When Protector Becomes Perpetrator, Victim Has No Option, But To Surrender: Bombay HC Rejects Convicted Step-Father’s Appeal [Read Judgment]

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court rejected an appeal filed by a 55-year-old man from Wardha who was convicted of raping his minor step-daughter and was sentenced to life by the trial court.The bench of Justice RK Deshpande and Justice MG Giratkar accepted the findings of the trial court and the appellant’s conviction under Section 5(n) punishable under Section 6 of the Protection...

Two Panels Of Judicial Officers Formed For Better Coordination With Delhi Govt, Between District Heads [Read Orders]

Two committees of judicial officers have been constituted for better coordination with the Delhi government and inter se business in all districts.A committee of five judicial officers has been constituted for better coordination with the Delhi government.The committee is headed by district and sessions judge (headquarters) Talwant Singh. It also has Girish Kathpalia and AS Jayachandra,...

No Religious Activity To Be Permitted In High Court Premises; Allahabad HC Asks Wakf To Vacate ‘Masjid High Court’ [Read Judgment]

The High Court is facing an acute crunch of spaceOne cannot claim right to erect structures in the name of religion in an unauthorized manner over public land or over land of othersThe High Court is not obliged, nor expected, under the Constitution, to extend patronage to any particular religion.The Allahabad High Court, while directing a Wakf which it found to have encroached the High...

Rajasthan HC Judge Transferred To Allahabad HC [Read Notification]

Rajasthan High Court Judge, Justice Govind Mathur has been transferred to Allahabad High Court. As per the notification, he was directed to assume the charge on or before November 23.Read the Notification...

Illegal Mining In Goa: Even If State Renewal Struck Down, Leases Deemed To Be Extended Till 2020, Argues ASG Nadkarni

The Supreme Court division bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta today resumed the hearing on the challenge posed by Goa Foundation, a non-profit organization, to the renewal of 88 iron ore mining leases by the state of Goa in January, 2015.The arguments opened with Advocate Mr. Prashant Bhushan contending, on behalf of Goa Foundation, that immediately upon the cabinet nod to...

SC Upholds Denial Of Anticipatory Bail To Army Doctor Who Allegedly Gave Fake Fitness Certificates

The Supreme Court today dismissed a Special Leave Petition challenging an order passed by Punjab and Haryana High Court, wherein the latter had refused the application for anticipatory bail filed by Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Gaurav Relhan, an accused under sections 7, 8 and 9 of the Prevention of Corruption Act of 1988.Dr. Relhan, who is an eye specialist at the Hisar Military Hospital, Haryana,...

Rajasthan HC Permits Converted Woman To Join Husband [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court, on Tuesday, permitted a 23 year old woman, who had converted to Islam and married a Muslim man, to join her husband.The Bench comprising Justice M.K. Garg and Justice G.K. Vyas noted that the woman, Payal Singhvi alias Arifa, had denied allegations of abduction and expressed her willingness to join her husband, one Mr. Faiz Modi.It observed, "The corpus Payal...

WCD Ministry Launches SHe-Box for Online Complaints of Sexual Harassment

The Minister for Women and Child Developmennt, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi launched a comprehensive SHe-Box online complaint Management System for women working in both public and private organizations to lodge complaints of sexual harassment at workplace. The SHe-Box was launched in New Delhi to ensure the effective implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace...

Period Undergone By A Convict While He Was In Detention As Under Trial Could Be Set Off Under Section 428 CrPC: SC [Read Judgment]

In State of UP Vs. Tribhuwan , the Supreme Court has held that period already undergone by a convict while he was in detention, as under-trial and as convict, could be treated as jail sentence once awarded to him and its benefit by way of set off could be given to him under Section 428 of Code.The state had, before the Apex Court, assailed a High Court judgment wherein it had upheld conviction...

Delhi HC Orders Govt To Give Prosthetic Arms To 15-yr-old Boy [Read Order]

"The Delhi High Court has given me wings.""I can now do everything that everyone else can do. I can draw, sketch, paint my dreams with my own hands," says an ecstatic Ritik, born with congenital deficiency called bilateral elbow disarticulation.On November 1, the Delhi High Court bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar ensured that Ritik gets prosthetic arms and...

Madras HC Upholds Ban On Multiple Dosage Of 'Diclofenac' To Save Vultures [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has upheld the ban on sale of Diclofenac in multiple dosage packs as it poses a threat to vultures.A Bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M. Sundar noted that the population of vultures was declining rapidly due to consumption of carcasses of livestock and cattle injected with Diclofenac, a painkiller, within 72 hours before their death.The Court...

Delhi HC Admits Appeal Against ITAT Ruling Holding That Propagation Of Yoga By Patanjali Qualifies As ‘Medical Relief’ [Read Order]

A Delhi High Court division bench of Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva has admitted an appeal filed in Commissioner of Income Tax- Exemption vs Patanjali Yogpeeth (Nyas). The present appeal has been filed against the ITAT ruling holding propagation of yoga qualified as ‘medical relief’.In the instant case, the respondent assessee, a registered charitable trust, is...