Disciple Rape Case: Gujarat High Court Admits Self-Styled Godman Asaram's Appeal Against Conviction

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday admitted an appeal moved by Self Styled Godman Asaram challenging his conviction and sentence of life imprisonment awarded by a local court in a two-decade-old rape case.It may be recalled that in January this year, the Gandhinagar Court had found him guilty of committing offences under sections 376, 377, 342, 354, 357, and 506 of IPC for repeatedly raping...

CBSE Submits In Kerala High Court Suggestions To Prevent Sexual Abuse In Schools But Says Govt Agencies More Appropriate To Implement It

The committee of experts constituted by the CBSE on the direction of the Kerala High Court to create and implement a prevention-oriented programme on sexual abuse in schools submitted its report on ways to put mechanisms in place for the same. A single bench of Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas on Wednesday took the report of the Committee of Experts of CBSE on record. CBSE prefaced its report...

Punjab And Haryana High Court Relaxes Norm On 'Mandatory Custody' For Suspension Of Sentence In NDPS Cases

A division bench comprising of Justices M.S. Ramachandra Rao and Sukhvinder Kaur of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the norm of undergoing minimum mandatory period of custody of 6 years for consideration of grant of relief of suspension of sentence in cases where there is conscious possession of commercial quantity of contraband (as laid down in the decision of Daler Singh...

“Legal System Completely Failed Him”: Orissa High Court Orders ₹10 Lakh Compensation To Wife Of Tribal Man Killed In Police Custody

The Orissa High Court has ordered the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Odisha Police to pay an amount of rupees ten lakhs as compensation to the wife of a tribal man who was killed in their custody in 2010.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice Murahari Sri Raman said it is no coincidence that the deceased tribal, who was tortured to death after...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On BCD’s Appeal Against Single Judge's Direction Asking It To Contribute Towards Budget Of CM Advocates Welfare Scheme

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on an appeal moved by Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) against the Single Bench's directions asking it to contribute towards the budget announced by Delhi government for Chief Minister Advocates Welfare Scheme, which is an insurance scheme for lawyers. The court in the 2021 ruling had observed that Delhi government cannot be made to solely bear the burden...

S.125 CrPC | Step Mother May Seek Maintenance From Step Children By Showing Evidence That Deceased Husband Had Properties: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that a stepmother, to claim maintenance amount from legal heirs of her deceased husband, has to prove before the family court by tendering evidence and submission of documents that her husband was having a lot of properties and they are having income and thus she is entitled for maintenance amount. A single judge bench of Justice K Natarajan partly allowed...

No Financial Gain Shown Except For ₹5K: Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Activist Atikur Rehman In Hathras Conspiracy Case

Granting bail to the 'Hathras Conspiracy' case accused Activist Atikur Rehman, the Allahabad High Court noted that the state could not show any financial gain received by him barring a sum of Rs. 5K, which was received in his bank account.UAPA Activist Rehman, who was arrested in October 2020 along with journalist Siddique Kappan and two others, on his way to Hathras to meet the family members...

Sikkim High Court Seeks Status Report From State On Identification And Reservation Of Jobs For Persons With Disabilities

The Sikkim High Court on Thursday directed the State government to file a report on the status of compliance with the provisions of the Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act, 2016, particularly Sections 33 and 34 that deal with identification and reservation of posts for specially abled.The directions were made by a bench comprising Chief Justice Shri Biswanath Somaddar and Justice M.M...

Classrooms Of Sealed School Run By Azam Khan's Trust Will Be Opened For Exams: UP Govt Submits In Allahabad High Court

The Uttar Pradesh Government has submitted before the Allahabad High Court that it will open the classrooms of the Rampur Public School (sealed by the State Government on Tuesday) run by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's Jauhar Trust for internal examination of students.The submission was made before the bench of Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Justice Anish Kumar Gupta on a plea moved...

Will Take Decision on Revising Enrollment Fee After Meeting of State Bar Councils For Unifying Fees: Bar Council of Kerala Informs High Court

The Bar Council of Kerala on Thursday informed the High Court that the matter of revising the enrollment fee was being considered by it and that the Bar Council of India had convened a meeting of all state bar councils, on the direction of the Supreme Court, for fixing a uniform fee for enrollment across India. A division bench comprising Justice A Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Shoba Annamma...

Delhi High Court Asks Centre, RBI To Respond To Subramanian Swamy’s Plea For Probe Into Transfer Of Yes Bank’s Stressed Assets To JC Flowers ARC

The Delhi High Court on Friday asked Union of India, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to respond to former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy’s PIL seeking investigation by a committee of experts into the transfer of Yes Bank's stressed assets to J.C. Flowers Asset Reconstruction Company.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and...

IOs, Public Prosecutors Can’t Casually Seek Extension Of Time For Completing Probe In NDPS Cases, Requisite Training Be Imparted: Kerala High Court

Observing that investigating officers and public prosecutors in many cases are showing laxity in properly framing and submitting petitions under Section 36A (4) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, the Kerala High Court has asked the Director General of Prosecution and Director General of Police to take appropriate action for imparting requisite training and...