165 Death Sentences Awarded By Trial Courts In 2022, Highest Ever In A Year Since 2000 : Project 39A Report

In 2022, trial courts imposed the largest number of death sentences in a single year since 2000 while the death row population was the highest it has been since 2004. These trends stand in stark contrast to the efforts by the Supreme Court to reform the death penalty sentencing framework, setting up the first Constitution Bench since Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab to review the...

Six Indian Lawyers Awarded NISAU India-UK Achievers Award

The National Indian Student and Alumni Union (NISAU), UK recently announced the winners of its India-UK Achiever's award, and the list features six Indian lawyers for their contributions to the field of law.The Achiever's award was presented to 75 Indian students and alumni, who had pursued a British programme of study, and have gone on to achieve excellence in their field, to celebrate the...

Gorakhnath Temple Attack Case 2022: Lucknow NIA Court Awards Death Penalty To Convict Ahmed Murtaza Abbasi

A Special NIA Court in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow District today awarded death penalty to one Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi who was arrested last year in April on the allegations of forcefully entering the Gorakhnath Temple last year in April and attacking security personnel deployed at the premises with a sickle.After hearing the case continuously for 60 days, Special judge of the ATS court...

Accused Has Valuable Right To Be Heard, Revision Petition Against Order Directing Registration Of FIR Maintainable: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that a revision petition filed against an order directing registration of FIR is maintainable as such an order is not an interlocutory order. The accused has a valuable right to be heard, said the court.Justice Jasmeet Singh said the registration of FIR affects the fundamental right and freedom of an accused. The person can be summoned for investigation,...

Exempted Organisations Can’t Be Asked To Disclose Outcome Of Complaint About Money Laundering, Hawala Transactions Under RTI Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that an exempted intelligence or security organisation under the Right to Information Act, 2005, cannot be asked to disclose the outcome of a complaint which does not relate to corruption or human rights violations. Setting aside a Central Information Commission (CIC) order directing the CPIO of Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB) to consider...

Seeking Enhanced Maintenance After Blocking Husband's Pension Amounts To 'Abuse Of Law': Calcutta High Court

While dismissing a wife’s plea for enhanced maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), the Calcutta High Court on Monday observed that the wife's plea praying for enhancement of maintenance after blocking a substantial source of the husband’s income amounts to an abuse of process of law. Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul) underscored,“This is a case where a...

Ex-Gratia Payment To Motor Accident Victim Under State Policy Not To Be Returned To Insurer Upon Determination Of Compensation Under MV Act: Gauhati HC

A single judge bench of Gauhati High Court today held that the ex-gratia amount granted to a motor accident victim as per State policy would not have to be returned to the insurer under section 163 (1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 upon an actual payment of compensation being made to the victim either under the provisions of the 1988 Act or under any other law...

Disciple Rape Case| Gujarat Court Convicts Self-Styled Godman Asaram Bapu, To Pronounce Quantum Of Sentence Tomorrow

A Court in Gujarat's Gandhinagar Court has convicted self-styled godman Asumal Sirumalani Harpalani (popularly known as Asaram Bapu) in the 2013 disciple rape case. The Court is set to pronounce its order on the sentence tomorrow. BREAKING: #GandhinagarCourt convicts self-styled godman #AsaramBapu in the 2013 rape case. pic.twitter.com/kWpyd5q9nG— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) January 30,...

Central Govt Employees Posted To Difficult Regions Like North East Not Expected To Take Families Along, Entitled To Additional HRA: Manipur High Court

The Manipur High Court recently observed that the drawing of additional HRA by a Central Government employee is permissible if the employee keeps their family in the previous station on their own or rented house after vacating the Government quarters due to transfer to the North East region.The bench comprising Justice M.V. Muralidaran clarified that only rider would be that such family...

Authority Under Gratuity Act Cannot Condone Delay In Filing Appeal By Entertaining An Application U/S 5 Of Limitation Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that the authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act cannot condone the delay in filing an appeal by entertaining an application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act. Justice Amit Rawal, interpreted Sections 5 and 29 of the Limitation Act, as well as Section 7(7) of the Payment of Gratuity Act. The Court noted that as per Section 7(7) of the Payment...

Even After 75 Years Of Independence, Downtrodden People Can't Do Business Equally As Upper Caste People: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court, while refusing to quash proceedings against accused under the Schedule Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, said that despite the completion of 75 years of independence of India, "the downtrodden people [are] not able to do any business equal to that of any other business people who were said to be in upper caste."The court made the...

S. 409(2) CrPC Puts A Bar On Administrative Power Of A Sessions Judge To Recall A Trial After Its Commencement: Chhattisgarh HC

The Chhattisgarh High Court recently observed that Section 409(2) of the CrPC creates a bar on the administrative power of the Sessions Judge for recalling the sessions trial after the trial of the case has commenced.The bench of Justice Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal observed thus while allowing a tranfser plea filed by a complainant challenging the order of the Sessions Judge, Bemetara paed...