Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Challenging Magistrate's Power To Order Compulsory Collection Of Voice Samples

The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the Delhi Government in a PIL that challenges the validity of taking voice samples by the police under section 53 of CrPC as being violative of Right to Privacy. The writ petition was filed by a Delhi-resident challenging an order passed by the Metropolitan Magistrate at Karkardooma which had allowed the Investigating Officer to take the voice...

Law Student Who Accused Chinmayanand Of Rape Taken Into Custody By SIT In Extortion Case For Questioning [Updated]

Update-1A local court Tuesday admitted the anticipatory bail plea of the law student who has accused Swami Chinmayanand of rape and was herself booked for allegedly trying to extort money from him.The sessions court has summoned all records related to the case on September 26, the student's counsel Anoop Trivedi told reporters. [PTI]The Shahjahanpur law student, who had leveled allegations...

Abetment: Bombay HC Acquits Mother Of Minor Victim In POCSO Case [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court last week acquitted one Asha Patil, mother of an 11-year-old girl from Nashik who was sexually assaulted by her stepfather Sagar Rathi.Justice AM Badar heard the criminal appeal filed by Asha against a judgment of the trial court convicting her under Section 17 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 along with her husband Sagar. The trial court...

Bengaluru Advocates Association Writes To CJI Seeking Reasons Behind Decisions On Justices Tahilramani, Kureshi [Read Letter]

The Advocates' Association of Bengaluru has urged the CJI Ranjan Gogoi to ensure transparency in the appointment of Judges, Chief Justices of high courts, Judges of Supreme Court and their transfers and has asked him to disclose the reasons behind some of the most "mysterious" transfers of judges. In a letter addressed to the CJI, the Association expressed its concern over the...

LLM Student Sexual Assault Case: UP Court Denies Bail For Chinmayanand

An Uttar Pradesh court has rejected the bail application of BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, who was arrested in a sexual-assault case following rape allegations by a law student. Shahjahanpur chief judicial magistrate has rejected the bail application of Chinmayanand on Monday, saying it should be moved in the sessions court, the former Union minister's counsel, Om Singh, said...

SFIO Challenges NCLT's Order Directing Investigation Into Fraud By Companies

The Government through Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) has moved NCLAT against NCLT Principal Bench's order directing SFIO to investigate alleged siphoning of funds by two companies undergoing insolvency proceedings, Luxury Train Pvt. Ltd. and Zynke Exports Pvt. Ltd. The Principal Bench headed by Judicial Member M M Kumar in both the cases observed that funds were...

FIPB Clearances Given As Per Existing Legal And Policy Framework : Chidambaram Files Rejoinder In INX Media Case

P Chidambaram has a filed a rejoinder in response to the counter-affidavit submitted by the CBI in the matter pertaining to his bail in the INX Media case, before the Delhi High Court. CBI in its counter affidavit had stated that since the Petitioner has allegedly misused a public office to commit embezzlement of grave magnitude, and that too with brazen impunity, granting bail would...

'This Is Direct Interference With Administration Of Justice':HC Slams Cop Who Made A "Courtesy Call" To A Party In Person

The Karnataka High Court on Monday came down heavily on a police officer of the State Intelligence department, who made a phone call to a petitioner (party in person) to collect details of the plea filed by him in the court. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Mohammad Nawaz, said; "This is a direct interference with the administration of Justice. We will not accept...

Give Alternate Accommodation And Pay Transit Rent With Security Deposit To Project Affected Persons Of Mahul: Bombay HC Directs State [Read Judgment]

In what has come as a huge relief to Project Affected Persons (PAP) residing in Mahul, the Bombay High Court on Monday directed the state government to find alternative accommodation for them and until that happens, the residents be paid a transit rent of Rs.15,000 per month along with a security deposit of Rs.45,000.Court noted that the air pollution in the Mahul area was "alarming" and the...

Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code Prevails Over Prevention Of Money Laundering Act : PMLA Appellate Authority

In a decision with a possibility of having a far-reaching effect, the Appellate Authority of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) has upheld the prevalence of the IBC over the provisions of PMLA. The Appellate Bench has ordered the release of specific properties of PMT Machines Ltd., which were attached by the ED (Directorate of Enforcement), in view of allegations...

NLSIU Students Call Off Protest After Clarification By CJI Gogoi & Justice Bobde On VC Appointment

The NLSIU Student Body has called off the protest and decided to appear in their exams, in view of the clarification given by CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S. A. Bobde with regard to the appointment of Prof. Sudhir Krishnaswamy as the new VC of the University.The four days long protest began last Friday over an inordinate delay of about 50 days in appointment of Prof. Krishnaswamy to the said...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High Court Reiterated that a housing society is not an industry within the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and its employees are not workmen.Recalling an order passed in a criminal case, the High Court observed that bar contained in section 362 of the Criminal Procedure Code applies for review, and not recall.In a petition filed by NCC Ltd., the High Court stayed opening...