Birbhum Violence | PIL In Calcutta High Court Alleges CM Mamata Banerjee "Influenced Witnesses" By Offering Jobs To Victims' Kin, Notice Issued

The Calcutta High Court on Monday sought the State government's response in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition questioning the conduct of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in extending compensation and government jobs for the kin of the victims of the violence that erupted in Birbhum district of West Bengal.The incident, allegedly in retaliation to the murder of local All India...

'If SC Can Do It, Why Not High Court?': Delhi HC Asks Centre, Registrar General To Consider Double-Sided Printing For Judicial Filings

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed its Registrar General to consider the issue regarding printing of A4 size paper on "both sides" for the purpose of judicial filings and file a status report by July 12.The Division Bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla also directed the Central government and the Union Law Ministry to take into consideration...

Juvenile Justice Law Tends To "Homogenise" Children With Different Behavioural Patterns: Orissa High Court CJ Muralidhar Calls For Reform In Approach

The Orissa High Court, in collaboration with the Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Odisha and UNICEF, has organised a Regional Consultation Program on Effective Implementation of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2015 on Saturday. Amongst others, dignitaries like Justice S. Ravindra Bhat, Judge, Supreme Court of India and Justice Madan B. Lokur,...

Weekly Digest Of Arbitration Cases: April 17 - April 23, 2022

Supreme Court 1. Arbitrators Must Say Upfront Their Fees For The Number Of Sittings, Opines Supreme Court During Hearing Case Title: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. versus Afcons Gunanusa The Supreme Court, while hearing on the issue of fixation of standards for fees for arbitrators, has emphasized on "upfront" fixation of arbitrator's fee. The Bench of Justices...

Kerala High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Makeup Artist Accused Of Sexual Assualt By Several Women

The Kerala High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to celebrity makeup artist Anez Anzare who has been accused of sexually abusing several women under the guise of applying makeup on them. Justice Gopinath P. held that the petitioner can be granted anticipatory bail in all the cases registered against him subject to conditions. "...taking into account the allegations raised against...

Gujarat High Court Weekly Round Up: April 18 To April 24, 2022

NOMINAL INDEX Bhavinkumar Kantilal Gajera vs State Of Gujarat 2022 LiveLaw (Guj) 130 Maheshbhai Govindbhai Patel vs Mother Dairy Fruit And Vegetable Pvt Ltd 2022 LiveLaw (Guj) 131 Rameshbhai Dhulabhai Katara Versus State Of Gujarat 2022 LiveLaw (Guj) 132 Priteshkumar Bipinbhai Dave vs State Of Gujarat 2022 LiveLaw (Guj) 133 Sardar Patel Seva Trust Versus The Regional...

"Just Like You Have Central Vista" : Supreme Court Says Plea For "Judicial Vista" Is Logical; Seeks Centre's Stand

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the stand of the Union Government on a petition filed by a lawyer seeking directions for the construction of a "Judicial Vista" near the Supreme Court for better working conditions and the setting up of an independent authority to deal with judicial infrastructure in the country."It is a matter in which normally we wouldn't be inclined to pass directions...

Hanuman Chalisa Row: MP-MLA Couple Move Quashing Plea In Bombay HC, Says Officers Wearing Police Uniform Not Necessarily Discharging Official Duty

Independent MLA from Amravati Ravi Rana and his wife, MP Navneet Rana, have approached the Bombay High Court for quashing a second FIR against them for resisting their arrest over the row to recite the Hanuman Chalisa outside Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's family home. A bench led by Justice PB Varale is likely to hear the matter during post-lunch session, after Advocate Rizwan...

Delhi High Court Dismisses Challenge To Notification Conferring Powers Of Special Courts Under Prevention Of Corruption Act To Officers Of DHJS

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the notification conferring powers of Presiding Officer of the Designated Court and Special Court constituted under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, to each and every Officer of the Delhi Higher Judicial Service (DHJS) in pursuance of the transfer or posting orders made by the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.The...

Can POCSO Case Against Minor Be Quashed On Parties Arriving At A Mutual Settlement? Karnataka High Court To Consider

The Karnataka High Court has stayed further investigation in a case against a minor boy who is charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl.The body has approached the High Court seeking to quash the prosecution on a mutual settlement having been arrived at between the parties. A single judge bench of...

Orissa High Court Weekly Round Up : 18 April- 24 April, 2022

Nominal Index: Kailash Chandra Panda & Ors. v. State of Orissa & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 48Ashish Thakare v. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 49Smt. Bishnupriya Pattnaik & Anr. v. State of Orissa & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 50Kartik Nag v. State of Odisha, 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 51Basanta Kumar Sahoo v. Odisha Forest...

Supreme Court Stays Manipur HC Order Which Allowed 7 Myanmarese Citizens To Travel To Delhi If Authorities Have Not Acted Upon It

On being told by the Central Government that 7 Myanmarese citizens who were allowed by the Manipur High Court to travel to New Delhi last year are now untraceable, the Supreme Court on Monday said that the responsibility is that of the petitioner (who filed by PIL in the HC) to produce the person before the concerned authorities.The Court also stayed the High Court's May 2021 judgment, if...