US Citizen With Valid Visa Denied Entry Into India Due To Conviction For Sexual Offence: Gujarat HC Issues Notice To UOI

The Gujarat High Court has issued notices to the Union of India and others in a plea filed by an Indian-born US Citizen after he was denied entry into India despite having a valid VISA on account of his conviction in a child sexual abuse case in the US.The bench of Justice Gita Gopi made the notice returnable on January 3, 2023, after ASG Devang Vyas raised the issue of the maintainability of...

Entire Proceedings Can’t Be Quashed In Corruption Case Just Because Informant Turned Hostile At Investigation Stage: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has held that entire proceedings cannot be set aside in a corruption case merely because the informant, who participated in the trap in connection with the demand of bribe, did not support the prosecution case during investigation. While rejecting a petition filed for quashing such a case, Single Judge Bench of Justice Radha Krishna Pattanaik...

Madras High Court Annual Digest 2022: Part II [Citation 277-525]

Citations: 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 277 To 525NOMINAL INDEXS.Sarath Kumar v. The District Collector and another, 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 277M/s. Dishnet Wireless Limited versus the Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (OSD), 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 278Ganesan v. SHO and another, 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 279M/s. Redington (India) Limited versus Principal Additional Director General, 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 280Sankar...

'Cause Of Action In Case Of Contract Of Insurance Accrues On Date Of Repudiation Of Claim': J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Friday clarified that 'cause of action' in an insurance case can also accrue on the date the claim lodged by the insured is repudiated by the insurance company.The court said the Supreme Court in Kendimalla Raghavaiah & Co. V.s Nationa Insurance Co. and ors has held that with reference to a fire insurance policy, the date of accrual of cause...

Bombay High Court Makes E-filing Mandatory For Criminal Cases, Arbitration Petitions

The Bombay High Court has made e-filing of new criminal cases, arbitration petitions and civil contempt petitions mandatory from January 9, 2023.The categories for which e-filing has been made mandatory are as:1) Criminal Writ Petition 2) Criminal Application under 482 of Cr.P.C.3) Criminal Application4) Criminal Appeal5) Criminal ALP 6) Criminal Revision (Leave to file Appeal–Private)...

Failure To Supply Translated Copy Of Detention Order Does Not Vitiate Detaining Authority’s Decision: J&K&L High Court

Dismissing a plea of habeas corpus petition, the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Friday observed that failure on the part of detaining authority to supply a translated copy of detention order does not vitiate the detention.A bench of Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal said:"From a bare perusal of the provisions of the Public Safety Act, 1978 dealing with preventive detention, read with...

Blind Leading The Blind? Madras High Court Says Trained Judicial Officers Ignorant Of Procedure, Orders Academy To Conduct Refresher Course

The Madras High Court recently directed the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy to conduct a "refresher course" for judicial officers focusing on special enactments like Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, SC/ST Act and NDPS Act.The direction came from a bench of Justice P.N. Prakash and Justice N. Anand Venkatesh after it...

NCDRC Reiterates That Condonation Of Delay Is Not A Right, Each Day Should Be Explained

The National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission bench comprising Mr. C. Vishwanath as the presiding member and Mr. Subhash Chandra as a member recently observed that the condonation of delay cannot be claimed as a matter of right and should be explained for every day of the delay. The bench observed this while dismissing a revision petition filed under Section 21 of...

Madras High Court To Have Neutral Citation System From Jan 1

The Madras High Court is set to have its own 'neutral citation system' for all its judgments, which are uploaded on its official website, with effect from January 1, 2023.In a circular issued on December 30, The Registrar General said that a unique neutral citation number will be auto generated for every order/judgment that is uploaded on the website. This citation will be in the format...

Bombay High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Chairman Habib Group Trusts In SC/ST Act Case

Ruling that the bar on granting anticipatory bail in cases under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act won’t apply as the allegations against him appear to be motivated and an afterthought, the Bombay High Court granted pre-arrest bail to Chairman of Habib Group Trusts Mumbai Javed Shroff, who has been accused of sexual harassment and using casteist...

Madras High Court Annual Digest 2022: Part I [Citations 1- 276]

Citations: 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 To 276NOMINAL INDEXM/s.The Kancheepuram Reading Room and Tennis Club, Represented by its Secretary v. The Director-General of Police & Ors, 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 1The University of Madras, Rep. By its Registrar v. Dr. S. Bhaskaran & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 2Payel Biswas v. The Commissioner of Police, Trichy City & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 3All India...

‘Far Too Much Time Is Lost In Mentioning’: Justice GS Patel-led Bench In Bombay HC Issues Directions To Reduce Paper Inflow, Streamline Listing Process

The Bombay High Court bench headed by Justice Gautam Patel has issued a slew of directives on the administrative side on an experimental basis to “reduce paper in-flow” and streamline the process of listing cases before his bench. Just two weeks ago Justice Abhay Oka spoke about doing away with any manual intervention in listing of cases to bring about transparency in...