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"Manifest Contempt": Patna HC Hauls Up Two Officials Of State's Law Dept For Disobeying Its Order For Reappointment Of A Public Prosecutor
Patna High Court on Monday initiated contempt proceedings against Bihar Law Secretary in-charge Jyoti Swaroop Srivastava and Joint Secretary Umesh Kumar Sharma for disobeying its order in a matter related to the reappointment of a Public Prosecutor.Single bench of Justice PB Bajanthri directed Secretary Jyoti Swaroop Srivastava and Joint Secretary Umesh Kumar Sharma, Law Department, Government...
Probate Shall Be Granted Only To An Executor Appointed By The Will: Gujarat High Court
The Bench comprising Justice Ashokkumar Joshi of the Gujarat High Court has been hearing an Article 227 petition challenging the order of the Trial Judge pertaining to an application under Order 6 Rule 17 of CPC. The brief facts of the case were that the deceased mother of the Petitioners/Appellants was the owner of certain movable and immovable properties and had executed a will in 2013...
Centre Introduces Bill In Parliament To Collect Biometrics Of Prisoners; Opposition Raises Privacy Concerns
The Central government on Monday introduced the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 in the Lok Sabha.The Bill introduced by Union Minister Ajay Misra on behalf of Home Minister Amit Shah proposes to repeal the 102 years old 'Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920' and bring in a new law, enabling Police officials to take "measurements" of convicts for identification and...
Govt Servants Can't Participate In Any Strike; Absence From Work 'Dies Non': Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Monday barred the government employees from participating in the ongoing two-day nationwide strike organised by the National Convention of Workers against the policies of the Centre while directing the State to declare dies non on the protest days. It declared that the participation of government servants in the ongoing two-day strike is 'illegal'.A Division Bench...
Two Additional Judges Take Oath In Madras High Court
Justice Nidumolu Mala and Justice S. Sounthar were sworn in as Additional Judges of the Madras High Court on Monday. Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari administered the oath for the newly appointed judges.The swearing-in ceremony was followed by a welcome address by the Advocate General, followed by speeches from the Chairman of Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, President of...
Mere Filing Of Criminal Case By Wife, Demand For Separate House Not 'Cruelty': Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Divorce Decree
The Karnataka High Court has said that merely for the reason that the wife was demanding a separate house and that she was in the habit of leaving the matrimonial house and going to her sister's and parents' house, the same cannot be termed as "cruelty" for the purpose of seeking a decree of divorce by the husband. A division bench of Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice S Vishwajith...
K-Rail Silverline - 'Single Bench Could Not Have Stalled A Prestigious Project' : Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Survey Process
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the land survey and social impact assessment process for the Silver Line high speed rail corridor project of Kerala Rail Development Corporation (K Rail) in Kerala.A bench comprising Justice MR Shah and BV Nagarathna dismissed the petitions challenging a division bench order of the Kerala High Court, which set aside a single bench...
Delhi High Court Reserves Order In Plea Challenging CIC Order Denying Details Of SC Collegium's December 2018 Meeting
The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved order in a plea challenging an order of Central Information Commission (CIC) denying information sought regarding the decisions taken by the Supreme Court Collegium in a meeting held on December 12, 2018.Justice Yashwant Varma reserved the order today after hearing Advocate Prashant Bhushan appearing for the petitioner, activist Anjali Bhardwaj.Bhardwaj...
Plea Challenging Centre's Power To Notify Minorities : Supreme Court Seeks Clarity On Which Ministry Should Respond
The Supreme Court on Monday pointed out that there is confusion regarding which Ministry of the Union Government should respond to a petition which seeks directions to notify Hindus as minority in certain states where they numerically less and challenges the validity of power of the Central Government to notify minority communities.A bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul noted that...
'Petitioner Has Reached Dot Age': Bombay HC Directs Trial Court To Complete Nonagenarian's Cross-Examination Despite Respondent's Transfer Plea
Giving precedence to the ripe age of a litigant, the Bombay High Court has directed Small Causes Court to conclude a 92-year old's cross-examination irrespective of a transfer application filed by the other side pending before the Principal Judge of that court. Justice AS Gadkari, in an order earlier this month, keeping in mind the age of petitioner Trilok Singh Gandhi, directed...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Kerala Union of Working Journalist's Plea Challenging Centre's Telecast Ban On Media One Channel
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea moved by Kerala Union of Working Journalists assailing High Court's order of upholding the recent ban imposed on Malayalam news channel MediaOne by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant while issuing notice, tagged the matter with a similar plea moved by Media One. The bench also...