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...

SC Dismisses Plea Challenging 'Inner Line Permit' for Indian Citizens" For Visiting Some Parts Of The Country

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL challenging the "unbridled power to the State to prescribe 'Inner Line Permit' for Indian Citizens" to travel in some parts of the Country, as arbitrary, unreasonable and offensive of Articles 14, 15, 19 and 21.The petitioner Ashwini Kumar Upadhyaya, BJP leader and Advocate has sought a declaration that an ILP applies to only foreigners and...

Assessment Of Interim Maintenance U/S 125 Of CrPC Only Requires Prima Facie Evaluation: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has held that at the stage of assessment of interim maintenance under section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the court has to only form a prima facie opinion. Hearing a Criminal Review Petition, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva held that both the trial court and the appellate court erred in placing the burden of proof on the petitioner and in asking her to furnish the...

Defence Evidence: Application U/S 243CrPC Cannot Be Rejected Unless It Is Vexatious, Delayed or Would Defeat The Ends of Justice:Delhi HC

"Under Section 243 Cr.P.C. it is obligatory on the part of the Trial Court to issue process when the accused seeks summoning of any witness or production of any document in his defence. The only ground on which such an application can be refused is if the same was vexatious, delayed or would defeat the ends of justice."

Bribe For Bail: Delhi Court Convicts Law Intern Who Accepted Bribe On Behalf Of ASI

A Delhi Court has convicted a law intern and a Sub Inspector of Police charged with corruption.Law intern was accused of accepting bribe on behalf of Assistant Sub Inspector who was posted at Crime Branch. The case of the complainant was that when she visited to inquire about the status of bail application of her brother, ASI Rakesh demanded a bribe of Rs.2, 00,000 from her to facilitate...

Erroneous Appreciation Of Pleadings Or Wrong Assumption Of The Contentions Cannot Be A Ground For Review: Kerala HC [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court has observed that an alleged erroneous appreciation of the pleadings or wrong assumption of the contentions in a judgment cannot be a ground for review.The Court was considering a review petition filed by Inspectors of CGST and CX, in which they contended that the judgment was rendered based on erroneous appreciation of the pleadings and wrong assumption with respect...

Parliament Passes Jammu & Kashmir Reservation(Amendment) Bill [Read Bill]

The Upper House also approved the resolution to extend Presidential rule in J&K for another six months.

Karnataka HC Refuses To Quash Condition Imposed By IDBI Bank For Release Of Pledged Equity Shares Of United Spirits Ltd[Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has refused to grant relief to United Spirits Limited and USL Benefit Trust, which sought to quash a condition imposed by IDBI Bank Limited for release of its pledged equity shares given in lieu of a loan of Rs 625,45,056 crores sanctioned and disbursed to Kingfisher Airlines, in 2010. Justice Alok Aradhe while dismissing the writ petition filed by USL and USL...

PIL Seeking Revision of Backward Community List In Kerala:SC Asks Petitioner To Approach HC [Read Petition]

A Bench comprising of Justices SA Bobde and RS Gavai today turned down a public interest litigation today seeking for a writ or order to revise the backward community list f Kerala and to increase the percentage of reservation of Muslim minority community and SC/ST in the public employment in Kerala accordingly. However, the Bench stated that they could approach the...

Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Overturn SC Decision On Subject-Wise Reservation For Teaching Posts [Read Bill]

The Lok Sabha today passed "The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Bill, 2019" to treat 'University/ College' as the unit of reservation roster for teaching posts instead of 'Department/ Subject'.It will apply to 'central educational institutions' which include universities set up by Acts of Parliament, institutions deemed to be a university, institutions...

Power Of Review Not Inherent To Right To Information Act, Beyond The Jurisdiction Of Information Commissioner: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has held that Right to Information Act 2005 does not confer the power of review upon the Information Commissioners and allowed a petition filed by a 60-year-old man from Nagpur. Justice AS Chandurkar of the Nagpur bench heard the writ petition filed by Dominic Philip, who filed an application before The Principal and Information Officer, St. John's High School, Nagpur...

PIL In Uttarakhand HC Seeks To Raise Retirement Age Of High Court Judges From 62 To 65 Years [Read Petition]

The Youth Bar Association of India has recently filed a Public Interest Litigation in Uttrakhand High Court requesting the Court to direct the Ministry of Law and Justice to reconsider raising the upper age limit of High Court Judges to bring it on par with the age limit prescribed for Supreme Court judges. The petition filed by the Honorary Secretary Mr. Saurabh Pandey and the President of...