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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...
[Masala Bonds Case] ED Has No Jurisdiction To Probe Misutilization Of Funds, RBI Has Power To Authorize Inspection: KIIFB Tells Kerala High Court
The Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) submitted before the Kerala High Court that the Enforcement Directorate has no jurisdiction to investigate the misutilization of funds. It was submitted that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has to appoint an authorized person in writing to inspect as per Section 12 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).Justice T R Ravi...
High Court Appreciates Delhi Govt's DoE For Distributing Textbooks In All Govt Schools
The Delhi High Court on Thursday appreciated the Delhi Government's Directorate of Education for complete distribution of textbooks in all the government schools in the national capital. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was informed by Delhi Government's counsel, Santosh Kumar Tripathi, that textbooks have been distributed in all...
Kerala High Court Asks State To Explain How It Proposes To Disburse Rs 230 Crore Funds Allocated For Mid-Day Meals
The Kerala High Court has asked the State to explain how it will disburse the funds allocated by the government towards mid-day meals in government school. An amount of Rs. 232 Crores has been allocated in the State Budget for supplementary expenses in the mid-day meals in school for the year 2024- 2025. The Government has to inform the court about the methodology used for calculating the...
PCS-J 2022 | UPPSC Accepts 'Error' In Preparation Of Written Examination Merit List Of 50 Candidates Before Allahabad HC
Before the Allahabad High Court, the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has acknowledged an error in preparing the merit list for the written examination of 50 PCS-J (Provincial Civil Services - Judicial) 2022 candidates. In view of the said submission, the High Court, on Monday, sought a personal affidavit of the Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission...