What Is Attorney-Client Privilege?

There are very few elements of the law as holy and sacred as Attorney-client privilege. Attorney-client privilege or lawyer-client privilege is the common law concept that makes all communications between a lawyer and their client confidential, and such confidentiality is protected by law. "Privileged professional communication" is the immunity accorded to the communication between...

"Media Shall Be Made Accountable For Hate Speech, Fake News, Breach of Privacy": Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Establishment Of Media Tribunal

Film Producer Nilesh Navalakha has moved the Supreme Court seeking establishment of an independent, regulatory 'Media Tribunal' to hear and expeditiously adjudicate complaints against Media-Businesses, filed by viewers/ citizens. The Petitioner has stated that the same is necessary to bring about a balance between the right to freedom of speech and expression of the Media-Businesses...

Burden To Prove 'Fair Evaluation' Can't Be Shifted On Examining Body Unless Candidate Produces Answer Script To Prove Discrepancy In Marking: Allahabad High Court

"The practice of approaching this Court directly without obtaining copies of the answer scripts or seeking directions requiring examining bodies to produce answer books cannot but be deprecated in the strongest terms, discouraged and curbed," observed the Allahabad High Court recently. The remarks were made by a single bench of Justice Yashwant Varma in a writ petition filed by...

Advocate Mehmood Pracha's Office Raid: Delhi Court Summons Investigating Officer And Direct Production Of Entire Video Footage of Search

A Delhi Court on Friday has summoned an Investigating Officer connected with cases arising out of the Delhi riots over the CAA, besides requiring him to produce the entire video footage of a search conducted by the Delhi Police at the office of an advocate appearing in the matter.The order of Duty MM Anshul Singhal, Patiala House Court came on an application moved by advocate Mehmood...

Non-Constitution Of Internal Committee Under POSH Act In Violation Of Mandate Under Indian Laws; Delhi Court Punishes Srilankan Airlines

A Delhi court recently convicted SriLankan Airlines, holding them in violation of the Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013.Dev Saroha, Metropolitan Magistrate, Patiala House Courts, Delhi, while answering the question of whether the Company had an internal committee as mandated under section 4 of the Act, functioning in Delhi division or in India...

Provide 7.5k Monthly Monetary Assistance To Woman Who Was Transfused With HIV+ Blood: Madras High Court Directs Govt.

The Madras High Court on Tuesday (22nd December) directed the Tamil Nadu Government to provide Rs 7,500/- per month as monetary assistance to a woman who was transfused with HIV-infected blood at a government hospital in December 2018. The Bench of Justice N. Kirubakaran and Justice B. Pugalendhi also directed that the woman be appointed as Junior Assistant. Background of...

Supreme Court Constitution Bench Judgments Of 2020

There were 11 Constitution Bench judgments/orders of the Supreme Court in 2020. Due to the advent of Covid-19 pandemic, many of the hearings took place through video conferencing mode. Anticipatory Bail Cannot Be Limited To A Fixed Period Except In Special And Peculiar Circumstances[Sushila Aggarwal And Others V/S State (NCT Of Delhi)]The Supreme Court held that anticipatory bail should...

Muslim Woman Converts To Hinduism & Marry Hindu Man- Uttarakhand HC Asks DM, 'Why Conversion Application Hasn't Been Processed?', Grants Protection

The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday (23rd December) directed the District Magistrate, Haridwar to inquire from the appropriate authorities and persons as to why application of petitioner no.1 (Anjali @ Afsana) for conversion has not been processed and if processed when. The Bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Ravindra Maithani gave this order in a protection plea filed...

'Fascinatingly Bizarre' : CBI Court Remarks On Harish Salve Representing Poorly-Paid Convent Cook In Abhaya Case

In the judgment in the Sister Abhaya murder case, the Special CBI Court has termed it 'fascinatingly bizarre' that one of the witnesses in the case, the poorly paid convent cook Achamma, had carried out 'highly expensive litigation' in far away New Delhi to challenge the constitutional validity of narco-analysis test.The Court described it as a "fascinatingly bizarre" fact as she did not deny...

Rs 27 Cr Penalty Imposed On NDTV Promoters Prannoy Roy & Radhika Roy For Concealment Of Information From Shareholders; Roys To Appeal

A year after the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) first barred NDTV promoters Radhika and Prannoy Roy from accessing securities markets, the regulatory body has imposed Rs. 27 crore as penalty on the the Roys and RRPR Holdings Pvt Ltd for concealing price sensitive information from NDTV shareholders.While Rs. 25 crores have been imposed jointly and severally on the three promoters...

Desist From Undertaking 'Two Finger Test',Avoid Disclosing Rape Survivors' Identity: J&K High Court Directs Trial Courts

Reminding the mandate of Section 228A of the J&K Ranbir Penal Code, the Jammu & Kashmir High Court on Thursday (24th December) directed the trial Courts of the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir, and Ladakh "to avoid disclosing identity of rape survivors in their proceedings and judgments." Further, the Bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal & Justice Sanjay...

Supreme Court Monthly Digest: November 2020

Important Judgments/ Orders: 1. Entitlement Of Homebuyer Starts From Date Of Agreement And Not RERA Registration: Supreme Court Order dated November 2, 2020 The Supreme Court held that period for allotment of flat to a homebuyer has to be reckoned from the date of the buyer agreement and not from the date of the registration of the project under the Real Estate Regulation...