Somya Tyagi
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Madras High Court cancels FIR against bishop over discrepancy in baptism certificate (opens the original)
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The Madras High Court recently held that merely because the name varied in the baptism certificate from the “secular” official records, someone cannot be accused of falsifying the document and cancelled the FIR against a bishop accused of fabricating the baptism certificate for being consecrated as bishop of the Diocese of Kumbakonam. Justice R Vijayakumar noted that a birth certificate of the petitioner was issued in 2003 and on that basis the birth certificate was incorporated by way of amendm
Orissa High Court converts man’s jail term to Rs 500 fine in 1997 adulterated dal case (opens the original)
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The Orissa High Court recently upheld the conviction of a grocery shop owner for selling adulterated masoor dal but replaced his six-month sentence with a fine of Rs 500, noting that the incident had taken place in 1997. Justice V Narasingh was hearing a plea filed by a man who was earlier sentenced to six months’ jail and a fine of Rs 1,000 for storing and selling adulterated masoor dal in his shop. “Taking note of the materials on record, the nature of the allegations against the petitioner (c
‘He is over 60’: Allahabad High Court lowers former constable’s jail term in 1985 case (opens the original)
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The Allahabad High Court has considered the advanced age of a 60-year-old former police constable and brought down the jail term to four years in an attempt to murder case dating back to 1985. Justice Santosh Rai noted an “unexplained” delay in the conclusion of criminal proceedings while “moulding” the sentence, adding, “It has further been brought to our notice that this appeal, arising out of a judgment of conviction rendered as far back as in the year 1985, has remained pending before this C
Case pending since 2005, Punjab and Haryana High Court ‘saves’ 2 ‘from stigma of jail life’ (opens the original)
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently allowed two convicts to be released on probation, taking into consideration the “agony” and “trauma” they suffered and observing that the case had been pending in high court since 2005 and no “useful” purpose would be served by sending them again to jail to serve the remaining sentence. Justice Manisha Batra observed that the sole intention of the legislature in passing probation laws was to provide a person a particular type of chance of reformation, w
‘Soldier is a blank cheque written to country’: Kerala High Court upholds disability pension (opens the original)
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The Kerala High Court recently upheld an order of the Kochi Armed Forces Tribunal of granting an officer the disability element of his pension and observed that the constitution allowed the government to restrict some rights of the members of the armed forces for proper discharge of duties and maintenance of discipline, and “in such a situation, the contention that the disease is a lifestyle disorder cannot be accepted as a sufficient reason to deny the claim for disability element of pension.”
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