The Rajasthan High Court has quashed the dismissal of a Chittorgarh Central Cooperative Bank employee accused of embezzlement, holding that the inquiry skipped the mandatory stages of Rule 16(6)(a) of the Rajasthan CCA Rules, while leaving the bank free to hold a fresh inquiry.
The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, has quashed a State Election Commission order deferring the election of the Chairman of the Khatushyamji Municipal Board after one of 20 elected members did not vote, holding that a poll cannot be postponed for one voter’s absence, and has directed counting of the 19 votes cast on September 21.
The Rajasthan High Court has upheld a trial court’s decision to allow a bank cheque-return memo, first exhibited without the bank’s seal and signature, to be produced again with them and marked afresh, in a cheque-dishonour case under the Negotiable Instruments Act. Marking a document as an exhibit, the Court held, does not by itself prove its contents or authenticity; that must still be established at trial, where the accused can test it in cross-examination.
The senior-most District Judge in Rajasthan has been functioning without even a stenographer or an office, and writes judgments at 2 am, the Supreme Court was told, as it advised the judge, who retires in four days, to place his grievances before the High Court’s Chief Justice. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has advised a […]
A Larger Bench of the Rajasthan High Court has declined to answer a substantial question of law on the interpretation of the Rajasthan Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, referred to it more than two decades ago in a PIL over toll collection on a road project, holding that supervening events had rendered the controversy academic. The mere reference of a question, the Court held, does not compel its adjudication once the underlying lis has ceased to survive. The question was left open.
The Bombay High Court has quashed the remand and granted bail to a man arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money-laundering case, holding that the arrest under Section 19 of the PMLA was illegal for non-compliance with the statutory safeguards. The Court held that the power to arrest under Section 19 carries exacting conditions, and that a court can judicially review the legality of an arrest and the ‘reasons to believe’ on which it rests.
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a writ petition contending that pension, gratuity, provident fund, leave encashment and fixed deposits created out of statutory retirement dues do not constitute ‘proceeds of crime’ under Section 2(1)(u) of the PMLA in the absence of a direct nexus with a scheduled offence, and that the Enforcement Directorate’s continued freezing of such benefits, despite favourable orders, violates Articles 14, 21 and 300A. The Court sought the ED’s response and listed the matter for December.
CJI Surya Kant said the allegations raised by Justice Sandeep Mehta against Rajasthan HC acting CJ SP Sharma are being examined institutionally, cannot be treated as proven, and won’t be decided in the media. New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has said that the concerns raised by Supreme Court judge Justice Sandeep Mehta […]
Supreme Court judge Justice Sandeep Mehta has, in three letters to CJI Surya Kant, urged the immediate replacement of Rajasthan HC acting Chief Justice SP Sharma, alleging conduct that “raises doubts on his integrity.” New Delhi: In an extraordinary development within the higher judiciary, Supreme Court judge Justice Sandeep Mehta has written a series of […]
