Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Names Of 9 Judicial Officers, 10 Advocates As Judges Of Madras High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the names of nine judicial officers and ten advocates to be appointed as judges of the Madras High Court, including the present Registrar General of the Madras High Court. In its statement, the collegium said that it had approved the names of the judicial officers and advocates in a meeting held on May 18. The names considered were proposed on November 4, November 21, December 7, and December 10 last year.The judicial officers whose names have been...

J&K Govt Can Appoint Interim Managing Director Of Cooperative Bank Under Supervisory Powers: High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that the Government is vested with supervisory and control powers over a Cooperative Credit Structure Society under Section 32A of the Jammu and Kashmir Cooperative Societies Act, 1989 and, in that capacity, can make an interim arrangement for discharging the functions of the Managing Director.The Court was hearing an application...

RG Kar Case: Calcutta High Court To Examine Scope For Further Probe On Victim's Family's Plea

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday heard a petition filed by the family of the RG Kar rape and murder victim, with a Division Bench observing that it would first examine whether there remains any scope for further investigation in the case before proceeding further.A Division Bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Tirthankar Ghosh directed that the matter be listed again on May 21 for...

Viral Kumbh Mela Star Approaches MP High Court Alleging Forged Birth Certificate Used To Criminalise Her Interfaith Marriage

The viral star from Kumbh Mela, Monalisa Bhosle, along with her husband, have approached the Madhya Pradesh High Court alleging that her birth certificate was forged to criminalise their interfaith marriage.The couple has thus sought directions to restore her Birth Certificate and to conduct an independent investigation into forgery of government records. For context, Bhosle shot to...

'Direct Evidence Of Adultery Extremely Difficult': Madras High Court Grants Divorce Citing Wife's Close Proximity With Another Man

The Madras High Court recently granted divorce to a man on the grounds of adultery by his wife, stating that though there was no direct evidence of sexual intercourse, there was evidence regarding close proximity of the wife with another married man. The bench of Justice CV Karthikeyan and Justice K Rajasekar noted that adultery itself is an act of secrecy, and it is very difficult...

Law Being Drafted To Ban Sale & Use Of Lethal 'Chinese Manjha', Compensate Victims: UP Govt Informs Allahabad High Court

The Uttar Pradesh Government last week informed the Allahabad High Court that it will soon be coming up with a strict Law to prevent the manufacture, sale and use of lethal 'Chinese Manjha', a manjha laced with glass particles used for kite flying. Crucially, the State submitted that the payment of compensation to the victims is also being considered under this new law, which is proposed to be named the UP Lethal Manjha (Prohibition of Manufacture, Sale and Use) Act. A bench...

DNA Test Cannot Be Sought To Deny Daughter's Paternity In Partition Suit; Other Evidence Must Be Led: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a party cannot seek DNA test to disprove paternity of his daughter in a partition suit, and the party must establish its case to disprove paternity through other evidence.Justice Tarlada Rajasekhar Rao held that the petitioner could not seek a DNA test to disprove the respondent's claim of being his daughter and said:“Even assuming that the...

Delay Of 502 Days Remained “Unexplained”: J&K&L High Court Rejects Review Plea Against Judicial Officer's Termination

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed an application seeking condonation of 502 days' delay in filing a review petition against a judgment that upheld the termination of a Judicial Officer who had secured appointment as Munsiff (Judicial Magistrate) 1st Class on the basis of a fabricated RBA certificate.The Court held that the judgment sought to be reviewed did not suffer from any error apparent on the face of the record and had been upheld by the Supreme Court in both...

Ganga Boat Iftar Row | Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Remaining 6 Accused

The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted bail to the remaining 6 Muslim men accused of organizing an Iftar party, consuming non-vegetarian food on a boat in the river Ganga (in Varanasi) and throwing leftover waste into the river. A bench of Justice Rajiv Lochan Shukla granted them bail, noting that in the same FIR, 8 accused have already been granted the relief. It may be noted that in separate orders issued on May 15, Justice Shukla granted bail to 5 of the accused,...

Calcutta HC Declines Urgent Relief To RG Kar Victim's Neighbour Over Alleged Vandalism At His House After Poll Results

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday declined to grant urgent leave to a person claiming to be a neighbour of the RG Kar rape-murder victim “Abhaya” and a prosecution witness in the case, who alleged that his house was being vandalised following the election results.Mentioning the matter before the Court, counsel submitted: “Milord, I am mentioning an urgent matter. I am the neighbour of the RG Kar rape-murder victim Abhaya. I was the prosecution witness.”The counsel further alleged that after the...

Magistrate Cannot Mechanically Order FIR Against Public Servants Without Following S.223 BNSS Safeguards: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that a Magistrate cannot take cognizance of an offence against public servants or direct registration of FIR under Section 175 BNSS without first following the safeguards provided under Section 223 BNSS.For context, Section 223 BNSS lays down the requirement for providing opportunity of being heard to the accused, before the Magistrate takes cognizance....

Delhi High Court Says Fresh Notice Be Issued To Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia & Durgesh Pathak After Transfer Of Excise Policy Case

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 19) said that fresh notice be issued to AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal, and leaders Manish Sisodia and Durgesh Pathak regarding CBI's plea challenging discharge of the accused in the excise policy case which was transferred last week to another bench. During the hearing today, Justice Manoj Jain noted that three respondents were still not represented today. The Court was informed respondents 8,18,19 (Kejriwal, Sisodia and Pathak) were not...