Search Results for Tag : Arms
Judgments
Hitting with a gun not the same as shooting with one(24.06.2016)
The Madras High Court deleted a charge under Section 25 of the Arms Act against an accused who attacked the complainant physically with a gun.
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Tags : arms act, assault, simple injury
International Cases
In order to satisfy requirement of an absence of criminal proceedings, an applicant would have to prove that, no criminal proceedings were pending in connection with seized firearms(02.12.2019)
In present case, on 25 June 2014, the South African Police Services (SAPS) seized certain firearms (the firearms) from the Respondents in terms of a s.....
Tags : Seized firearms, Retention, Legality
A dealer may trade in firearms and ammunition only on premises specified in the dealer’s licence(24.05.2023)
The issue before the Supreme court is whether Regulation 67 of the Firearm Control Regulations entitles one firearms’ dealer to store firearms at its .....
Tags : Firearms, Regulation, Storage
News
CIC Notices ACP Arms License of Delhi Police(29.09.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued notice to the ACP of Licensing Branch of Delhi Police for refusing to release information requested by.....
Tags : CIC, arms license
U’khand HC Bans Firearms At Religious/Marriage Procession,Other Public Assemblage(27.07.2017)
Uttarakhand High Court has ordered that no person shall carry any firearm to a fair, religious procession/ marriage procession or other public assembl.....
Tags : Uttarakhand High Court, Firearms
Delhi High Court Wants Sainik Farms Mapped by Satellite to Spot Encroachments(14.09.2018)
Delhi High Court has considered satellite mapping of the area to gauge the extent of illegal constructions in the upscale Sainik Farms.
Tags : Delhi High Court, Sainik Farms
Mere Ownership of Vehicle in Which Prohibited Ammunitions Are Found Won’t Attract Conviction: SC(17.09.2018)
Supreme Court has observed that it is necessary to prove that the accused was in conscious possession at some point in time before the discovery and r.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Arms Act
Kerala HC Stays Orders to Close Dairy Farms & Remove Meat from School Children's Diet(23.06.2021)
Kerala High Court has stayed the operation of two orders passed by the Lakshadweeep administration under its new administrator Praful Khoda Patel. The.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Orders to Close Dairy Farms & Remove Meat from School Children's Diet
SC to States: Examine Socio Economic Reasons Behind Demand for Illegal Arms(17.05.2023)
Supreme Court in a suo motu case has directed State Governments and Union Territories to file their response as to why is there a demand for such kind.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Socio-Economic Reasons, Illegal Arms
All. HC: Can’t Cancel Arms License on Mere Pendency of Criminal Case(20.07.2023)
Allahabad High Court has held that mere pendency of criminal case or apprehension that person may be involved in criminal case in future can’t be a gr.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Arms License, Cancellation, Criminal Case
Delhi HC Pulls Up Sainik Farms RWAs over Collection of Toll(19.05.2016)
Delhi High Court has pulled up Sainik Farms Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) and questioned how they were collecting toll from commercial vehicles.....
Tags : Delhi High Court , Sainik Farms Resident Welfare Associations
Rajya Sabha Passes Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2019(11.12.2019)
Rajya Sabha has passed the Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill provides for a maximum punishment of life imprisonment for manufacturing and carrying.....
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Punjab & Haryana HC Seeks Government’s Response over Plea to Ban Arms in Wedding Functions(26.12.2016)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought Punjab Government’s reply over plea seeking directions not to allow people to carry arms and ammunition to we.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, arms, ammunition, wedding
Delhi HC Refuses to Quash FIR Against French Tourist Over Bullets in Bag(16.01.2017)
Delhi High Court has refused to quash FIR under Arms Act against of a French tourist going to Goa via Delhi and Mumbai, after three live cartridges we.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, French tourist, live cartridges, Arms Act
Rajasthan HC: No Appeal Lies Against Issuance of Arms License(10.08.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has held that there is no provision where appeal can be entertained under Section 18 of the Arms Act against an order of issuance.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Arms Act, Appeal
Kerala HC Denies Bail to LTTE Sympathizer Who Overstayed 5 Years in India Without Visa(16.08.2022)
Kerala High Court has denied bail to a suspected LTTE sympathizer for having overstayed in India without a Visa and actively plotting to procure prohi.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, LTTE, Prohibited Arms
Jodhpur Based Court Acquits Salman Khan of All Charges Under Arms Act in Black Buck Poaching Case(18.01.2017)
A Jodhpur based Court has acquitted Bollywood Actor Salman Khan of all charges in Arms Act case against him in alleged poaching of two black bucks, af.....
