Calcutta High Court Declines BJP's Plea To Stay Kolkata Municipal Elections [Read Order]

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the upcoming Kolkata Municipal Corporation Elections pursuant to the plea moved by BJP Sate vice-president Pratap Banerjee seeking direction to the West Bengal government and the State Election Commission (SEC) to hold municipal polls in the State in one phase. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation election is scheduled to be held on December 19....

Make Indore Bench Of NCLT Functional At Least For 2 Days A Week: Madhya Pradesh High Court To Centre

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has asked the Centre to leave no stone unturned to make the Indore Bench of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) functional at least for two days a week.The Bench of Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Pranay Verma said this taking into account the fact that the litigants and lawyers of the jurisdiction are required to travel all the way to Ahmedabad, as the Indore...

Competent Authority Required To Look At 'Entire Material' Placed On Record While Declining To Grant Sanction To Prosecute: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that an investigating agency cannot be construed as a person aggrieved of an order passed by the State refusing to grant sanction to prosecute, a government servant in this case.Justice M Nagaprasanna further held that no fault was found with the exercise of discretion of the competent authority in looking into the "whole or entire material", while refusing...

Online Cheating & Fraud Rampant But Court Can't Remiss In Performing Duty To Uphold Liberty: Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Four

The Delhi High Court has observed that though online cheating and fraud has become rampant in the Country, it cannot remiss in performing it's duty to uphold liberty subject to other relevant considerations. Justice Subramonium Prasad granted bail to four persons namely Moveen, Waris, Manvendra Singh and Sajid in a case initially registered under Section 420 of IPC. The facts of the case are...

Uttarakhand High Court Issues Slew Of Directions For Prison Reforms In View Of 'Horrifying Conditions Of Jails In State'

Perusing the affidavit filed by the state government on the conditions of jail in the state, the Uttarakhand High Court, taking note of the horrifying situation and conditions of the jails, last week issued a slew of directions for the state government regarding prison reforms.The directions have come from the Bench of Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Narayan Singh Dhanik...

More Than 50% Women Representation In Judiciary Demanded In View Of Backlog; Will Take Up This With Collegium: CJI Ramana[Video]

Speaking at Justice Hima Kohli's felicitation ceremony organised by 'Women In Law & Litigation', the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana reiterated his commitment to the cause of higher representation of women in the judiciary. He said that he will take up with the members of the Collegium the need for 50% representation of women."The demand for higher representation beyond 50% on the Bench...

Jharkhand High Court To Live Stream Court's Proceedings On YouTube On Virtual Dates Of Hearing

The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday decided to live-stream its proceedings on Youtube on virtual dates of hearing starting from today. Viewers can watch the Live Streaming by clicking the LIVE Window in the menu bar of the website of the High Cout of Jharkhand.It may be noted that that the link available on the website will take one to the Youtube channel of the High Court, wherein one can...

Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence Awarded To A Man Accused Of Rape And Murder Of A Three Year Old Girl Child

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of a man accused of rape and murder of a three year old girl child, considering his socio-economic background and the possibility of reform and rehabilitated. "It therefore cannot be said that there is no possibility of the appellant being reformed and rehabilitated foreclosing the alternative option of a lesser...

'Shatter More Glass Ceilings, Cross More Boundaries, Keep Reinventing Yourself. That Is the Mantra We Need to Carry Forward': Justice Hima Kohli [Video]

Speaking at her felicitation ceremony organised by Women in Law & Litigation, Supreme Court Judge Justice Hima Kohli on Tuesday stated that to make a mark in legal profession, women need to start now, give it their best shot and keep reinventing themselves."Time will never be right for a woman to make a mark in legal profession. It is Now. Here. Live in the present. Start with smallest...

Maridhas's Tamil Nadu-Kashmir Remark "A Naïve Tweet In 'Pamukian' Sense, Not Intended To Subvert TN Govt" : Madras High Court Quashes FIR

The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has quashed an FIR registered against YouTuber M. Maridhas for asking on Twitter whether Tamil Nadu is 'turning into another Kashmir under the DMK Rule'. The Tweet was made by the accused alleging certain comments were made celebrating the death of former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat's demise in Coonoor chopper crash Justice...

'Adjournments Enemy To Justice Delivery System': Madras High Court Directs Sessions Court To Expeditiously Complete Trial In Eight-Year-Old Murder Case

Madras High Court has lamented about the perils of adjourning the cases indefinitely, even when the matter at hand is of such a grave nature that it warrants an expeditious trial. A bench of Justice S.M Subramaniam was hearing a writ petition filed by the widow of social rights activist Raja Mohan Chandra who was murdered in 2012. While observing that adjournments should be granted only...

'Scary, Where Are We Going Like This? ': Kerala High Court After Assailants Chop Man's Leg & Hurl It Across The Road

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday expressed its astonishment and anxiety while referring to a recent incident where a man was hacked to death and his leg dismembered by 12 assailants in the State.Voicing grave concern over the matter, Justice Devan Ramachandran orally remarked:"People are chopping off someone's leg and throwing it on the road. This is scary. They (the assailants) are probably...