'Such Incidents Of Browbeating Are Increasing & Must Be Stopped': Supreme Court On Lawyer Misbehaving Before High Court

While hearing a plea filed by a lawyer against whom contempt proceedings were initiated by High Court for misbehaving in court room, Supreme Court has allowed the lawyer to file an undertaking with unconditional apology that such an incident shall not occur at his instance in future. The Bench will hear the matter again on 13th December.A Bench comprising Justice MR Shah and Justice BV...

"No Legal Right To An Award": Delhi HC Rejects CRPF Officer's Plea Challenging Denial Of Gallantry Award For Operation With Armed Naxals

The Delhi High Court has rejected a plea by a CRPF officer challenging the denial of grant of Police Medal for Gallantry Award for a 2019 operation between the force and armed Naxals. Justice Manmohan and Justice Navin Chawla dismissed the plea observing that the officer has no legal right to an award or a medal. "In the opinion of this Court, the Petitioner has only a right for consideration...

Alleged Corruption In Construction & Desilting Of Storm Water Drains: Madras HC Dismisses Plea For Constituting SIT To Prevent Misuse Of Public Funds

In a public interest litigation filed for instituting a special investigation team to prevent the criminal misuse of public funds for construction and desilting of drains in Chennai, Madras High Court has dismissed the same for want of clarity. A Division Bench of Justices T. Raja and D. Bharatha Chakravarty observed that the petitioner has not listed in the representation made to...

Can't Withhold Passport Application Merely On Account Of Pendency Of Govt Appeal Against Acquittal Order: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that a person's application for issuance of a passport cannot be withheld merely on account of the pendency of a Government Appeal against acquittal order.The Bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Vikram D. Chauhan further clarified that so long as the order of acquittal (in connection with a criminal case) remains, the petitioner's...

Headload Workers Act A Relic Of The Past : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court while hearing a matter of a firm seeking police protection for its staff from the obstruction caused by headload workers in loading and unloading the goods, remarked that the Kerala Headload Workers Act should ideally not be in force in these modern times. During the proceedings, Justice Devan Ramachandran orally remarked that the practice of headload work should have...

Class XII Exams : Supreme Court Directs CBSE To Consider Representation Alleging Non-Compliance With Dispute Resolution Mechanism

In a petition filed by Class XIIth students alleging non compliance by CBSE to the Dispute Resolution Mechanism, the Supreme Court recently directed CBSE to consider the student's representation and dispose them expeditiously within a period of 3 weeks.The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar while disposing the petitions observed that it was not open for the petitioners to...

Onus Is On Propounder To Remove All Suspicious Circumstances About Execution Of Will: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that onus is placed on the propounder to remove all suspicious circumstances with regard to the execution of the will. Merely because Will was a registered one, that by itself would not mean that the statutory requirements of proving the will need not be complied with, the bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and BV Nagarathna observedIn this case, the Madras...

'State Force Should Never Be Used To Browbeat Political Opinion Or Journalists Suffer Consequences Of What Is Already In Public Domain': SC

While quashing the FIRs filed over the reports published in 'OpIndia' portal, the Supreme Court of India observed that State force should never be used to either browbeat a political opinion or the journalists suffer the consequences of what is already in the public domain.A Bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice MM Sundresh added that this does not take away the...

Aryan Shahrukh Khan Approaches Bombay High Court For Modification Of Bail Condition

Aryan Shahrukh Khan has approached the Bombay High Court for modification of his bail condition to appear before the Narcotics Control Bureau every Friday between 11am to 2pm.Khan's plea states that his bail condition could be relaxed since the Cruise Ship Drugs Case is transferred to a Special Investigations Team set up by the NCB in Delhi.He has cited difficulties faced by him due to the...

"Not A Tinge Of Remorse Or Apology": Delhi HC Pulls Up Man Seeking Setting Aside Of Sentence Awarded To Him For Contempt In Matrimonial Case

Coming down heavily on a man who was sentenced to three months simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 2000 for wilful disobedience of repeated Court directions in a matrimonial dispute requiring him to pay maintenance to his wife, the Delhi High Court rejected his plea seeking setting aside of the punishment. Observing that there was not a tinge of remorse or apology in the application...

Calcutta High Court Reserves Judgment In Plea Filed By BJP Leader To Hold Municipal Polls In State In One Phase

The Calcutta High Court on Friday reserved judgment in 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.A Bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bhardwaj had earlier sought response from the State government...

Patna High Court Starts Live Streaming Of Court Proceedings On YouTube

After Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Orissa High Courts, now Patna High Court has become the fifth High Court in the Country to commence live streaming of Court proceedings on YouTube.Today, the division bench comprising Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh and Justice Madhuresh Prasad live-streamed its proceedings.#Breaking: After Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & Orissa High...