Moin Qureshi Case: Delhi High Court Upholds PMLA Proceedings Initiated Against Businessman Sathish Babu Sana

The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the money laundering proceedings initiated against Businessman Sathish Babu Sana in relation to the PMLA case involving meat exporter Moin Qureshi and other persons.A division bench comprising of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna dismissed the appeal moved by Sana challenging the summons issued to him on July 19 and 25, 2019....

Karnataka High Court Directs Actor Darshan To Approach Trial Court With His Plea Seeking Home Food, Books In Prison

The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed Kannada actor Darshan Thoogdeep Srinivas to approach the Magistrate court, where the murder case in which he is allegedly involved is pending, with his plea seeking home cooked food, clothing, cutlery, bedding and books in prison.A single judge bench of Justice S R Krishna Kumar granted liberty to the actor to file an application in this regard...

Dozens Of Masala Bonds In Other States, FEMA Probe Launched Only In Kerala? KIIFB Submits Before Kerala High Court

The Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) submitted before the High Court that the ED cannot target and carry inquiry against KIIFB in the State of Kerala alone when there are dozens of other masala bonds issued in other StatesJustice T R Ravi was considering two separate writ petitions filed by KIIFB and Dr Thomas Isaac challenging the summons issued against them by the ED...

Only If Appeal Is 'Pending' Before Enforcement Of BNSS, Can It Be Continued Under CrPC: Delhi High Court's "Possible Interpretation"

Giving a “possible interpretation” of Section 531(2)(a) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, the Delhi High Court said that only if an appeal is pending before the new law came into force, can such an appeal be continued under the Cr.P.C.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani said,“As per the general, settled principle of law, an appeal is considered to be a continuation of the...

MLA's PIL To Release Funds For Constituency Not Maintainable, Can Raise Issue In Assembly Or Before Govt: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation filed by Dasarahalli Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) S Muniraju, belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party, seeking a direction to the state government to release an amount of Rs 78 crore for carrying out the developmental work in his constituency.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind...

Uttarakhand HC Grants Protection To Inter-Faith Live-In Couple With Condition To Register Under State's UCC Law In 48 Hours

On Thursday, the Uttarakhand High Court granted protection to an inter-religious couple living in a live-in relationship, stipulating that they must register their relationship under the Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand, 2024, within 48 hours.It may be noted here that, as per Section 378 of the 2024 Law, persons in live-in relationships (being Uttarakhand residents) are now required to...

Delhi High Court Holds DDA And Its Officials Guilty Of Contempt In Land Allotment Case

The Delhi High Court has held the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and its officials, the Vice Chairman and the Deputy Director (Land Disposal), to be in contempt of the court's orders in a case relating to land allotment.Justice Dharmesh Sharma passed the contempt order against the DDA, which filed the present application for recall of the High Court's order dated 11.07.2022 directing the...

“Transfer Certificates Not A Tool For Schools To Collect Arrears Of Fees From Parents”: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has directed the State Government to issue circulars/instructions/orders to all the school administrations across the State, asking them not to insist on the production of a Transfer Certificate by a child seeking admission. The court has also asked the schools to refrain from making unnecessary entries in the TC regarding non-payment or delayed payment of the...

Magistrate's Clear Application of Mind Necessary For Issuance of Summons Under Section 138 Of NI Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani has held that the issuance of summons under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 requires a clear application of mind. The bench held that this application of mind must be evident upon reading the summoning order; the appellate or revisional court should not have to speculate about the considerations of...

Bombay High Court Halts Maharashtra Govt's Demolition Drive In Communal-Violence Hit Vishalgadh Fort Area Of Kolhapur

The Bombay High Court on Friday pulled up the Maharashtra government for demolishing around 70 structures in the Vishalgadh fort area in Kolhapur where communal violence broke out between two groups on July 14.A communal violence broke out between Hindus and Muslims in Vishalgadh fort area on July 14 and from July 15 itself the State's Public Works Department (PWD) initiated demolition process...

Seven Additional Judges Of Bombay High Court Made Permanent; Fresh One-Year Term For Two Additional Judges

The Central government on Friday notified the appointment of seven additional judges of the Bombay High Court as permanent judges.Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal made the announcement on X, formerly Twitter.Notably, two other additional judges have been granted a fresh term of one year as additional judges, effective from October 7.The judges appointed as permanent judges are Justices...

Can Rely Upon A Dying Declaration Recorded By Executive Magistrate After Doctor Finds Patient To Be Mentally Fit: Chhattisgarh HC

The Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that a dying declaration recorded by an Executive Magistrate, following a certification by a doctor that the patient is fit to give a statement, can be considered reliable. A bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal observed thus while upholding the conviction of two accused, one of whom had been convicted of...