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Family Booked For Cheating Depositors Found Involved In More Than 100 Other Cases: Kerala High Court Refuses Bail
The Kerala High Court has dismissed the bail applications moved by four members of the same family who were arrayed as accused for allegedly committing criminal breach of trust and offences under the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019.Justice C S Dias observed that the petitioners were accused of being involved in more than 100 crimes registered across various police stations in...
Asking Name, Address Of Unknown Woman Inappropriate But Prima Facie Not Sexual Harassment: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has observed that asking an unknown woman her name, address, and mobile number may be inappropriate but does not prima facie constitute sexual harassment under Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).This observation was made by Justice Nirzar Desai in a case involving a man from Gandhinagar, Samir Roy, who was booked under Section 354A IPC for allegedly asking...
Issuing Slew Of Guidelines, Tripura HC Orders State To Frame SOP For Probe In Missing Person Cases, Ensure Police Adherence
The Tripura High Court has directed the state government to formulate and issue a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for handling cases of missing persons, including children, men, and women. A bench of Justice T. Amarnath Goud also underscored the importance of having a comprehensive SOP to guide the state police force in its investigations and responses to reports on...
[Cash For Jobs Scam] Calcutta High Court Directs Govt To Submit Details Of Teachers Appointed From 2015 TET Panel
The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBPPE) to submit the list of names of all those who were recruited from the 2015 Teacher's Eligibility Test (TET) panel.Notably, the 2014 and 2015 TET exams have been married in controversy due to the unravelling of the now infamous cash-for-jobs recruitment scam under which high-ranking government officials...
Identical Marks For Medicines Could Mislead Customers, Delhi High Court Restrains Rebanta Healthcare From Using Dr Reddys' Registered Trademark
The Delhi High Court single bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna held that using visually and phonetically identical marks for medicines could confuse the general public, especially when the products serve different medical purposes. A permanent injunction was granted against Rebanta Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. for using Dr Reddys Laboratories Ltd.'s trademark 'REBAHEAL'. Both Rebanta and Dr...
Courts Must Refrain From Interim Orders Once Arbitral Tribunal Is Constituted Unless Urgency Demands: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar has held that once an Arbitral Tribunal is in place, ordinarily a court should refrain from dealing with the matter even for the purposes of passing interlocutory orders unless the order is demonstrably one which cannot await the application of mind by the Arbitral Tribunal. The bench held that: “. If party is able to convince...
Rape Committed In Oman But Genesis Of Crime In India? Kerala High Court Says Centre's Sanction U/S 188 CrPC Not Required For Trial
The Kerala High Court has directed the Trial Court to proceed with the trial against the petitioner who allegedly cheated, defrauded and had forceful sexual intercourse with a woman after taking her to Muscat, Oman by offering her a job at his house.The Court referred to the Apex Court judgment in Sartaj Khan v. State of Uttarakhand (2022), wherein it was laid down that there was no necessity...
Touching Female Students Inappropriately On Back & Neck, Making Comments About Their Dress Will Attract S. 7 POCSO Act: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has observed that a teacher's inappropriate physical contact with female students, along with comments about their attire, would constitute an offence under Section 7 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012, which punishes acts of 'Sexual assault'. A bench of Justice Rakesh Kainthla noted that the physical contact made by...
Delhi High Court Reserves Order On Arvind Kejriwal's Plea For Additional VC Meetings With Lawyers
The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved order on a plea moved by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is in judicial custody in the alleged liquor policy scam, for granting two additional meetings with his lawyers through virtual conferencing. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said that the order will be pronounced in the chamber. Special counsel Zoheb Hossain appearing for the...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea To Reserve 33% Seats For Women Lawyers In Lawyers' Bodies Elections
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea seeking reservation of 33% of seats for women lawyers in the elections of Bar Council of Delhi (BCD), Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) and All District Bar Associations in the national capital.A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela sought response of the lawyers bodies and listed...
Disputes Predominantly Civil But Involving Elements Of Criminality Not Automatically Excluded From Arbitration: Jammu and Kashmir High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court bench of Chief Justice N. Kotiswar Singh has held that a dispute predominantly civil but involving elements of criminality is not automatically excluded from arbitration. The bench noted that unless there is a specific allegation of the parties engaging in an agreement amounting to criminal conspiracy, there should be no blanket prohibition...
Kerala HC Directs Family Court To Conduct Joint Trial Of Plea To Recover Past Maintenance And Miscellaneous Case Claiming Future Maintenance
The Kerala High Court has directed a Family Court to conduct joint trial of an Original Petition (OP) and Miscellaneous Case (MC) filed under Section 125 of CrPC seeking maintenance.The petitioner/husband had approached the High Court against the dismissal of his joint trial application of an OP and MC by the Family Court. The Division Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice...