'This Case Shocked The Conscience Of The Court':Madras HC Quashes False Case Against Husband By Wife Alleging Sexual Assault Of Daughter By Husband

The Madras High Court took a stern view against a Complainant who initiated malafide proceedings under Section 6 of the Protection of Child from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 against her husband. "There were instances when the attention of this Court was drawn to similar such incidents, where false complaint were given as if the husband has committed an offence under POCSO Act against...

Karnataka HC Directs Authorities To Conduct Tree Census In Bengaluru Within 2 Weeks

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Tree Authority, constituted under the Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act, 1976 and Tree Rules, to in two weeks time commence a tree census in the city of Bengaluru. The census will be done for the first time, in 43 years. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Mohammad Nawaz said: "The census has not been carried out for the last...

CCI Imposes Penalty On LPG Gas Vendors For Cartelization In Bidding Process [Read Order]

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed penalty on 51 vendors for cartelization in the bidding process in supplying LPG Gas Cylinders to HPCL. A further penalty was imposed on 48 vendors for contravention of Section 48(1) of the Competion Act, 2002. The Commission took suo motu cognizance of the case upon receiving an anonymous letter dated 25.04.2013 alleging that a cartel...

Delhi HC Rejects Ratul Puri's Plea For Copy of His Statements Made Under Section 50 of PMLA

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected the plea of Ratul Puri seeking a copy of his statements made under Section 50(2) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, is one of the prime accused in the Augusta Westland money laundering scandal. Earlier, the High Court had also refused to grant anticipatory bail to Ratul Puri...

Relationship Through Facebook : Delhi HC Grants Bail To Person Accused Of Rape On False Promise To Marry [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has granted bail to a person who was accused of having a physical relationship with a woman on a false pretense of marriage. In Shekhar Garg v. State, a plea for bail was filed as the petitioner was accused of offences under sections 376 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code. The respondent woman had alleged that the petitioner had befriended her through Facebook and then...

Allahabad HC Adjourns Hearing Of Ex-BSF Jawan's Petition Challenging Election Of PM Modi Until Sep 4

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of the petition challenging the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi until September 4.The petition is filed by former BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, who was declared Samajwadi Party candidate from Varanasi but failed to contest the election as his nomination papers were rejected by the returning officer.The single...

Centre Proposes To Double The Time Limit To Appeal Against Exclusion From NRC

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has proposed to double the limitation period available for filing an appeal against non-inclusion of persons in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, after its final publication.The Union Minister, Amit Shah met the Chief Minister of Assam, Union Home Secretary, Chief Secretary of Assam and other senior officers on August 19 to review and...

INX Media Scandal: Delhi HC Asks Parliament To Restrict Anticipatory Bail Provisions For Economic Offenders [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, while adjudicating upon the bail application moved by former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in the INX Media Scam on Tuesday, urged the Parliament to amend the law so as to "restrict provisions of pre-arrest bail and make it inapplicable to economic offenders of high profile cases". Justice Sunil Gaur asserted that economic offences were meticulously...

Court Cannot Be Used As A Tool By A Litigant To Perpetuate Illegality: SC [Read Judgment]

"A person who is on the right side of the law, should not have a feeling that in case he is dragged in litigation, and wins, he would turn out to be a loser and wrong-doer as a real gainer, after 20 or 30 years.”

Bombay HC Refuses Relief To Malaysian Citizen Accused Of Smuggling Human Embryos [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently refused relief to one Partheban Durai, a 41-year-old Malaysian citizen accused of smuggling human embryos into India and mis-declaring them as stem cells to Malaysian authorities.Justice SS Shinde heard the writ petition filed by Durai, who sought release of his passport impounded by customs authorities and a refund of Rs.30,000 that was taken as surety for...

Illegal Appointment Of Officers : MP HC Issues Notice To Municipal Corporation Of Jabalpur And Bhedaghat

RTI Activist, Abhishek Kumar Singh, has moved a petition seeking a writ in the nature of Quo-Warranto before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, challenging the appointment of ten officers in the Municipal Corporation of Jabalpur and three in Municipal Council of Bhedaghat on grounds of procedural irregularity. The High Court had earlier ordered all government departments of the State to...

CCI Finds Jaiprakash Associates Abusing Its Dominant Position, Imposes A Penalty Of 14 Crores [Read Order]

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a fine of Rs. 13.82 crores on Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) for by abusing its dominant position in contravention to the provisions of the Competition Act. The Complaint was filed by one Naveen Kataria against JAL. The Complainant also alleged that the terms and conditions in the Provisional Allotment Letter (PAL) were...