Can a former DGP whose sentence is suspended travel to the UAE for work? Ex-DGP Tomin Thachankary says so, citing 66 trial sittings attended and 75 per cent of the fine deposited, and the Kerala High Court seeks State’s response before deciding. These are the appellant’s contentions and have not been tested. Kochi: Asked to […]
Indore Metro tree felling at Rani Sarai can go ahead, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled, but only in phases and with at least two bird experts supervising, so that the roosting parrots have time to settle elsewhere. Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore has declined to stop work on an underground […]
The Lakhimpur Kheri trial judge replaced, and a new Special Public Prosecutor in charge: that is where the 2021 violence trial stands after the Supreme Court asked the Allahabad High Court to act on the victims’ concerns. New Delhi: The presiding officer of the October 2021 violence trial has been changed, and a new Special […]
The Kerala High Court has declined interim relief against the State’s Waqf Board reconstitution while hearing appeals against a Single Judge’s order, and has directed notice to the newly appointed members. Kochi: A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday declined to grant interim relief in appeals challenging a Single Judge’s refusal to […]
After a court-appointed Medical Board found no gross psychopathology in him, the Madhya Pradesh High Court held that a private de-addiction centre cannot detain an adult on a spouse’s consent form alone, and ordered the release of a man kept at a rehabilitation facility. Indore: Ordering the immediate release of a man held at a […]
The Supreme Court has held that banks must verify construction before releasing milestone loans, and that a homebuyer cannot be refunded money the lender paid the builder and he never repaid. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has upheld a finding that a bank was deficient in service for releasing a housing loan to a builder […]
An advocate’s duty of client confidentiality does not end when the engagement ends, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has held, calling a former company legal head’s plea over a rehabilitation list “highly objectionable and reprehensible”. Jabalpur: A Division Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed, with costs of Rs 20,000, a writ petition […]
Does it matter which court first took cognizance? Not here: Magistrate’s Cognizance Before Transfer To Special Court Does Not Vitiate SC/ST Act Case, the Allahabad High Court has held, since an irregular step by a Magistrate does not by itself void later proceedings before the Special Judge. Prayagraj: A criminal appeal by three accused against […]