Centre Notifies Appointment Of Advocate Neela Gokhale As Bombay High Court Judge

The Central Government has notified the appointment of Advocate Dr. Neela Kedar Gokhale as an additional judge of the Bombay High Court for a period of two years from the date when she assumes charge.Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju tweeted this information. It was on January 10 that the Supreme Court collegium made the recommendation for the elevation of Neela Gokhale.With her appointment,...

Supreme Court Judgments To Be Made Available In Four Regional Languages, CJI Chandrachud Says English In 'Legal Avatar' Not Comprehensible To 99.9% Citizens

Chief Justice of India, Justice DY Chandrachud on Tuesday said that the judgments of Supreme Court will now be translated in four languages - Hindi, Gujarati, Odia and Tamil.CJI Chandrachud said English language in its “legal avatar” is not comprehensible to 99.9% of the citizens. He added that the access to justice cannot be meaningful unless citizens are able to understand in a...

CLAT Admissions : Supreme Court Rejects Plea Of Candidate Who Lost OBC Reservation Due To Mistake In Filling Form

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed by a minor boy who secured All India Rank 30 in the OBC category in CLAT but was treated as a general candidate because he had accidentally selected the creamy layer option instead of the non-creamy layer while filling out his form.Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora appearing for the petitioner submitted before the bench...

Delhi High Court Introduces Online Inspection Of Digitized Judicial Files, Live Streaming Of Hearings On Anvil

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Tuesday inaugurated the software that will allow e-inspection of digitised judicial files of the Delhi High Court. CJI Chandrachud on the occasion said that the Delhi High Court has always been at the forefront and the apex court of the country generally tends to follow the facilities that the high court introduces.Speaking on the occasion, Delhi...

Supreme Court Asks Allahabad HC To Reconsider Yes Bank's Plea To Quash FIR

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Allahabad High Court to consider afresh the plea of Yes Bank in respect of an FIR lodged against the bank under Sections 420, 467, 468, 409, 120 B, 34 of the IPC. The court added that till the High Court disposes the matter, the interim order passed by the Supreme Court on 30th November 2021, staying the operation of notices and proceedings in connection...

Passive Euthanasia : Supreme Court Agrees To Modify Conditions For Living Will/Advance Medical Directive; Orders To Be Passed

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, agreed that modifications are required to be made to the guidelines for Living Will/Advance Medical Directive that was issued by its judgment recognising 'passive euthanasia' in Common Cause v. Union of India And Anr.A Bench comprising Justice K.M. Joseph, Justice Ajay Rastogi, Justice Aniruddha Bose, Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice...

Bombay HC Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Neighbour Booked Under SC/ST Act For Whistling, Says Making Sounds In His Own House Does Not Show Sexual Intent

The Bombay High Court recently granted anticipatory bail to three persons accused of committing atrocities against a member of a Scheduled Caste observing that mere creation of sound by accused in his own house cannot mean that it was with sexual intent.“Merely because some sound is created by a person in his house we cannot directly infer that it is with such an intention that it is...

Police Officers Take A Lot Of Abuse From People; Their Work Deserve Appreciation & Respect: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday said that the Police Officers take a lot of abuse from people but their work deserves appreciation and acknowledgment so that they are inspired to do more service effectively.The Bench of Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul) also added too often, the hard and dangerous work that the police officers do, goes unnoticed or at least unrecognized and that most people...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging NLU Tripura Cancelling Admission For 2022-23

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices in a petition seeking orders to quash directions passed by the National Law University, Tripura wherein the University has cancelled the admission process initiated for the Academic session 2022-23 on the ground of want of state domicile quota after the completion of the admission process. The Petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of...

Bar Council Of India Must Take Concrete Preventive Steps Against Advocates' Strikes & Boycotts : Supreme Court

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court pulled up the Bar Council of India for not coming up with any ‘concrete’ plans for preventing State Bar Associations from going on strikes and abstaining from court work. A Bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Bela Trivedi took strong objection to the BCI’s lackadaisical attitude while considering a contempt petition filed by NGO,...

NDPS Act | Vehicle Piloting Another Vehicle Carrying Contraband Is Not Vehicle Used As Conveyance; Cannot Be Confiscated: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently considered the question as to whether a vehicle piloting or accompanying another vehicle, which is transporting Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substances could be held as vehicle used as conveyance in carrying the contraband so as to confiscate the same under Section 52-A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act), and answered the same in...

Can Films Inspired By True Life Events Be Injuncted At All? Delhi High Court On Plea Seeking Stay On Release Of ‘Faraaz’

Can the films which are inspired by true life events be injuncted at all, the Delhi High Court asked the two mothers, who are seeking a stay on the release of the movie Faraaz, on Tuesday.The movie, scheduled to be released on February 03, is based on the terrorist attack that took place on July 1, 2016 at Holey Artisan, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The two women lost their daughters in the...