Plea In Calcutta High Court Seeks CBI Probe Into 'Mysterious' Death Of Doctor At Jhargram Hospital

A plea has been moved before the Calcutta High Court seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the death of Dr Dipro Bhattacharya an anaesthetist at Jhargram Hospital.According to reports, the doctor was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a lodge in Jhargram, along with a note.It is alleged by the petitioners that the death of Bhattacharya was due to...

Kerala HC Asks Investigating Agency To Inform Centre About Foreign Agency's 'Suspicious' Survey Allegedly Hurting Feelings Of Muslim Community

The Kerala High Court has asked investigating agency Internal Security Investigation Team (ISIT) to inform Central Government about the "suspicious" survey allegedly conducted by a foreign agency without sanction from it.The Internal Security Investigation Team (ISIT) after investigation alleged that the foreign agency, Princeton Survey Research Associates (PSRA) had conducted the survey with...

Circular Issued For Police On Protocols To Arrest Accused Beyond State Borders: Tamil Nadu DGP Tells Kerala High Court

The Director General of Police of Tamil Nadu has informed the Kerala High Court that a new circular dated November 13 has been issued outlining detailed guidelines to be followed while making arrests of accused persons outside the state's borders.The Division Bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishna S. have granted time to the Public Prosecutor to submit the circular...

Unless Appointment Of Arbitrator Under Arbitration Clause Is Ex-Facie Valid, Jurisdiction Of Court U/S 11(6) Cannot Be Barred: Rajasthan HC

The Rajasthan High Court bench of Justice Sudesh Bansal affirmed that unless the appointment of the arbitrator is ex facie valid and such appointment satisfies the Court exercising jurisdiction under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration Act, acceptance of such appointment as a fait accompli to debar the jurisdiction under Section 11(6) cannot be countenanced in law. Brief...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Rape Charges Against Live-In Partner After 22-Year-Long Relationship

The Karnataka High Court has quashed rape charges against a man in a live-in relationship, by his partner of 22 years.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Satish and quashed the case registered against him for sections 323,376,417,420,504,506 of the Indian Penal Code.A detailed order is yet to be made available. While granting interim relief and staying...

Objections On Capacity Of Party To Initiate Arbitration Must Be Addressed Before Tribunal, Not While Appointing Arbitrator: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Sachin Datta has held that the objections as regards the capacity of the party to initiate arbitration is an aspect which is necessarily required to be gone into the arbitration proceedings, however, the same could not preclude the constitution of an Arbitral Tribunal. The court held that a party may raise appropriate...

[Rajasthan Police Service Rules] Penalty Of Censure Cannot Come In Way Of Promotion Where Criteria For Is Seniority-Cum-Merit: High Court

Rajasthan High Court has reaffirmed that a penalty of censure is not an impediment in promotion where the selection criteria to the post is not solely based on merit but also has a component of seniority in it.The bench of Justice Farjand Ali was hearing a writ petition filed by a retired Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), seeking a direction to the State Government for considering...

Referral Court Has Limited Role U/S 11 Of Arbitration Act To Verify Existence Of Arbitration Agreement: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court bench of Justice Sudesh Bansal affirmed that the scope of arbitration application, in view of Section 11(6A) of the Arbitration Act, 1996 is confined and limited to the extent of examining the existence of arbitration agreement between the parties for resolution of dispute. Brief Facts Applicant has filed instant arbitration application under Section 11...

Nominee Entitled To Bank Deposits After Account Holder's Death But Money Would Be Subject To Succession Laws: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has clarified that while a nominee has a right to obtain money from the bank after the account holder's death, the money received would be subject to succession laws, and the deceased's heirs would have a right to the said amount in accordance with the law. A bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf and Justice Vipin Chandra Dixit observed this while dealing with a...

Only State Govt Can Decide If Services Of Particular Employee Is Required: Rajasthan HC Nixes Contractual Dental Medical Officers' Plea

Rejecting a plea moved by Medical Officers (Dental) engaged by the state government on a contractual basis whose services were terminated, the Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court ruled that it was the government's domain to decide on employment of particular person working in it. In doing so the court observed that the officers engagement was carried out only on an urgent temporary...

Delhi High Court Directs RSY News To Take Down Original Videos Of ANI In Copyright Infringement Suit

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed RSY News to remove or take down from its YouTube channel the original and copyrighted videos of Asian News International (ANI) in the copyright infringement suit filed by the news agency.Justice Mini Pushkarna from posting or uploading any material using any of the original videos of ANI or any copyrighted work belonging to the news agency on any...

Body Shaming By Sister-In-Law Is Prima Facie Wilful Conduct Affecting Mental Health Of Woman To Attract Cruelty U/S 498A IPC: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court has stated that body shaming of a woman by her sister-in-law would prima facie amount to wilful conduct to cause injury to health of a woman to attract an offence of cruelty under Section 498A of the IPC.In the facts of the case, the sister-in-law had approached the High Court to quash the criminal proceedings against her, stating that she would not come within the...