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Orissa High Court Releases Its Report Card For The Year 2023, Hosts Annual District Judges' Conference
The Orissa High Court organized the Annual District Judges' Conference-2024 from 28th to 30th June, 2024. It has also released its report card for the year 2023 in the form of an 'Annual Report'.The inauguration ceremony was held on Friday in the Odisha Judicial Academy, Cuttack which witnessed the presence of Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh as the Chief Guest. The Judges of the High...
Sessions Court Not Empowered To Quash Entire Proceedings U/S 12 Domestic Violence Act, Party Must Approach High Court: Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court has held that a petition calling in question the entire proceedings initiated under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 would be maintainable before the High Court, not the Sessions Court.However, if any particular order is passed on any application filed under Sections 18, 19, 20 or 22 of the Act, those specific orders are to...
Delhi High Court Orders TMC MP Saket Gokhale To Pay Rs 50 Lakh Damages For Defamatory Tweets Against Lakshmi Puri
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed All India Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale to pay Rs. 50 lakhs damages to former Indian Assistant Secretary-General to the United Nations, Lakshmi Puri, in her defamation suit against him.Gokhale in his tweets had referred to a property purchased by Puri in Switzerland and raised questions regarding her and her husband, Union Minister Hardeep...
Madras HC Issues Notice To ECI On Plea Challenging Proviso To S.123(3) Of RP Act Which Gives Immunity To Symbols Allotted By Election Commission
The Madras High Court has issued notices to the Election Commission of India and the Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice in a plea challenging the proviso to Section 123(2) of the Representation of Peoples Act. The bench of Acting Chief Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq issued notice on a plea filed by Advocate ML Ravi. Section 123 of the Representation of...
[S.498A IPC] Karnataka HC Allows Husband To Initiate Criminal Proceedings Against Wife For Falsely Accusing Him Of Cruelty, Claiming He Had HPV
The Karnataka High Court has granted liberty to a husband to initiate criminal proceedings for malicious prosecution, under Section 211 of the IPC (Falsely accuse others of committing an offence) against his estranged wife. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by a husband and quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against him by the wife...
Teething Problems Bound To Occur But Robust Judicial System Will Meet All Challenges: Bombay HC Chief Justice On Enforcement Of New Criminal Laws
Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya of the Bombay High Court recently expressed confidence in the robustness of the judicial system to meet challenges in implementing the new criminal laws, which have come into force today.“It is not only a challenge to the judiciary, but to the investigating agencies, to the public prosecutors, to the lawyers community, everyone. But I am confident that...
Calcutta High Court Imposes 10K Cost On Litigants For Filing 'Fake' Post-Poll Violence Case
The Calcutta High Court has imposed a fine of Rs 5000 each on a petitioner and defendant for filing a fake case relating to post-poll violence in West Bengal in the aftermath of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.A single bench of Justice Amrita Sinha imposed the total cost of Rs 10,000 when the parties had approached the court seeking to withdraw their case.During the hearing of the case, the...
Rahul Gandhi Citizenship Issue In Allahabad HC | 'Enough! You Have Tested Our Patience' : Bench Rises Over Lawyer's Incessant Arguments
In a dramatic turn of events at the Allahabad High Court, the proceedings in a PIL Plea concerning Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi's citizenship took an unexpected twist. The bench had to rise after it took exception to the Petitioner's Advocate's incessant arguments.The situation escalated when the Petitioner's Advocate (Ashok Pandey) insisted on continuing his argument, despite a bench of...
[Kerala Protection Of River Banks & Regulation Of Removal Of Sand Act] Loading Stationary Vehicle With River Sand Constitutes 'Transport' U/S 23: High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that the term 'transport' in Section 23 of the Kerala Protection of River Banks and Regulation of Removal of Sand Act, 2001 (hereafter, Sand Act) cannot be interpreted to mean that the vehicle must be in motion.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas stated that the term 'transports sand' would mean the removal of sand from the river bed to the lorry and from the lorry to...
Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 24 - June 30, 2024
Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 378 to 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 396Nominal IndexAmal v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 378Kishore Kumar J V Additional Chief Secretary & Connected Matter, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 379Sakeer v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 380The Federal Bank Ltd. V Federal Bank Officer's Association, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 381Sharafudheen v State of Kerala & Connected Cases,...
[POCSO Act] Secondary Evidence For Age Determination Of Victim Stands Legally Proven If Not Challenged By Defence During Trial: Patna HC
The Patna High Court has observed that the accused/defence forfeits the right to contest the admissibility of secondary evidence produced by the prosecution for age determination of the victim under the POCSO Act if the defence did not object to the production of such evidence during the trial. Further, the Court emphasised that the consent of the victim is immaterial under the Act and does...
Rajasthan HC Protects Private Land Owners From JDA's Demolition Drive Amid Court Vacation, Cites "7 Sub-Rights" Under Article 300-A
Rajasthan High Court has granted protection to the private land owners by preventing the Jaipur Development Authority (“JDA”) from demolishing their properties as a part of an encroachment removal drive till the time their matter is considered by a regular bench after vacation.Vacation bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Jain was hearing a petition in relation to an order passed by a division...