Rape Of Minor Mentally Challenged Girl: Delhi HC Orders 15 Yr Jail Term, Plus Meditation ,Counselling, Psychometric Tests Etc. For Accused

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 15 years imprisonment for raping a mentally challenged 12 year old girl.Justice Anu Malhotra also directed the concerned superintendent of jail to consider, if feasible, providing the convict with appropriate correctional courses through meditational therapy, educational opportunities, vocational training, counselling, psychometric tests, a...

Like Judges, Lawyers Must Also Ensure That Truth Triumphs In Administration Of Justice: HP HC [Read Judgment]

“In the administration of justice, Judges and Lawyers play equal roles.”The Himachal Pradesh High Court has observed that lawyers, like judges, must also ensure that truth triumphs in the administration of justice.Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan made this observation while disposing a criminal petition challenging the trial court order rejecting an application under Section 311 CrPC,...

Sabarimala : Kerala HC Lifts Restrictions Imposed By Police; Declares That Place Should Not Be Used For Protests; Appoints A Team Of Observers [Read Order]

The High Court of Kerala on Tuesday passed a slew of directions to ensure peaceful pilgrimage at Sabarimala with requisite amenities and facilities.The Court ordered that "all unilateral restrictions imposed by Police except to the minimum required extent to meet the law and order situation shall stand deleted, particularly with regard to right of pilgrims to conduct "namajapam" and...

'Government Selective In Implementing Court Directions', Kerala HC Prima Facie Observes In Church Dispute Case [Read Order]

"We see that in certain other instances, the State has implemented judgments strongly by deploying large numbers of police personnel and by imposing local restrictions under the Code of Criminal Procedure", observed Justice Devan Ramachandran in the order.While considering a batch of petitions seeking police assistance in implementing the Supreme Court judgment in the church case...

SC Relief To IAF Officer Who Was Repeatedly Subjected To Mental Tests [Read Order]

“We are of the opinion that no such special medical evaluation of the appellant is required.”The Supreme Court has finally provided relief to an Indian Air Force officer who was subjected to repeated mental tests.Squadron leader Mukund Sharma had approached the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) alleging that he has been subjected to mental tests in about four different hospitals, though each...

NGT Directs Delhi Jal Board To Furnish Rs.5 Crore Bank Guarantee For Completing Sewerage Network In Delhi [Read Order]

Ensuring that no lapses take place in improving the sewerage network of Inderpuri and adjoining areas in Delhi, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to furnish a bank guarantee of Rs. 5 crore with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) within a month.The Tribunal has held that the sum shall be forfeited if the work is not completed and operationalized on...

NGT Imposes ₹ Five Crores Penalty On WB Govt For Non Compliance Of Orders To Curb Air Pollution In Kolkata [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal's Principal Bench at New Delhi has imposed a penalty of Rupees 5 crores on the West Bengal Government for failing to comply with the directions to reduce air pollution in Kolkata and Howrah.The penalty has been imposed following the "polluter pays" principle under Section 20 of the NGT Act in view of the repeated lapses of the State Government in complying with...

Dispute Raised For First Time In Reply About Quality Of Goods Will Not Constitute Pre Existing Dispute About Operational Debt Under IBC : NCLAT [Read Order]

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has held that a dispute raised for the first time in reply to demand notice or in response to Adjudicating Authority regarding quality of goods will not amount to pre-existing dispute about operational debt under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.The Tribunal was dealing with an appeal filed by share holder of a company challenging order passed...

SC Explains Test To Be Applied When There Is Omission To Implead Defendant’s Legal Representative

 “The test often adopted in such cases is whether in the event of the appeal being allowed as against the remaining respondents there would or would not be two contradictory decrees in the same suit with respect to the same subject matter.’The Supreme Court has explained the test that has to be applied to decide whether appeals in civil cases are abated in toto or not when there is...

No Letters Of Recommendation To Those Who Criticized College: SLS, Pune Allegedly Tells Students

Barely a month after making headlines for evicting two students from its Hyderabad campus, Symbiosis Law School’s Pune campus has now found itself in a soup. This time, former and current students allege that the college is denying/delaying Letters of Recommendation (LoRs) to those students who had spoken up against the eviction of the two girls.Here is a recap of the events as they...

Inherent Powers Under Sec.482 CrPC Cannot Be Invoked By Accused At Stage Of Investigation As No Proceeding Is Pending Against Him : Allahabad HC[Read Judgment]

A petition filed under Section 482 of CrPC by the accused challenging an order of Magistrate directing reinvestigation by police was dismissed by the Allahabad High Court on the principle that accused has no right of hearing during investigation. The Court held that investigation cannot be regarded as a proceeding pending against the accused so as to invoke Section 482."..it is apparent that...

Shame That Writ Petition Dating Back To 1996 Is Still Pending, Says Bombay HC

It is a shame that a petition of 1996 has not been disposed of finally till date, said a Bombay High Court bench when it noticed that a writ petition filed two decades ago is still pending.Once the Registry brought to the notice of this court and particularly one of us (S. C. Dharmadhikari, J.), the details of pending cases and the oldest one, we noticed that this case of 1996 being...