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Mere Pendency Of Criminal Case No Bar For Renewal Of Passport: AP High Court
Directing the directed passport authorities to consider a teenager's passport application–booked in a criminal case where cognizance had not been taken, the Andhra Pradesh High Court said that mere pendency of a criminal case is not a bar for renewing the passport. The petitioner-16-year-old boy, made an application before regional passport officer for the issuance of a passport. A...
Irregularity In Sabarimala Ghee Sales: Kerala High Court Orders Independent Re-Evaluation Of Records To Check If Penal Offences Are Made Out
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (June 9) ordered an independent re-valuation of the records relating to alleged irregularities in the Aadiya Sishtam Ghee sales in Sabarimala temple, which had allegedly caused a loss of more than Rs. 17 lakhs to the Travancore Devaswom Board during a short span of a month's time.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V....
Calcutta High Court Questions Rebel-TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee's Appointment As LoP By Speaker After Expulsion From Political Party
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday questioned whether the West Bengal Assembly Speaker could recognise a Leader of Opposition (LoP) allegedly without the consent of the political party concerned, while hearing a challenge to the recognition of rebel MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as LoP instead of the Mamata Banerjee-led faction's nominee, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay.Justice Krishna Rao was hearing a...
“Copy-Paste” Detention Orders Based On Authority's Dossiers Without Independent Evaluation Are Illegal: J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that detention orders passed under preventive detention laws merely by reproducing allegations contained in dossiers supplied by sponsoring authorities, without independent application of mind by the detaining authority, are illegal and unconstitutional. The Court observed that detaining authorities are expected to act neutrally...
Karnataka High Court Asks State To Form Policy For Regulating Homestays, Grants Relief To Owner Whose License Was Cancelled After Rape FIR
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (June 11) granted relief to the owner of a Homestay in Kodagu whose registration/license was cancelled on account of his alleged involvement in the rape of a US national who was a guest at his property. The court also asked the Principal Secretary of the Tourism Department to formulate a proper, comprehensive policy for the regulation of homestays under...
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'Homemakers Are Nation Builders' : Supreme Court Quantifies Homemaker Contribution As Rs 30K Per Month In Motor Accident Claims'Average Pendency Of 6 Yrs In MACTs' : Supreme Court Issues Directions To Expedite Motor Accident Compensation ClaimsIn Judgment On Homemakers, Supreme Court Cites 2023 Handbook Which CJI Surya Kant Called 'Too Harvard-Oriented...
'Brazen Violation Of Article 21': MP Court Directs FIR Against 4 Cops For Allegedly Trespassing Complainant's Home, Assaulting Women & Minor
A Magistrate Court in Datia, Madhya Pradesh has directed registration of an FIR against four police officers for allegedly trespassing into a residence and assaulting family members–including a woman and a minor child, observing that their actions bore no rational or reasonable nexus with the discharge of official duties and were rather a brazen violation of law.The order was passed by...
Tacit Approval Of Minor Not Consent In Law But Has Bearing On Bail: J&K&L High Court Grants Bail In POCSO Matter
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that although consent of a prosecutrix is legally irrelevant in offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, cases involving romantic relationships between young adults where there may have been “tacit approval in fact, though not consent in law” for a sexual relationship are required to be viewed with...
Regulating Artificial Intelligence In Indian Judiciary: From Institutional Experimentation To A National Framework
The Indian judiciary's experiments with digital technology began in earnest with the e-Courts Mission Mode Project,[2] which consists of three phases. Phase I (2007-2015) focused on foundational infrastructure, while Phase II (2015-2023) saw system-wide digital maturity via the Case and Information System 3.0, and the setting up of the National Judicial Data Grid. Phase III (2023–present) explicitly focuses on AI, Machine Learning, Optical Character Recognition, and Natural Language Processing...
