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WhatsApp Conversations Can't Be Read As Evidence Without Mandatory Certificate Under Evidence Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that WhatsApp conversations cannot be read as evidence without there being a proper certificate as mandated under the Evidence Act, 1872.Justice Subramonium Prasad was dealing with a plea moved by Dell International Services India Private Limited challenging an order passed by the Delhi State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission upholding the...
Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: June 2024 [Citations 243-290]
Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 243 To 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 290Nominal Index:Jithendra Kumar N M AND T Gururaj. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 243Amit Chougule AND Megha. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 244K B Lokesh & Others AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 245V.S.S VISHNU SENA SANGHATANE & Others AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 246Shany Jose AND The Union of...
Jharkhand High Court Bids Farewell to Acting Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar
The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday bid adieu to Acting Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar, who is being transferred to the Rajasthan High Court after an 11-year tenure as a Judge. The ceremonial bench held in his honour was filled with appreciation for his warm personality and calm demeanour.Justice Chandrashekhar was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Jharkhand High Court on January...
Right To Expeditious Trial Is A Fundamental Right: Chhattisgarh HC Reiterates While Allowing Bail Application U/S 439 CrPC
The Chattisgarh High Court has allowed a bail application upon observing that the right to expeditious trial is a fundamental right.While allowing a bail application, the court referred to the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 which replaced the Criminal Procedure Code with effect from 01.07.2024. The applicant/accused filed an application under Section 439 CrPC before the...
Suspended JD(S) Leader Prajwal Revanna Moves Karnataka High Court Seeking Bail In Sexual Assault Cases
Suspended Janta Dal (S) leader, Prajwal Revanna who is accused of rape and sexual assault has approached the Karnataka High Court seeking bail.Recently a special court had rejected the bail application filed by him in the first case registered against him at Holenarasipura police station.A special investigating team of the state police has been investigating the three cases registered...
BNSS Mandate For Forensic Examination Puts Pressure On Existing Labs : Calcutta High Court Asks Centre To Notify NIBMG As CFSL
The Calcutta High Court has directed the central government to notify the National Institute of Bio-Medical Generics (NIBMG) as a Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory and its scientists as government scientific experts under Section 329(4) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) to undertake DNA and other forensic examinations of samples for effective implementation of the new...
Consensual Relationship Not License To Exploit Partner Sexually, Physically Or Financially: Bombay High Court
Even if there is a consensual relationship between a man and a woman, it does not give one a licence to exploit the partner, the Bombay High Court said on Wednesday while denying bail to a man booked for outraging modesty, abduction, extortion, rape and unnatural sex. Single-judge Justice NJ Jamadar noted from the statements of various witnesses that indicated how the applicant, who had...
High Representation Of Women In Legal Field In Kerala Reflects Gender Parity, Sets Example For Other States: Chief Justice AJ Desai Retires
Kerala High Court Chief Justice AJ Desai today remarked that the sizeable representation of women in the legal filed in Kerala is a testament to the State's atmosphere of gender neutrality.CJ Desai was speaking at the farewell function organised upon his superannuation.He recollected an enrolment function held last year where female law graduates outnumbered the male law graduates.“It...
Sikkim High Court Upholds Conviction Of 24-Yr-Old For Committing Rape On His Grandmother
The Sikkim High Court has upheld the conviction of a twenty-four-year-old man under Sections 376(2)(f) (committing rape against a relative), 376(2)(n) (committing rape repeatedly on the same woman) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC for committing rape upon his maternal grandmother, aged about eighty years.The division bench of Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai and Justice Bhaskar Raj...
"Consider Long-Term Impact On Mental Health": Bombay HC To State On German Bakery Blast Convict's Plea Against Alleged Solitary Confinement
The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the jail authorities of Nashik Central Prison to reconsider the request of Mirza Himayat Baig, a convict in the 2010 German Bakery Blast in Pune, to shift him out of the Anda Cell in Nashik, where he is allegedly kept in solitary confinement.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Shyam Chandak asked the jail authorities to consider...
Madurai Bench Of Madras High Court Bar Association To Abstain From Work On July 5 Opposing Implementation Of New Criminal Laws
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court Bar Association has decided to abstain from work and from attending courts on the 5th of July (Friday) as part of the opposition against the sudden implementation of the New Criminal Laws.The resolution, issued by the General Secretary M Saravana Kumar states that the MMBA, in its general meeting held on 2nd July took the unanimous decision to...
Order Of ITSC Final And Conclusive For AY For Which Application Has Been Filed: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the order of the Income Tax Settlement Commission (ITSC) is final and conclusive for a particular assessment year (AY) for which the application has been filed.The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav has observed that the order of the ITSC is deemed to be conclusive for all the matters pertaining to the concerned AY for...