"Whether 'Advocate On Record' Includes Sole Proprietary Firm?" Supreme Court Leaves The Question To SC Rule Making Authority

"The (Supreme Court) Rules being sacrosanct, we would not like to interfere with the same in the present proceeding", said the Court.

Delhi High Court Orders Seizure, Rehabilitation of Hippo From Asiad Circus, Issues Non-Bailable Warrant Against Circus Owner, On PETA's Plea

The Delhi High Court today directed the Delhi Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to seize a hippopotamus from Asiad Circus with the help of Delhi police and to transfer the animal to the zoo nearest to the location of seizure.A single judge bench of Justice Prathiba Singh, hearing an application by PETA India, also directed the issue of non-bailable warrant to the circus owner...

Supreme Court Issues Directions For Inter-State Virtual Recording Of Evidences Of Child Witnesses In Human Trafficking Cases

The Supreme Court has issued directions for virtual recording of testimonies of child victims/witnesses of human trafficking who are required to depose in courts which are far away from the place of their residence in a different State.A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, Abdul Nazeer and Indu Malhotra passed the directions in the suo moto case "In Re : Contagion of...

Lawyer Moves Supreme Court For Expeditious Filling Of Vacancies At PMLA Appellate Tribunal

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking directions for expeditiously filling the long-standing vacancies at the Appellate Tribunal, Prevention of Money Laundering Act (ATPMLA). The petition has been filed by Advocate-Activist Amit Sahni, through Advocate Preeti Singh, stating that the ATPMLA, which deals with sensitive and crucial matters pertaining...

Communal Remarks Against Aligarh Muslim University: Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea By Hindu Mahasabha Leader For Quashing FIR And Stay Of Arrest

A Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court comprising of Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Rajendra Kumar on Thursday dismissed a writ petition filed by Ashok Kumar Pandey, Hindu Mahasabha Leader from Aligarh praying for quashing of an FIR filed against him for his communal remarks against Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and its founder Sir Saiyed Ahmad, resulting in hurting...

Karnataka HC Makes A Public Appeal To Give Information For Its Proposed Book 'History Of Courts Of Karnataka'

The Karnataka High Court has issued a general appeal calling upon people to contribute with information as regards the legal, legislative and judicial history of Karnataka; to help it bring out a book titled "History of Courts of Karnataka." The appeal reads that "The State of Karnataka has a rich heritage not only in culture and art forms but also as regards judicial administration....

Delhi High Court Stays Publication Of Book 'The R*** School Murder'

The Delhi High Court on Friday restrained the release of a book titled 'The R*** School Murder', which was scheduled to be published by Juggernaut and Harper Collins on Saturday, January 22, 2021. The order was passed by a Single Bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri, in an injunction application filed by the St. Xavier's Education Trust against author of the book, journalist...

CIBIL Score Updation Borrower's Statutory Right; Credit Information Companies Bound To Consider Objections : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that updation of CIBIL score is a borrower's statutory right and therefore, credit rating agencies are legally bound to consider objections against the rating given to a debtor.A single bench of Justice N Nagaresh made this significant pronouncement in the case Sujith Prasad v The Reserve Bank of India and others.The Court noted that credit rating agencies...

Man Accused Of Offering Namaz At Mathura Temple Granted Pre-Arrest Bail By Allahabad High Court

One Mohd. Chand, accused of offering Namaz inside the premises of the Nand Baba temple in Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) has been granted pre-arrest bail by the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday (19th January). The Bench of Justice Siddharth gave this order while hearing the bail application of Mohd. Chand praying that he be granted pre-arrest bail in Case Crime No. 390 of 2020, under Sections...

Costs For 'Wastage Of Judicial Time' To Be Recovered From Officers Responsible For Delay In Filing : Supreme Court

A three judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice S.K. Kaul, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Hrishikesh Roy on Friday imposed heavy costs of Rs. 25,000 each on the States of Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka for their "lethargy and incompetence" in approaching the Apex Court after a delay of hundred and thousand days. The costs were imposed by the bench vide two...

Retrospective Application Of 10% EWS Quota Is Against Articles 14 & 16 Of Constitution : Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday set aside a 2019 advertisement published by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission giving retrospective application to the 10% Economically Weaker Section (EWS) reservation by way of merging the earlier vacancies of the year 2013 and 2015 with those arising after the implementation of the said reservation in 2019. A single bench of Justice Sanjay...

Bombay High Court Refuses To Interfere With Ex-BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta's Transfer From JJ Hospital To Taloja Jail

The Bombay High Court on Friday refused to intervene and grant relief to ex- Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) CEO Partho Dadgupta, accused in the TRP Scam, while he was being shifted from the state run JJ Hospital to the Taloja Central Prison. In an urgent plea, Dasgupta's lawyer Arjun Singh on Friday sought for him to be shifted to a private hospital owing to...