Supreme Court Mulls Guidelines For Appointment Of Ad-Hoc Judges Under Article 224A; Seeks Views Of High Courts

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it was intending to lay down guidelines for the appointment of ad-hoc judges in the High Courts under Article 224A of the Constitution to tackle the problem of mounting case arrears.While considering a PIL filed by an NGO named Lok Prahari seeking the use of Article 224A, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul...

POCSO- "Right Of Minor Victims To Participate In The Judicial Process"- Bombay High Court Issues Guidelines

The Bombay High Court on Thursday issued guidelines for the effective implementation of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) and To ensure the right of a child victim to participate in the in the Judicial process is protected. A Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni, among other instructions, directed the Special Juvenile...

Ad Hoc Judges Can Be Appointed Only After Filling Regular Vacancies, Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Central Government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the appointment of additional judges on ad-hoc basis in High Courts under Article 224A of the Constitution can be done only after the filling up of regular vacancies of judges.This submission was made by Additional Solicitor General of India RS Suri before a bench comprising CJI SA Bobde, Justices S K Kaul and Surya Kant. The...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Quash Criminal Defamation Case Against Arun Purie And Others Filed By Former Indian Diplomat

The Delhi High Court dismissed a petition filed by former India Today Editor-in -Chief Arun Purie and others seeking to quash a defamation complaint lodged against him by a former Indian Diplomat in relation to an article published in India Today Magazine in 2007. The news article 'Mission Misconduct' reported about the allegations against the then Indian deputy consul general in Edinburgh,...

"Shouting Spiritual Slogans Not A Crime, Mere Presence At Red Fort Cannot Make Me Part Of Unlawful Assembly": Deep Sidhu To Delhi Court

Deep Sidhu, accused in the Red Fort violence case in connection with the farmer's tractor rally on Republic Day, informed a Delhi Court on Thursday that "merely shouting common spiritual slogans or presence at the Red Fort cannot make him a part of the unlawful assembly."Additional Sessions Judge Neelofer Abida Perveen was hearing the bail application filed by Deep Sidhu who has been accused...

Traffic Movement In Cubbon Park Cannot Be Curbed, Karnataka Govt Tells High Court

The Karnataka Government has decided that the traffic movement within Cubbon Park cannot be avoided and hence should continue as before. The affidavit filed before the Karnataka High Court by Rakesh Singh, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Department of Urban Development, stated "After reviewing the opinions of all the Departments, it has been decided that the traffic...

Nothing On Record To Even Remotely Suggest That The Act Was Consensual: Supreme Court Upholds Rape Conviction

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a rape accused rejecting his contention that the act was consensual.In this case, the accused was convicted by the Trial Court under Section 376(1) of the Indian Penal Code and was awarded sentence of rigorous imprisonment for seven years and with fine in the sum of Rs.5000/-, in default whereof to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for a period...

"Anil Deshmukh and Minister Anil Parab Asked Me to Extort Over Rs 100 Crore": Sachin Waze Writes In A Letter To NIA Court

Suspended API Sachin Waze has accused former State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and Cabinet Minister Anil Parab of asking him to extort over 100 crores according to a statement he tried submitting to the Special NIA Court, on Wednesday. Special Judge P Sitre refused to take the document on record and instead asked him to "follow proper procedures." The Judge then extended his NIA...

Rapist Degrades Very Soul Of Helpless Female: Patna High Court Affirms Conviction Of Man For Raping Minor

"The Court ought to be mindful that a rapist not only violates the victim’s privacy and personal integrity, but inevitablycauses serious psychological as well as physical harm in the process." -Patna High Court

Determination Of Culprit Not Relevant For Granting Compensation; State Bound To Protect Lives Of Citizens: Patna High Court

Holding that the State has a duty to protect the life of its citizens, the Patna High Court on Wednesday granted Rs. 10 lakh as compensation to the father of a 18 years old boy who died in October last year in the Munger Maa Durga Pooja firing incident. The order is significant as compensation has been granted pending investigation into the firing incident. A Single Bench of...

[Second Covid Wave] Madhya Pradesh High Court To Function Completely Through Virtual Mode At All Benches Till April 24

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has decided to hear all the cases listed from 8th to 24th April through virtual mode of hearing at the Principal Seat Jabalpur and Benches at Indore and Gwalior. The directions came on Wednesday in view of representations recieved from the Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association, Jabalpur, High Court Advocates Bar Association, Jabalpur, State Bar Council of...

'Advocate General Is Considered Part Of Government, What AG Thinks Is What Govt Thinks' : CJI Bobde

The Chief Justice Of India on Wednesday, during a hearing observed that an advocate general is considered to be part of the government, and what the Advocate General thinks is what the government thinks.The observation was made in response to submissions made by Senior Counsel AM Singhvi, in the plea challenging Karnataka High Court's order quashing a Government's order handing over management...