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'Resignation Can't Be Construed As Voluntary' : Supreme Court Directs MP HC To Reinstate Woman District Judge Who Raised Sexual Harassment Complaint Against HC Judge
In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Madhya Pradesh High Court to reinstate a resigned woman Additional District Judge, who had raised sexual harassment allegations against a then sitting judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.The Supreme Court held that her resignation, in the circumstances of the case, cannot be "construed as voluntary" and therefore quashed...
'10 Yrs Elapsed, CBI Couldn't Even Determine Motive, Unfortunate': Madras High Court Constitutes SIT To Probe Murder Of DMK Minister's Brother
In the ten-year-old gruesome murder case of K.N. Ramajayam in the heart of Trichy City, Madras High Court has ordered the constitution of a Special Investigation Team in the hopes that a logical conclusion will be reached about the culprit and the motive behind the murder. The deceased was the brother of DMK Minister KN Nehru.A single-judge bench of Justice V. Bharathidasan pronounced the...
Amendment To S.14 Of Kerala Lokayukta Act Unconstitutional, Dilutes Separation Of Powers: Plea Before High Court
A plea has reached the Kerala High Court challenging the recent amendment to Section 14 of the Lokayukta Act for allegedly diluting the judicial powers of the Lokayukta. The amendment ordinance had detonated a political storm in the State last month when it was first introduced by the Cabinet. The petitioner, a social worker, had challenged a certain decision of the State Cabinet taken as out...
Can Departmental Enquiry & Criminal Case Proceed Simultaneously With Identical Charge? Madhya Pradesh High Court Answers
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, recently prohibited departmental enquiry against an employee with respect to a charge identical to the one for which he was under trial in a criminal case. Justice Atul Sreedharan cited two reasons for doing so:First, the charge against the employee under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act involved complicated questions of fact and law.Second,...
Statement Of Co-Accused U/S 25 Evidence Act Inadmissible In Court But Significant For Investigation: Gujarat High Court Refuses To Quash FIR
The statement by a co-accused under Section 25 of the Indian Evidence Act can be treated as a clue or piece of information for initiating and conducting investigation to find out whether there is any independent and satisfactory material for further investigation, the Gujarat Court has clarified. The Bench comprising Justice Vipul Pancholi made this observation while hearing an...
Only Students Who Have Studied Class 11 & 12 With Physics, Chemistry, Biology & English Eligible For NEET: NMC Tells Supreme Court
On Wednesday, the National Medical Commission ("NMC") clarified that in order to be eligible to appear in the 'National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test' ("NEET") an aspirant has to undergo 10+2 courses with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English. The Apex Court had sought the response of NMC, on the last date of hearing i.e. 04.02.2022 in a petition filed by a NEET-UG candidate who...
BJP MLA Nitesh Rane Granted Bail In Attempt To Murder Case Seven Days After Arrest
A Sessions Court in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra has granted bail to Nitesh Rane, BJP MLA from Kankavali and son of Union Minister Narayan Rane, in an attempt to murder case. He had surrendered in the case last week, on February 2, after a Sessions Court rejected his bail plea before spending any time in custody.Rane was initially remanded in police custody for two days, following which...
Allegations About Urban Local Bodies Engaging Contractors To Carry Out Manual Scavenging: Madras HC Seeks State's Response
In a writ petition filed by NGO Safai Karamchari Andolan for the eradication of manual scavenging from Tamil Nadu, Madras High Court has asked the state government to file a reply to the specific allegations made about urban local bodies in a 2021 writ miscellaneous petition.The Special Government Pleader has been granted four weeks time to file the reply.The first bench of Acting Chief...
March of technology- Advocates Clerks Facing A Humanitarian Issue, Will Help Them To Develop Soft skills So That They Can Be Part Of The E-Court Project: Justice Chandrachud
Canvassing the future plans of the Supreme Court E-Committee to secure 100% digital literacy for the E-courts project, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Tuesday expressed that in this behalf, he looks forward to the collaboration of the students with the prison authorities and the prisons "because that is really the area which is the weak link in the legal system in our country"The chairman of...
'Misleading Statements Cannot Be Allowed Under Guise Of Free Speech': Calcutta HC Injuncts Chyawanprash Ads Of Baidyanath Ayurved For Disparaging Dabur Trademark
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday permanently injuncted four advertisements by the makers of Baidyanath Chyawanprash Special for being disparaging to all other brands of Chyawanprash including Dabur Chyawanprash. Justice Shekhar B Saraf was adjudicating upon a plea moved by Dabur seeking an injunction against the uploading of five advertisements that had allegedly disparaged the goodwill...
Senior Advocate Aditya Sondhi Withdraws Consent For Elevation As Karnataka HC Judge
Senior Advocate Aditya Sondhi of the Karnataka High Court, who was recommended to be appointed as a judge of the High Court has withdrawn his consent for elevation. Confirming his withdrawal to Live Law, Sondhi said, "I have written to the collegium on February 4 in the light of the fact that it has been a year since my recommendation and five months since the reiteration".After a...