Petition, regarding last-minute withdrawal of Arjuna Award, converted into PIL by the Delhi High Court

A petition by the NGO Navalokam Samskarika Kendram of Kottayam, Kerala has been converted into a Public Interest Litigation by the Delhi High Court and referred to a Division Bench headed by Chief Justice G Rohini. The plea before Justice Manmohan was against Government’s pronouncement that esteemed Arjuna Award wouldn’t be conferred on triple jump athlete Renjith Maheshwary in the year...

Delhi High Court Cautioned woman to come clean on Gang-rape and Kidnapping charges

A Division Bench comprising of Justice P.K. Bhasin and Justice J.R. Midha of the Delhi High Court have warned a woman to make a clean breast of the accusation levied by her that she was kidnapped and gang-raped by five men, whom she owed some money.The court reportedly  asked the accused, who claimed vulnerability, to appear on the next date of the hearing. She pleaded that on account of...

Delhi High Court drops Ammunition Charges against New York City Cop

The Delhi High Court on Saturday quashed the FIR and dropped weapons charge against 49 year old Manuel R. Manny Encarnacion, a New York City cop, accused of possessing bullets when he arrived in India in March earlier this year. He was arrested on March 11 after he arrived on a Lufthansa Airlines flight from New York.Justice Sunil Garg reportedly quashed the FIR on the grounds that the cope...

Madras High Court upholds Constitutionality of SARFAESI Act and validity RBI Circulars [Read the Judgment]

A division bench of the Madras High Court, comprising of Justice N. Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice M.M. Sundresh dismissed several writ petitions through a common order on May 8, upholding the Constitutional validity of Section 2(1) (o) of the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI) and the guidelines issued by the...

High Courts Round-Up [ 23-05-14]

The Bombay High Court (HC) dropped the murder charge against a man sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his minor daughter, 18 years ago. The HC decided that the man be released after observing that he had assaulted the girl in a fit of rage and had already served over 14 years in jail.The Bombay High Court has set aside an order of Maharashtra government’s Caste Scrutiny Committee...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

SC seeks Centre’s response in declaring election result for the entire constituency as whole and not ward-wise. A bench led by Justice Dipak Misra demanded a response from the Centre and posted the matter for July 7.The Supreme Court appointed Justice J N Patel as interim chairman of Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust, Mumbai. The bench comprising of Justice A. K. Patnaik, Justice...

Delhi Police Rapped for not responding in the Shanti Bhushan CD Case

The Delhi city police was rapped on Friday by the Delhi High Court for not filing a response on its appeal against a direction by the Central Information Commission. CIC had ordered the city police to bring out in the open the forensic reports of a CD which contained a conversation among senior lawyer Shanti Bhushan and politicians Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav.Justice Manmohan...

Courts do not ban books; Delhi High Court

Delhi High Court has observed that courts do not ban books, and it is the Government to do it,  in a petition seeking a ban of the book “Holy Hell: A Memoir of Faith, Devotion and Pure Madness” about a spiritual leader Mata Amritananda Mayi.Petitioner C Muralidharan, a devotee of Mata Amritananda Mayi, has sought a ban on the book “Holy Hell: A Memoir of Faith, Devotion and Pure...

Delhi High Court Seeks IAF reply over Officer’s marriage with Missing Man’s wife

In a case involving a Squadron Leader in the Indian Air Force, Delhi High Court reportedly demanded an answer from the IAF on a petition which alleged that it wasn’t co-operating in an investigation into the marriage of the petitioner’s daughter-in-law, Smt. Latesh Jain, to the Officer in question, by declaring herself a widow.According to the petitioner R.C. Jain, his son Vikas Jain had...

Kerala HC Division Bench recuses themselves from Bar licence case without citing reason

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court comprising of Justice Antony Dominic and Justice Alexander Thomas recused from hearing appeals related to renewal of bar licences in Kerala.The Bench recused from hearing the matter without citing any specific reason.Earlier Justice C T Ravikumar recalled a judgment which was ready for pronouncement and recused himself from passing orders in a batch...

High Courts Round-up [22.5.2014]

Delhi high court has slapped a cost of Rs 2 lakh on Delhi government for its failure to create mass awareness against sexual offences concerning women and children.Bombay high court stayed the order asking Adnan Sami to pay ex-wife Rs6.4 crore;Madras High Court declined to interfere with Tamil Nadu Government's order granting entertainment tax exemption to Rajinikanth's latest...

The SC seeks Centre’s response in declaring election result for the entire constituency as whole and not ward-wise

The Supreme Court has issued a notice seeking the Centre’s response on the proposal for declaring the result of a parliamentary constituency as a whole and not through ward-wise. A bench led by Justice Dipak Misra demanded a response from the Centre and posted the matter for July 7.Earlier the Supreme Court has asked for Election Commission’s (EC) response on this plea. The EC has...