Punjab & Haryana High Court Declines Interim Relief To DIG Who Challenged CBI Probe In Corruption Case Citing Jurisdiction

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday declined to grant interim release to DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar in the corruption case registered by the CBI, observing that the relief sought was virtually identical to the final adjudication of the matter. On October 16, the CBI arrested DIG Bhullar and alleged middleman in a bribery case. The middleman was apprehended first in Chandigarh,...

Determination Of Possession Rights In Plaintiff's Injunction Suit Satisfies Due Process, Separate Eviction Suit Not Needed: J&K High Court

Observing that due process of law is satisfied the moment a competent court adjudicates rights of the parties, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that “once a person in possession brings a suit for injunction against a person who interferes in his possession and his rights are determined in the said suit, it is not necessary for the defendants to bring a fresh suit...

Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Pre-Arrest Bail In Rape Case

Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil has moved the Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the rape and miscarriage case alleged against him.Yesterday, his plea before the Principal District and Sessions Court was dismissed noting that serious allegations have been made out against him, prima facie.Mamkootathil is arrayed as the 1st accused in the crime registered by the Nemom Police and...

Sabarimala Gold Theft: Former TDB Officers Murari Babu & N Vasu Move Kerala High Court Seeking Regular Bail

The Kerala High Court on Friday (December 5) asked the prosecution to take instructions on two bail pleas preferred by R. Murari Babu, who is the 2nd accused in the Sabarimala gold theft case.He is the former Administrative Officer of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) and was suspended from the post of Deputy Devaswom Commissioner when the crimes were registered by the Special...

'Universities Cannot Withhold Student's Original Documents To Recover Future Fees': Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court granted relief to a former MBBS student, whose original documents were detained by the university which she required to appear in her examinations in the new college, and held that documents deposited by a student at the time of admission could not be retained as a tool to compel her to deposit the fee for remaining years.The bench of Justice Anuroop Singhi was hearing...

Calcutta High Court Rejects Borrower's Suit Seeking Enforcement Of One-Time Settlement With Bank of Maharashtra

The Calcutta High Court has rejected a suit filed by Senbo Engineering Limited seeking enforcement of an alleged “concluded” One-Time Settlement (OTS) with the Bank of Maharashtra, holding that a borrower cannot compel a bank to accept an OTS or seek specific performance of such a proposal.Justice Aniruddha Roy held that OTS proposals have no statutory force, and a borrower cannot...

'Don't Test Our Patience': Madras High Court Slams Personal Comments Against Judge Amid Thiruparankundram Deepam Issue, Warns Of Action

While dealing with the Thiruparankundram lamp lighting row, the Madras High Court on Friday remarked that it would not tolerate any comments against the judiciary.The bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice KK Ramakrishnan said just because judges cannot react openly, persons should not keep on provoking the court and that strict action would be taken if limits exceed."We can tolerate to...

Evasion Of Tax Cannot Be Attributed To Transporter When Consignor Accepts Error In Loading Goods: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that evasion of tax cannot be attributed to the transporter when consignor accepts error in loading goods. Certain goods were intercepted in transit from Dehradun to Delhi. After notices were issued to the cosigner/ consignee, the goods were released in their favour. Subsequently, an order alleging intention to evade tax under Section 129 of the GST...

Thiruparankundram Deepam Issue: Madras High Court To Hear Appeals Against Lighting Of Lamp On December 12

The Madras High Court has adjourned the appeal preferred against a single bench decision permitting lighting of lamp (Karthigai deepam) at the Deepathoon (stone lamp pillar) atop the Thiruparakundram hills, which is located close to a dargah.The division bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice KK Ramakrishnan said it will take up the matter next Friday (December 12), after all the parties...

Letters Patent Appeal Not Maintainable Against Interlocutory Orders In Contempt Proceedings: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court held that a Letters Patent Appeal (LPA) does not lie against interlocutory orders passed in contempt proceedings, reiterating that an appeal under Section 19(1) of the Contempt of Courts Act is maintainable only where the Court has actually imposed punishment for contempt.The Division Bench comprising of Justices Sindhu Sharma, Shahzad Azeem observed that...

MP Amritpal Singh Moves Punjab & Haryana High Court Against Third NSA Detention Order

Lok Sabha MP Amritpal Singh has approached the Punjab & Haryana High Court challenging his third consecutive detention order under the National Security Act (NSA).The Supreme Court on November 10 refused to entertain a writ petition filed by Amritpal Singh challenging his third detention under the National Security Act, 1980. The Court gave given liberty to approach the Punjab and...

2018 Tezu Police Station Lynching Case | Gauhati High Court Sets Aside Discharge Of Accused, Directs Framing Of Murder Charges

While allowing a criminal petition filed by the State challenging the trial court's order discharging six respondents accused of dragging two rape-and-murder suspects out of the Tezu Police Station in Arunachal Pradesh in 2018 and lynching them in public, the Gauhati High Court has held that the material collected during investigation created grave suspicion against the accused and...