Sex Workers Should Not Be Arrested, Rather They Must Be Treated As Victims Of Crime: Calcutta HC [Read Order]

Dismissing an anticipatory bail moved by a brothel owner, the Calcutta High Court has reiterated that sex workers exploited for commercial sex are victims and they should not be arrested in course of investigation under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (the Act) unless materials on record suggest that they were involved as co-conspirators in the crime. The matter came up before...

Ensure Legible Typewritten Copy Of First Information Statements Are Maintained In Police Stations, Kerala HC Directs DGP [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court has issued significant directions to ensure that legible typewritten copy of the First Information Statement is also immediately maintained after the recording of the FIS in the Police Station concerned.Justice Alexander Thomas, in an order disposing some anticipatory bail applications, directed the State Police Chief to immediately issue a Circular directing all the...

"Need To Amend The Provisions Contained in Section 13 Of The Official Secrets Act At The Earliest ": Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has held that submitting the investigation report under section 173 of the Criminal Procedure Code is mandatory even when a complaint has been filed under Official Secrets Act. The Single Bench of Justice RK Gauba also opined that the Magistrate is not compulsorily required to conduct an inquiry before committing the case to the court of Sessions. In the present case,...

NGT Directs UPPCB And CPCB To Verify Compliance Of Recommendations To Curb Air Pollution Due To Emissions From Incinerator Of Bio-Medical Waste

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to verify compliance of its inspection report by the Respondent, M/s Ferro Build Hards (I) Pvt. Ltd., w.r.t. air pollution caused by it due to sub-standard incinerator of bio-medical waste. An application was filed under Section 14 of the National...

Appoint Permanent RERA and Appellate Tribunal Within Three Months, SC Tells 'Recalcitrant' States/UTs [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has directed the States/Union Territories to appoint permanent adjudicating officers as Real Estate Regulatory Authority and Appellate Tribunal within a period of three months.The court issued this direction in its judgment upholding the amendments made to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code in 2018 to treat homebuyers as financial creditors. The bench comprising...

Non-Filing Of Affidavit In Support Of Application U/s 156(3) CrPC A Curable Defect, Holds Uttarakhand HC [Read Judgment]

“If that defect of application under Section 156(3) not being supported with affidavit, is made as an uncurable, it may at times in some cases be giving superior hand to the Magistrate to deprive the applicant of filing application under Section 156(3) by rejecting the same on this procedural ground itself.”

Section 138 NI Act- Burden Is Upon Complainant To Prove Alteration Of Name Of Payee Was Made By Accused Himself: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

"Filing of a complaint under Section 138 of the Act through the power of attorney holder is perfectly legal and competent."

CCI Imposes Rs 2.7 Crore Penalty On 3 Companies For Rigging Tender [Read Order]

The Competition Commission of India held three companies liable for bid-rigging in tender for conducting tree-census in Pune and imposed a penalty of Rs. 2.7 crore on them. Background The Pune Municipal Corporation (OP-4) had been directed by the Bombay HC in PIL No.93/2009 to carry out geo-enabled tree census under the provisions of Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation...

Install CCTV Cameras And Street Lights To Curb Instances Of Child Lifting: Delhi HC Directs Delhi Police

Delhi High Court has directed the Commissioner of Delhi Police to install CCTV cameras at Aman Vihar Police Station in Delhi. The Division Bench of Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar also have orders to Delhi Government to monitor the task of putting up street lights in the aforementioned area. In the present suo motu petition, an affidavit was filed by the Commissioner of Delhi...

'FTII Isn't Doordarshan', Bombay HC Raps Centre After Faculty Was Suspended For Anti Govt FB Post

The Bombay High Court on Thursday questioned the Centre for meddling in the affairs of Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, by suspending a faculty member for an anti-government post on Facebook. The division bench of Justices SC Dharmadhikari and GS Patel was hearing a writ petition filed by Indranil Bhattacharya, faculty member at FTII who sought quashing of a suspension order...

Unnao Case: Court Frames Rape Charges Against Expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar

A Delhi court Friday framed charges against expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar for allegedly raping a minor in Unnao in 2017.District Judge Dharmesh Sharma also framed charges against Sengar's accomplice Shashi Singh for allegedly kidnapping the minor girl, who is presently admitted in AIIMS, Delhi. She was critically injured recently when a truck rammed into her car.The court has framed...

SC Refuses To Condone 21 Yrs Delay In Filing SLP By Villagers Seeking Enhanced Compensation For Land Acquisition [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, dismissed some Special Leave Petitions pertaining to an acquisition matter by refusing to condone delay of 21 Years in filing them.Three persons had approached the Apex Court by filing SLPs against High Court judgment with a delay of 7534, 7542 and 7886 days respectively, contending that their lands have been compulsorily acquired under the provisions of the...