Tags : Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jodhpur district, Salman Khan, Arms Act, Black Buck Poaching
Guj. HC: Licensing Authority Can’t Discriminate Among Co-Accused Persons in Renewal of Arms Licenses(25.08.2022)
Gujarat High Court has held that a licensing authority under the Arms Act cannot discriminate between two co-accused persons by renewing the license o.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Licensing Authority, Arms Act
Delhi High Court: Demolish Road Passing Through Forest in Sainik Farms(29.01.2018)
Delhi High Court has ordered the demolition of the road which connects Sainik Farms with Indira Enclave, noting that the same passes through a forest.
Tags : Delhi High Court, Sainik Farms
Delhi HC: Possession of Single Cartridge without a Firearm Would Not Attract Liability under Arms Act(04.11.2019)
Delhi HC has observed that recovery of single cartridge from a person, without the recovery of firearm along with it, would not attract liability und.....
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Delhi HC Quashes FIR Against US Citizen Carrying Cartridge at IGI Airport(01.08.2022)
Delhi High Court while quashing FIR registered against US citizen found in possession of live ammunition at Delhi Airport, has held that conscious pos.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Arms Act, Conscious Possession
Delhi HC: No Distinct Status for Rifle Association Members Under Arms Act(02.08.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that a member of a Rifles' Association or Club cannot hold more than two firearms by claiming exemption under Section 3(2) o.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Arms Act, Rifle Association
Kerala HC Upholds Lakshadweep Admin Decision to Close Dairy Farms, Modify Mid Day Meals(22.09.2021)
Kerala High Court while disposing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) assailing the reforms introduced by the new Lakshadweep Administration, reiter.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Decision to Close Dairy Farms, Modify Mid Day Meals
Delhi HC: Officials Won’t Be Spared for Sainik Farms Constructions(21.07.2016)
Delhi HC has made it clear that CBI will inquire role of municipal staff and Delhi Police officers who connived to allow mushrooming of illegal constr.....
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Delhi HC: Where No Conscious and Knowledgeable Possession of Firearm, Case Cannot Proceed(30.01.2020)
Delhi High Court has held that if there is nothing in the First Information Report which indicates a conscious and knowledgeable possession of a firea.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Possession of Firearms
Madras HC: Pistol Whipping Will Not Attract Arms Act(11.07.2016)
Madras HC has held that using a licensed pistol not to open fire but only to assault opponent with its butt would not attract any of the offences list.....
Tags : Madras HC, Arms Act
Bombay HC: Merely Criminal Case Can’t be Ground to Revoke Arms License(27.07.2016)
Bombay HC, while directing Pune Commissioner of Police to consider afresh an application of a Shiv Sena leader seeking renewal of his license, has hel.....
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MCOCA Court Convicts Abu Jundal in Aurangabad Arms Haul Case(28.07.2016)
Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Court, Mumbai, has held Abu Jundal (a key plotter of the 26/11 terror attacks) and others, guilty i.....
Tags : Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act , Abu Jundal, Aurangabad arms haul case
MCOCA Court Sentences Abu Jundal, Six Others for Life(02.08.2016)
Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Court has sentenced Lashkar-e-Taiba operative and 26/11 Mumbai attacks plotter Sayed Zabiud.....
Tags : MCOCA, Abu Jundal, 26/11 Aurangabad arms haul case
Delhi HC: Unconscious Possession of Firearms Not to Attract Arms Act, 1959(05.01.2021)
Delhi High Court has reiterated that "unconscious possession" of firearms would not attract the rigours of the Arms Act, 1959 while hearing a criminal.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Unconscious Possession of Firearms
All. HC: Person Firing Pistol for Self Defence Does Not Violate Arms License Conditions(09.01.2024)
Allahabad High Court has held that firing a pistol in self-defense is not a violation of the license condition and does not appear to be an offence un.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Self-Defense, License Conditions, Arms Act
Delhi High Court Seeks Reply from AAP Over “Sainik Farms”(20.08.2015)
Delhi High Court has sought reply from City Government on whether it intended to regularise or demolish unauthorized constructions in Sainik Farms or .....
