Plea In Supreme Court Seeks To Publish Draft Legislations Before Introducing In Legislature To Ensure Public Discussion, Feedback

The Supreme Court has been moved in a PIL to direct the Centre and states to publish Draft Legislations prominently on government websites and in the public domain, at least 60 days before introducing in the Parliament and State Assemblies.The plea by BJP leader and Supreme Court advocate Ashwini Upadhyay prays for a direction to the governments to comply with the decisions taken in the...

'Judicial Officers Not Having Experience At Bar Mostly Found To Be Incapable' : BCI To Move SC For Mandatory Practical Experience For Judicial Service

The Bar Council of India has said that it will file an application in the Supreme Court seeking modification of the order which allowed fresh law graduates to become judicial officers. It said that the BCI and the State Bar Councils are "strongly in favour" of a 3 year minimum experience at the bar for being considered eligible to sit for judicial service exam."Judicial officers not...

Bina Modi's Anti-Arbitration Injunction Suit Against Her Son Lalit Modi Maintainable : Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the anti-arbitration injunction suit filed by late industrialist KK Modi's wife Bina Modi against her son Lalit Modi is maintainable. The suit was filed seeking to restrain the arbitration proceedings initiated by Lalit Modi in Singapore over property disputes in the family. In March, a single bench of Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw had dismissed the suits filed...

Significant Judgments Of Allahabad High Court In 2020

Same-sex couples, Inter-faith marriages & Right to choose partner 1. "Right To Choose A Partner Of Choice A Fundamental Right": Allahabad High Court Says The Judgments Which Held "Conversion For The Purpose Of Marriage Only" Not Good Law A Bench of Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal specifically observed that "Right to live with a person of his/her choice...

Non-Compliance Of Section 42 Of NDPS Act Vitiates Trial: Bombay High Court

Bombay High Court, while upholding the acquittal order of the Special Judge for Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, (NDPS Act) Pandharpur, held that failure to comply with the requirements under Section 42 of the NDPS Act would affect the prosecution's case and vitiate the trial. The Learned Special Judge passed an order on May 15th, 2004 acquitting all the accused...

Writ Petition Cannot Be Entertained Ignoring Statutory Dispensation: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has observed that a writ petition should not be entertained ignoring the statutory dispensation.In this case, M/s Radha Krishan Industries had approached the High Court by filing a writ petition challenging an order passed by GST Authorities provisionally attaching the payment receivable by it from a consumer. While conceding that there is alternative...

Patna High Court Decides To Start Functioning In Physical Mode On 'Experimental Basis' For Two Weeks, SOP Issued

The Patna High Court has decided to start functioning in physical mode purely on 'Experimental basis' for 'Two weeks' i.e., from 4.1.2021 till 15.1.2021 while observing the social distancing norms. The Notice to this effect was issued by the Registrar General of the High Court by an order of the Chief Justice on Tuesday (29th December). The Notice states, "Due to...

Creation Of UHID To Be Voluntary: Centre Notifies Unique Health Identifier Rules

The Union Ministry Of Health and Family Welfare has notified Unique Health Identifier Rules, 2021.The notification states that the ministry intends to create Unique Health Identifier (UHID) for identification and authentication of beneficiaries in various health IT applications implemented by the Ministry.According to National Digital Health Mission, every patient who wishes to have their...

Litigants Facing Difficulties In Absence Of Central Administrative Tribunal Bench At Srinagar: J&K High Court

Underlining the difficulties faced by the litigants of the Kashmir region in pursuing their cases before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Jammu Bench, the Jammu & Kashmir High Court on Thursday (31st December) hoped that difficulties in the process of establishment of the Bench of the CAT at Srinagar are removed "as expeditiously as possible." The Bench of Justice Vinod...

Uttarakhand HC Notifies 'High Court Of Uttarakhand Rules, 2020'; A4 Paper & Both Side Printing Made Mandatory

Making the use of A-4 sheets with printing on both sides in all the proceedings mandatory, the Uttarakhand High Court has Notified 'High Court Of Uttarakhand Rules, 2020'on Thursday (31st December). The 'High Court Of Uttarakhand Rules, 2020' shall apply to all matters including petitions, memorandum of appeals, applications, affidavits, annexures, vakalatnama or any other...

Significant Kerala High Court Judgments Of 2020

The Kerala High Court pronounced several significant verdicts in 2020. Here is an annual round-up.Transfer Deed Can Be Declared Void U/s 23 Senior Citizens Act Only If It Expressly Contains Condition To Provide Basic Amenities/Physical Needs To Senior Citizen[Subhashini vs. District Collector]A bench comprising Justices K.Vinod Chandran, VG Arun and TR Ravi held that the condition as...

1072 Petitions For Bail, Sentence Suspension Pending In Supreme Court, RTI Reply Reveals

A reply given by the Supreme Court to an application under the Right to Information Act(RTI Act) has revealed a crucial information.1072 cases relating to bail and suspension of sentence are pending in the Supreme Court as on December 18, 2020. This includes 931 petitions seeking bail/interim-bail and 141 cases seeking suspension of sentence.This information, which is not otherwise available...