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Delhi High Court Seeks CBI Response On Manish Sisodia’s Bail Plea In Excise Policy Case
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on bail plea of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the case alleging corruption in implementation of excise policy for the year 2021-22.Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma sought a response from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and listed the matter for hearing on April 20.Senior Advocates Dayan...
No Self-Respecting Woman Would Normally Concoct Rape Allegations Putting Her Character, Marriage Prospects On Stake: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
Dismissing the bail plea of a man accused of raping a 10-year-old daughter of his neighbour, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently observed that normally no woman would put her character at risk by falsely implicating a man for rape."Since rape leaves a permanent scar on the most cherished possession of woman and serious psychological impact on the victim and her family,...
Calcutta High Court Transfers Probe Against IPS Officer In Corruption Case To CID, Orders Action Against Cops For Custodial Torture Of Co-Accused
While transferring probe in a corruption case against IPS Officer Somenath Bhattacharyya from Barrackpore Commissionerate to the CID, the Calcutta High Court has ordered action against two senior officers of the Detective department for alleged custodial torture of a co-accused. The court also granted bail to the co-accused Kaustav Das after the State admitted that he "may have been tortured...
Prithvi Shaw Selfie Row: Influencer Sapna Gill Files Molestation Complaint Against Cricketer, Seeks Registration Of FIR
Social media influencer Sapna Gill has filed a private complaint in a Magistrate’s court seeking an FIR against cricketer Prithvi Shaw and his friend for molestation alleging that she was assaulted at the time of the incident by the inebriated cricketer.Gill has filed a second complaint, against two police officers from Airport Police Station for dereliction of duty and failing to register...
Show Cause Notice Specifying Grounds For Proposed Action Is Mandatory Before Passing Blacklisting Order: Jharkhand High Court
The Jharkhand High Court has quashed the state prison department's decision to blacklist a trader from supplying any food material to the Divisional Jail, Lohardaga, for five years for being violative of natural justice. Sai Traders had allegedly failed to comply with an official order to supply food in the jail during the lockdown period in 2020.Justice Rajesh Shankar said the...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Takes Strict View Of State's Delay In Filing Appeal Against Compensation Award, Directs Recovery From Erring Officers
The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur recently pulled up the State Authorities for the delay of over 8 years in filing an Appeal against a compensation award passed by Labour court. The Court has directed the Chief Secretary of the State to conduct an enquiry to determine who was responsible for not filing the appeal within the limitation period and recover the amount involved from the...
Madhu Lynching | 'Moral Policing Can Never Be Encouraged, Let This Be The Last Mob Lynching Case' : Kerala Court [Read Judgment]
The Special Court for SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Mannarkkad convicted 14 of the 16 persons accused in the Madhu Lynching Case. The case pertains to death of a mentally challenged tribal youth, Madhu, who was lynched in February 2018, on suspicion of theft of rice, spices from shops in the Mukkali area in Palakkad, Kerala. The Court sentenced 13 of the 14 convicted persons to...
2022 Contai Municipal Elections | Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing In Plea Against HC Direction For Forensic Audit Of CCTV Cameras To July
The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned to July 11, the hearing in a challenge against the Calcutta High Court’s order directing the state election commission to send CCTV footage of the 2022 Contai municipal elections for a forensic audit to Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in New Delhi. The matter was being heard by a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice...
Kerala High Court Orders Capture, Radio-Collaring & Relocation Of Rogue Elephant 'Arikomban' To Parambikulam Tiger Reserve
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday ordered that the rogue elephant, 'Arikomban', which had been wreaking havoc in human settlements in Chinnakkanal and Santhanpara Panchayaths in the Idukki District, ought to be captured, radio-collared and relocated to the Muthuvarachal/Orukomban within the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve. The Division Bench comprising Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and...
Calcutta High Court Allows Accused In 2019 Jaguar Crash Case To Travel To Saudi Arabia For Umrah
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday set aside the order of a trial court which had rejected the application of an accused for visiting Mecca to perform Umrah during the month of Ramzan. Justice Bibek Chaudhuri said a person cannot be refused permission to offer prayers at a holy place of their religion just because he once performed "Umra Haj" in the year 2018. "If this ground is accepted, as...
‘Sorry State Of Affairs’: High Court Pulls Up Delhi Govt For 'Avoiding' Responsibility To Pay For Construction Work Of Sardar Patel COVID Facility
Calling it a "very sorry state of affairs", the Delhi High Court has pulled up the national capital government for “trying to avoid its responsibility” of making payments for the construction work of the 10,000-bed Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre.Justice Gaurang Kanth observed that even after two years of successful completion of the construction work, the entity’s case for issuance of...
Krishna Janmabhoomi Case: On Idgah Committee's Plea, Mathura Court Stays Its Order Directing Amin To Survey Disputed Site
A Court in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district today stayed its March 29 order directing the Civil Court Amin (also known as court officers) to visit and survey the Sri Krishna Janmasthan-Shahi Idgah dispute case and submit an aakhya report (along with maps) before the Court on April 17. The order was passed by Civil Judge (Senior Div.) Mathura. Neeraj Gond on the application on a plea filed...