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Delhi HC: Mere Possession of Ammunition Without Awareness Will Not Amount to Offence Under Arms Act(06.06.2019)
Delhi High Court has noted that only the conscious possession of a firearm or ammunition, where the person is fully aware of the possession, can amoun.....
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Delhi High Court Grants Sainik Farm Residents Permission to Carry Out Repairs, Whitewash(10.06.2019)
Delhi High Court has granted 93 residents of a upscale Sainik Farm colony to carry out repairs and renovation, including construction of boundary wall.....
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SC: No Fundamental Right to Bear Arms(14.02.2023)
Supreme Court while registering a suo moto case to curb the large number of possession and use of unlicensed firearms in India and terming the trend a.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Arms, Suo Moto
Delhi HC: Sainik Farms report an `eyewash'(10.11.2016)
Delhi High Court has slammed South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) while refusing to rely on its affidavit regarding unauthorized constructions in .....
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Delhi HC Directs AAP Government to Expedite Process on Satellite Maps of Sainik Farm(14.11.2016)
Delhi High Court has asked AAP Government to expedite process of getting high resolution satellite maps of posh Sainik Farms Colony from 2007-2016 to .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, AAP Government , satellite maps, Sainik Farms
Delhi HC: Holding Firearms Not a Fundamental Right(10.07.2017)
Delhi High Court has remarked that there is no fundamental right of an individual to hold a firearm, while ruing how possession of Arms has become a s.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Firearms
Delhi High Court: Why Are Sainik Farm RWAs Charging Entry Fees in Colony?(20.05.2021)
Delhi High Court has asked Delhi Police and South Delhi Municipal Corporation that how two Residents Welfare Associations (RWA’s) of Sainik Farms in S.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Sainik Farms
2006 Aurangabad Arms Haul Case: Bombay HC Directs SIT to Probe ‘Murder’ of Accused(20.09.2016)
Bombay High Court has directed to set up special investigation team (SIT), to probe the allegations of murder of suspected LeT terrorist Shaikh Abdul .....
Tags : Bombay High Court, 2006 Aurangabad Arms Haul Case
US Supreme Court Strikes Down New York Law Limiting Guns in Public(24.06.2022)
United States Supreme Court has struck down a New York law that placed strict restrictions on carrying concealed firearms in public for self defense b.....
Tags : US Supreme Court, Firearms, Self Defense, Second Amendment
Delhi HC Restricts Entry of Heavy Vehicles in Sainik Farms Area(03.11.2016)
Delhi High Court, in a bid to clamp down on “rampant unauthorized construction” in Sainik Farms Area, has banned entry of all heavy vehicles except fo.....
Tags : Delhi HC, Sainik Farms , Heavy Vehicles
Bombay HC Rules ‘Court Cannot Ignore Illegal Detention’(04.11.2016)
Bombay High Court, while granting bail to a Gondia man arrested for murder and cases under Arms Act and SC/ST Act, has said that court can’t turn Nels.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Arms Act, SC/ST Act, illegal detention
HP HC: Arms Licences Cannot be Granted to be Used as Status Symbol(07.10.2020)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has observed that Arms Licences cannot be granted to be used as status symbol, while directing the authorities to review a.....
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P&H HC: Licensing Authority Can Refuse to Grant Arms Licence U/S 14 Arms Licence Act(11.05.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court while dealing with a petition in which an application for grant of an arms license was rejected has held that the reason.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, arms licence, Arms Act, 1959
Del. HC: Arms License Can’t be Claimed as a Right by Advocates Appearing on Criminal Side(25.05.2023)
Delhi High Court has observed that application by an advocate merely based on the ground of appearance on the criminal side for an accused/prosecution.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Arms License, Advocates