Madras High Court Directs TN Engg Admission Secretary To Pay ₹10 Lakhs Compensation To Student For Wrongfully Denying Her Admission

Lives of youngsters are affected by such unscrupulous academicians and executives.

Matrimonial Offences Including S.498A IPC May Be Quashed In Exercise Of Powers U/S 482 CrPC When Parties Arrive At Settlement: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently ruled that offences arising out of matrimony, where the wrong is basically private or personal in nature and the parties have resolved their entire dispute, the High Court will be within its jurisdiction to quash the criminal proceedings. The bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar was hearing a plea whereby the petitioner had sought quashing of an FIR...

[Section 110A Customs Act] Owner Does Not Include Importer Of Goods: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Thursday held that seized goods can only be provisionally released under Section 110A of the Customs Act, 1962 (the Act) in favour of the owner of the goods and no one else. "The said section does not include or envisage release of goods provisionally in favour of an importer of goods much less does it envisage, a release in favour of 'any person', in addition...

Calcutta High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Prohibition On CM Mamata Banerjee's Entry Into Islamic Religious Congregations

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a prohibition on the entry of State's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee into the Islamic religious congregation.The bench of Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj observed that BJP leader and lawyer, Nazia Elahi Khan (petitioner) had not placed any authentic material before...

Over 10 Yrs After Acquittal By Trial Court, Delhi HC Convicts Man For Raping 11-Yr-Old; Sentences To 10 Yrs Rigorous Imprisonment

More than 10 years after his acquittal in October 2011 by a Trial Court here, the Delhi High Court on Friday convicted a man for raping a 11 year old minor victim in the year 2010 and awarded a sentence of 10 years of rigorous imprisonment.A division bench comprising of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Mini Pushkarna allowed the appeal filed by the prosecution in the year 2014 against the...

[MPSC Exam] Judicial Intervention In Result Even At Interim Stage Of Proceedings Affects All Candidates: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday observed that the courts should refrain from interfering in results of examinations as judicial intervention affects all candidates and not just the parties seeking relief. "Indeed, we would venture to suggest that except in the most exceptional circumstances, there should not be such interim interventions by a Court for the simple reason that allowing...

Delhi High Court Grants Interim Injunction In Favour Of Star TV Productions, Restrains Use Of Deceptively Similar 'EUROSPORT' Trademark

Granting interim injunction in favour of Star Television Productions Limited, the Delhi High Court has restrained the use of 'EUROSPORT' trademark as being identical or deceptively similar to 'STAR' marks including the Star device. Justice Asha Menon restrained Eurosport, a global sports channel formerly known as Dsport, Discovery Communications LLC and Discovery Communications India from...

Former Chief Justice of India KN Singh Passes Away

Former Chief Justice of India, Justice KN Singh passed away on September 8. His last rites were performed at Allahabad with State honours.Justice Singh had a tenure as the CJI from November 25, 1991 to December 12, 1991.He was born in 1926. He enrolled as an Advocate on 4th September, 1957 in the Allahabad High Court and Practised on Civil, Constitutional and Taxation matters at Allahabad. He...

Passport Officer Can't Usurp Power Of Authority Issuing Birth Certificate Or Make Independent Enquiry Into Applicant's Date Of Birth: Rajasthan HC

The Rajasthan High Court has observed that Passport Authorities are not expected to make their own independent enquiry, if there is a dispute or differences with regard to the date of birth, place of birth or name entered in the passport, especially when such entries are made on the basis of records, produced by the passport holder.Justice Ashok Kumar Gaur held that the Passport Authorities...

Obtain Prior Remarks Of Party To Be Affected Before Voicing Opinion In Media: Madras HC In Defamation Suit Against Savukku Shankar

Such opinion should be published along with affected party's remarks.

Magistrate Can't Direct Further Investigation By Police After Rejecting Closure Report Filed By HC Constituted SIT: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a Magistrate court cannot direct further investigation by some other investigation agency after rejecting the B report (closure report) filed by a probe agency that was appointed by the High Court. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed a petition filed by the family members of a deceased and set aside the order passed by...

Madras High Court Acquits Man Who Possessed 1.5 Kg Heroin Believing It To Be Wheat Flour

The Madras High Court recently directed the release of a man who was sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1,00,000 rupees for consciously possessing 1.5 kg Heroin for transportation to Kuwait. The bench of Justice G Ilanthiraiyan observed that the appellant had carried the material believing it to be wheat flour and tamarind and not a prohibited substance. Though not...