Shriya Singh, Author at SCC Times

“Section 498A IPC not panacea for all matrimonial ills”: Karnataka High Court quashes FIR against husband and his family

“Minor skirmishes that happens in the family between the husband and the wife are projected to become a crime for offences punishable under Section 498A of the IPC or even under Section 504 IPC”

Reinstatement does not preclude conducting enquiry

Case Briefs High Courts

Mere reinstatement does not preclude conducting departmental enquiry over past misconduct: Rajasthan High Court dismisses Health Officer’s plea challenging penalty order

“The nature of the misconduct proved against the petitioner, viewed in the context of the duties and responsibilities attached to the post held, cannot be said to be trivial or inconsequential.”

Bail to husband to support wife after child birth

Case Briefs High Courts

‘After giving birth, wife needs her best companion’: Punjab and Haryana High Court grants six week’s bail to husband in NDPS case

In the case at hand, the petitioner’s wife had just given birth to a female child, thus, he approached the Court for bail to look after their well-being.

Case Briefs High Courts

Women’s sacrifice of gainful employment often portrayed ‘devilish’ to extract money after separation: Allahabad HC remands maintenance matter to Family Judge

“The statutory right of the wife to maintenance cannot be permitted to be parted away and infringed by setting up a case that she had the capacity to earn.”

Beneficiary party presence in land acquisition matters

Case Briefs High Courts

Beneficiary party’s presence indispensable for effective determination of compensation in land acquisition matters: Karnataka High Court remits back matter to Reference Court

Effective representation by the beneficiary company cannot be substituted by the Special Land Acquisition Officer or any other State Authorities inasmuch as the very constitution of the said company is to ensure proper and effective implementation of the project.

courts cannot interfere with government servant transfers

Case Briefs High Courts

Government servants’ transfer lies exclusively with State Government; Courts to interfere when malice involved: Allahabad High Court

“The Courts cannot either issue direction to the State Government to transfer a particular government servant to a particular place nor it can interfere in the orders of transfer of the government servants.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court anguished over callous approach of Investigating Officer; denies anticipatory bail to alleged Kingpin of Rohingya Funding Syndicate

“The allegations are serious, credible evidence and materials are being collected by the investigating agency and there might be likelihood of custodial interrogation of the appellant.”

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proceedings against neighbour under S. 498-A IPC

Case Briefs High Courts

Stranger cannot be drawn into proceedings under Section 498-A IPC: Karnataka High Court quashed proceedings against neighbor

“Permitting further proceedings against the neighbor would become an abuse of the process of the law and result in miscarriage of justice.”

Prolonged incarceration cannot entitle successive bail

Case Briefs High Courts

Prolonged incarceration cannot entitle allowance of successive bail: Punjab and Haryana High Court denied bail in SFIO investigation case

“A second/successive regular bail application cannot be rejected solely on the ground of maintainability thereof, but for such petition to succeed, the petitioner is required to show some substantial change in circumstances.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Failure to videograph recovery weakens prosecution case: Allahabad HC Grants Bail, Directs UP DGP to issue SOP

“It is clear that police has not conducted any videography of the recovery of motorcycles from the applicant or preparation of list of seized motorcycles, though, same is mandatory.”

Deceased driver was qualified in heavy vehicle driver category

Case Briefs High Courts

Deceased driver was qualified skilled worker in heavy vehicle driver category: Punjab and Haryana HC upholds compensation granted by Motor Accident Claims Tribunal

“A Court sitting in appeal does not substitute its own view for that of the Court below merely because an alternative view is possible.”

Bhagavad Gita reminds State its duty to common good

Case Briefs High Courts

Bhagavad Gita reminds to serve social stability & common good, not administrative convenience: P&H High Court directs long due regularisation of daily wagers

“Regularisation cannot be claimed as a matter of right where the initial entry is illegal or plainly unconstitutional but where the engagement is long, continuous, against sanctioned vacant posts of duly qualified persons, the State is under a constitutional duty to undertake fair consideration and to complete the one-time regularisation exercise.”

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Spectacles’ not broad enough to include ‘Sunglasses’; Taxable as Residuary Item: Punjab and Haryana High Court

‘Sunglasses’ did not fall under any specified Schedule of Punjab Value Added Tax Act, 2005 and Haryana Value Added Tax Act, 2003, thus, exigible to tax at the rate of 12.50%.

Assistant Teachers' termination over entering higher marks

Case Briefs High Courts

Deliberate Entering of higher marks in recruitment forms cannot be regularised under guise of ‘human error’: Allahabad High Court

“Where an applicant manipulates higher marks to obtain an undeserved advantage, the appointment becomes tainted from its inception.”

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Case Briefs High Courts

‘Deposit of passport’ cannot be imposed routinely as bail condition: P&H High Court quashes bail condition in idol demolition case

“The passport functions as an indispensable document of nationality and identity, the condition for its deposit must be predicated upon a considered assessment of objective parameters indicating a clear and imminent threat of flight risk or obstruction of justice, thereby ensuring that such condition adheres strictly to the doctrine of proportionality.”

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