Decide On Complaints Against Morphing Of Sikh Gurus’s Images On Social Media Websites: P&H HC Directs State [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday directed the State of Punjab to initiate appropriate action on the complaints regarding morphing of images of Sikh Gurus on social networking sites.The direction was issued by Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill on a petition filed by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) through Advocate Abhilaksh Grover, complaining against the “alteration...

NIVH Pupil Sexual Harassment Case: Uttarakhand HC Bans Reporting Of Oral Observations; Directs Appointment Of Regular Director Within 3 Months [Read Order]

The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday directed the Centre to appoint a regular Director to the National Institute for Visually Handicapped within three weeks.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari also banned newspaper reporters from publishing any oral observations made during submissions or interactive sessions. Additionally, it warned...

Reservation In Lecturer Post To Be Applied Subject Wise Taking College As Unit : Allahabad HC Full Bench [Read Judgment]

A Full Bench of five judges of Allahabad High Court has turned down the reference which doubted the correctness of the Division Bench decision in Dr. Vishwajeet Singh and ors. Vs. State of U.P. and ors, which had held that no reservation in post of Lecturer as per  UP Higher Eduction Service Commission Act, 1980 need be provided if the number of posts in the cadre is less than three.It...

Three Additional Judges Appointed In Calcutta HC [Read Notification]

President of India has appointed Three Judicial Officers as Additional Judges of Calcutta High Court.The Centre has notified the appointment of Bibek Chaudhari, Madhumati Mitra, and Subhasis Dasgupta as Additional Judges of the Calcutta High Court, in the order of their seniority.Bibek Chaudhuri and Subhasis Dasgupta have been appointed for two year period starting from the date on which...

SC Collegium Recommends 7 Additional Judges Of Karnataka HC Be Made Permanent

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended to make 7 Additional Judges of Karnataka High court be made permanent.The collegium comprising of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph decided to make the following judges permanent Justice Kempaiah Somashekar Justice K. Somappa Mudagal Justice Sreenivas H. Kumar Justice John Michael Cunha Justice Basavaraj A. Patil...

Rape & Murder Of 3-Yr-Old Girl: Patna HC Commutes Death Penalty Taking Into Account ‘Early Age’ Of Accused And Lack Of Criminal Antecedents [Read Judgment]

‘It is true that in the present case, there were aggravating circumstances, but the early age of the appellant is also required to be noticed.’The Patna High Court has converted sentence of death penalty imposed on a man accused of rape and murder of a 3-year-old to life imprisonment taking into account of his ‘early’ age and lack of criminal antecedents.The trial court had...

Delhi HC Quashes Defamation Proceedings Against Bennett Coleman For TOI Article Against Advocate Deepak Khosla [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court recently quashed defamation proceedings initiated against Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd., its Whole-time Directors, Managing Directors and Editors, for an article published on Advocate Deepak Khosla.The judgment was passed by Justice RK Gauba on a batch of petitions filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, demanding quashing of defamation...

Hisar Court Finds Self-Styled Godman Rampal Guilty Of Murder

Self-styled godman Rampal was Thursday found guilty by a court here in two murder cases.Additional District and Sessions Judge, Hisar, D R Chaliya, held Rampal and some of his followers guilty in these cases.The quantum of punishment will be pronounced on October 16 and 17.Rampal and 27 of his followers were charged with murder and wrongful confinement after four women and a child were found...

Petitions U/S 482 CrPC Challenging Refusal By SHO To Record Information To Be Filed Only After Completion Of 15 Days From The Date Of Receipt Of Information: Madras HC [Read Order]

“The normal course of remedy on a failure or refusal to record the information is Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure after due compliance of Section 154(3) Cr.P.C.”The Madras High Court has issued certain directives while answering a reference on the scope of Section 482 CrPC proceedings challenging refusal to record the information about crime by the Station House...

Vijay Mallya Bought Ferrari 246 GTS; But Made No Deposit Before DRAT; Karnataka HC Dismisses His Plea Seeking Restoration Of Appeal Before DRAT [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed Vijay Mallya’s plea seeking restoration of his appeal filed before the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal (DRAT) that had dismissed his appeal as he did not deposit a sum of Rs 3,101 crore within prescribed time.The bench comprising Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Krishna S. Dixit observed that the 2016 amendment to Section 21 of Recovery...

Kerala HC Dismisses Akhila Bharat Hindu Mahasabha’s Plea For Muslim Women’s Entry To Mosques [Read Judgment]

Kerala High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Akhila Bharat Hindu Mahasabha seeking directive to the Centre for issuing an order enabling Muslim woman to enter mosques for offering prayers.A division bench of Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy and A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar observed that the petitioner failed to establish that there's denial of women's entry to Kerala mosques. "The...

Tripura HC Stays Cancellation Of Registration Of 40 Year Old CPI(M) Mouthpiece 'Daily Deshar Katha" [Read Order]

The Tripura High Court has stayed the cancellation of registration of newspaper "Daily Deshar Katha", which has been the mouthpiece of CPI(M) in Tripura for the last forty years.The registration under the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867, was cancelled by the Registrar of Newspapers of India(RNI) following the recommendation made by the District Magistrate(DM), West Tripura on...