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05/04/2022

27/03/2022

Karnataka High Court quashed the criminal proceedings under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, on the ground that the landlord was not aware that the premise he had given on rent, was being used for running a brothel.:PRABHURAJ v. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA

कर्नाटक उच्च न्यायालय ने अनैतिक व्यापार (रोकथाम) अधिनियम, 1956 के तहत आपराधिक कार्यवाही को इस आधार पर रद्द कर दिया कि मकान मालिक को इस बात की जानकारी नहीं थी कि उसने जो मकान किराए पर दिया था, उसका इस्तेमाल वेश्यालय चलाने के लिए किया जा रहा था। प्रभुराज बनाम राज्य कर्नाटक के

19/03/2022

Court is proceeding against Bitta Karate and Others.

Delhi Court has framed charges against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Kashmiri separatist leaders Yasin Malik, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Hizbul Mujahideen Chief Salahuddin and other persons under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in connection with Jammu & Kashmir terror funding case.

Special NIA Judge Praveen Singh has also framed charges against Former MLA Rashid Engineer, Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Shahid-ul-Islam, Altaf Ahmad Shah @ Fantoosh, Nayeem Khan, Farooq Ahmad Dar @ Bitta Karate and others under UAPA.

16/03/2022

Kerala High Court recently ruled that even if one of the parents of minor child refused to give consent, the passport authority is lible to issue passport to the kid, provided the requisite form is submitted.:Chaitanya S. Nair v. Union of India & Ors

11/03/2022

In a NDPS case Supreme Court acquited accused observing that the Police did not give any option to them to be searched before a Magistrate of a competent Gazetted Officer. 50 of NDPS Act.
:- Sanjeev vs State of Himachal Pradesh | CrA 870 OF 2016 | 9 March 2022

05/03/2022

पुलिस अधिकारी बिना एफआईआर दर्ज किए किसी भी व्यक्ति को समन व हिरासत में नहीं ले सकता है, एफआईआर दर्ज होने के बाद भी आरोपी को जांच में शामिल होने के लिए नोटिस तामील करना अनिवार्य है यदि दर्ज अपराध 7 साल से कम के कारावास से दंडनीय है।
"केवल तथ्य यह है कि कोई अपराध दर्ज नहीं किया गया था, बचाव नहीं हो सकता था, और न ही यह इस न्यायालय द्वारा दिए गए निर्णयों की कठोरता से बच जाएगा। वास्तव में, व्यक्ति को उसके खिलाफ कोई अपराध दर्ज किए बिना समन करना और उसे हिरासत में लेना अपने आप में बुनियादी सिद्धांतों का उल्लंघन होगा", अदालत ने कहा।

एमए खालिक बनाम अशोक कुमार।
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04/03/2022

Chhattisgarh High Court held that denying the physical relationship by one spouse to the other in a matrimonial relationship amounts to cruelty. Therefore Chhattisgarh High Court allowed the plea for divorce. :-Navodit Mishra & Anr v. Richa Mishra

27/02/2022

"if an illegal and unauthorized construction is found to have subsisted and/or
its non-removal is aided and/or abetted by the municipal
officers or its employees for a substantial time of more than
six months, the Municipal Commissioner shall take penal action against such erring municipal officers includinglodging of prosecution under the Municipal laws, in addition to the relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code, apartfrom initiating disciplinary proceedings."- Bombay High Court

22/02/2022

Defence Legal Contact number: 8655409808.

In a recent judgement of Madras High Court it has been held that the police cannot decide the working hours of eateries and restaurants under the guise of law and order problems. The court also observed that it is the bounden duty of police authorities to provide appropriate protection to the eatery shops/hotels/restaurants:Gunaraja v. The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai & Anr.

Case No: W.P.No.10512 of 2018

21/02/2022

Supreme Court has observed that offence s.7 of prevention of corruption can not be established unless there is proof of demand of bribe or gratification from public servent. Mere acceptance of amount is not sufficient to establish the offence of bribery
The offence under Section 7 of the PC Act relating to public servants taking bribe requires a demand of illegal gratification and the acceptance thereof. The proof of demand of bribe by a public servant and its acceptance by him is sine quo non for establishing the offence under Section 7 of the PC Act." :K. Shanthamma vs State of Telangana | CrA 261 OF 2022 | 21 Feb 2022

20/02/2022

Hon'ble Supreme Court In a significant judgment disapproving gender-based stereotypes, the Supreme Court held that the condition imposing a gender cap as to the number of women or men, who can perform in orchestras and bands, in licenced bars, is unconstitutional.

While the overall limit of performers in any given performance cannot exceed eight, the composition (i.e., all female, majority female or male, or vice versa) can be of any combination, the Court clarified, while allowing the appeal filed by a hotel challenging the restrictions imposed by Mumbai Police (Hotel Priya, A Proprietorship v State of Maharashtra and others).

The Court observed that the restriction capping the number of women performers emanated from gender-based stereotypes:
Hotel Priya A Proprietorship Vs State Of Maharashtra