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Imposing High Cash Security As Bail Condition Amounts To Virtual Denial Of Bail : Karnataka HC [Read Order]2019-01-20T21:30:13+05:30

Insistence on high cash security as condition for bail would amount to discrimination and denial of bail itself, observed the High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench.'Insistence of heavy cash security...

Non Payment Of Salary For Work Done By Virtue Of An Interim Order Of Court Amounts To Begar: SC [Read Order]2019-01-20T21:30:04+05:30

The Supreme Court observed that non-payment of salary for work done by the employees who served by virtue of an interim order of a Court would tantamount to taking begar from them. 'Begar' means...

EWS Quota Effective For Direct Recruitment Vacancies In Central Service Notified After Feb 01 [Read OM]2019-01-20T20:15:17+05:30

Time For Oral Arguments Limited By Delhi High Court For Final Hearing In Commercial Suit [Read Order]2019-01-19T21:41:19+05:30

Need A Trained Dedicated Team To Probe Dabholkar-Pansare Murders: Bombay HC Tells CBI, SIT2019-01-19T21:30:13+05:30

Bombay HC Imposes 25 Lakhs Costs For Preventing Court Inspection & Threatening Court Receiver With False Molestation Case [Read Order]2019-01-19T17:44:49+05:30

The Bombay High Court recently imposed costs of Rs. 25 lakhs on a couple, after they prevented a Court-appointed Receiver from inspecting and seizing copyright infringing goods from their...

Law Can't Come To Rescue Of Such Person: MP HC Confirms Death Penalty To Youth Accused Of Minor's Rape & Murder [Read Judgment]2019-01-19T16:43:39+05:30

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday confirmed death sentence awarded to a youth accused of rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl.The Sessions Court had convicted Rabbu alias Sarvesh under...

'Adoption Regulations Discriminatory For Not Recognising Christian Personal Law', Plea In Jharkhand HC Challenges Section 56(3) JJ Act [Read Petition]2019-01-19T11:00:21+05:30

A couple, who claims to have adopted a child as per Christian personal law, has approached the Jharkhand High Court challenging Section 56(3) of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 and certain provisions...

8 Yrs And On: Dumping Along River Kali Costs 22 Lives, 200 Ailing; NGT Calls For Ground Report [Read Order]2019-01-18T22:43:02+05:30

Eight years of unmindful, unscientific and unlawful garbage dumping on highly productive land along river Kali in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district is said to have claimed 22 human lives and made the...

Delhi HC Stays JNU's Academic And Executive Council Decisions On Marking Of Faculty Attendance2019-01-18T20:50:48+05:30

The Delhi High Court Friday put on hold decisions of JNU's academic and executive councils to make attendance mandatory for the faculty, and said action against unauthorised absence be taken as...

Economic Reservation : DMK Member Challenges Constitution Amendment In Madras HC [Read Petition]2019-01-18T18:45:55+05:30

The Constitution(103rd) Amendment Act providing for quota up to 10% for persons belonging to economically weaker sections has been challenged in the Madras High Court.The petition filed today by R S...

SC Collegium Recommends Elevation Of DJ P.V. Ganediwala As Bombay HC Judge2019-01-18T18:12:47+05:30

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the elevation of Judicial Officer P.V. Ganediwala as a judge of the Bombay High Court. Judicial Officer S.B. Agrawal's name was, however, remitted to...

Appointments To Calcutta HC : SC Collegium Reiterates Advocate's Name; Recommends One Judicial Officer [Read Resolution]2019-01-18T18:03:13+05:30

The Supreme Court Collegium has reiterated its recommendation to elevate Advocate Sandipan Ganguly as a judge of Calcutta High Court.It further recommended elevation of Judicial Officer Manojit...

Centre Sends Back File Despite Reiteration; SC Collegium Recalls Lawyer's Name Recommended For Allahabad HC2019-01-18T17:35:19+05:30

The Supreme Court Collegium has recalled the proposal to elevate Advocate Amit Negi as an Allahabad High Court judge, after the Central government sent back the proposal despite the Collegium's...

J&K HC Judges' Appointment : One Proposal Recalled, One Deferred and One Sent Back By SC Collegium [Read Resolution]2019-01-18T17:33:37+05:30

Out of the three proposals for appointment as judges to Jammu and Kashmir High Court, the Supreme Court collegium has recalled one of them, deferred consideration of another and sent back the...

SC Collegium Sends Back All 7 Names Recommended By Punjab & Haryana HC For Elevation [Read Resolution]2019-01-18T17:30:14+05:30

The Supreme Court collegium has sent back all 7 names recommended by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on November 24, 2017 for elevation as judges.The HC collegium had recommended the names of...

SC Collegium Resolutions For Elevation To Delhi HC: Names Of 2 Advocates Rejected, 2 Deferred2019-01-18T17:19:27+05:30

The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday considered the candidature of four Advocates for elevation to the Delhi High Court. As per the resolution, names of two Advocates—Krishnendu Datta and...

CCI Dismisses Allegations Of Competition Law Violation By Horse Racing Club2019-01-18T16:00:11+05:30

Finding the allegations of anti-competitive practises by Royal Western Indian Turf Club(RWITC) to be lacking in merits, the Competition Commission of India has closed a complaint, dropping further...

RTI Can't Be Invoked When Information Can Be Accessed Through Another Statutory Mechanism: Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]2019-01-18T15:30:29+05:30

The Karnataka High Court recently held that, the provisions of the Right To Information Act cannot be resorted to, when any information can be accessed through the mechanism provided under another...

No Recommendation In Justice Shetty Commission To Grant Advance Increments To District Judges Possessing PG Degree: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]2019-01-18T11:01:23+05:30

The Kerala High Court has dismissed a plea of its former judge, holding that recommendation in Justice Shetty Commission Report to grant advance increments to candidates having Post Graduation in...