Calcutta HC Denies Anticipatory Bail To NDPS Accused Citing Phone Connection With Person Arrested With Commercial Quantity Contraband

The Calcutta High Court on Monday denied anticipatory bail to an accused under the NDPS Act, citing his call details recording showing his connection with a person arrested with commercial quantity of narcotics.The Division Bench comprising Justices Debangsu Basak and Md. Shabbar Rashidi said that the call detail recording show the nexus of accused with a person arrested with commercial...

Each Individual With Paranoid Schizophrenia Has To Be Dealt With Differently: Delhi High Court, Sets Aside Compulsory Retirement Of RPSF Constable

Directing the authorities to reinstate a Constable of Railway Protection Special Force who was compulsorily retired in 2014, the Delhi High Court on Thursday said people with Paranoid Schizophrenia by and large are neither harmful to people nor a threat to the society.The division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Saurabh Banerjee said each individual suffering from the illness...

Hit & Run Cases: Kerala High Court Explains Procedure To Claim Compensation Under 1989 Solatium Scheme

The Kerala High Court recently embarked upon a detailed analysis of the Solatium Scheme of 1989 framed by the Central Government under Section 163(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 which provides for compensation in hit and run accidents.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan was of the opinion that the general public is not aware of the Scheme or the competent authority to be approached in order to...

Patna High Court Judge Suggests Doing Away With SOP Which 'Almost' Denies Litigants To Witness Court Proceedings

Stressing that public access to the court proceedings is an essential requirement of an open court proceedings, a Patna High Court Judge on Thursday suggested doing away with a clause of the SOP (in operation) which 'almost' denies the litigants to witness the Court proceedings of their own casesJustice Chakradhari Sharan Singh also suggested doing away with the online hearings of the cases...

Satisfied With CB-CID Investigation, Madras High Court Refuses CBI Probe Into Custodial Death

The Madras High Court recently refused to transfer the investigation of the alleged custodial death of Vignesh to the Central Bureau of Investigation. Justice V Sivagnanam observed that the investigation by CB-CID was satisfactory and that there was no need to transfer the case.On a perusal of the investigation status report, I find no materials to show that the present investigating...

Kerala High Court Orders Release Of Electricity Charges To Private College Requisitioned As COVID Treatment Centre

The Kerala High Court recently directed the District Collector, Pathanamthitta to disburse electricity charges to a private college which was used as a Covid First Line Treatment Centre from May 21 to December 20 in 2020.Justice V.G. Arun passed the order directing the officer, who is also Chairperson of Disaster Management Authority, to disburse the amount within an outer limit of...

Delhi High Court Imposes ₹25K Cost On Litigant Seeking Impleadment Of Elon Musk In Case Against Twitter Account Suspension

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed with Rs. 25,000 cost an application seeking impleadment of Elon Musk in a plea challenging the suspension of a Twitter account.Justice Yashwant Varma dismissed the application by calling it "thoroughly misconceived.""The application is thoroughly misconceived. It cannot possibly be disputed that the corporate entity (Twitter) already stands...

High Court Refuses Intervention In PIL Seeking Recognition Of Hindi As Official Language Of J&K And Ladakh

The Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh recently refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking directions to declare Hindi as official language in the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey and Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul observed that the subject of the PIL squarely comes within the domain...

'Acute Failure Of Doctors, Shocks Judicial Conscience': Orissa High Court Awards ₹10 Lakh Compensation To Family Over Woman's Maternal Death

In an important judgment, the Orissa High Court yesterday directed the State Government to constitute an Advisory Board of health care experts to draw up a 'Comprehensive Action Plan' to address the issue of maternal deaths. It has also ordered the Government to come up with a Scheme or Policy to address the need for providing redress including award of compensation for...

Test For Comparing Trademarks Of Medicinal Products Far Stricter As Any Confusion Would Result In Public Injury: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has said that the test for comparison of two trademarks related to medicinal products needs to be far stricter than the one applied to other goods, as any confusion in the same would result in public injury.Justice Navin Chawla made the observation while granting ad interim injunction in favour of FDC Limited, a pharmaceutical company, in its trademark infringement...

"Wife's Mere Act To Roam With A Person Doesn't Amount To Adultery": MP High Court Upholds Dismissal Of Husband's Divorce Plea

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently observed that a wife's mere act of meeting or roaming with a person other than the husband does not constitute adultery. With this, the bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Amar Nath (Kesharwani) upheld an order of the Family court dismissing an application filed under section 13(1)(1)(1a) of the Hindu Marriage Act by the husband on the grounds...

Currency can't be confiscated if it is not Proceeds Of Goods Cleared Clandestinely: CESTAT

The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the seized currency during the course of an investigation cannot be confiscated without proving that the said seized currency is the sale proceeds of excisable goods cleared clandestinely.The two-member bench of Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) and Raju (Technical Member) has ordered that...