Karnataka DGP Issue Circular To Lodge Zero FIR By Police Stations As Per HC Directions [Read Circular]

A circular has been issued by the Director General Of Police, following directions by the Karnataka High Court to all police stations to lodge 'Zero Fir' even if the offence has been committed outside the territorial jurisdiction of the police station. A bench led by Chief Justice Abhay Oka while hearing a PIL filed by Advocate Umapathi had issued the directions on September 19. It...

'Celibacy' Or 'Matrimony' Is One's Choice; Madras HC Directs Chennai Corporation To Compensate Man Forced To Remain Unmarried Due To An Accident[Read Judgment]

In a sharp blow to the Corporation of Chennai, the Madras High Court directed it to pay compensation worth Rs. 63,26,000 with interest to a 26 yrs old man, for depriving him of marital pleasure, in addition to other grievances, by rendering him physically disabled in an accident. The court recognized that accidents were a source of human rights and fundamental rights violations and...

UAPA : Kerala HC Denies Bail To Students Arrested For Alleged Maoist Links [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Kerala on Wednesday denied bail to Allan Shuhaib and Thawaha Fazal, who were arrested by Kerala police under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for alleged links with banned Maoist organization.Dismissing their appeals filed against the order of Kozhikode Sessions Court, a division bench of Justices A Hariprasad and N Anil Kumar expressed the prima facie view that there...

Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Limit SPG Protection To Former PMs For A Period Of 5 Years [Read Bill]

The Lok Sabha today passed the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019, by voice vote. The Bill was introduced in the house by the Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah to amend the provisions of the Special Protections Group Act, 1988, which provides for constitution and regulation of the Special Protection Group (SPG). The Bill seeks to restrict the facility of SPG security,...

Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Ban E-Cigarettes [Read Bill]

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Prohibition Of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage And Advertisement) Bill, 2019, by voice vote. As the name suggests, the Bill prohibits production, manufacture, import, export, transport, sale, distribution, storage, and advertisement of e-cigarettes and similar...

'Super 30' Fame Anand Kumar Fined By Gauhati HC With Rs 50,000 For Failing To Appear

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday slapped a cost of Rs 50,000 on 'Super 30' fame mathematician Anand Kumar for his failure to appear before the court despite repeated directions for his personal appearance. A bench of Chief Justice Ajai Lamba and Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua expressed displeasure over Anand's disobedience of their orders and asked him to be personally present...

Cogent Evidence Required To Summon Any Person Under S.319 Of CrPC: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court on Friday held that cogent evidence was required to summon a person under Section 319 of CrPC and that the same was a subject matter of scrutiny of trial court, which were to decide the application. "This court cannot give finding on the above point as argued by learned counsel for the respondents. It is the subject matter of scrutiny of trial court who has...

Don't Use Urdu/Persian Words In FIR, Lodge FIRs In Simple Language: Delhi HC Tells Delhi Police [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Police to refrain from mechanically using Urdu/Persian words while lodging the FIR. The Division Bench of Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar opined that FIR should be lodged in the simplest language possible or on the language of the person who has approached the police for lodging of the FIR. Filed by Vishalakshi Goel, the...

Word 'Soon Before Death' In Section 304B IPC, Cannot Be Interpreted As Immediately 'Prior To Death' [Read Order]

Karnataka High Court has held that the 'word' used under Section 304B of IPC, though it is used soon before the death', cannot interpreted as prior to the death immediately, even it has to be taken into consideration depending upon the facts and circumstances of each case and the entire statement of the witnesses and charge sheet material has to be looked into in this behalf. Justice B A...

Govt Proposes To Merge UTs Of Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu; Bill Introduced In Lok Sabha [Read Bill]

The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union territories) Bill, 2019, moved on behalf of Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, was introduced in the Lok Sabha today. The Bill proposes to merge the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, which presently has only one district with the UT of Daman and Diu, which has two districts. The merged UT will be named as the...

Supreme Court Launches Multilingual Mobile Application

The Supreme Court of India has launched its multilingual mobile application today. The application is developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC). It was launched today at the function organised in connection with Constitution Day in the presence of President of India Ram Nath Kovind and Chief Justice of India SA Bobde.It will provide authentic real time access to Case Status, Display...

Parliament Passes National Institute of Design (Amendment) Bill [Read Bill]

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the National Institute of Design (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The bill was first introduced during the Monsoon session of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha by the Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and was passed by the upper house on August 6. It seeks to amend the National Institute of Design Act, 2014, which declares the National Institute...