Delhi Govt’s Decision To Cap Number Of Visits By Family Members, Legal Advisers With Prisoners Not Arbitrary: High Court

The Delhi High Court has said that Delhi Government's decision to restrict the total number of visits by family members, relatives, friends and legal advisers with jail inmates to two times a week, keeping in view the number of undertrials and prisoners, cannot be said to be arbitrary. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said that the...

Huge Delay In Trial, Only 2 Witnesses Examined So Far: Delhi Riots Accused Shahrukh Pathan To High Court In Bail Hearing

Shahrukh Pathan, the man who pointed a gun at a policeman during 2020 North-East Delhi riots, Monday told Delhi High Court that there is a huge delay in conclusion of the trial and that only two witnesses have been examined so far over a period of one year and three months. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma was hearing Pathan’s bail plea in a case related to rioting and causing injuries to...

Every Instance Of Casual Police Enquiry Cannot Be Termed As Human Rights Violation: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has recently observed that though there are instances of human rights violation in police stations, every instance of casual police enquiry cannot be termed as a Human Rights Violation.The bench of Justice VM Velumani and Justice R Hemalatha noted that accusing police officers of human rights violation at the drop of a hat may be demoralising for the entire...

Hopcoms Building Outside Cubbon Park; Karnataka High Court Permits Operations For Now

The Karnataka High Court on Monday accepted a survey report carried out by City Survey Department which noted that building constructed by Karnataka Pradesh Krishik Samaj (for short, ‘Krishik Samaj’), popularly known as Hopcoms building is outside the purview of Cubbon Park and thus it permitted the Samaj to use the building to provide assistance to farmers. A division bench of...

Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 13 To February 19, 2023

Nominal IndexTajinder Singh alias Happy Vs UT of J&K & Ors 2023 LiveLaw (JKL) 22Abdul Rashid Vs UT of J&K 2023 LiveLaw (JKL) 23Prof S K Bhalla Vs Haq Nawaz Nehru 2023 LiveLaw (JKL) 24Gopal Krishan & Ors Vs UT of J&K 2023 LiveLaw (JKL) 25Parwez Samuel Koul & Ors Vs UT of J&K 2023 LiveLaw (JKL) 26Santosh Kumar & Ors Vs Kuldeep Singh and another 2023 LiveLaw...

Plea To Quash S.138 NI Act Conviction Not Maintainable U/S 482 CrPC: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that a petition filed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, seeking to quash conviction handed down to an accused under the Negotiable Instruments Act is not maintainable.Petitioner Vuppalapti Satish Kumar had approached the court seeking to quash the conviction handed down to him on 2.1.2023, for the offence punishable under Section 138 of...

Clerk Accused Of Taking ₹150 Bribe Acquitted By Rajasthan High Court After 38 Years

The Rajasthan High Court recently acquitted a clerk of District Transport Office (D.T.O.), Sikar who was convicted by the trial court in a bribery case of Rs. 150/- in the year 1985 and sentenced to undergo three months simple imprisonment.Single judge bench of Justice Narendra Singh Dhaddha held:“As per the story of prosecution, Rs.150/- were given by Sultanaram to the appellant...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 13 To February 19, 2023

Nominal Index [Citation 91 - 109]Shashikala Kishan Yewale v. State of Maharashtra & Anr 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 91MEP Infrastructure Developers Ltd. v. South Delhi Municipal Corporation 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 92Shailendra Kumar Dubey v. XYZ 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 93Pushkaraj Shekharrao Indurkar v. State of Maharashtra 2023 LiveLaw (Bom) 84Ekta Welfare Society v. State of Maharashtra & Ors 2023...

Constable Amit Kumar Died While On COVID-19 Duty, Delhi Govt’s Decision To Hold Wife's Compensation Case Not Tenable: High Court

Observing that 31-year-old constable Amit Kumar passed away during the first wave of COVID-19 while performing his duties, the Delhi High Court on Monday said that the decision taken by Delhi Government’s Group of Ministers to hold his wife’s case of ex-gratia payment of Rs. 1 crore is prima facie not tenable. Justice Prathiba M Singh was hearing a plea moved by Kumar’s wife, who...

S.66 Food Safety & Standards Act | Criminal Prosecution Cannot Proceed Against Partners Without Arraigning Firm As Accused: JKL High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently ruled that the existence of Section 66 in the Food Safety and Standard Act 2006 is a clear pointer to the fact that the criminal prosecution cannot proceed against partners without arraigning the firm as an accused.Observing that there is no concept of vicarious liability in criminal law the court went on to clarify that Section 66 of the...

'Students Not At Fault': High Court Directs Calcutta University To Register Botany Students Of State-Aided College Lacking Affiliation

The Calcutta High Court recently directed the University of Calcutta to grant registration numbers and admit cards to the students of B.Sc. Botany (Hons.) of the Behala College for the academic session 2022-23, who were declined the same on the ground that the said college could not fulfil the condition for the ‘extension of affiliation’ to the University.While allowing the petition,...

‘Due Process Of Law Is Blinkered’: Orissa High Court Issues Contempt Notices For Forging Medical Certificate To Obtain Interim Bail

The Orissa High Court has recently issued contempt notices to two persons who were allegedly involved in procuring and producing a forged medical certificate before the High Court for grant of interim bail to an accused person.While expressing severe dismay over the conduct of the said persons, a Single Judge Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo observed, “Due process of law is blinkered by...