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Karnataka High Court Requests Law Commission To Frame Guidelines To Deal With Pledging Of Stolen Gold With Gold Finance Companies
2 days, 16 hours ago

Karnataka High Court Requests Law Commission To Frame Guidelines To Deal With Pledging Of Stolen Gold With Gold Finance Companies

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has requested the Law Commission, Karnataka to formulate necessary guidelines/rules in respect of stolen gold being pledged with gold finance companies, the implication of pledging such stolen gold and the procedure for dealing with it when criminal proceedings are initiated. Therefore, I request the Law Commission, Karnataka to look into this matter and formulate necessary guidelines/rules …

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Multiple Vacancies At National Company Law Appellate Tribunal [Apply Now]
1 week, 3 days ago

Multiple Vacancies At National Company Law Appellate Tribunal [Apply Now]

Live Law  

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal invites application for the post of Assistant Registrar, Principal Private Secretary, and Court Officer. of Post: 01 each Essential Qualification and Experience Assistant Registrar • Officers working under Central Government or State Governments or Union Territories or Courts or Tribunals possessing degree in law from a recognised University: holding analogous post on regular basis; or …

Law Registrar Pay Service Tribunal Commission Central
'Accused Acquitted Due To Shortfalls In Probe': Kerala HC Calls For Scientific Investigation Methods, Centralized Knowledge Repository
3 weeks, 2 days ago

'Accused Acquitted Due To Shortfalls In Probe': Kerala HC Calls For Scientific Investigation Methods, Centralized Knowledge Repository

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court underscored the importance of conducting effective investigation by the police by scientific methods of investigation technology, by not just relying on traditional methods of collecting evidence for ensuring a robust and efficient investigation process. The Court observed that the investigating officer failed to gather any evidence regarding the appellant's mental condition, did not mention her treatments, …

Investigation Evidence Court Medical Evidence Mental Scientific State
Former police officer Mondal, RG Kar ex-principal Ghosh get bail in doctor rape-murder case
4 weeks ago

Former police officer Mondal, RG Kar ex-principal Ghosh get bail in doctor rape-murder case

New Indian Express  

KOLKATA: The Sealdah court on Friday granted bail to former officer-in-charge of Tala police station Abhijit Mondal and RG Kar hospital ex-principal Sandip Ghosh in the rape and murder case of an on-duty doctor at the medical facility. The additional chief judicial magistrate granted bail to the two accused persons as the chargesheet against them was not filed within the …

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Returning Officer Tossing Coin To Break Tie In Panchayat Election Violated Election Rules: Punjab & Haryana High Court
4 weeks ago

Returning Officer Tossing Coin To Break Tie In Panchayat Election Violated Election Rules: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that breaking tie by tossing coin in Punjab Panchayat Election results is violative of Punjab Panchayat Election Rules and instead the returning officer is supposed to make draw of lots. Referring to Punjab Panchayat Election Rules, Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Sudeepti Sharma said, ".patently unfold the trite fact that in case, …

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3-year jail for food safety officer for taking Rs 5k bribe in Bengaluru
1 month ago

3-year jail for food safety officer for taking Rs 5k bribe in Bengaluru

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 to issue a licence for manufacturing spice powder turned costly for Ullas B Ganganahalli, the then food safety officer, Health and Family Welfare Department, working in the South Zone of BBMP on deputation, with a special court sentencing him to three years of rigorous imprisonment, along with a fine of Rs 1.5 lakh. …

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Zachary Rolfe allegedly 'dishonest', 'ego-driven' and held 'overtly racist attitudes', NT coroner told in Kumanjayi Walker inquest final submissions
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Zachary Rolfe allegedly 'dishonest', 'ego-driven' and held 'overtly racist attitudes', NT coroner told in Kumanjayi Walker inquest final submissions

ABC  

Former NT police constable Zachary Rolfe allegedly held "overtly racist attitudes" and was "undisciplined", "dishonest", "ego-driven" and "contemptuous of authority" prior to the shooting of Aboriginal man Kumanjayi Walker, the Northern Territory coroner has heard. Counsel assisting the coroner Peggy Dwyer SC addressed the court first on Wednesday, submitting that some aspects of Mr Rolfe's behaviour as a police officer …

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S.99A Customs Act | Final Report Containing Audit Findings Can Be Drawn Only After Apprising Auditee Of 'Objections': Delhi High Court
1 month, 2 weeks ago

