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'Father Cannot Be Presumed To Be Aware Of Son's Surreptitious Acts' : Bombay HC Grants Relief In Habeas Petition [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court last week directed the release of one Arvindkumar Dhakad who was arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on allegations of smuggling gold.Division bench of Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice NB Suryawanshi heard a writ of habeas corpus filed by Dhakad's son Mayank alleging that his father's arrest was in violation of Article 22(1) of the Constitution of...
PIL In Bombay HC Seeks To Stop On-Going Construction Of Sea Front Road In Daman [Read Petition]
A Public Interest Litigation filed in the Bombay High Court seeking directions to the authorities to stop work and set aside the in principle approval granted for constructing the "Sea front road and beautification of Devka Beach" at Nani Daman. Right To Information (RTI) activist, Jitendra Maru in his petition states that he obtained information under the RTI Act that only in...
'Judicial & Administrative Overreach' : Patna HC Full Bench Quashes Justice Rakesh Kumar's Order [Read Judgment]
A Full Bench of the Patna High Court has quashed the controversial order of Justice Rakesh Kumar directing CBI probe into corruption allegations in lower judiciary.The bench consisting of Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, Justices Anjana Mishra and Anil Kumar Upadhyay termed Justice Kumar's August 29 order as one of "judicial and administrative overreach".Justice Kumar had passed the order...
SC Collegium Recommends Transfer Of Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar To P&H HC [Read Proposal]
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended transfer of Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar of the Telangana High Court to the Punjab & Haryana High Court. The proposal for transfer stated that the transfer was in the interest of better administration of justice. Justice Sanjay Kumar enrolled as an advocate in the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh in the year 1988 after obtaining his LLB degree from...
SC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Establishment Of Gram Nyayalayas [Read Petition]
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre and the States in a public interest litigation seeking proper implementation of the Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008 (the Act). The matter was listed before the bench of Justices NV Ramana and Ajay Rastogi. The need for this legislation was pressed by the 114th Report of the Law Commission of India in 1986 in order to ensure access to justice for...
Look Out Notice Cannot Be Issued Without Reasons For Apprehension That Accused Is Deliberately Evading Arrest: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court last Thursday granted relief to one Afzal Jaffer Khan and suspended a look out notice issued against him by Central Bureau of Investigation ACB Office allowing him to travel to Saudi Arabia and UAE for pilgrimage.A division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice NJ Jamadar were hearing a petition filed by Khan seeking details of the look-out notice issued against him...
Meghalaya : Mawkyrwat District Gets Sessions Court After Separation Of Judiciary From Executive
Justice Ajaya Kumar Mittal, Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court, inaugurated the Court of Sessions and District Judge at Mawkyrwat District in Meghalaya on August 31. This marks the separation of judiciary from the executive in the South West Khasi Hills region. In Meghalaya, cases used to be tried by the Deputy Commissioner/ District Magistrates before separation of...
High Courts Weekly Round Up
Allahabad High Court Refusing to grant relief to the Petitioner, the High Court said that when the Rules pertaining to the Uttar Pradesh Higher Judicial Services did not provide, it could not direct the authorities to re-evaluate the answer sheets. Bombay High Court Refused to interfere in proceedings filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act by Advocate...
Patna HC: Judicial Work Reassigned to Justice Rakesh Kumar Who Ordered CBI Probe Into Corruption Allegations In Judiciary
The Chief Justice of Patna High Court has reassigned work to Justice Rakesh Kumar, all of whose judicial work was withdrawn on August 29 after he had ordered CBI inquiry into corruption allegations in lower judiciaryA notice in this behalf was issued yesterday, stating that Justice Rakesh Kumar will sit in Court no. 13 to hear service matters from 10.30 am until lunchtime on September 2....
Child Friendly Deposition Centers Inaugurated In Two District Courts of Gujarat
Following the establishment of Vulnerable Witness Deposition Centers (VWDCs) in Vadodra earlier this year, Justice Anant S. Dave, Acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court inaugurated VWDCs at Bhrauch and Surat District Courts of Gujarat on Saturday , August 31.These centers have been conceptualized in compliance with the directions issued by the Apex Court in State of Maharashtra v. Bandu...
Rent Control Revision- HC Can't Re-appreciate Oral Or Documentary Evidence On Record: SC [Read Order]
"The consideration while exercising revisional jurisdiction is confined to find out whether the findings of fact rendered by the Court or Authority below were according to law and did not suffer from any error of law."
SAT Sets Aside Penalty Imposed By SEBI On Directors Of P G Electroplast As "Grossly Disproportionate"
The SAT was of the view that the AO had exceeded its power in imposing the maximum penalty under section 15J of the SEBI Act. Finding the penalty as “grossly disproportionate to the violation”, the impugned order imposing the penalty of 1 cr. each on the directors was set aside.