U’khand HC Quietens The Noise: Sets Max Limit For Loudspeakers, Pvt Sound System At 5dB, Motorcycles To Be Fitted With Silencers [Read Order]

The Uttarakhand High Court has silenced the blaring of the loudspeakers or public address system in the state by announcing that any person, including religious bodies in temples, mosques and gurdwaras, cannot use them without a written undertaking that the noise level will not exceed 5 decibel (dB) peripheral noise level.Not just that, even a privately-owned sound system like the one used...

No Provision In Limitation Act To Compute Limitation For Counsel’s Carelessness, Observes Sikkim HC [Read Order]

‘Misplacing of files’, ‘omission of clerk attached to office of the counsel’ etc., are routine ‘reasons’ in most of the delay condonation applications. Most of the courts do not bother to check genuineness or validity of these reasons averred through an affidavit by the litigants, especially when delay sought to be condoned is only a few days or months.The Sikkim High Court,...

Don’t Act In A Manner That Makes Public Think RBI, ED Are Politicians’ Puppets, Bombay HC Tells ‘Those In Power’ [Read Judgment]

‘The political parties and outfits in power, in opposition ought to know that just as Defence Forces, Police and the Judiciary, it is important that these institutions do not betray public trust and confidence.’While directing the Reserve Bank of India to consider the compounding applications filed by New Delhi Television (NDTV), the Bombay High Court observed that those in power...

SCOTUS Ruling On Trump’s Travel Ban: Here Is A Summary

In a major victory for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court of the United States of America (SCOTUS) on Tuesday ruled in favour of the President’s travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries— Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.Authoring the majority opinion in the 5-4 ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts essentially reversed the ruling of the 9th Circuit Court...

Kerala HC Orders Inquiry Into Deemed Licenses Obtained For Quarrying Due To Default Of Local Authorities In Contesting Cases [Read Order]

Taking note of the recurring instances where quarry and crusher operators obtained ‘deemed license’ for their activities due to failure of panchayats/municipalities concerned to appear and contest cases in the Kerala High Court, the court has ordered the Secretary of Local Self Government Department to inquire into such cases of deemed licenses.‘Deemed license’ is obtained on failure...

Sexual Offences Against Children Involve Moral Turpitude And Delinquency: Bombay HC Rejects Accused’s Application For Probation [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has rejected an application filed by an accused under Section 354 A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.The accused had filed an application before the Special POCSO Court to call for report of probation officer of the accused under Section 4(1)(2) of the Probation of Offender’s Act, 1958. The...

Dishonesty Is The Only Policy: U’khand HC Shoots Down Govt’s Circular To Freehold Encroached Nazul Land

Imposes cost of Rs 5L on state; to go into corpus for setting up NLU in stateThe Uttarakhand High Court recently slammed the state government for its decision to convert any Nazul land under encroachment or illegal occupation to freehold.So disquieted was the bench of Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Lok Pal Singh that it not only struck down the particular clause of the government’s...

Suit Instituted As Against Private Persons Can’t Be Dismissed For Non-Compliance Of Sec. 80 CPC Notice: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

‘The suit instituted as against private persons cannot be dismissed under Section 80 C.P.C. even if the cause of action against such persons and the person who would come under the purview of Section 80 C.P.C. is one and the same.’The Kerala High Court in Thomas Cherian v Kurian Mathew has held that suit instituted as against private persons cannot be dismissed under Section 80 of the Code...

Child Rape Inexcusable; No Mercy Or Leniency Should Be Shown To Offender: Delhi High Court [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court recently upheld the conviction and sentence awarded to a child rapist, asserting that "child rape is inexcusable" and that "no leniency or mercy can be shown" to the convict.The Bench comprising Justice S.P. Garg and Justice C. Hari Shankar observed, “Ecclesiastically as well as temporally, child rape is inexcusable. No leniency, or mercy, can be shown to the...

Kerala HC Rejects Plea By Man Ordered To Stay Away From Residence On Mother’s Complaint Of Domestic Violence [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court recently dismissed a plea challenging constitutionality of Section 19(1)(b) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005.The Section under challenge empowers the Magistrate, on being satisfied that domestic violence has taken place, to pass a residence order directing the ‘respondent’ to remove himself from the shared household.In this case, a...

Govt. Bungalows Allotted To Former CMs Should Be Vacated Within 1 Month: MP HC To State

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State Government to have the bungalows allotted to former Chief Ministers vacated within a month.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice A.K. Srivastava struck down as unconstitutional Section 5(1) of the The Madhya Pradesh Mantri (Vetan Tatha Bhatta) Sanshodhan Adhiniyam, 2017. This provision allowed former Chief Ministers to...

Madras HC Grants Parole To Murder Accused To Attend Child’s Naming Ceremony [Read Order]

The Madras High Court recently granted 10 days’ parole to a murder case accused to the naming ceremony of his baby.A bench of Justice S Vimala and Justice S Ramathilagam observed that it is a natural expectation of any wife that her husband should come and see the child.The bench was considering a plea of father of the accused to release him 0n parole to attend the puniyasthanam ceremony...