Madras High Court mandates Court staffs to report on Holidays to make Holiday Filing easier

In a bid to improve procedural efficiency of the Judiciary, Madars High Court Registrar (Judicial) G. Ilangovan, has issued a circular mandating the court staff to report on holidays thereby eradicating the system of need based calling. Such an endeavour is expected to smoothen out the process of filing of cases on holidays, reports, The HinduIt was observed by the Registrar of the Madras...

Report of the Probation Officer not necessary for granting bail to a Juvenile: Madras HC [Read Order]

Madras High Court has recently held that Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 does not contemplate obtaining of report of the Probation Officer before the grant of bail. Dr. Justice S. Vimala also held that if the Juvenile Justice Board is not granting bail, the alterative option open to the Juvenile Justice Board is to place the Juvenile under the supervision of...

Not proper to accept the prosecution case when the place of occurrence itself has not been established: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court while reversing conviction in a murder case ruled that it would not be proper to accept the prosecution case when the place of occurrence itself has not been established. The Bench comrising Justice Debasish Kar Gupta and Justice Md. Mumtaz Khan, acquitted the accused.As per the case details, Md. Abdulla Mondal and Islam Sk, while returning home were attacked by...

Allahabad HC strikes down stipulation of ‘same-day appeal’ in Constable Recruitment Rules [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has struck down a stipulation in a provision for Appeal in Constable Recruitment Rules, which stated that no appeal with respect to the medical examination shall be entertained if the Candidate fails to appeal on the day of his medical examination and announcement of the result of the same.The Rules which provided appeal with respect to medical examination reads:...

Attention to detail and intuition are the hallmarks of good investigators; Justice U U Lalit

Shri U.U. Lalit, Supreme Court Justice, stresses upon application of laws during investigation.The 1st National Conference of Investigating Agencies concluded here today. In his valedictory address Shri U.U. Lalit, Justice of Supreme Court of India, stressed upon the adequate knowledge of laws and their appropriate use during investigation. He emphasized the need for coordination between...

Murder of wife and daughters: Bombay HC commutes death sentence to life imprisonment [Read Judgment]

From overall conduct of the accused, it cannot be said that after causing the murder, he has acted in the manner to be termed as something uncommon, which render the sentence of life imprisonment inadequate and calls for death sentence, the Bench observed.The Bombay High Court, has commuted death penalty awarded by Trial Court to a man who was convicted for murdering his wife and two...

Allahabad HC declares SP MLA Ram Singh's Election to Assembly 'null and void [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court has declared the election of Samajwadi Party  MLA Ram Singh from Patti Assembly constituency in Pratapgarh in the 2012 UP Assembly Elections.The petitioner, who is the political leader, was one of the contesting candidate from 249 Patti Assembly Constituency, District Pratapgarh. The petitioner, had received 61278 votes whereas Ram Singh had received 61434 votes and,...

YouTube is obliged not to host content that violates any law for the time being in force: Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Court has also directed YouTube to strengthen its complaint redressal mechanism. Delhi High Court in Tata Sky Ltd. vs YouTube Llc has held that in terms of Rule 3 (1) (e) of the of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011, YouTube is obliged not to host content that violates any law for the time being in force. The Court has also directed YouTube to strengthen...

Writ for Compensation for Death in electrocution is maintainable when undisputed facts clearly reveal the same: Orissa HC [Read Judgment]

Orissa High Court has recently held that a writ application for payment of compensation for the death of a person in electrocution is maintainable when the undisputed facts clearly reveal the same.Petitioners, the unfortunate parents of Mr. Madhusudan Das, who died in electrocution, approached the High Court with a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying, inter...

DU Law Students protest BCI's decision of seat cut

A recent outburst among law students of Delhi University (DU) led to a protest outside the Bar Council of India (BCI), Delhi, whose decision to shut down colleges that offer evening courses in law resulted in a major seat cut.The protest was led by All India Student’s Association. Aman Nawaz, DU President AISA, said that another protest will be organized on Thursday.There are over 800...

SC Okays acquisition of land for expansion of Uttaranchal Secretariat [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has set aside a judgment of Uttarakhand High Court which had struck down the Acquisition of land for the purpose of expansion of Uttaranchal Secretariat.Apex Court Bench comprising of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Prafulla C. Pant said allowing the Appeals against orders passed by the High Court of Uttarakhand in the matter of acquisition of land for the purpose of expansion of...

Service Tax on serving food and beverages in AC restaurants: Delhi HC upholds constitutionality [Read Judgment]

Levy of service tax on the provision of short-term accommodation and the corresponding instructions/circulars seeking to operationalize the levy is held unconstitutional and invalid.A Division Bench of Delhi High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 65 (105)(zzzzv) read with Section 66E (i), Section 65 (22) of the Finance Act 1994 as well  as Rule 2C of the Service...