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Bombay High Court Notifies Designation Of 20 Lawyers As Senior Advocates
The Bombay High Court today notified the designation of twenty lawyers as Senior Advocates.The following lawyers have been appointed under Section 16 (2) of the Advocates Act, 1961 as per the Rules framed by the HC - Abhay S. KhandeparkarAshish S. KamatGopal Krishna Shivram HegdeRajshekhar V. GovilkarGirish S. GodboleKiran S. BapatVaibhav V. JoglekarSuresh S. PakaleGirish Anant...
Teacher Forcibly Ties 'Mangalsutra' To Student, Rapes Her: Bombay High Court Upholds POCSO Conviction
The Bombay High Court recently upheld a man’s conviction for kidnapping and raping his minor student observing that instead of grooming students to become responsible citizens, he created a blot on the pious relationship of a student and a teacher.A division Justice Vibha Kankanwadi and Justice Abhay S. Waghwase sitting at Nagpur dismissed the appeal against conviction observing – “In...
Time For Obtaining Sanction Excluded From Limitation U/S 468 CrPC: Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash Criminal Case Over 'Forced Conversion'
The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash a case against four persons who allegedly tried to lure and convert a Hindu person to Christianity, in 2011.A single judge bench of Justice K Natarajan dismissed the petition filed by K J Kunjumon and others who were charged under sections 504, 323, 295A read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code.“There is a case and counter case registered...
Allahabad High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Jitendra Tyagi In Case Over Allegations Of Raping Driver's Wife Repeatedly
The Allahabad High Court has DENIED anticipatory bail to Jitendra Narayan Tyagi Alias Syed Waseem Rizvi in connection with a rape case registered against him in the year 2021 by the wife of his former driver.Noting that non-bailable warrants have been issued against Tyagi by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow last month, the bench of Justice Mohd. Faiz Alam Khan did not find...
UGC Regulations Prescribe Appointment Of Principal In Affiliated Colleges Only By Direct Recruitment, Not By Promotion: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday considered the question as to whether the Principal of a UGC affiliated private college in the State could be appointed by promotion, contrary to that provided in the UGC Regulations for maintenance of the standards in institutions for higher education. The Division Bench comprising Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar and Justice Sophy Thomas, while considering an...
MP High Court Quashes Non-Bailable Warrant Issued At Very First Instance Seeking Presence Of Accused, Says It’s Against Mandate Of Law
The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently set aside a non-bailable warrant issued by trial court to secure the presence of an accused in POCSO case, immediately after the filing of charge-sheet in the matter.The bench comprising Justice Dinesh Kumar Paliwal observed that issuing the non-bailable warrants on the very first date of filing of the charge-sheet is against the settled position of...
Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra Appointed As Chief Justice Of Jharkhand High Court
The union government has notified the appointment of Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra as the Chief Justice Of Jharkhand High Court.The Law Minister Kiren Rijiju broke the news in a tweet and said he extends his best wishes to Justice Mishra.Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra, Judge in Uttarakhand High Court & ( PHC: Orissa) has been appointed as Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court.I extend my...
'No Coercion': State Counsel Submits Before MP High Court In Case Of 'Victim' Who Shot 'Rape' Video, Bail Granted To Accused
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday granted bail to a man who has been accused of committing rape against a married woman after the state’s counsel submitted a report before it opining that prima facie it was not an act against the will of the victim. The bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan passed this order on the bail plea filed by accused Jitendra Baghel taking into account...
UP Excise Act Case: Allahabad High Court Allows Application For 'Withdrawal From Prosecution' Against UP BJP MLA PN Pandey
The Allahabad High Court has allowed an application of the Public Prosecutor for 'Withdrawal From Prosecution' (as provided under Section 321 CrPC) against UP BJP MLA Prem Narayan Pandey in connection with a case registered against him under the UP Excise Act.With this, the Court set aside the judgment and order passed by the Additional Session Judge, Special Judge (M.P./M.L.A.), Gonda...
'The Haves Stop Despoiling Rights Of Have-Nots': Manual Scavenger's Dispossessed Widow Gets Land With House After Karnataka High Court Intervenes
The Karnataka High Court has for the second time come to the aid of a widow of a manual scavenger by ensuring authorities restore possession of a plot of land with a house, which was taken away as she did not have financial means to construct house on land allotted pursuant to an earlier high court order.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by one Nagamma...
S.12A Commercial Courts Act | Party Cannot Be Non-Suited For Want Of Pre-Institution Mediation If Urgent Interim Relief Sought: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently observed that in commercial suits wherein interim relief is prayed for, the Plaintiff cannot be non-suited for not following the mandatory provision of pre-institution mediation under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts. Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 (Act of 2015) deals with the mandatory provision of...
[Custody] Parents' Demands Can't Be Given Importance If Child Is Grown Up & Able To Take Rational Decision In Personal Matters: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday observed that when a child is grown up and is capable of making rational decisions on his/her own, the court must not give too much importance to the demands of the parents' battling the custody of the child. A division bench of comprising Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P.G. Ajithkumar was hearing a challenge against the order of a family court that...