Delhi Riots: After Acquittal In Two FIRs, Court Convicts Accused Men On Basis Of Evidence Of Cop Who Earlier Cited Memory Loss

Months after acquitting various accused persons in two cases of 2020 North-East Delhi riots for lack of evidence as a head constable failed to identify them citing memory loss, a Delhi Court has convicted the accused in another case after the cop gave a detailed description regarding them being members of a mob.On Monday, Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala convicted nine men...

Compulsory Risks In Insurance Automatically Transferred To Transferee Of Vehicle Even When Certificate Of Insurance Not Transferred: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has recently ruled that whoever may be the actual owner of the motor vehicle at the time of the accident, compulsory risks covered under the policy of insurance get automatically transferred to the transferee of a vehicle even though certificate of insurance has not been transferred in his favour.The observations were made by Justice Sanjay Dhar...

Kerala High Court Refuses To Defer Trial In Ranjith Sreenivasan Murder Case, Says Supplementary Chargesheet Against Conspirators Can Be Filed Later

The Kerala High Court recently refused to defer the trial of 15 persons who are accused of murdering BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivasan on account of political rivalry. The accused are said to be the Socialist Democratic Party of India/Popular Front of India (SDPI/PFI) workers.The accused persons allegedly had gathered in an unlawful assembly and committed Sreenivasan's murder with deadly...

Lok Adalats Have No Adjudicatory Power, Can Only Pass Award Based On Compromise Between Parties: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that Lok Adalats have no adjudicatory power and can only make awards on the basis of a compromise between the parties.The Court, while allowing a writ Ppetition, quashed the Lok Adalat’s decision permitting Public Prosecutor to withdraw prosecution, and ordered for restoration of the criminal matter, granting the parties the liberty to proceed according to...

Dapoli Resort Case: Bombay High Court Asks ED To Not Take Coercive Steps Against Maharashtra's Former Cabinet Minister Anil Parab Till March 20

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked Enforcement Directorate not to take coercive steps against Shiv Sena (Uddhav B Thackeray) leader Anil Parab till Monday in the Dapoli Resort "money laundering" Case.A division bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Sharmila U Deshmukh was hearing Parab’s plea to quash the ECIR registered by the ED.The High Court passed the order after it...

Ankita Bhandari Murder Case : Supreme Court Seeks Status Report On Probe From Uttarakhand Govt

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Uttarakhand government to file a status report on the investigation carried out in the murder of Ankita Bhandari, a 19-year-old woman receptionist in a resort, owned by the son of a now sacked BJP leader.A Bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna passed the order while hearing a plea filed by a journalist and family members of Bhandari seeking...

High Court Grants 8 Weeks To Delhi Govt For Construction Of Toilets For Transgender People

The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed the Delhi government to ensure that public toilets for transgender persons are constructed in the national capital within eight weeks, failing which it will direct personal appearance of top officials.Taking note of the status report filed by the Delhi government, a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad...

Brahmapuram Site Fire Doused Completely, Kerala High Court Told; Court Appreciates Frontline Workers

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday recorded the submission of the District Collector, NSK Umesh and Secretary of the Cochin Municipal Corporation, Babu Abdul Khader, that 100% of the fire that broke out at the Brahmapuram waste dumping site had been contained and that there was no smouldering visible to the naked eye. The court appreciated the efforts of the frontline workers who worked day...

Juvenile Directed To Be Tried As Adult Can Seek Bail From Children's Court U/S 12 JJ Act, Need Not Resort To CrPC: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that once an order is passed under Section 15 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, holding that a child in conflict with law is required to be tried for heinous offences as an adult, the JJ Board has no jurisdiction to consider the bail application pending before it.A single judge bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty...

‘No Foreign Investment Today, Prayers Have Become Purely Academic’: Delhi High Court On Subramanian Swamy’s Plea Against 2013 Tata-AirAsia Deal

The Delhi High Court has disposed of a public interest litigation filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy against the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance granted by Union of India in 2013 in favour of a Malaysian Company Air Asia Investment Limited.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad closed the proceedings in view of the fact...

Chances Of 26 Weeks Old Foetus Surviving Extremely Low: Gujarat High Court Allows Rape Victim To Terminate Pregnancy

The Gujarat High Court recently permitted a rape victim to medically terminate her pregnancy of 26 weeks, stating that chances of survival of the foetus are extremely low at this gestational period.Justice Samir J. Dave observed,"according to Indian Medical Association guidelines, age of viability has been deemed to be 28 weeks of gestation or 1000 grams, both of which are not sufficed in...

Hindenburg Report | No Separate Committee Constituted To Probe Allegations Against Adani Group, SEBI Investigation Ongoing: Centre

The Finance Ministry has disclosed that no separate Committee has been constituted by it to investigate the allegations made against the Adani Group of companies by short-seller Hindenburg Research of the US.However, market regulator SEBI is probing the matter and so far investigations pertaining to imports of Power Generation, Power Transmission and Infrastructure (Port & SEZ) Equipment...