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High Courts Weekly Round-Up
Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the management of Dr MC Saxena Medical College to compensate the 150 students wrongly admitted to the current academic year of the med school. The court has ordered that Rs 25 lakh, including college fee and compensations, be paid to each student within two months.In an important pronouncement, the full bench of the High Court...
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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court issued a contempt notice to 13 lawyers of Agra district after taking cognisance of an illegal strike and an allegation of misbehaviour with several judges upon a reference by Smt. Saroj Yadav, district judge, Agra.Andhra Pradesh High CourtUpholding a trial court order allowing witness examination on Skype for recording evidence in a divorce...
Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
Enactment Of An Amendment With Retrospective Effect Not An Encroachment Upon Judicial PowersThe Supreme Court in Cheviti Venkanna Yadav vs. State of Telangana and Ors, upheld the constitutional validity of sub-section (3) of Section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh (Agricultural Produce and Livestock) Markets (Amendment) Act, 2015.Delay In Recording Witnesses’ Statements Can Be Fatal For...
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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court recently observed that the ‘character’ of a rape victim was still not an ‘absolutely irrelevant’ circumstance in a rape trial.Much to the cheer of Delhi-Noida commuters, the High Court scrapped the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) flyway toll on Wednesday and ruled that the concessionaire, Noida Toll Bridge Company, shall not impose any user...
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Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court on Monday slammed the state government for not procuring noise decibel meters ahead of the festival season. It was hearing a contempt petition against KP Bakshi, Additional chief Secretary (Home).The High Court ordered an interim stay on a notice issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) dated April 28, 2016, that directed demolition of...
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SC Reminds HCs of ‘Doctrine Of Restraint’ In Complex Fiscal EvaluationThe Supreme Court with ‘immense pain’ asked the high courts to keep in mind the established doctrine of restraint, while issuing writ of mandamus in tender/bidding matters. The court also observed that a writ court cannot sit in appeal over the financial consultant’s assessment. Finish Probe into Scribe Murder...
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Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court in Rajendra vs. State Of Maharashtra, held that the cognisance of offences punishable under Chapter IV of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, cannot be taken on the basis of the charge sheet filed by the police under section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). Calcutta High Court“Do not pit one community against another”, the Calcutta...
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Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court observed that construction of illegal shrines on pathways and streets is in no way integral part of any religion, so as to be protected under Article 25 of the Constitution.Ahead of the festive season, the Bombay High court issued pointed directives for efficient implementation of the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules 2000, and guidelines...
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Ex-Policeman Accused Of Killing Wife The Supreme Court acquitted an ex-police constable, who was convicted by the trial court and high court under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and resultantly sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life and also to pay fine of ₹10,000 for killing his wife.SC Refuses To Review Death Penalty Of Ex-Cop Umesh In Rape-Murder CaseThe Supreme Court Bench...
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Rape & Murder of 7Yr Old Girl: Accused acquitted Of Murder Charges and Quashes Death Penalty; Upholds Lifer for Rape The Apex Court in Rajesh vs. State of Madhya Pradesh acquitted a rape-cum-murder accused of murder charges and upheld life imprisonment and conviction under Section 376 (2) (f) and 377 IPC. The Bench comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Prafulla C. Pant and Justice...
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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court in Sher Singh @ Sheru vs. State of UP dealt with the issue of claim of juvenility raised by the accused when proceedings were underway. The Bench decided that the right of an accused to raise the issue of juvenility cannot be denied by dismissing the writ petition as infructuous and, in case the writ petition in question has been filed though...
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Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court quashed disciplinary proceedings against a senior advocate initiated by the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council on a complaint accusing him of grabbing land. The Bench comprising Justice V.K. Shukla and Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi observed that such disputes relating to property should be decided by the competent civil court and not by the Bar...