Delhi HC Refuses To Recall Order Quashing Sexual Harassment Case On The Ground Of Settlement [Read Judgment]

No details have been stated as to how and at what time and in what manner she was coerced into settling the matter, the court said.The Delhi High Court has refused to recall its order quashing a criminal case against a person accused of sexually harassing a lady.Two years ago, the high court had quashed the case against the accused on the ground that parties have settled the matter and...

Delhi HC Slams JNU Professor For Indulging In Unnecessary Repeated Litigations [Read Judgment]

Petitioner is found to be indulging in and is habitual of unnecessary repeated litigations, the Court said.Coming down heavily on a Jawaharlal Nehru University professor for filing repeated litigations claiming same relief, the Delhi High Court has imposed costs of Rs.60, 000.Dr. K.S. Jawatkar had approached the Delhi High Court seeking a declaration that he is entitled to continue in...

Remission Can’t Be Denied Only Because Conviction Is In A Heinous Crime: Patna HC [Read Judgment]

The object of the Section is not to condemn such persons but to ensure that having spent a substantial period of their sentence, they be permitted to come back into society, the bench said.The Patna High Court, in Ravi Pratap Mishra vs. State of Bihar, has observed that merely because a person was convicted in a heinous offence, it is not a ground to deny privilege which the legislature...

No One To Be Deprived Of Benefits For Want Of Aadhaar: GoI

The Central government has clarified that no one will be deprived of benefits for lack of Aadhaar.The statement, issued on Tuesday, said till Aadhaar number is assigned to any individual, the benefit will continue to be given based on alternate means of identification.It also directed the departments to provide Aadhaar enrolment facilities to their beneficiaries under Regulation 12 of...

Take Up Issue of Public Works With Competent Authorities Instead of Filing PIL: MP HC [Read Order]

A division bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has held an elected representative of a statutory body instead of filing the public interest litigation (PIL) for a public work can take up the matter with the competent authorities and the statutory authorities empowered to deal with it.Though the court dismissed the PIL but granted liberty to the petitioner who is an elected vice president...

Maharashtra Court Sentences Prof. GN Saibaba, Others To Life Term For Maoist Links [Read Judgment]

A sessions court in Gadchiroli of Maharashtra has convicted Delhi University professor GN Saibaba along with five others for having links with Maoists.Speaking to LiveLaw, special public prosecutor Prashant Sathianathan said: “Considering the impact of the activities of Prof. Saibaba and his associates, the court awarded life imprisonment under Sections 13, 18, 20, 38 and 39 of the...

Calcutta HC Legal Services Committee To Organize National Lok Adalat On April 8th

Calcutta High Court Legal Services Committee is organizing a National Lok Adalat on Saturday, 8th April, 2017 at 10:30 am, in the High Court premises.Applications from parties jointly, or by their Advocates, are to be submitted by 31st March, 2017, in the Centenary Building. The Applications would be considered for the Lok Adalat, keeping in view the time taken to requisition case records...

Trademark Rules, 2017 Notified: Forms Reduced From 74 To 8, Fee Increased [Read Rules]

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) on Monday notified the Trademark Rules, 2017. The Rules bring about two major developments- they slash the number of trademark application forms from 74 to 8, and hike the fee for trademark applications to from Rs. 4,000 to Rs. 10,000. The fee for e-filing has, however, been fixed at Rs. 9,000, in order to promote e-filing of...

Borrower Can Prefer Appeal To DRT Even If Mortgaged Property Belongs To Guarantor: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Judgment]

It is nowhere provided that when secured asset belongs to the guarantor, only the guarantor can prefer an appeal and not the borrower, the court said.The Chhattisgarh High Court, in Manik Mehta vs. UCO Bank, has observed that even when the secured asset belongs to the guarantor, the borrower can also prefer an appeal to the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT).In the present case, the Debts...

Delayed Disclosure By Witnesses About Extra-Judicial Confession Untrustworthy: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Judgment]

The Chhattisgarh High Court, in Radheshyam Kashyap vs. State of Chhattisgarh, has observed that delayed disclosure by witnesses to the police about alleged extra-judicial confession made by the accused, despite their prior meeting with the police, would make the evidence untrustworthy.In the instant case, the witnesses, parents of the deceased, made a statement that the accused had confessed...

Former Promoters Of Ranbaxy Told To Disclose Asset Details

Justice Muralidhar of the Delhi High Court has asked former promoters of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd to disclose details of their assets.The direction comes in a foreign arbitration case in which Japanese company Daiichi Sankyo has sought to restrain the formers promoters - Malvinder Singh and Shivender Singh - from selling their assets.A Singapore-based arbitration tribunal had ruled...

All Educational Certificates To Be Verified Before Enrolment Of New Lawyers: BCI

The Bar Council of India has reportedly directed all State Bar Councils to enroll fresh law graduates only after verifying all educational certificates, including Class 10, Senior Secondary, Graduation, if any, and the LL.B. degree certificates.The State Bar Councils have been directed to send photo copies of the certificates to the concerned Board/Universities for verification, within five...