Mere Illegal Entry Without Anti-National Material Not Attempt To Wage War Against India: Calcutta HC Commutes Death Sentence Of 4 LeT Members

The Calcutta High Court on Monday commuted the death sentence of four Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) members who were apprehended by the Border Security Force (BSF) whilst attempting to illegally cross the border into India from Bangladesh in 2007, with an objective of spreading terror in Kashmir.A Division Bench of Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Ananya Bandyopadhyay found that possession of explosives...

Allahabad HC Upholds Conviction Of Man Who Raped A 10 Y/O Girl 43 Years Ago, Sends Him To Jail To Serve Remaining Sentence

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a man who raped a 10-year-old girl 43 years ago (in the year 1979) after finding the testimony of the victim to be reliable. The convict, presently on bail, has been directed to be sent to jail to serve the remaining sentence.The bench of Justice Samit Gopal also observed that the age of the accused cannot be a ground to extend...

Bombay HC Directs Re-Testing Of Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder, Allows Company To Resume Manufacture But No Sale Or Distribution For Now

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday allowed Johnson and Johnson Pvt Ltd to re-start manufacturing of its baby powder at their Mulund unit and also directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to re-test four samples, at two government and one private laboratory. The court directed FDA to collect the samples for testing in front of an authorised person from the company within three...

Electricity Is Essential Service, Cannot Be Denied Without Cogent, Lawful Reason: Delhi High Court

Observing that electricity is an essential service, the Delhi High Court has said that a person cannot be deprived of it without a cogent and lawful reason. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri in a judgment passed on Monday said that it is well-settled that even if disputes exist regarding the ownership of a property at which an electricity connection is sought, the concerned authorities cannot deprive...

Law College Elections | Returning Officer Can Only Verify Validity Of Nomination Paper, Not Competence Of A Candidate: Kerala HC

While dealing with a case relating to 'Class Representative' elections in the Government Law College at Kozhikode, the Kerala High Court held that the power vested in a Returning Officer is limited to verifying the validity of a nomination paper, and not determining the eligibility/ competence of a candidate.In the instant case, Justice Devan Ramachandran observed that the Returning Officer...

Delhi High Court Orders Blocking Of 'PikaShow' App In India, Says 'Large Amount' Of Copyrighted Content Being Streamed Illegally

The Delhi High Court has ordered blocking of 'PikaShow' mobile application, observing that it is a "rogue app" which is intended "only to broadcast and stream illegal content."Passing interim injunction against the application and its owners, Justice Pratibha M Singh directed Department of Telecommunications and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to issue blocking orders...

Absence of RT-PCR Report At Peak of Pandemic No Ground To Refuse COVID Death Compensation: Bombay HC Directs BEST To Pay 50L To Dead Conductor's Kin

Observing that the mere absence of an "RT-PCR report or adequate medical documentation" couldn't be a ground to refuse relief to a frontline covid worker's kin, the Bombay High Court directed Rs. 50 lakh compensation and compassionate appointment to the kin of a deceased BEST Bus conductor who died at the peak of the first covid wave in August 2020. A division bench of Chief...

Morbi Incident | "Don't Take This Matter Casually; File Counter-Affidavit By 4:30 PM Today Or Pay ₹1Lakh Cost": Gujarat HC To Civic Body

Hearing a suo moto case pertaining to the October 30 Morbi Bridge Collapse incident, the Gujarat High Court today directed the Morbi Civic Body to file its counter-affidavit in the matter by 4:30 PM today or pay 1 lakh cost. The Court also asked it to stop taking this matter casually. A bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh J Shastri directed thus as it was informed today...

NCTE Not Empowered To Impose Penalty, Cannot Exercise Function Of Regional Committees: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) cannot claim existence of any inherent or plenary powers, adding that a statutory authority cannot impose penalties without authority of law in absence of an express provision in the parent statute. Observing that penalty is a statutory liability which must be provided in the legislation itself, Justice...

Man Sets Woman Ablaze Upon Her Refusal To Serve Food: MP High Court Converts Murder Conviction To S.304 IPC, Says Act Committed On "Sudden Impulse"

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently converted the conviction of a man under Section 302 (Murder) to Section 304 (Culpable homicide not amounting to murder) IPC for burning his partner to death, observing that he had acted on a sudden impulse. Even though the Appellant had not raised the argument regarding the act being committed on sudden impulse, the division bench comprising...

Service Tax Leviable On Policy Administration Charges From 1 May, 2011: CESTAT

The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that service tax is leviable on policy administration charges with effect from 01.05.2011.The two-member bench of Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member) and P.V. Subba Rao (Technical Member) has observed that in view of the clarification by the Board in TRU Circular dated 26.02.2010, 2010, policy...

Kerala High Court Stays Proceedings In Cheating Case Against Bollywood Actor Sunny Leone, Husband Daniel Weber

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday stayed the criminal proceedings in a 2019 FIR against Bollywood actor Sunny Leone, her husband Daniel Weber and an employee of theirs.Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. passed the order staying the criminal proceedings until the next date of hearing, today in a plea moved by the actor. They have approached the Kerala High Court with a petition seeking quashing of...