Legal Articles Places of Worship Act: Supreme Court gives Centre time till October 31 to respond July 11, 2023 / July 11, 2023 by Bharat Bhushan | Leave a Comment A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud also clarified that the mere pendency of the case before them doesn’t mean that the Places of worship Act has been stayed. The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave an extension for the eighth time to the Centre to file its counter affidavit on a […] Read more »
Legal Articles Just One HC Bench So Close To Allahabad Is Most Bizarre July 10, 2023 / July 10, 2023 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment It is ‘shockingly bizarre’ that UP has maximum pending cases among all States that is more than 10 lakhs in High Courts and about a crore in lower courts and has maximum population and still has just one High Court Bench only so close […] Read more »
Legal Articles Citizens Have Right To Criticize Govt Policies But Can’t Insult Constitutional Functionaries : Karnataka HC July 10, 2023 / July 10, 2023 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment It would be extremely vital to pay unremitting and singular attention to what the Karnataka High Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled Allauddin & Others vs State of Karnataka & Anr in CRL.P No. 200126 […] Read more » Karnataka HC
Legal Articles Bombay HC Asks Centre Why Fact Check Unit Needed When PIB Exists July 7, 2023 / July 7, 2023 by Bharat Bhushan | Leave a Comment The Bombay high court on Thursday, July 7, asked if the mechanism of the Press Information Bureau (PIB), which has been in existence for long, is so inadequate that it requires the introduction of a Fact Check Unit (FCU). The division bench of Justices Gautam S. Patel and Neela K. Gokhale began the final hearing […] Read more »
Legal Articles Gujarat HC Refuses to Stay Rahul Gandhi’s Conviction, Sentence in Defamation Case July 7, 2023 / July 7, 2023 by Bharat Bhushan | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Gujarat high court on Friday (July 7) refused to stay the conviction of and two-year sentence given to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case. The sentence – the maximum possible for defamation – resulted in Gandhi’s disqualification from the Lok Sabha. Justice Hemant Prachchhak said that no injustice would be caused […] Read more »
Legal Articles Penetrative Sexual Assault Against Child Below 12 Years Punishable As ‘Aggavated Sexual Assault’ : SC July 7, 2023 / July 7, 2023 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment “3. Tersely put, the case of the prosecution is that the complainant XYZ lodged an F.I.R. against the appellant Sonu Kushwaha on 26.03.2016 at Chirgaon, District Jhansi stating therein that on 22.03.2016, at about 05:00 hours in the evening, appellant Sonu Kushwaha came to complainant’s house and took his son aged about 10 years in […] Read more » SC
Legal Articles “Sentencing Is Inexplicable” : SC On HC Decision To Award Different Jail Terms To Convicts For Same Offence July 6, 2023 / July 6, 2023 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment While being terribly astonished at the incongruous manner in which the High Court delivered different jail terms to convicts for the same offence, the Apex Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled Uggarsain vs The State of Haryana & […] Read more »
Legal Articles SC Deprecates Practice Of Imposing Pre-Condition Of Paying Alleged Cheated Amount To Get Anticipatory Bail July 6, 2023 / July 6, 2023 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment It is most significant to observe right at the outset that the Supreme Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled Ramesh Kumar v. The State of NCT of Delhi in Criminal Appeal No. of 2023 (Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 2358 of 2023) that was […] Read more »
Legal Articles Petitions U/S 482 CrPC Not Maintainable For Challenging Proceedings U/S 12 Domestic Violence Act : HP HC July 4, 2023 / July 4, 2023 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment While clearly reiterating that petitions under Section 482 CrPC are not maintainable for challenging the proceedings under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act, the Himachal Pradesh High Court in a learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled Sanjeev Kumar & Ors Vs Sushma Devi in Criminal Revision […] Read more »
Legal Articles Police Harassment Of Advocate And Husband : Maharashtra Human Rights Body Orders Rs 2.5 Lakh Compensation July 4, 2023 / July 4, 2023 by Sanjeev Sirohi | Leave a Comment “Harass – ‘Injure’ and ‘injury’ are words having numerous and comprehensive popular meanings, as well as having a legal import. A line may be drawn between these words and the word ‘harass’, excluding the latter from being comprehended within the word ‘injure’ or ‘injury’. The synonyms of ‘harass’ are: to weary, tire, perplex, distress, tease, […] Read more »
