Indian Woman Would Rather Suffer Silently Than Falsely Implicate Someone In A Rape Case, Says Tripura HC [Read Judgment]

"A statement of rape is extremely humiliating experience for a woman and unless she is a victim of sexual assault, she would ordinarily not blame anyone for the alleged crime."

Madras HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Separate Election Manifesto For Each Constituency [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to Election Commission of India to mandate all the contesting candidates for Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assembly Election, to submit a separate Election Manifesto, specially designed for his or her contesting constituency. According to Advocate B.Ramkumar Adityan, every contesting candidate has to declare before...

MP HC Commutes Death Penalty To A Youth Who Killed His Mother Because She Woke Him Up [Read Judgment]

"He was mentally defective and the said defect impaired his capacity to appreciate criminality of his conduct."

Calcutta HC To Consider Validity Of Formation Of CBI And DSPE Act [Read Order]

The Calcutta High Court is set to consider the validity of Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Justice Protik Prakash Banerjee noted that these questions arise in the cases before him. What is the effect of an order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court which stays the operation of a final order of a Division Bench of a High Court...

EC Will Deal With Biopic On PM Narendra Modi, Says Bombay HC; Refuses To Stay Release

The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to stay the release of a biopic on PM Narendra Modi and said that the Election Commission has already taken note of the film and issued a notice to the makers and hence, the court need not interfere. A division bench of Chief Justice NH Patil and Justice NM Jamdar was hearing a PIL filed Satish Sugriv Gaikwad, president of the Republican Party...

SC Collegium Remits Name Of Judicial Officer Proposed For Elevation To Karnataka HC [Read Resolution]

The Supreme Court Collegium has remitted the proposal for appointment of Judicial officer Dr. Shashikala Moody Anandappa Urankar, as Judge of the Karnataka High Court. On the basis of material on record and having regard to all relevant factors, the Collegium is of the considered view that the proposal for elevation of Dr. (Smt.) Shashikala Moody Anandappa Urankar, Judicial...

SC Collegium Sends Back Name Of A Lawyer Proposed By Delhi HC Collegium For Elevation, Defers Another Name [Read Resolution]

The Supreme Court Collegium has remitted the name of one lawyer who was proposed for elevation to the High Court. While the name of Advocate Krishnendu Datta was remitted to High Court, the Collegium comprising of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice SA Bobde and Justice NV Ramana deferred the proposal to elevate Advocate Saurabh Kirpal. These names were proposed by the Collegium of...

SC Collegium Recommends 4 Lawyers As Patna HC Judges, 2 Judicial Officers For Elevation To Rajasthan HC [Read Resolutions]

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended Advocates Anjani Kumar Sharan, Anil Kumar Sinha, Prabhat Kumar Singh and Partha Sarthy for appointment as Patna High Court Judges. The Collegium comprising of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice SA Bobde and Justice NV Ramana has also recommended two Judicial officers Abhay Chaturvedi and Narendra Singh Dhaddha as Rajasthan High...

Jharkhand HC Commutes Death Sentence In Two Minors' Rape & Murder Cases [Read Judgments]

The Jharkhand High Court, last week, commuted death penalty awarded to accused in two different rape and murder cases. One was in the case of Mathura Yadav who was convicted for rape and murder of a girl aged about seven year old. Another was Kashi Nath Singh convicted for rape and murder of a fourteen year old girl. The bench comprising Justice HC Mishra and Justice...

High Courts Weekly Round Up

Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court sentenced Additional Chief Secretary Mahesh Kumar Gupta till rising of the court, holding him guilty of contempt of court. Bombay High Court The Nagpur Bench of the High Court refused to suspend the sentence of Professor G N Saibaba, who is undergoing life imprisonment in Nagpur central prison after his...

FIR Delay May Be Condoned If Complainant Appears To Be Reliable And Without Motive : SC [Read Judgment]

"If the delay is satisfactorily explained, the Court will decide the matter on merits without giving much importance to such delay."

Robert Vadra Gets Anticipatory Bail In Money Laundering Case

A Delhi court Monday granted anticipatory bail to Robert Vadra in a money laundering case. Special Judge Arvind Kumar granted the relief to Vadra on furnishing a personal bond of Rs five lakh and a surety of like amount. The court said Vadra will not leave the country without prior permission. It also imposed certain conditions on him and said he shall not tamper with any...