Establishment Of Permanent Regional Benches Of Supreme Court: Rajya Sabha Member P Wilson Moves Private Member Bill

Rajya Sabha Member and senior lawyer P Wilson has introduced a Private Member Bill termed as the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2020 that seeks to establish 4 Permanent Regional Benches of the Supreme Court in a bid to decentralise the Supreme Court. In a similar development, recently a delegation of top officials from the Bar Councils of five southern States i.e. Karnataka, Tamil...

Overcrowding In Jails- Orissa High Court Directs Personal Appearance Of IG, Prisons; Calls For Long Term Plans On Consultative Basis

Dealing with a plea concerning the issue of overcrowding of jails, the Orissa High Court has recently directed personal appearance of Inspector General, Prisons of the State while issuing a direction that long term plans on consultative basis must be formed in order to deal with the issue.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice S.K. Panigrahi also directed the...

"Mischievous Handiwork Of Persons": Former DGHS & Padma Shree Awardee Moves Delhi Court Seeking NIA Probe Into Origins Of Covid 19 Pandemic

Former Director General of Health Services and Padma Shree Awardee Dr. Jagdish Prasad has moved a special NIA Court in Delhi seeking registeration of FIR and investigation into the origins of the covid 19 pandemic after alleging that the same seems to be a "mischievous handiwork" of persons who seek to cause harm to India.File through Advocates Mehmood Pracha and Jatin Bhatt, the plea has...

Steps To Curb Menace Of Eve Teasing; Establishment Of Fast Track Women Friendly Courts: Patna HC Directs Authority To Decide Representation

While disposing of a plea seeking directions on the State Government for taking effective measures to curb the menace of eve teasing, the Patna High Court has directed the Petitioner to make a representation before the concerned authority which has been directed to decide the same expeditiously.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Sanjay Kumar ordered...

Direction To Undergo Other Sentences After Life Sentence Illegal: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a court cannot stipulate that other sentences would begin after expiration of life sentence awarded to convict.In this case, the Trial court had convicted the accused Imran Jalal under sections 121 (Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India), 121A (Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121),...

"Sedition Law Being Used To Silence Critics": Farmers' Union Moves Punjab & Haryana High Court Challenging S. 124A IPC

A farmers' union has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging the constitutional validity of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (which defines and penalises Sedition). The Petition has been moved by Haryana Progressive Farmers Union through Advocate Pardeep Kumar Rapria averring that the abuse of the law of sedition continues unchecked with cases being filed to...

"Cannot Claim Financial Aid As A Matter Of Right": Gujarat HC Dismisses Auto Rikshaw Drivers Union's Plea For Assistance Under State Atma Nirbhar Scheme

The Gujarat High Court has dismissed a petition moved by two Railway Stations Auto Rikshaw Drivers' Unions seeking financial assistance from the State Government under the Atma Nirbhav Gujarat Scheme after observing that the petitioners cannot claim financial assistance as a matter of right.Observing that all businesses and professions have badly been hit by the covid 19 pandemic, a...

Journalist Alleges Harassment At The Hands Of Police: Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh HC Issues Notice to J&K Administration

The Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court recently issued notice to the UT J&K Administration on a plea by a Journalist alleging harassment at the hands of the police.The Bench of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey issued notice to the administration and the police officials observing thus:"...citizen of this Country has come before the Court with a serious complaint against the police...

"Want Daughters To Be Safe; From Where Does One Get Idea To Throw Acid?": Gujarat HC Refuses To Suspend Sentence

The Gujarat High Court on Monday refused to suspend the sentence of a man convicted under Section 326A of the Indian Penal Court stressing that the Court wants the daughters to be safe and further questioned that from where does one get the idea of throwing acid?The Bench of Justice Paresh Upadhyay was hearing the plea of a man who has been convicted for throwing acid on a 19-year-old girl,...

Breaking: CLAT 2021 (UG): One Question Deleted, Changed Answer Key For Two Questions-Read Press Release

The Consortium Of National Law Universities (CNLUs) on Tuesday notified a press release stipulating its decision on the various objections filed by students pursuant to the recommendations of the Subject Experts Committee and the Oversight Committee. Accordingly one question was deleted (Question Number 143) and the Answer key was changed for 2 questions (Question Numbers 61 and 98) for...

If Amazon Wins, It Will Get Rs 1400 Crores, But 26,000 Employees Of Future Retail Might Lose Jobs : Salve In Supreme Court

"This matter is about 1,400 crores invested by Amazon versus 26,000 employees losing their jobs and 8-10,000 crores of banks going bust. If Amazon wins, it will get its 1,400 crores, but one of our terms with Reliance is that not even a single employee will lose his job and the banks will be paid", Senior Advocate Harish Salve, for Future Retail, told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.The Bench...

Madras High Court Extends Interim Orders Till August 31 Except For Orders Pertaining To Encroachment

The Madras High Court on Tuesday observed that the life of all interim orders shall be extended till August 31 except for orders pertaining to encroachment matters. The order was passed pursuant to the initiation of suo moto proceedings by the Court in Re: Extension of Remand and Interim Orders on May 17. The development comes less than a month after the Bench comprising Chief Justice...