No Rationale In Retiring High Court Judges At 62; Increase Number Of Working Days Of Judges To Combat Pendency: Parliamentary Standing Committee

Given the mounting pendency of cases in Indian High Courts and the time taken by the authorities in appointment of Judges, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice has expressed that there is a need to revisit the age of retirement of High Court judges. In the 107th Report on Demand for Grants for the Law Ministry for 2020-2021, the...

Conduct Sensitization Session For Magistrates Of Juvenile Justice Boards At State Judicial Academy: Rajasthan High Court

A session for sensitization of all the Principal Magistrates of the Juvenile Justice Boards in Rajasthan shall be conducted at the Rajasthan State Judicial Academy at the earliest possible opportunity: Rajasthan High Court

Prashant Kishor's Appointment As Advisor To Punjab CM- "CM Free To Choose His Advisors": P&H High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Appointment

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently dismissed the petition challenging the appointment of Prashant Kishor as Principal Advisor to the Punjab Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh. The Bench of Justice Jaswant Singh and Justice Sant Parkash ruled that the Chief Minister has complete authority to choose his advisors. The matter before the Court The two petitioners,...

'Possession Under NDPS Act Has To Be Conscious & Exclusive' : Bombay High Court Grants Bail To German National

The Bombay High Court(Goa Bench) recently granted bail to a German national, who was arrested in March last year in a case registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances(NDPS) Act.The contraband in the case was 'charas', allegedly of commercial quantity, which was seized from the apartment of a woman, who was the first accused in the case. The German citizen, Fabian...

"Can't Shut Eyes To Petitioner's Right": Tripura HC Quashes LOCs Against Journalist Accused Of Publishing Defamatory News Against Tripura CM

The Tripura High Court last week quashed lookout circulars, as issued against an NRI Journalist (Soumen Sarkar), accused of, inter alia, publishing a series of defamatory news in connection with Tripura's Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb. The Bench of Justice S. Talapatra observed, "The action which curtails or takes away the personnel liberty has to be reasonable and proportionate...

Advocates Not To Appear From Kitchens, Dining Halls, Lawns, Vehicles Etc : Karnataka High Court Issues New VC Guidelines

The Karnataka High Court has issued video conference guidelines to be followed by Advocates Parties-in-Person and the person/s permitted to appear through Video Conference. The notification issued by the Registrar General reads that "It is noticed from the experience of the Video Conferencing hearing in the Court Halls at Principal Bench, Bengaluru, Benches at Dharwad and...

'No Report If They Are Alive Or Dead' : Patna HC 'Unhappy' At Courts Below For Not Ensuring Welfare Of Seized Cattle

The Patna High Court recently expressed dismay at the Courts below not ensuring the well-being of cattle seized for the alleged violation of the Prevention of Cruelty Act and the rules pertaining to transport of livestock.A single bench of Justice Ashutosh Kumar was dealing with an order passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad, which dismissed an application filed by a person...

Will Issue Notice To Advocates Association For Resolving To Not Represent Sedition Accused, State Bar Council Tells Karnataka HC

The Karnataka State Bar Council on Tuesday informed the Karnataka High Court that it would issue a notice to a lawyers' body for issuing a resolution restricting its members from representing a student accused of sedition. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj, while hearing a petition filed by Advocate Ramesh Naik K, orally observed "Is it...

"The Target Is Arnab Goswami, No One Else": Republic TV Tells Bombay High Court In Plea Challenging FIR In TRP Scam

Republic TV Channel's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami told the Bombay High Court on Monday that he is the main target of the Television Rating Points Scam being investigated by the CID, Crime Intelligence Unit of the Mumbai Police, even though he is not an accused. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale were hearing petitions filed by ARG Outlier Media Private Limited,...

Woman IPS Officer's Sexual Harassment Complaint- "Take Positive Step And Suspend Accused Special DGP": Madras High Court To Govt.

The Madras High Court on Tuesday (16th March) asked the Tamil Nadu State Government to suspend the Special DGP who has been charged with sexual harassment of an IPS cadre woman officer. Significantly, the Madras High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of alleged sexual harassment of an IPS cadre woman officer by her senior, a Special DGP, and has decided to monitor the...

No Activity Involving Human Intervention To Take Place In Sundarban Biosphere Area, Tiger Reserve & Reserve Forest, Calcutta HC Issues Direction For 6 Months

In a significant move, the Calcutta High Court last week, in the exercise of its authority under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, directed to prohibit all activities in the areas, namely, Sundarban Biosphere Area, Sundarban Tiger Reserve, and the adjoining Reserve Forest. The Bench of Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice Aniruddha Roy directed thus,...

Filings Have Gone Down; Virtual Functioning Affecting Struggling Lawyers : Sr Adv Vikas Singh Tells Supreme Court

Arguing on behalf of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) in its plea seeking quashing of the SOP issued by Supreme Court's Registry on hybrid hearings, Senior Advocate Vikas Singh on Tuesday highlighted various grievances faced by lawyers and the legal community amid covid 19 pandemic. "The unsuccessful and struggling lawyers are the real sufferers today. As an individual I do not...