"Apology Not Bonafide", Bombay HC Rejects Apology Offered By Lawyer Who Was Punished For Contempt [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court, Nagpur bench, rejected the apology offered by lawyer Satish Uke, who was punished for contempt of court for filing a petition with "wild and unsubstantiated allegations" against sitting judges and practising lawyers. "The point is whether the apology tendered by the contemnor is unconditional and can be accepted in the facts of the case. The answer would be an...

Delhi Court Summons Journalist Priya Ramani In MJ Akbar's Defamation Case [Read Order]

A Delhi court Tuesday summoned scribe Priya Ramani as an accused in a defamation case filed by former Union minister M J Akbar after she levelled allegations of sexual misconduct against him in the #MeToo campaign. The court directed Ramani to appear before it on February 25 after noting that the allegations made against Akbar were "prima facie defamatory" and he had denied all the...

Petition In Delhi HC Seeks CBI Or SIT Probe Into Allegations Of Sexual Abuse Involving Catholic Priests

A PIL was filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday claiming that a nun's complaint of alleged sexual abuse by a Catholic priest was ignored by the Church here and sought a thorough investigation by the CBI or a SIT into all such allegations of sexual abuse involving clergy. The plea is listed for hearing on Tuesday before a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K...

Compact Disc(CD) Admissible In Evidence In Family Court Even Without Sec.65B(4) Certification : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The rules of relevancy and admissibility in the Evidence Act ought to be read subject only to Section 14 of the Family Courts Act, held the court.

MP HC Confirms Death For Teacher Who Raped Minor [Read Judgment]

This is probably the first case where a High court confirmed a death sentence under Section 376(AB) of the Indian Penal Code, which provides for death penalty for rapists of girls below 12 years of age. This provision was inserted into IPC last year, through Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2018. Death penalty awarded in two such cases, were commuted by the High Court last year.

High Court Cannot Rewrite Terms Of State's Compassionate Appointment Policy: SC [Read Judgment]

“The High Court has virtually re-written the terms of the policy and has issued a direction to the State to consider applications which do not fulfill the terms of the policy. This is impermissible.”

Won't Drive Two Wheeler Without Helmet Again; TN Health Minister Undertakes Before Madras HC

“I have always been a law abiding citizen and I also undertake to this Court that I would continue to obey the laws and would wear a helmet in case I had to commute by a two wheeler in future.”

Do Not Stop Rescue Operations For Trapped Meghalaya Miners: SC [Read The Status Report]

Even as it was informed that two bodies have been detected by the Navy in the past week, the Supreme Court on Monday urged the Centre and the government of Meghalaya to persist with the rescue operations in respect of the 15 miners trapped in the 370-foot-deep flooded coal mine in the state since December 13 last year. Senior Counsel Anand Grover, for petitioner-advocate Aditya N....

Highest Number Of Death Penalties Awarded By Trial Courts In 2018 Since 2000 : Project 39A Report

162 death penalties were awarded by trial courts in 2018

False Rape Accusation Causes Equal Distress & Humiliation To The Accused: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently set aside the conviction of a 45-year old man accused of raping a woman multiple times. In doing so, Justice AM Badar spoke about the impact of false implications in rape cases and observed, "At the same time, if the prosecutrix is an adult and full of understanding, the court is required to ascertain whether her evidence is reliable and trustworthy. In a case...

Mere Agreement To Sell The Leased Property To Tenant Would Not Terminate Landlord-Tenant Relationship: SC [Read Judgment]

“If the parties really intended surrender their tenancy rights as contemplated in clauses (e) or (f) of Section 111 of the TP Act while entering into an agreement to sell the suit house, it would have made necessary provision to that effect by providing a specific clause in the agreement. It was, however, not done.”

Waiting For Guj Govt's Sanction To Prosecute Vanzara, Amin In Ishrat Jahan Case: CBI Tells Court

The CBI told a special court Monday that it is waiting for Gujarat government's sanction to prosecute retired police officers accused in the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case. The court of special CBI judge J K Pandya posted the matter for hearing on February 16 after the CBI said it is awaiting a reply from the state government on sanction to prosecute retired police officialsD...