Courts Today- A Daily Round Up Of Important Legal Developments- 23.1.23

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Three Additional Judges Of Kerala High Court Made Permanent

The Central Government has issued a notification appointing Justices Abdul Rahim Musaliar Badharudeen, Viju Abraham, and Mohammed Nias Chovvakkaran Puthiyapurayil, as permanent Judges of the Kerala High Court. Justice A. Badharudeen, Justice Viju Abraham, and Justice Mohammed Nias were additional judges earlier. The Supreme Court collegium on December 9, 2022, had approved the proposal for...

S.9(2) JJ Act | Court Must Undertake Inquiry Before Rendering Decision On Plea Of Juvenility Of Accused: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has clarified that when a plea of juvenility is made before a Court, other than a Juvenile Justice Board, it must undertake an inquiry and take evidence, if any as per the mandate of Section 9(2) of the Juvenile Justice Act, before rendering any decision on the application. While setting aside an order for non-compliance of the above provision, the...

Judges Don’t Have To Face Elections Or Public Scrutiny But People Are Watching Them: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that judges do not have to face elections or public scrutiny after their appointment but they are being watched by the people as nothing is hidden in the age of social media.Judges are appointed once, they don't face elections. Judges can't even be scrutinised by public. Public can't change judges but it is looking at them, their judgments and their way...

Supreme Court Refuses To Vacate Stay On Restoration Of Criminal Case Against Former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa

On Monday, the Supreme Court of India rejected an application seeking to vacate an earlier order of the Court which stayed the restoration of a criminal case against former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and former State Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani in an alleged illegal land de-notification case. A three-judge Bench of the Court had passed the stay order on April...

“Generations Pass Without A Home": Bombay HC Initiates Suo Motu Case Over Developers Abandoning Cessed Building Redevelopment Projects In Mumbai

The Bombay High Court has initiated a suo-motu writ petition to develop a mechanism for situations where the developer stops re-development midway, leaving tenants without a home or transit rent for decades. The division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and SG Dige observed this was an “increasingly common problem of the human condition” in Mumbai, where projects were left abandoned....

SCAORA Condemns Forbes India ‘Top 25 Advocates-on Record’ Lists As ‘Misleading’& ‘Unauthorised’

Forbes India has come under the scanner over its decision to publish a list of top 25 Advocates-on-Record as a part of its annual ‘Legal Powerlist’, with the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association criticising the document as ‘misleading’ and against the interests of advocates. According to a resolution dated January 23, the association has unanimously...

Important Judgments on Section 125 CrPC

“This provision is a measure of social justice and specially enacted to protect women and children and falls within the constitutional sweep of Article 15(3) reinforced by Article 39. We have no doubt that sections of statutes calling for construction by courts are not petrified print but vibrant words with social functions to fulfil. The brooding presence of the...

‘COVID-19 Vaccination Cannot Be Insisted Upon By Employer’: Delhi High Court Grants Relief To Lecturer

Observing that COVID-19 vaccination cannot be insisted upon by the employer, the Delhi High Court has granted relief to a government school lecturer seeking permission to teach and undertake other responsibilities without being forced to take the vaccine.Noting that the teacher, who moved court in 2021, was now vaccinated, Justice Prathiba M Singh permitted her to make a representation to...

Nagaland DGP Appointment : Supreme Court Refuses To Relax Minimum Experience Criteria, Directs Appointment Of Rupin Sharma IPS

The Supreme Court, on Monday, directed the State of Nagaland to pass orders regarding appointment of the officer duly empanelled by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), i.e. Mr. Rupin Sharma, IPS officer from the batch of 1992, Nagaland cadre, as the Director General Police of Nagaland within a week’s time.The order was passed in an application filed by the State of Nagaland seeking...

[RSS - Taliban Remark] Javed Akhtar Challenges Summons, Says Magistrate "Jumped To Conclusions" In Hasty And Inappropriate Manner

Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar has approached the Sessions court in Mumbai against summons issued to him by the Magistrate court, on an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) supporter’s complaint, after he allegedly compared the RSS and Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) with the Taliban during a television interview. In the criminal revision application filed under Sections 397 and 399 of...

Bombay High Court Directs Police To Not Take Action Against Rakhi Sawant In 'Obscene Video' Circulation Case Till Tuesday

The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Police not to arrest celebrity Rakhi Sawant till Tuesday in a case filed by another model. Sawant has approached the High Court seeking anticipatory bail. According to the prosecution, Rakhi Sawant showed some videos of the complainant which are sexually explicit in nature to the media. Justice M. S. Karnik posted the matter for tomorrow...