Irked By Recurring Instances Of Improper Police Investigations, Karnataka HC Asks DGP To Formulate SOP; Initiate Disciplinary Action For Violation

Irked by the recurring number of cases where the Police investigation is not up to the mark, the Karnataka High Court has asked the Director General of Police to have a standard operating procedure (SOP) for investigating different crimes and to hold disciplinary proceedings against the investigating officers if the SOP established is not adhered to. A division bench of Justice...

Ensure Necessary Training Of Officers On Handling Of Electronic Evidence: Karnataka HC To State DGP, Director Prosecution & Registrar General

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Director General of the Police, the Director of Public Prosecution and HC Registrar (General) to make arrangements for necessary training of their officers in respect of receiving, handling, storage and use of electronic evidence.A division bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj and Justice G Basavaraja sitting at Dharwad, issued the directions for...

CBI Not Liable To Furnish Information Under RTI Act, Exempted U/S 24: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently observed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is not liable to furnish any information sought under the RTI Act, as it is included in the second schedule in contemplation of Section 24 of the RTI Act which exempts certain organisations from the Act.As per Section 24 of the RTI Act, the Act shall not apply to the intelligence and security...

'Time Is Not Far When Handwritten Docs Will Not Be Accepted By Courts': Karnataka HC Asks DGP To Constitute Task Force For Digitization Of Records

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Director General of Police (DGP) to establish a Task Force to work out a methodology of sharing the existing digital records with courts and to consider digitization of all processes.While dealing with a criminal appeal where it was put to "great difficulty" in going through the documents submitted by the investigation officer, a division bench...

Plea In Kerala HC Challenges Magistrate's Order, Seeks Police Probe Into Alleged Attack On Governor In 2019

A lawyer has filed a petition before the Kerala High Court against a judicial magistrate's decision to not order investigation on a Section 156(3) CrPC complaint related to the alleged heckling of Governor Arif Mohammed Khan during a conference at Kannur University in December 2019.Since the police had earlier allegedly not acted on his complaint, the complainant in September moved an...

Punjab & Haryana HC Grants Relief To Candidate Declared 'Unfit' For Constable Post Based On Criminal Case Against Father

Punjab and Haryana High Court recently came to the aid of a candidate who was denied appointment to the post of Police Constable citing criminal antecedents, on the ground that he was neither named in the alleged FIR, nor summoned or charge-sheeted.The bench comprising Justice Jaishree Thakur was informed that the alleged FIR was falsely registered against the father of the petitioner and...

Delhi High Court Awards ₹20 Lakh To Louis Vuitton In Trademark Infringement Suit Against Club Factory

The Delhi High Court has awarded Rs. 20 lakhs costs in favour of French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton Malletier in its trademark infringement suit against Club Factory, a China-based e-shopping website which was banned in India in 2021.Though the suit was decreed on March 24 when a permanent injunction was granted against the Chinese website and now it was listed for ex-parte evidence...

Merely Because Victim Is Same Doesn't Mean Offence Is Same: Karnataka HC Permits Registration Of Separate FIRs For Minor's Rape By Several Accused

The Karnataka High Court has upheld registering of multiple FIRs against different persons accused of rape based on the complaint of a minor girl who was allegedly forced into prostitution. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna said,"There was physical contact of every man who had come in contact with a minor girl. Those are separate incidents which may have happened on the...

Daughter's Application For Compassionate Appointment Cannot Be Rejected Merely Because She Subsequently Married: Rajasthan HC

The Jaipur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court, while disposing of a writ petition filed by a married woman claiming compassionate appointment upon her father's death, has held her to be entitled to claim such appointment, since the application for compassionate appointment was made by her while she was still unmarried. The petitioner submitted that her now deceased father used to work...

Candidates Belonging To Reserved Categories In Any State, UT Entitled To Reservation In Delhi Subordinate Services: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that all the candidates belonging to reserved categories as notified by a Presidential Order in any state or union territory would be entitled to reservation benefit in Delhi subordinate services. "If a candidate is able to furnish a certificate of belonging to a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe – which may otherwise be issued only by the competent...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 31 To November 6, 2022

Nominal Index [Citation 418 – 427] 1. Hemant Gamanlal Mehta v. State of Maharashtra and Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 418 2. Surendra Murlidhar Kopulwar v. State of Maharashtra and Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 419 3. Muzaffar Manzoor Kadri v. State Govt. of Goa and Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 420 4. Ravindra Shitalrao Upadyay v. State of Maharashtra 2022 LiveLaw...

Morbi Bridge Collapse: Gujarat High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance, Asks State To File Action Taken Report

The Gujarat High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the "disheartening" Morbi Bridge collapse, that claimed 134 lives. The incident occurred on October 30. "We have taken suo moto cognizance of this Morbi incident. But for the vacation, we would have sat on the same day itself… we want some action from your end," a bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh J...