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“Even a single day’s delay in grant of bail to a person who is otherwise entitled to it amounts to violation of his fundamental right to life and liberty.”
“It is the duty of the Court to remove the chaff from the grain in its pursuit for truth. It is not open to the trial Court to throw out the entire prosecution evidence just because it was contradictory on certain aspects of the case.”
The Court stated that the presumption under Section 114-C of the Evidence Act regarding dowry deaths could not be applied without credible evidence of dowry harassment.
This was a case where the act of defamation took place in Jaipur, where certain allegations regarding the respondent’s association with Hizbul Mujahiddin were levelled by the counsel for the petitioner.
It was further pointed out that Greater Kashmir is a popular newspaper and the impugned news articles condemning the DAV School management will obviously leave the public with a prima-facie impression that the DAV Management has acted as if “fence eating the crop”.
The High Court further stated that, truth is no defence for publishing defamatory material against a private citizen where no public interest is involved.
The petitioner was detained in June 2022 based on a FIR registered against him in 2004. However, the petitioner had already been acquitted from the charges levied against him in 2004.
“Nothing has improved even after more than a decade of “Nirbhaya”. Women also have the right to life and liberty. They also have the right to be respected and treated as equal citizens. Their honour and dignity cannot be touched or violated”.
The Court was considering a case where a wife had set herself ablaze after having telephonic conversation with her husband who refused to come back and live with her and asked her to go from where she had come.
Supreme Court reiterates that mere acquittal does not entitle an employee to reinstatement in service. The acquittal must be honourable.
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: While deciding the instant petition wherein the Court was faced with the issue
Jammu & Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjay Kumar Gupta, J., dismissed a petition filed under Section 561-A of
Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Tashi Rabstan, J. allowed the application filed by the applicant-convict for