File Status Report Of Trial Against Asaram : SC To Gujarat Govt

Asking the Gujarat government to file a detailed progress report, the Supreme Court today sought to know the status of trial in a rape case involving self-styled godman Asaram Bapu.A bench of justices N V Ramana and A M Sapre was hearing a fresh bail plea filed by Asaram. The government gets time till January 22 to file the report.“Tell us what is the stage of trial in the pending...

Access To Electricity Supply Should Be Considered Human Right: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]

Access to electricity should be construed as a human right, the Chhattisgarh High Court said recently.“Access to electricity should be construed as a human right, of course, to the requirements to be satisfied under the Electricity laws. Denial of the same, even upon satisfying the requirements would amount to violation of human rights,” Justice Sanjay K Agrawal...

Mere Act Of Seeking Political Asylum No Ground For Denying Passport, Not Prejudicial To Sovereignty And Integrity Of India: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Can acts of individuals in visiting a foreign country on an Indian passport and then applying in that country for asylum, can be construed as “prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India” result in justifiable refusal of passport to such individual under Section 6 (1) (a) of the Passport Act, 1967?The Delhi High Court has answered the question in negative while determining...

Inspect Juvenile Homes For Deficiency In Facilities And Infrastructure: Delhi HC To State [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed authorities to inspect juvenile homes in the Capital and submit a report on the steps that need to be taken to address the deficiencies in infrastructure and facilities.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar directed the Engineer-in-Chief of the State Public Works Department (PWD) to ensure that a physical inspection...

Pay Primary School Teachers' Dues Within A Month: Delhi HC To Municipal Corporations [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Municipal Corporations of Delhi to pay their primary school teachers their salary for the last month within a week and to pay all arrears within a month."No employee cannot be expected to render sincere services without receiving salary, his lawful entitlement for services rendered. It is painful to visualize the quality of services which would be...

Illegal Confinement Of Girls At Rohini Ashram: Delhi HC Asks CBI To Submit Report On Founder's Whereabouts [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to submit a report on the whereabouts of Mr. Virender Dev Dixit, who is the founder of Rohini Ashram.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar is hearing a PIL filed by the Foundation for Social Empowerment, which has alleged that several minors and women are being...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High Court The Bombay High Court commuted death penalty awarded to duo convicted by the trial court for kidnapping, raping and murdering a 4-year-old girl.Calcutta High CourtThe Calcutta High Court recently admonished a man who filed a writ petition against its sitting judges and their conduct in dealing with the cases filed by him.Chhattisgarh High CourtThe Chhattisgarh High Court...

Abolish Revenue Police System In 6 Months, Bring In Regular Police Under CrPC: U’khand HC Orders State [Read Judgment]

In a landmark decision, the Uttarakhand High Court has directed the state government to abolish within six months the over-a century-old Revenue Police System in vogue in many parts of the hilly state and put in place regular police system as prevalent in the entire country.A bench of Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Alok Singh ordered that “more than a century-old practice of Revenue...

Bombay HC Commutes Death Penalty Awarded To Two Youths Accused Of Rape-Cum-Murder Of 4-Year-Old Kid [Read Judgment]

Extreme young age is recognized as mitigating circumstance. Hence we hold that this is not the rarest of rare case, the bench said.The Bombay High Court has commuted death penalty awarded to duo convicted by the trial court for kidnapping, raping and murdering a 4-year-old girl.Bhagwat and Rahul were convicted by the trial court for kidnapping a 4-year-old girl, raping and committing...

This Is An Occasion To Play Our Role In Breathing Life Into Our Constitution: IAPL On Judges' Press Conference

The Indian Association of People's Lawyers (IAPL) has now stepped forward to laud the four sitting Judges of the Supreme Court- Justice J. Chelameswar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice M.B. Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph- who held an unprecedented press conference on Friday.The IAPL calls it a "courageous step", and says that this is the time for all lawyers to rise to the occasion to...

Calcutta HC Admonishes Litigant Who Filed Writ Petition Against Its Sitting Judges [Read Judgment]

The court should not permit any litigant to initiate a proceeding on disparaging, scurrilous and intemperate remarks against the judges and such person should be dealt with seriously, the court said.The Calcutta High Court recently admonished a man who filed a writ petition against its sitting judges and their conduct in dealing with the cases filed by him.Justice Harish Tandon, who heard...

Prevention Of Money Laundering Act: Delhi HC Upholds Constitutional Validity Of Proviso Allowing Provisional Attachment Of Properties [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, on Thursday, upheld Constitutional validity of the second proviso to Section 5 (1) of Prevention of Money laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), which empowers the Enforcement Directorate to provisionally attach the properties allegedly bought from proceeds of crime.The Court was hearing a bunch of nineteen Petitions challenging the proviso as being ultra vires Article 14 of...