High Courts
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....
CM Siddaramaiah Was At Helm Of Affairs, Prima Facie "Rules Bent To Favour His Family": Karnataka HC While Upholding Sanction In MUDA Case
The Karnataka High Court today said it is difficult to accept that CM Siddaramaiah was not “behind the curtain” during the entire transaction of MUDA land, in which his family allegedly benefitted approximately ₹56 crores.The observation was made while upholding sanction granted by the Governor under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 218 of the Bharatiya...
Prosecution Can't Rely On Dying Declaration Unless Accused Is Confronted With Its Contents: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that the prosecution cannot rely on a dying declaration unless an accused is confronted with its contents. A bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Dr Gautam Chowdhary observed thus while acquitting a husband and mother-in-law in connection with a dowry death case. The division bench noted that the contents of the dying declaration...
Any And Every Cruelty Or Harassment Of Wife Will Not Attract Section 498A Of IPC: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Monday (September 23) while acquitting a husband convicted for abetting the suicide of his wife by torturing her, held that section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) does not attract in any and every harassment or type of cruelty.Single-judge Justice Sanjay Mehare sitting at Aurangabad held that to convict a person under section 498A, the prosecution must...
India Must Honour Bilateral Agreements With US: Madras HC Denies Clearance Certificate To Man Who Supplied Helicopters To Iraq Despite US Sanction
The Madras High Court recently refused to grant a clearance certificate to a man against whom PMLA proceedings were initiated based on a letter from the US Government. Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice V Sivagnanam noted that the Enforcement Directorate had initiated an investigation based on a letter issued by the US Government and the Government of India had to honour the...
Govt Maintained Silence On Hema Committee Report For 5 Yrs, Allegations Came To Light Only After Court's Intervention: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court today expressed regret over the Government maintaining silence on the Hema Committee Report, which disclosed allegations of widespread sexual harassment and other issues faced by women in Malayalam film industry, for five long years.While dismissing the anticipatory bail plea of actor Siddique in a rape case, Justice C. S. Dias observed,"The Government of Kerala...
Educational Trust Using Earnings For Educational Advancement Entitled To Benefits Under Section 12AA Of Income Tax Act: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled that an institute registered as an educational trust, using its earnings solely for educational advancement, should not be denied the benefits of Section 12AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961.The Bench of Justices Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Sanjay Vashisth observed that “the institute is a duly registered educational trust and whatever earnings it receives...