Calcutta High Court Commutes Death Penalty Of Man Convicted For Murdering Parents, Awards Life Imprisonment Without Remission

The Calcutta High Court on Monday commuted a death row prisoner's sentence to life imprisonment till natural life without remission. The man last year was awarded a death sentence by the trial court for murdering his parents.The division bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi said:“The Constitutional Court can award a life sentence without any remission. This aspect...

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui Files Defamation Suit In Bombay High Court Against Brother, Ex-Wife; Seeks Rs 100 Crore In Damages

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has approached the Bombay High Court claiming damages worth Rs. 100 Crores against his brother Shamsuddin and his former wife Anjana Pandey for alleged defamation and harassment.A writ petition against Pandey filed by Siddiqui is also pending before the HC seeking the whereabouts of his children who are in Pandey's custody.The defamation suit will be heard by...

CJI DY Chandrachud Deplores Tendency Of Male Employers To Avoid Women In Office Fearing Sexual Harassment Allegations

While speaking about the low representation of women in the legal profession, Chief Justice of India Dr. DY Chandrachud pointed out that stereotypes against women made it difficult for them to get recruited. He pointed out that in Tamil Nadu alone, for every 50,000 male enrolments, there were only 5000 female enrolments. These statistics were similar all over the country. The CJI was speaking...

DGFT Allows Import Of Urea Through India Potash Till March 2024

The Director General Of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has notified the amendment in the import policy of urea which allowed the import of urea through India Potash Limited (IPL) till March 2024.As per the existing import policy the import of Urea is also allowed through IPL for a period up to March 31, 2023.Now, as per the revised policy import of Urea is allowed through IPL for a period up to March...

Winning Bidder Cannot Challenge Tender Cancellation After Accepting Refund Of Deposit: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently held that once the winning bidder of a tender accepts the refund of deposit paid to confirm the contract without any reservation, he cannot challenge the cancellation of the tender as the contract would stand rescinded.A division bench of acting Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep V Marne upheld the cancellation of Central Government’s tender...

Sanatan Sanstha Not Declared Banned Or Terrorist Organization Under UAPA: Bombay High Court

Sanatan Sanstha has not been declared a banned or terrorist organization under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 2004, the Bombay High Court recently observed.A division bench of Justice Sunil B Shukre and Justice Kamal Khata granted bail to two members of the Sanstha in the Sunburn Terror Attack Conspiracy 2017 and Nallasopara Arms Haul Case 2018.“The most intriguing part of this...

Deputationist Has No Indefeasible Right To Continue In Borrowing Department, Repatriation Permissible If Work Not Satisfactory: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by Civil Police Officers who had been deputed to the Bureau of Immigration, seeking to continue on deputation till the expiry of their period. Reiterating that deputationists do not have a right to claim that they should be permitted to complete the entire tenure in the borrowing department, the Single Judge Bench of Justice...

Positioning Of Vehicles Unclear, Evidence Of Rash And Negligent Driving Lacking: Bombay HC Upholds Acquittal In Case Over Death Of Cyclist & Bullock

The Bombay High Court recently upheld a man's acquittal from charge of culpable homicide for causing death of a cyclist and bullock while driving, on the ground that the direction of path of the bullock cart and the spot it was lying after the collision could not be ascertained from the evidence. Justice SM Modak added the investigating officer should have prepared a map of the scene and...

No Confrontation Between Government & Supreme Court : Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

On speaking about the recent media reports regarding differences between the government and the supreme court, Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju said that in a democracy there were bound to be differences of opinion. But it does not necessarily mean that there were conflicts between the Government of the Supreme Court or the Legislature and the...

Assisted Reproductive Technology Act Appears To Have Discounted Relevance Of Male Counterpart In ART Process: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Monday observed that the omission under the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021 to treat a 'commissioning couple' as a separate unit coupled with the omission to prescribe an age for a 'gamete donor' leads to the argument that a woman’s age is the only relevant factor for a commissioning couple for availing of ART services.While hearing a...

Rajasthan High Court Criticises Abuse Of PIL Jurisdiction To Serve Vested Interest, Imposes 50K Cost On Villagers

The Rajasthan High Court recently imposed a cost of Rs. 50,000. on two villagers from Jodhpur for abusing PIL jurisdiction in pursuance of their vested interests with respect to quarry licenses for mining activities distributed via e-auction.The bench of Acting Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Srivastava and Justice Kuldeep Mathur said the petitioners’ allegations as contained in the writ...

'Supreme Court Is Of The Entire Nation, Not Just Of Tilak Marg' : CJI DY Chandrachud On Making Court Accessible For Those Outside Delhi

While speaking at an event in Madurai, the Chief Justice of India Dr. DY Chandrachud said that he had been striving to ensure that the Supreme Court is accessible to lawyers and students all over the country. The CJI was speaking at the event to lay the foundation stone for additional court buildings in the District Court campus at Madurai and Inauguration of the District and Sessions...