Kerala HC Issues Show Cause Notice To Former Lakshadweep Magistrate Over Alleged Manipulation Of Evidence In 2015 Case

The Kerala High Court on Monday issued show-cause notice to former Sub Judge/Chief Judicial Magistrate at Amini island in Lakshadweep, asking him to explain why disciplinary proceedings should not be recommended against him for allegedly manipulating evidence of a witness in a 2015 case.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan observed, "The main allegation against him is that, he manipulated the evidence of...

BREAKING: Delhi High Court Orders Blocking Of Judicial Officer's Sexually Explicit Video On Social Media

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday evening directed the Centre and social media platforms to ensure that all appropriate steps are taken to prevent the sharing of a sexually explicit video of a judicial officer, which has been in circulation on the internet since yesterday."The defendants shall take all permissible steps to ensure that the further sharing, distribution, forwarding or posting...

Relief For Another Transgender Candidate As MAT Directs State To Provide 'Third Gender' Option For Constable Post By Dec 4

The Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT) on Tuesday directed the state government to allow a second transgender candidate to apply for the post of Police Constable. The tribunal directed the state to provide a third option as 'other gender' apart from Male and Female in the recruitment application form by December 4, 2022 and extended the application form submission deadline...

Bombay High Court Questions ASI On Steps Taken To Prevent Paid 'VIP Darshan' At Trimbakeshwar Temple

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to inform it about the steps taken by it to implement its own instructions against charging of Rs 200 entry fees for VIP darshan by Trimbakeshwar Temple Trust. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Abhay Ahuja was hearing a PIL seeking directions to abolish the VIP entry fees from...

Madras High Court Asks Schools To Frame Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy, Provide Reporting & Redressal Mechanism To Students

Observing that sexual harassment in educational institutions continues to remain inadequately addressed, the Madras High Court recently issued directions to the State government for proper implementation of the law and policies framed against sexual abuse of children.The division bench of Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Sathya Narayana Prasad directed the school education department to...

'Courts Created To Adjudicate Substantial Interest Of Parties, Not Dispose Cases In Numerical Quantity': Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently said that a solitary instance of absence of a counsel or party on the day the case is listed cannot be a ground for the application being dismissed for default. The division bench of Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Shoba Annamma Eapen said:"The courts are created to adjudicate substantial interest of the parties rather than to dispose the cases in...

'Abject Failure' : Kerala High Court Criticises CBI Probe Of Death Of Malabar Cements Whistleblower; Asks Director To Form New Team For Further Investigation

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed the Director of Central Bureau of Investigation to take up the investigation into the death of Malabar Cements whistleblower V. Saseendran and his two minor sons with due seriousness and to constitute a new investigating team under the supervision of a senior and competent officer. Justice P. Somarajan pulled up the investigating agency for filing...

Gyanvapi | Challenge To Maintainability Of Hindu Worhsippers' Suit: Mosque Committee Concludes Argument In Allahabad HC

The Anjuman Intazamia Mosque Committee (which manages the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi) today concluded its argument in its revision plea moved before Allahabad High Court challenging a Varanasi Court order (of September 12, 2022) dismissing its Order 7 Rule 11 CPC plea that was filed against the maintainability of Hindu Worshippers' suit.Before the matter was adjourned for further hearing...

Temple Land Cannot Be Used To Bury Dead Bodies: Madras High Court Slams Authorities For 'Callous Attitude'

Hearing a plea seeking measures against use of temple land as a burial ground, the Madras High Court observed that while the right to be cremated or buried is an essential part of fundamental right to practise one's religion, the same cannot be allowed on the land belonging to temples."At the same time, it cannot be allowed to bury dead bodies in the land belonging to the temple. This court...

Delete 'Defamatory' Comments Against Cricketer Mohammad Shami's Wife Hasin Jahan : Calcutta High Court Directs YouTube

The Calcutta High Court has directed YouTube authorities to take down the 'defamatory' comments being made on their platform against Hasin Jahan in respect of her marital relationship with her estranged husband, Cricketer Mohammed Shami.The bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha also directed Youtube to ensure that personal, defamatory and derogatory comments against Jahan are not published on...

'Suspicion, However Grave, Cannot Take Place Of Proof': Kerala HC Acquits Accused Charged With Abetment Of Suicide

The Kerala High Court recently held that in order to constitute an offence under Section 306 of the IPC the prosecution must establish firstly that a suicide has been committed, and secondly that the person who is said to have abetted the commission of suicide, has played an active role in the same with such a mens rea.The Single Judge Bench of Justice P.G. Ajithkumar observed that even...

16-Yr-Old's Consent Immaterial: Delhi High Court Denies Bail To 23-Yr-Old Married Man, Says Facts Specially Disentitle Him From Bail In POCSO Case

Reiterating that a minor's consent is immaterial in the eyes of law, the Delhi High Court recently denied bail to a 23-year-old man in a POCSO case, who is accused of allegedly raping a 16-year-old minor, observing that his age and the fact that he was already married, disentitle him from getting bail.Justice Jasmeet Singh also took note of the submission that the accused had got date of birth...