{"id":248954,"date":"2021-05-31T11:11:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T05:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=248954"},"modified":"2025-10-16T16:48:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:18:52","slug":"scc-online-weekly-rewind-vol-1-episode-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/31\/scc-online-weekly-rewind-vol-1-episode-12\/","title":{"rendered":"SCC Online Weekly Rewind Vol. 1 Episode 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 12th Episode of SCC Online Weekly Rewind featuring <b>Devika Sharma, Senior Legal Editor<\/b>\u00a0bringing you the most important and interesting stories from the field of law is out now! Check out the written episode below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SCC Online Weekly Rewind Vol. 1 Episode. 12 ft. Devika Sharma\" width=\"1346\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3gmwTILhpKs?start=15&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-248887 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tarun-Tejpal-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tarun-Tejpal-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tarun-Tejpal-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tarun-Tejpal-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tarun-Tejpal-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tarun-Tejpal-886x590.jpg 886w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tarun-Tejpal-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tarun-Tejpal.jpg 1330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>TARUN TEJPAL CASE<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>22-pointer comprehensive analysis of Tarun Tejpal\u2019s acquittal order<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The most highlighted development of the week was the judgment of the Additional Sessions Court at Mapusa, Goa, which acquitted Tarun Tejpal, former Editor-in-Chief of Tehelka, who was accused of committing rape on a journalist. The court gave benefit of doubt to Tejpal, noting crucial lapses in investigation and major contradictions and improvements in testimony of the prosecutirx. The incident is of 2013 which allegedly happened during THiNK Fest, organised by Tehelka in Goa that year. Now, the State of Goa has appealed against this order before the Bombay High Court. We have studied the entire 527-pages judgment of the Sessions Court and prepared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/28\/rape-accused-tarun-tejpal\/\">22-pointer comprehensive analysis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/28\/rape-accused-tarun-tejpal\/\">https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/28\/rape-accused-tarun-tejpal\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>SUPREME COURT<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154914 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour-886x590.jpg 886w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg 1330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Courts need to be extra careful while dealing with Dowry Death cases; Guidelines\u00a0issued<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now moving to the Supreme Court, In an important ruling, the Supreme Court has held that Courts need to be extra careful while conducting criminal trials relating to Section 304\u00adB, IPC that deals with Dowry death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court expressed\u00a0grave concern on the fact that, often, Trial Courts record the statement of an accused under Section 313,\u00a0CrPC\u00a0in a very casual and cursory manner, without specifically questioning the accused as to his\u00a0defense. The Court said that the examination of an accused under Section 313,\u00a0CrPC\u00a0cannot be treated as a mere procedural formality, as it is based on the fundamental principle of fairness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court hence issued elaborate guidelines on trial of dowry death cases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3fwnpHj\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3fwnpHj<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Apprehension of COVID-19 a ground for anticipatory bail: Supreme Court stays Allahabad High Court\u2019s order<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In another matter, A vacation bench of the Supreme Court stayed the Allahabad High Court\u2019s order wherein it was held that apprehension of being infected with COVID-19 after\u00a0coming into contact with\u00a0authorities was a valid ground for anticipatory bail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The High Court had granted anticipatory bail to one Prateek Jain \u201con account of special conditions and on special ground\u201d and had also issued direction on grant of anticipatory bail\u00a0on\u00a0such\u00a0special grounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Supreme Court staying the said order, directed that\u00a0<strong>the Courts shall not consider the said directions while considering applications\u00a0for anticipatory bail\u00a0and must decide each case on\u00a0its\u00a0merits.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/25\/apprehension-of-covid-19-a-ground-for-anticipatory-bail-supreme-court-stays-allahabad-high-courts-order-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-case\/\"><strong>https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/25\/apprehension-of-covid-19-a-ground-for-anticipatory-bail-supreme-court-stays-allahabad-high-courts-order-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-case\/<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>HIGH COURTS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Delhi High Court<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-76391 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Delhi-HC-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Seizure by police of oxygen concentrators and Covid-related equipment sold at high-profit margins. Is it illegal?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In another matter, the Delhi High Court has confirmed that it is legal for the police to seize oxygen concentrators and other Covid-related equipment being sold at high profit margins in contravention of laws, rules and executive orders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/27\/oxygen-concentrators\/\">https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/27\/oxygen-concentrators\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Madras High Court<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27451 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/madras-high-court1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Malicious prosecution: What, how and who,\u00a0discussed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Down south, The madras High Court has held that to succeed in a suit for malicious prosecution, the acquittal of the plaintiff alone is not sufficient. Rather, the plaintiff is obliged to prove (<em>i<\/em>) that the prosecution was without any reasonable and probable cause, and (<em>ii<\/em>) that it was instituted with a malicious intention, and (<em>iii<\/em>) that he suffered damage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apart from this, the\u00a0Court\u00a0also discussed, in detail, the duty of civil court in cases relating to malicious prosecution\u00a0and also\u00a0the burden of proof.