By- Suprana Chakraborty, National Forensic Science University, Delhi Campus.
If judges do not act against perjury, the trend of giving false evidence will render the judiciary irrelevant: High Court of Meghalaya
The Meghalaya High Court has advised trial courts to take harsh action against litigants and witnesses who provide misleading testimony in criminal proceedings. A bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice W Diengdoh ruled that trial courts should commence perjury proceedings if they have compelling reasons to doubt a witness.
The Court stated that unless Indian judges take a serious approach to litigants and witnesses, the current trend of fraudulent affidavits and false evidence may one day render the judiciary irrelevant.
"We have not stopped adoptions," the Bombay High Court says during the ongoing challenge to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Act 2021 revision.
The challenged amendment gives District Magistrates sole jurisdiction over adoption issues, including overseas adoptions.
On January 10, a bench led by Justice GS Patel stopped the scheduled transfer of case papers/documents relevant to adoption proceedings from civil courts to District Magistrates.
However, the Indian Express further reported that final adoption orders for many Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) and the adoption process in such cases had been halted in Maharashtra since January 11, after the Court's stay decision.
To remedy this, the Court stated on Friday that its January 10 injunction did not halt adoptions. Instead, The Court only stayed the transfer of certain cases to the District Magistrates, according to the bench.
The Kerala High Court has ordered the Bar Council of Kerala to collect Rs. 750 as enrolment fees from law graduates until the BCI establishes a unified rate.
A division bench of the Kerala High Court has ordered the Bar Council of Kerala (BCK) to collect enrolment fees of 750 only from law graduates seeking to become advocates till the Bar Council of India (BCI) establishes a consistent fee structure applicable to all State Bar Councils.
In February of this year, a single-judge of the Court issued an interim decision instructing the BCK to accept law graduates' enrolment applications provisionally upon payment of 750.
However, the petitioners in the case who had challenged the BCK's decision to collect 15,900 in enrolment fees benefited exclusively from that order.
The BCK filed an appeal with a division bench against the interim order.
On June 12, when the appeal was heard by a bench of Chief Justice SV Bhatti and Justice Basant Balaji, the bench issued an order extending the benefit of the single-judge's judgement to all law graduates desiring to enrol in the State.
Manipur High Court directed the police to show empathy when dealing with accused people on bail.
The Manipur High Court has advised police to be compassionate when dealing with accused people on bail [Maisnam Korouhanba Luwang v. State of Manipur and others].
The Court was hearing claims that an accused under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) who was out on bail was being harassed by police officers who would pick him up on the eve of every Independence Day (January 26) and Republic Day (August 15).
The case caused Justice A Guneshwar Sharma to ask that a copy of the Court's order be provided to the Director General of Police (DGP) so that the police can be ordered to treat people on bail with compassion.
Title Findings in a Simple Suit for Partition Are Not Binding on Third Parties: Supreme Court
The Telangana High Court recently affirmed the verdict of the Telangana High Court, which upheld the title of Ryot Cultivators to the "Paigah lands" of Hydernagar, Telengana.
The bench of Justices V. Ramasubramanian and Pankaj Mithal dismissed rival claimants/appellants' claims of title, including M/s Trinity Infraventures Ltd, on the grounds that the land was a Mathruka property of the late Nawab Khurshid Jah, who was granted a Paigah by the Nizam of Hydrabad.
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