Shahjahanpur Court Dismisses Bail Pleas Of Both Chinmayanand & Law Student Who Alleged Him Of Rape

A Shahjahanpur court today refused to grant bail to the former Union Minister and BJP leader, Swami Chinmayanand as well as to the law student, who had filed a rape case against him. While Chinmayanand was arrested by the SIT on September 20 in connection to rape allegations after the complainant gave a pen drive to the SIT to support her allegations, the complainant law student...

Rape Victim Not Entitled To Compensation If She Turned Hostile In The Trial: Karnataka HC [Read Order]

The Karnataka High court has dismissed a petition filled by a rape victim seeking compensation under the victim compensation scheme, as she turned hostile during the trial and the accused was acquitted. Justice Alok Aradhe while dismissing the plea seeking Rs 7 lakh compensation from the Karnataka State Legal Aid Services Authority, said "From the perusal of the relevant clauses of...

Consent For Sexual Intercourse On Promise To Marry A Subject Matter Of Evidence, Can't Adjudicate In A 482 Plea: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday reiterated that the court does not have the jurisdiction to go into issues relating to appreciation of evidence under an application filed under Section 482 of CrPC and that whether the accused had the intention to marry the victim based on which the victim gave her consent for sexual intercourse is a subject matter of evidence. The Appellant,...

PIL Against Gambling: Bombay HC Invokes Biblical View, Says Sometimes Devil Wins In Fight With Man's Conscience [Read Order]

Disposing of a PIL against gambling and police inaction in registering FIRs, the Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court invoked the biblical concept of fight between man's conscience and the devil to show that gambling was a social problem whose solution was in enlightening the conscience of the society while also emphasising on law enforcement the need for police to maintain vigil. ...

NGT Directs UP State Authorities To Stop Illegal Disposal Of E-Waste On Banks Of Ramganga River

The NGT Principal Bench has directed the UP State authorities to stop the illegal and unscientific disposal of e-waste on the banks of Ramganga River, a tributary of the Ganges, in Moradabad, UP. The Bench headed by Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said that any dismantling or recycling of e-waste must take place as per the Hazardous and Other Waste (Management and...

Delhi HC Issues Notice to ED In DK Shivakumar's Bail Plea

Delhi High Court has issued notice to Enforcement Directorate in a bail application filed by DK Shivakumar in a money laundering case. Earlier, Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar had rejected Congress leader's bail application on the ground that he's accused of a serious financial crime and releasing him on bail would be detrimental to the purpose of proper investigation. The CBI...

Employees Compensation Act Is Social Security Legislation Providing Speedy Payment Of Compensation : Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court on Monday recapitulated that the Employees Compensation Act, 1923 (the Act) is a social security legislation providing speedy and efficient machinery for determination and payment of compensation to the employees. Adjudicating upon a petition filed by M/S Vasu Infrastructure Private Ltd., through Advocate Akshat Sinha, Justice Dr. Yogendra Kumar...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High Court Held that failure to give enquiry report to an employee, undergoing disciplinary proceedings, amounts to denial of reasonable opportunity to employee to prove his innocence and contravenes the principle "audialterempartem", as imbibed under the principles of natural justice. Bombay High Court In what has come as a huge relief to Project Affected...

NLSIU Registrar Dr. O. V. Nandimath Resigns

Days after Prof. Sudhir Krishnaswamy took charge as the new Vice-Chancellor of National Law School of India University, Registrar Dr. O. V. Nandimath, who was accused of having delayed Krishnaswamy's appointment has resigned. The University was surrounded by student protests and boycotts earlier this month who were discontented with the delay in appointment of Krishnaswamy. Nandimath...

Employee Can Withdraw Request For Voluntary Retirement Anytime Before Its Acceptance: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has held that an application for voluntary retirement is an offer by the employee and anytime before its acceptance, the employee would be entitled to withdraw the same. In the present case, the Petitioner had filed a request for voluntary retirement after completing 24 years of service, however, she subsequently withdrew her request within a week of fling it....

Exotic Animals Are Not 'Prohibited Goods' As Per Section 135 Of Customs Act; Bombay HC Grants Bail To Man Arrested For Smuggling [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court on Friday held that exotic animals do not come under the specification of "prohibited goods" under Section 135(i)(c) of the Custom's Act 1962 and smuggling of such animals is a compoundable offence. Consequently, Court granted bail to man arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on allegations of illegally smuggling exotic animals into India.Division bench...

10 DJS Aspirants Move Delhi HC Challenging 6 Erroneous Questions

Ten Delhi Judicial Services-2019 unsuccessful candidates have moved the Delhi High Court ruing six "patently erroneous questions" in the examination and seeking that their marks be recomputed after necessary corrections/ deletions in these questions. The ten candidates have moved the court through advocate Prashant Manchanda who sought quashing of results of DJS 2019 declared on...