Voluntary confession of charges by worker can close down investigation: Bombay High Court

While quashing and setting aside a judgment of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) allowing reinstatement of A V Tungare, an employee of Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), with 50 per cent back wages, Justices V N Kanade and G S Kulkarni of Bombay High Court held that during a departmental inquiry if an employee willingly admits to the charges against him, then no fault can be...

Issue funds for setting up IPAB office: Delhi High Court to Centre

A Delhi High Court bench of acting Chief Justice B D Ahmed and Justice S Mridul asked the Centre to release funds needed by Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) for setting up its office in the national capital and directed IPAB to apply, within two weeks, to the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to fix the rate of rent valid for the office space available in a building belonging...

Madras HC restrains 'Zee' and 'News Nation' channels from telecasting news content on Dhoni's alleged acts of betting and fixing

The Madras High Court on Tuesday restrained Zee Media Corporation Ltd and News Nation Network from publishing or telecasting any news content on Indian cricket team skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni connecting to acts of betting, spot-fixing and match-fixing of cricket matches or in any manner insinuating about the integrity and honesty of him.Justice S. Tamilvanan passed the interim...

Live Law Exclusive; Justice V R Krishna Iyer writes to CJI to take suitable action on allegations in Dushyant Dave's letter

Concerned about the apparent inaction on the part of CJI, Justice VR Krishna Iyer has written to Chief Justice of India, urging him to take suitable action regarding the statements made by Senior Lawyer Dushyant Dave in his letter to CJI. Live Law has the copy of the letter, which reads as ""17/03/2014Dear Chief Justice Sathasivam,I have received a copy of the letter from Advocate...

Petition filed in SC seeking a direction to permit NRI's to cast their vote in the elections from their respective foreign locations

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction from the Court to the Central Government and the Election Commission that Non-resident Indians who are registered voters should be allowed to cast their ballot even from their foreign locations.The petition which was filed on Saturday said the existing provision under section 20A of the Representation of the People...

Lawyers cannot file writ petition seeking appointment as judges, rules the Madras HC

The Madras High Court has ruled that advocates cannot file writ petitions seeking a direction to the collegium of judges to consider their names for appointment as judges of the High court.Dismissing a petition filed by advocate P. Subburaj on the ground of of maintainability, a Division Bench comprising of justices N. Paul Vasanthakumar and P. Devadass said the lawyer had no enforceable...

NGT expresses dissatisfaction over Delhi Govt's inaction against illegal borewells; summons senior officials of Delhi Jal Board

Unhappy over Delhi government not initiating proper action against illegal and unauthorised borewells operating in the national capital, the National Green Tribunal has sought the presence of senior officials of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on the next date of hearing.A Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar passed the order, saying the report submitted by Delhi government on the...

Solicitor General opposes CBI’s proposal to drop charges against Lalu Prasad

The Solicitor General, Mohan Parasaran has opposed the CBI’s proposal to drop charges against the former Bihar CM and ex-Union Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav  in three fodder scam cases. The Solicitor-General Mohan has advised the Union government that the issue should be decided by the trial court.The Solicitor-General said: “In my view, this matter requires to be decided only before...

SC stays execution of death penalty of 2 convicts in Delhi gang rape case till March 31

The Supreme Court on Saturday stayed till March 31 the execution of death penalty of two of the four convicts in the Delhi gang rape and murder case, a couple of days after the Delhi High Court upheld the punishment awarded to them by the trial court. The order was passed by a Bench of the Apex Court, comprising Justices Ranjana Prakash Desai and Shiva Kirti SinghThe order came after two...

Can a Dying Declaration be split up to segregate the case of one accused from the case of other?

The Supreme Court on Friday said it was difficult to sever the dying declaration of deceased Asha Devi so as to uphold the conviction granted to the accused by the Courts below, and on this basis gave the benefit of doubt to all the accused who had been charged with killing their daughter-in-law, and thereby reversed the verdicts given by the Trial Court and the High Court of Punjab...

PIL alleges violation of NCR Plan; SC seeks response of the Haryana Government

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court alleging that the Haryana government is developing an industrial model township (IMT) on 3,364 acres of land in villages in Sonepat district in complete violation of the National Capital Region Plan. When the PIL came up for consideration on Friday, the Supreme Court sought the state government’s response as also the response of the...

For diluting offence of murder, intoxication cannot be a ground, says Supreme Court

A Supreme Court bench comprising justices K S Radhakrishnan and VikramajitSen said while upholding the conviction and life sentence awarded by the trial court and confirmed by the Bombay High Court to Bhagwan Tukaram Dange for burning to death his wife under the influence of liquor, ruled that intoxication of a person cannot be a ground for reducing the offence of murder in unintended...