'Junior Lawyers Forced To Run Tea Stalls To Survive': Kerala High Court Lashes Out At Bar Council For Prolonged Inaction In Implementing Stipend

The Kerala High Court on Monday yet again pulled up the State Bar Council for its undue delay in implementing the 2018 Government Order directing to pay a stipend of Rs. 5,000 each to junior lawyers, despite repeated directions from the Court. Justice PV Kunhikrishnan orally remarked during the proceedings:"There are lawyers here who don't even earn ₹1,000 and have to run tea stalls to make...

BREAKING| Aryan Khan Case : 'Can't Pass Blanket Orders', NDPS Court Disposes NCB's Application To Bar Cognizance On Witness's Affidavit

A Special NDPS Court at Mumbai on Monday observed that it cannot pass blanket orders to bar courts from taking cognizance of the affidavit of Prabhakar Sail, witness in the cruise ship drug case, in which he raised allegations about a bid to extort money for release of Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan's son Aryan Khan.Saying that "no blanket orders can be passed", the Special Court disposed...

No Plan To Deport Rohingyas: Karnataka Govt Tells Supreme Court In A PIL Seeking Deportation of Rohingya Refugees

The Karnataka government told the Supreme Court that "it had no immediate plan of deporting" Rohingya refugees currently living in the State. The state government has filed a Statement of Objections in response to a writ petition filed by BJP Leader and Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking immediate deportation of all illegal immigrants and infiltrators including Bangladeshis and Rohingyas...

'Marriage Increasingly Being Used As A Tool To Coerce People Into Religious Conversion': UP Govt Defends 'Anti-Love Jihad' Law

The Uttar Pradesh Government has defended 'The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021' (Anti-Love Jihad Act) before the Allahabad High Court by submitting that since marriage is being used as an instrument to convert an individual's religion against his/her will, therefore, the Act seeks to remedy this malady. This submission has been made by the...

[Gold Smuggling] 'No Evidence Of Terror Financing; Provisions Of UAPA Not Attracted': Swapna Suresh Tells Kerala High Court; Judgment Reserved

The Kerala High Court on Monday reserved its judgment in the appeals filed by some of the accused, in the infamous gold smuggling case in the State.A Division Bench of Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice C Jayachandran extensively heard the submissions of all parties involved before reserving its judgment today. The Court notified that the judgment will be released within a week's time. ...

Centre Appoints Ten Additional Judges Of Punjab & Haryana High Court As Permanent Judges

The Centre has notified the appointment of 10 additional judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court as permanent judges. The Judges who have been made permanent vide a notification issued by the Law Ministry are as follows, 1. Justice Suvir Sehgal2. Justice Alka Sarin3. Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri4. Justice Ashok Kumar Verma5. Justice Sant Parkash6. Justice Meenakshi I. Mehta7....

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Uma Shanker Vyas As Rajasthan High Court Judge

The Central government has notified the appointment of a judicial officer Uma Shanker Vyas as a Judge of the Rajasthan High Court. The appointment has been made pursuant to the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium last month.Apart from Vyas, seven others were also recommended for appointment as judges of the Rajasthan High Court at the time."In exercise of the powers conferred by...

No Bar Association Can Pressurize Chief Justice To Change Roster Of A Judge: Supreme Court

Taking strong objection to the boycott call made by Jaipur Bar Association, the Supreme Court on Monday observed that the Bar Association and Advocates cannot pressurize a Chief Justice to change the roster of a judge. The Court categorically said "we will not tolerate attempts of associations to pressurize judges". The bench of Justices MR Shah and AS Bopanna was hearing its...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Vikram Chauhan As Additional Judge Of Allahabad High Court

The Central government has notified the appointment of Vikram Chauhan as an additional judge of the Allahabad High Court. The appointment has been made pursuant to a Supreme Court Collegium recommendation after a meeting held on August 24 this year.The Collegium had recommended the names of 12 other lawyers along with Chauhan for elevation as High Court judges, out of which 9 are now cleared....

Supreme Court Allows Karti Chidambaram MP To Travel Abroad On Condition Of Depositing Rs 1 Crore

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Congress MP Karti Chidambaram's application to travel abroad on a condition of depositing Rs. 1 crore.Karti Chidambaram, son of Senior Advocate and former Union Minister P Chidambaram, has to seek the permission of the top court to travel abroad as he is out on bail in the Aircel-Maxis, INX Media cases.A Bench comprising Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice...

Wild Karnataka Documentary: High Court Further Extends Interim Order Restraining Makers From Dealing With The Film Till Nov 17

The Karnataka High Court on Monday continued its interim order passed earlier, restraining the makers of the documentary 'Wild Karnataka' from dealing with the film in any manner. The film is a 52-minute natural history documentary based on the state's rich biodiversity, which first premiered on March 3, 2019. Today, at the 67th National Film awards ceremony held in Delhi, the...

"We Talk About Making Delhi Like London But How Will We Achieve That?": Delhi HC To Hear Plea Challenging 'Street Vendors Act'

The Delhi High Court today decided to hear the plea challenging the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 on October 30 while wondering as to how are we going to make Delhi like London, without focusing on the planning aspect of the city.The Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh observed thus while hearing a bunch of pleas filed...