Articles for Criminal Misconduct

Former Minister KT Rama Rao Was Prima Facie 'Entrusted' With Formula E Race Funds Which Were Allegedly Misused: Telangana High Court
2 days, 4 hours ago

Former Minister KT Rama Rao Was Prima Facie 'Entrusted' With Formula E Race Funds Which Were Allegedly Misused: Telangana High Court

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Dismissing BRS MLA KT Rama Rao's plea for quashing an FIR over the alleged Formula-E race "scam", the Telangana High Court on Tuesday said that Rao as then Urban Development Minister was controlling the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority and thus the body's funds which were allegedly misused, were "prima facie" entrusted with him. Rejecting Rao's contention that ingredients of Section …

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Kerala High Court Annual Digest 2024 [Part I]
1 week, 3 days ago

Kerala High Court Annual Digest 2024 [Part I]

Live Law  

Nominal Index Citations: Union of India & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw Ker 264 Dr. M. R. Saseendranath V State of Kerala 2024 LiveLaw Ker 265 State of Kerala v Narendra Kumar & Another 2024 LiveLaw Ker 266 Nijo Varghese v Transport Commissioner 2024 LiveLaw Ker 267 Cherplassery Co-Operative Hospital Ltd v State of Kerala 2024 LiveLaw Ker 268 Modern Food Enterprises …

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The Danger of Making the Matt Gaetz Nomination About Sexual Misconduct
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Danger of Making the Matt Gaetz Nomination About Sexual Misconduct

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Coverage of President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Matt Gaetz to be attorney general has concentrated largely on his sex scandals and the question of whether the House Ethics Committee will release its long-awaited and probably damaging report on Gaetz’s alleged sexual encounter with an underage girl. Also, so the theory in some Democratic circles presumably goes, it would give Senate …

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Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 15 – January 21, 2024
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 15 – January 21, 2024

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Nominal Index Sabu Varghese v. Viju P. Varghese & Ors., 2024 LiveLaw 42 Dr. Annie Mareena Issac V Employees State Insurance Corporation, 2024 LiveLaw 43 XXX & Ors. Kerala HC Refers To Division Bench Case title: Lekshmi M V Sudhamony Amma Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 45 The Kerala High Court has referred the decision of a single judge in Natarajan T.K. …

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Appellate Courts Can Interfere With Acquittal Judgments Despite Double Presumption In Favour Of Accused: Kerala High Court
1 year, 4 months ago

Appellate Courts Can Interfere With Acquittal Judgments Despite Double Presumption In Favour Of Accused: Kerala High Court

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While reversing an order of acquittal in a bribery case against a village officer, the Kerala High Court recently observed that CrPC does not mandate the appellate court to differentiate between the appeals against judgments of conviction or acquittal and that they have the same powers while dealing with both. It was also argued that the court below failed to …

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Joining Disciplined Force After Suppressing Criminal Cases A Grave Misconduct : Supreme Court Approves Removal Of CISF Personnel
1 year, 11 months ago

Joining Disciplined Force After Suppressing Criminal Cases A Grave Misconduct : Supreme Court Approves Removal Of CISF Personnel

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Observing that entering the service of a disciplined force like CISF by suppressing criminal cases is a "gross misconduct", the Supreme Court approved the dismissal of a personnel.The bench comprising of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M. Trivedi held that the power of judicial review exercised by a Court or a Tribunal against the orders of a departmental enquiry committee …

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No Criminal Action Against Advocate If Legal Advice Goes Wrong, Liable For Professional Misconduct If Established By Cogent Evidence: Rajasthan HC
2 years, 6 months ago

No Criminal Action Against Advocate If Legal Advice Goes Wrong, Liable For Professional Misconduct If Established By Cogent Evidence: Rajasthan HC

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The Rajasthan High Court has observed that if any legal advice rendered by an Advocate goes wrong, the same would not subject him to criminal prosecution, as a lawyer. Dr. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati observed, "If any legal advice rendered by an Advocate goes wrong, the same would not subject him to criminal prosecution, as a lawyer. As observed above, …

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Dredger Scam: Kerala High Court Quashes FIR Against Former DGP Jacob Thomas [Read Judgment]
3 years, 2 months ago

Dredger Scam: Kerala High Court Quashes FIR Against Former DGP Jacob Thomas [Read Judgment]

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The Kerala High Court on Monday quashed the FIR registered against former Director General of Police Dr. Jacob Thomas in the dredger scam case where he was accused of engaging in tender rigging.Justice R. Narayana Pisharadi noted that although its power under Section 482 of the CrPC shall be exercised sparingly and with circumspection in rare cases to quash the …

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Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act 2018 Will Not Affect Offences Committed Prior To Its Enactment: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
4 years, 7 months ago

Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act 2018 Will Not Affect Offences Committed Prior To Its Enactment: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

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The Delhi High Court on Friday held that the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2018, so far as it substitutes Section 13 of the principal Act, does not operate in a retrospective manner. Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 originally stated, "A public servant is said to commit the offence of criminal misconduct,- if he, - by corrupt …

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Benefit Of Amendment In Section 13 Prevention Of Corruption Act 1988 As Amended By The Prevention Of Corruption (Amendment) Act 2018 Can Be Extended To Pending Cases
4 years, 9 months ago

Benefit Of Amendment In Section 13 Prevention Of Corruption Act 1988 As Amended By The Prevention Of Corruption (Amendment) Act 2018 Can Be Extended To Pending Cases

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The Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 was amended by The Prevention of Corruption Act 2018 vide which the amendment to section 13 of the PC Act 1988 was introduced by substituting the text of Section 13 with a new definition for the offence of criminal misconduct. Accordingly, the Prevention of Corruption Bill, 2013 had proposed to delete section 13 of …

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