Madras HC Holds Midnight Hearing On Plea To Permit Burial Of Karunanidhi At Marina Beach

The Madras High Court held a special midnight hearing on DMK's plea to permit burial of Ex-CM M.Karunanidhi, who passed away today evening, at Marina Beach. After hearing the counsel for DMK, the hearing has been adjourned to 8AM today for the reply of government.The hearing was held at the residence of Acting Chief Justice H.G Ramesh, on the basis of request made by DMK lawyers, following...

Delhi HC Orders CBI Probe Into Irregularities In DNA Reports Submitted By Forensic Science Laboratory, Delhi [Read Judgment]

In an unprecedented order, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to look into the irregularities noticed by it in certain DNA reports prepared by Forensic Science Laboratory, Delhi.The Bench comprising Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice P.S. Teji ordered, “The present case involves the working of the FSL Delhi, whose reports are called for by...

Doctors Cannot Be Held Guilty of Medical Negligence Merely Because Sterilization Operation Was Unsuccessful: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to hold a hospital and its doctors guilty of medical negligence merely on the allegation that the sterilization operation performed on a woman was unsuccessful.Justice Valmiki J. Mehta observed, “Since medically there is never a 100% chance of success in sterilization operations, the mere fact that the operation was not successful, that by itself...

Suspended Director Of Corporate Debtor Not Entitled To Confidential Info In Possession Of CoC Or RP: NCLT [Read Order]

It says if the information is confidential, the CoC could keep it to itself to maximise the valuation of assets.Is a suspended director of a corporate debtor entitled to confidential information in possession of the Resolution Professional (RP) and the Committee of Creditors (CoC)?The Mumbai bench of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has answered the question in negative while concluding...

Centre Notifies Appointment of Acting Chief Justices For Delhi And Patna High Courts [Read Notifications]

The Central Government, on Monday notified the appointment of Justice S. Ravindra Bhat as the Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court until Justice Rajendra Menon assumes charge as the Chief Justice of the Court.This is in view of the fact that Justice Gita Mittal will now be assuming charge as the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court.Another notification announced the appointment...

Corporate Life Extinguished Without Being Heard: Madras HC Sets Aside RoC’s Order Disqualifying Pvt Firms’ Directors For Non-Filing Of Financial Statements [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has set aside the disqualification of directors of private companies for failure to file annual returns/ financial statement for three consecutive years saying the same the disqualification was disproportionate to the lapse as the default.Justice T Raja said the Registrar of Companies (RoC) cannot disqualify directors, over 35,000 in number, for the financial years...

Delhi HC Forms Committee Of Experts In Area Of Child Sexual Violence To Suggest Measures To Check Rapes And Reform Rape Convicts, Especially Young Persons [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has given its nod for constitution of a committee of seven expert members for suggesting preventive measures to control incidents of rape (especially of minor girls) based on scientific principles and data and to come out with reformative steps in the field of sentencing, especially for young persons convicted for the offence of rape.A bench headed by Acting Chief...

‘Mischievous’ Advocate Appears For Both Accused And Claimant In Motor Accident Case, Allahabad HC Issues Notice [Read Order]

Incidents of advocates indulging in unprofessional behaviour are many. However, not many would have heard of cases where an advocate appears for the accused in a motor accident case and then fights it out for the parents of the deceased before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal.This is exactly what happened in a case that was brought to the notice of the Allahabad High Court...

Asking Wife To Cook Properly Or Do Household Work Is Not Ill Treatment: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently dismissed a criminal appeal filed by the State of Maharashtra against a judgment of the Additional Sessions judge in Sangli acquitting one Vijay Shinde and his parents who were booked under Sections 498A (cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code.Justice SV Kotwal upheld the acquittal of Vijay Shinde, his 71-year-old mother and his...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtIn an important point of law that came up in a criminal writ petition filed by one Siraj Pathan, who was an eye witness to a murder, the Bombay High Court dismissed the petition and held that an eye witness cannot circuitously impugn or appeal against a judgment of acquittal and seek a re-trial under Section 378 of the CrPC.The High Court recently quashed and set aside a...

Plea In High Court of Kerala For Arrest Of Bishop Franco Mulakkal In Nun's Rape Case

A writ petition has been filed in the High Court of Kerala seeking a directive to arrest Franco Mulakkal, Bishop of Jalandhar Diocese of Syro-Malabar Church, who stands accused for rape of a nun.The petitioner is George Joseph K, an executive committee member of Kerala Catholic Reformation Movement, a registered organization of the faithful working towards "reformation of practises which...

Kerala Church Sex Scandal : SC Dismisses Bail Application of Clergymen

The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of Father Soni Abraham Varghese and Father Jaise K George in connection with the sex scandal case involving Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in Kerala. The bench of Justice A K Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan dismissed their petition stating that it was not a fit case for anticipatory bail.They are accused of committing...