"A Quarter Of A Century Has Passed": Supreme Court Directs Expeditious Trial Of A Partition Suit Pending For 26 Years

"A quarter of a century has passed in determining whether the licenser is entitled to seek occupation of the portion occupied by her son!", the Supreme Court observed while directing a Court in Pune to expedite the trial of a partition suit which is pending for 26 years.A suit was filed before the Small Causes Court, Pune in the year 1995 by a mother against her son seeking a decree...

Delhi Riots Cases : Can Liberty Of All The Accused Be Curtailed Till Trial Ends? Delhi High Court Asks Police

While hearing a batch of bail applications in North-East Delhi riots matter, the Delhi High Court today posed the question as to what should be the parameters for grant of bail in a case involving charges under Section 149 (Unlawful Assembly) read with Section 302 (Murder). Considering the large number of people arrested and the likelihood of varied and, in some cases, lesser punishment to a...

'Rummy & Poker Are Games Of Skills' : Madras High Court While Striking Down Online Gaming Ban

The Madras High Court on Tuesday struck down the Tamil Nadu Gaming and Police Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021 which imposes a ban on playing of games such as rummy and poker on cyberspace with stakes. Section 11 of the impugned legislation also banned games of 'mere skill' if such games are played for wager, bet, money or other stake.A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and...

Aim For More Inclusivity, Diversity & Community Reach: CJI N.V Ramana To Law Firms

In the Coffee Table Book launch by the Society for Indian Law Firms (SILF), Chief Justice of India, N.V Ramana urged Indian law firms to take up more pro-bono cases reaching out to those inhibited from reaching them. While praising the avenues and economic mobility law firms have provided for the fresh first-generation lawyers, he urged to enhance inclusivity and diversity, offering...

Access To Education: Karnataka High Court Issues Notice To BBMP For Door To Door Survey Of School Going Children

An ongoing door to door survey conducted by the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department of all the children in the age group of 0 to 18 years, has found that 1,26,245 children in the age group of 03 to 06 years in rural areas are not going to school. It is recorded that 33,344 children in the age group of 6 to 18 years are not going to school and 9,716 children are not enrolled in...

"Lawyers Charge Professional Fee & Then Abstain From Work": Allahabad HC Refuses To Direct Time Bound Disposal Of A Case

"Lawyers cannot take the working of the Court for granted as on one hand, obviously, the lawyers must have charged their professional fee and thereafter, they are abstaining from work and on the other hand, they are seeking a direction to the Court concerned to decide the case within a specific period," observed Allahabad High Court today while dismissing a plea seeking time-bound...

Forensic Sciences Lab Doesn't Rule Out Tampering Of Rona Wilson's Laptop : Jaising To Bombay High Court

Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad accused researcher Rona Wilson's counsel told the Bombay High Court on Monday that the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in Pune did not rule out tampering of his laptop and remained silent on the issue. Arguing Wilson's quashing petition under Article 226, Senior Advocate Indira Jaising submitted that FSL's failure to respond to a specific question...

'This Is Like Insurance': Delhi High Court On Creation Of Oxygen Buffer Stock To Combat Covid-19 Third Wave

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday observed that there is no clarity as to whether Centre and Delhi Government have created a buffer stock of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) in the national capital to deal with the anticipated third wave of Covid-19."We have been flagging this issue ever since Supreme Court passed an order. What have you done," a Division Bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and...

Justice Arun Mishra's Old Mobile Number In List Of Potential Pegasus Surveillance Targets : Report

A mobile number which was associated with Justice Arun Mishra at one point of time was in the list of potential targets of snooping through the Isreali spyware Pegasus, reported The Wire.It was also reported that mobile numbers of two officials of the Supreme Court registry were in the list.As per the report, a Rajasthan mobile number formerly registered in the name of Justice Arun Mishra,...

Madras High Court Stays NGT Office Order Mandating Suo Moto 'Pan India' Matters To Be Heard Only By NGT Principal Bench

The Madras High Court on Tuesday imposed a stay on an office order issued by the Registrar General of the Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which had directed that suo matters having pan-India or inter-state implications will be henceforth listed before the Principal Bench of at least three members. Pursuant to Section 4(4)(c) of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010...

"No Real Threat; Seeking Security To Flaunt His VIP Status": Allahabad HC Dismisses Lawyer's Plea Seeking Personal Security

Observing that the Lawyer (petitioner before the Court) was seeking security as an authority of symbol to flaunt his status a VIP with no real threat in existence, the Allahabad High Court recently dismissed his plea challenging State Government's order refusing to provide him personal security. The Bench of Justice D. K Singh was hearing the plea of a practicing lawyer of District...

Does NGT Have Jurisdiction To Take Suo Motu Cognizance Without An Application? Supreme Court To Examine

The Supreme Court shall consider on August 25 about the issue as to whether the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has jurisdiction under the provisions of the NGT Act, 2010 to take suo motu proceedings. The bench of Justices A. M. Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna was hearing a string of SLPs and appeals before it. The question to be addressed was whether the NGT can exercise suo motu...