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Five Additional Judges of Karnataka HC Made Permanent
Five additional judges of the Karnataka High Court have been made permanent. They are-(i) Mohammad Nawaz(ii) Harekoppa Thimmanna Gowda Narendra Prasad (iii) Ashok Golappa Nijagannavar(iv) Hethur Puttaswamygowda Sandesh, and (v) Krishnan NatarajanWhile Justices Muhammad Nawaz and Harekoppa Prasad were made additional judges on June 2, 2018, Justice Nijagannavar, Justice Sandesh and...
Bombay HC Rejects Plea By Doctors Accused In Payal Tadvi Case To Continue Studies At Same Hospital
The Bombay High Court on Friday rejected a plea by three doctors accused of abetting Dr.Payal Tadvi's suicide seeking permission to enter BYL Nair Hospital, observing hat the possibility of intimidating witnesses in the case cannot be ruled out.In Thursday's hearing, Justice SS Jadhav had summoned the head of department, gynecology and obstetrics of BYL Nair Hospital in order to decide if...
Delhi HC Allows Delhi Police To Interrogate Sanjeev Chawla In Tihar Till Feb 28 [Read Judgment]
Delhi High Court has allowed the Delhi Police to interrogate Sanjeev Chawla, alleged cricket bookie involved in one of cricket's biggest match-fixing scandals, in Tihar jail. The Single Bench of Justice Anu Malhotra has held that the Delhi Police will be allowed to interrogate Chawla in Tihar, only till February 28. Post that date, his arrest period of 15 days will conclude....
Gujarat HC Permits Double-Sided Printing On Administrative Side [Read Circular]
After Supreme Court, the Gujarat High Court has now permitted double-sided printing on papers in 15 areas of working in the Registry. As per the official circular issued on Thursday, the Standing Committee of the High Court under the leadership of Chief Justice Justice Vikram Nath has instructed the Registry to implement double sided printing in the following areas: Judges'...
Deceased Entitled To Compensation Even If He/She Boarded The Wrong Train & Died While Alighting; Bombay HC Directs Railways To Pay Rs. 8 Lakh [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court last Friday allowed an appeal against the order of the Railway Claims Tribunal, Nagpur and directed Central railways to pay Rs.8 lakh as compensation to the family of one Arjun Gawande who died while alighting from a train at Badnera station.Justice MG Giratkar of the Nagpur bench relied on Supreme Court and Bombay High Court judgements cited by the appellant's counsel...
J&K HC Dismisses Intervention Application Of Association Of Pellet Survivors In Ongoing PIL As "Unnecessary" [Read Order]
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has dismissed an application filed by Association of Pellet Survivors to intervene in an ongoing Public Interest Litigation.This happened on February 10 in a PIL filed by J&K High Court Bar Association.The Court observed that the intervention of the Association was "unnecessary" as the interest of the "alleged pellet survivors" is already being pursued by...
Nirbhaya Case : Court Seeks Tihar Jail's Response On Vinay Sharma's Plea For Mental Illness Treatment
The Patiala House court, Delhi on Thursday sought a report from the Tihar Jail Superintendent after an application was moved on behalf of 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder convict Vinay Sharma, seeking "high level treatment".Vinay's advocate, AP Singh, moved an application earlier in the day requesting the court to permit the death row convict access to better medical attention since he is...
Chattisgarh HC Confirms Death Sentence To Man Accused Of Rape & Murder Of 5.5 Year Old Minor Girl [Read Judgment]
The High Court Bench of Chattisgarh (Bilaspur) has held that "depravity of crime" & "aggravating factors" outweigh reasons for mitigation of death penalty sentence in rarest of rare crimes. Confirming the death sentence of the accused for rape and murder of the minor girl, a Division Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra & Gautam Chourdiya emphasized that the manner...
Collegium Recommends Appointment Of One Judge Each To Manipur & Tripura High Court; 3 Judges To J&K HC [Read Resolutions]
Pursuant to a meeting held on February 19, the Supreme Court Collegium has proposed to elevate Ahanthem Bimol Singh, Advocate as a Judge of the Manipur High Court and Satya Gopal Chattopadhyay, Judicial Officer, as Judge of the Tripura High Court.If the two recommendations are cleared by the Centre, both the high courts will function at their maximum sanctioned working strength of 5 and...
Criminal Trial Need Not Be Split Up Against Company Which Is Refusing To Be Represented Before Court : Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]
The Calcutta High Court has held that where a company having notice, fails to represent itself in criminal judicial proceedings, the courts must proceed with the trial without splitting the trial in terms of Section 317(2) of CrPC. Section 317(2) prescribes that if the accused is not represented, then the Judge or Magistrate may either adjourn such inquiry or trial, or order that...
Allahabad HC Orders Immediate Release Of Persons Kept As Bonded Labor In Brick Kiln
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday sought Report from the Chief Secretary of the UP Govt. in a PIL filed against alleged practice of bonded labour in certain brick kilns in the state. The court has also asked the District Magistrate of the Baghpat district to take immediate action for the release of bonded labor from the concerned brick kiln and report to the...
Delhi HC Issues Directions To Anti Human Trafficking Unit To Streamline The Process of Tracing Missing Children [Read Order]
Delhi High Court has issued multiple directions to Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the Delhi Government on order to streamline the process of finding missing children. The Division Bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, while issuing these directions, noted that on various occasions the local police / AHTUs functioning at district level are unable to...