Delhi High Court Closes PIL Seeking SIT Probe Into Airport Roof Collapses Due To Heavy Rainfall

The Delhi High Court on Monday closed a public interest litigation seeking SIT investigation into the roof collapse which happened last month at Delhi, Jabalpur and Rajkot airports, due to heavy rainfall. A division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela closed the PIL filed by Civil Safety Council of India which argued that the unfortunate incidents...

Rajasthan High Court Directs Action Against Investigating Officer For Inserting Inaccurate, 'Imaginary' Facts In Dowry Death Case

Rajasthan High Court identified serious shortcomings and inaccuracy in the investigation and charge sheet filed by an IO in a case of dowry death, and directed DG Police and Superintendent of Police to take necessary action. The Court observed that it was imperative for the IO to maintain high level of accuracy and candidness in the investigation of an offence as grave as dowry...

[UAPA] SC's Prabir Purkayastha Judgement Mandating Giving Reasons For Arrest To Accused In Writing Not Applicable Retrospectively: Kerala HC

Kerala High Court held that the direction of the Supreme Court in Prabir Purkayastha v State (NCT of Delhi) (2024) which held that for an arrest under UAPA to be valid the arrestee should be furnished with grounds of arrest in writing, would only need to be applied prospectively. It was held that arrests made before the date of judgment cannot be considered invalid for the reason that...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Rape Proceedings Against POCSO Accused After He Marries Victim

The Karnataka High Court has quashed rape proceedings against an accused who during the pendency of the petition seeking quashing of offence was released on interim bail to allow him to marry the victim, who turned major and gave birth to a child. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna quashed the proceedings initiated under sections 376(2)(n), 506 of IPC and Sections...

Punjab Govt Files Report On Issue Of Drying Up Of Waterbodies Around Chandigarh After High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Impact On Wildlife

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has recently taken suo moto cognizance of the drying up of water bodies and dams around Chandigarh affecting large portions of wildlife in the city.In an earlier hearing, while taking suo moto cognizance of the issue, Justices GS Sandhawalia and Vikas Bahl had said, "The other issue which we feel would require consideration is how the State will compensate...

Jharkhand Judicial Academy Hosts State-Level Conference On 'Judicial Ethics: Conduct Inside And Outside Of Court'

The Judicial Academy, Jharkhand successfully conducted a State Level Conference on “Judicial Ethics: Conduct Inside and Outside of Court” on 20th July, 2024 at Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Auditorium.Justice Abhay S. Oka, Judge, Supreme Court of India, attended as the chief guest, while Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad, Acting Chief Justice, High Court of Jharkhand-cum-Executive Chairman,...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 15 To July 21, 2024

Citations 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 784 to 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 810NOMINAL INDEXReliance Communications Limited Vs Unique Identification Authority Of India 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 784 Deepak Sinha vs. Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare & Anr. 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 785 Bar Council of Delhi v. Govt. ofN.C.T. of Delhi & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 786 Olive Traders Versus The Commissioner, CGST...

Not Permissible For TPO To Engage In Restructuring Of Transaction: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that it is not permissible for the Transfer Pricing Officer (TPO) to engage in the restructuring of a transaction.The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Ravinder Dudeja has observed that it would also not be permissible for the TPO to engage in the restructuring of a transaction unless the economic substance of the transaction differed from its form, and...

LLP And Its Individual Partners Can't Raise Same Issue By Separate Appeals U/s 37 Of Arbitration Act: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court single bench of Justice Sabyasachi Battacharyya held that an LLP and its partners cannot file separate appeals under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act by citing the principle of 'separate legal entity'. It was held that the principle of res judicata would apply to prevent the individual partners from raising the same issue under Section 37,...

Teachers Above 50 Yrs Age Exempted From Transfer: Karnataka HC Upholds Tribunal Order Setting Aside Transfer Of Surplus Teachers

The Karnataka High Court has observed that whenever a beneficial provision is incorporated in a statute, it has to be given effect in favour of the beneficiaries by authorities irrespective of whether the beneficiary has made an application in that regard or not. A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice S G Pandit made the observation while dismissing petitions filed...

Non-Communication Of Reassessment And Demand Notice Within Time: Manipur High Court Quashes Assessment

The Manipur High Court has held that the reassessment made by the Income Tax Officer without communicating the order of reassessment and the demand notice of the reassessment within time cannot be treated as a valid assessment.The bench of Justice Ahanthembimol Singh has observed that the two reassessment notices under Section 148 were served in the months of December 2005 and March 2006....

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 15 - July 21, 2024

Nominal Index:Shameem Ahmad Shah Vs UT of J&K 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 185Mohammad Sultan Najar Vs UT of J&K 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 186Nisar Ahmad Rather Vs Tahir Ahmad Reshi 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 187State through Executive Engineer PHE Division, Doda Vs Sakina Begum 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 188Din Mohd Vs Shokat Ali 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 189Ghulam Mohiudin Lone Vs UT of J&K 2024 LiveLaw (JKL)...