"Vague"- Union Opposes Mumbai Police Plea For Documents In Rashmi Shukla Information Leak Case

The Union Home Ministry has opposed the application filed by Mumbai Cyber Police seeking documents from the them in the phone tap information leak case, calling it as vague and untenable.The case relates to the leaking of certain documents connected to senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla's phone tap report on corruption in police transfers and postings in Maharashtra.An affidavit filed by the...

NEET-PG : Supreme Court Asks Petitioners Seeking 1:5 Seat To Candidate Ratio In Counselling To Approach High Court

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a writ petition filed seeking directions to the Medical Counselling Committee to follow 1:5 seat to candidate ratio in NEET PG admissions, as directed by the Supreme Court in Anand S Biji vs State of Kerala decision.A bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna suggested that the petitioners move the concerned High Court....

Excess Primary Healthcare Centres Established In State In Terms Of Population Ratio: State Tells Karnataka High Court

There are around 822 PHCs in excess in terms of population ratio, the state government said.

'Ensure They Are Able To Live Peacefully': Calcutta High Court Grants Police Protection To Inter-Religious Married Couple

The Calcutta High Court last week granted police protection to an inter-religious married couple against the family members of the wife after noting that the wife was a major. Justice Rajasekhar Mantha was adjudicating upon a plea moved by a 18 year old girl seeking protection for herself and her husband against her family members who had objected to their inter-religious marriage....

[Walayar Rape-Death Case] Whether Victims Died Of Suicide Or Were Murdered Yet To Be Examined: Prosection Submits Before Kerala High Court

Further developments ensued in the infamous Walayar case as Kerala High Court on Monday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to furnish the stage of investigation and the approximate time required to submit the final report in the matter. During the proceedings, Justice P. Gopinath was informed by the prosecution that the nature of the victims' deaths was also yet to be...

What Is India's Judges to Population Ratio?

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju informed the Lok Sabha by a written reply that the nation currently has 21.03 judges per million population. The statement was in response to question posed by members of Parliament seeking the Law Minister's response on the judges-to-population ratio. Mr. Rijiju stated in his response that as on 31.10.2021 the judge to population ratio (Judge...

Supreme Court Grants Permission for Felling of Trees for Krishna Govardhan Road project

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted permission for the felling of 1803 trees for the Mathura-Deengh Govardhan Project in strict compliance with conditions that had been recommended by CEC. The bench of Justices LN Rao, BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna were hearing an application filed by the Public Works Dept, State of Uttar Pradesh for cutting down of thousands of trees for the...

Delhi High Court Finalizes Draft Rules Governing Patent Suits & Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules; Suggestions Invited By Dec 17

The Delhi High Court has published the final drafts of 'High Court of Delhi Rules Governing Patent Suits, 2021' and 'Delhi High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2021' and has invited suggestions for the two by December 17, 2021.Delhi High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2021The Court had earlier this month proposed the Rules subsequent to establishment of...

Bird's Eye View On The Testimony Of Child Witness In Criminal Trial

INTRODUCTION:- Neither the substantive law nor procedural law defines the term of child witness. However, section 118 of Evidence Act contemplates that "All persons shall be competent to testify unless the court consider that they are prevented from understanding question put to them or from giving rational answers to those questions, by tender years, extreme old age, disease whether of body or mind, or any other cause of the same kind." COMPETENCY OF THE CHILD TO TESTIFY: ...

'Convicts Are No Less Humans': Karnataka High Court Extends Parole Leave Of Convict To Get Treated From Doctor Of His Choice

The Karnataka High Court has extended the parole leave of a convict by ten days, allowing him to take medical treatment from a doctor of his choice. While doing so, Justice Krishna S Dixit observed, "A Writ Court cannot turn a blind eye to the human problems and the convicts are no less the humans, merely because they are put behind the bars for serving the sentence and thereby...

Driving Slow But Recklessly Amounts To Rash & Negligent Driving: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has ruled that driving a vehicle in a reckless and negligent manner even if it is done at a low speed, would still amount to 'rash and negligent driving' under Section 279 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).While adjudicating upon a matter concerning rash and negligent driving of tractors used along the trekking path, the Division Bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and...

Kasganj Custodial Death: 'Suicidal Hanging Theory Scientifically Impossible': PUCL Moves Allahabad HC Seeking 2nd Post-Mortem

The People's Union For Civil Liberties (PUCL) has moved Allahabad High Court seeking a 2nd Post Mortem on the body of the Kasganj Custial death victim, Altaf.In the light of the "behemoth of custodial barbarism, plaguing the whole of India since long", PUCL in a petition before the Allahabad High Court has alleged that the theory of Altaf's suicidal hanging is a scientific and...