'Caesar's Wife Must Be Above Suspicion': Delhi High Court Upholds Dismissal Of RBI Employee

Referring to the famous phrase - Caesar's wife must be above suspicion, the Delhi High Court has upheld the dismissal of an employee of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) who was accused of pilfering cancelled notes in 2005.Justice Chandra Dhari Singh observed that a bank employee or an officer must perform the duty with absolute devotion, diligence, integrity and honesty, so that the confidence of...

Accused Entitled Only To 'List' Of Documents Not Relied Upon By Investigating Agency At Commencement Of Trial: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that at commencement of trial, an accused person is entitled to a list of those documents which are not relied upon by the Investigating agency. However, the accused cannot seek that the unrelied documents themselves should be supplied to him/her.The petitioner-accused herein had approached the Court under Section 482 CrPC assailing the order...

Judicial Strictures Must Be Passed With Utmost Circumspection, Criticism May Have Devastating Effect On Professional Career Of Officers: Delhi High Court

Emphasizing that judicial strictures need to be passed with utmost circumspection, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday observed that such orders are bound to have an "everlasting affect" on the reputation of the person against whom such remarks are made. Observing that every word forming part of a judicial order forms a permanent record, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that judicial restraint...

Rajasthan HC Orders Per-emptory Cost In Paramour's Habeas Corpus Petition

The Rajasthan High Court recently directed a parmour, seeking the release of his partner from the alleged illegal custody of her mother, to deposit Rs. 50,000 as per-emptory cost.Dinesh Chaudhary claimed that he came in touch with the detenu, a married woman, via Instagram. He claimed that the detenu was unhappy in her marriage and therefore, went away with him to Desuri and prepared...

Cases Pending For Years, Introspection By Judiciary Necessary; Otherwise People Will Lose Faith: Kerala High Court Issues Directions To Registry

Commenting on the delay in adjudication of cases, the Kerala High Court recently observed that introspection by the judiciary is also necessary or otherwise, people will lose faith in the system.The court directed its Registrar General and Registrar (Judiciary) to bring to the Chief Justice's notice the old writ petitions pending in different jurisdictions and take appropriate steps in...

'Open Manholes Are Death Traps': Bombay High Court On 68-year-Old's Recent Death At Virar

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said that all open manholes adjoining the Eastern Express Highway must be covered by December 1, while calling them a "death trap" after a 68-year-old woman fell into one such manhole and lost her life. The petitioner pointed out that on the EEH, especially from Mulund to Ghatkopar, there are innumerable open manholes on the road connecting the service...

High Court Directs Delhi Govt To Pay Over ₹16 Lakh To Senior Judge As Reimbursement For COVID-19 Treatment

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Delhi Government to pay over Rs. 16 lakhs to a senior judicial officer, who is an Additional District Judge in Saket Courts, as reimbursement for the expenses incurred by him for his COVID-19 treatment last year. ADJ Dinesh Kumar was admitted in the city's PSRI Hospital between April 22 to June 7, 2021 after contracting COVID-19 during the second...

PM Modi's Suit Auction: Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Against CIC's Refusal To Impose Penalty For Belated Supply Of Information

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea against an order passed by Chief Information Commission (CIC) refusing to impose penalty on a CPIO for providing belated information in response to an RTI application related to auction of a suit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Calling the plea moved by one Hans Raj Jain as misconceived, Justice Yashwant Varma observed that the petitioner...

Notification Granting IGST Exemption To Capital Goods Imported Under EPCG scheme Is Clarificatory, Curative: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that notification no. 79/2017-Customs dated October 13, 2017, amending notification no. 16/2015-Customs and granting exemption from the IGST to the capital goods imported under the Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme (EPCG Scheme) is clarifying and curative.The division bench of Justice K.R. Sriram and Justice Arif S. Doctor has directed the department to...

"He Needs Intensive Counselling": Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Juvenile Who Allegedly Raped His 8-Year-Old Student

Denying bail to a Juvenile, a religious teacher, who allegedly raped an 8-year-old girl (his student), the Allahabad High Court today observed that he needed counseling by psychiatrists/experts not only for his own betterment but also for the health of society."He needs to be extended services of reformatory and rehabilitatory nature so that he can move without posing danger to himself as well...

'Kidnapped' From War-torn Ukraine By Father, Delhi High Court Facilitates 3-yr-old's Meeting With Mother At Creche

In an alleged case of international parental child abduction, the Delhi Court on Friday asked a Ukrainian woman to meet her three-year-old child, who was allegedly kidnapped by her ex husband and brought to India when the war was raging between Russia and Ukraine in March, at its recently inaugurated creche.A division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Amit Sharma said that it...

Delhi High Court Quashes Assessment Order Passed Without Issuing Draft Assessment Order

The Delhi High Court has quashed the assessment order passed without issuing a show cause notice or a draft assessment order which has been mandated under Section 144B(1)(xvi)(b) of the Income Tax Act.The division bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Navin Chawla has directed the department to issue a show-cause notice within four weeks.The petitioner/assessee stated that the assessment...