De-Clogging & Digitisation Of Physical Records Provides More Space To Think: Odisha CJ Muralidhar

The Orissa High Court observed the 'First Anniversary' of the Record Room Digitization Centre ('RRDC') on Friday at the Odisha Judicial Academy, Cuttack. The event witnessed the virtual presence of Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court of India and the Chairperson of the Apex Court's E-Committee as the 'Chief Guest'. Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court...

Refusal Of Bail Restricts Personal Liberty Guaranteed Under Article 21: Uttarakhand HC Grants Relief To Man Accused Of Distributing Toxic Liquor

The Uttarakhand High Court recently observed that refusal of bail is a restriction on the personal liberty of an individual guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India and thus, must not be refused during course of trial, unless necessary to secure the attendance of accused.The bench of Justice Alok Kumar Verma made the observation while granting bail to a person accused...

Court Can't Travel Beyond Pleadings In A Suit To Frame Issues: Sikkim High Court

The Sikkim High Court has held that trial courts can frame issues with regard to only those pleadings which are asserted by one party and denied by other. Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan observed that the suit proceedings cannot travel beyond the pleadings placed on record by the parties.The observation comes in a case where the trail court had framed an issue in a property dispute, to...

Made Her Existence 'Worthless': Uttarakhand High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Abetting Suicide By Blackmailing Woman Through Obscene Videos

The Uttarakhand High Court recently denied bail to a man booked for offence of abetment of suicide punishable under Section 306 IPC, for allegedly blackmailing a married woman via WhatsApp, by sharing her obscene videos.The bench of Justice Ravindra Maithani observed that the victim kept begging from the applicant-accused to leave her, to end the relationship, to delete the obscene video,...

State Does Not Have Unlimited Resources, Institutions That Waive Arrears To Seek Grant-In-Aid Can't Be Permitted To Take U-Turn: Uttarakhand HC

The Uttarakhand High Court recently, while dealing with a plea seeking release of pension and family pension of employees in the Dehradun Rishikul Vidhyapeeth Brahmcharya Sanskrit Mahavidhalaya as per the Old Pension Scheme, observed: "The State is not having unlimited resources. The State took a conscious decision to sanction the grant-in-aid to the Institution in question on...

Justice Chandrachud Bats For Digitisation Of Court Records, Lauds Orissa High Court Model

The Orissa High Court observed the 'First Anniversary' of the Record Room Digitisation Centre ('RRDC') on Friday at the Odisha Judicial Academy, Cuttack. The event witnessed the virtual presence of Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court of India and the Chairperson of the Apex Court's E-Committee as the 'Chief Guest'. Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court Dr. Justice...

Madras High Court Directs TN Engg Admission Secretary To Pay ₹10 Lakhs Compensation To Student For Wrongfully Denying Her Admission

Lives of youngsters are affected by such unscrupulous academicians and executives.

Matrimonial Offences Including S.498A IPC May Be Quashed In Exercise Of Powers U/S 482 CrPC When Parties Arrive At Settlement: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently ruled that offences arising out of matrimony, where the wrong is basically private or personal in nature and the parties have resolved their entire dispute, the High Court will be within its jurisdiction to quash the criminal proceedings. The bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar was hearing a plea whereby the petitioner had sought quashing of an FIR...

[Section 110A Customs Act] Owner Does Not Include Importer Of Goods: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Thursday held that seized goods can only be provisionally released under Section 110A of the Customs Act, 1962 (the Act) in favour of the owner of the goods and no one else. "The said section does not include or envisage release of goods provisionally in favour of an importer of goods much less does it envisage, a release in favour of 'any person', in addition...

Calcutta High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Prohibition On CM Mamata Banerjee's Entry Into Islamic Religious Congregations

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a prohibition on the entry of State's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee into the Islamic religious congregation.The bench of Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj observed that BJP leader and lawyer, Nazia Elahi Khan (petitioner) had not placed any authentic material before...

Over 10 Yrs After Acquittal By Trial Court, Delhi HC Convicts Man For Raping 11-Yr-Old; Sentences To 10 Yrs Rigorous Imprisonment

More than 10 years after his acquittal in October 2011 by a Trial Court here, the Delhi High Court on Friday convicted a man for raping a 11 year old minor victim in the year 2010 and awarded a sentence of 10 years of rigorous imprisonment.A division bench comprising of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Mini Pushkarna allowed the appeal filed by the prosecution in the year 2014 against the...

[MPSC Exam] Judicial Intervention In Result Even At Interim Stage Of Proceedings Affects All Candidates: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday observed that the courts should refrain from interfering in results of examinations as judicial intervention affects all candidates and not just the parties seeking relief. "Indeed, we would venture to suggest that except in the most exceptional circumstances, there should not be such interim interventions by a Court for the simple reason that allowing...