Bombay HC Refuses Bail To 19-Yr-Old Youth Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Minor Boy [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court recently rejected the bail application filed by a 19-year-old youth who was accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy at his residence.Justice Revati Mohite Dere rejected the bail application considering the nature of the crime and also observed that since the victim boy was only 10 years old, trial must be expedited, preferably concluded within 12...

Availability Of Revisional Remedy Does Not Bar Invocation Of Inherent Powers Under Sec 482 Crpc- Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has held that the availability of revisional remedy under Section 399/401 of the Cr.P.C does not bar the invocation of inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code. In reaching the decision, the Delhi High Court followed the decision of the Supreme Court in Prabhu Chawla v. State of Rajasthan AIR 2016 SC 4245.Prabhu Chawla was rendered by a three member bench, which was...

Certain Delhi Development Authority Officers Are Determined To Harass Common Citizens: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, on Wednesday, scorned at the Delhi Development Authority for filing frivolous objections against execution of an earlier order.“I have already stated above the angst of this Court with respect to bodies such as the appellant/DDA and which think that they are law unto themselves. It is high time that strict action be taken against certain officers of public bodies like...

Govindacharya Moves SC On Rohingya Deportation Issue

RSS ideologue Govindacharya has moved the Supreme Court seeking permission to intervene in the petition pending before it to restraint the government from deporting Rohingyas to Myanmar.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra is dealing with the PIL filed by advocate Prashant Bhushan on Rohingya deportation issue.Filing an intervention application, Govindacharya took a...

Check Overloading Of Public And Private Vehicles: Uttarakhand HC To SPs [Read Order]

The Uttarakhand High Court, on Thursday, directed the Senior Superintendents of Police and Superintendents of Police to check overloading of public conveyance as well as transport vehicles, including school vans.The order was issued on a Petition filed by one Mr. Arun Kumar, who had also pointed out that the buses from adjoining States were plying in Uttarakhand, without any...

PIL Seeks To Bring All MCD, Govt Schools Under Delhi Govt [Read Petition]

The sad state of MCD-run schools and that of some Delhi government schools is no news. Lack of books, uniforms, seating space, proper classrooms, electricity, teachers, special educators or denial of admission on flimsy grounds - nearly everything wrong plagues the government schools.Way back in 2010, the NCERT Committee on RTE Implementation, chaired by advocate Ashok Agarwal, had...

PIL In Bombay HC Challenging State Amendment To CrPC Mandating Prior Sanction For FIR Against Public Servants

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Bombay High Court, challenging the Maharashtra Government’s amendment to Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). As a result of this amendment, a Magistrate cannot direct registration of an FIR against public servants sans prior sanction of the Government.The Petition, filed by Advocate and social activist Abha...

Delhi HC Restrains Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved From Airing Ad Offending Dettol's Goodwill [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved from airing a commercial for its soap which it prima facie found to be disparaging to the goodwill of Dettol being manufactured by Reckitt and Colman.Justice SP Garg granted the interim injunction to Reckitt, which had come to the court claiming the ad was damaging to the goodwill of its product.The company has also claimed...

Patna HC Issues Notice To UGC, AIU On Challenge Against Excessive Delegation

A division bench of the Patna High Court comprising Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Anil Kumar Upadhyaya has recently issued notices to the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).The bench was hearing a case titled Manoj Kumar vs Union of India and Ors (LPA No. 927/2017) in an appeal against the judgment of the single judge of the...

Without Presenting The Cheque Before The 'Drawer Bank' Complaint Under Sec.138 NI Act Not Maintainanble- Calcutta High Court [Read Order]

The Calcutta High Court has held that without producing the cheque before the drawer bank, complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act will not be maintainable. In the case, the cheque was returned by the bank of the complainant/payee, before forwarding it to the drawer bank for encashment. Curiously, the payee bank had endorsed in the return slip that ‘account name...

Bombay HC Grants Interim Stay On SIC Order Directing Disclosure Of Applications By Judges Seeking Allotment Of Flats, Plots

The Bombay High Court has granted interim stay on an order passed by the State Information Commissioner (Greater Mumbai), Ajit Kumar Jain, wherein the Deputy Registrar of the High Court was directed to furnish information regarding applications made by judges since 2010 before the state government seeking allotment of residential plots, apartments etc.The application also sought details of...

PIL In Bombay HC Seeks Removal Of Links To Blue Whale Challenge From Social Media, Seeks 24-Hr Helpline To Prevent Further Deaths [Read Petition]

In a PIL filed before the Bombay High Court, a Mumbai-based NGO called Citizen Circle for Social Welfare and Education has sought directions to Google, Yahoo and Facebook to ensure that links of deadly online game Blue Whale Challenge are removed.The Blue Whale Challenge is said to have 50 different tasks spread over 50 days and the final task leads to suicide.Directions were sought to the...