Centre Clears 3 Out Of 5 Names Recommended By SC Collegium For Calcutta High Court Judgeship

The Central government on Saturday cleared the appointment of three lawyers as additional judges to the Calcutta High Court.They are : Smita Das De; Reetobroto Kumar Mitra; and Om Narayan Rai.They are among the five names recommended by the Supreme Court collegium on February 28. The Centre is yet to clear the names of other two names, Md Talay Masood Siddiqui and Krishnaraj...

State Authorities Must Maintain Anonymity Of Victim In Cases U/S 376 Or POCSO Act: J&K High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the Registry to immediately redact a prosecutrix/victim's name from the identified pages and any other additional pages flagged by the prosecution in a criminal case.The court ordered that police, forensic science laboratories (FSL), and medical professionals examining the prosecutrix must ensure that the name of the prosecutrix is not to be given...

Compelling Wife To Discontinue Studies Is Akin To Destroying Her Dreams, Amounts To Mental Cruelty: Madhya Pradesh High Court

While granting divorce to a woman, the Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that compelling the wife to discontinue her studies or putting her in a position not to continue her studies amounts to mental cruelty and constitutes a ground for divorce under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.In doing so the court said that the family court ignored the fact that this...

Kerala High Court Monthly Digest: February 2025 [Citations: 73 - 143]

Nominal Index: [Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 73 - 143]Vipin P G v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 73Sneha Vijayan v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 74State of Kerala v Pradeepkumar A.V, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 75Biju Abraham and Another v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 76Ciby George v District Collector & Connected Cases, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 77Shuaib A. S. v State of Kerala...

Women's Day Special | Punjab & Haryana High Court's Landmark Rulings On Women Empowerment

Despite 77 years of independence, the harsh reality remains: women are still in need of transformative justice and societal upliftment. The progress we celebrate has yet to bridge the gap between equality and empowerment. The debate over whether women need positive discrimination to ensure equal rights as men cannot be deemed redundant, especially when considering that, the majority (67%) still reside in rural regions, where women continue to face discrimination and gender-based violence. Even...

'Glaring Case' Where Magistrate Acted Without Jurisdiction: Bombay HC Quashes Summons Issued To Lokmat Media's Director Devendra Darda

The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court recently set aside a Magistrate's order issuing summons to the Managing Director of Lokmat Media Private Limited, Devendra Darda, under the Working Journalist and Other Newspaper Employee (Conditions of Service) Act 1955.While noting that the impugned order ought to have been challenged in a Revision Application before the Sessions Court, Justice...

Principles Of Natural Justice Cannot Be Disregarded During Adjudication Under Provisions Of CGST Act: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court recently held that the finding that principles of natural justice need not be followed during an adjudication under the provisions of the CGST Act is untenable.The Court was considering whether failure to provide opportunity to cross-examine witnesses whose statements were relied upon by the proper officer in adjudication proceedings against the assessee under Section 74...

Transfer Pricing | Existence Of International Transaction Must Be Determined Before Benchmarking Analysis Is Commenced: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that before the Income Tax Department commences transfer pricing benchmarking analysis of an assessee's international transactions, the very existence of such 'international transaction' must be determined.A division bench of Justices Yashwant Varma and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, while dealing with the case of an Indian entity producing liquor for brands like...

Beawar "Sexual Exploitation" Case: Rajasthan High Court Orders 'Status Quo' On Proposed Demolition Of Properties Of Muslim Accused

The Rajasthan High Court has directed status quo with respect to demolition notices issued to the families of Muslim individuals booked for allegedly sexually exploiting girls in Beawar last month. Justice Mahendra Kumar Goyal in his order noted the submissions of the counsel for the petitioners' that they received show cause notices dated February 20 seeking to demolish the...

'Her Rehabilitation & Restorative Care Is Most Important': Gujarat High Court Orally Says During Tribal Woman Assault Hearing

While hearing a suo motu plea pertaining to the reported assault of a tribal woman who was stated to be disrobed, paraded and dragged by a motorcycle in the district, the Gujarat High Court on Friday (March 7) orally said that the rehabilitation and restorative care which are to be provided to her are of utmost importance. After the court was informed that the alleged assault was stated to...

Relief For Karan Johar As Bombay High Court Refuses To Permit Release Of 'Shaadi Ke Director Karan Aur Johar' Film

In a big win for film-maker and producer Karan Johar, the Bombay High Court on Friday refused to lift the stay on the release of a film "Shaadi Ke Director Karan Aur Johar" which was imposed in June last year.Single-judge Justice Riyaz Chagla said that the makers of the film 'unauthorisedly' by using Johar's name and personality attributes in the title of their film, prima facie, violated...

Advocates Act | BCI Cannot Entertain Appeal Against Order Of State Bar Council's Disciplinary Committee When Probe Is Pending: Punjab & Haryana HC

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that Bar Council Of India (BCI) cannot entertain appeal from interim order of the State Bar Council's disciplinary committee when the probe is pending and no punishment is imposed. Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Vikas Suri said, "when the Special Committee concerned, has not yet completed its probe, nor has made any final...