While taking potshots at the dastardly action of the police in continuing with the rowdy sheet without any pending criminal case against the petitioner, the Andhra Pradesh High Court in a most commendable, courageous, cogent, concise, composed and creditworthy judgment titled Marri Gopi v. The State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. in Writ Petition No.
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Recently, Hon’ble Supreme Court held that when a person’s land is acquired, he/she should be compensated immediately after he/she is deprived of possession of the land. The Court also inferred that if such compensation is not paid immediately, then the person is entitled to interest from the date on which he/she was deprived of the
... Continue Reading.The single-judge bench of Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar has recently granted bail to a rape accused in a case of a sexual relationship which prima facie appears to be consensual. This case is an appeal against the special court order which convicted the accused under the following sections 376 (punishment for rape), 313( causing miscarriage
... Continue Reading.A criminal petition was filed in the Karnataka High Court which requested for quashing the FIR registered under sections 506 (criminal intimidation), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), and 34 (common intention) of IPC. The case of the petitioner is that he had promised to marry respondent 8 years back but he failed
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It is really a matter of extreme solace that none other than the Bombay High Court which is one of India’s most reputed and also oldest High Courts spoke most vocally in its judgment titled Suryakant Kisan Pawar vs Deputy Collector, Mumbai and others in Writ Petition No. 2141 of 2019 in exercise of its
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Delhi High Court directs ICAI to frame a policy on criminal cases The profession of the chartered accountant requires a high standard of integrity and is considered noble The Delhi High Court has directed the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) to frame a policy that mandates chartered accountants (CAs) to disclose criminal cases
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While according the highest priority to the fundamental rights of the citizens, the Delhi High Court has in an extremely commendable, cogent, courageous, composed and convincing judgment titled Jatinder Pal Singh vs Central Bureau of Investigation in CRL. M.C. 3118/2012 that was pronounced finally on January 17, 2022 has observed that if illegally intercepted messages
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In a significant development with far reaching consequences pertaining to second FIR on same incident, we saw how just recently on January 7, 2022, the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled Gurmail Singh v. State of Punjab and another in CRM-M-45411-2021 has minced just no words to
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Bombay High Court holds DRAT’s order It is a setback for Nirvan Birla, the son of business tycoon Yash Birla The Bombay High Court has stayed the order passed by the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT), Mumbai against Kotak Mahindra Bank. The DRT had directed that symbolic possession of property mortgaged to the bank be handed
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While fully, firmly and finally espousing the perfectly legitimate right of the daughter just like son to inherit self-acquired property of father dying intestate, the Supreme Court has in a learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled Arunachala Gounder (Dead) Vs Ponnusamy in 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 71 and Case No. Civil Appeal No. 6659 of
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