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/25\/malicious-prosecution\/\">https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/25\/malicious-prosecution\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Gujarat High Court<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-206146 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1200px-Gujarat-High-Court-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1200px-Gujarat-High-Court-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1200px-Gujarat-High-Court-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1200px-Gujarat-High-Court-1-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1200px-Gujarat-High-Court-1-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1200px-Gujarat-High-Court-1-886x590.jpg 886w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1200px-Gujarat-High-Court-1-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1200px-Gujarat-High-Court-1.jpg 1330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Compounding of offence under S. 138 NI Act after conviction can be allowed in exceptional\u00a0circumstances\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a ruling on Negotiable Instruments Act, the Gujarat High Court compounded an offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and set aside the conviction and sentence of the accused, while observing\u00a0at the same time that\u00a0generally powers under Section 482\u00a0CrPC\u00a0are not to be exercised when a statutory remedy is available under law\u00a0but\u00a0considering the fact that\u00a0the parties have settled the dispute amicably, the compounding of the offence was permitted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/26\/section-138-ni-act-4\/\">https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/26\/section-138-ni-act-4\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Madhya Pradesh High Court<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-77481 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/MP-high-court1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Directions issued to Police, Judicial Magistrates on arrests and\u00a0bail<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On bail jurisprudence, The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued elaborate directions to Police and Judicial Magistrates in relation to arrests and bail after it noticed that\u00a0<em>District Judiciary is extremely tight-fisted when it comes to granting bail.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Court noticed that applications are\u00a0being\u00a0routinely dismissed on cyclostyled grounds that the offence alleged is serious or that the investigation is still in progress or that the accused may influence the witnesses.\u00a0In such circumstances, huge burden of bail matters has been shifted to the High Court.\u00a0<\/em>Hence, the issuance of certain directions was necessary<em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/28\/mp-hc-district-judiciary-is-extremely-tight-fisted-when-it-comes-to-granting-bail-leads-to-burden-on-the-high-court-directions-on-arrest-and-bail-issued-to-police-judicial-magistrates\/\"><em>https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/28\/mp-hc-district-judiciary-is-extremely-tight-fisted-when-it-comes-to-granting-bail-leads-to-burden-on-the-high-court-directions-on-arrest-and-bail-issued-to-police-judicial-magistrates\/<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Jammu and Kashmir High Court<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28081 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/JK-High-Court-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bail cannot be granted on the ground of delay unless the matter was pending for 5 years or\u00a0more<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In another bail matter, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that bail cannot be granted on grounds of delay unless the matter was pending for 5 years or more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the case before the Court, though the applicant had been behind the bars for over 13 years, but the appeal against the order of conviction and sentence dated 23<sup>rd<\/sup> July 2020 was filed only in\u00a0August\u00a02020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/28\/jk-hc-bail-cannot-be-granted-on-the-ground-of-delay-unless-the-matter-was-pending-for-5-years-or-more\/\">https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/28\/jk-hc-bail-cannot-be-granted-on-the-ground-of-delay-unless-the-matter-was-pending-for-5-years-or-more\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Punjab and Haryana High Court<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31071 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/panjab_and_hariyana_high_court-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>All-men SIT to investigate a rape case: Insensitive and\u00a0deplorable\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an important matter, a case where an all-men SIT was deployed to investigate a rape case,\u00a0the Punjab and Haryana High Court said that i<strong>t was rather intriguing that no lady police official was involved, which is even otherwise the requirement of law in cases of this kind.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The case pertains to\u00a038-year-old widow\u00a0giving into the sexual demands of CIA officials, after her\u00a019-year-old\u00a0son was picked up by them in broad day light while he was\u00a0recovering\u00a0from Covid-19 infection at his residence. The\u00a0woman had also alleged that\u00a0an FIR, allegedly a fake one, was registered against her son under NDPS Act by planting contraband on him\u00a0so as to\u00a0arm twist the petitioner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reacting to the allegations, the Court said that the same\u00a0<strong>are so grisly and frightful, one can only hope, that the same are fictitious.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2R7STKD\"><b>https:\/\/bit.ly\/2R7STKD<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>LEGISLATION UPDATES<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Union Ministry of Health approves guidelines for \u2018Near to Home COVID Vaccination Centres (NHCVC) for elderly &amp; differently-abled citizens<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-219610 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ministry-of-Health-and-Family-Welfare-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Union Ministry of Health has accepted the recommendations by the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19 on the proposed guidelines for Near to Home COVID Vaccination Centres for Elderly &amp; Differently Abled Citizens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Technical Expert Committee\u2019s recommendations are aimed to ensure vaccination of Senior Citizens and Differently Abled population having limited mobility due to their physical condition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/27\/union-ministry-of-health-approves-guidelines-for-near-to-home-covid-vaccination-centres-nhcvc-for-elderly-differently-abled-citizens\/\">https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/27\/union-ministry-of-health-approves-guidelines-for-near-to-home-covid-vaccination-centres-nhcvc-for-elderly-differently-abled-citizens\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-231553 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/MINISTRY-OF-IT-1-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 were notified by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in February, 2021. The Rules provided three-month timeline to social media intermediaries in order to comply with the New IT Rules by May 26, 2021.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/26\/information-technology-intermediary-guidelines-and-digital-media-ethics-code-rules-2021-2\/\">https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/26\/information-technology-intermediary-guidelines-and-digital-media-ethics-code-rules-2021-2\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 12th Episode of SCC Online Weekly Rewind featuring Devika Sharma, Senior Legal Editor\u00a0bringing you the most important and interesting stories from 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