Bombay High Court Asks Maharashtra Govt To Look Into Constitution Of State Board & Regulatory Authorities For Surrogacy

The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Maharashtra Government to expeditiously look into the constitution of regulatory authorities for surrogacy procedures under the new Assisted Reproductive Technology Act (ART) and Surrogacy Act. A division bench of Justices SV Gangapurwala and Shriram Modak was hearing a couple's plea seeking to complete their surrogacy procedure initiated...

AILET 2022 ANALYSIS

Finally, AILET 2022 paper happened with a lot of surprising elements! The overall paper was moderate with following paper scheme: Section A: English Language (50 questions; 50 marks). Section B: Current Affairs & General Knowledge (30 questions; 30 marks).Section C: Logical Reasoning (inclusive of CR, AR and Legal reasoning) (70 questions; 70 marks). As the pattern...

Surrogacy Regulation Act, 2021 Does Not Contemplate Retention Of Newly Born Child's Custody By Surrogate Mother For Breastfeeding: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that the Surrogacy Regulation Act, 2021 does not envisage any provision that would require the custody of a new-born child to be retained by the surrogate mother for a particular period of time, for the purpose of breastfeeding. A division bench of Justice Vipul M. Pancholi and Justice Sandeep N. Bhatt held that the court must interpret the law as it...

Application For Appointment Of Arbitrator Filed After Many Years : Jharkhand High Court Dismisses The Application

The Jharkhand High Court has ruled that if the application for appointment of Arbitrator under Section 11(6)(c) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) is itself not maintainable on the ground of inordinate delay in filing it, the issue of limitation cannot be referred to the Arbitrator for adjudication. The Single Bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad held that,...

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Beating People Who Were Raising Slogan Of 'Jai Sri Ram'

The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted conditional bail to a man accused of beating people were returning back to their house raising the slogan of 'Jai Sri Ram. The Bench of Justice Jayant Banerjee ordered the release of the accused (Irfan) on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and on his furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 50,000/ with two sureties.As per the prosecution version, at about 8.00...

Allahabad HC Judge Recuses From Hearing Plea Of Prayagraj Violence Accused Javed's Wife Against Razing Of Her House

Justice Sunita Agarwal of the Allahabad High Court on Monday recused herself from hearing a petition moved by the wife of the Prayagraj Violence (June 10) accused Javed Mohammad against the demolition of their house by the district administration and Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) on June 12.The matter was listed before the Division Bench of Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Vikram...

Alt News Co-Founder Mohommed Zubair Remanded To One Day Delhi Police Custody

Co-Founder of Alt News Mohammed Zubair has been remanded to one day police custody, after he was arrested by the Delhi Police today for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity. Reportedly, Zubair has been charged under sec. 153 and 295A of the Indian Penal Code.Soon after the arrest, Zubair was produced before a Duty Magistrate's residence in Burari late in the night. The...

Co Founder Of Alt News Mohommed Zubair Arrested By Delhi Police

Co-Founder of Alt News Mohammed Zubair has been arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity. Reportedly, Zubair has been charged under sec. 153 and 295A of the Indian Penal Code.According to a tweet by Pratik Sinha, another co founder of Alt News, it has been stated that Zubair was called by Special Cell today for investigation in a 2020...

Bombay High Court Imposes Rs. 5 Lakh Cost On Adani Port In Challenge To Disqualification In JNPA Tender

The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited's petition challenging its disqualification in the tender for upgradation of the container terminal in Navi Mumbai by the Board of Trustees of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA).A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik said the plea was "non-meritorious" and imposed costs...

Judicial Appointments Have Become Time Consuming, Dissuade Meritorious Lawyers' Consent For Elevation: Justice Vipin Sanghi Bids Farewell To Delhi HC

"The process of appointment over the years has become more time consuming and more uncertain. This has dissuaded many meritorious senior advocates and other advocates from giving their consent to be considered by the Collegium of High Court for recommending their names for judgeship," said Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi in his farewell function organized by the Delhi High Court on...

Increment Earned For Past Period Can't Be Denied Merely Because Employee Had Retired When It Became Payable: Gujarat High Court

Finding itself in agreement with other High Courts across the country, the Gujarat High Court has held that the increment earned by an employee (government servant) for the past period of service cannot be denied merely because the said employee had retired when the increment became payable.Justice Biren Vaishnav concurred with the Delhi High Court that when increment was earned for past...

Karnataka High Court Acquits Woman Accused Of Murdering Her Two Months Old Child By Throwing In River

The Karnataka High Court recently set aside the conviction and sentence of life imprisonment imposed on a woman for allegedly causing the death of her two months old girl-child, who was suffering from epilepsy and some respiratory problems, by throwing her into a river. A division bench of Justices KS Somashekar and Shivashankar Amarannavar acquitted the accused Kavitha who has been...