22 Years After Acquittal Of Accused In Murder Case, Bombay Sets Aside Order, Sentences Accused To Life [Read Order]

Overturning an order of the Additional Sessions Judge, Kolhapur who acquitted the accused in a murder case, the Bombay High Court has held the accused guilty and given him three months’ time to surrender.The bench of Justices AS Oka and SS Jadhav found the accused, Krishnath Baburao Patil guilty of offence punishable under Section 302 of IPC and sentenced him to life.Court however did...

MP HC Confer Bail To Rape Accused After Prosecutrix Fails To Appear Before In Trial Court Thrice [Read Order]

A single bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court takes serious note of the prosecutrix deliberately did not turned up before the trial court on multiple occasions granted bail to a person arrested in the rape case.The accused filed second appeal seeking bail was arrested for offences under sections 376, 341, 354-C, 354-D, 506-B of IPC and section 67 of IT Act and section 3(2)(v) of SC/ST...

Primary Evidence Of Electronic Record U/S 62 Of Evidence Act Is Admissible Without Compliance With Conditions U/S 65(B): Madras HC [Read Order]

Madurai Bench of the High Court of Madras on Thursday observed that primary evidence of electronic record under Section 62 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 would be admissible in evidence, without compliance with the conditions in Section 65(b) of the Act.“Admissibility of the secondary evidence of electronic record depends upon the satisfaction of the conditions as enumerated...

Jaitley Files Another 10-Crore Defamation Suit Against Kejriwal On Being Called A ‘Crook’ By Jethmalani

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday filed an additional Rs. 10 crore defamation suit against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal after his Counsel Ram Jethmalani called him a “crook” in the Court.The incident relates to a cross-examination which was conducted on May 17 before the Delhi High Court. During the hearing, most of the questions had revolved around an article authored by Senior...

Plea In Kerala HC Challenging AIMS Dress Code Prohibiting Headgear, Scarf To Take MBBS Entrance Test [Read Petition]

Challenging the AIMS’ dress code for MBBS entrance examination, some students and student organisations have approached the Kerala High Court seeking permission towrite examination wearing dress as per religious beliefs and practice.They have also sought a declaration that the instructions contained in admit card issued by the AIMS by including headgear and scarf as prohibited items to...

Can CIC Impose Token Penalty? Delhi HC To Examine

The High Court of Delhi last week issued notice to the Central Information Commission on a Petition challenging an award of token penalty by the latter.The Petition, filed by Mr. R.K. Jain, challenged an order passed by the CIC in February this year, wherein the CIC had imposed a token penalty of Rs. 5,000 on the PIO, while refusing to accept the explanation rendered by him for not providing...

Calcutta HC To Have Summer Vacation Benches; Bar Association Opposes

Taking a cue from the Supreme Court, the Calcutta High Court has decided to hold special sittings during the summer vacation to hear cases that were instituted prior to 2000 in a bid to reduce pendency.The court’s Bar Association is however opposed to it. It passed a resolution against it on the grounds that of the two-week vacation, the court will hold sittings on nine days.While...

Quit Within 7 Days Or Face Nationwide Movement: Pakistan Lawyers To PM Nawaz Sharif

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) on Saturday said that they would launch a countrywide movement if Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif doesn’t resign on the Panama Papers scandal within seven days.“Both bar associations are of the view that in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Panama Papers case (that questioned the moral...

Former AMU Scholar Gulzar Wani Acquitted In Sabarmati Express Blast Case After 16Yrs In Prison [Read Judgment]

A Barabanki District Court has acquitted the two accused in the Sabarmati Express Blast Case of 2000. One of the accused is 44-year-old Ex- AMU Scholar Gulzar Wani who was arrested in the case in 2001 by Delhi Police when he was only 28.Additional Sessions Judge MA Khan acquitted Gulzar Ahmad Wani and Abdul Mubeen of all charges due to lack of evidence against them.Nine died and over a...

Most High Courts Notify RTI Rules Which Frustrate The Purpose Of The Act: Study

A study conducted by the Legal System Reforms Project, Azim Premji University, Bangalore has revealed that most High Courts notify RTI rules which frustrate the purpose of the RTI Act. The report titled, “The Implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005 in Nine High Courts of India - A Comparative Study”, compares the implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI)...

Collecting Undated Cheques From Assesses By Excise Dept Illegal: Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, in the case of Digipro Import and Export Pvt Ltd vs Union of India, has termed the practice of collecting undated cheques from assesses by officials of Anti-Evasion Department of Central Excise ‘illegal’.A bench comprising Justice S Muralidhar and Justice Chander Shekhar highlighted the serious ramifications of letting this illegal practice continue.They noted that...

Why Aren’t Steps Being Taken To Provide Shelter To All The Homeless In Delhi? HC Asks Govt. [Read Order]

The High Court of Delhi on Sunday directed the Delhi Government to inform it as to why steps were not being taken “to ensure that adequate shelters are provided to all the homeless in Delhi”. The Court took note of an article titled “Home razed, they are back on streets” published in The Times of India, which suggested that a demolition of a night shelter in Amir Khursro Park in...