Technological Transformation Of Kerala High Court: Think Tank DAKSH To Launch Case Study On October 19

Bengaluru-based think tank and research institution DAKSH is set to launch its seminal case study on 'Technological Transformation of Kerala High Court' on October 19, 2023, at the High Court Auditorium. The study shall shed light on how the Kerala High Court embraced technology to modernize its justice delivery platform and keep abreast with the changing times.The Panelists for the event...

AFT Chandigarh Bar Association Objects To Attorney General's 'Racket On Disability Pension Cases' Comment

The Armed Forces Tribunal Chandigarh Bench Bar Association has taken objection to the remark made by the Attorney General for India before the Supreme Court that there was a racket running on disability pension cases. Attorney General R Venkataramani made the statement last Friday while defending the transfer of a judicial member of the AFT Chandigarh bench to another bench.In a press...

Kerala High Court Introduces Measures To Strengthen Security Within Its Premises

The Kerala High Court has imposed certain measures to strengthen the security arrangements within its premises in light of a few recent incidents of security breaches. Advocates, not in their robes, are required to show their ID Cards at the entry points for identification, while verification of persons donning the Advocates' robes shall be done only in suspicious circumstances.Advocate...

Married Individuals Entering Live-In Relationship Can't Be Denied Protection, Right To Life Sacrosanct: Punjab & Haryana HC Issues Guidelines To Police

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that married individuals entering into live-in relationship cannot be denied protection, irrespective of the Police's view about morality of such relationships.Justice Arun Monga observed that right to human life is to be treated on highest pedestal and cannot be taken away, except in accordance with law, irrespective of the nature of...

Case Arrears, Infrastructure Problems, Gender Disparity : Crisis Looms Over Bihar Judiciary

While laying down the foundation stone of the Patna High Court building on 1st December 1913, the then Viceroy and Governor General of India Lord Hardinge of Penshurst said, “I now proceed to lay this stone in full confidence upon the people of this province. I feel assured that within its walls in future days justice will be administered with courage and impartiality to the terror...

POCSO Act | State Must Provide 'Support' Persons' For Child Victims; It Can't Be Left To Parents' Discretion: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has underlined that the State has the obligation to provide 'support persons' as per the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2023 to child victims of sexual offences and that the appointment of support persons cannot be made optional. The need for support persons should not be left to the discretion of the parents of the child victims, the Court...

NDPS Act | If Samples Are Drawn Violating Section 52A, Trial Stands Vitiated : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday (13.10.2023), set aside the order of the High Court that had sentenced a man to 10 years' imprisonment for being found in possession of commercial quantities of heroin. The Apex Court set aside the order on the ground that the NCB authorities failed to show that the seized contraband were drawn in the presence of a Magistrate and that the inventory of the ...

Transfer Certificate Cannot Be Withheld Merely Citing Arrears Of School Fees: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has declared that Transfer Certificate (TC) of a child cannot be withheld by a School merely because fees are due to the School."Imparting education is the primary duty of the State. The Transfer Certificate of a child cannot be withheld by a School because the fees are due to the School. Every child has a fundamental right to get an education," Justice Basant...

Article 226 | High Court Ought To Relegate Parties To Alternate Remedies When There Are Serious Factual Disputes: Supreme Court

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court, in its judgment dated October 13, 2023, opined that one of compelling reasons for relegating the writ petitioner to an alternative remedy may arise where there is a serious dispute between the parties on a question of fact and materials/evidence(s) available on record are insufficient/inconclusive to enable the Court to come to a definite...

De-sealing Of Properties In Delhi: Supreme Court Forms Committee Of Retired Judges To Hear Challenge To Monitoring Committee Orders

the the The Supreme Court has constituted a Judicial Committee with two retired judges to deal with the challenges to the orders passed by the Monitoring Committee in relation to sealing/desealing of properties in Delhi.The members of the Committee are : 1) Justice Pradeep Nandrajog, retired Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and 2) Justice G.S. Sistani, retired Judge of the Delhi...

Supreme Court Adjourns Congress Leader Pawan Khera's Plea for Quashing of Criminal Proceedings over Alleged 'Gautam Das' Remark against PM Modi

The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned to Monday, October 16, the hearing of a plea by Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera for quashing of criminal proceedings against him over an alleged remark about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Prashant Kumar Mishra was hearing a special leave petition against an order of the Allahabad High Court refusing to quash the...

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Transfer Of AFT Chandigarh Bench Judge, Agrees To Examine Plea To Remove Tribunal From Defence Ministry's Control

The Supreme Court today (13.10.2023) sought the response of the Union of India on a plea seeking to divest the control of the Armed Forces Tribunal from the Ministry of Defence. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra was hearing a plea filed by the Armed Forces Tribunal Chandigarh Bar Association (AFTCBA) alleging that Justice Dharam...