Dispute Only To Be Adjudicated At The Place Mentioned In 'Exclusive Jurisdiction' Clause In The Arbitration Agreement: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Judgment]

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that, under 'exclusive jurisdiction' clause in the arbitration agreement, the dispute is to be adjudicated at the place mentioned in the agreement and not at any other place.The dispute before the High Court was that, one of the party to the agreement proceeded to take steps to resolve the dispute under the provisions of the Micro, Small and Medium...

Delhi HC Rejects Plea For FIR On Kalikho Pul’s Suicide Note, Slaps Rs. 2.75 Lakh Fine On Petitioners [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Delhi on Monday rejected a Petition filed by a group of lawyers for lodging an FIR on the allegations made in a purported suicide note of former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul, and slapped a fine totaling Rs 2.75 lakh on the Petitioners.The High Court observed that the Petitioners were “busy-bodies” making “wild allegations”, as it opined none of them...

CIC Condemns ESIC For Inaction Against Private Hospitals Fleecing Consumers [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission, in the case of Pawan Saraswat v PIO, ESIC HQ Office, severely condemned the ESIC for not taking an action against private empanelled hospitals involved in overcharging the patients by selling them cardiac devices at inflated prices.In the instant case, Pawan, concerned about the inflated prices of cardiac devices, sought information regarding the price...

Necessary To Prove Suicide Committed As A Result Of Cruelty Under 498A, In Order To Invoke Abetment Of Suicide: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Bombay High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the State of Maharashtra against a trial court order acquitting the accused in an abetment of suicide case.Justice PN Deshmukh upheld the order by the Additional Sessions Judge of the trial court in a judgement dated May 11, 2017.Case BackgroundAn FIR was filed against a couple for abetting the suicide of their sister-in-law who jumped into...

Madras HC Grants 3 Day Parole To Convict To Fulfill Urgent Family Needs [Read Order]

The Madras High Court, in the case of U. Periyanayagi vs the Home Secretary, took into consideration the extraordinary circumstances of the convict and granted him a parole for three days in order to enable him to take care of some urgent and pressing matters.This petition was filed by the wife of a convict serving life sentence in a prison in Tirunelveli to seek a month long parole for him....

22 Years After Acquittal Of Accused In Murder Case, Bombay Sets Aside Order, Sentences Accused To Life [Read Order]

Overturning an order of the Additional Sessions Judge, Kolhapur who acquitted the accused in a murder case, the Bombay High Court has held the accused guilty and given him three months’ time to surrender.The bench of Justices AS Oka and SS Jadhav found the accused, Krishnath Baburao Patil guilty of offence punishable under Section 302 of IPC and sentenced him to life.Court however did...

MP HC Confer Bail To Rape Accused After Prosecutrix Fails To Appear Before In Trial Court Thrice [Read Order]

A single bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court takes serious note of the prosecutrix deliberately did not turned up before the trial court on multiple occasions granted bail to a person arrested in the rape case.The accused filed second appeal seeking bail was arrested for offences under sections 376, 341, 354-C, 354-D, 506-B of IPC and section 67 of IT Act and section 3(2)(v) of SC/ST...

Primary Evidence Of Electronic Record U/S 62 Of Evidence Act Is Admissible Without Compliance With Conditions U/S 65(B): Madras HC [Read Order]

Madurai Bench of the High Court of Madras on Thursday observed that primary evidence of electronic record under Section 62 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 would be admissible in evidence, without compliance with the conditions in Section 65(b) of the Act.“Admissibility of the secondary evidence of electronic record depends upon the satisfaction of the conditions as enumerated...

Jaitley Files Another 10-Crore Defamation Suit Against Kejriwal On Being Called A ‘Crook’ By Jethmalani

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday filed an additional Rs. 10 crore defamation suit against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal after his Counsel Ram Jethmalani called him a “crook” in the Court.The incident relates to a cross-examination which was conducted on May 17 before the Delhi High Court. During the hearing, most of the questions had revolved around an article authored by Senior...

Plea In Kerala HC Challenging AIMS Dress Code Prohibiting Headgear, Scarf To Take MBBS Entrance Test [Read Petition]

Challenging the AIMS’ dress code for MBBS entrance examination, some students and student organisations have approached the Kerala High Court seeking permission towrite examination wearing dress as per religious beliefs and practice.They have also sought a declaration that the instructions contained in admit card issued by the AIMS by including headgear and scarf as prohibited items to...

Can CIC Impose Token Penalty? Delhi HC To Examine

The High Court of Delhi last week issued notice to the Central Information Commission on a Petition challenging an award of token penalty by the latter.The Petition, filed by Mr. R.K. Jain, challenged an order passed by the CIC in February this year, wherein the CIC had imposed a token penalty of Rs. 5,000 on the PIO, while refusing to accept the explanation rendered by him for not providing...

Calcutta HC To Have Summer Vacation Benches; Bar Association Opposes

Taking a cue from the Supreme Court, the Calcutta High Court has decided to hold special sittings during the summer vacation to hear cases that were instituted prior to 2000 in a bid to reduce pendency.The court’s Bar Association is however opposed to it. It passed a resolution against it on the grounds that of the two-week vacation, the court will hold sittings on nine days.While...