Can 4.5 years in custody earn bail under Section 43D(5) UAPA? Rajasthan High Court on Udaipur Kanhaiya Lal murder case
A bail court does not weigh evidence or defences such as language of disclosure statements, held the Division Bench.
Justice Sameer Jain
Merely lodging cases does not amount to mens rea for abetment to suicide: Allahabad HC grants relief to wife & family in husband’s suicide
The High Court noted that to attract Section 306 IPC, suicide must be a direct consequence of instigation by the accused.
Rajasthan High Court grants bail to accused allegedly involved in gambling activities of Rs. 13 lakhs
The accused had allegedly contravened Sections 318(4), 319(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2), 112(2) and 61(2)(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Section 66D of the Information Technology Act, and Section 13 of the Rajasthan Public Gambling Ordinance, 1949.
‘Possibility of larger controversy cannot be ruled out’; Allahabad HC denies relief to MLA Chandrashekhar Azad in Saharanpur Violence Case
The Court stated that considering that Chandrashekhar is a sitting MLA and the alleged offences were allegedly committed by his party workers, the argument that there might be a larger conspiracy could not be ruled out.
Read why Allahabad High Court quashed human trafficking and bonded labour charges against MLA Zahid Beg’s wife in minor house help death case
In the present case, an FIR was registered against MLA Zahid Beg and his wife, Seema Beg, when a minor gir, allegedly their house help, was found dead in their home.
Rajasthan High Court restrains 19-year-old cybercrime accused from using Telegram and WhatsApp during trial
“Considering that the accused is a young man, who is at fag end of his teen age, this Court is inclined to allow the present bail application and enlarge the accused on bail.”
“Being MLA, he should’ve restrained, but refusing to stay conviction is injustice to him, his electorate”: Allahabad HC stays Abbas Ansari’s conviction in hate speech case
“He was a sitting MLA and due to his conviction in the present matter, he has been disqualified. Therefore, on one hand, his conviction deprived his constituency from legitimate representation and on the other hand, it also restrained him to represent his constituency.”
Sambhal Violence| “Only bald and verbal allegations, no admissible evidence”: Allahabad HC grants bail to Jama Masjid Committee Chairman
The State could not place any material on record based on which the Court could infer that the Chairman prima-facie appeared to have committed the aforesaid offences.
Rajasthan High Court dismisses plea to quash FIRs or consolidate investigation against Ex-MLA Pramod Jain Bhaya
“The law requires that for an allegation of malafide to be sustained, it must be pleaded with specificity and supported by material facts. In the absence of mens rea, or a demonstrable element of ill-intention, such a prayer cannot be entertained.”
Rajasthan High Court puts end on resident doctors’ strike recognising impact on medical services in State
The Court urged the Resident Doctors to call-off their strike and request their fellow doctors to rejoin their duties and the same is accepted by the doctors representing JARD.
CrPC bars review power under Sections 362 & 397(3); Rajasthan High Court dismisses petition as de facto review attempt
The Court held that the petition was effectively a review in disguise, which is barred under Section 362 CrPC and cannot be entertained.
Rajasthan High Court dismisses plea challenging NTA’s 5 marks deduction in NEET-UG 2024
“OMR answer sheets are electronically evaluated for the purpose of ensuring minimum human intervention, so as to ensure secrecy and credibility of the entire examination process.”
AAI, being an extended hand of GOI, has discretion in regularization and absorption matters: Rajasthan High Court
Rajasthan High Court held that contractual engagement does not confer a vested right of employment to workers engaged through placement agencies.
RAS 2023 | Rajasthan High Court affirms correctness of final answer key based on RPSC’s expert evaluation
Rajasthan High Court reiterated that the burden of proof lies with the petitioners to demonstrate the incorrectness of the disputed answers.
Justice Ajay Rastogi unveils EBC’s Latest Book on Prevention of Money Laundering
Justice Sameer Jain of the Rajasthan High Court, Chairman of the SAFEMA and PMLA Appellate Tribunal Justice M.N. Bhandari, Rajasthan’s Additional Solicitor General Mr. RD Rastogi, Chief Editor of SCC Mr. Surendra Malik, joined Justice Rastogi in releasing EBC’s ‘Money Laundering: Prevention, Law & Practice’ by Abhijeet Sharma.