Seemapuri Violence: Court Allows Police To Conduct Bone Test To Ascertain Age Of Accused

A Delhi Court allows Police on Friday to carry out bone ossification test to ascertain the age of an accused, arrested in connection with violent protest at Seemapuri against the amended Citizenship Act, claiming juvenility.Metropolitan Magistrate Gita passed the directions after the police submitted that the accused did not have any valid age proof and it needs to conduct the test.The...

Calcutta HC Deprecates Lawyers Strike; Directs Police To Take Action In Case Of Interference In Administration Of Justice [Read Order]

On Monday, the Calcutta High Court took strong exception to the lawyer's strike and cautioned that any obstruction to judges, police personnel or other public servants from entering the court would amount to cognizable offence and prompt steps shall be taken against the offenders. "the striking lawyers have not only brought the administration of justice to a standstill but have also...

Citizenship- Absence Of Petitioner After Filing Written Statement Not A Ground To Pass Order Against Him Without Considering The Materials On Record: Gauhati HC

A Bench comprising of Justices Suman Shyam and Parthivjyoti Saikia of the Guwahati High Court delivered a judgement stating that the mere fact that the proceedee has remained absent after filing written statement and documents cannot be a justification for the Tribunal to give an opinion against the proceedee without considering the materials brought on record.An ex-parte order had...

'Penal Liability Not Attracted If A Person Harbours Dacoits In General And Has No Knowledge Of A Particular Dacoity': Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

On Friday, the Calcutta High Court held that penal liability would not be attracted if a person harbours dacoits in general and it must be proved that he had harboured such dacoits who intended to commit a 'particular dacoity'. The order was passed in an appeal filed by one of the convicts against the order of the Trial Court that had sentenced him to suffer rigorous imprisonment...

Madras HC To Cease Publication Of Manually Printed Cause List From Jan 1[Read Press Release]

The Full Court of the Madras High Court has resolved to dispense with printing of manual cause list in its Principal Seat, with effect from January 1, 2020. The cause list will be available online at http://clists.nic.in. The decision was made in light of the resolution in that behalf adopted in the All India Chief Justices' Conference in 2015. However, the high court will continue...

'Disproportionate Restriction On Innocent Civilians':Plea In Gujarat HC Against Perpetual Imposition of S. 144 CrPC In Ahmedabad

A petition has been filed in the Gujarat High Court against repeated issuance of curfew orders under Section 144 of CrPC and Section 37 of Gujarat Police Act, in the city of Ahmedabad, that too without identifying any imminent threat to public order and tranquility. "The impugned order is a disproportionate restriction on the rights of Petitioners as well as other innocent civilians...

Detention Even Before Order Of Tribunal Declaring Her As Foreigner: Gauhati HC Orders Release Of Woman [Read Order]

A Bench comprising of Justices Suman Shyam and Parthivjyoti Saikia of the Guwahati High Court on 17.12.2019 directing the Superintendent of Police (Border), Sivasagar to release a woman from the Detention Centre at Jorhat on the account that she was taken into custody even before being declared as a foreigner.Order dated 08.03.2019 had been passed by the Foreigners' Tribunal whereby...

Allegation Of Human Right Violation By UP Police During Anti-CAA Protests: NHRC Issues Notice To UP DGP

The National Human Rights Commission today issued notice to the Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh, calling for a report within 4 weeks with regard to the alleged violation of human rights by State Authorities post the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. As per the complaint, the State of Uttar Pradesh has violated the rights of people to assemble peacefully by the imposition...

Wife Not Entitled To Maintenance If Allegation Of Adultery Is Proved Against Her: Bombay HC [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has held that if allegations of adultery are proved against the wife in a marriage, she is not entitled to maintenanceJustice NW Sambre was hearing two criminal writ petitions filed by one Sanjivani Kondalkar who challenged a judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge, Sangli allowing a revision application filed by the petitioner's husband seeking cancellation...

ED Summons Allegedly To Prevent Broadcasting Facts On Anti-CAA Protests: Gauhati HC Stays Personal Appearance Of Proprietor Of Assamese News Paper And Channel Before ED

The Gauhati High Court on Friday decided to look into the legality of summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate, allegedly to prevent the Petitioner from broadcasting true and correct facts of agitation presently ongoing against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 in the State of Assam. The Petitioner, Jayanta Baruah, is the proprietor of daily newspaper namely 'Asomiya Pratidin'...

Bail Granted In One Case Can't Be Cancelled On The Ground That Another FIR Is Registered: Karnataka HC [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has held that registration of fresh FIR against a person, cannot be a ground to cancel anticipatory bail already granted in another case, where the trial is already ongoing. Justice B A Patil, said "The only ground which is made out is that two criminal cases have been registered. In what way the said cases have come in the way of the trial has also not been...

Sexual Offences Against Children: Bombay HC Says Accused Should Be "Mercilessly And Inexorably Punished" [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court last Friday dismissed an appeal filed by on Sagar Dhuri, a 23-year-old man convicted of sexually assaulting a five-and-a-half-year-old girl and sentenced to ten years.Justice Prithviraj K Chavan concluded the appeal was devoid of merits and noted-"This is a case in which there is no question of reformation of the appellant as he was quite a grown-up male who knew...