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Kerala High Court Reserves Order On Pulsar Suni's Bail Plea In 2017 Actor Assault Case
The Kerala High Court on Monday reserved its decision on the bail application of Sunil N.S., also known as 'Pulsar Suni', the main accused in the 2017 Actor Assault Case.Justice P.V Kunhikrishnan noted that there are several decisions which state that the gravity of the offence would also have to be considered in such offences, and that simply because an accused has remained in jail for so...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Round Up [February 20 - February 26, 2023]
Nominal Index [Citations 71 - 81]Vuppalapti Satish Kumar And VTH Source Components Pvt Ltd. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 71H.Nagabhushana Rao And The Under Secretary FFR Division & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 72Siddalingappa S T And Karnataka State Human Rights Commission. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 73Arunkumar N. T And Deputy Commissioner of Police & others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 74Times Now BCCL And...
26-Yrs Old Woman Grown Up To Understand Informal Relationship: Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Rape Conviction For Alleged False Promise To Marry
The Calcutta High Court recently acquitted a person, convicted by trial court for the offence of rape, on the ground that the victim being fully grown up lady voluntarily consented to having sexual intercourse with the accused and it cannot be said to be a case of consent under misconception due to false promise of marriage.The division bench of Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Ajay...
Clause Exclusively Empowering Chief Project Manager To Appoint Arbitrator From A Panel Maintained By It, Illegal: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has reiterated that when a person has itself become ineligible by operation of law to act as an arbitrator, it cannot nominate another person to act as arbitrator. The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma was dealing with an arbitration clause which exclusively empowered the Chief Project Manager to appoint the arbitrator from a panel which was itself maintained...
Odisha Governor Inaugurates Refurbished ‘Museum Of Justice’ In Cuttack
The Governor of Odisha Prof. Ganeshi Lal on Saturday inaugurated the refurbished ‘Museum of Justice’ inside historic Barabati Quila of Cuttack. The event was attended by Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar, Judges of the High Court, former CJI Justice G.B. Patnaik and former Chief Justice of Tripura High Court Justice Jaswant Singh.Realizing the need to preserve...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 20 To February 26 2023
Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 57 To 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 66 NOMINAL INDEX Jay Shah v. The Commissioner of Police and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 57 M/s Galatea Limited v. The Registrar General and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 58 Lakshmanan v. The Secretary SHRC, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 59 Shankar @ Savukku Shankar v. State and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 60 C.Ve. Shanmugam...
Order Passed Under Section 11 Of The Arbitration And Conciliation Act Cannot Be Reviewed: Calcutta High Court
The High Court of Calcutta that the A&C Act is a complete code in itself and it does not contain any provision for the review of an order passed under Section 11 of the Act. The Bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf held that power of review is a creature of statute and unlike the Supreme Court which has inherent power of review under Article 137 of the Constitution of India, no...
Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 20 To February 26, 2023
Nominal Index [Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 89-101]Kottayam Municipality & Anr. v. The Chairperson, Kerala State Human Rights Commission & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 89State of Kerala rep. by the Addl. Secretary to the Government v. The Chancellor, 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 90Anilkumar & Anr. v. State of Kerala, 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 91Gireesh V Antony, 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 92Southern Railway V M...
Arbitration Under Section 42 Of Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 Would Override A Contractual Arbitration Clause: Telangana High Court
The High Court of Telangana has held that arbitration under Section 42 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 would override a contractual arbitration clause entered into between the parties. The bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan held that Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 is a special legislation and Sections 42 and 51 of the Act gives it an overriding act over other acts and...
Regional Colloquium on JJAct, Pocso Act And Drug Abuse Organised By Kerala HC Passes Resolution For Immediate Steps for Dispensation of Justice and Rehabilitation of Victims
The Regional Colloquium on Juvenile Justice Act,2015, PoCSO Act and Drug Abuse among Children organized by the High Court of Kerala entered its second and final day on Sunday. The Colloquium was organised to sensitise various stake holders of the justice delivery system handling cases involving children under different acts at various levels. Justice C T Ravikumar, Judge, Supreme...
NEET UG : Madras HC Criticises Student For Claiming Dual Nativity, Calls Upon Centre And College To Decide About His Admission
The Madras High Court recently came down heavily upon a student for claiming admission both as a native of Puducherry and Kerala. The court added that the student had filed a false declaration while securing admission to JIPMER Puducherry by submitting that he had not claimed the benefit of residence in any other State. Justice CV Karthikeyan held that by doing so, he had denied...
[Tripura Panchayat Act] Essential To Communicate Party Whip Prior To Election Process, Mere Reading Of Whip Not Sufficient: High Court
Setting aside a declaration in terms if which the petitioners had earned disqualification and thereby ceased to be a member of the gram panchayat, the Tripura High Court recently observed that it is essential to communicate party whip prior to the commencement of the election process. Mere reading loudly of the whip does not come within the purview of the Tripura Panchayat Act and the...