After 34 Yrs, Delhi HC Upholds Compensation To NRIs For Loss Of Opportunity To Be Tied To Their Motherland [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has directed the government to compensate 26 NRI petitioners for the loss of opportunity to be tied to their motherland by owning a plot of land in Delhi.Justice Pratibha M Singh ordered the government to pay a compensation of Rs 11.20 lakh to the petitioners who had applied in a scheme floated by the government in 1978 which was dropped five years later for sake...

Mere Intention or Preparation To Commit Suicide Not An Offence Under Sec. 309 IPC: Karnataka HC [Read Order]

‘It is clear that the act done must be in the course of attempt, otherwise, no offence is committed.’The Karnataka High Court in Kaviraj S v. State of Karnataka has held that a person cannot be prosecuted merely for intention or preparation to commit suicide when there was actually no attempt to commit suicide.In the instant case, allegation was that Kaviraj made an attempt to commit...

SC Demands Steps Taken To Curb Substance Abuse Among Children [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Thursday demanded to know the progress made on the formulation of the National policy on Drug Demand reduction to check substance abuse among children.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud directed the matter to be listed on 20 August to enable Additional Solicitor General, Ms. Pinky Anand, to inform the...

SC Refuses To Admit PIL Seeking To End Use Of Black Money In Elections; Petitioner Asked To Approach Election Commission [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today disposed of a PIL to curb "appalling effects of black money on free and fair election" asking the petitioner to approach the Election Commission.The PIL had also pointed to "unwillingness" of the Government to reform Election System and demanded that any transaction above Rs 2000 not done through dedicated bank account be shown as unaccounted."We grant liberty to...

Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Women & Children: Calcutta HC Lays Down Guidelines For Investigation And Prosecution [Read Order]

The Calcutta High Court recently laid down guidelines for investigation and trial of offences under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956. These guidelines, it asserted, need to be followed as the “standard operating procedure in the investigation and prosecution of crime involving commercial sexual exploitation of women and children.”The Bench comprising Justice Ravi Kishan Kapur...

Degrading Procedure For Recovery Of Narcotics From Inside The Body Of Suspect Violates Article 21: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court recently asserted that the procedure for recovery of narcotics from inside the body of the suspect should not be cruel and invasive as to fall foul of Article 21 of the Constitution of India.The Bench comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur explained, “Procedure entailing recovery of Narcotics/ contraband from the body of the suspect...

Person Falsely Implicated By State In Criminal Case Deserves To Be Compensated: Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Judgment]

 “By one case of false implication of an innocent, rule of law loses one exponent (supporter) and a rebel with defiance towards rule of law is ready. Poor investigation with tainted prosecution is perfect recipe for such eventuality.”Directing the state to compensate accused in an abduction case for false implication, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that if because of...

Parents Should Consciously Refrain From Influencing The Matrimonial Life Of Their Children, Says Madras HC [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has observed that parents should consciously refrain from influencing the matrimonial life of their children.In this case, a mother had filed complaints against her daughter’s husband and in-laws alleging that they treated her with cruelty and caused life threats to her. This complaint was sought to be quashed before the high court. The high court found that there...

Delhi HC New Office Building Waiting For VVIP Inauguration?

Constructed to take some pressure off the existing infrastructure, the Delhi High Court’s swanky new office building is ready but waiting for almost seven months for a VVIP inauguration.Spread over nearly 3 acres of land at Bapa Nagar area on Zakir Hussain Marg, the new building was all ready in January 2018.It was supposed to be inaugurated in August 2017 but for some glitches in its...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court recently cut short the life sentence awarded to a man convicted for throwing acid on his former girlfriend after it was informed that they had “amicably settled” the matter, with them having married each other. The High Court recently dismissed a petition filed by one Dattaray Mane and ordered and him and his family to vacate his 73-year-old...

Simply Filing False Complaint Not Punishable Under SC-ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Says Kerala HC [Read Order]

‘Just because there is such a complaint, the person who made the complaint cannot be prosecuted under the SC/ST Act.’The Kerala High Court in Njanadas v State of Kerala has held that simply filing a false complaint against a member of Scheduled Caste, before any authority, is not punishable under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.A complaint...

I-T Defaulters Need Not Apprehend Immediate Arrest On Issuance Of Show Cause Notice: Karnataka HC [Read Order]

‘When a defaulter appears before the Tax Recovery Officer, he shall be given an opportunity of hearing and only thereafter, an order could be passed for detention of the defaulter in the civil prison.’The Karnataka High Court has observed that there need not be any apprehension of immediate arrest or detention in civil prison on issuance of a show cause notice by the Income...