Bombay HC Allows Reliance Life Sciences To Participate In Tender For Supplying Various Drugs, Medicines [Read Judgment]

In a relief to Reliance Life Sciences, the Bombay High Court quashed and set aside a communication dated June 8, 2017, from the Directorate of Health Services, Government of Maharashtra, wherein the firm’s bid in the tender process was rejected as it de-registered an earlier order of the Bihar government.A bench of Justice Anoop Mohta and Justice Bharati Dangre was hearing a writ petition...

No Witness Examined Even After 3 Yrs & 23 Adjournments In Bail Matters: J’khand HC Judge Appalled At Justice System [Read Order]

Calls for report on mechanism to identify mistakes during probe, trial Observing that the Supreme Court had recently said that “criminal justice system in this country is on crossroad”, the Jharkhand High Court has said “Jharkhand is no exception” as it asked the Director General (Police) if there is any mechanism to identify mistakes committed during investigation and trial.“In...

Delhi HC Directs Trial Court To Proceed Against Prosecutrix Who Filed False Gang-Rape Complaint [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court recently directed the Trial Court to proceed against a prosecutrix for leveling false allegations of gang-rape against two Delhi-based doctors.While the Court acknowledged that “ordinarily no woman would falsely implicate someone in a rape case owing to social stigma attached to the offence”, it noted that it has come across false rape charges “when someone tutored...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court recently dismissed a petition filed by a 20-year-old engineering student whose admission was rejected by the Directorate of Technical Education for failing to comply with the OBC category.The High Court recently allowed a writ petition filed by an inmate currently lodged in Taloja Central Prison, holding that reasons for rejecting his application for...

Dahi Handi: Bombay HC Removes Age, Height Restrictions After State Assures Of Safety Measures [Read Order]

Taking a different view from an earlier order, a division bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday accepted the state government’s decision to keep the age limit for Govindas at 14 years and removed the height restriction that was imposed by a 2014 judgment.A bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice MS Karnik observed that the decision to fix the height of human pyramids at the festival and...

Jharkhand HC Grants Bail To Five On Condition That They Serve In A Hospital [Read Order]

The Jharkhand High Court has granted provisional bail to five accused persons in a case (No. 272/17) related to attack on a marriage party on the condition that they perform social service to give some solace to the persons injured in the incident.Eight persons, including a five-year-old girl, were injured when members of a community allegedly attacked the marriage party in the Sadar...

Women Outnumber Men In Kerala Munsiff-Magistrate Selection

The gross under-representation of women in Indian Judiciary has been a matter of grave concern. While women participation is on the rise in almost all sectors in India, the same is not with judiciary.The statistics present a worrying picture of drastically low participation of women in judiciary. To illustrate, out of 229 judges appointed at the Supreme Court of India till 2015, only six...

Rights Of Mediaperson Not Higher Than That Of Common Man, Responsibilities Are: Delhi court [Read Judgment]

Observing that the rights of press persons are not higher than that of the common man but the responsibilities are higher, a Delhi court has said press does not enjoy any special privileges to comment, criticize or even to investigate the facts of any case.Additional District Judge Raj Kapoor said so while deciding a suit for damages filed by a north Delhi resident, a stock broker, against...

After HC Wrath, HP Chief Secy Asks All Govt Employees To Dress Sober, Exude Professionalism [Read Notice]

Having earned High Court’s disapproval over the informal attire of government officials and litigants appearing in court, the Chief secretary of Himachal Pradesh has issued an advisory directing all government servants to dress formally while attending courts specifically and office, in general, so as to reflect a sense of professionalism.“I am directed to say that Hon'ble High Court...

Lawyers And Litigants-In-Person Will Now Be Informed Of Defects In Cases Via Email: Delhi HC [Read Notice]

The Delhi High Court, on Friday, notified that lawyers and litigants-in-person will now be provided with details of the defects in their filed cases via e-mail, in addition to the SMS alerts which are currently sent out.The decision, it said, has been taken by Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal, on recommendation of the Information Technology Committee.In order to avail of this facility,...

Bombay HC Quashes FIR In Rape Case, Imposes Rs. 50,000 Cost On Petitioner For Using Court For Private Dispute [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently quashed an FIR filed under Section 376 (2) of the Indian Penal Code on the condition that the petitioner-accused pays cost of Rs. 50,000 for burdening the court machinery in order to settle a private dispute.A bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Sarang Kotwal directed the authorities that the amount be used towards treatment of advanced and...

Delhi HC Interim Relief To Chief Secy Threatened With Contempt Proceedings

The Delhi High Court on Saturday restrained the Delhi government and the Committee of Petitions from taking any action against Delhi Chief Secretary MM Kutty, who alleged that he was being threatened with contempt proceedings for “evasive and unsatisfactory” report in connection with de-silting of drains in the city.A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C...