Witness Statements Which Form Part Of Police Report Can Be Seen To Decide Quashing Plea: BS Yedurappa To Karnataka HC In POCSO Case

Former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa told the Karnataka High Court on Thursday (December 19) that statements of witnesses collected during investigation which forms part of the police report can be looked into by the high court to decide a plea for quashing an offence. Justice M Nagaprasanna was hearing the former CM's plea seeking to quash a case registered against him under the Protection...

'Regretful Litigation' : Kerala High Court On Daughter Opposing Donation Of CPI(M) Leader's Body To Medical College

The Kerala High while dismissing the appeals filed by daughters of M. M. Lawrence against the decision of Single Judge allowing the donation of CPI(M) Veteran to Ernakulam Government Medical College observed that it is “preferable that quietus be reached in this case”. The Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice S. Manu observed in the order that they consider...

No Right To Fell Trees Despite Ownership If Land Is Classified As Protected Forest: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that even if a person are lawful owners of land classified as protected forest under Indian Forest Act, they cannot fell trees on such land.Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Sudeepti Sharma said, "even if assumingly the plaintiffs are owners of the suit land, yet therebys they cannot be permitted to fell the trees, as thereupons there would be...

Bombay High Court Asks Maha Govt To Send Hindu Boy And Muslim Girl To Newly Notified 'Safe Homes' For Interfaith & Intercaste Couples

The Bombay High Court on Thursday ordered the Maharashtra government to make arrangements for sending a Hindu boy and Muslim girl to the State's newly notified 'Safe Homes' meant for 'interfaith' couples, for their protection.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Prithviraj Chavan was seized with a petition filed by a 23-year-old Hindu boy, who was in a relationship with a...

'Against Secularism': PIL In Allahabad HC Seeks Dismissal Of UP CM For Backing Justice SK Yadav's Recent Statements

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been moved before the Allahabad High Court today seeking the DISMISSAL of Yogi Adityanath as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for publicly backing Justice Shekhar Yadav's recent controversial statements at a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) event. The PIL plea, filed by the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), contends that the...

Person Arrested U/S 69 CGST Act Must Be Communicated Grounds Of Arrest 'In Writing': Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that grounds of arrest must be furnished to a person arrested under Section 69 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, 'in writing'.Justice Anish Dayal held that the Supreme Court's judgments in Pankaj Bansal and Arvind Kejriwal with respect to offence under PMLA and in Prabir Purkayastha with respect to offences under UAPA will also apply to offences...

Elections To All Bar Associations Shall Be Held On February 07: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has recently ordered that elections to all Bar Associations in the national capital shall be held on February 07, 2025.A full bench comprising of Justice Yashwant Varma, Justice Rekha Palli and Justice C Hari Shankar decided the date after taking into consideration the submissions made by counsels as well as bearing in mind various preparatory steps liable to be taken for holdings of elections with due expedition. “The elections to all Bar Associations in Delhi shall...

J&K High Court Orders ₹11.63 Lakh Compensation To Family Of Electrician Electrocuted During Repair Work

Upholding the principle of respondeat superior, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has awarded ₹11.63 lakh as compensation to the family of an electrician who lost his life due to electrocution while conducting repairs on an 11 KV power line.In allowing a compensation petition of the family of the deceased electrician Justice Javed Iqbal Wani observed, “.. the petition succeeds...

Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: November 2024 [Citations 1193 - 1304]

Citations 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1193 to 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1304NOMINAL INDEXHARI OM SHARMA v. SAUMAN KUMAR CHATTERJEE & ANR 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1193Jeewraj Singh Shekhawat vs. UOI & Ors 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1194MATTHEW JOHNSON DARA v. HINDUSTAN URVARAK AND RASAYAN LTD 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1195MOHD. JALALUDDIN v. STATE and other connected matters 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1196Abdul Khalid Saifi v....

Vandiperiyar Rape-Murder: Kerala High Court Asks Accused To Appear Before POCSO Court Upon State's Appeal Against Acquittal

The Kerala High Court asked the sole accused, Arjun in the infamous Vandiperiyar rape and murder case to appear before the Special Court for the Trial of Offences Under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act in Kattappana.Notably, he was acquitted by the POCSO court last year in the rape and murder of a 5 and a half year old girl at Vandiperiyar town in Idukki district in 2021....

Badlapur Sexual Assault Accused's Parents Forced To Live On Streets, Beg For Survival: Bombay High Court Told

The Bombay High Court was on Thursday informed that the parents of the now deceased accused in the Badlapur sexual encounter case, have been surviving by begging on streets as no one is giving them any job and even they have been forced to leave their own house and live on footpaths. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Prithviraj Chavan was told that the parents of the...

No One Can Question A Person On How He Will Use Awarded Amount: Punjab & Haryana HC Directs Union To Release Compensation Invested in FDR

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has reiterated that the authorities cannot question a major person of sound mind that how will he use the compensation awarded.Justice Vikas Bahl said, “The money to which he is found entitled is to be handed over to him without placing any riders thereon and that once the compensation has been awarded, the same would go to the claimant, as no one...