UAPA Accused On Bail Since 10 Yrs Detained On Every Independence & Republic Day, Manipur High Court Directs Police To First Issue 41A CrPC Notice

The Manipur High Court has restrained the police from routinely picking up a man, accused in a 10-year-old case under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA), from his residence on every Independence and Republic Day and to make him pose for photographs in full public view.Considering the aforesaid actions of the police as violation of right to life and privacy of...

Manipur High Court Directs State To Decongest Traffic Near Old Secretariat, Complete Construction Of New Secretariat Building In 3 Months

The Manipur High Court on Thursday directed the state government to decongest the traffic on national highway in front of the Old Manipur Secretariat by making arrangements for proper parking of vehicles on both sides.The direction came to be passed by a bench comprising Acting Chief Justice M.V. Muralidharan and Justice A. Guneshwar Sharma while hearing a Public Interest Litigation filed...

North East High Courts Weekly Roundup [February 20 - February 26, 2023]

Weekly round up of LiveLaw's coverage from High Courts of Gauhati, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Tripura:Gauhati High CourtNominal Index:Jagat Chetri v. The Union of India & 5 Ors 2023 LiveLaw (Gau) 29Deep Jyoti Nath Vs State Of Assam 2023 LiveLaw (Gau) 30Babul Ahmed v. The Union of India & 5 Ors 2023 LiveLaw (Gau) 31Babul Ahmed v. The Union of India & 5 Ors 2023 LiveLaw...

Manipur High Court Grant Bail To Man Accused Of Murdering Two Women, Unborn Child; Says Prolonged Detention Of Under-Trials Violation Of Article 21

The Manipur High Court has granted bail to a person alleged to have committed murder of two women and an unborn child in 2017."A humane attitude is required to be adopted by a Judge while dealing with the bail application. Even if the offence is a serious offence, requires a humane treatment by the Court, humane treatment to all including an accused is requirement of law," Acting Chief...

Detaining Authority Can't Subject A Person Already In Custody To Preventive Detention Without Forming Opinion On Likelihood Of Bail: Manipur HC

The Manipur High Court has said that the detaining authority has to look into whether or not a bail application has been moved by the detenue, who is already in custody, before exercising power under preventive detention laws. The detenue, who was already in judicial custody in other two cases, was detained by the District Magistrate, Thoubal under Section 3(2) of the...

Mere Holding Of In-Charge Post For Certain Years Does Not Create Any Equity In Favour Of The Person Holding It: Manipur High Court

The Manipur High Court has held that mere long continuance of the in-charge post could not create any equity in favour on the person holding the in-charge post. It was the case of the petitioner that he is serving as principal in-charge at LMS Law College, Imphal for more than 10 years. MPSC issued an advertisement on 27.10.2018 calling for applications for the post of Principal...

Central Govt Employees Posted To Difficult Regions Like North East Not Expected To Take Families Along, Entitled To Additional HRA: Manipur High Court

The Manipur High Court recently observed that the drawing of additional HRA by a Central Government employee is permissible if the employee keeps their family in the previous station on their own or rented house after vacating the Government quarters due to transfer to the North East region.The bench comprising Justice M.V. Muralidaran clarified that only rider would be that such family...

Best Of 2022- Important Judgments From North East High Courts

As the end of year 2022 is nearing, LiveLaw brings to you a bunch of important Cases from the High Courts of Gauhati, Meghalaya, Tripura, Sikkim and Manipur. This roundup includes 180+ important orders and judgments.GAUHATI HIGH COURT "Benefit Of CAA Available": Gauhati HC Asks East-Pakistan Immigrant To Apply For Citizenship, Sets Aside Order Declaring Him 'Foreigner' Case title -...

Manipur High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Conspiring To Secede From India To Establish 'Kukiland'

The Manipur High Court on Wednesday denied bail to bail to a man who has been accused of being a part of an organization formed allegedly with the sole objective of seceding from the Indian State to establish their so-called Kukiland comprising of different parts of Bangladesh, Myanmar, and India.The bench of Justice M. V. Muralidaran denied bail to 39-year-old Mark Thangmang Haokip prima...

'State' Is An Unnecessary Party To Anticipatory Bail Applications : Manipur High Court

The Manipur High Court has issued following directions to its registry regarding the filing of anticipatory applications.a) The Registry should ensure that petition for anticipatory bail or regular bail should be appended with legible copies of complaint and the FIR registered against petitioner/accused. If the petitioner/ accused fails to enclose copies of the complaint and the FIR, the...

An Indian Women Traditionally Will Not Concoct An Untruthful Story Of Rape For Purpose Of Blackmail Or Revenge : Manipur High Court

"An Indian woman traditionally will not concoct an untruthful story and bring charges of rape for the purpose of blackmail, hatred, spite or revenge", remarked the Manipur High Court while dismissing anticipatory bail applications filed by rape accused.Justice M V Muralidaran observed that he stigma that attaches to the victim of rape in Indian society ordinarily rules out the levelling of...

"UTP's Right To Life Doesn't Diminish Even A Wee Bit When In Jail": Manipur HC Suspends Sentence Of POCSO Accused On Medical Grounds

"...under-trial prisoner's right to life does not diminish even a wee bit when in jail as an accused/convict for an offence and such person's health concerns have to be taken care by the State and if not done so, by the judiciary," the Manipur High Court recently observed as it released a POCSO Accused on bail on medical grounds.The bench of Justice M. V. Muralidaran further emphasized that...