Highest Court Of The Land Cannot Be A Walk In Place, Says Supreme Court [Read Order]

The highest Court of the land cannot be a walk in place, the Supreme Court remarked while dismissing a Special Leave Petition filed by Jammu Municipality on the ground of inordinate delay. The bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and KM Joseph termed the Special Leave Petition as one among '"Certificate Cases" - the object being only to obtain dismissal from the Supreme Court. It noted that the...

[Criminal Trial] Law Does Not Taboo Adopting Of The Alternate Pleas By Accused: SC [Read Judgment]

The law does not taboo adopting of the alternate pleas, remarked the Supreme Court while observing that a murder accused can take a plea that he was not at all involved in the act which resulted in the death of the deceased, but that does not deprive him/her of the right to establish the fact that the case against him would still be embraced within any of the exceptions under Section...

Revenue Authorities Have No Jurisdiction To Decide 'Title Dispute' Between Parties In Respect Of Immovable Properties: Karnataka HC(FB) [Read Judgment]

In an important judgement which would do away with lodging of multiple litigations, a Full Bench Of Karnataka High Court has held that "The revenue authorities viz., the Tahsildar, Assistant Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner have no jurisdiction to decide the 'title dispute', between the parties in respect of the immoveable property/properties. It is the exclusive domain of the...

Not For Courts To Appoint Or Remove A Person From Women's Commission, Bombay HC Chides State Govt Departments For Inaction [Read Order]

While hearing a Public Interest Litigation regarding appointment of members and other aspects of the State Women's Commission, the Bombay High Court gave an earful to the State government's various departments for inaction while lamenting at the wastage of time of government officials due to various litigation.A division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice RI Chagla observed that it...

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...