Bombay HC Berates State Over Its Probe Failure To Secure Man's Presence Despite Wife's 13-Yr Long Fight, Orders 50K Compensation

Dealing with a Habeas corpus plea filed by a woman seeking the presence of her husband for the last 13 years, the Bombay High Court recently granted 50,000/- compensation to her noting that the state machinery had failed to trace her husband.The Bench of Justice V. K. Jadhav and Justice Shrikant D. Kulkarni noted that it was very saddening that despite pursuing the litigation for the last...

Karnataka High Court Issues New SOP ; Cases To Be Heard In Hybrid Mode From November 8

The Karnataka High Court has issued a new standard operating procedure (SOP) which will be effective from Monday (November 8), wherein the hearing of all the cases will be by hybrid mode of both physical and online in both sessions. However, the members of the Bar are requested to prefer online mode. As per the SOP, "Every person entering the court premises including...

Juvenile Justice Act- Delhi High Court Issues TimeLine For Completing 'Age Determination' Of 'Juveniles In Conflict With Law'

The Delhi High Court has issued directions for streamlining the process of inquiries relating to juveniles in conflict with law and scrupulous compliance by all authorities. A bench comprising Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Anup J Bhambhani issued the following directions:(a) In all cases pertaining to juveniles in conflict with law, regardless of the nature of offences alleged,...

Telangana High Court Confers Senior Designation On 9 Advocates

The Full Court of the Telangana High Court has designated 9 Advocates as Senior. They are:Abdul Muqeeth QureshiNageswara Rao PNarayana Reddy BPrabhakar JPrabhakara Chandra Mouli MPratap Narayan SanghiRamachandra Rao JRavinder Reddy AyyadapuVenu Gopal E.V The designation has been conferred in exercise of the powers under Section 16 (2) of Advocates Act, 1961 read with Guideline Nos.5 (viii)...

Judiciary Has No Power Of The Purse Or Sword, Survives Only By Public Confidence : Kerala High Court

While dismissing a couple of petitions alleging judicial misconduct, the Kerala High Court recently pondered over the significance of judicial independence in a democratic set-up. Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar was adjudicating upon pleas that sought directions to the Chief Justice of India and Chief Justice of Kerala High Court respectively to institute an In-House Committee to probe into...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Seeks State's Response In PIL For Effective Implementation Of Motor Vehicle Laws

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has sought response of the State Government in a public interest litigation seeking effective implementation of the Motor Vehicle laws in the State. Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Pranay Verma issued notice on the plea filed by a law student, Hrishikesh Jaiswal and directed the respondent authorities to file reply within six weeks. The plea raises three questions...

'Date Of Repudiation Of Claim The Cordial Knot To Determine Limitation, Mere Requests For Reconsideration Won't Grant A Fresh Lease Of Limitation': Madras High Court

Once a claim has been expressly rejected by the opposite party, further requests to reconsider the same by the other party will not stop the running of limitation, the Madras High Court has held while passing a summary judgement dismissing the money suit filed by Shriram EPC Ltd. While dismissing the suit on Tuesday, a single-judge Bench of Justice G. Jayachandran underlined that,...

State To Make Corrections In Website To Enable Uploading Of Sale Deeds Without Insisting On 11E Sketch: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to make necessary changes/ corrections in the website https://kaverionline.karnataka.gov.in to enable uploading of registered sale deeds by the registering authorities even in the absence of '11E' sketch (Survey Sketch of land issued by the Survey Department) without insisting for production of the same. A single judge bench...

"Husband Viewed Wife As Cash Cow On Getting Job With Delhi Police": Delhi HC Dissolves Marriage On Ground Of Cruelty

The Delhi High Court has dissolved marriage between a couple by decree of divorce on the ground of cruelty observing that the husband had viewed his wife as a cash cow on getting a job with Delhi Police without any emotional ties.Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh was dealing with an appeal filed by a wife challenging the Family Court order after observing neither of the grounds...

Prathiba M. Singh Cambridge LL.M. Scholarship 2021- Award Ceremony: Register Now [November 8]

Two students, Ashirbad Nayak of NLU Odisha and Nikhil Purohit of NLSIU Bangalore, have been selected this year for the Prathiba M. Singh Cambridge LL.M. Scholarship 2021. A virtual award ceremony is being organised via Zoom to honour these students on Monday, November 8, at 8.30 pm (IST). The scholarship, instituted in 2013, was the first endeavour under the "Sardar Manmohan Singh Charitable Trust" that was set up to support meritorious students who wanted to pursue higher education....

Article 136 Interference Not Called For Merely Because A Different View About High Court's Judgment Is Possible : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reiterated that intervention under Article 136 of the Constitution is not called for merely because a different view about the High Court's judgment is possible.A bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and S Ravindra Bhat made this observation while dismissing an appeal challenging a judgment of the Kerala High Court in a case related to vesting of private forests...

Sameer Wankhede Not To Probe Aryan Khan Drugs Case, NCB Transfers Total 6 Cases From Mumbai NCB To SIT

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has transferred the probe into the Cruise Ship Drugs Case, in which Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan has been named as an accused, from the Mumbai unit of NCB to a Special Investigation Team (SIT). The order for the transfer of cases has been issued by NCB Director General (DG) S N Pradhan."A Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising officers from...