Allahabad HC Notifies Procedure To File Application For Anticipatory Bail [Read Notice]

The Allahabad High Court has notified the procedure to be followed while filing anticipatory bail applications. Section 438 Criminal Procedure Code which had been omitted by Uttar Pradesh government during the Emergency was reinserted by the Government with effect from June 6, 2019. The notification states that an anticipatory bail application must bear Court fee of Rs.5/- and it must...

Sec.34 Arbitration Act - Order Rejecting Permission For Producing Additional Documents Is Not An 'Interim Award' : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

"For an order to qualify as an "award", the test of finality is undoubtedly essential, but that does not mean that any final view of the Arbitral Tribunal would come within the ambit of an "award".

RTI- Information Commission Is Expected To Be Autonomous and Resistant To Any Pressure From the Executive: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Kerala has observed that State Information Commission is expected to be autonomous and resistant to any pressure from the Executive.In the instant case. the petitioner who is an information activist, had preferred an application to the Government under Right to Information Act.The information pertained to certain data on inter state matters.The Government issued an order...

Sex After False Promise Of Marriage: Bombay HC Refuses To Quash Charges Of Cheating And Sexual Assault [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has refused to quash proceedings against a 45-year-old businessman from Goregaon, Mumbai and held that the only way to find out whether charges of fraud and sexual assault against him, were true is through a trial where all the material gathered during the investigation can be examined. Justice SS Shinde was hearing a criminal writ petition filed by the accused...

Eviction Cannot Be Ordered Solely On The Basis Of Compromise Between Landlord And Tenant: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

However, an admission by the tenant about the existence of a statutory ground, expressly or impliedly, will be sufficient to order eviction.

Is Kerala Above Rule Of Law, Asks SC While Hearing Jacobite-Orthodox Church Dispute Matter [Read Order]

"Is Kerala above rule of law", an angry Supreme Court asked on Tuesday as it blasted the state government and threatened to put its chief secretary behind bars for not implementing its 2017 judgement on a dispute between two factions on right to conduct administration and prayers in churches.A bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra and M R Shah, which was hearing a matter related to...

Use Of Name 'Tiranga TV' Without Logo Of Saffron & Green Does Not Violate Flag Code : TDSAT [Read Judgment]

The Tribunal overruled the Centre's objection to the channel name.

Karnataka HC Declares Fourth Saturday Of Every Month as Holiday For All Courts In The State [Read Notifications]

Fourth Saturday of every month will be a holiday for the Karnataka High Court and all the lower courts in the state. Two separate notifications have been issued by the Registrar General, V Srishananda, dated July 2 and July 1. The notification reads that in view of the full court resolution dated June 27, read with a Government notification dated June 13, fourth Saturday of every month...

'Cowardice': SC Upholds Dismissal Of A Soldier Who Failed To Retaliate To The Attack By Militants In Kashmir[Read Judgment]

"The resources of the country are spent on training a soldier to retaliate and fight when the integrity of the nation is threatened and there is aggression."

Karnataka HC Directs Govt. To File Report On Action Taken Against Illegal Religious Structures In Public Places

The Karnataka High Court has directed state government to inform by August 16, whether it has carried out any exercise of identifying illegal religious structures, built post-September 29, 2009, on public streets, parks or any other public places, across the state. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice H T Narendra Prasad also directed the government to submit a...

Court Can Intervene If Competent Authority Takes Unreasoned and Arbitrary Decisions On Recruitment: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has held that the court can intervene when the competent authority takes its decision unreasonably, arbitrarily and without paying attention to all the reasonable factors. Moreover, in light of such circumstances, the court can also direct the said authority to exercise its power in a certain manner. In the present case, the petitioner had challenged the policy...

Justice Indu Malhotra Recuses Herself From Hearing Appeals On Beef Ban In Maharashtra

Supreme Court judge Justice Indu Malhotra on Monday recused herself from a string of appeals and cross-appeals against the May 6, 2016 Bombay High Court verdict that mere possession of beef of animals slaughtered outside the state cannot invite criminal action. The bench headed by Justice A. M. Sapre required the matter to be placed before the Chief Justice to be assigned to an...