Rummy Is A Game Of Skill; But Playing It For Stakes Amounts To Offence Of Gambling :Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Kerala has held that playing rummy for stakes is an offence under the Kerala Gaming Act 1960. The Court also added that rummy is a game of skill and that playing it for innocent pastime is not an offence. This ruling was made by a Division Bench of Justices P R Ramachandra Menon and N Anilkumar in a petition filed by a Secretary of a club against alleged harassment by police...

United Spirits Ltd., United Breweries Holding Ltd. And Vijay Mallya Are Separate Entities: Sr. Advocate P Chidambaram

United Spirits Limited (USL) argued before the Karnataka High Court that despite the fact that USL has repaid the entirety of its loan from IDBI, the bank is incorrectly refusing to release the securities. The bank is maintaining that it is holding the securities (in the form of shares) on the ground that loans taken by Kingfisher Airlines Limited remain unpaid. The court was hearing a...

Patna HC Upheld A Conviction That Wasn't: SC Remands Case For Re-Hearing [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, on Monday, set aside a Patna High Court judgment that upheld a conviction that wasn't. To elaborate, the Trial court had convicted only one out of five accused under Section 302 IPC in a murder case. The other four were convicted for commission of offence under Section 27 of the Arms Act. In the appeal filed by all the accused against respective convictions, the...

2018 : Year Of Great Accomplishments For National Legal Services Authority (NALSA)

The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has had a year of great accomplishments in 2018, highlighted by a number of important initiatives to expand and improve the delivery of free legal services to marginalized sections of society. This included providing legal aid and advice to people across various classes such as scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, women, children, transgenders,...

3 Decades Old Rape, Prosecutrix Settled In Life: SC's 'Special Reasons' To Reduce Convict's Sentence To Period Already Undergone [Read Order]

The Supreme Court reduced punishment awarded to a rape convict to period already undergone taking into account the 'special reasons'. 3 decade old rape incident, the prosecutrix and the accused married (not with each other) and settled in life, are the 'special reasons' which prompted the Apex court bench to reduce the sentence. The Trial Court had convicted the accused for seven...

SC Exempts Popular Drug Saridon From Govt Ban [Read Order]

Popular drug for headache Saridon has been exempted from the list of banned fixed-dose combination (FDC) drugs because it was being manufactured even before 1988.A bench of Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and Justice Vineet Saran exempted the formulation of Saridon from the list of banned drugs in keeping with its decision in Union of India & Anr v Pfizer Limited & Ors.Saridon...

Advocate General Issues Notice On Contempt Plea Against Kerala Businessman For Remarks On Sitting Judge

The Advocate General of Kerala C P Sudhakara Prasad has issued preliminary notice of hearing in the petitions seeking sanction under Section 15(2) of the Contempt of Courts Act to initiate criminal contempt against Kerala businessman Kochouseph Chittilappilly. The AG has fixed March 11 as the date of preliminary hearing of the petitions. The petitions filed by Advocates S Aswakumar and B...

VVIP Chopper Case: Delhi Court Grants Bail To Rajeev Saxena

A Delhi court Monday granted bail to Rajeev Saxena, who was arrested in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money-laundering case. Special Judge Arvind Kumar granted the relief to Saxena on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 5 lakh and two sureties of the like amount. The court also imposed certain conditions on Saxena and said he will not tamper with evidence and join investigation as and...

High Courts Weekly Round Up

Bombay High Court mere contractions in the statement of the witness cannot be the sole ground for conviction for perjury and the objectionable statements have to be perused as a whole to determine if the false statement was given willfully and knowingly.Restrained VijaypatSinghania, Raymond Limited's former chairman and managing director, from publishing his autobiography...

Priya Ramani Gets Bail In MJ Akbar's Criminal Defamation Case

Journalist Priya Ramani appeared today in the Patiala House Court in the criminal defamation case filed by former Union Minister M J Akbar.The Additional Chief Metrapolitan Magistrate released her on bail and has fixed the next date of hearing as April 8.The cause for the complaint is an article published by Priya Ramani last October during the #MeToo campaign, accusing that Akbar had...

Karnataka HC Asks Son Who "Manhandled" Parents To Vacate Parent's House [Read Order]

Karnataka High Court recently directed a man to vacate his parent's house, taking serious note of the fact that he had manhandled them.In doing so, Justice Alok Aradhe observed, "Our Society is a Traditional society, and its core value is to provide care for elderly and to treat them with respect. However, with changing times, the joint family system has gone into the oblivion and...

Protectors Have Turned Predators: Orissa HC Rejects Bail Plea Of 'Good News India' Chairman [Read Order]

The Orissa High Court has rejected the bail applications filed by Dr. Fayaz Rahman, Founder and Chairman Good News India, and Udit Kumar Lima, Asst. Project Director of the Good News India Dream Centre, who are accused of sexually abusing the children of the centre in Odisha. This case depicts a grim picture where protectors have turned predators and committed child sexual abuse on...