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50-year jail, ₹50 lakh fine: P&H High Court commutes death sentence of man convicted of rape, murder of 7-year-old
43+ min ago (309+ words) The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently commuted the death sentence awarded to a 27-year-old man convicted of raping and murdering a 7-year-old girl in 2021 [State of Haryana v Anand Singh] A Division Bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara and Justice…...
PIL to ban coaching teachers, former aspirants as scribes in civil service exams: Delhi HC seeks UPSC response
3+ hour, 51+ min ago (388+ words) The Delhi High Court today sought a response from the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and the Central government on a plea to bar coaching centre faculty and former UPSC aspirants from acting as scribes for civil service exams. The…...
Delhi High Court sets aside teacher's bail in Janakpuri POCSO case
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (480+ words) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside a trial court order granting bail to a Janakpuri school teacher in a case related to the rape of a three-year-old girl by a staff member at the school premises. The teacher…...
Kerala High Court seeks expert opinion on whether patented breast cancer drug has viable substitute
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (601+ words) The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed four expert bodies to submit their views on whether the breast cancer drug Palbocilib, whose patent has expired, could be used as a substitute for the patented drug Ribocilib [xxx v Union of…...
Sloganeering against government not sedition: P&H High Court upholds acquittal in Dera Sacha Sauda violence case
3+ hour, 20+ min ago (334+ words) Sloganeering against the government cannot lead to charges of sedition against citizens, the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently observed. A Bench of Justice Vinod S Bhardwaj and Justice Sukhvinder Kaur added that a violent protest may amount to rioting…...
Law students who disrupted Supreme Court proceedings sent to judicial custody for 14 days
3+ hour, 48+ min ago (244+ words) The Patiala House Court in Delhi on Wednesday remanded law students Prabal Pratap Singh and Chander Bhan to 14-day judicial custody in connection with the case against them for disrupting Supreme Court proceedings and abusing judges. The two were produced…...
The curious case of Arbitration v. Mediation
5+ hour, 51+ min ago (674+ words) The curious case of Arbitration v....
Kerala HC restrains State Waqf Board from taking major decisions until challenge to its composition is decided
5+ hour, 8+ min ago (583+ words) The Kerala High Court on Wednesday restrained the Kerala State Waqf Board from taking any major decisions, incurring capital expenditure or making policy decisions until the Court decides on the batch of petitions challenging the board's composition [Shone George v…...
Karnataka HC orders ₹5 lakh compensation to Coorg homestay owner illegally arrested for not reporting rape of tourist
5+ hour, 45+ min ago (395+ words) The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday quashed the arrest of Coorg homestay owner booked under the repealed Foreigners Act of 1946 after an employee at the homestay raped a 33-year-old US tourist. Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the criminal petition in part…...
The Illusion of Disposal
11+ hour, 11+ min ago (223+ words) While the concern is justified, pendency before the Allahabad High Court, or any other High Court for that matter, is not merely a product of a docket explosion. It is also a problem of the way the life cycle of…...