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Delhi High Court Issues Notice On BJP Leader Sudhanshu Mittal's Plea Seeking Contempt Action Against Times Group Owners, Editors
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea filed by BJP leader Sudhanshu Mittal seeking contempt action against the management and editors of Times of India for allegedly publishing "defamatory content" against him in violation of a 2011 trial court orderIn January 2011, the trial court had directed the news organisation editors to first verify the contents of any news regarding...
Yes Bank- DHFL Scam : Supreme Court Directs Examination Of Kapil Wadhwan At AIIMS For Consideration Of Bail On Medical Grounds
The Supreme Court on Thursday deferred the decision regarding the grant of medical bail to Kapil Wadhawan, the former Chief Managing Director of Dewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL) and main accused in the Yes Bank-DHFL scam in which 17 banks were defrauded out of more than Rs 34,000 crores by the home loan provider. The Division Bench, comprising Justices K.M. Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy,...
Complainant In Cheque Bounce Case Can't Challenge Order Of Acquittal Before Sessions Court: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that the appeal against the acquittal of the accused in a cheque bounce case can be filed only before the High Court under Section 378(4) of CrPC and not before the Sessions Court.The bench of Justice Subhendu Samanta held thus after coming to the conclusion that a complainant in a case u/s 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act is not a victim as defined u/s...
Delhi High Court Upholds Life Sentence Of Three Men Who Raped Minor In 2011, Rejects Prayer For Remission
The Delhi High Court Thursday upheld the conviction and life sentence awarded to three men for raping a minor girl in 2011. The class X student, who was first raped by a relative, was subsequently raped by two strangers, who had offered her help when she was walking on road after escaping from her relative's house. A division bench of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Anish Dayal dismissed...
Mutation Entries Only Fiscal In Nature, Do Not Confer Any Title In Respect Of Property To Which They Relate: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has reiterated that mutation entries are only fiscal in nature and these do not confer any title in respect of the property to which they relate nor do these entries extinguish the right of a party in respect of the said property. The observations were made by a bench comprising Chief Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey and Justice Sanjay Dhar...
S.197 CrPC | Sanction Must Be Obtained To Prosecute Public Servant If Impugned Act Has 'Reasonable Nexus' With Official Duty: Orissa HC Reiterates
The Orissa High Court has reiterated that sanction must be obtained under Section 197 of CrPC if the impugned act of a public servant has a 'reasonable nexus' with his official duty. In other words, the Court was of the view that a public servant cannot be prosecuted, without the aforesaid sanction, for any act done by him/her which has nexus/relation with his/her official...
Kerala High Court Extends Time For VCs To File Objections To Chancellor's Show Cause Notices
The Kerala High Court on Thursday extended the time till November 7 for the Vice Chancellors of various state Universities to respond to the show cause notices issued to them by the Governor for their removal. Justice Devan Ramachandran was informed by advocates appearing on behalf of the Vice Chancellors that they were inclined to file objections before the Chancellor against the impugned...
Police Vehicle Scam: Meghalaya High Court Drops Contempt Proceedings Against Home Secretary, Asks State To Book Culprits
The Meghalaya High Court on Wednesday dropped the contempt proceedings initiated against the Home Secretary for 'deliberately disregarding' its orders, trying to 'obfuscate the issue' and standing as an 'impediment to the fact-finding exercise' in relation to the Police Vehicles Corruption Scam. The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice W. Diengdoh was hearing a...
Single Application For Injunction Against Alienating, Mortgaging Or Changing Nature Of Suit Land Not Barred By Civil Practice Rules: Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court has said that prayers seeking for injunction, restraining the defendant from transferring, alienating, mortgaging, creating gift or any right in changing nature of the suit land, would not amount to distinct prayers and are related to each other and filing of a single application seeking for such reliefs would not be in violation or come within a mischief under...
'Employer Can't Act Arbitrarily On Grant Of Leave To Employee': Kerala High Court, Allows Postal Assistant To Take 1 Year Leave For PhD
Observing that the State cannot act arbitrarily and unfairly when it comes to grant of leave to employees, the Kerala High Court Tuesday directed the department of posts to permit a Postal Assistant to take an extraordinary unpaid leave of one year to enable her to pursue a PhD Course in Malayalam.The division bench of Justice A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Mohammed Nambiar C....
Madras High Court Premises To Be Made Plastic Free From November 10
The Madras High Court premises will soon become a plastic free zone. Additional Advocate General J Ravindran informed the bench of Justice N Sathish Kumar and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy that five "manjappai" (yellow cotton bag) vending machines would be installed in the campus. Apart from the Madras campus, the Madurai campus will also be made plastic free.The bench was dealing with...
Blaming School Authorities For Student's Suicide Without Evidence Not Right, Parents Also Responsible To Monitor Child's Mental Health: Madras HC
The Madras High Court criticized the recent trend of parents implicating school authorities and teachers whenever a school student commits suicide. Justice SM Subramaniam noted that teachers and headmasters could be made liable only if there was sufficient evidence regarding their misconduct.The court also noted that while it is easier to engage in blame-game, it is much difficult to...