Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Permanente Judges For Bombay & Chhattisgarh High Courts

The Supreme Court Collegium on Monday approved the proposals for appointment of 10 Additional Judges of the Bombay High Court as permanent. They are: Justice Avinash Gunwant GharoteJustice Nitin Bhagawantrao SuryawanshiJustice Anil Satyavijay KilorJustice Milind Narendra JadhavJustice MG SewlikarJustice VG BishtJustice Debadwar Bhalchandra UgrasenJustice MS...

Goa Assembly Speaker Agrees To Pass Orders On Disqualification Of 10 MLAs Who Moved From Congress To BJP: SG Tells Supreme Court

Supreme Court has on Tuesday been told that the Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly has agreed to pass its final order regarding disqualification of the MLAs who moved from Congress to BJP. A three-judge Bench led by CJI was hearing the plea filed a plea filed by Goa Congress Chief Girish Chodankar seeking for a direction to the Goa Assembly Speaker to dispose of the...

'Consider Meritorious Women Lawyers As High Court Judges': Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association Moves SC

The Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA) has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking directions to consider meritorious women lawyers practicing in the SC and the High Courts for appointment as judges in the High Courts.Through this application, the SCWLA seeks to intervene in the case M/s PLR Projects Pvt Ltd v Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd and others in which the Supreme Court...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends To Make 5 Additional Judges Of Kerala High Court Permanent

The Supreme Court Collegium on Monday approved the proposal for appointment of five Additional Judges of Kerala High Court as Permanent Judges. They are: 1. Justice Conrad S. Dias 2. Justice PV Kunhikrishnan 3. Justice TR Ravi 4. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas 5. Justice Gopinath P.Justice Dias was sworn in is an Additional Judge of the Kerala High Court on November...

Cases Where Anticipatory Bail Can Be Granted Even After Submission Of Charge Sheet: Allahabad High Court Issues Guidelines

The Allahabad High Court on Monday observed that non grant of anticipatory bail to an accused only on the ground that charge-sheet has been submitted by the Investigating Officer or cognizance has been taken by the Court against him under sec. 204 of Cr.P.C. without considering the prima facie veracity of the same, will "not be in the larger interest of justice."A single judge bench comprising...

[Fake News Alert] No Notice Issued Saying Proceedings Shall Be Conducted Exclusively Via Virtual Mode: Delhi High Court Clarifies

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday clarified that no notice has been issued by the Court saying that complete functioning of the Court will be conducted exclusively via virtual mode till April 17th in view of the recent surge in covid-19 cases. The clarification came in wake of a notice which was circulated on the social media including various groups claiming that the Court will exclusively...

Chhattisgarh High Court To Hear Cases Only Through VC, Subordinate Courts In The State To Function On Rotational Basis

Owing to the sudden surge in COVID-19 cases, the Chhattisgarh High Court on Monday (05th April) issued an official order directing that Judicial Proceedings of the High Court shall be conducted only through video conferencing w.e.f. 07th April 2021. There would be as many benches as directed by the Chief Justice as per the requirement of the Roaster and the fresh filing...

Quantity Of Narcotic Substance Recovered Is A Relevant Factor To Impose Punishment Higher Than The Minimum: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that quantity of narcotic substance recovered is a relevant factor that can be taken into account for imposing higher than the minimum punishment under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.The bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah observed that the Court has a wide discretion to impose the sentence/imprisonment ranging between 10...

Breaking: Maharashtra Govt, Anil Deshmukh Move Supreme Court Against Bombay HC Order For CBI Probe On Param Bir Singh's Allegations

The Maharashtra Government has approached Supreme Court Challenging the Bombay High Court Order directing CBI to conduct preliminary inquiry in to the corruption allegations made by former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh. The Special Leave Petition filed by the Maha Vikas Agadi government seeks to set aside the High Court order for preliminary enquiry into the extortion allegations...

Statements Of Police Witnesses Cannot Be Doubted Merely Because They Are Official Witnesses: J&K High Court

"The statements of the police or Excise witnesses cannot be regarded as doubtful merely they are the official witnesses. Something more than that needs to be projected by the defence so as to create doubt in the statement of these witnesses," the Jammu and Kashmir High Court observed recently. A Division Bench comprising of Justices Tashi Rabstan and Vinod Chatterji Koul made it...

Gauhati High Court Seeks State's Response On PIL Filed By All Assam Transgender Association Alleging Inadequate Funding For The Community

The Gauhati High Court has sought response from the Assam Government on a petition alleging failure of the state authorities to maintain shelter homes for the transgender community. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak has directed the Additional Senior Government Advocate to seek instructions in the matter and by April 8, 2021. The...

"Tweets Prima Facie Show Disregard Against Muslim Women": Andheri Court Orders Police Inquiry Against Actor Payal Rohatgi Over Her Tweets On Safoora Zargar

A Metropolitan Magistrate Court at Andheri, Mumbai, has ordered a 202 inquiry by Police arrest against Payal Rohatgi for her tweets from June 2020, in the context of Jamia Student Safoora Zargar's arrest.The Court has observed that the tweets prima facie show disregard against Muslim women and the community as a whole. Significantly, Metropolitan Magistrate Bhagawat Zirape said that...