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Allahabad High CourtWhile quashing a complaint against a surgeon the Allahabad High Court held that doctors can't be prosecuted for medical negligence merely for not delivering 'Assurances'Bombay High courtThe Bombay High Court had, on May 4, while upholding the trial court's sentence awarding life imprisonment to 12 accused in the Gujarat gangrape case, had set aside the acquittal of...
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Bombay High CourtBombay High Court dismissed an appeal filed by the State of Maharashtra against a trial court order acquitting the accused in an abetment of suicide case.Overturning an order of the Additional Sessions Judge, Kolhapur who acquitted the accused in a murder case, the Bombay High Court held the accused guilty and given him three months’ time to surrender.The High Court held...
Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Repeated Saying Of Word ‘Goonda’ Or ‘Prejudicial To Maintenance Of Public Order’ Insufficient To Invoke Preventive DetentionRhetorical incantation of word “goonda” or “prejudicial to maintenance of public order” cannot be sufficient justification to invoke the draconian powers of preventive detention, the Supreme Court held. A bench comprising Justice L Nageswara Rao and...
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Allahabad High CourtAllahabad High Court on Friday directed the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government to issue new licenses and renew old ones for slaughterhouses and meat shops.The High Court on Monday refused to allow an Advocate who was above 45 years of age on the date specified in the recruitment advertisement from appearing for the Higher Judicial Service recruitment exam.The...
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Expenditure Incurred To Earn Dividend Income On Shares Not DeductibleIn an important verdict, the Supreme Court, in Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited vs Dy Commissioner of Income-Tax, held that Section 14A of the Income Tax Act would apply to dividend income on which tax is payable under Section 115-O of the Act.No Condonation Of Delay In Payment Of Rent For Wilful...
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Allahabad High CourtLucknow Bench of the High Court of Allahabad on Monday directed the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to look into allegations that programs of self-proclaimed spiritual guru Nirmal Baba, being broadcast on TV channels, encourage superstitions among viewers.The High Court ruled that OBC candidates applying for government jobs are “not exempt from the rigours of a...
Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Death Penalty For Nirbhaya Convicts UpheldSupreme Court of India on Friday upheld the Death penalty of convicts in Nirbhaya Rape and Death Case. The Judgment was passed unanimously by Justices Dipak Misra, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan. Justice Banumati wrote a separate but concurring Judgment.Word ‘Payable’ In Section 40(A) (Ia) Of Income Tax Act Also Covers Amount Actually...
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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court, in the case of Yash Pal (Minor) & Anr vs State of UP, issued directions to the State to ensure that adequate safety measures are undertaken by the electricity department.The High Court stayed the bail granted to Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati in a rape case.Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court...
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Accused Can’t Claim Unfettered Right To Inspect Case DiaryRejecting the plea of an accused facing trial to produce certain pages of police diary obtained by him through RTI for the purpose of contradicting the police officer, the Supreme Court in Balakram vs. State of Uttarakhand, reiterated that the accused cannot claim unfettered right to inspect the case diary.Plea To Incorporate...
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No Inconsistency In Chargesheeting Accused Not Named In FIRThe Supreme Court, in Fazar Ali vs State of Assam, held that there is no inconsistency in chargesheeting and convicting persons who have not been named along with the other accused in the First Information Report.Speedy recovery proceedings, need of the day.Providing a speedy recovery proceedings is the need of the day, said the...
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Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court held that there cannot be a fresh FIR on receipt of every subsequent information in respect of the same cognizable offence or the same incident giving rise to one or more cognizable offences.The High Court ordered a probe into Lakhan Bhaiyya fake encounter case.Justice KR Shriram of the High Court on Friday directed its registry to issue suo-motu...
High Courts Weekly Round-Up
Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court has fined two contemnors Rs.5 lakh for deliberate and willful breach of its interim orders which restrained them from creating any tenancies with regard to a property that belongs to a trust.The high court has commuted the life sentence of a man who poured kerosene on his wife, burnt her and later extinguished the fire with water, as he had...