SC Collegium Recommends Transfer Of Justice Rakesh Kumar From Patna HC To Andhra Pradesh HC

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the transfer of Justice Rakesh Kumar, the second senior judge of Patna High Court, to Andhra Pradesh High Court.Justice Kumar had courted controversy last August with his scathing observations about corruption and impropriety in judiciary. Notably, the SC collegium has not stated the reason for recommending his transfer.While ordering CBI...

POCSO: UP Court Convicts Accused Within A Month Of Filing Chargesheet [Read Judgment]

In yet another instance of expeditious trial in a child rape case, the Special Court at Auraiya (Uttar Pradesh) convicted the accused within a month of filing of charge sheet under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. The police had submitted the chargesheet on September 19, ten days from the date of registration of FIR. Wrapping up the trial expediently,...

Banks Cannot Recover From Customers The Amount Lost By Them Through Online Fraud : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The Court said that money lost by loan account holders through online fraud cannot be recovered by invoking powers under SARFAESI Act.

4 Years Of NJAC Judgment : Where Is The MoP For Judges Appointment?

Four years down the line, it is relevant to ask what has the NJAC judgment achieved with respect to institutional reforms.

Continuous Strike And Cessation of Courts Work: Orissa HC Issues Notice On Contempt Proceedings Against Bar Associations Across The State[Read Order]

The Full Court has issued notices to State Govt. of Orissa, Orissa High Court Bar Association,Various Bar Associations, Orissa Bar Council and Bar Council of India and has posted the matter to October 21 for further hearing.

FIR For FB Troll : Karnataka HC Orders Action Against Magistrate Who Remanded Accused In Violation Of SC Guidelines [Read Judgment]

The accused was remanded in violation of Arnesh Kumar judgment of Supreme Court

P&H HC Directs States To Decide On Linking Of Aadhaar Cards With Property Documents/Transactions [Read Order]

The High Court of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday directed the governments of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to decide the issue of linking Aadhaar cards with property Documents/Transactions, as urged by the Petitioner, within a month. The Petitioner-Advocate, Nikhil Saraf, had persuaded the government various times in this regard but, in vain. Accordingly, the bench of Acting...

Married Couple Cannot Be Deprived From Seeking Protection Merely Because Marriage Is Void Or Invalid: P&H HC [Read Order]

Right to human life is to be treated on much higher pedestal, regardless of a citizen being minor or a major.

Sedition Charge For Writing A Letter To PM: My Dear CJM Ji, Ignorance Of Law Is No Excuse!

Article 141 of Indian Constitution says: The law declared by the Supreme Court shall be binding on all courts. It is called precedent, which is one of the important sources of law for any democratic nation and such law would bind all the lower courts. As recently as on September 7, 2016, Supreme Court Bench of Justice Dipak Misra quoted an old judgment to reassert that "Someone's statement criticising the government does not invoke an offence of sedition or defamation." On May 26, ...

Jilting A Lover Is Not A Crime: Delhi HC Upholds Acquittal Of 'Rape' Accused [Read Judgment]

Jilting a lover, however abhorent that it may seem to some, is not an offence, said the Delhi High Court while upholding the acquittal a man accused of raping a woman on the pretext of promise to marry. Justice Vibhu Bakhru observed that, continuing with an intimate relationship, which also involves engaging in sexual activity, over a significant period of time, cannot be said to be induced...

CCTV Footage Not Material Object; Accused Entitled To Digital Copy : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

In a significant judgment, the High Court of Kerala has held that CCTV footage of a crime is not a 'material object' and therefore the accused is entitled to receive a copy of it as per Section 207 of the Code of Criminal Procedure."CCTV footage in the instant case is "data" as defined under S.2(o) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and it is an electronic record as defined under S.2(t)...

'Sanjiv Bhatt Has Scant Respect For Courts', Says Gujarat HC While Refusing To Suspend His Sentence [Read Order]

While rejecting former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's plea for suspension of sentence in custodial death case, Gujarat High Court remarked that he had scant respect for courts.The bench comprising Justices Bela M Trivedi and A C Rao observed that the Court was prima facie satisfied about the conviction of Bhatt. Declining his application for suspension of sentence under Section 389 of CrPC,...