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Karnataka HC Judge Records In Written Order The Threat Of Transfer Received From Sitting Judge For Passing Orders Against ACB Chief
Justice H P Sandesh of the Karnataka High Court, who made a sensational revelation last week that he had received an indirect threat of transfer for passing orders against the head of Anti Corruption Bureau(ACB) Seemanth Kumar Singh ADGP, recorded the threat in a written order on Monday.The judge recorded in his order that he was given an indirect threat of transfer by a sitting judge during...
Supreme Court Recommends Union Govt To Introduce Separate Act To Streamline Grant Of Bail; Sets Timeline For Disposal Of Bail Pleas
The Supreme Court on Monday recommended the Union Government to introduce a special enactment in the nature of a "Bail Act" to streamline the grant of bail."The Union of India may consider the introduction of a separate enactment in nature of a bail act, so as to streamline the grant of bails", a bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh observed in the judgment in the...
Testimonials From Livelaw Academy's Legal Mentorship Program With Adv. Avani Bansal
The Legal Mentorship Program was a 12-week Immersive & Intensive Online Bootcamp for Law Students and Fresh Law Graduates that was conducted by the LiveLaw Academy with Adv. Avani Bansal from 19th February to 7th May 2022. The program saw massive participation from students across the country. Here's what our students had to say about their experience with Livelaw Academy. We have now launched our latest course on the Constitution of India with Adv. Avani Bansal. Registrations are...
Subsequent Refusal To Marry After Sex Not Sufficient To Constitute Offence Of Rape: Kerala High Court
While granting bail to a Central Government Counsel in a sexual assault case, the Kerala High Court held that a subsequent refusal to marry or a failure to lead the relationship into a marriage is not sufficient to constitute the offence of rape even if the partners had indulged in a physical relationship.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas observed that a sexual relationship between two willing...
Electricity Cannot Be Denied To Tenant Merely Because Landlord Refused To Issue No Objection Certificate: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that electricity is a basic amenity of which a person cannot be deprived. "Electricity cannot be declined to a tenant on the ground of failure/refusal of the landlord to issue no objection certificate. All that the electricity supply authority is required to examine is whether the applicant for electricity connection is in occupation of the premises in question",...
'A Proficient Advocate Must Be Physically Fit' : Supreme Court Enhances Motor Accident Compensation For Lawyer Who Suffered Disabilities
Observing that physical fitness is necessary for a proficient advocate and physical disabilities hamper the smooth functioniong of a lawyer, the Supreme Court recently granted relief to an advocate who had suffered 100% permanent disability due to an accident.The Court partly allowed his appeal by enhancing the compensation awarded by the High Court from Rs 23,20,000/- to Rs...
"No One To Police The Police": MP High Court Raps MP Police Over Failure To Trace Minor Girl Allegedly Raped & Killed
The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently came down heavily on the state police department for its callousness and failure in tracing an 11-year-old missing minor girl whose father had approached the High Court 5 years back in the year 2017.Deprecating the way state police handled the case, the bench of Justice Rohit Arya and Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke remarked that there was no one to Police...
Govind Pansare's Murder : Daughter Moves Bombay High Court Seeking Transfer Of Probe From SIT To Maharashtra ATS
The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra Government to respond to an application to transfer slain communist leader Govind Pansare's murder investigation to the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad from the State SIT to find the real mastermind behind the murders. The application filed by the 82-year-old's daughter, Smita Pansare, states that nearly seven years after her...
Difference Between "Per Incurium" & "Sub Silentio" -Explainer
Those things which have been so often adjudged ought to rest in peace. This statement by the English jurist, Lord Coke succinctly summarizes the jurisprudential force of the doctrine of precedent. The doctrine of precedent occupies an important position in the organization of any judicial system. It implies that a decision by a court higher in the pyramid of judicial hierarchy, binds...