Girl Voluntarily Accompanying A Known Person Doesn’t Mean She Consents To Have Sex With Him: Himachal Pradesh HC [Read Judgment]

Instead of criticising the prosecutrix, the learned trial judge should have taken into consideration such unbecoming behaviour of the said accused, the court observed.Convicting nine persons accused of raping a girl, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has observed that a girl voluntarily accompanying a known person does not imply that she was a consenting party to have sexual intercourse with...

A Grantee Of Compulsory Licence Cannot Be Deprived Of His Rights Under Bolar Exception: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday held that a grantee of Compulsory Licence cannot be deprived of his rights under 107A of Indian Patent Act.Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw  held that Natco Pharma Ltd. (Natco) can export Bayer Corporation’s patented invention- sorafenib tosylate (marketed under the name Nexavar) for experimental purposes.“The condition of Compulsory Licence to which attention...

The Institution Owned By Family Of Government Servant Empanelled For Departmental Work Falls In Ambit Of RTI: MP HC [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held the information sought under RTI Act from the government department about empanelment, work allocation and payment of fund if any done to the institution owned by the family or any family member of the government servant working in it do not fall under the ambit of “personal information”.The court’s ruling came on a petition Navneet Ladke vs State...

POCSO: Victim’s Identity Won’t Be Disclosed By Anyone, Including Police, Judges: Calcutta HC Issues Guidelines

In a landmark judgment, the High Court of Calcutta on Thursday issued additional directives to conduct investigation and trial under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.The court was hearing an appeal against a judgment passed in July 2016, wherein the appellant was convicted for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl. The appellant now contended that...

Allahabad HC Directs Removal Of Integral University Vice-Chancellor [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court has directed the removal of the vice-chancellor of Integral University, Lucknow.A bench of Justice Narayan Shukla and Justice Sheo Kumar Singh passed the order after hearing a PIL filed by one Junaid Ahmed, seeking issuance of a writ of quo warranto to SW Akhtar, VC of the university.The petitioner’s claim was that the appointment was in violation of Section 10 of...

Delhi HC Refuses To Recall Order Quashing Sexual Harassment Case On The Ground Of Settlement [Read Judgment]

No details have been stated as to how and at what time and in what manner she was coerced into settling the matter, the court said.The Delhi High Court has refused to recall its order quashing a criminal case against a person accused of sexually harassing a lady.Two years ago, the high court had quashed the case against the accused on the ground that parties have settled the matter and...

Delhi HC Slams JNU Professor For Indulging In Unnecessary Repeated Litigations [Read Judgment]

Petitioner is found to be indulging in and is habitual of unnecessary repeated litigations, the Court said.Coming down heavily on a Jawaharlal Nehru University professor for filing repeated litigations claiming same relief, the Delhi High Court has imposed costs of Rs.60, 000.Dr. K.S. Jawatkar had approached the Delhi High Court seeking a declaration that he is entitled to continue in...

Remission Can’t Be Denied Only Because Conviction Is In A Heinous Crime: Patna HC [Read Judgment]

The object of the Section is not to condemn such persons but to ensure that having spent a substantial period of their sentence, they be permitted to come back into society, the bench said.The Patna High Court, in Ravi Pratap Mishra vs. State of Bihar, has observed that merely because a person was convicted in a heinous offence, it is not a ground to deny privilege which the legislature...

No One To Be Deprived Of Benefits For Want Of Aadhaar: GoI

The Central government has clarified that no one will be deprived of benefits for lack of Aadhaar.The statement, issued on Tuesday, said till Aadhaar number is assigned to any individual, the benefit will continue to be given based on alternate means of identification.It also directed the departments to provide Aadhaar enrolment facilities to their beneficiaries under Regulation 12 of...

Take Up Issue of Public Works With Competent Authorities Instead of Filing PIL: MP HC [Read Order]

A division bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has held an elected representative of a statutory body instead of filing the public interest litigation (PIL) for a public work can take up the matter with the competent authorities and the statutory authorities empowered to deal with it.Though the court dismissed the PIL but granted liberty to the petitioner who is an elected vice president...

Maharashtra Court Sentences Prof. GN Saibaba, Others To Life Term For Maoist Links [Read Judgment]

A sessions court in Gadchiroli of Maharashtra has convicted Delhi University professor GN Saibaba along with five others for having links with Maoists.Speaking to LiveLaw, special public prosecutor Prashant Sathianathan said: “Considering the impact of the activities of Prof. Saibaba and his associates, the court awarded life imprisonment under Sections 13, 18, 20, 38 and 39 of the...

Calcutta HC Legal Services Committee To Organize National Lok Adalat On April 8th

Calcutta High Court Legal Services Committee is organizing a National Lok Adalat on Saturday, 8th April, 2017 at 10:30 am, in the High Court premises.Applications from parties jointly, or by their Advocates, are to be submitted by 31st March, 2017, in the Centenary Building. The Applications would be considered for the Lok Adalat, keeping in view the time taken to requisition case records...