High Courts
Can Police Lodge FIR For Tax Evasion Or Is Income Tax Department The Correct Authority To Initiate Proceedings? Gujarat High Court Asks
While hearing a man's plea seeking quashing of a cheating FIR lodged in connection with alleged tax evasion, the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (September 24) orally asked the State whether the police can lodge an FIR for tax evasion or is the income department department the "correct authority" to initiate such proceedings.The high court thereafter passed an interim order protecting the man...
ED Interrogations Lasting 14 Hrs "Not Heroic", Violate Human Dignity: Punjab & Haryana HC While Declaring Congress MLA's Arrest Illegal
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today asked the Enforcement Directorate to take remedial measures and sensitize its officers to follow some "reasonable time limit" for interrogations of suspects under PMLA, in one go.Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu said ED interrogation lasting for upto 15 hours in this case "is not heroic...rather it is against the dignity of a human being." For future, the...
Don't Charge Enhanced Fee On Complaints Against Advocates Until Approval By BCI, Return Excess Collection: Uttarakhand HC To State Bar Council
In an important development, the Uttarakhand High Court has asked the State Bar Council to not give effect to a notification where it had increased the fees from Rs. 1,700/- to Rs. 5,500/- for initiating disciplinary cases against the Advocates under the Advocates Act, 1961.The Court ordered that the State Bar Council can only charge Rs. 1,700/- for entertaining a complaint seeking an...
'Foul Play Can't Be Ruled Out': Orissa HC Grants ₹2 Lakhs Interim Compensation For Unnatural Death Of Convicted Prisoner
The Orissa High Court ordered the State to pay an interim compensation of rupees two lakhs to the daughter of a convicted prisoner who was found hanging from the latrine adjacent to the prison cells.While the nature of death of the deceased was claimed to be 'suicidal', the Single Bench of Dr. Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi said that possibility of 'foul play' cannot be ruled out and...
[Actress Assault Case] Kerala High Court Reserves Order On Application Filed By Survivor Seeking To Quash Fact-Finding Inquiry Report
The Kerala High Court has reserved for order the application filed by the survivor in the 2017 actress sexual assault, involving Malayalam actor Dileep.Justice C S Dias reserved for order the application filed by the survivor to set aside or quash the fact-finding inquiry report dated January 08, 2024, submitted by the Ernakulam Sessions and District Judge. The writ petition filed by...
AgustaWestland Case: Delhi High Court Denies Bail To Christian Michel In CBI FIR
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed the bail application filed by British Arms Counsultant Christian James Michel in the case registered by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Agusta Westland chopper scam case. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma rejected Michel's bail plea in CBI case and listed his plea seeking bail in the money laundering case registered by...
Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Accused In Renukaswamy's Murder Case Allegedly Involving Actor Darshan
The Karnataka High Court recently granted bail to one of the accused allegedly involved in the Renukaswamy murder case, in which Kannada actor Darshan Thoogdeep Srinivas is also an accused.A single judge bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty granted bail to Keshavamurthy on him executing a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh with two sureties of like sum. The petitioner is accused no 16 in the case, it...
Managing Director Of Newspaper Has No Direct Role In Selecting News, Chief Editor/Editor Is Responsible: Kerala High Court In Defamation Case
The Kerala High Court held that a managing director has no role in selecting the news item. The Court said these while quashing the further proceedings against the Managing Director of Rashtradeepika in a defamation case. The complainant filed this case saying that a news item published in the newspaper was defamatory against her. The Court, however, declined to quash further proceedings...
Document Classified As 'Top Secret' Under Official Secrets Act Can't Be Directed To Be Produced By Arbitral Tribunal: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a document classified “Top Secret” and “Protected” under the Official Secrets Act, 1923, cannot be directed to be produced by an Arbitral Tribunal.Justice Manoj Jain allowed the plea moved by Director General of Project Varsha, Union Ministry of Defence, against an order directing it to submit documents concerning the project in a sealed cover to...
Orissa High Court Issues Standing Order Instructing Lawyers To Desist From Pleading Law & Case Laws In Counter Affidavits
The Orissa High Court has passed a Standing Order instructing lawyers to desist from pleading laws in the counter affidavits so also to refrain from quoting therein the precedents/observations made by Courts.The Standing Order came as a corollary to an order passed by the Apex Court on July 8, 2024 in Jaiki Singh v. Shrawan Sharma & Anr., wherein it had cautioned the lawyers against...
Calcutta High Court Directs Enquiry Against Complainants For Filing False POCSO Case Against Accused Who Spent Almost A Year Behind Bars
The Calcutta High Court has called upon the POCSO court, Murshidabad to undertake a 'discreet enquiry' into the de-facto complainant and her daughter in a POCSO case for making a false complaint and also recording a false statement under Section 164 of Cr.P.C., thereby fabricating false evidence within the meaning of Section 192 of the IPC.A division bench of Justices Arijit Banerjee and...