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"No Intention To Disrupt Public Peace": Bombay High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Man Booked For Promoting Naxalism
The Bombay High Court bench at Nagpur recently granted anticipatory bail to a man booked for supporting and promoting 'Naxalism' through his WhatsApp messages and 'instigating' people against the existing Government of India by calling upon people to 'revive Naxalism' in the country.Single-judge Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke on August 2, noted that the applicant - Nitin Bode, an insurance...
RG Kar Rape Murder: Plea In Calcutta High Court Seeks Removal Of Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal Over Allegations Of Improper Probe
A plea has been moved before the Calcutta High Court seeking the removal of Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal. The plea alleges that Goyal was unable to carry out a proper probe into the rape and murder of a resident doctor at RG Kar medical college and hospital. The petitioner also stated that Goyal revealed the name of the victim of the case to the media, which was illegal.The probe...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 26 to September 1
Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 380 To 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 387Nominal Index:Mahathma Gandhiji Grama Hitha Mandali AND State of Karnataka. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 380Mayukh Mukherjee AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 381Chaithanya Reddy S V AND Nayana & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 382Chidanandaya & ANR AND Shivalingappa Mallappa Biradar & Others for Respondents. 2024...
Karnataka High Court Directs Creation Of Online System For Expeditious Testing Of Drug Samples By Govt Analyst, Uploading Of Reports
The Karnataka High Court has directed the Drugs Controller General (India) to ensure that an efficient online system is created, whereby the drug samples which are sent for test/analysis are expeditiously tested and analysed by the Government Analyst within sixty days, and the reports sent by them are available online on a real-time basis.A single judge bench of Justice N S Sanjay Gowda...
Kerala High Court Convicts Police Officer Who Abused Advocate; 2 Months Imprisonment Imposed For Contempt Of Court
The Kerala High Court has imposed a sentence of 2 months of simple imprisonment on a police officer for contempt of court for abusing and misbehaving with an advocate. The Court has however suspended the sentence for a period of 1 year. During this period, the police officer is cautioned to not indulge in any untoward activities. After the period of 1 year, the sentence would lapse.The...
Kerala HC Closes Anticipatory Bail Plea By Film Director Ranjith Upon Being Told Offense Was Committed Before S.354 IPC Was Made Non-Bailable
The Kerala High has closed the anticipatory bail petition filed by Malayalam Movie Director Ranjith. The petition was closed on the report of the Public Prosecutor that the S. 354 of IPC (outraging modesty) which is alleged against the petitioner was bailable in 2009 when the incident allegedly took place. He submitted that the police are treating the offence as bailable and the director can...
MP High Court Seeks Response From AG's Office Over Inaccurate Information Regarding Whereabouts Of Accused In Human Trafficking Case
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur presided over by Justice Sanjay Dwivedi, raised concerns regarding the accuracy of information provided by the Office of the Advocate General in the case involving Dr. Ajai Lall, a Christian Missionary. The case revolves around allegations of human trafficking and other serious offences, including improper adoption of children through Lall's...
Family Court Refused To Sever Ties Between Parties Living Separately For A Decade, Showed Disregard For Their Feelings & Emotions: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has held that where there is long period of separation, a decade in this case, the Family Court cannot refuse to grant decree of divorce and disregard the emotions and feelings of the parties who are no longer affectionate towards each. The bench comprising of Justice Rajan Roy Singh and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi held“By refusing to severe the tie between the...
Karnataka HC Deletes Observations In Order Allowing Husband To Initiate Criminal Proceedings Against Wife For Malicious Prosecution U/S 498A IPC
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday deleted the observation made by it in its order dated June 28 2024, permitting 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 passed the order on an application made by the wife,...
PIL In Kerala High Court Seeks Probe Into MLA PV Anwar's Corruption Allegations Against ADGP Ajith Kumar
A PIL has been filed in the Kerala High Court seeking an investigation by a national agency in the allegations made by MLA P. V. Anwar against Additional Director General of Police (Law & Order) M.R. Ajith Kumar. The Chief Minister had declared on September 2 that an investigation would be conducted to look into these allegations. Unsatisfied by the progress of the investigation, the...
Muslim Wife Who Files For Divorce Is Entitled To Claim Interim Maintenance U/S 151 CPC: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has ordered that courts have power under Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure to grant interim maintenance to a Muslim woman who has filed for divorce under the Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act 1939. Justice V Lakshminarayanan noted that though the Act does not have a provision for granting interim maintenance, the court cannot shut its eyes when the...
[S.13 HMA] Marriage Of Minor Girl With Major Male May Cause Physical & Mental Crutely, Can Be Used As Grounds For Divorce: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at its Indore bench held that in cases where a minor female has been married to a major male, their marriage could be declared voidable under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (HMA).Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Binod Kumar Dwivedi stated that even if the remedy is not present under Section 11 or 12, under Section 13 of HMA, divorce can be claimed...