Simranjeet, Author at SCC Times

[POCSO Act] Minor girl misrepresented her age and showed herself to be a major; Delhi High Court suspends sentence of a man accused of raping a minor girl

The Delhi High Court suspended the sentence of a man who was convicted for raping the minor girl after noting that the girl herself had misrepresented her age and showed herself to be a major.

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Patna High Court rejects anticipatory bail plea of an IPS Officer who hired a conman to pose as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court to influence the corruption probe against him

The Patna High Court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of an IPS Officer who hired a conman to pose as the as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and to make calls to other officers for taking decision in his favour in a corruption case against him.

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Recovery of penal rent from Air India employees for occupying Air India Colony held unlawful: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court held that without following due process of law, no penal rent could be deducted from the salaries of the employees of Air India Limited who failed to vacate the allotted accommodation.

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Delhi High Court upheld life term of six murder convicts who shot a man dead in personal enmity

The Delhi HIgh Court opined that eyewitness running away and hiding at the time of firing and then coming for the rescue of the deceased is not unnatural as self-preservation is the first instinct of a human being.

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Delhi High Court grants permanent injunction to SanDisk LLC for its trade marks ‘SanDisk’ and ‘Cruzer Blade’; awards Rs. 5 lakhs as damages

The Delhi High Court granted permanent injunction to SanDisk LLC for its trade mark ‘SanDisk’ and ‘Cruzer blade’. Additionally, Rs. 5 lakhs were awarded as damages.

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Issue of consent in sexual assault offences requires scrutiny; Delhi High Court upholds Trial Court’s Order of discharging a man accused of raping a married woman for 12 years

The Delhi High Court opined that the woman’s consent was implied and express and not coerced by deceit as she maintained the physical relationship with the man for 12 years and thus, the Court upheld Trial Court’s Order of discharging a man who was accused of raping her.

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Delhi High Court upholds life imprisonment of a man convicted for murdering his wife and for assaulting daughter

The Delhi High Court upheld the Trial Court’s decision of awarding life imprisonment to a man convicted for murdering his wife and assaulting his daughter.

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[Antrix-Devas Deal] Delhi High Court upholds decision of setting aside ICC Award of $562.5 million on the ground of fraud

The Delhi High Court upheld Single judge’s decision to set aside ICC Award of $562.5 million in favour of Devas Multimedia (P) Ltd. for a failed satellite agreement with Antrix Corporation Ltd., on the grounds of fraud and being in conflict with the public policy of India.

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Manipur High Court dismisses former MPCB Chairman’s plea challenging termination of service before completion of his tenure

The Manipur High Court opined that former MPCB’s Chairman should have obtained prior sanction from the State Government before appointing 118 employees as their monthly emoluments were above Rs. 3300 as per Rule 23 of Appointment of Chairman of Manipur Pollution Control Board, 2021.

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Permissible to increase school fee to generate funds for expansion and betterment of educational facilities: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court held that schools were entitled to maintain a reasonable surplus for expansion of the system and development of education and the same could not be construed as commercialization of education.

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Applications for refund of ITC cannot be rejected merely because of suspicion without any cogent material: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court held that the applications for ITC refund cannot be denied merely because of suspicion without any cogent material.

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Woman’s consent to man’s company cannot be inferred as a consent to sexual liaison: Delhi High Court dismisses bail application of a spiritual guru

The Delhi High Court denies bail to a spiritual guru who on the pretext of helping a woman perform the last rites of her husband, was alleged of having sexual liaison with her.

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Delhi High Court directs Government to grant age relaxation of two years as a ‘one time measure’ for the post of Sepoy Pharma in Indian Army

The Delhi High Court directs Government to grant age relaxation of two years as a ‘one time measure’ for recruitment of the post of Sepoy Pharma in Indian Army.

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Magisterial custody cannot be challenged by a writ of Habeas Corpus: Manipur High Court

The Manipur High Court held that where a person is taken into custody by an order of Magistrate, then such order cannot be challenged by Writ of Habeas Corpus as the detention cannot be termed as illegal.

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Elected Ward Members of Wangbal Gram Panchayat are “public servants” under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988: Manipur High Court rejects anticipatory bail of the Ward Members

The Manipur High Court rejected anticipatory bail to the elected Ward members of the Panchayat who were charged for fraudulently misappropriating huge Government money.

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Delhi High Court allows a woman to terminate 28 weeks pregnancy due to existence of “substantial foetus abnormalities”

The Delhi High Court allowed termination of 28 weeks pregnancy of a woman as the Medical Board from AIIMS diagnosed some “substantial abnormalities” in the foetus.

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Delhi High Court deletes remarks in the orders passed by the Trial Court against police officers

The Delhi High Court opined that passing comments like “negligent” and “insensitive” might impair a person’s confidence, work, and reputation, thus, the Court deleted remarks in the orders passed by Trial Court against police officers.

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Manipur High Court grants around Rs. 29 lakhs as compensation to the family of the deceased

The Manipur High Court held that the appropriate multiplier for deceased, aged 35 years should be 16 in place of 17 for calculation of compensation in cases under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

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Manipur High Court directs the State Authority to pay compensation of Rs. 50,000 to a detenu who was illegally detained for a period of 13 days in a drug trafficking case

The Manipur High Court directed the State Authority to pay Rs. 50,000 to the detenu as compensation for his illegal detention in a drug trafficking case.

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Portuguese national of Indian origin illegally restrained and detained by Air India Officials at Delhi Airport; Delhi High Court directs Air India Officials to arrange a flight to Ahmedabad for the Portuguese national

The Delhi High Court directs the Air India Officials to arrange for a flight to Ahmedabad for the Portuguese national of Indian origin who was illegally restrained and detained at the Delhi Airport by the Air India Officials.