High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High Court Asked the Reserve Bank of India to file an affidavit-in-reply in former ICICI bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar's plea challenging ICICI's decision to terminate her. Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice SP Tavade heard Kochhar's writ petition which contends that the bank could not have terminated Kochhar retroactively in 2019 when her retirement was approved...

Plea Challenging The Blocking Of Website : Delhi HC Issues Notice To Centre [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Central Government in a plea challenging the blocking of the website called 'Dowry Calculator' by the Ministry of Information Technology and Electronics. Court has granted 4 weeks to the central government standing counsel Gaurang Kanth, to take instructions and file counter-affidavit. The present petition has asked the court to quash all actions taken...

Delhi Court To Pronounce Verdict In Unnao Rape Case Against Ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar On Monday

A Delhi court is scheduled to pronounce on Monday its judgement in the case of alleged kidnapping and rape of a woman by expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in Unnao in 2017.During in-camera proceedings, District Judge Dharmesh Sharma had said he was likely to pronounce the verdict on December 16 after conclusion of hearing of final arguments by the CBI and the accused in the case.The...

Habeas Corpus Not Maintainable When Detention Is Under The Witness Protection Scheme, 2018: MP HC [Read Judgment]

The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a petition in the nature of habeas corpus is not maintainable in cases where the detention is made for protection of witnesses, as envisaged under the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018. Thus while dismissing the petition, the bench of Chief Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal and Justice S. C. Sharma held, "merely because,...

CLAT 2020: Read The Detailed Schedule, Syllabus & Exam Pattern [Read Press Release]

The detailed schedule and exam pattern for CLAT 2020 has been released by the Executive Committee of the Consortium of NLUs, after a meeting held on December 11. Schedule The exam is scheduled to be conducted on May 10. Applications for the exam will open from January 1, 2020 and the last date for submission of applications will be March 31, 2020. Answer keys will be uploaded...

Anticipatory Bail Can Be Granted In Cases Under SC/ST Atrocities Act : Madras HC [Read Order]

"A petition for anticipatory bail is maintainable even if the case has been registered under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 ", stated the High Court of Madras led by bench, Justice G.R. Swaminathan. "Section 438 of Cr.PC is not the sole repository of the power to grant anticipatory bail. The High Courts are endowed with...

Abhijit Iyer Mitra Files Defamation Suit Against NDTV Anchor For 'Liking' Alleged Defamatory Tweet

Journalist and commentator on defense matters Abhijit Iyer-Mitra has filed a defamation suit over a tweet which said that he was accused of rape.Advocate Dushyant Arora, who is alleged to be the author of the controversial tweet, and NDTV anchor Gargi Rawat, who allegedly 'liked' the tweet, are the defendants in the suit which seeks damages of Rupees Twenty Lakhs for loss of reputation.As per...

Bombay HC Demands Action Against Those Involved In 6000 Cr Tribal Scam [Read Order]

While hearing a batch of PILs which ended up exposing the Rs.6,000 crore tribal scam, the Bombay High Court observed-"If the State has accepted the Justice Gaikwad Committee's Report and initiated action, it is bound to take it to its logical end. We hope that none would be protected and shielded even if close to the political dispensation, presently in power in the State or the Centre....

Advocates Welfare Scheme: Committee Submits Report To Delhi Government On Suggestions To Use Rs 50 Crore Fund [Read Report]

The Committee set up to propose a scheme to be implemented under the Chief Minister Advocate's Welfare Scheme, has given its report to the Delhi Government. The Committee, having Senior Advocate Rakesh Kumar Khanna as its Convener, was set up by the Delhi Government on November 29. The scope of the Committee was to propose a scheme, as per which, an annual budget of 50 crores sanctioned by...

Merely Because Wife Is A Practicing Lawyer And 'Capable Of Earning', Maintenance Can't Be Denied: Delhi HC [Read Order]

While reiterating the difference between 'capable of earning' and 'actual earning', the Delhi High Court allowed the grant of interim maintenance to a wife under Section 125 CrPC, notwithstanding that she is an Advocate, enrolled with Bar Council of Delhi. The order was passed by Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri in a revision petition, challenging the order of the Family Court which had...

Bill To Amend Senior Citizens Act To Criminalize Abandonment & Abuse Of Parents/Senior Citizens Introduced In LS [Read Bill]

'Also suggests to bring daughter-in-law and son-in-law within the ambit of the definition of 'children''.

'Don't Allow Irrelevant Questions' Bombay HC Tells Trial Court On Victim's Complaint Against Tarun Tejpal's Lawyer

The High Court of Bombay, Goa bench, has directed the trial court not to allow the Tarun Tejpal's lawyer to ask questions during cross-examination which are irrelevant to the trial of the rape case alleged against him. Justice Nutan Sardessai passed the order on Thursday in the victim's plea to restrain Tejpal's counsel Shrikant Shivade from asking her "indecent and...