MLA Poaching Case| CM Had Zero Involvement In Investigation, State Argues Before Telangana HC Against Order For CBI Probe

While arguing an appeal before the division bench of the Telangana High Court against an order of the Single Judge transferring the probe in the BRS MLA poaching case to the CBI, Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave, appearing for the Telangana Government, on Tuesday said, “You cannot demoralise the police by making allegations.” “Before putting allegations on the police, it is the...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Elevation Of Two Judicial Officers As Judges In Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 10 January 2023 approved the proposal for elevation of two Judicial Officers as Judges in the Andhra Pradesh High Court.The following judicial officers have been elevated as judges–1. Smt. P. Venkata Jyothirmai2. Shri V. Gopalakrishna...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Elevation Of Neela Gokhale As Bombay High Court Judge

The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 10 January 2023 has approved the proposal for elevation of Smt. Neela Kedar Gokhale, Advocate, as Judge in the Bombay High Court.She represented many important clients including Malegaon Blast accused Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit.Bombay High Court at present has a strength of 65 judges against a sanctioned strength of 94 judges.Click here...

'Had Apologised To Victim Families, Don't Make Me Perpetually Liable To Be Rebuked By Public': Sushil Ansal Challenges Netflix Series On Uphaar Tragedy

Real estate tycoon Sushil Ansal has approached Delhi High Court with a suit seeking permanent and mandatory injunction against the release of upcoming Netflix Series ‘Trial By Fire' which is based on the Uphaar fire tragedy. He has also sought restraint of further publication and circulation of the book titled ‘Trial By Fire- The tragic tale of the Uphaar Tragedy’ which has been...

Plastic Ban : Kerala High Court Lifts Ban On Non-Woven Bags Of 60 GSM & Above

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday held that the inclusion of non-woven bags of 60GSM and above in the list of banned single use plastic items by Government Orders without regard to the GSM standards, and in violation of the provisions of the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 as arbitrary and illegal. Justice N. Nagaresh, passed the order in two writ petitions filed before it challenging the...

PM CARES Fund Details: Punjab & Haryana High Court Issues Notice To CIC, PMO In Appeal Against Single Judge Order

The Punjab and Haryana High Court last week issued a notice to the Central Information Commission (CIC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and others in an appeal moved challenging Single Judge's order upholding the Chief Information Commission's order denying information regarding the PM CARES Fund details. It may be noted that dismissing the appeal against the CIC order, the Single Judge...

Court Reprimands Delhi Police For Taking Contradictory Stand On Bail Plea In Rape Case, Says Officers’ Conduct Irresponsible

A Court has reprimanded the Delhi Police for taking contradictory stand while opposing an anticipatory bail plea of a man in a rape case.Observing that conduct of the 'deputed' Investigating Officer and SHO of Bhajan Pura police station appears to be irresponsible, Additional Sessions Judge Pawan Kumar Matto directed that a copy of the order be sent to Delhi Police Commissioner “to do...

Precedents Can’t Be Read As Euclid’s Theorem, Must Be Applied In Context: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has reiterated that judgments cannot be construed mechanically in adjudication of cases and those must be applied having regard for the given facts of a case. While disapproving the manner in which counsel for the petitioner sought to place reliance on certain judgments, the Single Judge Bench of Justice V. Narasingh sternly observed, “In relying on the...

Wrong Terminology Employed By Statutory Authority While Granting Concession Not Ground To Revoke Such Concession: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that where a statutory authority employs wrong terminology while granting any concession to a party, the same cannot be a ground to revoke such concession where the party itself was not at fault. The development comes in a writ petition filed before the bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit challenging the communication issued by the...

Transgender Identity Cards: Calcutta High Court Asks District Magistrates To Process All Valid Applications Within Time Frame

The Calcutta High Court has asked the authorities in West Bengal to process the pending valid applications for issuance of identity cards to transgender persons and decide the same within a month, in accordance with the criteria stipulated under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.The court passed the order while directing Kolkata District Magistrate to issue transgender...

S.102(3) CrPC Requiring Police Officer To Forthwith Report Seizure Of Property To Magistrate Only Directory In Nature: JKL High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently held that since the provisions of CrPC do not provide for consequences of non-adherence to Section 102(3) it can be inferred that the said provision is not mandatory in nature even though the word “shall” has been used in the provision.The provision stipulates that a police officer, after seizing any property, has to forthwith report...

'Misconceived': Allahabad HC Dismisses PIL For 'Default Bail' To Rape Accused If Chargesheet Not Filed Within 2 Months Of FIR

The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea which prayed for a declaration that a rape accused may seek 'Default Bail', in case a chargesheet is not filed against him within two months of lodging of FIR. The Bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Vikas Budhwar dismissed the plea for being ‘misconceived’ as it noted that such a prayer need...