Kerala HC Refuses Anticipatory Bail To Activist Rehna Fathima Who Attempted Entry To Sabarimala [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court today dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of activist Rehana Fathima, who had made an attempt to enter into Sabarimala when the temple was opened for monthly puja in October after the Supreme Court order allowing entry of women in the age group of 10 and 50 into the Lord Ayyappa shrine.She was named accused in an FIR registered by  Pathanamthitta Police for offence...

Bombay HC Sentences Film Producer Gaurang Doshi To Six Months In Jail For Contempt Of Court [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently sentenced film producer Gaurang Doshi to six months’ imprisonment after he was found guilty of wilful breach of an earlier order directing him to deposit a sum of Rs 1.25 crore in court.Justice SJ Kathawalla observed that Doshi had repeatedly made false statements in court and has always disobeyed the directions of the court. Therefore, Doshi was held guilty...

Family Court Orders U/s 125 CrPC Are Revisable, Sec. 482 Petitions Not Maintainable: Uttarakhand HC [Read Judgment]

‘An order passed under Proviso to sub section (1) of Section 125 of Cr.P.C. rejecting or allowing an application for maintenance, pending proceedings, is not an interlocutory order which adjudicates the rights of the parties to some extent.’The Uttarakhand High Court has held that a revision petition against a family court order passed under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure...

Karnataka HC Slams Woman For Filing False Dowry Case Against Mother-In-Law [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court recently slammed a woman for filing a false dowry case against her mother-in-law.Justice KS Mudagal opined that the proceedings against the petitioner (mother-in-law) were an “abuse of the process of the Court” and that their continuation would amount to “failure of ends of justice”.The court was hearing a petition filed by one Ms. Puttalakshmi, under...

Maoists Were Conspiring To Kill PM: Pune Police Files Charge Sheet In Bhima Koregaon Case

Some Maoist leaders were conspiring to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and planned to procure arms and ammunition to wage a war against the country, Pune police claimed in its charge sheet filed in the Bhima Koregaon case filed Thursday.The police also said that the Maoists are trying to mobilise and incite Dalits and the Elgar Parishad conclave in Pune last December was part of...

J&K HC Refuses To Cancel Bail Granted To BSF Employee Accused Of Adultery [Read Order]

Section 497 has been erased from the Indian Penal Code, but it still exists in Ranbir Penal Code. Adultery is not a criminal offence in India except in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.On October 30, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court considered a revision petition against a Magistrate’s order granting bail to a BSF employee accused under Sections 457, 497 and 109 RPC.One of the grounds urged...

Daati Maharaj Rape Case: Delhi HC Dismisses Review Petition Against Transfer Of Probe To CBI [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, on Wednesday, dismissed religious leader Daati Maharaj’s review petition challenging the order transferring the inquiry into the rape case against him to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The order was delivered by a Bench comprising Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V Kameswar Rao.A 25-year-old woman had alleged that Daati Maharaj raped her at his...

National Herald Building Lease: Centre Assures HC Status Quo Will Be Maintained Till Nov 22

The Centre Thursday gave an oral assurance to the Delhi High Court that it will maintain status quo till November 22 in the land lease matter of Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), publisher of the National Herald newspaper.The assurance by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was representing the Land and Development Office, came after Justice Sunil Gaur said he will hear the matter another day...

 Sec.50 NDPS Act Cannot Be Complied By Stating That Police Conducted Search With Consent Of Accused : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has acquitted a person convicted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act by holding that conditions of search under Section 50 are mandatory and that they cannot be fulfilled by the plea that accused waived the right to have the search conducted in the presence of a Magistrate or Gazetted Officer.While setting aside the conviction under Section 18(b) of...

Application Of Order 2 Rule 2 CPC Cannot Be Considered By Court U/S 11 Arbitration & Conciliation Act: Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court recently held that courts cannot consider the question of viability of a claim as under Order 2 Rule 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, while hearing a petition under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.Justice Navin Chawla ruled, “The question whether the claim of the petitioner would be barred by the principles of res judicata or estoppel or by...

NGT Upholds Approval To India’s Future Largest Dam

The National Green Tribunal has given its nod to construction of 2,880 MW Dibang Multipurpose Project (DMP) in Lower Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh.The Project is being undertaken by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), which is the biggest producer of hydro-electricity in India. It envisages construction of 278 mtrs high concrete gravity dam across Dibang river,...

Two DU Toppers Move Delhi HC As Names Missing From List Of Meritorious Students To Be Awarded On Nov 19

The Delhi High Court today asked Delhi University why should it be not held in contempt of court while hearing a petition challenging a Executive Council Resolution according to which the award of gold medals and prizes should be considered only for candidates who have passed the examination on the basis of original result declared by the University and not on the basis of result...