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SC Issues Notice To Uttarakhand HC Over ADJ's Plea Of Non-Admission Of Evidence In Disciplinary Proceeding, Also Stays Inquiry
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Uttarakhand High Court on the plea of an Additional District Judge in Uttarakhand for non-admission in evidence of a case diary in his disciplinary inquiry, the Inquiry Officer being a sitting judge of the High Court.The petitioner was aggrieved of the February 1 decision of the High Court wherein the High Court, on the one side, admitted the fact...
Haryana High Powered Committee Orders Re-admission Of 2,580 Convicts Released Earlier
On 11.02.2021, 12th meeting of High Powered Committee was held under the Chairmanship of Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta, Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court and Executive Chairman, Haryana State Legal Services Authority permitting re-admission of 2,580 convicts who were released under the orders of High Powered Committee (HPC). This meeting was attended by Shri Rajeev Arora,...
"Right To Protest Cannot Be Any Time And Everywhere"; Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petition Against 'Shaheen Bagh' Judgment
Supreme Court has dismissed the review petition filed against the Shaheen Bagh Judgment in which it is held that the demonstrations expressing dissent have to be in designated places alone.Dismissing the review petition Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Aniruddha Bose and Krishna Murari held that the right to protest cannot be anytime and everywhere."We have considered the earlier...
Animals Are Guaranteed Right To Get Protection From Human Beings Inflicting Unnecessary Pain Or Suffering : Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court recently set aside an order of the Magistrate court handing over custody of ten dogs given to their owner who treated them with cruelty. A single bench of Justice H P Sandesh, set aside the order of the magistrate court which restored the animals to the man accused of cruelty and handed over the dogs to an NGO, Compassion Unlimited Plus Action, which...
Karnataka High Court Directs Appearance Of State Officials For Survey Of Children Forced To Street Vending
Observing that "We hope and trust that all stakeholders will rise to the occasion and in turn offer assistance in maximum possible manner," the Karnataka High Court on Friday directed senior officials of various departments to remain present before it on February 18, before a survey is conducted for identifying vulnerable children who are forced to sell toys, flowers etc on streets...
Lok Sabha Passes Arbitration & Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021
The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 by voice vote. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on February 4, 2021 by Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. It is already in force by way of an Ordinance promulgated on 4th November, 2020. It seeks to amend the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 so as to (i) enable automatic stay on awards...
Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, Author Of Controversial POCSO Judgment, Not Made Permanent Judge; To Continue As Additional Judge Of Bombay HC
Accepting the revised recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegium to not make Justice Pushpa V Ganediwala of the Bombay High Court a permanent judge, the Ministry of Law and Justice has extended her term as an additional judge.A notification issued by the Ministry says that Justice Ganediwala will continue as an additional judge for one more year, from February 13.The judge of the...
Mere Absence Of Doctor's Certification Would Not Ipso Facto Render Dying Declaration Unacceptable: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reiterated that mere absence of doctor's certification as to the fitness of the declarant's state of mind would not ipso facto render the dying declaration unacceptable.The contention of the accused in this case was that the conviction is solely based on the dying declaration of the deceased which finds no corroboration. It was contended that the doctor's certificate was...
More Clarity And Certainty Has To Be Brought In SEBI Mutual Fund Regulations: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that more clarity and certainty has to be brought in the Mutual Fund Regulations. "We would neither hesitate in stating the obvious, that modern regulatory enactments bear heavily on commercial matters and, therefore, must be precisely and clearly legislated as to avoid inconvenience, friction and confusion, which may, in addition, have adverse economic...
Bombay High Court Adjourns ARG Outlier And Arnab Goswami's Petitions In TRP Scam To March 5, Extends Arnab's Protection
The Bombay High Court, on Friday, adjourned to March 5 the petitions by ARG Outlier media, which owns Republic TV, and its editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami challenging the Mumbai Police's investigation in the Television Rating Points (TRP) Scam. The state continued its statement not to take coercive action against the petitioners, till then. On March 5, the division bench of Justices...
Tripura High Court Confers Senior Designation On 12 Advocates
The Tripura High Court on Friday appointed 12 Advocates as Senior Advocates with immediate effect. They are: Haribal DebnathAjit Kumar DasDipak Kumar BiswasPradyot Kumar DharTapas Datta MajumderBibhal Nandi Majumder Purushuttam Roy BarmanSri Somik DebDebalay BhattacharyaSamrat Kar BhowmikSubrata Sarkar A notification to this effect was issued...