued by the Gujarat High Court on Friday, principal judge, city civil court, Ahmedabad, M K Dave has been transferred as principal judge of...

Former Governor Dr. Hans Raj Bhardwaj Passed Away

Dr. Hans Raj Bhardwaj, Former Law Minister and Ex-Governor of Karnataka passed away today.Dr. Bhardwaj was also a Senior Advocate and was first elected to the Rajya Sabha in April 1982. He joined Indian National Congress and was a law minister in Rajiv Gandhi Government. He had also served as Governor of Karnataka and Kerala. He was 83.Our deepest condolences in the passing away of Frm Law...

Transfer Of Accounts Of Police Personnel To Axis Bank; Bombay HC Issues Notice To Fmr CM Devendra Fadnavis [Read Petition]

The Bombay High Court on Thursday issued notice to former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in a PIL filed by one Mohnish Jabalpure alleging that the BJP leader misused his position when he was Chief Minister and ordered the transfer of accounts of all police personnel in the state as well beneficiaries of the Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Yojana to Axis Bank, a private bank where his wife works at...

Madhya Pradesh Govt To Revoke Rule Exempting Women From Wearing Helmets, AG Tells HC [Read Order]

The State government of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday told a division bench of the high court that "an in-principle decision" has been taken for making helmets compulsory for women in the State. The division bench comprised by Chief Justice AK Mittal and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla was hearing a plea filed by Himanshu Dixit, a student of NLIU Bhopal, concerned by the danger posed to...

[Anti-CAA Protests] Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea To Quash FIR Against 4 Journalists Booked For Inciting Violent Mob [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking to quash a FIR registered against four news journalists allegedly for inciting a violent mob protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. Stating that the correctness of the allegation had to be tested on the basis of a proper trial, a division comprised by Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Deepak...

COVID 2019 : In Sunday Hearing Allahabad HC Passes Directions To Control Spread Of Coronavirus [Read Order]

In a special hearing conducted today (on Sunday) by a division bench of the Allahabad High Court, directions have been issued to the Registrar General asking him to take necessary steps to prevent the spread of Novel COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in the High Court campuses. While hearing a PIL filed by a practicing Advocate of the high court Shashank Shri Tripathi, Chief Justice Govind...

Allahabad HC Stays Trial Court's Order Directing Recovery Of Public Loss From Anti-CAA Protesters [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Friday stayed an order passed by the Additional District Magistrate, Bijnor on February 24, directing 4 persons to pay compensation for damaging public properties during anti-CAA protests in Lucknow on December 19, 2019. The division bench comprised by Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Deepak Verma noted that a coordinate bench of the high court had...

Centre Constitutes Delimitation Commission For Delimiting Parliamentary Constituencies In J&K, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur & Nagaland [Read Notification]

The Central government has constituted the Delimitation Commission for the purpose of delimitation of Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the States of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland. The primary function of a Delimitation commission is to fix the limits/ boundaries of the various assembly and Lok...

NCLAT Sets Aside CCI Order Closing Case Under Competition Act Against Flipkart; Directs Re-Probe

The NCLAT has set aside an order of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) which had given a clean chit to Flipkart for unfair trade practice and has directed CCI to probe the matter again. The Principal bench held that prima facie Flipkart had contravened Section 4 of the Competition Act, 2002 which related to the abuse of dominant position and predatory pricing.The NCLAT,...

Delhi Court Grants Bail to Shaheen Bagh Shooter Kapil Baisala [Read Order]

The Saket District Court in Delhi has granted bail to Kapil Baisala who was arrested by the Delhi Police on February 1, 2020 allegedly for firing in the air during anti-CAA protests in Shaheen Bagh.After hearing the arguments advanced by Baisala's counsel Advocate Narveer Dabas, Additional Sessions Judge Gulshan Kumar released him on bail while stating,"On considering the totality of facts...

Seizure Of Driving Licence By The Police Officer Not In Uniform Envisaged Under Section 130 Of The MV Act Is Illegal: Calcutta HC [Read Order]

The Calcutta High Court observed that seizure of driving license by the police officer not in uniform as envisaged in Section 130 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 as well as no acknowledgment under Section 206 (3) of the said act is clearly illegal. The single bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya said, " A police officer is supposed to be a protector of justice, a much...