Orissa HC puts a stay on Orissa Judicial Services results

The Orissa High Court today ordered a stay in the publication of results of the Odisha Judicial Services examination and directed  the Odisha Public Service Commission to not to publish the same without its permission.Around 2000 law graduates had appeared in the examination which was held on May 31, 2015. The Court ordered the same while hearing a petition filed by Madhubala Bisoyee...

Quote from Spiderman finds a mention in the US Supreme Court Judgment [Read the Judgment]

Hearing a contractual dispute relating to a Spiderman toy, in which Marvel had decided to purchase a Spiderman toy from the Kimble, the petitioner in the case, the United States Supreme Court invoked a dialogue from the Spiderman movie and said, ““[I]n this world, with great power there must also come—great responsibility”The Supreme Court invoked the dialogue while discussing...

SC stays AFT’s order re-instating sailor in Indian Navy

After the Additional Solicitor General Maninder Singh sought an urgent intervention on the issue, the Supreme Court today stayed the order of the Armed Forces Tribunal by which it had allowed the reinstatement of a Sailor who had allegedly slapped an Officer while on duty.The Tribunal had found the sailor guilty of slapping the Officer but had substituted the order of dismissal with 75...

Bombay High Court removes stay on CLAT 2015 allotments [Read the Order]

Hearing a petition filed by a law school aspirant, the Bombay High Court today removed the stay it had imposed on the CLAT admission process by its order dated June 20, 2015. The Bombay HC on June 20th imposed the stay by an order given in chamber due to the heavy rains in Mumbai. The Bench of Justices Anoon V. Mohta and V.L. Achliya had ordered the same on the petition filed by a CLAT...

US Supreme Court upholds Hotel's Right to Protect the Privacy of its Guests [Read the Judgment]

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a Los Angeles ordinance that required hotel operators to record and keep specific information about their guests on the premises for a 90-day period which were to be made available to any officer of the Los Angeles Police Department for inspection without warrant, failing which the hotel operator’s failure to make the records available was to...

Hate Speech ; SC to hear Swamy’s plea in July

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's plea challenging the non-bailable warrants issued against him by a court in Assam over his controversial comments will be heard by the SC in July. He had commented that mosques were not religious structures.A vacation bench of Justice M.Y. Eqbal and Justice Arun Mishra directed listing the matter for hearing in the first week of July before an appropriate...

Shahjahanpur Journalist Murder: SC asks why CBI shouldn’t probe the case

Both Centre and State of UP came under fire when the Supreme Court asked why CBI should not be investigating the alleged murder of journalist Jagender Singh in Shahjahanpur. The Court accordingly gave time of four weeks to Centre and State of UP to file a reply.On June 1, Jagender Singh was allegedly set on fire by certain UP policemen when they had raided his house. The burns were so severe...

Delhi HC admits petition challenging arbitrary and non-transparent criteria adopted by it in the matter of promotion to posts of district and sessions judges

The Delhi High Court has admitted a petition filed by a judicial officer challenging the non-transparent criteria adopted by the Delhi High Court for promotion to posts of district and sessions judges. The judicial officer was aggrieved by the Delhi High Court by-passing her and granting promotions to her juniors to the post of District & Sessions Judge.Additional district and sessions...

Fast Track Courts in Karnataka and Justice Delivery: A Valuable Assessment by the Centre for Law & Policy Research, Bangalore

The Centre for Law & Policy Research, Bangalore has recently released a Report titled “The Myth of Speedy and Substantive Justice: A Study of the Special Fast Track Courts for Sexual Assault and Child Sexual Abuse Cases in Karnataka”.The Report is based on a detailed analysis of all judgments of the 10 Special Fast Track Courts set up in 2013 only for trying cases of rape and...

NALSAR becomes the first institution to issue a gender neutral degree in India

In a sui generis event, NALSAR, Hyderabad has issued a gender neutral degree to a student who wanted to be identified not Mr. or Ms. But as Mx.Anindita Mukherjee, student at NALSAR had requested the University to issue her the certificates with Mx. as the prefix.Reportedly, the certificates also mention Anindita Mukherjee as “they” rather than “he” or “she’. Mx. Anindita Mukherjee reportedly said, "The university sent us our provisional transcripts and asked us to email back within a week with...

India Today releases Law Schools Rankings, NLSIU at top

The widely read magazine, India Today has released its rankings for various educational institutions, including law schools. As per the ranking, NLSIU, Bangalore is the best law school in India, followed by NALSAR Hyderabad.Interestingly, India Today has not differentiated between 3 year law courses and 5 year integrated courses and has marked institutions on the same criteria. Amongst the other National Law Schools, only GNLU and HNLU found a mention within the top 10 places in the rankings....

SC notes L K Advani’s remarks on repeat of Emergency in passing, during the NJAC hearing

The Supreme Court on Friday took note of senior BJP leader LK Advani's remarks that another Emergency couldn't be ruled out during a debate on the legality of the government's ambitious twin laws that replace the collegium system of appointing judges with the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)."It's being said that there will be a repeat of Emergency," said Justice JS Khehar,...