'Unfortunate That Bar Leaders Tend To Play God By Rescuing Errant Advocates': Madras High Court While Holding SC Advocate Guilty Of Contempt

In a suo motu criminal contempt petition against Supreme Court lawyer R. Krishnamurthy, Madras High Court has made some pertinent observations about the symbiotic relationship between the Bar and the Bench that should be sustained at any cost. A division bench of Justices R. Hemalatha and P.N Prakash raised concerns about the rising number of cases registered against advocates in...

Mumbai Court Rejects Kangana Ranaut's Plea To Transfer Her Extortion Case Against Akhtar Out Of Andheri Court

The Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court (CMM) rejected actor Kangana Ranaut's application to transfer her extortion- complaint against lyricist Javed Akhtar, from the Andheri Magistrate to any other magistrate. The court had earlier refused a similar application by Ranaut to transfer the 2020 defamation case Akhtar filed against her. An appeal against the order was filed in...

Patna HC Asks Instagram, FB, Twitter, Youtube, Whatsapp To Cooperate In Probe Into Social Media Postings Against Judges

The Patna High Court on Friday directed Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Whatsapp, Meta, and Messenger to cooperate in the probe being conducted by the Economic Offences Unit (E.O.U.) of Bihar Police into social media posting against judges and other high dignitaries.It may be noted that on Wednesday, the Bench of Justice Sandeep Kumar had ordered the registration of a First...

Court Refuses To Order FIR Against Nawab Malik For Violating Covid Norms On BJP Leader's Complaint

In a relief for Maharashtra cabinet minister Nawab Malik, a Mumbai court has refused to order registration of an FIR against him and others for violating Covid norms and "inviting the public en masse to Sewree Magistrate's court on November 29 at 10am." Metropolitan Magistrate PI Mokashi rejected the prayer for an FIR under section 156(3) of the CrPC by Mohit Bharatiya – a...

Bank Employees Owe Larger Responsibility To Uphold Customers' Trust, Even Suspicion Of Fraud With Some Credibility Sufficient To Dismiss From Service: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has observed that the employees and officials working in banks have a larger responsibility of ensuring the integrity of the banking system and maintaining the trust of the millions of customers, who repose faith in them. Observing that the banking system is the backbone of any country's economy, Justice Pratibha M Singh said that once there is a loss of confidence, that...

Why Shouldn't Interrogation Of Accused In Appropriate Cases Be Videographed?: P&H High Court Asks Punjab, Haryana DGPs

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently asked the Director-General of Police (DGPs) of Punjab and Haryana State as to why the court should, not in appropriate cases, direct that interrogation of the accused be conducted under videography so as to eradicate the chances of the accused being tortured by the police.The Bench of Justice Amol Rattan Singh raised this query while hearing a plea...

Hospital Cannot Claim To Be Indemnified By Insurer Under Insurance Policies Obtained By Doctors To Cover Claims Of Professional Negligence: Supreme Court

In a case of medical negligence, the Supreme Court has observed that a joint and several liability could not have been fastened on the insurer and the hospital could not claim to be indemnified by the insurer under insurance policies which were not obtained by the hospital but by the doctors to cover claims of professional negligence against themselves. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and...

Conviction Cannot Be Solely Based On Admissions Made By Accused In His Statement Under Section 313 CrPC: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has said conviction cannot be solely based on the admissions made by the accused in his statement under Section 313 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The prosecution has to prove guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt. A single judge bench of Justice Anuja Prabhudessai while acquitting two accused of possessing counterfeit currency in Mach 2016, said,...

NEET-AIQ : Modified Scheme To Be Implemented For 2021-22 UG & PG Conuselling, MCC Tells Supreme Court

The Medical Council Committee of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Union of India filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court on 03.12.2021 apprising it of the modified scheme for All India Quota counselling from the academic year 2021-2022 for NEET (both Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes). On Thursday, a bench...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Petition Alleging Discrepancies In NEET-PG 2021 Scores

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a petition alleging serious instances of discrepancies in the scores for NEET-PG 2021 and to further bring to the notice of the Court that the number of attempted questions reflected at the end of the paper on the computer screen is not same to the marks reflected in the scorecard. The petition was listed before the bench of Justices D. Y....

Chhattisgarh High Court Grants Interim Relief On Pleas Challenging 5-Yr Moratorium On Opening Of New Pharmacy Colleges

The Chhattisgarh High Court last week granted interim relief to a batch of colleges who had approached it challenging the 5 year moratorium/ ban imposed by Government of India (GOI) and Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) on the opening of new Pharmacy Colleges in the country for the next 5 years.The Bench of Justice P. Sam Koshy, as an interim measure, allowed the colleges to file...

Uttar Pradesh Lawyer Dies In Firing During Kanpur Bar Association Polls

A Kanpur-based advocate, Gautam Dutt (30) was killed in a firing that took place during the Kanpur Bar Association Elections election yesterday (December 17).As reported by Hindi Daily, Amar Ujala, Gautam Dutt was shot dead over election rivalry after polling was adjourned in the Bar Association elections on Friday amid uproar and ruckus. In this matter, an FIR has been lodged by the police on...