Can't Expect Law Students Who Failed IPC Paper, To Appear For BNS Paper In Supplementary Exams Which Has Never Been Taught: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has clarified that law students who have already attended classes for Indian Penal Code and have failed in the examination, it cannot be expected that those students take up the examination for Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which has never been taught to them in the course structure.Justice Suraj Govindaraj held thus while quashing a notification issued by the Karnataka...

Prima Facie Disturbed Harmony In Society: Delhi HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against DU Professor Over Post Relating To Gyanvapi Mosque

The Delhi High Court has refused to quash an FIR registered against Ratan Lal, a professor of history at Delhi University, over a social media post in relation to the controversy regarding Gyanvapi Mosque prima facie observing that he had created disturbance of harmony in the society. In 2022, posted on Twitter and Facebook regarding the presence of Shiva Linga like structure found in...

GST | Delhi HC Orders Refund Of Service Tax Paid On Ocean Freight, Cites Gujarat HC Judgment Declaring It Unconstitutional

The Delhi High Court on Thursday ordered the GST Department to refund the service tax paid by certain importers on ocean freight (transportation of goods by vessel). In doing so, a division bench Justices Yashwant Varma and Dharmesh Sharma cited the Gujarat High Court's judgment in M/s Sal Steel Ltd. & Anr. vs. Union of India (2019) where it was declared that levy of service tax...

Delhi Riots UAPA Case: High Court To Hear Bail Pleas Of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam On January 07

The Delhi High Court will hear on January 07, 2025, the bail pleas filed by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and other accused persons in connection with the UAPA case alleging a larger conspiracy related to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.A division bench comprising of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur adjourned the matter after SPP Amit Prasad appearing for Delhi Police,...

'Hospitals Temples Of Modern Society': Kerala HC Calls For Restrictions While Granting Bail For Criminal Trespass/ Vandalism In Hospitals

The Kerala High Court has stated that restrictions have to be imposed while granting bail to persons who are alleged of committing offences under Kerala Healthcare Service persons and Healthcare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Act 2012 for criminally trespassing and causing destruction to hospital building or hospital materials.The Court by relying...

Sending Voice Sample In Graft Case For Analysis To Private Lab Instead Of Govt Forensic Science Lab Affects Rights Of Accused: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court upheld a trial court order discharging a public servant of graft charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act as the Lokayukta police sent the voice sample of the conversation between the official and the complainant wherein he allegedly demanded a bribe, to a private agency instead of sending it to government Forensic Science Laboratory for analysis.The court said...

Formula-E Race "Scam": Telangana HC Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To BRS's KT Rama Rao Till December 30

The Telangana High Court in an interim order on Friday (December 20) has granted protection from arrest to BRS MLA KT Rama Rao till December 30, in an FIR over alleged irregularities in the conduct of Formula-E race in Hyderabad when BRS was in power. Issuing notice to the state and asking them to file their response, Justice N V Shravan Kumar while dictating the interim order said, "For...

Bank Has Right Of General Lien Over All Securities Of Customer In Ordinary Course, Unless Agreement Says Otherwise: Rajasthan HC Reiterates

The Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court has reiterated that a bank has the valuable right of general lien over all securities deposited by or on behalf of the customer in the ordinary course of banking business, unless the agreement is contrary to such right. In doing so the court set aside an order of the single judge directing Canara Bank to return the balance amount to a guarantor...

Right To Be Forgotten: Punjab & Haryana HC To Decide If Accused Has 'Preferential Right' Over Society's Right To Know Involvement In Crime

The Punjab & Haryana High Court will be deciding the legal question whether an accused or suspect has a preferential right to be forgotten over the right of the society to know about the involvement of any person in a criminal case.Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj said, "...the legal issue that arises for consideration before this Court as to whether an accused/suspect of an offence has...

[Delhi Rent Control Act] Leave To Defend Cannot Be Granted On Mere Asking Of Tenant: Delhi High Court Reiterates

While quashing a Trial Court's order granting leave to defend to a tenant in an eviction petition, the Delhi High Court has observed that when the landlord placed medical records of his various illnesses and the site plan of premises showed lack of alternate accommodation, the Trial Court should not have considered them as triable issues.In doing so, the High Court reiterated the...

'Rape' On A Dead Body 'Horrendous' Act But It Doesn't Amount To An Offence Of Rape: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court recently observed that raping a dead body is one of the most horrendous acts one can think of, but the same doesn't amount to any offence punishable under rape laws or the POCSO Act. A bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru observed that for the commission of an offence of rape, the victim should be alive. The bench...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On Police Commissioner For Inaction In Visa Fraud Case

Observing "due to the deliberate laxity on the part of the investigating authorities no action was taken by the police authorities despite lapse of nearly 2 year", the Punjab & Haryana High Court imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh costs on Jalandhar Police Commissioner.An FIR was lodged alleging that the petitioner was duped of over Rs. 4 lakh rupees for providing work permit in...