Jharkhand High Court Rejects ESL Steel’s ITC Claim Prior To The Approval Of The Resolution Plan By NCLT

The Jharkhand High Court rejected ESL Steel’s Input Tax Credit (ITC) claim prior to the approval of the resolution plan by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).The bench of Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay and Justice Deepak Roshan has observed that the liability of the earlier management may not be shifted to the current management, but at the same time, the credit available to the...

Section 205 CrPC Also Applicable In Cases Before Special Judges Conducting Trials Under Specific Statutes: Jharkhand High Court

Rejecting Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)'s contention that a plea under Section 205 of CrPC is not maintainable before a Special Judge, the Jharkhand High Court granted relief to an accused in a case under Prevention of Corruption Act and exempted him from personal appearance before the trial court.Additional Solicitor General Anil Kumar had earlier argued that Section 205 of CrPC...

Jharkhand High Court Directs State To Grant 5 Lakh Compensation To Widow Of Custodial Death Victim

The Jharkhand High Court has directed the State Government to pay a compensation of Rs. 5 lakh to the widow of Umesh Singh, who died in police custody in 2015. The court also ordered the State to take departmental action against the police officers involved in the matter.Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi said it is a "proved case" of police brutality, and questioned why the police department has...

Modi Surname Defamation Case: Jharkhand High Court Protects Rahul Gandhi From Coercive Action

The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday granted relief to senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case related to the Modi surname remark he made before the Lok Sabha elections in 2019. Gandhi had earlier been directed by the Ranchi MP-MLA court to appear in person in the defamation case.Justice S.K. Dwivedi said, "No coercive steps shall be taken against the petitioner, in...

Former SC Judge's Land Attempted To Be Grabbed : Jharkhand High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Rising Land Grabbing Cases

The Jharkhand High Court has taken cognisance of rising cases of land grabbing by organised gangs of land grabbers in the state by instituting a suo-motu writ petition and arraying the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary (Home), SSP (Ranchi) and Officer-in-Charge of Lower Bazar Police Station as Respondents in the case. The court took cognisance on the basis of a news report published in...

Jharkhand High Court Directs State To Pay Rs 5 Lakh Compensation To Man Who Spent 4 Months In Jail On False Murder And Rape Charges

The Jharkhand High Court has directed the State government to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to a man who spent four months in jail in 2014 in a false case of murder and rape. The victim was later found to be alive.The petitioner, Ajit Kumar was detained for four months from February to July in 2021 in a false case of murder and rape under Sections 376(D), 302, 201 and 34 of the Indian...

Rajya Sabha Polls 2016: Jharkhand High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking CBI Probe In Case Against IPS Officer Anurag Gupta

The Jharkhand High Court has dismissed a petition seeking CBI probe in a 2016 case alleging that IPS officer Anurag Gupta and others interfered with the 2016 Rajya Sabha elections in the state. The case under section 171(b), (c), (e) and (f) of the IPC was registered on the complaint of Election Commission of India.Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi said transfer of a case to CBI can happen only...

Remark On Amit Shah| 'He Is Not Ready For Hearing': Jharkhand High Court Vacates Its Order Granting Relief To Rahul Gandhi

The Jharkhand High Court last week vacated its order of May 2022 wherein it granted relief to Rahul Gandhi in connection with a criminal defamation complaint pending before the Chaibasa Court over his alleged remark made in March 2018 against the then BJP President Amit Shah.The bench of Justice Anil Kumar Choudhary passed this order as it observed that Gandhi is not ready for hearing in...

'Murder Accused-Amit Shah' Remark| Jharkhand HC Reserves Verdict On Rahul Gandhi's Plea To Quash Defamation Case

The Jharkhand High Court today reserved its verdict on the plea moved by Disqualified MP Rahul Gandhi to quash the defamation filed against him by the magisterial court in Ranchi for allegedly maligning BJP and its then-president leader Amit Shah by calling him a Murder Accused in March 2018.The bench of Justice Ambuj Nath reserved its orders today after both sides concluded their arguments...

Defamation Case| 'Amit Shah No More An Accused, Rahul Gandhi's Statement Against Him Was False': Complainant Submits In Jharkhand HC

In a defamation case filed against Congress leader and disqualified MP Rahul Gandhi for allegedly maligning BJP and its then-president leader Amit Shah by calling him a Murder Accused, the Complainant last week filed a counter affidavit in the matter before the Jharkhand High Court.In his counter-affidavit, Complainant-Navin Jha has stated that Shah had already been discharged by the...

There Is No Exception To Section 202 CrPC; Mandatory Even When Govt Is Complainant: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court has held that a Magistrate is mandatorily required to postpone the issue of process before taking cognisance of a matter when the accused persons are situated in an area beyond its territorial jurisdiction, even when the government is the complainant.“It is worth considering that there is no exception to the section 202 Cr.P.C, and in that view of the matter, even...

'Murder Accused-BJP President' Remark| Jharkhand HC Grants Last Chance To Complainant To File Counter In Defamation Case Against Rahul Gandhi

In a defamation case filed against Congress leader and disqualified MP Rahul Gandhi for allegedly maligning BJP and its then-president leader Amit Shah, the Jharkhand High Court granted a last chance to the complainant to file his counter affidavit in the matter. The case against Gandhi filed by BJP Leader Navin Jha pertains to a statement made by Gandhi in 2018 wherein he allegedly said...