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Police Misbehaviour Can't Be Tackled By Issuing Circulars, Superior Officers Will Be Personally Responsible For Overlooking Misdemeanor: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the State Police Chief to file a further report on the manner in which its directions insisting the Police to behave well with the citizens were being complied with. Justice Devan Ramachandran, on being informed by the Government Pleader Joshy Thannickamattom, that a circular had been issued by the State Police Chief in this regard, observed that, "It...
Experts Have To Decide Nature Of Game, What Does Tax Officer Know?: Karnataka High Court Query In Gameskraft Hearing Against ₹21,000 Crore GST Notice
The Karnataka High Court Thursday observed the experts have to decide the nature of the game and not the GST officer, while hearing the online gaming platform Gameskraft's petition against the notice demanding Rs 21,000 Crore tax from it. The tax has been demanded by Directorate General of GST Intelligence on the ground that activities being carried on Gameskraft is betting and amounts to game...
Non-Disclosure Of Reasons Behind Centre's Blocking Orders Infringe Users' Right To Appeal, Article 14: Twitter Argues Before Karnataka HC
Twitter India today told the Karnataka High Court that orders issued to it by the Central government for blocking certain user accounts directly affect those users' right to free speech and expression and thus, the orders must be communicated to them. When pointed by the Court that the governing statute (Information Technology Act) uses the expression "reasons to be recorded" and...
Frivolous Litigations Can Be Put To End At Any Stage: Delhi High Court While Dismissing Vegetable Vendor's Plea
Observing that the judicial institution is grappling with huge pendency due to frivolous litigations, the Delhi High Court has said that an endeavour must be made by courts to dismiss the same on the very first date without any further delay.Adding that such frivolous litigations should be "nipped in the bud", Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma further observed that courts do not have the luxury...
Married Woman Being Asked To Do Household Work Does Not Mean She Is Treated Like Maid Servant: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently observed that a married woman being asked to do household work does not mean that she is being treated like a maid servant. The court also observed that without description of alleged acts of the husband and in-laws, it cannot be determined whether they committed cruelty towards the wife. "If a married lady is asked to do household work definitely for...
Chhath Pooja 2022: Bombay High Court Quashes BMC Order Revoking Permission To Group Backed By NCP Leader
The Bombay High Court has quashed BMC's decision to revoke the permission granted to a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) backed organisation to hold Chhath Pooja in Ghatkopar, Mumbai on October 30-31st. The court also reversed the BMC's decision granting permission to another charitable organisation Atal Samajik Sanskruti Seva Pratisthan, backed by BJP. A division bench of Justices...
2019 Hate Speech case: Samajwadi Party Leader And UP MLA Azam Khan Convicted By UP Court
Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan has been found guilty in a 2019 Hate Speech case by a Rampur Court. Khan had made provocative remarks against Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath and the then DM of Rampur, Aunjaneya K. Singh during the Lok Sabha Elections 2019.He has been convicted under under Sections 153a (promoting enmity between two groups),...
High Court Directs Madurai DRO To Take Possession Of Golden Armour For Thevar Jayanthi Celebrations Amid Dispute Between OPS And EPS Factions
The Madras High Court has directed the District Revenue Officer (RDO), Madurai to take possession of the 13kg gold armour to be adorned on the statue of late freedom fighter Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar during the Guru Pooja Celebrations of his birth anniversary. The Madurai bench of Justice Bhavani Subbaroyan observed that since there were claims and counter-claims going on between...
Wife's Convenience Has To Be Seen More While Transferring Petition In Matrimonial Disputes: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the convenience of the wife has to be seen more while transferring a petition to a different court in matrimonial disputes.Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma added that the transfer jurisdiction has to be exercised in such a manner that there should not be any inconvenience caused to either of the parties.The court was dealing with a plea moved by 68 year old...
KFRI Scientist Selection 2015 | Kerala High Court Says No Age Relaxation For Candidate Who Applied In 2012
The Kerala High Court recently held that a candidate who had initially applied for the post of Scientist E-1 in the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) in 2012, but did not apply again after a third notification was issued for the same posts in 2015, cannot be granted benefit of exemption from applying afresh as the same was only for those candidates who had submitted applications in...
Bank Account Cannot Be Frozen By Way Of Summons U/S 91 CrPC: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has held that the police have no jurisdiction to freeze bank accounts while issuing summons under Section 91 of CrPC. While issuing such summons, the investigating officer can only summon a person to produce the document or other things.Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan thus observed as under:Thus, it is clear that the first respondent (Inspector of Police, Cyber Crime) has...
