High Courts
Delhi High Court Asks Registrar General To Decide Plea For Increasing E-Filing Size Limit
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed its Registrar General to decide a representation seeking increase in the e-filing size of documents to be filed before the Delhi High Court as well as district courts in the national capital. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela directed the Registrar General to decide the representation after...
Judicial Magistrate Can Order Voice Samples Of Accused For Investigation Of Crime: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has recently observed that judicial magistrates have the power to order individuals, including accused persons, to provide voice samples for crime investigations. Referring to the Supreme Court's decision in Ritesh Sinha v State of Uttar Pradesh and Another, a single judge bench of Justice Gita Gopi in its July 16 judgment said, "Judicial Magistrate do have power to order...
Can Hearing Of Appeal Be Deferred Until Convict Is In 'Fit State Of Mind' To Give Instructions To Lawyer? Delhi High Court To Consider
The Delhi High Court is set to consider a question as to whether hearing of an appeal against conviction can be deferred until the convict is in the fit state of mind to give instructions to his or her counsel. A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Amit Sharma was dealing with a plea moved by a convict challenging his conviction in 2002 in a murder case. He...
'Corporal Punishment Isn't Part Of Education, Against Article 21': Chhattisgarh HC Denies Relief To Teacher In Student's Suicide Case
Observing that subjecting a child to corporal punishment for 'reforming him' cannot be part of education and that the same violates a child's Freedom of life and liberty guaranteed by Article 21 and robs him of his dignity, the Chhattisgarh High Court recently dismissed a petition moved by a teacher seeking to quash an FIR in connection with abetting the suicide of a 12-year-old student."It...
Madras HC Quashes Loan Condition Seeking Apology From Applicant For Sticking Posters Against Bank, Says It's A Legitimate Mode Of Protest
The Madras High Court recently quashed a pre-release condition imposed by the Indian Overseas Bank asking a student to give an apology letter for circulating posters against the Bank while sanctioning her education loan. Justice Murali Shankar noted that the Nationalised Banks could not treat a loan applicant, especially a student as their servant or a person obeying their orders....
Compensation Awarded By CIC Has To Directly Correlate With Personal Detriment Experienced By Complainant: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the compensation awarded by Central Information Commission (CIC) under the Right to Information Act, 2005, has to directly correlate with the personal detriment experienced by the complainant. “Thus, while the CIC possesses the authority to award compensation to information seeker, it is imperative that such compensation directly correlates with the...
Delay By Itself Doesn't Extinguish Govt's Authority To Refer Industrial Disputes, Relevant To Examine Whether Dispute Still Exists: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has ruled that a delay in raising an industrial dispute does not, by itself, denude the government of its authority to examine the advisability of referring such disputes for adjudication.The court explained that while delay is a relevant factor in determining whether a dispute still "exists," it does not automatically render the dispute stale...
Bill Has Not Assumed Character Of Law: Karnataka HC Dismisses Plea Challenging Draft Bill Providing Reservation To Kannadigas In Private Employment
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation challenging the constitutional validity of the draft bill approved by the State cabinet for providing 50% reservation in management and 70% in non-management posts for Kannadigas in private industries and other organisations of the state. A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V...
Criminal Antecedents Of Accused Not Bar To Compound An Offence, Which Is Otherwise Compoundable: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that the criminal antecedents of the accused would not stand in the way of compounding an offence that is otherwise compoundable under the Indian Penal Code.Justice A. Badharudeen observed that prime facie an offence of theft was made out against the petitioner which is a compoundable offence. It stated that theft is a compoundable offence and could be settled...
Barred By Limitation? : Allahabad HC Reserves Order On Maintainability Of Maneka Gandhi's Plea Against Sultanpur MP's Election
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Monday reserved its order on the maintainability of the plea moved by Senior BJP leader, former MP and Cabinet Minister Maneka Gandhi challenging the election of Samajwadi Party MP Ram Bhuwal Nishad from the Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency.A bench of Justice Rajan Roy reserved orders after hearing Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra (appearing for...
Family Conversations Secretly Recorded By Wife To Prove Domestic Violence And Cruelty Admissible In Evidence: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has recently ruled that family conversations secretly recorded by a wife to substantiate her claims of domestic violence and cruelty against the husband, his family are admissible as evidence, adding that in "family matters" all such documents become admissible regardless of their relevance or if they can be proved as per the Indian Evidence Act.In doing so, the high...
Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: July 2024 [Citations 734 - 862]
Citations 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 734 to 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 862NOMINAL INDEXLAKSHMI MURDESHWAR PURI v. SAKET GOKHALE 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 734 K Kavitha v. CBI, ED 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 735 Bibhav Kumar v. State 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 736 RAKESH YADAV & ORS. v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 737 X Corp v. Rajat Sharma 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 738 CAPTAIN DEEPAK KUMAR v. ELECTION COMMISSION...