S.99A Customs Act | Final Report Containing Audit Findings Can Be Drawn Only After Apprising Auditee Of 'Objections': Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has held that pursuant to an audit in respect of assessment of imported or exported goods under Section 99A of the Cutoms Act, 1962, the proper officer is liable to apprise the auditee of the objections which according to it arise in respect of the assessment. However, before such a report is finally drawn or issued, …

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Three killed in clash over Sambhal mosque survey
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Three killed in clash over Sambhal mosque survey

The Hindu  

Three people were killed in violence that broke out in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday when hundreds gathered opposing a survey of the 16th century Shahi Jama Masjid and clashed with police. Police said they used “mild force” and tear gas shells, fired shots in the air to control the crowd, and deployed additional forces in the area. Opposition parties …

Survey Three People Sambhal
Sites Intended To Function As Bus Or Taxi Stands Must Be Officially Notified By Govt After Consulting Local Authorities: J&K High Court
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Sites Intended To Function As Bus Or Taxi Stands Must Be Officially Notified By Govt After Consulting Local Authorities: J&K High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has reiterated that any site intended to function as a bus or taxi stand must be officially notified by the government or an authorized officer, who is required to consult local authorities beforehand. Citing Section 117 of Motor Vehicles Acts, 1988 the court opined, “From reading of Section 117, it clearly transpires …

Court Local Local Authorities Council Appellants Site Municipal
Special Judicial Magistrate Vacancy at East Godavari District Court
2 months, 1 week ago

Special Judicial Magistrate Vacancy at East Godavari District Court

Live Law  

The Office of the Principal District & Sessions Judge, East Godavari at Rajamahendravaram invites applications for the post of Special Judicial Magistrate of Class II. The eligible candidates must hold any post in Andhra Pradesh State Judicial Service and retired or resigned, or have practiced as an Advocate at least for five years and at present not on the rolls …

Government Law Public Service Judicial Service
High Court Upholds Compulsory Retirement of Additional District Judge, Finds It 'Deadwood'
2 months, 1 week ago

High Court Upholds Compulsory Retirement of Additional District Judge, Finds It 'Deadwood'

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has upheld the compulsory retirement of an Additional District Judge. The court held that the orders to compulsorily retire the petitioner were based on his consideration of his entire service records, and that the inquiry officer had no jurisdiction to continue the proceedings. The court also held that promotions to a judicial officer do not wash …

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Enquiry Officer Acting As Prosecutor And Leading Examination-In-Chief Vitiates Departmental Enquiry: Rajasthan High Court Reiterates
4 months ago

Enquiry Officer Acting As Prosecutor And Leading Examination-In-Chief Vitiates Departmental Enquiry: Rajasthan High Court Reiterates

Live Law  

Rajasthan High Court has reiterated that in a departmental enquiry, if the enquiry officer himself/ herself acted as the prosecutor, the entire departmental enquiry would stand vitiated. It was the case of the petitioner that at the time of conducting the enquiry, the enquiry officer played the role of the presenting officer by asking several questions to the witnesses and …

Court Case Officer Petitioner Enquiry Adjudicator
Badlapur case: Bombay High Court asks Maharashtra government why it suspended education officer
4 months, 1 week ago

Badlapur case: Bombay High Court asks Maharashtra government why it suspended education officer

The Hindu  

An education officer, suspended after two kindergarten children were sexually abused in Badlapur, moved the Bombay High Court on Friday seeking a stay on his suspension saying he has been framed. “The petitioner found out about the sexual abuse on August 18, and promptly contacted the Ambernath block education officer, asking him to visit the school in Badlapur, conduct an …

Education Court Suspension State Officer Badlapur Petition
Chhattisgarh HC Affirms Single-Judge's Order Upholding Dismissal Of Judicial Officer Who Lodged Criminal Case Against HC Judges
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh HC Affirms Single-Judge's Order Upholding Dismissal Of Judicial Officer Who Lodged Criminal Case Against HC Judges

Live Law  

A Division bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court recently confirmed the 2020 order of the Single Judge upholding the dismissal of a judicial officer who had filed criminal cases against the former Chief Justice and Judge of the High Court. The Court observed that the appellant, a judicial officer, frequently made adverse comments about colleagues and superiors, issued unauthorized representations …

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HC quashes FIR against Haryana activist booked for ‘casteist’ remarks against IPS officer
5 months, 2 weeks ago

HC quashes FIR against Haryana activist booked for ‘casteist’ remarks against IPS officer

