‘Prima facie consensual relationship’; Kerala High Court grants anticipatory bail to film director Omar Lulu in rape case
“It is a well-accepted principle that bail is the rule and jail is the exception.”
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Kerala High Court holds Charitable Society Members running Nazareth Pharmacy College to be ‘public servants’ under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
“If the ‘State function’ or ‘public function’ is discharged under a legal obligation or by a governmental or statutory direction, such ‘State function’ is treated as ‘public duty’.”
‘Period of sentence undergone ‘substantial’; Delhi High Court suspends sentence of POCSO accused
The accused was directed to be released on suspension of sentence after considering that the sentence awarded was for 3 years and he had already served 2/3rd of the same.
“Merely passing lengthy orders, only to fill up the pages, will not mean an order on application of mind”: Karnataka High Court
“It is the application of mind that is necessary in law and not application of ink; it is not the flow of ink on the paper that is necessary in law, but flow of content depicting such application of mind.”
HIGH COURT DECEMBER 2024 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Stories on Balachandra Menon’s bail; Trade mark of Jack Daniels; Bhopal Gas Tragedy Cleanup; and more
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Karnataka HC denies bail to Founder & Chairman of Sri Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank accused of misappropriating approximately Rs. 1553 crores
The bail application of the Founder-Chairman has been denied for the fourth time. Earlier, his bail was denied twice by the Court and once by the Supreme Court.
HIGH COURT DECEMBER 2024 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Stories on Harsh Beniwal; Swarn Rekha River Revival Project; Sabarimala Pilgrimage; and more
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A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
HIGH COURT NOVEMBER 2024 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Stories on Amit Malviya defamation case; Shilpa Shetty SC/ST Act; Home Guards; Execution of Arbitral award; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
Section 498A IPC protection is available to woman even in marriage with the ‘colour’ of legality: Kerala HC
Kerala High Court said that the marriage under the customary or personal law, which is otherwise valid, has to be treated as valid between parties to that marriage for all practical purposes, unless and until it is challenged by any of the parties to that marriage, and declared void on any valid grounds.
Referring woman as ‘prostitute’ in public in her absence may not constitute an offence under S. 509 IPC, but could attract other charges: Kerala HC
Kerala High Court mentioned that the word “intrude” is not defined in IPC. Its dictionary meaning is to put oneself deliberately into a place or situation where one is unwelcome or uninvited. To put it otherwise, intrude means trespass, horn in, pry into or to join in something without invitation or consent to the privacy of the woman.
SC exempts 4 convicts from surrendering before Trial Court in 2013 assault case while it decides credibility of injured witness who improved version
The High Court refused to interfere with the sentence imposed on convicts, even after noting inherent contradictions in the statements of the prosecution witnesses and placed major credence on the inconsistent statements of injure and her husband, to establish the liability.
‘Act quite close to cannibalism’; Bombay HC confirms death sentence of a man who killed, intended to eat his mother
The present case is the most brutal, barbaric, and gruesome murder of a 60-year-old mother by her son on 28-08-2017 at Makadwala Vasahat, Kolhapur, where her body parts, i.e., liver, intestine, heart, rib and breast were eviscerated outside
Driving vehicle without number plate not cheating under Section 420 IPC; police can impose fine: Telangana High Court
It was stated that to attract Section 420 of the Penal Code, 1860, the accused must cheat and dishonestly induce the victim to deliver any property to any person or make, alter, or destroy a part of valuable property.
Allegations are general in nature’; Bombay HC grants bail to trustees, homeopathic doctor allegedly providing bogus doctors to M. T. Agarwal Hospital
The informant’s statement does not identify individual/s as victims whose deaths/injuries can be relatable to specific acts of commission/omission on the part of applicants before this Court.
NRJ Series | A person cannot be made vicariously liable under Section 34 of IPC without having anyone to share common intention with [(1953) 2 SCC 610]
This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on common intention, dating back to the year 1953.
Gujarat HC transfers minor boy’s sexual assault and murder probe to CBI on no fruitful outcome by police after 9-years
In 2015, the minor left the school but did not reach his house and three days later, his body was found by the police, and it was alleged that he was murdered after being subjected to unnatural sexual intercourse.
POCSO Court sentences, a 71-yr-old man, to life imprisonment with fine of ₹ 50,000/- for rape of 5-yr-old granddaughter
The complaint was lodged by the victim’s mother, leading to the registration of a case under IPC and POCSO Act.
Delhi High Court refuses to quash proceedings against Dr. Shashi Tharoor for making defamatory statements against Prime Minister Modi
‘Reputation is an essential attribute of personality, and the violation of this right is actionable both as a tort as well as a crime.’
Delhi HC directs Union to expeditiously decide on plea for restoring legal protection against non-consensual sexual acts in Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The petition was requested to be treated as a representation since the Government is in the process of receiving inputs on the new criminal laws from various stakeholders.