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Madras High Court Dismisses Plea Alleging Abuse Of Police Protection By Former CM Paneerselvam To Ransack AIADMK Office
The Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition alleging that former Tamil Nadu CM O. Paneerselvam had misused the personal security granted to him. Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan dismissed the petition holding that the Petitioner has no locus standi. The petitioner, Aadi Rajaram had contended that the former CM had misused the personal security granted to him for his personal agendas...
Oudh Bar Association To Abstain From Judicial Work For 2 Days To Oppose Proposal To Elevate SC Advocates As Allahabad HC Judges
The Oudh Bar Association has resolved to abstain from judicial work for 2 days as a mark to protest against the proposal sent by the High Court collegium to the Supreme Court Collegium to elevate certain advocates who are not practicing before the Allahabad High Court (either of the benches).The decision to abstain from judicial work comes in the backdrop of a letter written by the President...
FIR U/S 377 IPC Can Be Quashed In Matrimonial Cases After Settlement Between Parties: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that in matrimonial cases where settlement has taken place, offence under sec. 377 of Indian Penal Code can be compromised and FIR can be quashed as parties have to move ahead in life. Justice Talwant Singh thus concurred with the decision of a coordinate bench in Rifakat Ali & Ors v. State & Anr. decided on February 26, 2021 wherein the Court had...
Madras High Court Sentences Savukku Shankar To 6 Months Imprisonment In Contempt Case, Refuses To Suspend Sentence
The Madras High Court(Madurai Bench) on Thursday sentenced Savukku Shankar to six months simple imprisonment in a suo moto contempt proceeding for his remarks against the higher judiciary. The bench also refused to entertain the request of Mr. Shankar to suspend the sentence until filing of appeal before the Supreme Court. The court thus directed that Mr. Shankar be forthwith taken to...
Madras High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against ABVP Activists For Protesting Outside CM Stalin's Residence
The Madras High Court on Thursday refused to quash the FIR registered against 31 students belonging to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for protesting near Chief Minister MK Stalin's residence. The case of prosecution is that the students had attempted to siege the house of the Chief Minister. When police party attempted to stop them, they pushed the police, tore their uniform...
Himachal Pradesh High Court Issues Directions To POCSO Courts For Protection Of Identity Of Rape, Sexual Offence Victims
The Himachal Pradesh High Court recently issued certain directions to the Special POCSO Courts so as to ensure that the identity of the child victim shall not be disclosed, at any time, during the course of investigation or trial.The bench of Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Virender Singh issued these directions while dealing with an appeal preferred by the state government against...
'Anath' Not Stigmatic: Bombay High Court Dismisses PIL To Change Nomenclature For Orphans In Govt Records
Observing that there was no stigma attached to the word "anath", the Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed a PIL seeking to change the nomancleature for an orphan in Government records from "anath" to "swanath" or self-made. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Madhav Jamdar said that courts must be alive to the laxman rekha within which they must function. "We find...
Injunction Order Can Be Stayed Only In Rare Cases Where Restoration Of Status Quo Ante At Interlocutory Stage Is Imperative For Justice: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that a stay order cannot be stayed, except in rare and exceptional cases, where restoration of the status quo ante at an interlocutory stage is imperative in the interest of justice.Justice C Hari Shankar added that where a judgment or decree is injunctive in nature, meaning that where the judgment or decree injuncts either of the parties before the Court...
S.451 CrPC: Karnataka High Court Says Gold Ornaments Seized Can Be Kept In Custody For Maximum 1 Month
The Karnataka High Court has said that if gold bullion or gold ornaments are seized during the investigation of an offence, the maximum period that it could be held is 15 days or one month and later, it should be released and interim custody should be handed over to the victim/complainant/applicant. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by M/S...
Karnataka High Court Directs Haveri Deputy Commissioner To Act Against Alleged Illegal Slaughter Houses
The Karnataka High Court has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Haveri district to expeditiously take action on the representation made to it about alleged illegal slaughter houses being operational in the district without any license. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty disposed of a public interest litigation filed by one...
Disclosure Of Documents Regarding Grant Of Sanction For Prosecution U/S 45(1) UAPA Can Be Exempted Under RTI Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea filed by a convict in the Mumbai Twin Blast case (7/11 Bomb Blast case) challenging an order passed by the Central Information Commission (CIC) denying him information regarding the proposal and all documents concerning grant of sanction for prosecution under sec. 45(1) of the Unlawful Activity (Prevention) Act (UAPA).Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddique...
Order 23 Rule 3 CPC | Vitiated Compromise Decree Can Be Recalled By Same Court, Separate Suit Challenging Such Decree Is Barred: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Wednesday observed that a compromise deed is essentially a contract between the parties superimposed by the decree of the Court and such a decree can be avoided only by approaching the same Court and demonstrating before it that the compromise on the basis of which decree is passed is not lawful.The Observation was laid by a bench comprising...