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The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the name of Justice Mridul as the next Chief Justice of Manipur High Court in July 2023; however, the recommendation was pending before the Ministry of Law and Justice for approval.
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The Collegium thoroughly scrutinized the recommended names on basis of the reports sent by the respective High Court Collegiums and material placed on record by the Department of Justice.
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The High Court also issued directions for effective implementation of POCSO Act and amendments introduced in the CrPC in 2018 vis-à-vis notifying the informants or victims about filing of regular and anticipatory bail applications and other connected issues.
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The Court stated that the objections raised by respondent that if petitioner was released on bail then he may abscond to evade criminal justice, are untenable because the petitioner is a Secretary for SDPI political party.
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“If the aspersions cast on the integrity of a public servant and the Investigating Officer harbours a view that an investigation is necessary, it would be in the interests of both the Government and the public servant that such a nagging suspicion is obliterated”.
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The High Court observed that the object of Courts is to decide the rights of the parties and not to punish them for mistakes which are made in the conduct of the cases.
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Justice Muralidharan, who is currently serving as the Acting Chief Justice of Manipur High Court, had requested that he should be transferred to either his parent High Court or be permitted to continue in the High Court of Manipur.
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The recommendations were made by the Collegium keeping in mind the integrity, qualifications and experience of the judicial officers and advocates.
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The Collegium had earlier (03-08-2023) proposed to transfer Justice Jhingan to Gujarat High Court, however, the proposal was pending before the Government since 11-08-2023.
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The Court allowed the petitioner to access his X (formerly Twitter) account called ‘The Liver Doc’, after an undertaking was given that he will temporarily hide the alleged defamatory posts against Himalaya Wellness.
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“Complainant had levelled the very serious allegations vis-a-vis the quality of the cake, and that too on the same day when the cake was consumed. Thus, a heavy duty was cast upon the bakers, who claimed themselves to be equipped with appropriate laboratory facility, to get the sample of the cake tested”.
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In view of the wife’s “conduct and dishonesty”, the Court dismissed revision petition filed by the wife seeking to set aside the order of the Sessions Judge setting aside her monetary maintenance and compensation.
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S. 250(1) of Criminal Code Act, 1838, is discriminatory in effect, and breaches Section 16 of the Constitution inasmuch as it criminalises the only natural way for homosexual men to have sexual intercourse.
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Justice N. Anand Venkatesh of Madras High Court is known within the legal fraternity for his progressive, profound and to the point judgments.
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In the case of suicide, mere allegation of harassment of the deceased by another person would not suffice unless there be such an action on the part of the accused which compels the person to commit suicide.
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There must be prima facie case of deliberate falsity on a matter of substance and the Court must be satisfied and there must be reasonable foundation for the charge and the prosecution of the offender is necessary in the interest of justice.
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The order was issued in a defamation suit filed by Himalaya Wellness Company who argued that the statements made by @theliverdr on X (formerly Twitter) has negatively impacted its business.
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The case revolved around a special package sanctioned by the Govt. of India for the revival of infrastructural projects which were affected severely due to rise of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir in the 1990s.
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As per communication issued by the Central Government, HSRP Scheme is imperative to the country’s National Security and in aiding reduction of vehicular borne crime.
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The detenue specifically alleged that he made a representation against impugned detention order, however, the same was not considered by the detaining authority.
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