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BNSS Gives Wider Protection To Accused Of Unsound Mind Or Intellectual Disability, Will Apply Retrospectively: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that protection afforded to an accused of unsound mind or with intellectual disability under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) 2023 has wider scope and will thus apply retrospectively, to pending applications.Chapter XXV of CrPC pertains to provisions for accused persons of unsound mind. It includes persons suffering from unsound mind or...
Karnataka High Court Quashes Case Against IIT Graduate Who Developed Software Tool To Reduce Time For Booking Railway Tatkal Tickets
The Karnataka High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings initiated under the Railways Act against an IIT Graduate and startup founder, who developed a software tool using which Railway Tatkal tickets would be generated within 45 seconds instead of the usual 5 to 7 minutes it would take on the railway website.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by...
Telangana High Court Quashes Tax Authority's Show Cause Notices To Assessee As Demand Was Settled Under State's One Time Settlement Scheme
The Telangana High Court recently quashed two show cause notices issued by the tax authority to a company, demanding tax which was already settled under the state government's One Time Settlement (OTS) scheme, while noting that there was "no allegation of fraud" committed by the company in the notices. A division bench of Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Namavarapu Rajeshwar Rao in its August...
Patna High Court E-Committee Launches Six New E-Initiatives For Bilingual Judgment Access, Enhanced Court Operations, Data Handling, Etc
The Patna High Court's e-Committee launched six new applications on Monday, aimed at streamlining and improving court operations. These initiatives were introduced during an inauguration ceremony attended by Chief Justice K Vinod Chandran, Justice Ashutosh Kumar, and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi.The six applications – e-Indian Law Report (Patna Series), e-PHCR (Patna High Court Law Reports),...
Artificial Intelligence May Not Be Fruitful In Writing Judgments, Human Element Critical: Patna High Court CJ Vinod Chandran
Patna High Court Chief Justice K Vinod Chandran on Monday expressed scepticism about the use of Artificial Intelligence for writing judgments.While speaking at the launch of six new applications developed by the Patna High Court's e-Committee for technological advancement of the legal system, the CJ remarked,“Essentially what we have to realise when we go into computerization, is that there...
Appeal U/S 8 Of Telangana Agricultural Land (Conversion For Non-Agricultural Purpose) Act Lies Before Collector, Not RDO: High Court
The Telangana High Court has clarified that a Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) will not have jurisdiction to entertain an appeal under Section 8 of the Telangana Agricultural Land (Conversion for Non-Agricultural Purpose) Act, 2006 (NALA). The court held that only the District Collector or an officer not below the rank of Joint Collector has the jurisdiction to hear such appeals.“As per...
Law Passed To Eradicate Human Sacrifice, Evil And "Aghori" Practices: State Tells Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat government on Friday informed the High Court that it has recently passed a law aimed at eradicating "human sacrifice and other inhuman, evil, and aghori practices" with a view to protect the citizens.Taking note of the same, the high court disposed of a PIL highlighting "unlawful and inhuman practices" going on in the state which had resulted in "victimization of persons falling...
'Must Be Dealt With Iron Hand': Karnataka HC Upholds Conviction Of ESI Office Storekeeper Booked For Seeking Bribe To Provide Injection
The Karnataka High Court has upheld the conviction handed down to a storekeeper working in the office of ESI for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1,000 for supplying the required injection prescribed by a Doctor of NIMHANS hospital to the complainant.A single-judge bench of Justice Ramachandra D Huddar partly allowed the appeal filed by B M Venkatappa and upheld the conviction but...
Enquiry Officer Acting As Prosecutor And Leading Examination-In-Chief Vitiates Departmental Enquiry: Rajasthan High Court Reiterates
Rajasthan High Court has reiterated that in a departmental enquiry, if the enquiry officer himself/ herself acted as the prosecutor, the entire departmental enquiry would stand vitiated.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand was hearing a petition against an order passed by the government terminating the petitioner from his service in the CRPF. It was the case of the petitioner that at the...
'Police Unable To Detect Offence': Gujarat High Court Transfers 9-Year-Old Probe Of Alleged Sexual Assault, Murder Of Minor Boy To CBI
The Gujarat High Court recently transferred to the CBI a nine year old probe concerning a minor boy who had been allegedly "kidnapped", "murdered" and "sexually assaulted" in 2015, after his father moved a plea seeking transfer of investigation in the case to the central agency. The court did so after noting that "till date" no suspect/offender had been traced, and it further noted that...
Allahabad High Court Asks Deputy Police Commissioner To File Personal Affidavit For Exercise Of Extraordinary Power In Dismissing Head Constable
In an interim order, the Allahabad High Court has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Gautam Buddh Nagar to file an affidavit giving reasons for exceeding his authority under Rule 8(2)(b) of the U.P. Police Officers of Subordinate Rank (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1991.The Deputy Commissioner of Police had by order dated 07.08.2024, ordered the dismissal of the petitioner, a...
Gujarat High Court Quashes FIRs Against Three Booked For Creating Public Alarm By Forming Telegram Group Advocating Pay Rise For Constables
The Gujarat High Court has quashed criminal charges against three individuals accused of conspiring to incite public panic by allegedly forming a Telegram group to advocate for higher pay and additional service benefits for police constables, after noting that no offence was made out against them in the FIRs. In doing so the high court said that merely because a message is spread, it cant be...