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Supreme Court Dismisses Petitions Seeking Return to Paper Ballots or 100% VVPAT Counting in Elections. Court Upholds EVMs with VVPAT as Sufficiently Transparent and Reliable, Rejects Allegations of Manipulation Without Evidence.

The Supreme Court dismissed a batch of writ petitions filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms and others seeking various directions regarding ...

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Bombay High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to Petitioners in Corruption Case Involving Alleged Forgery of Will and Misappropriation of Property. Court Holds That Custodial Interrogation Not Required When Documents Are Already Seized and Petitioners Are Willing to Cooperate.

The petitioners, Eknath Ganpatrao Khadse (aged 72), Mandakini Eknath Khadse (aged 62), and Girish Dayaram Chaudhary (aged 50), filed a Criminal Writ P...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes FIR Against Government Officer in Corruption Case — Lack of Sanction Under Section 19 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Private Complaint Filed Without Prior Sanction for Prosecution of Public Servant is Not Maintainable.

The petitioner, Dr. Ashok V., a District Officer in the Backward Classes Welfare Department, challenged an order dated 07.12.2021 passed by the Princi...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Petition to Quash Corruption Proceedings Based on Retrospective Application of Section 17A of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Amendment requiring prior sanction for investigation not applicable to cases where investigation commenced before its enactment.

The petitioner, T.N. Bettaswamaiah, was facing trial before the Special Judge, Tumakuru, in Special C.C. No. 152/2013 for offences punishable under Se...

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Supreme Court Quashes Cognizance in Bihar Excise Case — Private Vehicle Not a Public Place Under Section 53(a) of Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016. Consumption of liquor in a private vehicle does not constitute an offence under Section 53(a) as the vehicle is not a 'public place' under the Act.

The appellants, all Rotarians, were travelling from Giridih, Jharkhand to Patna, Bihar in a private vehicle to attend a Rotary Club meeting on 25.06.2...

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High Court of Karnataka Hears Appeals Against Single Judge's Order Quashing Establishment of Three Road Transport Corporations. The Division Bench Describes the History of KSRTC but the Available Text Does Not Contain the Final Decision.

The appeals arose from a common order of the learned Single Judge in Writ Petition No. 22194 of 1997 dated 02.07.2007, which quashed orders and notifi...

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Supreme Court Upholds Rights of Trafficking Victims, Issues Guidelines for Rescue and Rehabilitation. Court Holds That State Must Take Reasonable Measures to Safeguard Right to Rehabilitation Under Article 21.

This Miscellaneous Application arose from a prior disposed Public Interest Litigation regarding human trafficking. The petitioner sought enforcement o...