Question On Admissibility And Proof Of Electronic Evidence Shall Be Decided By Trial Court At The Stage Final Adjudication: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court has held that the affidavit under section 65B of the Evidence Act is not to be treated as a document and can be exhibited along with the examination in chief of a witness. The Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh has noted that the question as to whether the affidavit under section 65B, which is the electronic evidence, has been proved in accordance with...

Delhi Court Grants More Time To Crime Branch To File Report On A Plea Seeking FIR Against Anurag Thakur and Pravesh Verma For Making Hate Speeches

A Delhi Court has directed Special Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, to submit an Action Taken Report (ATR) on a plea seeking FIR against Anurag Thakur and Pravesh Verma allegedly making hate speeches, in a period of 15 days In today's hearing, it was informed to the court that the matter has been taken up by Special Investigation Unit of the Crime Branch, and is being...

Kota Infants Death : SC Seeks Rajasthan Govt Response On Plea Seeking Probe

The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Rajasthan government on a plea seeking a probe into the death of over 100 infants at a hospital in Kota recently. A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde, Justice B R Gavai and Justice Surya Kant issued a notice to the state government on a plea filed by noted doctor K K Aggarwal and social worker B Mishra seeking probe into the death...

Dispute Raised To Application U/S 9 IBC Over Telephone Inadmissible: NCLT, Allahabad [Read Order]

In its recent order the Allahabad bench of the NCLT has decided that 'notice of dispute' to a claim under Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 is not admissible if made over a telephonic communication, not supported by phone records. The observations have been made in a company petition filed under Section 9 of the Code for initiation of Corporate Insolvency...

Madras HC Directs Govt To Decide On PIL Seeking Free Streaming Of Sports Channel On DD's OTT Platforms [Read Judgment]

"The predictability of a law to survive is an assurance of its validity. This is possible only if the law is reasonably adaptable to human needs. To keep it stifled and caged may generate doubts that need to be answered favourably. The impact of change in the world of technology is so fierce and competitive that like a dress code, it is not the same at morning and at night. The law...

Time Bound Contractual Services On Honorarium Basis Cannot Be Classified To Be An Office Of Profit: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court has held that time bound contractual services on honorarium basis cannot be termed to be an office of profit and hence, an elected pradhan, receiving honorarium in a private contractual service, alone is not a decisive factor to state that he is disqualified from being pradhan. Holding an office of profit by an elected pradhan leads to...

Patna HC Directs Training Of Judicial Officers In Exercising Discretion In The Matters Of Sentencing, Especially Cases Involving Capital Punishment [Read Judgment]

The Patna High Court on Friday issued directions for training of judicial officers in the matter of exercise of discretion in the process of sentencing, particularly in Sessions Trial, where they have to choose in between life and death as alternative punishment "It would be a travesty of justice if the Judges are allowed to exercise discretion in the matter of sentencing in...

Advocate P V Kunhikrishnan Appointed As Additional Judge Of Kerala HC

After keeping the Collegium recommendation pending for almost a year, the Central Government has notified the appointment of Advocate P V Kunhikrishnan as an additional judge of High Court of Kerala.The notification issued by the Department of Justice on February 10 states that Advocate Pulleri Vadhyarillath Kunhikrishnan will be an additional judge of Kerala High Court for a period of two...

TDS Not Applicable On Discounts Given By Telecom Service Provider To The Distributors Of Prepaid SIM Cards: Bombay HC [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court in a significant order, held recently that TDS provisions under section 194H of the Income Tax Act, 1961 are not attracted on discounts given by telecom service provider to the distributors of prepaid SIM cards.Division bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Milind Jadhav were hearing an appeal filed by the Commissioner of Income Tax, Pune against the order of the...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On A Plea Seeking Ban On Tobacco Advertisements And Safeguarding Of Workers Of Tobacco Companies

Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Health Ministry, among others, in a plea seeking a ban on the surrogate advertisements of the tobacco product 'Chaini Khaini'.The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar has directed the said Ministry to positively file their reply on the next date of hearing, otherwise strict costs will be imposed.The present plea is filed...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High Court Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Swami Chinmayanand In Sexual Exploitation Case Of Law Student [Swami Chinmayanand Alias Krishna Pal Singh v. State of U.P.] The Allahabad High Court granted bail to former Union Minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, who has been accused of sexually exploiting a 23 years old law student. The order was passed by...

Bombay HC Imposes 25K Cost on Litigant For Wasting Time of The Court [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday imposed a cost of Rs.25,000 on one Shrikrishna Adbol who had challenged the election of Akola Member of Parliament Sanjay Dhotre, presently the Union Minister of State for Department of IT and Telecommunication, in a writ petition alleging suppression of expenditure incurred by him during the 2014 Lok Sabha election.Division bench of Justice RV Ghuge and...