SC Sentences Murder Accused To 2-Months Imprisonment For Contempt [Read Order]

SC closed the contempt against doctors who helped accused after they deposit Rs 1.4 croreAmount to be utilized for medical assistance to members of the SCBA and SCAORA, for purchase of three vending machines for dispensing sanitary napkins and three incinerators for disposal of the used sanitary napkins. Rs 5 lakh to be given to the widow of the deceased victim The Supreme Court has sentenced...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court, on Wednesday, ruled that an application for voluntary retirement cannot be rejected solely on the ground of there being a scarcity of doctors in the State.Chhattisgarh High CourtThe Chhattisgarh High Court held that the State Human Rights Commission is only a recommendatory body and it has no power and jurisdiction to direct payment...

Nothing Illegal In Drawing Voice Sample Of Accused For Test: Madras HC [Read Orders]

When his “voice” itself becomes subject matter for trial, “silence” cannot be a shield, the Court observed.The Madras High Court, in its two recent judgments, has upheld trial court orders allowing prosecution to draw voice sample of the accused persons for comparison with that of the questionable voice recorded in the course of intercepted telephonic conversion between...

Investigation Officer Can't Prove Contents Of FIR In Case Of Death Of Informant Unless His Death Has A Nexus With The FIR Lodged: Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court, in Bhavanbhai Premjibhai Vaghela vs State of Gujarat, has held that an investigating officer cannot depose the contents of the FIR in the absence of the informant, who died a natural death, or whose death has no nexus with the complaint lodged.In the instant case, the informant, during the pendency of the trial, died a natural death. The Investigation Officer, during...

Mere Fact That A Person Is Made Accused In An FIR Is Not A Disqualification For Appointment To Public Posts: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

While dealing with a challenge made to the appointment of Part Time Official Receivers under the Insolvency Act, 1955, Kerala High Court has held that the mere fact that a person is made an accused in a crime is not a disqualification by itself. The challenge to the appointment of a person was made primarily on the ground that he was an accused in a crime.As per the procedure under the...

Delhi School Lets Off Teacher Accused Of Sexual Harassment After Resignation, Faces Delhi HC's Wrath [Read Judgment]

"In the present case, the manner in which the school authorities have handled the number of sexual harassment complaints received from young girls and their parents, really shocks our conscience", said the Bench.The Delhi High Court, on Thursday, scorned at the way in which a school in Delhi handled the sexual harassment complaints received by it and directed it to forward all the complaints...

Plea For Law On Genocide: Delhi HC Directs Centre To Consider Petition As Representation [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, on Monday, disposed of a Petition demanding a deterrent legislation for the offence of genocide, directing the Centre to consider the Petition as a representation.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar noted that the Petitioner, one Manjit Singh Butalia, had approached the Court without making any representation to the Centre....

Kerala HC Dismisses Plea Against Kerala Ministers Who Boycotted Cabinet Meeting

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HC Dismisses Plea Against Kerala Ministers Who Boycotted Cabinet Meeting [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court has dismissed a plea questioning the authority of some Kerala ministers to continue as ministers, for their abstinence from cabinet meeting convened by the Chief Minister.Alappey Asharaf had filed a writ petition seeking a Writ of Quo Warranto against Kerala Ministers viz. E Chandrasegharan, Minister For Revenue; K Raju, Minister For Forest; P Thilothaman, Minister For...

Justice Vijaya Tahilramani To Be Acting CJ Of Bombay HC Again

Justice Vijaya Tahilramani will once again take over as the Acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court as CJ Manjula Chellur retires on December 5.Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani has been appointed as Acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court with effect from December 5.She was appointed as Acting Chief Justice for the first time after Chief Justice Mohit Shah retired in 2015,...

In A First, A Former Assistant Makes His Way To Judgeship In Kerala High Court

He was appointed as High Court Assistant in the year 1981.In probably the first time in the history of the court, a former assistant of Kerala High Court has made his way to High Court judgeship.Justice R Narayana Pisharadi was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Kerala High Court through a notification dated November 28. He was sworn in as a judge on November 30.“Way back in the year...

In A First, A Former Assistant Makes His Way To High Court Judgeship In Kerala HC

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