"Go To Delhi, Don't Embarrass The Court This Way": Bombay High Court Refuses Urgent Hearing Of PIL To Fill Up Judicial Vacancies

The Chief Justice's bench on Monday refused urgent hearing in a PIL to fill up the high vacancy of judges at the Bombay High Court, asking the petitioner to approach the Supreme Court, and not embarass the court.The bench comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik questioned the maintainability of the PIL and directed for the matter to be listed after eight weeks, after...

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round Up: March 28 To April 3, 2022

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round Up: March 28 To April 3, 2022 CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 142 TO 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 157 NOMINAL INDEX Gopal Krishna Shankdhar @ Krishna Gopal Shankdhar v. Shri Manoj Kumar Agarwal And 2 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 142 Aparna Purohit v. State of U.P. and Another 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 143 Smt. Shalinee Dubey @ Radhika Dubey v. Abhishek Tripathi @...

[Actor Assault Case] Kerala High Court Dismisses Witness' Plea Alleging Harassment From Investigating Officer

The Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by Sagar Vincent, a witness in the 2017 actor sexual assault case alleging that investigating officer in the case Biju Paulose was threatening him.While observing that the relief sought for by the petitioner cannot be granted, Justice Anu Sivaraman clarified that the petitioner shall be summoned only after giving due notice under...

"There Can Be No Compromise With Dead Man, FIR U/S 306 IPC Can't Be Quashed On Basis Of Compromise": Punjab & Haryana High Court

Punjab and Haryana High Court on April 1, 2022, dismissed the petition seeking quashing of an FIR under Section 306 IPC on the basis of a compromise.The bench comprising Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill dismissed a petition filed by the petitioners under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the FIR registered under Section 306 for abetment of suicide. The claim was based on the ground that...

Division Bench Of Calcutta HC Recuses From Hearing Single Judge's Order For CBI Probe In SSC 'Group D' Recruitment Scam

A Division Bench comprising Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Rabindranath Samanta of the Calcutta High Court on Monday recused from hearing a batch of petitions pertaining to alleged irregularities in the appointment of 'Group-D' (non-teaching staff) in sponsored Secondary and Higher Secondary schools under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) on the purported recommendation...

Supreme Court "World Leader" In Virtual Hearings, Held Over Two Lakh Hearings Online: Law Ministry

The Ministry of Law & Justice informed in Lok Sabha that since Covid lockdown started, the District Courts heard 1,23,19,917 cases while the High Courts heard 61,02,859 cases (totalling 1.84 cr) till 28.02.2022 using Video-Conferencing. It was added that the Supreme Court held 2,18,891 hearings till 14.03.2022 since the beginning of the lockdown period making it the "world leader"...

SC Collegium Proposed Names Of 39 Women For Appointment As High Court Judges Since Last Year, 27 Recommendations Approved So Far: Law Ministry

The Ministry of Law and Justice has informed the Lok Sabha that from January 1, 2021 till March 30, 2022, the Supreme Court Collegium has recommended 39 women for appointment as High Court Judges, out of which 27 women were appointed and remaining 12 cases are under various stages of processing. The said information was provided by Law Minister Kiren Rijiju in response to the...

Articles On Justice Arun Mishra's Judgments : Gujarat HC Dismisses Appeal By News Click Against Interim Injunction In ₹100 Crore Defamation Suit By Adani Group

The Gujarat High Court has refused to interfere with the ex-parte ad-interim injunction passed by the trial court against Newsclick.in (Appellant/ Defendant), restraining it from publishing and circulating any defamatory article concerning the Adani Group and Adani Power Rajasthan Limited (Respondent/ Plaintiff).The Bench comprising Justice AP Thaker remarked: "…it is true that the...

Marital Rape As Offence- Based On Feedback From Stakeholders, Appropriate Decision Would Be Taken At Appropriate Time: Centre Tells Lok Sabha

The Ministry of Women and Child Development, while answering the question regarding the inclusion of marital rape as an offence under the Indian Penal Code, informed Lok Sabha that appropriate decision would be taken by the Government at appropriate time, based on the feedback received from stakeholders. It was stated by Ministry of Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani that...

Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: March 2022 [Citations 156 To 265]

CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 156 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 265NOMINAL INDEXSHRI MUKESH KUMAR v. SMT KAMLESH DEVI & ANR. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 156Raj Singh Gehlot v. Directorate of Enforcement 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 157Gautam Thapar v. Enforcement Directorate 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 158Abhigyan Singh v Union of India 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 159Komal Rastogi v. Directorate General Central Reserve Police Force...

[New Benches Of High Courts] No Complete Proposal Pending With Government For Setting Up Bench(es) In Any High Court: Law Ministry

The Minister of Law and Justice informed the Lok Sabha that no complete proposal is presently pending with the Government for setting up of new Bench(es) in any High Court. The Law Minister Kiren Rijiju responded that High Court Benches are established in accordance with the recommendations made by the Jaswant Singh Commission and Apex Court judgment in Federation of Bar Associations...

Investigating Officer Is A Material Witness In Trial Relating To Offence Under Prevention Of Corruption Act: JKL High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently observed that in a trial relating to offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act, an Investigating Officer is a material witness.The Bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar observed thus while hearing a plea moved by the Union Territory Of J&K challenging an order of the Special Judge Anti-corruption, Anantnag passed in a trial under the...