Anticipatory Bail Matters Concern Liberty Of Citizens and Required to be Given Priority: Allahabad High Court Directs State To Ensure 'Proper Assistance'

"It is found in large number of cases, that the Investigating Officer/Circle Officer do not take Anticipatory Bail Matters with the seriousness required"

Walayar Rape-Death Cases : Kerala High Court Sets Aside Trial Court Judgment Acquitting Accused; Orders Re-Trial

The Kerala High Court on Monday ordered re-trial in the case relating to the rape-death of two minor girls of Dalit community in Walayar, Palakkad district.Allowing the appeals of the State Government, a division bench comprising Justices A Hariprasad and MR Anita set aside the acquittal of the accused. The accused have been asked to surrender before the trial court on January 20. The HC...

Place Of Worship Act: Uttarakhand High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Refusal To Stay Construction Of Crematoria Over Ancient Pilgrimage

The Uttarakhand High Court recently dismissed an appeal challenging an order denying interim relief against construction of a crematoria over alleged land of ancient temple pilgrimage. The Appellant in this case had stated that construction of a Crematoria on an ancient pilgrimage, which is a site of worship for the appellant, is being done without any authority of law and is "in...

Karnataka Brings Ordinance To Ban Slaughter Of All Cattle Except Buffalo Aged Above 13 Years - Read Ordinance

Following the failure of the Karnataka government to get the law against cattle slaughter passed in the Legislative Council, it has brought an Ordinance.The Karnataka Governor on Tuesday approved the "Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Ordinance, 2020". It seeks to outlaw slaughter of all cattle except buffaloes aged above 13 years.It defines "cattle" as "cow, calf of...

Acceptance Of A Conditional Offer With A Further Condition Does Not Result In A Concluded Contract: Supreme Court

When the acceptor puts in a new condition while accepting the contract already signed by the proposer, the contract is not complete until the proposer accepts that condition, the Supreme Court observed while setting aside a High Court judgment on Tuesday.The bench comprising Justices Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee observed that the High Court overlooked Section 7 of the Contract Act...

Governing Body Of College Is The Proper Authority To Appoint Administrative Staffs of A College : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that it is the Governing Body of a College which has the authority to appoint the administrative staffs of a College."The Principal, however, who is entrusted the over all internal administration of the College is a person who knows all the staff of the College and his/her recommendation with regard to appointment of Warden of the College Hostel is to carry...

Election Commission's Power To Allot Symbols Challenged Before Allahabad High Court: EC Directed To Respond Within 6 Weeks

While entertaining a Public Interest Litigation, wherein the power of Election Commission to allot Election Symbol has been challenged, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday (05th January) directed the Election Commission to file a counter to the petition within a period of six weeks. The Bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Ramesh Sinha was hearing a plea challenging...

Special CBI Courts Convicts Oil Mafia Leader Manoj Goyal & Aide For Cheating & Criminal Conspiracy In 13 Yrs Old Case

A Special CBI Court in Ghaziabad on Tuesday convicted infamous oil mafia Manoj Goyal and his associate Karan Veer Singh, in a 13-years old case for unauthorizedly selling adulterated petrol to public, including government departments. The duo has been convicted under Sections 420 (Cheating) and 120B (Criminal Conspiracy) of the IPC and under Section 7 of Essential Commodities...

MP Court Denies Bail To Comedian Munawar Faruqui Arrested For Allegedly Hurting Hindu Religious Sentiments

A court here in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday rejected bail to stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui and another accused who were arrested last week on the complaint of a BJP MLA's son that "indecent" remarks were made against Hindu deities during a show held in Indore in Madhya Pradesh.After hearing arguments of both the sides, Additional District and Sessions court judge Yatindra Kumar Guru...

Breaking: One Year LL.M. Course To Be Abolished In India, New Admission Test To Be Introduced

The new Bar Council of India Legal Education (Post Graduate, Doctoral, Executive, Vocational, Clinical and other Continuing Education) Rules, 2020, seeks to abolish One year Master Degree in Law (LL.M.) in India.A Master Degree Program in Law of one year duration introduced in India in 2013(as per notification) by the University Grants Commission shall remain operative and valid until...

Virtual Court System Unsatisfactory In Supreme Court; No Such Problems In Delhi High Court Next Door : Supreme Court

"Very difficult to continue with proceedings in the virtual courts in an appropriate manner", stated the Supreme Court on Tuesday and directed the Secretary General to look into the issue of dissatisfactory working of the virtual hearings at the Apex Court. A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy, while presiding over a matter, noted...

"She Chose Female Gender As Her Self-Perceived Gender Identity": Bombay HC Allows Transgender To Contest Polls As Woman Candidate

Noting that Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 permits a transgender person to have a right to be recognized and such transgender is permitted to have a right to self-perceived gender identity, the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) on Saturday (02nd January) allowed a transgender to contest village panchayat polls as a Woman candidate. The Bench of Justice...