Road Accident Being 'Unforeseen' No Ground To Let Off Offender For Rash And Negligent Driving: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that happening of a road accident is an unforeseen incident but it cannot be a ground to let off the offender.“The happening of an accident is an unforeseen incident but it cannot be a ground to let off the offender. The accident may render the entire family of the deceased in state of destitution,” Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain said. The court reduced...

RTI Act | Penalty Imposed On Public Information Officers For Delay In Reply Depends On 'Malice': Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the Right to Information Act, 2005, only specifies the maximum limit of penalty to be imposed on Public Information Officers and the said amount may vary depending on malice and degree of inaction on the officials’ part in not providing the information.Justice Subramonium Prasad said that even though Section 20 of the RTI Act stipulates a maximum...

NBDSA Directs Times Now Navbharat To Take Down Show Hosted By Navika Kumar Giving 'Communal Tilt' To Discussion On Garbha Events

The News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) on Thursday (2nd November) passed an order against a show hosted by Navika Kumar in Times Navbharat channel for giving a communal tilt to a discussion on Garbha events.The NBDSA cautioned the channel and directed it to avoid giving a communal colour to its reports. The authority headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice AK...

Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2023 -Criminal Trial

Section 197 Cr.P.C. - Sanction required even for acts done in excess of official duty. A. Srinivasulu v. State of Rep. by the Inspector of Police, 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 485Section 319 Cr.P.C. - Person not named in the FIR can be added as accused if there's sufficient evidence of his involvement. Jitendra Nath Mishra v. State of U.P., 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 480 : AIR 2023 SC 2757 : 2023 INSC...

Accused Can't Be Given Opportunity To Explain Before Filing Final Report : Supreme Court Sets Aside 'Strange' HC Order

The Supreme Court recently expressed surprise at a direction passed by a High Court that the police will give opportunity to an accused to explain the materials collected against him before the filing of chargesheet.The Madhya Pradesh High Court passed the direction while refusing to quash an FIR under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.Disapproving of the High Court's order, a...

IBC | Tax & Customs Dues To Be Paid As Per Waterfall Mechanism Under Section 53 : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice S.V.N. Bhatti, has clarified that the dues of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs, Department of Revenue, will be paid as per the waterfall mechanism given under Section 53 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”).Section 53 of IBC provides the order of priority in which proceeds from sale...

CLAT 2024 Last Date For Applications Extended Till November 10

The last date for applications for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2024 has been extended till 11.59 PM, November 10, 2023.This was informed by the Consortium of the National Law Universities in a press release. The initial deadline was to expire at 11.59 PM, November 3, 2023....

Centre Nominates Justice S Muralidhar & 8 Others As Members To NALSA

The Central Government, in consultation with the Chief Justice of India, has nominated former Dr.Justice S Muralidhar, former Orissa High Court Chief Justice, as a Member to the National Legal Services Authority.The Centre has also nominated the following persons as NALSA Members :1. Senior Advocate Siddharth Agarwal.2. Justice Arun Palli, judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court3. ...

Liberty Is Dead In India, Anybody Can Be Arrested Anytime & Courts Won't Grant Bail; PMLA Is An Instrument Of Oppression: Kapil Sibal

In an interview with veteran journalist Nidhi Razdan, Senior Advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal recently said the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) is being used as an instrument of oppression by the government. “The PMLA is an instrument of oppression. It's as simple as that. It's an instrument by which you terrorize people,” he said. When Razdan pointed out that...

Army's Approach To Promotion Of Women Officers Arbitrary, Contrary To Judgment : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday (November 3) criticized the Indian Army for its "arbitrary" attitude towards the promotion of women officers who have been granted permanent commission as per the earlier judgments of the Court.The Court observed that the norms adopted by the Army have done "disservice to the need to provide justice to women officers who had fought a long and hard battle to...

Disclosure Would Endanger Life Of Judges: Bombay High Court Denies RTI Information On Structural Audit Report Of Its Building

The Bombay High Court has refused to provide a report of its structural audit sought under the Right to Information Act citing danger to its judges.“…the disclosure of the same would endanger the life or physical safety of Hon'ble Judges and Officials of the Hon'ble Bombay High Court,” the reply stated.Environmentalist Zoru Bhathena said he had sought a copy of the Structural Audit...

Supreme Court Says Enhancing EVM-VVPAT Tally Would Increase Election Commission's Work Without Any Big Advantage

Ahead of the 2024 general elections, the Supreme Court on Friday (November 3) orally observed that enhancing scale of electronic voting machine (EVM) data cross-checking against voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) records would increase the election commission's work without any 'big advantage'.A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti was hearing a public interest litigation...