High Courts
Supreme Court To Implement AI Tool To Generate Summary Of Pleadings: Delhi High Court ACJ Manmohan
Delhi High Court's Acting Chief Justice Manmohan has said that the e-committee of the Supreme Court of India is in the process of implementing an Artificial Intelligence tool known as (AI Saransh) developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for précis of the pleadings. The judge said that AI tools can be used to generate a précis of the pleadings of the parties, highlighting...
Mere Failure To Repay Loan Not Cheating Or Criminal Breach Of Trust: Rajasthan High Court Reiterates
Rajasthan High Court has reiterated that no criminal case for breach of trust (Section 405, IPC) and/or cheating (Section 415, IPC) lies against someone who failed to repay loan amount, in absence of any other fact for attracting the offences.The bench of Justice Rajendra Prakash Soni was hearing a quashing petition filed by the accused charged under Sections 405 and 415, IPC, pursuant to an...
Bombay High Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Action Against Dental Practitioners For Performing Hair Transplant Surgeries
The Bombay High Court on Thursday (Sept 19) issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition, which seeks action against the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons performing Aesthetic and Hair Transplant surgeries.A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Amit Borkar issued notice to the respondents to the petition after it was informed that the National...
No Clinching Material To Show Exact Birth Date Of Thiruvalluvar: Madras High Court Declines To Interfere With Govt Holiday
The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the policy of the Government of Tamil Nadu celebrating the birthday of Thiruvalluvar on the 2nd day of Thai which was also declared a public holiday. The petitioner had sought to celebrate Thiruvalluvar's birthday on the Tamil star “Anusham” in the Tamil Month of “Vaikasi”. Justice M Dhandapani said that since there...
Madras High Court Reserves Orders On Pleas Seeking CBI Probe Into Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy
The Madras High Court has reserved orders on a batch of pleas seeking CBI inquiry into the Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy which claimed around 68 lives. The bench of Acting Chief Justice D Krishnakumar and Justice PB Balaji reserved the orders on pleas filed by I.S Inabadurai, K Balu, Dr A Sridharan, A Mohan Doss, and B Parthasarathy. The petitioners had argued that the state...
Most Videos Of Mahant Ramgiri Maharaj's Objectionable Remark On Prophet Mohammad Deleted: Maharashtra Police Tells High Court
The Bombay High Court was on Thursday informed that the Sinnar Police and also the Maharashtra Police's Cyber Cell have deleted all the links and videos of controversial self-styled godman Mahant Ramgiri Maharaj, wherein, he has made some objectionable comments against Prophet Mohammad and has hurt the sentiments of the Muslim community.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere...
Calcutta High Court Releases DYFI Leader Arrested For Allegedly Planning To Attack Govt Building Over Phone Call, Orders No Coercive Action
The Calcutta High Court has ordered the release of jailed Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) leader Kalatan Dasgupta, who was arrested after a phone call recording surfaced of him allegedly planning a violent attack on the State Health Department "Swastha Bhawan" in Salt Lake, to injure public officials and cause disturbance.A single bench of Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj ordered...
Media Glorifying Gangsters To Youth, Judiciary Must Send Strong Message: Punjab & Haryana HC Denies Bail To Lawrence Bishnoi Gang Member
The Punjab and Haryana High Court refused to grant bail to an "active gang member" of Lawrence Bishnoi in a murder case, observing that judiciary must send a strong message that those who engage in nefarious activities will face the full brunt of the law.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar said,"The way, these hardened criminals are portrayed by popular media, has led to a distorted sense of power...
Waiter Serving Food & Drinks In Bar Where Women Are Dancing Cannot Be Booked For Obscenity U/S 294 Of IPC: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Thursday held that a waiter in a Bar and Restaurant, where women are dancing in obscene manner, cannot be booked for the offence of 'obscenity' as s/he is merely performing their duty of serving food and drinks as per their employment profile.A division bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Dr Neela Gokhale while quashing a First Information Report (FIR) against one...
Bombay High Court Restrains Apollo Tyres From Airing Advertisement Ridiculing CEAT Tyres
The Bombay High Court recently passed an ex-parte order restraining the Apollo Tyres from airing an advertisement, wherein the company 'ridiculed and disparaged' CEAT Tyres.Single-judge Justice Riyaz Chagla in an order passed on September 12, restrained Apollo Tyres from airing a Visual Commercial (VC) which showed CEAT Tyres in a bad light."Prima facie, it appears that the Plaintiff is the...
Magistrate Writes "State Absconded" In Arrest Warrant, Punjab & Haryana HC Laments Non-Application Of Mind, Quashes Subsequent Proclamation Order
Observing that it was a "total non-application of judicious mind", the Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside the proclamation order issued by a Judicial Magistrate subsequent to issuance of an arrest warrant (under wrong provision) where Magistrate wrote the "State has absconded", instead of name of accused.The Warrant Serving Officer pasted the arrest warrant on the wall considering it...
Sexual Assault Of Minor Girls At 'Fake' NCC Camp | Madras High Court Directs State To Make Ex-Gratia Payment To Victims
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to make ex gratia payments to victim school girls who were sexually assaulted in a fake NCC camp conducted in Krishnagiri District. The bench of Acting Chief Justice D Krishnakumar and Justice PB Balaji was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Advocate AP Suryaprakasam seeking a CBI inquiry into the case. The...