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Madhya Pradesh High Court Directs State to Pay Rs 20 Lakh as Compensation To Persons Imprisoned For 20 Months in Frivolous Case
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench, recently directed the State to pay Rs.20 Lakh each to two individuals who were kept in prison for 20 months in a frivolous case filed against them at the “whims and caprice” of the police. It further granted liberty to the State to proceed against the erring officer to recover the amount from him in accordance with law.Justice Subodh...
IBC Has Overriding Effect On All The Acts Including Income Tax Act: ITAT
The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has an overriding effect on all acts, including the Income Tax Act, as per Section 178(6) of the Income Tax Act, effective from November 1, 2016.The bench of Yogesh Kumar U.S. (Judicial Member) and Pradip Kumar Khedia (Accountant Member) has observed that no proceedings can...
Calcutta High Court Quashes Robbery Case Against HDFC Bank For Taking Repossession Of Loan Defaulter's Vehicle
The Calcutta High Court on Friday quashed the criminal proceedings registered under Section 392 of IPC against HDFC Bank for taking repossession of the vehicle of the borrower by the financer-HDFC.While quashing the criminal proceedings, the single judge bench of Justice Siddhartha Roy Chowdhury held:“The lender or financer took repossession of the vehicle, pursuant to the agreement executed...
Religious Conversion Case: Allahabad High Court Reserves Verdict In Anticipatory Bail Plea Filed By 'SHUATS' Vice Chancellor
The Allahabad High Court on Friday reserves its Judgment in the anticipatory bail plea filed by Vice Chancellor of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (formerly Allahabad Agricultural Institute) (Dr.) Rajendra Bihari Lal in connection with a mass religious conversion case.Granting him protection against coercive action till the delivery of the Judgment, the...
VHP Office Bearer Wasn't A Competent Person To Lodge FIR In 'Fatehpur Mass Religious Conversion' Case: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court on Friday observed that an office bearer of the Vishva Hindu Parishad, Fatehpur Himanshu Dixit was not a competent person to lodge a First Information Report (FIR) pertaining to the Fatehpur Mass Religious Conversion Case under Sections 153A, 506, 420, 467, 468 I.P.C. and Sections- 3/5(1) of Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion ActThe bench...
Fatehpur Mass Religious Conversion Case: Allahabad High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against 37 Accused
The Allahabad High Court recently refused to quash a First Information Report (FIR) filed against 37 persons accusing them of coerced the first informant into religious conversion (Hinduism to Christianity) by inducements.While doing so, the Court rejected the argument of the counsel for the accused persons that the instant FIR (filed by an aggrieved person as per the UP Prohibition of...
Can’t Delve Into Quality Or Quantity Of Evidence At The Stage Of Adjudicating A Bail Application: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court recently observed that at the stage of adjudicating a bail application, it cannot delve into the quality or quantity of evidence and it can only consider whether the delinquent appears to have committed the crime and whether he is entitled to bail or not. With this, the bench of Justice Krishan Pahal denied bail to a man who has been accused of killing his...
Patra Chawl Case: Bombay High Court Questions ED For Challenging Sanjay Raut's Bail Without Arresting Main Accused
The Bombay High Court on Saturday questioned the Directorate of Enforcement for not arresting the prime accused in the Patra Chawl Case but seeking to cancel MP Sanjay Raut's bail."You are not going to arrest the main accused? They are in judicial custody, not police custody...You want to keep the accused as an undertrial prisoner... and you are not arresting the main accused?", Justice N....
Gauhati High Court Grants Compensation To Kin Of Two Alleged ULFA Cadres Shot Dead By Assam Rifles, Rules Out CBI Probe
The Gauhati High Court has directed the Union of India to provide compensation of Rs. 4 Lakhs each to the mothers of two alleged ULFA cadres (United Liberation Front of Asom), who were killed by the Assam Rifles personnel while exercising their power under Armed Forces Special Powers Act.While allowing the writ petition the division bench of Chief Justice Mr. R. M. Chhaya and Justice...
Mentioning Looks Of A Person Without Reference To Dress Or Any Body Part Not ‘Sexually Coloured Remark’: Delhi Court
Mentioning looks and gait of a person without any specific reference to the dress or any body part of a person would not be considered as sexually coloured remark, a Delhi Court has observed.Additional Sessions Judge Rajinder Singh of Patiala House Courts made the observation while dismissing a woman’s plea against discharge of a man under section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to...
S.52A NDPS Act Not Bar To Grant Interim Custody Of Seized Vehicles U/S 457 CrPC: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Monday held that jurisdictional courts, such as the Special Court and Magistrate Court, are vested with the power to grant interim custody of vehicles seized in connection with offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) under Section 457 CrPC, irrespective of the procedure for disposal stipulated in Section 52A of the Act.Justice V.G....
Immediately Release ₹5 Crores To AIIMS Delhi For Treatment Of Children With Rare Diseases: High Court Directs Centre
The Delhi High Court has directed Union of India to immediately release Rs. 5 crores to All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to ensure that treatment of children with rare diseases, where it has already commenced, is not stopped due to lack of funds.Justice Prathiba M Singh directed the fund to be released within two weeks and that its expenditure shall be maintained by AIIMS...