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab and Haryana high court has quashed criminal proceedings against a Haryana activist booked for “casteist” comments against an Indian Police Service officer, Vinod Kumar, who was SP, Charkhi Dadri in 2021. Even a layman, if not an officer of IPS rank, can easily comprehend that the comments made by the petitioner cannot be termed to be with a …

Haryana Fir Officer Ips Scheduled Ips Officer Charkhi Dadri
Allahabad HC Pulls Up Dy. Commissioner Of Police For Directing Further Investigation In A Case Sans Magistrate's Nod, Seeks Explanation
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Allahabad HC Pulls Up Dy. Commissioner Of Police For Directing Further Investigation In A Case Sans Magistrate's Nod, Seeks Explanation

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court last week pulled up the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central NOIDA, Gautambudh Nagar, for directing a further investigation in a criminal case, in which a chargesheet had already been filed and cognizance taken, without obtaining the leave of the concerned Magistrate. Challenging the order of the Deputy Commissioner of Police as well as the further investigation …

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HC orders Bitcoin scam accused Shridhar Pujar to appear before SIT on May 8
8 months ago

HC orders Bitcoin scam accused Shridhar Pujar to appear before SIT on May 8

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka, after hearing three petitions seeking the quashing of two FIRs and a proclamation order, has directed Shridhar K. Pujar, a DySP rank police officer accused in the Bitcoin scam, to appear before the investigating officer on May 8 at 9 a.m. The order, passed on May 2, also said, “In view of the fact that …

Investigation Court Bitcoin Order Accused Fir Officer
CAT slaps Rs 50K fine on retired IPS officer for ‘abusing’ legal process
8 months, 2 weeks ago

CAT slaps Rs 50K fine on retired IPS officer for ‘abusing’ legal process

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad, comprising Dr Lata Baswara Patne and Shalini Misra, has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Rajnish Kumar Rai, a retired IPS officer and assistant professor at the Indian School of Management, Ahmedabad for ‘abusing’ the legal process by repeatedly challenging his transfer. Despite initial dismissals of his appeals by …

Hyderabad Legal Court High Cat Rai
EVM-VVPAT row: Defeated candidates can verify votes after elections if...
8 months, 2 weeks ago

EVM-VVPAT row: Defeated candidates can verify votes after elections if...

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected all petitions seeking 100 per cent verification of votes polled on Electronic Voting Machines with their Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. "Candidates who secure second and third position in the results can request for the verification of burnt memory semicontroller.," the Supreme Court said. The process in detail As per the Supreme Court's …

Results Court Candidates Verification Supreme Officer 5 Per Cent
Authorities confirm 2nd victim of ex-Washington officer was 17-year-old with whom he had a baby
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Authorities confirm 2nd victim of ex-Washington officer was 17-year-old with whom he had a baby

Associated Press  

WEST RICHLAND, Wash. — Authorities on Wednesday confirmed that a body found at the home of a former Washington state police officer who killed his ex-wife before fleeing to Oregon, where he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, was that of a 17-year-old girl with whom he had a baby. Elias Huizar, 39, a former police officer in Yakima, went …

Huizar Yakima
Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt gets 20 years in jail 1996 drug planting case
9 months, 1 week ago

Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt gets 20 years in jail 1996 drug planting case

India TV News  

1996 drug planting case: Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt has been sentenced to 20 years in jail by a sessions court in Palanpur, Gujarat's Banaskantha district, in a case dating back to 1996 involving the planting of drugs to frame a lawyer. Last year, Bhatt approached the Supreme Court, seeking the a transfer of the trial in the drug planting …

Rajasthan Supreme Court Court Lawyer Ips Planting Bhatt
Arvind Kejriwal urges court to remove 'harsh' officer; BJP criticises Sunita Kejriwal
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Arvind Kejriwal urges court to remove 'harsh' officer; BJP criticises Sunita Kejriwal

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has filed a plea in a court seeking removal of a police officer who allegedly "mishandled" people around the courtroom on Friday. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal at Rouse Avenue Court in New Delhi on Friday. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party has criticised Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal, hours after she read out …

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Chelsea and Australia star Sam Kerr pleads not guilty to racially aggravated harassment of a police officer and faces trial next year
10 months ago

Chelsea and Australia star Sam Kerr pleads not guilty to racially aggravated harassment of a police officer and faces trial next year

Daily Mail  

Australia's superstar captain Samantha Kerr will face a criminal trial next year for alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer, the Mail can reveal. Australia's Samantha Kerr plays against New Zealand during a Cup of Nations soccer match in Sydney, Australia The 30-year-old, who wore a white t-shirt under a black suit jacket as she appeared at Kingston Crown …

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