Bombay HC Orders Registration Of Murder Case Against 4 Cops For Custodial Death, Awards Rs 5L Compensation To Bereaved Family [Read Judgment]

Awarding a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the dependants of a labourer who died due to custodial torture, the Bombay High Court has ordered that the four policemen involved in the incident be booked for committing murder with common intention while also registering a suo motu contempt proceedings against one of them for violating the mandatory directions given by the Supreme Court in DK Basu...

There Are No Serious Instances Of Any Unwarranted Situation To Impose State Emergency: Madras HC Rejects Traffic Ramaswamy’s Plea Seeking President’s Rule In TN [Read Order]

The Madras High Court recently dismissed Traffic Ramaswamy’s plea seeking President’s Rule in the state of Tamil nadu.Traffic KR Ramaswamy, in his public interest litigation, had raised many issues, including the Tuticurin firing in anti-Sterlite protests. He also raised the issue of non-filing of charge sheet for more than 15 months by the Election Commission of India despite the FIR...

Put Together Accountability Mechanism For Ration Under NFSA Within 2 weeks: Delhi HC to AAP Govt

The Delhi High Court on Friday gave the Delhi Government two weeks to put in place an accountability mechanism for ration under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).The direction was issued by a Bench comprising Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice VK Rao on a PIL filed by the Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan (DRRAA) regarding the implementation of the NFSA in Delhi. DRRAA was represented...

PM Narendra Modi A “Model And Hero”: Newly Appointed Patna HC CJ Mukesh Rasik Bhai Shah

Newly appointed Chief Justice of Patna High Court, Justice Mukesh Rasik Bhai Shah, has called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “model and a hero”, on being enquired by Amar Ujala about him being linked to PM Modi and BJP President Amit Shah.According to a Financial Express report, Justice Shah replied that it was “because Modi is a model. He is a hero. As far as Modi is concerned, it...

Karnataka HC Quashes 2008 Govt Order That Handed Over Gokarna Temple Management To Ramachandrapura Mutt [Read Judgment]

‘The action of the State Government is tainted as it is not for a bona fide purpose, but to confer a benefit on  the mutt.’The Karnataka High Court has quashed the decision taken by the state government in the year 2008 to hand over Gokarna Temple to Ramachandrapura Mutt holding that the same was not for a bona fide purpose but to confer a benefit on the mutt.Several public...

Kerala Floods: High Court Records Satisfaction Over Relief Work Provided In Camp; Closes Suo Moto Proceedings

The High Court of Kerala has recorded satisfaction over measures adopted by the Government to provide relief to over 500 people  at a relief camp in Aluva.Today morning, a Division Bench of the High Court had initiated suo moto proceedings on the basis of information received that about 500 persons at a relief camp at St.Joseph's Pontifical Seminary were stranded without food and shelter....

Municipal Corporation Permits Slaughter Of 14 Goats In 2 Bombay HC Courtrooms; HC Calls It “Shocking” [Read Order]

In a bizarre turn of events, the Bombay High Court was informed on Thursday that two permissions have been granted by the Municipal Corporation for slaughter of a total of ten goats in Court Room No. 13 of the High Court.Quite naturally, the Bench comprising Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Riyaz I. Chagla found it “shocking”, noting that the permissions were granted online, without...

Kerala Floods- High Court Initiates Suo Motu Proceedings, Will Hear The Case At 1.45pm

A Division Bench of the High Court of Kerala today  has initiated  suo motu proceedings to look into the calamities caused by floods faced by public, due to the recent  torrential rains all across the State of Kerala.The Division Bench comprising Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice Ashok Menon have initiated the above proceedings, considering the extenuating circumstances and dearth of...

Uttarakhand HC Declares All Fluids/Thinners And Vulcanized Solutions/Sulochans As Intoxicating Liquor”, Prohibits Sale [Read Judgment]

Concerned over the menace of drug peddling, drug addiction and other drugs trafficking issues spreading in Uttarakhand and its school, colleges and universities, the Uttarakhand High Court has, on the lines of Delhi High Court, declared fluids/thinners and vulcanized solutions/sulochans as “intoxicating liquor” and banned their sale throughout the state while directing constitution...

Gowari Community Can’t Be Denied ST Status, They Were Categorised As A Tribe 100 Years Ago: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

In a significant judgment, for the first time since Independence, the Bombay High Court has held that the Gowari community cannot be denied benefits of a Scheduled Tribe status and granted them independent status.The division bench of Justice RK Deshpande and Justice AD Upadhye of the Nagpur bench delivered an 84-page judgment on a batch of petitions seeking ST status to be accorded to the...

Uttarakhand HC Issues Directions For Humane Treatment Of Poultry Animals [Read Order]

The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday issued guidelines to be observed by the Centre and the State for humane treatment of poultry animals.The Bench comprising Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Manoj Kr. Tiwari further directed the Centre to consider framing the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Egg Laying Hens) Rules well as the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Broiler Chicken) Rules, on...

Mere Oral Evidence Of Production Of Contraband Before Magistrate Won’t Suffice For Conviction In NDPS Case: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday restored a trial court order that acquitted an accused in an NDPS case, on the ground that the oral evidence adduced that the contraband was produced before the magistrate cannot form the basis to record the conviction, in the absence of the order of the magistrate to that effect.The bench comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice R Banumathi and Justice Navin...