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Revamp Bar Exam To Test Analytical Skills; Evolve System For Juniors To Find Chambers: Supreme Court Suggests To BCI
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, heard the submissions made by the Counsels in the plea challenging the judgment of the Gujarat High Court, which allowed persons with other employment, whether full time or part time to enroll as Advocates, without resigning from their jobs. On a previous occasion, the Court had asked the Bar Council of India ("BCI") to introspect on the present mechanism...
Supreme Court Pulls Up Police For Arresting Accused Without Following Section 41A CrPC
The Supreme Court recently deprecated the act of police officer for arresting an accused without complying with provisions under Section 41 (A), CrPC and also when the bail application was pending before the top court.The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and AS Oka frowned upon this act while considering a SLP assailing Bombay High Court's order of rejecting the petitioner's...
Karnataka High Court Quashes Seat Matrix Of Telugu Linguistic Minority In A Medical College
The Karnataka High Court has quashed the revised seat matrix issued on January 31, for postgraduate and undergraduate courses in medicine for the academic year 2021-22, by which only Telugu Linguistic minority students residing in Hyderabad-Karnataka region are allowed to apply in a Linguistic minority institution located in that region. A division bench of Justice K. Somashekar...
OROP Case : Doctrine Of Legitimate Expectation Can't Be Invoked Based On Minister's Statement & Parliamentary Committee Report - Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Union Government's "One Rank One Pension" ("OROP") Scheme in Defence Forces. As per the said scheme, uniform pension is to be paid to armed services personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service, irrespective of the date of retirement and the rates of pension would be revised at periodic intervals. The petitioners...
A More Than Prima Facie Case Needed To Summon A Person As Accused U/S 319, Cr.P.C.: Uttarakhand High Court Reiterates
The Uttarakhand High Court has reiterated that a more than prima facie case is needed to be presented to summon a person under Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.). While dismissing a revision against the trial Court order of such summon, a Single Judge Bench of Justice Narayan Singh Dhanik observed, "Therefore, it is amply clear that in order to exercise the...
"Why Are You Not Uplifting The Standards Of The Government Schools?" Madras High Court Asks Higher Education Department
While reserving orders in a plea challenging 7.5 percent reservation of seats in Medical Colleges for government school students, the bench comprising Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy, remarked that nowadays children are not going to schools and are directly going to coaching classes. "This is the trend now. Even when students have to go...
Leave To Criminal Appeal Not Automatic, Can Only Be Granted After Application Of Mind: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has recently established that leave to a criminal appeal can only be granted after proper application of mind by the Court to see if arguable points have been raised in the appeal.Justice Kauser Edappagath held so while referring to the decision in State of Maharashtra v. Sujay Mangesh Poyarekar [(2008) 9 SCC 475] where it was held that in deciding if leave should...
Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To Rohingya Woman Accused Of Forging Identity Cards; Notes That No Offence Of Forgery Was Made Out
The Gujarat High Court has granted regular bail to a Rohingya woman alleged to have committed offences under Sections 465, 467, 471, 114 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 6 of the Passport Act and Sections 13, 14A(a) and 14A(b) of Foreigners Act. The Applicant had submitted that considering the nature of allegations and the role of the Applicant, it was suitable to...
"She Had Conspired To Get Her Daughter Killed On Account Of 'Compromising Their Honour', P&H High Court Denies Bail To Mother In Honour Killing Case
Punjab and Haryana High Court on March 11, 2022, dismissed the plea for regular bail of the petitioner who is involved in a case of honour killing of the minor daughter. The bench of Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill rejected the bail plea of the petitioner and directed the Trial to be expedited. The prosecution shall ensure the presence of the prosecution witnesses on the dates, as may...
'No Misrepresentation Or Suppression Of Material Facts': Madras High Court Rejects Election Petition Against Former CM Panneerselvam
Madras High Court has rejected an election petition filed for declaring the election of O. Panneerselvam from Bodinayakanur Legislative Assembly constituency as null and void. An application was filed by Panneerselvam before Madras High Court against the election petition filed by P. Milany, a voter in the constituency.The election petition had alleged that the AIADMK Candidate and the...