High Courts
Prosecution Could Not Show Unbroken Link Between Accused And Crime, Cant Convict On Mere Suspicion: Gujarat HC Acquits Man In Murder Case
While acquitting a man convicted in a murder case, the Gujarat High Court said that prosecution could not establish an "unbroken" link between the man and the crime, adding that nobody can be convicted on a mere suspicion however strong it may be. A single judge bench of Justice Divyesh A Joshi in its judgment observed, "No doubt, a family has lost its loved one in the present case, but...
Can ST Women Without Dissolution Decree Be Considered Under ST (Divorcee) Category For Public Employment: Rajasthan HC Refers To Larger Bench
Faced with a situation of two conflicting decisions by two division benches, the single bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand at the Rajasthan High Court has referred the question of whether a Scheduled Tribe woman can be considered for appointment for a government post under the divorcee category without having decree of dissolution from the competent court before the last date of submission of...
Sanctioning Authority Must Record Findings Based On Attending Circumstances To Prove Employee's Misconduct: Rajasthan High Court
Rajasthan High Court has ruled that to exercise the powers under Rule 170 of the Rajasthan Services Rules, 1950, (“the Rules”) the punishing authority cannot merely rely upon the findings of the enquiry officer but is obliged to record a finding clearly mentioning the circumstances that led to his/her satisfaction that the act of the accused constituted grave misconduct or...
AP High Court Dismisses Plea Alleging “Double Taxation” On Sale Of Basmati Rice, Says Fees Collected By Agricultural Market Committee For Its Services Is Not Tax
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition alleging that cess levied by State's Agricultural Market Committee on sale of 'Basmati rice' amounts to “double taxation”.One of the petitioners, a trader of Basmati rice, claimed that it sources the rice from Punjab where it already pays agricultural market committee tax and thus contended that if the State of Andhra Pradesh imposes...
Decision Of Cabinet Nominated By 'Their Leader' CM Siddaramaiah Not Unbiased: Karnataka HC Finds Governor's Independent Discretion Justified
Dismissing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's plea against the Governor's sanction to prosecute him in the alleged MUDA "scam", the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday observed that the decision of the cabinet–nominated by the CM, with regard to consideration of sanction would not be unbiased "towards their leader". Thus, the court noted, in such "exceptional circumstances", the Governor Thaawar...
Will Not Demolish Litigants' Construction Around Durgam Cheruvu Lake Until Notification On Full Tank Level: State To Telangana High Court
While hearing a batch of pleas by certain persons seeking protection of "peaceful possession" of their properties located around Hyderabad's Durgam Cheruvu Lake, the state government told the Telangana High Court that until the lake protection committee notifies the full tank level, the properties in question will not be demolished. A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice...
Justice Suresh Kumar Kait Bids Farewell To Delhi High Court, Pays Homage To Dr. BR Ambedkar
Justice Suresh Kumar Kait bid farewell to the Delhi High Court on Tuesday, following his appointment as the Chief Justices of Madhya Pradesh High Court. His appointment was notified by the Union Government on September 21. Justice Kait was elevated as an additional judge of the Delhi High Court on September 05, 2008, and was made a permanent judge on April 12, 2013. He was transferred...
POCSO Act: Delhi High Court Issues Directions For Disbursal Of Compensation To Child Victims By DSLSA
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued directions for disbursal of compensation to the child victims of sexual abuse under the POCSO Act by the Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA). A division bench comprising of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Amit Bansal inserted a sixth part (Part F) in the existing SOP framed in the backdrop of Delhi Victim Compensation Scheme, 2018,...
Floundered From Chamber To Chamber But Broke Into "Entrenched" Legal Profession With Consistency: Justice Rajiv Shakdher In Farewell Speech
Justice Rajiv Shakdher bid farewell to the Delhi High Court on Tuesday, following his appointment as the Chief Justices of Himachal Pradesh High Courts. His appointment was notified by the Union Government on September 21.Justice Rajiv Shakdher was appointed as additional judge of the Delhi High Court on April 11, 2008. He was made a permanent judge on October 17, 2011. He served as a judge...
Man Commits Suicide With Judge's Security Officers' Gun: High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance, Seeks Presence Of Punjab DGP
The Punjab & Haryana High Court today has taken suo moto cognizance of an alleged incident wherein a man committed suicide by pulling out a gun from the Personal Security Officer (PSO) of a sitting judge at Golden Temple.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Anil Kshetarpal said, "There is definitely lapse of security and therefore, the Director General of Police, Punjab, is directed to...
Summoning A Serious Affair, More So When Issued After Rejecting Closure Report: Allahabad HC Quashes Murder Case Against Doctor Couple
The Allahabad High Court recently quashed criminal proceedings against a Doctor couple– who are also owners of a hospital in Rajepur–in a case where the deceased who had accompanied his mother in the hospital, was allegedly removed and later died in a road accident thereafter.The high court passed the order while hearing a plea moved by the doctor couple against the summoning order of...
Have Engaged External Consultancy Firm To Prepare "Gauhati Drainage Master Plan": State Tells High Court
On Monday, the Gauhati High Court was informed by the State that it has engaged 'Haskoning DHV Consulting Pvt. Ltd.', a consultancy agency services, for the preparation of a GIS-based Comprehensive Drainage Master Plan and Detailed Project Report for Guwahati City to tackle the problem of water logging in the city. The division bench comprising Chief Justice Vijay Bishnoi and Justice N....