GANGTOK, India, June 5 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 30: Heard on I.A. No.01 of 2023, by which the Petitioner proposes to amend the instant Writ Petition by insertion of Paragraphs 64A to 64I in the averments portion, Paragraphs V(i) to V(xix) in the grounds portion and Paragraphs b(i) and (ii) in the prayers portion of the Writ Petition. Learned Deputy Solicitor General of India objects to the Petition on grounds that the said application is nothing but dilat...
GANGTOK, India, June 5 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 30: Heard on I.A. No.01 of 2023, by which the Petitioner proposes to amend the instant Writ Petition by insertion of Paragraphs 61A to 61J in the averments portion, Paragraphs R(i) to R(xix) in the grounds portion and Paragraphs b(i) and (ii) in the prayers portion of the Writ Petition. Learned Deputy Solicitor General of India objects to the Petition on grounds that the said application is nothing but dilat...
GANGTOK, India, June 5 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 30: This is an appeal preferred under section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for short, the Arbitration Act). The impugned judgment and order dated 14.08.2023 dismissed the petition filed by M/s Teesta Urja Ltd. [now, Sikkim Urja Limited (appellant)] under section 34 refusing to interfere with the arbitral award dated 01.10.2019 in favour of the respondents herein. 2. The grounds for inter...
GANGTOK, India, June 5 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 22: Heard Learned Additional Public Prosecutor. He submits that leave be granted to file the Appeal as the Learned Trial Court failed to appreciate that, the victim was a minor despite the ossification test having been exhibited and corroborated by Prosecution witnesses. The evidence of the victim, who was a sterling witness, was not taken into consideration and the Respondent was acquitted erroneously, altho...
GANGTOK, India, June 5 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 22: 1. The Appellant-Insurance Company assails the Judgment dated 13-02-2024, of the Learned Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Gangtok, Sikkim (hereinafter, "MACT"), in MACT Case No.32 of 2022. The Respondent No.1-Claimant, father of the deceased, in an application filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereinafter, "MV Act") sought compensation of a sum of rs 30,38,000/- (Rupees thirty lakhs...
GANGTOK, India, June 5 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on May 21: 1. The prayers in the instant Writ Petition inter alia are as follows; (a) Consider and admit the instant Writ Petition; (b) To pass a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the Respondent No.3 to correct the revenue records in regard to Plot No.176 by recording the name of the Petitioner as the owner of Plot No.176, measuring an area of 2.0440 hectares; (c) Kindly cancel the Office Order No.536/SDO/...
GANGTOK, India, June 5 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on may 21: 1. The Petitioner has filed the instant application under Section 378(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking leave to file Appeal, to assail the Judgment, dated 31-05-2022, of the Court of the Learned Special Judge (Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940), Gangtok, in Sessions Trial (D&C Act, 1940) Case No.01 of 2018 (Union of India vs. M/s. Mukul Enterprises and Another), which acquitted the Responde...
India, June 5 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a press release issued by the Press Club of India, New Delhi, that two journalists were brutally manhandled by the police in Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, allegedly, under the supervision of the District Superintendent of Police. Reportedly, the incident happened on 1st May, 2025. The Commission has observed that the contents of the p...
India, June 5 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a 35-year-old auto-rickshaw driver died on 13th May, 2025, allegedly after being subjected to physical torture by the police at Rajendranagar Police Station in Hyderabad, Telangana. The Commission has observed that the contents of the press release, if true, raise a serious violation of the human rights of the victim...
India, June 5 -- The Government of India issued the following news release: The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), in collaboration with NITI Aayog and the World Bank as knowledge partner, successfully inaugurated the National Workshop on Using Alternate Data Sources and Frontier Technologies for Policy Making at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi today. The two-day workshop will be conducted during 5-6 June, 2025. The inaugural session was graced by Shri Suman K. Bery, Vice ...