High Court Permits BJP MLA Vijender Gupta To Attend Delhi Assembly On Monday, Directs Him To Maintain Dignity Of House

The Delhi High Court on Friday permitted BJP MLA Vijender Gupta to attend the Delhi Legislative Assembly on Monday, the last day of the budget session till remainder of the session and directed him to maintain the dignity of the House. Justice Prathiba M Singh disposed of Gupta’s plea challenging the motion passed by Assembly suspending him from attending the sittings of the House for one...

Daughter-In-Law Being Told By Mother-In-Law That She Requires More Perfection In Household Work Not Cruelty: Andhra Pradesh High Court

"A married lady being told by her mother-in-law that she required more perfection in doing or attending household work can never be said to be cruelty or harassment," the Andhra Pradesh High Court has held.A bench comprising Justice Dr VRK Krupa Sagar was hearing the appeal of a mother-in-law and her son, aggrieved by conviction under Section 304B IPC (Dowry death) and sentence of...

Karnataka High Court Asks State To Put In Place Proper Methodology For Timely Disposal Of e-Khata Applications, Seeks Compliance Report

The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that whenever a manual khata (property document) is issued, e-khata is to be issued immediately on an application being made, otherwise, the very purpose of implementing the system of e-khata would be lost.A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj directed the Principal Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department and the...

'Serious Crisis Will Arise For Women If Such A Man Remains Alive': UP Court Sentences Man To Death For Killing, Raping 9 Yr Old Girl

"The crime of the accused is extremely heinous in nature and is shameful for humanity, if a person with such a criminal mindset remains alive in the society, then a serious crisis will arise for women and humanity," a Court in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district observed while sentencing a man to death for raping and killing a 9-year-old girl.Convicting the accused under sections 363, 376 AB,...

Survivors May Have Indulged In Prostitution Doesn't Give Right To Molest Them: Meghalaya High Court Upholds Conviction Of Ex-Cop

The Meghalaya High Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a former Meghalaya police officer on charges of molesting and raping two minors in Garo Hills, back in March 2013.A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee, and Justice Mr. Justice W. Diengdoh observed while hearing the appeal against the POCSO court observed, "Two features that stand out and go some distance in...

Redistributed Shamlat Land Cannot Be Automatically Presumed To Be Vested In Gram Panchayats/ Municipalities: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently held that the partitioned or redistributed Shamlat Deh lands which were proposed or shown to be reserved for common purposes under the Consolidation Scheme of East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948 and were held to have never come under the management and control of the Gram Panchayats/ Municipalities, do...

Liquor Policy Case: Delhi Court Reserves Order On Manish Sisodia’s Bail Plea In CBI FIR, Order Likely On March 31

A Delhi Court on Friday reserved order in Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia's bail plea in the case alleging corruption relating to excise policy for the year 2021-22.Sisodia is currently under judicial custody in the cases registered by the CBI and ED.Special Judge MK Nagpal will pronounce the order on March 31 at 4 PM in Sisodia's plea...

‘Tendency Has Developed To Make Rape Allegation With Certain Motives Against Husband or Lover’: Madhya Pradesh High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Cong MLA

The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur recently granted anticipatory bail to Congress MLA Umang Singh Shingar in a rape case.Justice Sanjay Dwivedi observed that "Perusal of case diary, nature of allegations and submissions of counsel for both the parties, clearly reveal that at the time of developing physical relation prosecutrix was married. She is mentally sound, educated and is also...

High Court Directs Delhi Govt To Pay ₹3 Lakh To Minor For Loss Of Vision After Premature Birth At Public Hospital

The Delhi High Court has directed the government to release a sum of Rs. three lakh ex-gratia payment to a two-year-old who lost his vision after premature birth at Guru Gobind Singh Government Hospital."This Court observes that the newly born child has turned blind due to various unfortunate circumstances," said the court.The minor was born on June 28, 2020, as a premature child in the 29th...

Conviction Cannot Be Based Only On DNA Report When Ocular Evidence Does Not Support It: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently held that DNA test report cannot be solely relied on for conviction when the ocular evidence does not support it.“When the ocular evidence was not supporting, conviction ought not to have been based only on the DNA test report i.e. medical report”, the court held.A bench of Justice Vibha Kankanwadi and Justice Khobragade sitting at Aurangabad set aside a...

Karnataka High Court Directs Centre To Issue Indian Passport To 'Stateless' Minor Till He Turns Major, Says Can't Ignore 'Cry Of Such Child'

The Karnataka High Court has come to the aid of a 15-year-old child by directing the Passport Officer, Bengaluru to issue him an Indian Passport. The court said the travel document will remain operational till he turns 18 years old, or else he would be rendered Stateless.Justice M Nagaprasanna said that merely because the minor's father is not traceable and the mother "has been reckless" in...

No Criminal Action Merely On Allegation Of Wrong Order Passed By Public Servant: Kerala HC Quashes Corruption Case Against Deputy Collector, Others

The Kerala High Court has made it clear that criminal proceeding cannot be initiated against a public servant merely on the ground that a wrong or incorrect order was passed by him/her.Stating thus, it quashed the FIR and proceedings initiated against Taluk Land Board Chairman, Deputy Collector (LR) and Tahsildar of Thrissur, other Board members under the Prevention of Corruption...