Person Having Consensual Physical Relationship Not Required To Judicially Scrutinse Other Person's Date Of Birth: Delhi High Court

"The person, who is in a consensual physical relationship with another person, is not required to judicially scrutinise the date of birth of the other person," the Delhi High Court has observed. Justice Jasmeet Singh made the observation while granting bail to a man accused in a rape case. The complainant had alleged that after becoming friends, in September 2019, the petitioner called her to...

Minor Violations In Construction Of Building Which Do Not Affect Public At Large Can Be Considered To Be Regularised: Andhra Pradesh High Court

In a recent case, the Andhra Pradesh High Court allowed the Writ Petition to not allow the Corporation to demolish the building of the owner/petitioner till his explanation to the notice and request for regularization are considered with reasons. The court relied on catena of decisions related to illegal constructions to hold that deviation can be regularised if it is trivial and do...

Case Based On Suspicion And Confession Statement: Madras High Court Grants Bail To Man Charged Under UAPA

The Madras High Court recently granted bail to a man after observing that the entire case against him was based on suspicion and case was taken based on the confession statement. Justice S Vaidyanathan and Justice AD Jagdish Chandira also observed that there was no complaint made against the accused. There was no complaint from any person and nobody was injured in this case. Therefore, in...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round Up: August 22 To August 28, 2022

NOMINAL INDEXCitations 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 792 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 805AUSTIN NICHOLS & CO INC & ANR v. GWALIOR DISTILLERIES PRIVATE LTD 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 792FIJA & ANR. v. State 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 793ZAHOOR AHMAD SHAH WATALI v. NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 794KAILASH SEWANI v. MANISH KUMAR CHAUDHARY 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 795Kapri International Pvt. Ltd....

High Court Seeks Delhi Police's Response On Functional Status Of CCTV Cameras Installed In Police Stations

The Delhi High Court has sought response of the city police on the functional status of 1941 CCTV cameras already installed in 197 police stations. Justice Yashwant Varma also asked the Delhi Police to provide a break-up of the number of cameras that already stand installed in each police station. The Court was dealing with a plea seeking direction to the Delhi Police and the Delhi Government...

Frequent Visits To Husband's Office To Create Scene With Abusive Language Would Amount To Cruelty: Chhattisgarh HC Upholds Divorce Decree

While upholding a divorce decree granted in favor of the husband, the Chhattisgarh High Court recently observed that the act of a wife visiting the office premises of the husband and creating scenes with abusive language amount to cruelty. "...when a wife goes to the office premises of the husband, abuses him and accuses him of certain relation, naturally it would result into diminishing...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of 9 Additional Judges To Calcutta High Court

The Centre has notified the appointment of 9 additional judges to the Calcutta High Court.Following are the advocates who have been appointed as additional judges: (i) Biswaroop Chowdhury, (ii) Partha Sarathi Sen, (iii) Prasenjit Biswas, (iv) Uday Kumar, (v) Ajay Kumar Gupta, (vi) Supratim Bhattacharya, (vii) Partha Sarathi Chatterjee,(viii) Apurba Sinha Ray, (ix) Md. Shabbar...

"Horrendous Wrong Decision":134 Former Civil Servants Write To CJI Seeking Revocation Of Gujarat Govt. Order Releasing Bilkis Bano's Case Convicts

Former Civil Servants have written an open letter the Chief Justice of India against the premature release of 11 life convicts in the case of gang rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family members in the 2002 Gujarat riots. The letter beseeches the Supreme Court to rescind the Gujarat Government's order of remission and send them back to jail to serve out their life...

Actor Mohanlal Moves Kerala High Court Challenging Magistrate's Refusal To Allow Withdrawal Of Ivory Case

Actor Mohanlal moved the Kerala High Court, challenging the order passed by JFCM, Perumbavoor, which dismissed the State Government's plea to withdraw prosecution proceedings against him in the alleged illegal possession of ivory case against him. In the Criminal Revision Petition moved through Advocate K. R. Radhakrishnan Nair, the revision petitioner seeks to set aside the impugned...

Court Of Chief Commissioner For Persons With Disabilities Asks Practo To Make Its App And Website Fully Accessible For The Disabled

The Court of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities on Wednesday directed Practo, an online healthcare service provider, to make its website and app fully accessible for the disabled and also affirmed that legal requirements and guidelines on accessibility apply to private companies as well. From a combined reading of Sections 40 and 46, the Court observed that it becomes clear...

Chittoor Mayor Murder Case| Supreme Court Grants Bail To One Accused

Noting that the time lag between the incident and the examination of witnesses and the trial creates its own problems in the testimony of the witnesses, more so, the eye witnesses, the Supreme Court has repeated that "it is the duty of the prosecution to ensure that the prosecution witnesses are available and it is the duty of the trial Court to ensure that none of the parties is permitted...

Authorities "Afraid" To Act Against Illegal Flag-Masts Erected By Political Parties: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday reiterated its previous observation regarding permanent flag-masts being illegal as per the provisions of the Land Conservancy Act, and expressed its hope that the Government would come out with a policy of removing old masts and inhibiting the erection of new ones in its place.Justice Devan Ramachandran observed that, "solely because they are put up by...