BREAKING: Birbhum Massacre| Calcutta HC Reserves Order, Takes On Record Case Diary

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday reserved order in the suo motu petition initiated pertaining to the incident of Rampurhat violence in Birbhum district. The Court had earlier taken suo moto cognisance of the incident. On the last date of hearing, the Court had declined the prayer for a CBI probe by observing that an opportunity should first be granted to the State investigating authorities...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Judicial Officer UC Sharma As Additional Judge Of Allahabad High Court

The Central government today notified the appointment of a Judicial Officer as an additional judge to the Allahabad High Court. The appointment has been made in the exercise of the power conferred by clause (I) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India. Judicial Officer Umesh Chandra Sharma will remain as an Additional Judge of the Allahabad High Court till December 31, 2023.The...

Centre Appoints Former Madras High Court Judge Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana As Judicial Member Of NGT

The Centre has appointed former Madras High Court Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana as Judicial Member of the National Green Tribunal. The appointment is for a period of four years. After completing a stint of nine years as a judge in Madras High Court starting from 2013, Justice Sathyanarayana had retired from service last month.The order was issued in this regard by the Ministry of...

Plea In Kerala High Court Seeks Practical Training & Internships For Indian Students Pursuing MBBS From Chinese Universities

The Kerala High Court will consider a plea filed on behalf of 92 foreign medical students studying in different universities in China seeking a direction to the concerned authorities to provide them with practical training and internship facilities in India till the travel restrictions to China are lifted. Justice N. Nagaresh admitted the matter today while posting it on March 30 for...

Centre Appoints Two New Additional Judges To Madras High Court

The Centre has appointed Advocates Nidumolu Mala and S. Sounthar as Additional Judges of the Madras High Court, for a period of two years. The notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice today reads thus: "In exercise of the power conferred by clause (l) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Ms. Nidumolu Mala, and (ii) Shri S....

Centre Appoints Advocates Rajiv Roy & Harish Kumar As Judges Of Patna High Court

The Central Government has appointed Advocates Rajiv Roy and Harish Kumar as Judges of the Patna High Court.The official notification issued today by Ministry of Law and Justice reads thus:"In exercise of the power conferred by clause (l) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint S/Shri (i) Rajiv Roy, and (ii) Harish Kumar, to be Judges of the Patna...

BREAKING| Supreme Court Transfers Investigation Of Cases Against Param Bir Singh To CBI

The Supreme Court on Thursday transferred the investigation of the cases against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh to the Central Bureau of Investigation. A Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.M. Sundresh allowed the appeal filed by Param Bir Singh and transferred the investigation in 5 FIRs against Singh from Maharashtra Police to the CBI.While saying that...

Landlord Can't Be Prosecuted Under Immoral Traffic Prevention Act If He's Unaware About Rented Premises Being Used As Brothel: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against a man under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, on the ground that he was not aware that the premise he had given on rent, was being used for running a brothel. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by one Prabhuraj, stating,"In the light of Section 3(2)(b) of...

BREAKING| Kashmiri Pandits Group Moves Supreme Court Seeking Probe Into Killings Of Pandits During 1990s

Kashmiri Pandits organization "Roots in Kashmir" filed a filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court today seeking probe into the killings of Kashmiri Pandits during the height of militancy in the valley during the 1990s.The curative petition is filed against a 2017 verdict of the Supreme Court which had dismissed the organization's petition for probe citing long delay.On July 24, 2017,...

Centre Appoints Judicial Officers Poonam A. Bamba & Swarana Kanta Sharma As Judges Of Delhi High Court

The Central Government has appointed judicial officers Poonam A. Bamba and Swarana Kanta Sharma as judges of the Delhi High Court. The official notification issued on March 24, 2022, reads thus:"In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Smt. Poonam A. Bamba and (ii) Ms. Swarana Kanta Sharma, to be...

Man Accused Of Raping Wife & Minor Daughter - Special Court Can Try Offences Under S.376 IPC & POCSO : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that the trial against the husband accused of rape and charged under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code and also of sexually assaulting his daughter and charged under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act can be held before the Special POCSO Court.While refusing to quash the charges under Section 376 IPC against the husband...

'No Conscious Possession': Delhi High Court Quashes FIR U/S 25 Arms Act For Carrying Live Ammunitions In Flight Check-In Baggage

The Delhi High Court recently quashed a FIR registered under the Arms Act against a NRI, who was travelling from Delhi to Dubai in February this year, when two live ammunitions were detected in his flight check-in baggage.While allowing the plea filed by the petitioner-accused under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of CrPC, Justice Asha Menon...