"Why Proper Procedure Not Adopted?" NIA Court Pulls UP Sachin Waze, His Lawyers For Leak Of His Statement To Media

The Special Court under the NIA Act remanded suspended Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Waze to judicial custody till April 23 in the case connected to the explosive-laden SUV found near Mukesh Ambani's house and the consequent murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran. Waze was arrested by the National Investigating Agency(NIA) on March 13 and has spent 26 days in the agency's custody....

Victim Is Not A Necessary Party To A Criminal Appeal From Conviction For Offences Against Women Or Child Under POCSO Or Other Statutes: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court has held that in case of appeal from conviction in an offence committed against a child or a woman, the victim is not a necessary party to the appeal. An order passed by a Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice Aniruddha Roy states, "The victim is not a necessary party to a Criminal Appeal from conviction for...

ED v Kerala Police : High Court Reserves Judgment In Pleas Against Crime Branch FIRs

The Kerala High Court today closed hearings of the writ petitions moved by the Enforcement Directorate challenging FIRs lodged against its officials by the Kerala Police. Expressing that the hearing had been a pleasure, Justice VG Arun informed the counsel that he would try to pronounce judgment by April 16, if possible, inspite of the Court being on vacation.In the meanwhile, the interim...

Delhi Riots Accused Shahrukh Pathan Bail Plea: Delhi High Court Reserves Order

A single judge bench of Justice Suresh Kait of the Delhi High Court today reserved its order on the bail application of a Delhi riots-accused, Shahrukh Pathan Khan, who was arrested for allegedly firing shots at a Head Constable of the Delhi Police in Jaffarabad in the Delhi Riots 2020 violence.The Karkardooma Court (Delhi) in November had refused to grant interim bail to Pathan, whose...

Kerala High Court Reserves Judgment On Pleas For Holding Rajya Sabha Elections During Present Assembly Term

The Kerala High Court on Friday reserved judgment on two writ petitions seeking directions to the Election Commission of India for holding elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala - which are falling vacant on April 21 - during the term of the present legislative assembly.A single bench of Justice PV Asha reserved judgment on the petitions filed by the Secretary of the Kerala...

2021 Amendments To Medical Termination Of Pregnancy Act Increasing Upper Limit For Legal Abortions Are Of 'Enormous Significance': Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday observed that the changes brought by the recently notified Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021 are of enormous significance and are in line with the decisions of the Supreme Court and various High Courts wherein termination of pregnancy was permitted beyond the 24 weeks period in case of serious foetal abnormalities. The observation...

Delhi High Court Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Journalist Varun Hiremath Accused Of Rape

A single judge bench of Justice Mukta Gupta today granted interim protection from arrest to Mumbai TV journalist Varun Hiremath who has been accused in a rape case, on the condition that he shall join the investigation whenever required. A Delhi Court earlier issued non-bailable warrant against Hiremath, with the police moving a file before the Delhi Police Headquarters for a proposed...

Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Can Form A Partnership Firm With An Individual Or Other Persons: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court held that a Limited Liability Partnership can form a partnership with an individual or other persons.In this case, a partnership deed was executed between an individual and an LLP. Registrar of Firms refused registration of the partnership firm on the ground that a LLP cannot be a partner of a firm. This was challenged before the High Court contending that the LLP is...

Mumbai Sessions Court Dismisses Defamation Complaint Against Arnab Goswami By Mumbai DCP

A Sessions Court in Mumbai has dismissed a defamation complaint filed by Dy. Commissioner of Police of Mumbai Abhishek Trimukh against Republic TV's Editor in Chief Arnab Goswami, his wife Samyabrata Ray Goswami and ARG Outlier Media Pvt. Ltd.The complaint was filed under Section 199(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure against some statements made by Arnab in respect of the role of the...

Consumer Forum Holds Railway Officials Liable For Failing To Inform Commuters About Reasons For Delay Of Train

A District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum at Thrissur has allowed three railway commuters compensation after their train from Wadakkanchery to Payyanur was delayed by six hours without any alternatives being provided by the Railway station authorities. The Order in their favour was pronounced in January this year but released last week. The Bench comprised of President of the Forum...

Malegaon Blasts : Purohit Produces Additional Documents To Claim He Was Discharging Official Functions

Thirteen years after Lt. Colonel Prasad Purohit was arrested in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, involving right-wing extremists, the officer relied on fresh documents allegedly from the Army before the Bombay High Court to substantiate a decade old claim that his acts were in discharge of his official duty.Purohit's claim is that he attended conspiracy meetings before the 2008 Malegaon...

Karnataka HC CJ Appeals To Advocates To Appear Through VC As Covid-19 Cases Rise

Due to increase in Covid-19 cases in the state of Karnataka and especially in the city of Bengaluru, the Chief Justice Abhay Oka of Karnataka High Court has requested members of the bar to appear through video conferencing. Currently, the High court is functioning in a hybrid manner, advocates have the option to appear physically or via Video conferencing mode. Today, a bench led...