Telangana HC permits Lord Sri Veera Hanuman Vijaya Yatra in Nirmal District; restricts playing music within 150m of mosques
Petitioner was directed to ensure that the persons with criminal antecedents did not participate in the Hanuman Vijaya Yatra.
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‘No obligation to disclose juvenile offences in employment cases’; Delhi High Court sets aside memo for non-disclosure under JJ Act
Delhi High Court highlighted the commitment to upholding the principles of juvenile justice and protecting individuals from undue repercussions for offenses committed during their minority.
‘To achieve purity in election process in particular’, Karnataka HC directs State Election Commission to issue requisite forms in all State local body elections
“It is pertinent to note that the law relating to disclosure of criminal antecedents of the candidates in the Electoral fray has further marched from April to May and now to the June of life”.
‘Special Benches, Suo Motu cases’; SC issues guidelines for HCs for expeditious disposal of criminal cases against MPs and MLAs
The figures show that there are as many as 5,175 subject cases against elected MPs/MLAs pending as of November, 2022. Of these, cases that are pending for more than 5 years are as many as 2,116, which figure is more than 40% of such pendency.
‘Criminal antecedents of accused cannot be sole consideration to decline quashment of proceedings’; SC Observes
“FIR in a criminal case is an extremely vital and valuable piece of evidence for the purpose of corroborating the oral evidence adduced at the trial and the delay in the registration of the FIR, by itself, cannot be a ground for quashing of the FIR”.
“Voter’s right to know election candidate’s full background is an added dimension to rich tapestry of Constitutional jurisprudence”; SC dismisses BB Patil’s appeal
The alleged non-compliance with statutory and Election Commission mandated regulations, and their legal effect, cannot be examined through a summary proceeding under Order VII Rule 11, CPC, or even under Order XII Rule 6, CPC.
Supreme Court| Election cannot be declared void for non-disclosure of conviction for substantive offences under Kerala Police Act
Supreme Court: In an appeal against the judgment passed by the Kerala High Court confirming an order passed by the
Hiding criminal antecedents while applying for Government job? Good enough reason for employer to terminate services. Read Supreme Court’s clear principles governing such cases
Supreme Court: While dealing with a case relating to termination of a CRPF probationer for suppressing material information relating to his criminal
Chhattisgarh High Court declares election null and void for non-disclosure of criminal antecedents, including acquittal in criminal case
Chhattisgarh High Court: In a case where an election was declared null and void on the grounds of non-disclosure of
Allahabad HC grants bail to a history sheeter only on the basis of parity; prompts SC to lay down illustrative circumstances for cancellation of bail
Supreme Court: In a murder case where the Allahabad High Court had granted bail to the main accused only on the basis
Man taking a lady from another community in his car, attacked by violent mob: Act of mob moral policing? Ker HC unfolds
Kerala High Court: Calling it to be ‘moral policing’ K. Haripal, J., addressed a matter wherein a man had taken a lady
Call records alone cannot be pressed into service for framing charges; Court discharges accused of Organized Crime Syndicate under MCOC Act holding CDRs not sufficient evidence
Patiala House Courts (New Delhi): While discharging the accused from alleged offences under Sections 3 and 4 of MCOC Act, Sh. Parveen
Ker | What sort of reasoning is this? HC slams Authorization Committee for rejecting Kidney donation application because the donor has criminal antecedents
Kerala High Court: P.V.Kunhikrishnan, J., criticized the decision of the District Level Authorization Committee for transplantation of Human Organs, wherein application of
Lily Thomas: A public interest crusader
Today marks the first death anniversary of Supreme Court advocate Lily Thomas who was responsible for Section 8(4) of the Representation of
Election Commission to implement — SC’s directions concerning criminal antecedents of candidates
Commission to implement the directions of Supreme Court concerning criminal antecedents of candidates by reiterating its existing instructions with suitable modifications Election
SC directs political parties to publish criminal antecedents of candidates & give reasons for their selection
Supreme Court: In a major judgment today, a bench of RF Nariman and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ has directed all political parties
Ker HC | Court grants bail due to no reported criminal antecedents of the petitioners
Kerala High Court: Shircy V, J. granted pre-arrest bail to the petitioners considering no criminal antecedents having been reported against the petitioners.
Ker HC | No pre-meditation, no criminal antecedents – death penalty of man accused of rape and murder turned into life imprisonment
Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A.M. Shaffique and P. Somarajan, JJ. was hearing a death reference tagged along with a
Sentence undergone, age of convict, no criminal antecedents, non-denial of commission—Relevant facts to alter punishment: SC
Supreme Court: Abhay Manohar Sapre, J. delivered the judgment for himself and Uday U. Lalit, J. wherein the appeal filed by the
Supreme Court agrees to hear the petition challenging Nitish Kumar’s Legislative Council membership
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy and A M Khanwilkar, JJ allowed the petition seeking cancellation of Bihar