If Elected Representatives Want To Change Political Affiliation, They Must Resign & Face People's Mandate Again : Kerala High Court

The proper manner by which a person is to be defeated in a democratic set-up is through the ballot papers and not by using weapons or by committing vandalism, the Court said.

Delhi High Court Asks DSLSA To Frame Mechanism To Monitor Appearance Of Legal Aid Counsels In District Courts

The Delhi High Court has directed the Secretary of Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) to ensure that an appropriate mechanism is put in place to monitor the appearance of legal aid counsels in cases where they have been appointed in all the District Courts in the national capital. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that it must be ensured that legal aid counsels duly inform the...

“Vested Interests Use Fear, That Is Fascism; People Must Live Without Fear In A Democracy": Kerala HC Orally Remarks In Unauthorised Banner Case

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (30th January) while hearing the case dealing with erection of unauthorized banner was informed that in many cases, police were not registering FIRs even after they are informed of illegal boardings put up in the area.Justice Devan Ramachandran had already directed the secretaries of local self-government institutes to remove unauthorized banner erected in...

Advocates Act | State Bar Council Must Have 'Reason To Believe' Before Issuing Notice To Lawyer On Complaint Of Misconduct: Punjab & Haryana HC

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that under the Advocates Act, the State Bar Council must have “reason to believe” that an advocate against whom a complaint is made is guilty of professional or other misconduct before issuing notice to him.According to Section 35 (Punishment of advocates for misconduct) of the Advocates Act, where on receipt of a complaint or otherwise...

Karnataka High Court Stays SC/ST Act Case Against Infosys Co-Founder Kris Gopalakrishnan & IISc Faculty Members

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday stayed all further proceedings in the case registered against Infosys co-founder S Krish Gopalakrishnan and 17 members of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, following allegations by a former professor D. Sanna Durgappa, of wrongful dismissal and caste-based discrimination. Justice S R Krishna Kumar...

“Pe” Is Commonly Used Word In Payment Services Industry: Madras High Court Dismisses PhonePe's Trademark Infringement Suit

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a suit filed by PhonePe to declare its mark as a well known trademark and to grant permanent injunction against “BundlePe” and “LatePe”. Justice P Velmurugan observed that the term “Pe” was not a unique or distinct one as claimed by PhonePe and was commonly used word in the payment services industry. The court noted that the word,...

18 ECIRs Registered Against Co-Operative Societies/Banks, Large Scale Money Laundering Being Carried Out: ED Tells Kerala High Court

The Deputy Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED), Kochi Zonal Office submitted before the Kerala High Court that they have registered Eighteen Enforcement Case Information Reports (ECIR) against Co-operative Societies and Banks in Kerala.The affidavit by the ED was submitted before the Division Bench of Justice Amit Rawal and Justice K.V. Jayakumar. It was submitted that large scale...

Delhi High Court Seeks NIA's Stand On MP Engineer Rashid's Plea Seeking Interim Bail In UAPA Case

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought stand of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on the plea filed by Jammu and Kashmir MP Rashid Engineer seeking interim bail in a terror funding case registered under UAPA.Justice Vikas Mahajan asked NIA's counsel, Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra, to obtain instructions in the matter. Rashid has sought interim bail in order to attend the...

'Legislators Enjoy Blanket Protection For Words Spoken In The House': BJP's CT Ravi Accused Of Abusing Female Leader Tells Karnataka HC

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator CT Ravi, booked for allegedly using derogatory words against Congress Legislator Laxmi Hebbalkar inside State Council at Belagavi, told the Karnataka High Court on Thursday that a 'blanket protection' from any kind of criminal prosecution is given to legislators on words spoken by them inside the legislative Council.The court was hearing Ravi's plea...

Calcutta HC Directs Fresh Probe Into Custodial Death Of Four Undertrial Prisoners, Orders Action Against Non-Use Of CCTV In Police Stations

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday scrapped a final report by the West Bengal CID into the death of four undertrial prisoners at the Baruipur Correctional Home. The CID in its report had submitted that the prisoners had died due to their drug use and that there was no evidence of custodial torture.In going through the post-mortem report, a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam...

Accused In Cheque Bounce Cases Should Not Be Equated With Those Convicted Under Other Penal Statutes: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently observed that an accused who has suffered an order of conviction in a prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act pertaining to cheque dishonour, should not be equated with that of an accused who has been convicted for other penal statutes.Justice V Srishananda held thus while setting aside the six-month imprisonment handed down to one...

Prima Facie Victimization: Gujarat High Court Interim Relief To Ad-Hoc Assistant Professor Whose Contract Was Terminated Without Notice

Directing Rashtriya Raksha University to maintain status quo with respect to the services of an ad-hoc employee, the Gujarat High Court "prima facie" said the woman was "victimized" as no formal order was issued stating if her services were renewed or not while at the same time she was asked to sit for an interview with other candidates whose contracts were renewed while hers wasn't....