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Even if The Remand Order is Illegal, Still The Writ of Habeas Corpus Is Not An Effective Remedy, [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday dimsised a writ of habeas corpus filed by one Ankit Mutha, who was arrested on allegations of smuggling gold in a multi-crore scam being investigated by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI).A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NB Suryawanshi followed the judgment of the Supreme Court in Sourabh Kumar through his father V/s. Jailor Koneila Jail...
Delhi HC Paves Way For Middle Schools To Upgrade To Senior Sec Level, Favours Students In Fight B/W Bureaucracy And Edu Inst [Read Judgment]
Bringing an end to a "tussle between bureaucracy and educational institutions", the Delhi High Court on Friday paved the way for hundreds of schools to increase their space by declaring that all middle schools, which are members of the Action Committee Unaided Recognized Private Schools, shall be entitled to run as senior secondary schools without payment of any additional charges to the...
[Deccan Herald False News Case] Amicus Curiae Submits Draft Guidelines For Court Reporters[ Read The Suggestions]
The Karnataka High Court, on Friday refused to accept the compensation amount of Rs 10 lakh, offered by Deccan Herald to be deposited with the state government, as cost for publishing a false news report, titled "Rupees 9 crores was seized from the residence of a City Civil Court (Bengaluru) Judge in a raid by the vigilance wing of the Karnataka High Court." A division bench of...
Anand Patwardhan Moves Bombay HC Against Union Ministry Excluding His Documentary From Film Festival
The Bombay High Court on Friday asked the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to disclose the process followed by the selection committee of Mumbai International Film Festival in rejecting the screening of award-winning documentaries made by filmmakers Anand Patwardhan and Pankaj Kumar. A division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice RI Chagla heard...
Factors Like Gravity & Seriousness Of Alleged Offence By Themselves Cannot Be The Basis To Refuse Bail: SC [Read Judgment]
The Supreme Court has observed that the factors like gravity and seriousness of offences alleged against an accused by themselves cannot be the basis for refusal of prayer for bail. The bench of Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Aniruddha Bose made this observation while dismissing appeal against an Allahabad High Court order that granted bail to two accused persons allegedly involved in...
Kerala Police Register FIR Against BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje Over Alleged Communal Tweet
The Kerala police has registered an FIR against BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje over her tweet which allegedly had communal overtones.Karandlaje, BJP MP from Udupi-Chiakmagalur, had tweeted on Wednesday that Hindus of Kuttippuram Panchayath of Malappuram district were denied water supply for supporting CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019).Stating that this was a false alarm, a police complaint...
'Public Universities Can't Put The Burden of Paying Contractual Staff On Students': Delhi HC Issues Notice On JNUSU Plea Against New Hostel Manual
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to Jawaharlal Nehru University to file a reply in 2 weeks, in a plea moved by JNU Students Union challenging the new hostel manual. In addition to the University administration, notices have also been issued to the Ministry of Human Resource Development and the University Grants Commission. The Single Bench of Justice...
2G Case : 'CBI Appeal Infructuous After Changes In PC Act', Accused Moves Delhi HC [Read Application]
Arguing that the appeal of the Central Bureau of Investigation against the acquittals in the 2G case has become infructuous in view of the 2018 amendment to the Prevention of Corruption Act, R K Chandolia, one of the acquitted persons, has filed an application in the Delhi High Court.Chandolia was the private secretary of former telecom minister A Raja during the time of auctioning of...
Introduction Of Paperless Courts: SC Committee Invites SCBA For Discussion [Read Letter]
The Registrar of Supreme Court, Deepak Jain, has asked the officer bearers of the Supreme Court Bar Association to attend the meeting of the Committee for Rationalization of Use of Papers in the Supreme Court of India and for Introduction of Paperless Courts, scheduled to be held on January 29, 2020 to discuss the following issues: To effect amendments in Supreme Court Rules,...
Custodial Torture : Madras HC Upholds the Decision of Sessions Court To Award One Lakh Compensation To The Victim [Read Judgment]
The Single Bench of the Madras High Court, Justice Subramoniun Prasad upheld the judgement of the Sessions Judge awarding compensation of Rs. 1,00,000/- to the victim who suffered torture, bodily injury and humiliation while in custody. The victim filed a petition before the Principal District and Sessions Judge for the custodial torture inflicted on him. Though the state filed...
'Govt Does Not Mean A Lax Govt': Allahabad HC Imposes Cost On State For Delaying Payment Of Post-Death Dues Of An Employee [Read Judgment]
On Tuesday, the Allahabad High Court came down heavily upon state authorities for delaying the payment of post-death dues, namely, Provident Fund, Gratuity and arrears of salary etc. of an employee, for over 24 years. "Denial for payment of dues of deceased employee for the last more than 24 years is without any basis and patently arbitrary. It shows that adamant and illegal attitude...
Consumer Commission Can Take Additional Evidence On Record At The Stage Of Appeal And Revision, NCDRC 5-Judge Bench Decides Reference [Read Order]
A five-judge bench of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has opined that additional evidence/ documents can be allowed to be presented before the Consumer Commission at the stage of appeal and revision but only if the parties presenting the same prove that the documents or evidence was not in its knowledge or that despite exercise of due diligence could not be produced at...