SC Rejects Plea Of Govt. Service Candidates Against Invalidation Of Results For Whitener Use, Despite Evaluation By Computer

"In this country, people who comply with rules are punished. And people who don't comply will always have arguments", remarked Justice Ravindra Bhat on MondayThe petitioners before the bench of Justices U. U. Lalit, Vineet Saran and Bhat were candidates in the Bihar Elementary Teachers Eligibility Test 2017 who had, despite clear instructions to the contrary, in fact used a whitener over...

Registered Document Is Presumed To Be Genuine; Onus To Prove Otherwise Is On Person Who Challenges It, Reiterates Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reiterated that a document is presumed to be genuine if the same is registered and the onus to prove otherwise is on the person who challenged the stated registered document.In the suit filed in the year 2001, the plaintiff's case was that the defendants sought her signatures on blank papers in the year 1990 under the guise of preparation and processing of documents for...

Chief Justice & Judge Of Kerala High Court Donate Rs 25,000 Each For Treatment Of Children With Rare Diseases

The Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court, S Manikumar, and Justice Shaji P Chaly have deposited Rs 25,000 each in the special account created by the Kerala Government for the treatment of children with rare diseases."Taking note of the steps taken by the Kerala Legal Services Authority and the need to provide sufficient funds for the continuous treatment of children affected with rare...

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Income Tax Dept In 2018 Tax Evasion Case Against Karti Chidambaram & Wife

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Income Tax Department in the 2018 tax evasion case against Congress MP Karti Chidambaram & his wife. The bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy were hearing the SLP against the May 12 judgment of the Madras High Court, dismissing the petitions filed by Chidambaram and his wife Srinidhi to quash two criminal complaints under...

"No Material To Connect Him With Al-Qaeda": Jharkhand High Court Grants Bail To Maulana, Who Was In Jail For More Than A Year Under UAPA Charges

The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday (03rd November) granted bail to one Maulana Kalimuddin Muzahiri, booked under the stringent anti-terror UAP Act, for his alleged involvement in the activities of Al-Qaeda outfit.The Bench of Justice Kailash Prasad Deo, in its order, observed,"No material has been collected with regard to the involvement of the petitioner in any activities of Al-Qaeda outfit...

Law Students Move Karnataka High Court Challenging KSLU Circular For Holding Exams

Two Law Students have approached the Karnataka High Court challenging the circular issued by Karnataka State Law University in so far as they impose an examination on the intermediate semester law students of KSLU, for the semester from which they have already been promoted. The petition is filed by Rithvik Balanagraj B. (3rd year law student at St. Joseph College of Law,...

Mumbai Court Grants Bail To Sameet Thakkar, Likely To Be Released Soon

Lodged in jail in relation to FIRs registered against him for allegedly objectionable tweets against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his cabinet colleagues, including son Aditya Thackeray, Nagpur resident and businessman Sameet Thakkar was granted bail by Magistrate Court in Bandra on Monday.The Magistrate Court, Bandra granted bail to Thakkar in a case registered at BKC...

SC Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking Ban On Persons With Criminal Antecedents From Contesting Elections; Cites Separation of Powers

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking a bar on persons with criminal antecedents from contesting elections.A bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta & Ajay Rastogi said that the issue in the instant petition was the domain of the parliament and that it was open to the petitioner to pursue any remedy available for effectuating implementing directions...

DNA Test For Paternity Most Authentic For Wife To Establish That She Had Not Been Unfaithful, Adulterous Or Disloyal: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that D.N.A. Test is the most legitimate and scientifically perfect means, which the husband could use, to establish his assertion of infidelity.The Bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal further held,"This should simultaneously be taken as the most authentic, rightful and correct means also with the wife, for her to rebut the assertions made by...

SCAORA Writes To Supreme Court Registrar Urging To Withdraw Circular Against Sharing Of Video Conferencing Links With Other Advocates

The Supreme Court Advocates-On- Record Association (SCAORA) has urged the Supreme Court Registrar to issue an SOP so as to enable oral mentioning of matters in the hearing through video conferencing. The Association has also urged the Apex Court of the country to make its proceedings more accessible by generating an additional link to enable access to the AOR/ Advocates, to view...

Continued Inaction Of State To Make Colleges Functional Is Against Principles Of Welfare State & Rule Of Law: HP High Court

"Continued inaction on part of State to make colleges functional is against principles of the welfare state and Rule of law. The public cannot be made to suffer due to lackadaisical attitude of the State", observed the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Thursday (12th November).The Bench of Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua was hearing Writ Petitions claiming inaction on...

'Janardhan Reddy Holds Considerable Influence, Can Tamper With Witnesses': CBI Opposes Bail Plea Of Mining Baron In SC

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday opposed the bail plea of mining baron accused in illegal mining case(s) Gali Janardhan Reddy.A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan & R. Subhash Reddy directed the CBI to file detailed affidavit in this regard.Senior Advocate Madhavi Divan (ASG) told top court that Janardhan should not be let out on bail and visit district Bellary in Karnataka as...