High Courts
High Court Appoints Advocate Commissioner To Inspect "Artificial Floods" In Assam District Due To Illegal Constructions Blocking Drains
The Gauhati High Court on Friday appointed Advocate Anjan Kalita as Commissioner for a fact finding enquiry into the allegation of creation of artificial floods in the Southern Kamrup district of Assam. The division bench of Justice Suman Shyam and Justice Mridul Kumar Kalita was hearing a PIL which alleges that a few industrialists and real estate dealers acting in collusion and with the...
Public Employment Attained By Submitting Forged Educational Certificate Is "Void Ab Initio": Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court, while entertaining the writ petition of a retired teacher, has held that public employment secured by providing a forged educational certificate would be null and void to begin with, disentitling such an employee from post-retiral benefits.Justice Subhash Vidyarthi held,“….a person who secures an appointment by submitting a forged educational certificate, is...
Offence Of Cheating & Criminal Breach Of Trust Can't Stand Together: High Court Laments "Routine" FIRs By Rajasthan Police In Commercial Matters
The Rajasthan High Court has reiterated that Section 420 (cheating) and 405 (criminal breach of trust) of IPC (corresponding to Section 318 and 316 of Bharitya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, respectively) are antithetical to each other and cannot not be invoked together against an accused person.The bench of Justice Arun Monga observed that under Section 405, the main element is entrustment of property...
Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 2 - September 8, 2024
Nominal Index [Citations 248 - 252]:Mst Shameema Begum Vs Javid Iqbal Khan 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 248Showkat Ahmad Rather Vs State of J&K 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 249Kishore Kumar Vs Ishar Das 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 250Narayan Sharma @ Shuna through Mrs. Lata Sharma (Mother) Vs UT of J&K 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 251Showkat Ahmad Vs State of J&K 2024 LiveLaw (JKL) 252Judgments/Orders:DV Act | No Need...
Calcutta High Court Monthly Digest: August 2024
NOMINAL INDEXM/s Hooghly Building & Investment Co Ltd & anr v State Of WB & ors. Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 180Nandalal Verma Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 181Visa International Ltd. v Visa International Service Association & Anr. Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 182 Joyeeta Saha & Anr. -Vs- The State of West Bengal Citation: 2024...
Madras High Court Monthly Digest - August 2024
Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 295 To 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 333 NOMINAL INDEX Deepak and Another v The Chief Educational Officer and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 295 Felix Jerald v The State, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 296 Natraj v Inspector of Police, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 297 A Manikandan v The State of Tamil Nadu and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 298 M Kathirvel v The Inspector General...
Kerala High Court Monthly Digest: August 2024 [Citations: 495-553]
Nominal Index: [Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 495-553]DR. Valsamma Chacko v Leelamma Joseph, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 495Ramesh VV v Jyothi Maruthiyodan, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 496Saneesha M. S. v The Village Officers and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 497 Kerala Pradesh School Teacher's Association v State of Kerala & Connected Cases, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 498Dhanya Sajith v M R Binoy Mathew, 2024...
Uttarakhand High Court Directs Centre To Provide Records Regarding Empanelment Of IFS Sanjeev Chaturvedi As Joint Secretary
Recently, the Uttarakhand High Court directed the Centre to provide records relating to the process and decision-making leading to the empanelment of Sanjeev Chaturvedi (IFS) to the position of Joint Secretary at the Centre.The dispute pertains to not approving the appointment of Chaturvedi and another officer to the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent position at the Centre by the...
Unfortunate That Wife Is Granted Alimony Even After Husband Is Convicted In Cruelty Case Filed By Her: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has observed that it is unfortunate that the wife is granted maintenance despite the fact that the husband and his family is convicted for cruelty on her complaint. It was stated the Courts must consider all the aspects before granting alimony.These observations were made while allowing the divorce plea filed by the husband against wife on grounds of...
UAPA | P&H HC Releases Man Arrested In 2020 For 'Anti-National Activities' For Possessing Phone Containing 'Objectionable' Pictures Of Weapons
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted bail to a man who was arrested in 2020 for allegedly being involved in "anti-national" activities under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in 2020.Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal and Justice Lapita Banerji noted that "only a mobile phone is alleged to have recovered from him which is stated to have contained...
Delhi High Court Orders BSES To Pay ₹10 Lakh Compensation To Wife Of Man Who Died Due To Electrocution In 2017
The Delhi High Court has ordered BSES Yamuna Private Limited to pay ex-gratia lump sum compensation of Rs. 10 lakh to wife of a man who died due to electrocution in 2017.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav was dealing with the woman's plea seeking compensation of Rs. 50 lakhs. Her husband was working as a Sub-Inspector since 1990 in Delhi Police (Traffic). In May 2017, he ran to find a shelter...
Even Appeal For Registering FIR Under SC/ST Act Will Have To Be Video Recorded: Bombay High Court
In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court recently held that even the proceedings in an appeal seeking to register a First Information Report (FIR) under the stringent Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (SC ST), will be needed to be "video-recorded."Single-judge Justice Sandeep Marne while hearing a plea filed by one Vijay Sapkale, who sought to register an...