[ad_1] Other than the person found actually conducting matka and gambling activities, the ‘owner’ is also liable for punishment under section 78(3) of the Karnataka Police Act, the high court observed recently. Section 78(3), a punishment clause, prescribes three months’ imprisonment or fine for such offences. Refusing to quash proceedings...
Karnataka HC refuses to quash case against residents for obstructing officials, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] In a big setback for several residents of Shilpitha Splendour Annex Apartment, Outer Ring Road, Mahadevapura, the high court has refused to quash proceedings in a criminal case registered for obstructing officials out to remove encroachment on a rajakaluve in March 2020.Dismissing the petition filed by Uma Shankar Mohapatra...
Appointing special counsel on victim’s request not against rules, says HC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] BENGALURU: Appointing an advocate as special counsel on the request of the victim is not against the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the high court ruled in a recent judgment.Rejecting the petition filed by four accused, the court added that rule 4(5) of the SC/ST...
Citing right of private defence, Madras HC acquits 2 in double murder case, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] MADURAI: Observing that if a man has a real justification to exercise his right of private defence, he cannot be held liable if he slightly exceeds his right, the Madras high court has acquitted two men who were accused in a double murder case in Trichy district in 2015.The...