Specify Mechanism In Place For Taking Action Against Advocates Who Misbehave With Officials On Duty: Madras High Court To Bar Council

Underling that society has witnessed many instances of the legal fraternity indulging in a war of words as also scuffle with the police personnel, the Madras High Court on Tuesday observed that instances of such nature by the members of the legal fraternity are on the increase.The Bench of Justice M. Dhandapani was presiding over an anticipatory bail plea filed by an advocate and her daughter...

West Bengal Post Poll Violence: Supreme Court Adjourns Plea For SIT Probe On Killings Of 2 BJP Workers To June 18

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to June 18th, the plea filed seeking CBI/SIT probe into the killings of two BJP activists allegedly at the instance of Trinamool Congress leaders during the post-poll violence.A division Bench of Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice MR Shah decided to hear the matter on June 18th, after a request regarding the same was made by Solicitor General...

Kerala High Court Seeks Response From Indian Railways Regarding Compliance With Guidelines On Safety Of Passengers

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court while dealing with a suo motu matter regarding safety in the Railways sought the response of the Indian Railways regarding the adherence to guidelines and proposed measures issued by the Court to ensure the safety of the passengers. Earlier this year, a Single Bench of this Court had asserted the larger public interest involved in the matter...

'Terrorist Acts' Under UAPA Only Deal With Matters Impacting 'Defence Of India' And Not Ordinary Law & Order Problems : Delhi High Court

"In our opinion, the intent and purport of the Parliament in enacting the UAPA, and more specifically in amending it in 2004 and 2008 to bring terrorist activity within its scope, was, and could only have had been, to deal with matters of profound impact on the 'Defence of India', nothing more and nothing less"

'Police Personnel Are On Streets Doing Duty Diligently During COVID' : Karnataka HC Dismisses PIL For Action Against Alleged Police Atrocities During Lockdown

The Karnataka High Court recently dismissed a public interest litigation filed by an advocate seeking directions to concerned Station House Officers to register First Information Reports (FIR) against the police officials who allegedly tortured lockdown violators. A division bench of Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice M Nagaprasanna held that the petition filed by Advocate...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Option Of Alternate Attempt For Candidates Failing To Appear In CA Examination 2021; Formulation Of SOP Guidelines Across India

A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) to formulate revised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to be adopted in the examination centres across India for the candidates appearing in the CA Examination 2021 scheduled to be held in the month of July. Moved by 22 CA candidates appearing in the...

"Direction To Take Accused Into Custody Is Beyond Jurisdiction Of High Court, It is For The Investigating Agency To Decide": Supreme Court

Direction to take accused into custody is beyond jurisdiction of High Court; it is for Investigating Agency to take a call whether to arrest or not', Supreme Court has recently observed."We are approving the entire judgement of the High Court except one sentence- Only in so far as there is a positive direction to the Investigating Officer to arrest the petitioner, we are only setting...

Plea For Induction of Foreign Medical Graduates In COVID Workforce : Supreme Court Gives NMC 3 Weeks Time To Reply

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted three week's time to the National Medical Commission to file its reply in the plea filed seeking direction mandating the induction of Foreign Medical Graduates in the healthcare workforce of the country to augment the ailing healthcare system. The Bench has also granted one week's time to the petitioners to reply and file their rejoinder to the...

Karnataka II PUC Exam : How Can There Be Different Yardsticks For Repeaters, Freshers & Private Students? High Court Asks

Asking "How can you have different yardstick for repeaters and private students and fresher students?," the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the state government and other respondents on a public interest litigation, questioning the government notification, with regard to passing off all II PUC students (freshers) based on the marks obtained in I PUC class, but...

"Prima Facie Insulting SC/ST Communities":Delhi High Court Upholds Order For Registering FIR For Caste-Based Questions In Recruitment Exam By DSSSB

Holding that caste-based questions put in the primary teachers' recruitment exams conducted by the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) were prima facie intentionally insulting, or intimidating, with a view to insult members of specific castes, the Delhi High Court today upheld a trial court order directing for the registration of an FIR against unknown offenders under the...

Dramatic Twists Of Enrica Lexie-Italian Marines Case : A Time Line Of 9 Years

The highly sensational Enrica Lexie -Italian Marines case relating to the killing of two Indian fishermen in a sea-firing incident nine years ago, which at one point sparked off diplomatic frictions between India and Italy, has attained a peaceful burial, at least as far as local proceedings are concerned.The Supreme Court today quashed the criminal cases against the two Italian...

COVID 19: Gauhati High Court Further Extends Interim Orders Till June 25

The full bench of the Gauhati High Court on Monday extended further extended by two weeks all interim orders passed by the High Court and all other subordinate Courts and Tribunals till June 25.Full Bench comprising of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Justices N. Kotiswar Singh and Manash Ranjan Pathak was dealing with the suo moto PIL instituted by the Court owing to the daily surge of...