Section 43 NDPS Act- Seizure By ASI Is Not Without Authority Of Law: Calcutta HC [Read Order]

Division Bench of Calcutta High Court held in case of Surajit Roy v. State that recovery of narcotic substance from a bag carried by the accused on a public road attracts Section 43 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and seizure of the contraband by the Assistant Sub Inspector of Police under such circumstances does not suffer from lack of...

Senior Advocate Jagdeep Dhankhar Made West Bengal Governor

Jagdeep Dhankhar, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court, has been appointed as the new Governor of West Bengal, replacing Keshari Nath Tripathi. Dhankhar is a former Lok Sabha MP from Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan during 1989-91, and former Minister in Central Government (1989-91), former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Kishangarh, Rajasthan, and former President of Rajasthan High Court Bar...

Delhi High Court to Hear Plea Seeking Decriminalization of Cannabis Usage

A PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court challenging the prohibition and criminalization of the use of cannabis in India. The petition filed by an NGO named 'Great Legalisation India Movement Trust' has challenged the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Rules, 1985, which prohibit and criminalize the use...

NIA Act- It Would Be A Traversity Of Justice If A Convict's Appeal Is Not Heard On Merits On Account Of Bar Of Limitation: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

In a significant judgment upholding rights of accused especially the right to liberty, Delhi High Court allowed the application of an accused person namely Farhan Sheikh while condoning the delay in filing and re-filing the appeal saying appellant has shown "sufficient cause" for the delay. Bench of Justice Vipan Sanghi and Justice I.S.Mehta while passing the judgment noted that they...

Kerala HC Issues Notice On PIL Challenging Lulu Mall Construction at Akkulam [Read Order]

The High Court of Kerala has issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation challenging the construction of a shopping mall by Lulu International Shopping Mall Pvt Ltd at Akkulam in Thiruvananthapuram district.The petitioner M K Salim, a Kollam resident, alleges that environmental clearance has been illegally granted for the project.According to the petitioner, the proposed mall has a carpet...

Samjahuta Blast: Appeal Filed Against Acquittal Of Aseemanand, 3 Others

Pakistan national Rahila Vakil, who claimed that her father was one of those killed in the Samjhauta Express blast in 2007, filed a plea before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, challenging the acquittal of Swami Aseemanand and three others in the case. Vakil filed the appeal before the high court through her counsel Momin Malik. "The appeal was filed by me on her behalf before...

'Its A Personal Win Too', Guruswamy And Katju Talk About Sec.377 Verdict Which Impacted Them As A Couple

Declaring that they are a couple, Senior Advocate Menaka Guruswamy and Advocate Arundhati Katju, who played a pivotal role in the decriminalization of homosexuality by the Supreme Court of India, talked about how the verdict impacted them personally as well.In an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria, they opened up that they were indeed a couple and that the victory was not just a...

Allahabad HC Issues Notice To PM Modi On Petition Challenging His Election From Varanasi

The Allahabad High Court Friday issued a notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a petition challenging his election from Varanasi parliamentary constituency. Justice M K Gupta fixed August 21 for hearing of the case. The petition was filed by former BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, who was declared Samajwadi Party candidate from Varanasi but failed to contest the election as...

Juvenile Not To Be Tried As An Adult Merely Because The Offence Is Heinous: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

“Just because the statute permits a child of 16 years and beyond can stand trial in a heinous offence as an adult, it does not mean that the statute intends that all those children should be subject to adult punishment."

Gauhati HC Grants Anticipatory Bail To Poets Alleged Of Writing Communally Charged Poetry on Assam Citizenship Crisis [Read Order]

Poets Alleged Of Writing Communally Charged Poetry on Assam Citizenship Crisis Granted Anticipatory Bail: Gauhati HC The Gauhati High Court recently granted anticipatory bail to nine people accused of writing communally charged poetry on Assam's citizenship crisis. An FIR had been lodged against them under section 120(B)/153(A)/295(A)/188 IPC read with section 66 of the IT Act, by...

Scarlett Keeling Death: 11 Years Later, Bombay HC Sentences Samson D'Souza To 10 Years In Jail; Acquits Another [Read Judgment]

The Goa bench of Bombay High Court on Friday sentenced 39-year-old Samson D'Souza, to 10 years imprisonment after convicting him under Sections 304(ii) (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 328 (causing hurt by poison), 354 (assault with intent to outrage modesty) and 201(causing disappearance of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 8 (ii) of the Goa Children's Act in the...

Delhi HC Issues Notices In A PIL Seeking Linking Of Property Documents With Aadhaar [Read Petition]

Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Central Government and the Delhi Government to file counter affidavits in a PIL seeking linking of property documents with Aadhaar Card. Filed by Ashwini Upadhyay, the petition seeks directions to be issued to both the governments to take appropriate steps to link movable and immovable property documents of citizens with their Aadhaar number to...