'Economic Situation Uncertain Owing To COVID-19' : Calcutta HC Restrains Bank From Declaring Borrower As 'Wilful Defaulter'

The Calcutta High Court has passed an interim order restraining the Punjab National Bank from declaring a borrower as a "wilful defaulter'.Noting that "the economic situation of the country owing to Covid 19 pandemic is uncertain", the Court held that in such situation, it is the "balance of convenience and inconvenience" which should be the "primary guiding factor" so far as the declaration of...

Consumer Complaint Against Passport Authorities For Delay In Issuance Of Passport Not Maintainable: Punjab SCDRC [Read Order]

The Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has observed that the service provided by the passport authorities cannot be equated with the meaning of 'service' as defined in the Consumer Protection Act. In his complaint before the District Forum, the complainant had stated that he had applied for re-issuance of his passport but the matter is kept pending under one pretext or...

'Competing Interest Of Health Of Students & Providing Nursing Services To Common Man': Allahabad HC Seeks UP Govt's Reply In Plea Against Reopening Of Nursing Educational Institutions [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday asked Additional Advocate General Manish Goel to seek instructions from the UP Government regarding re-opening of nursing educational institutions in the state. "Considering the competing interest of securing life/ health of students vis-a-vis requirement of providing nursing services to the common man, it would be appropriate to permit the...

Delhi Riots: Delhi HC Directs Centre and Delhi Govt To Submit Written Submissions On Whether LG Can Unilaterally Appoint Counsels For Delhi Police

Delhi High Court has directed the Centre as well as the Delhi Government to submit written submissions on the controversy of whether Lieutenant Governor of Delhi can unilaterally appoint Solicitor General, Additional Solicitor General, and other counsels of Central Government to represent Delhi Police in a matter concerning cancellation of bail. Meanwhile, the Single Bench of...

What's So Special About Amulya Leona's Case, Karnataka HC Asks On Plea For NIA Probe

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday raised doubts about the maintainability of a petition seeking to transfer the sedition case registered against 19-year-old student Amulya Leona, to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), from the state police.A bench of Chief Justice Abhay OKa and Justice Nataraj Rangaswamy, while hearing the petition filed by advocate H L Vishala Raghu, asked "What...

A Condition For Grant of Bail, Incapable of Compliance, Renders The Bail a Complete Fantasy: P&H HC [Read Order]

"Judiciousness qua grant or refusal of bail must be exercised prudently. A conditions for grant of bail, incapable of compliance, renders the bail a complete fantasy." The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the bail conditions imposed by a court should not be so onerous that they prove "fatal to bail". "The condition of bail or the burden imposed on it, ought not to be such...

Girl Trafficking More Heinous Offence Than Drug Trafficking, But Less Stringent: Orissa HC [Read Judgment]

The Orissa High Court has observed that trafficking of girls is an offence more heinous than drug trafficking, but ironically less stringent. The crime of trafficking girls is dehumanizing as well as utterly shameful to our civilized society, remarked Justice SK Panigrahi while considering a bail plea of a person accused of trafficking girls. The Court noted that the term 'trafficking...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking E-Registration Of Documents & Digitisation Of Sub-Registrar's Office

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice in a plea seeking establishment of a system for re-registration of all documents in order to dispense with the physical presence of all the parties.The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan issued notices to the Centre, the Delhi Government, the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, and the Director of Controller of...

Allahabad HC Allows Release Of Prisoners On Personal Bonds Due To Non-Availability Of Sureties During To Lockdown [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court recently ordered that all the accused persons, whose bail applications had been allowed subsequent to March 15, 2020 but had not been released due to non-availability of sureties amid the lockdown, may be released on execution of personal bonds. The direction is in line with the order dated April 6, 2020 of a Chief Justice-led division bench, whereby...

Liberal Approach Of Law For Collection Of Evidence Should Not To Be Taken As Approval To Adopt Illegal Means, Especially In Matrimonial Disputes: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

"While law must trump sentiment, a salutary rule of evidence or a beneficent statutory provision, must not be taken as a license for illegal collection of evidence." The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sounded a note of caution against collection of evidence by "surreptitious means", in matrimonial disputes. The single-bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani observed, "Marriage...

Application For Interim Bail Can't Be Used As A 'Subterfuge' For Regular Bail: Rajasthan HC [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail application of a 51-year-old murder accused, while observing that there were no compelling reasons requiring his presence to take care of his ailing mother and wife. While rejecting the bail, the single bench of Justice Dinesh Mehta observed, "Application for interim bail cannot be used as a substitute rather a subterfuge...

Delhi HC To Hear Plea Challenging Imposition Of Domicile Reservation In NLSIU

A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court challenging the imposition of domicile reservation in National Law School of India University, Bangalore. Filed by Mr. Shubham Kumar Jha, the petition challenges the 25% horizontal imposition of domicile reservation in NLSIU which has received the Governor's assent on May 04, 2020. Today, before the Division Bench of...