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POCSO Act | Victim Compensation Can't Be Withheld For Want Of Injury Report: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that compensation under the Uttar Pradesh Rani Lakshmi Bai Mahila Samman Kosh Rules, 2015 must be granted if the FIR discloses the offence under Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. It held that merely because no injuries are stated in the injury report, such compensation cannot be denied. The bench of Justice Shekhar B....
For SC/ST Act Offence, Insult Must Be On Account Of Victim Belonging To SC/ST Community : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that abusive language alone is not an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, unless it is used with the intent to humiliate a person by their caste, and mere insult, even with knowledge of caste, is not punishable without such specific intent. A Bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Alok Aradhe set aside...
Calcutta High Court Initiates Suo Moto PIL Over 'Hazardous' AQI In Kolkata, Issues Notice To State
The Calcutta High Court on Monday (January 19) initiated a suo moto PIL concerning 'hazardous' air quality in Kolkata.The matter will be heard along with a PIL filed by Advocate Akash Sharma, highlighting the continuing and recurring deterioration of air quality in the Kolkata–Howrah metropolitan region and seeking urgent, enforceable intervention by the State.Last week Sharma had...
Delhi High Court Quashes Income Tax Notices Against NDTV Founders Prannoy Roy And Radhika Roy; Imposes ₹2 Lakh Cost On Dept
The Delhi High Court has set aside the income tax reassessment notices issued to New Delhi Television Ltd. (NDTV) founders Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy (petitioners), relating to a transaction involving RRPR Holding Pvt. Ltd, a promoter group of the news network.The bench further imposed Rs. 2 Lakh costs on tax authorities, directing that Rs. 1 Lakh be paid to each petitioner.Senior...
Delhi High Court Rejects AAP Leader Somnath Bharti's Plea Challenging Election Of BJP MLA Satish Upadhyay From Malviya Nagar
The Delhi High Court on Friday (January 17) dismissed an election petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti, challenging the election of Bharatiya Janata Party's Satish Upadhyay from the Malviya Nagar Assembly constituency.Bharti, a former Delhi Law Minister and three-time MLA from Malviya Nagar, had approached the High Court seeking to set aside Upadhyay's victory in the...
Are UGC Guidelines Binding On University Not Receiving Govt Grants? Supreme Court To Decide
The Supreme Court recently asked the petitioner Madurai Kamaraj University and the Madurai Kamaraj University Constituent College and the respondent University Grant Commission(UGC) to file affidavit as to whether the petitioner University is receiving funds from the UGC or the State/Central Government. It has also asked the parties to specify whether the UGC Guidelines are mandatory or...
'Sheer Misuse Of Power': MP High Court Pulls Up Police For Slapping Organised Crime Charge Without Evidence, Grants Bail
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on January 14, granted bail to a man observing that the Investigating Agency had accused him of organized crime under Section 111(7) BNS without any material evidence terming it sheer misuse of powers. The bench of Justice Ramkumar Choubey observed, "Ofcourse, a person having criminal past must be dealt with hard hands, but not in this way when he is...
S. 309 CrPC | Timeline For Rape Trials Is To Ensure 'Speedy Justice' For Victim, Can't Be Leveraged For Automatic Bail: J&K&L High Court
Emphasizing victim protection over procedural shortcuts for the accused, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that the timeline mandated under the proviso to Section 309 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) is designed to deliver speedy justice to victims and cannot be invoked to grant automatic bail to the accused merely due to a delay in completing the...
Staff Records Bail 'Rejected' As 'Allowed' : Supreme Court Says Not 'Clerical Error' To Recall Signed Order
The Supreme Court set aside the Patna High Court's order recalling its earlier order, which had granted bail to the accused, noting that it is impermissible to recall the judgment or order once it is signed except to correct clerical or arithmetical error. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Prasanna B Varale came across a case where the High Court reversed/recalled the order granting bail...