Women Should Be Given Preference In Appointment Of Panel Advocates; Girls Must Have Reservation In Legal Education : CJI Ramana

Speaking at a virtual event organised to celebrate the International Day of Women Judges, the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana opined that women should be given preference while making appointments as panel advocates, which can increase their appearances and visibility before the bench."A woman being a natural multi-tasker is bound to succeed in any given profession. But, if she is dependent...

'Right To Live As Per Own Will': MP High Court Refuses To Interfere With Decision Of Adult Woman To Move Out Of House To Pursue Studies

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday refused to accede to the request of a family to bring their adult daughter (Petitioner) back to them, under police custody, and to further hand her over to them. The Petitioner, who eloped from her house to pursue further studies and aspired to be an IAS Officer, had approached the Court seeking protection from her family.Justice Nandita Dubey...

Rajasthan HC Directs Reliance Jio To Shift 4G Tower Creating Inconvenience To Devotees Visiting Gurudwara Within 2 Months

The Rajasthan High Court has directed Reliance Jio to shift its 4G mobile tower from the existing place to 15-20 feets away from the gate of a Gurudwara within a period of two months. The plea was filed by Shri Labana Gawaria Sikh Samaj Sewa Samiti, Jodhpur through Its Secretary - Kripal Singh Sodhi. Essentially, the petitioner sought directions to the respondents to...

NGT Imposes ₹3 Crore Penalty On J&K Govt Over Pollution In Doodh Ganga & Mamath Kull

The Principal Bench of Nation Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday imposed a penalty of Rs. 3 Crore on the Jammu and Kashmir Govt for failure to prevent illegal mining, discharge of sewage and dumping of solid waste into river Doodh Ganga and Mamath Kull. The order issued in the matter of Raja Muzaffar Bhat Applicant Versus Union of India & Ors. reads that this inaction from the part...

74th Constitutional Amendment Does Not Take Away States' Power To Legislate In The Matter Of 'Local Bodies': Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the Constitution (Seventy-Fourth Amendment) Act, 1992, does not take away legislative competence of the State Legislatures to legislate on the subject of local Government.It is the State Legislature alone which is competent to legislate in respect of the municipalities with only one limitation that the provisions of the State Act cannot be inconsistent with...

Delhi High Court Directs DMRC To Pay Decretal Amount Of Over Rs 6K Crores To DAMEPL In 2 Instalments By May 31, 2022

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to pay the decreetal amount to Reliance Infrastructure-promoted Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt Ltd (DAMEPL) in latter's plea seeking enforcement of the arbitration award dated May 11, 2017 in two installments by May 31, 2022.The Court directed that part-payment must be paid within two weeks.DAMEPL submitted...

Supreme Court Reserves Orders On Sentence Of Vijay Mallya In Contempt Case

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved orders on the sentence of fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya in the contempt of court case against him over violation of orders in a case relating to loan default of over Rs 9000 crores of the defunct Kingfisher airlines.A bench comprising Justice UU Lalit, Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Bela M Trivedi heard the matter in the absence of Vijay...

"Acted Out Of Sudden Provocation": Orissa High Court Converts Conviction U/S 302 to U/S 304 Part II, IPC Of A Man Accused Of Killing His Mother

The Orissa High Court has recently converted the conviction of a person charged under Section 302 of IPC, for killing his own mother, to one of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 Part II, IPC. While providing relief to the accused, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice R.K. Pattanaik observed, "The fact also remains that the accused...

'Factum Of Cohabitation & Marriage Can't Be Proved With A Single Photograph Together': Madras High Court

While dismissing an appeal suit filed by a woman claiming 1/7th share for herself and her son in the ancestral property of her deceased husband's family, Madras High Court has underscored that the factum of marriage cannot be inferred from a single photograph where both are seen together.The single-judge bench of Justice G. Jayachandran added that though the courts should generally 'lean...

Union Minister Narayan Rane, MLA Son Nitesh Approach Bombay High Court To Quash FIR In Disha Salian Case

Union Minister Narayan Rane and his son, BJP MLA Nitesh Rane, have approached the Bombay High Court to quash Mumbai Police's FIR over allegedly spreading false information about late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's former manager Disha Salian's death.The duo states that the FIR is politically motivated. "The motive for malicious prosecution of political rivalry is to harass the Petitioners....

BREAKING: Calcutta High Court Stays WB Gov Order Temporarily Suspending Internet Services Amid Class 10 Board Exams [Read Order]

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday imposed a stay on an order dated March 3, 2022 issued by the State government temporarily suspending internet services in eight districts of West Bengal between March 7 and March 16. The decision was purportedly taken by the State in order to prevent mass cheating in the upcoming Class 10 State board (Madhyamik) examination.The districts in which the...

Delhi High Court Orders Videographed Autopsy Of India's Palestine Envoy Mukul Arya On Mother's Plea Alleging Foul Play

A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court to immediately constitute a panel of doctors from the AIIMS hospital for conducting a Post Mortem and Autopsy on IFS Mukul Arya, India's representative to Palestine who was found dead in his office premises in Ramallah last week.The plea was mentioned earlier today before a division bench headed by Justice Vipin Sanghi which was allowed. The plea...