Weekly Legal Updates for Law Entrance Exams (15th-21st August 2019)

Dear Students,

We have started a new series for CLAT & other Law Entrance Exams Aspirants titled "Weekly Legal Updates" which aims to provide important legal events and developments. These updates will help aspirants sitting for Law Entrance Exams.

Weekly Legal Updates

1. The Kerala High Court has held that for offences committed outside the territory of India, sanction by Central Government is not required to arrest an accused during the investigation.

• Note: Justice Hrishikesh Roy is the current and 35th Chief Justice of the High Court of Kerala.

2. High Court of Rajasthan has directed all District Judges within its jurisdiction to make a compilation of FIRs registered within their jurisdictions, on a direction given under Section 156(3) of Cr.P.C., for offences committed against women and children.

Note:

• Section 156(3) of Cr.P.C empowers a Magistrate, so empowered to take cognizance under section 190, to order the registration of FIR or order an investigation in a matter which the police had otherwise failed to register or as the case may be, investigate.
• Currently, the Chief Justice of the High court of Rajasthan is Justice Shripathi Ravindra Bhat.

3. The Delhi High Court on 20th August dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of Senior Advocate and former Union minister P Chidambaram in the corruption and money laundering cases related to the INX Media scandal. Justice Sunil Gaur has pronounced the said judgment.

• Note: Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel is the current Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.

4. Provisions of anticipatory bail are invoked if a person is apprehending arrest for a non-bailable offence. Section 438 of the Criminal Procedure Code deals with the provision of anticipatory bail.

5. In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court has held that High Court under Article 235 of the Constitution of India is vested with the power to take action against judicial officers accused of sexual harassment.

6. The Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Krishna Murari, launched Virtual Court at Faridabad, this Court will deal with cases relating to traffic challans for the entire state of Haryana. The purpose of Virtual Courts is to eliminate the presence of litigants in Courts. This is a project under the e-Committee of the Supreme Court.

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