High Courts
High Court Asks Cuttack DCP To File Affidavit Regarding Steps Taken For Curbing Noise Pollution During Festive Season
The Orissa High Court has ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Cuttack to file an affidavit indicating the steps taken by it to prevent noise pollution in the city of Cuttack during the upcoming Durga Puja festivities.Raising serious concern over the issue of noise pollution, the Division Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice V. Narasingh observed:“It is vital to address...
Delhi Coaching Centre Deaths: High Court Grants Interim Bail To Four Co-Owners Of Basement Subject To Depositing Rs 5 Crore With Red Cross
The Delhi High Court today granted interim bail till January 30 to four co-owners of basement of a coaching centre in city's Old Rajinder Nagar area– Rau's IAS, where three civil services aspirants died on July 27 after drowning.Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma said the interim relief is subject to Petitioners- Parvinder Singh, Tajinder Singh, Harvinder Singh and Sarbjit Singh- depositing Rs....
[2015 Kerala Assembly Ruckus Case] High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Three Congress Legislators
The Kerala High Court has quashed proceedings against former Congress MLAs M A Vaheed, Dominic Presentation, K Sivadasan Nair in the 2015 Kerala Legislative Assembly Ruckus case.Former LDF legislators K K Lathika and Jameela Prakasham filed complaints against the legislators for obstructing their movement inside the Assembly by using force and touching their bodies. The Magistrate had...
Karnataka High Court Declines To Quash Defamation Case Against BJP Leader V Sunil Kumar On Complaint Made By Pramod Muthalik
The Karnataka High Court on Friday refused to quash criminal defamation proceedings initiated against Bharatiya Janata Party leader V Sunil Kumar, on the complaint made by Founder President of Sri Ram Sene, Pramod Muthalik.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna dismissed the petition and orally said “This mudslinging should stop, elections are fought on making speeches against...
Soliciting Multiple Expert Reports Creates Confusion & Chaos: Karnataka HC Denies Relief To Student Seeking Admission Under Visually-Impaired Quota
The Karnataka High Court has refused relief to a 19-year-old girl who claimed to be visually impaired beyond 40% and sought a direction to the Karnataka Examination Authority to accept her candidature under the visually impaired quota.A division bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice Vijaykumar A Patil dismissed the petition filed by Disha Bhat who had sought to void the Ocular...
Is Police Reporting POCSO Offences To CWC Within 24 Hours As Per Law? Punjab & Haryana High Court Seeks Data
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought data as to whether the mandate of Section 19(6) of the POCSO Act is being complied with by the Police forces in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.The provision obligates the Special Juvenile Police Unit or the local police, as the case may be, to report matters under POCSO Act to the Child Welfare Committee and the Special Court/ Sessions Court, within...
Prima Facie Misuse Of Power By Assistant District Govt Counsel Under SC/ST Act: Allahabad High Court Directs State To Inquire
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to look into a case where the post of Assistant District Government Counsel (Criminal) is being misused by the official in lodging FIRs under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and seeking compensation under the Act.Petitioner No. 1 is presently posted as District Social...
Section 91 Cr.P.C. Does Not Empower Investigating Agency To Order 'Debit Freeze' Of Bank Account: Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has quashed a notice issued under Section 91 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.) by the Cyber Cell, Kullu, which directed ICICI Bank to freeze the bank accounts of a company in connection with an alleged cyber fraud.The court, presided by Justice Sandeep Sharma, held that the powers granted under Section 91 Cr.P.C. are limited to producing documents...
Officers Appointed To Assess Electricity Theft Are 'Public Servants', Court Can't Issue Process Against Them Without Sanction U/S 197 CrPC: Bombay HC
The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court has observed that the officers appointed by a government authority to detect and assess theft of electricity under the Electricity Act, 2003 are 'public servants' under Section 169 of the Act and thus a previous sanction of a concerned authority as provided in Section 197 CrPC is necessary before issuing process against such officers.The...
Long Separation Coupled With Criminal Prosecution Without Any Desire To Retrieve Relationship Shows Irretrievable Breakdown Of Marriage: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has held that long separation coupled with criminal prosecution and harsh words without any desire to retrieve the matrimonial relationship shows an irretrievable breakdown of marriage.While dealing with a matrimonial case of 21 years of separation, the bench comprising of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Donadi Ramesh held “Desertion suffered over long years...
[Wayanad Landslides] 'Grievance Of Survivors Not Redressed Within Two Weeks Must Be Brought Before Us': Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court directed the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) and Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KeLSA) to bring before the court, the unredressed grievances of survivors in the Wayanad landslides.The Division Bench comprising the Division Bench of Justice A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. ordered that the Court would monitor the...
Delhi High Court Declines To Interfere With Single Judge Order Directing SpiceJet To Ground Aircraft Engines Due To Non-Payment Of Dues
In a setback to debt-ridden low-cost airline company SpiceJet, the Delhi High Court refused to interfere with the Single Judge order directing SpiceJet to ground three aircraft engines for defaulting on payments to engine lessors. Granting a specific relief to the France-based aircraft engine suppliers/lessors, the Single Judge of the High Court by order dated 14.08.2024 has directed...