Hanuman Chalisa Row: Special Court Rejects Mumbai Police's Plea To Cancel Bail Of MP Navneet Rana, MLA Ravi Rana

The Special Court on Monday rejected Mumbai Police's plea to issue non-bailable warrants against MP Navneet Rana and MLA Ravi Rana in the Hanuman Chalisa Case over alleged breach of bail conditions. Special Judge RS Rokade passed the order after hearing Advocate Rizwan Merchant for the accused and Special Public Prosecutor Pradeep Ghatar for the State. The Ranas were...

Person Arrested Under UAPA Has Bleak Chances Of Bail, Detaining Authority Must Show Compelling Reasons For His Preventive Detention: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has reiterated that preventive detention orders can be passed even when a person is in police custody. However, the authority must record compelling reasons for doing so.The observation especially assumes relevance in the context where a person proposed to be detained is accused under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and has bleak chances of...

Kannur University Case| Kerala High Court Stays Appointment Of Priya Varghese As Associate Professor Till 31st August

The Kerala High Court on Monday stayed the appointment of Priya Varghese, wife of K.K. Ragesh, private secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan as an Associate Professor at the Department of Malayalam in Kannur University till August 31st. Justice Devan Ramachandran has passed the interim order staying the appointment of Priya Varghese as an associate professor in a petition filed by...

Monkey Menace: Karnataka High Court Directs Local Bodies To Properly Implement State's SOP For Capture & Relocation

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and Urban Local Bodies in the city to properly implement the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) framed by the government to tackle 'monkey menace' and to deal with the issue of their capture and relocation. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty gave the...

Disciplinary Authority Cannot Rely On Documents Furnished In Parallel Criminal Proceedings Against Accused-Employee: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has made it clear that a disciplinary authority cannot rely on extraneous documents, such as those furnished during parallel criminal proceedings against the accused-employee, for the purpose of departmental enquiry.Justice PB Bajanthri observed,"Extraneous document cannot be taken into consideration by the enquiry authority or disciplinary authority. The decision...

Compassionate Appointment Cannot Be Granted Where Bereaved Family Does Not Face "Indigent Circumstances": Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has upheld the decision of a bank denying compassionate appointment saying that the deceased's family was not facing "indigent circumstances" warranting employment under the State's scheme of 2014.PNB had rejected the respondent's claim for compassionate appointment after his father expired while serving as a Head Cashier, on the ground that the family was not...

BJP Leader Moves PIL Plea In Calcutta High Court Seeking Prohibition On Exhibition Of Movie 'Laal Singh Chaddha'

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been moved before the Calcutta High Court seeking prohibition on the exhibition of the Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan starrer movie, Laal Singh Chaddha in the state alleging that the same may cause a breach of peace.BJP leader and lawyer, Nazia Ilahi Khan has moved the High Court stating that the situation in the state is extremely volatile...

S.190 CrPC | No Bar On Impleadment Of Any Accused After Magistrate Takes Cognizance, Issues Process: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently reiterated that there is no bar under section 190 Cr.P.C. that once the process is issued against some accused, on the next date the Magistrate cannot issue process to some other person against whom there is some material on record but his name is not included as accused in the chargesheet.The bench of Justice Rajnesh Oswal recorded...

Zomato's Failure To Fulfill Promise Of 'On Time Delivery' Amounts To Deficiency In Service: Chandigarh State Consumer Commission

The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has granted relief to a Chandigarh resident whose order under Zomato's promotional policy "On Time or Free" was cancelled after the delivery got delayed.The Commission observed that immense physical harassment & mental agony to the complainant and amounted to "deficiency in service" and "unfair trade practice" on part of the online...

Order XLI Rule 25 CPC | Party Can't Amend Plaint In Court's Limited Jurisdiction To Determine Additional Issues Framed By Appellate Court: Sikkim HC

The Sikkim High Court recently dismissed a petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution seeking permission to amend plaint and file a written statement to the counter-claim filed by the respondents, pending proceedings before the Civil Court under Order XLI Rule 25 CPC.The provision provides that an Appellate Court may frame certain additional issues for examination and refer them...

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Stand On Plea By UK Anthropologist Filippo Osella Against Deportation From Kerala Airport

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought stand of the Central Government on a plea filed by renowned UK Anthropologist and social scientist Filippo Osella challenging his recent deportation from Thiruvananthapuram airport in Kerala on 23rd March. Osella is also the Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies at the Department of Anthropology, School of Global Studies at the University...

Corruption Rampant In Govt Offices, No File Moves Without 'Bribe': Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has observed that nowadays, in Government offices, corruption has become rampant and no file is moved without a 'bribe'. A single judge bench of Justice K Natarajan made the observation while refusing bail to BT Raju, working as Assistant Engineer with the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). The Anti-Corruption Bureau had arrested him for demanding...