Agriculturalist Refused Access To Bank Account Over Pendency Of Appeal Against His Acquittal Awarded 50K Cost From MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Gwalior Bench recently directed the State to pay Rs 50,000 as cost to a 27 years old agriculturalist who was deprived of accessing his bank account on the ground that the appeal against his acquittal in a cheating and forgery case was pending.Justice G.S. Ahluwalia re-emphasized that an appeal against acquittal ought not to be considered as continuation of...

Concessional Rate Of Sales Tax Not Applicable On Oxygen As It Is Not A Raw Material For Manufacture Of Steel: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the main function of oxygen in manufacturing steel is to reduce the carbon content; therefore, it can be considered a refining agent but not a raw material, so the concessional rate of sales tax is not available on oxygen.The division bench of Justice M.R. Shah and Justice M.M. Sundresh has set aside the order passed by the Jharkhand High Court and restored...

Vice News Journalist Angad Singh Moves Delhi High Court Against Restrictions On India Travel

US citizen and a journalist working with the Vice News, Angad Singh has approached the Delhi High Court against the Centre's refusal to permit his entry to India. Singh was deported from Delhi to New York in August.Justice Prathiba M Singh today issued notice on Singh's plea and sought response of the Centre and other authorities within a period of four weeks. Soon after he landed in Delhi...

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Registered Against Kannada Actor Chetan Kumar For Allegedly 'Hurting' Hindu Sentiments

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Kannada actor Chetan A. Kumar for quashing of an FIR lodged against him under Section 505(2) of the Indian Penal Code, on charges of allegedly making statements which promote enmity, hatred or ill-will between different sections of the Society.Justice M I Arun said whether the statements made by Kumar amount to an offence...

[Employee's Compensation Act] Bar On Commissioner's Power To Conduct Enquiry Imposed By 2010 Amendment Act Is Prospective: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has said the amendment brought to Section 20 of the Employee's Compensation Act, 1923, notified on 23.01.2014, which bars the Commissioner from conducting an inquiry/proceedings on the claims under the Act and confers the powers to the concerned courts, is not applicable to a case decided prior to issuing of the notification. A single judge bench of Justice...

18 Adjournments Taken After Framing Of Charges; Reasons To Believe He's Not Guilty: P&H High Court Grants Bail To Accused In NDPS Case

Granting bail to an accused in a case involving recovery of 500 grams of heroin – which qualifies as 'commercial quantity' under the NDPS Act, the Punjab and Haryana High Court said his argument that he has been falsely implicated in the case gets substantiated from the fact that on 18 dates, no prosecution witness came forward for deposition before the trial court.Holding that...

Delhi High Court Stays Trial Court Order Granting Statutory Bail To DHFL's Wadhawan Brothers In Bank Loan Fraud Case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed a trial court order granting statutory bail to former Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL) promoters, Kapil Wadhawan and his brother Dheeraj, in relation to a multi-crore bank loan scam case. The counsel representing Wadhawan brothers submitted before the court that they will not proceed with their bail bonds before the trial court. "With...

Managing IP Recognizes Justice Prathiba M Singh Amongst 50 Most Influential People In Intellectual Property In 2022

Managing IP has recognized Delhi High Court judge Justice Prathiba M Singh amongst 50 most influential people in intellectual property this year. The judge was also featured in the 2021 list for her "instrumental role" in setting up India's first intellectual property-focused judicial forum - the Delhi High Court Intellectual Property Division.This year, she has been featured for...

'Time Has Come To Stop Backdoor Entries': Rajasthan High Court Imposes ₹25 Lakh Cost On Daswani Dental College, Refuses To Regularise Admissions

The Jaipur bench of Rajasthan High Court recently declined to regularise the admissions of the postgraduate dental students, who were admitted by a Kota college in 2017 without even having secured the admissions through the NEET PG process.The division bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand, however, said the candidates would be at liberty to proceed against...

'Commencement Of Probe Into Non-Cognizable Offences Without Magistrate's Order Renders Entire Investigation Faulty': Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday quashed trial court proceedings in a criminal case accusing two men and a woman of creating a "parallel telephone exchange", after ruling that the police could not have initiated a probe in the case, alleging commission of non-cognizable offences, without obtaining an order from the Magistrate."Incorporation of a cognizable offence at the time of filing of...

Dissolution Of Jamia Teachers Association: Delhi High Court Asks Teachers' Delegation To Meet VC For Resolution

Hearing a plea challenging the dissolution of Jamia Teachers Association, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday said a delegation of teachers can meet the Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor for resolving the issues.Justice Prathiba M Singh issued notice on the plea moved by Dr. Amir Azam, the former President of the Jamia Teachers Association, against various office orders dissolving the...

High Court Cannot Review The Order Passed Under Section 11 Of The A&C Act: Delhi High Court

The High Court of Delhi has held that the High Courts cannot review an order passed under Section 11 of the A&C Act as the Act does not contain any provision for review. The bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna held that power of review is not an inherent power but the creation of a statute, therefore, it cannot be exercised absence of a provision. The Court held that unlike...