Navjot Singh Sidhu Is Obstructing Functioning Of The Office Of The Advocate General: Punjab AG APS Deol

The Advocate General for the state of Punjab, APS Deol today issued a press statement saying that Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu is obstructing the functioning of the office of the Advocate General.In the press statement, Sidhu has been accused of trying to derail the 'earnest efforts' of the State Government to ensure justice in the "Drugs matter" and the "Sacrilege Cases". AG Deol has...

Extortion Case: Mumbai Court Extends Sachin Waze's Police Custody Till Nov 13

A holiday court at Mumbai, extended dismissed policeman Sachin Waze's remand in Mumbai police's custody till November 13, in connection with an extortion case against him, former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh and others. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate AA Ghaniwale extended his remand after Waze's counsel Rounak Naik did not oppose the prayer for further custody. Naik...

Police Officers Not Empowered To Seize Vehicles On Ground That Driver Was Intoxicated: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has observed that the police officers have no power to detain or seize vehicles on the ground that the person driving was found in an intoxicated condition. Justice K Lakshman was dealing with a bunch of pleas concerning the power of Police Officers to seize the vehicle from its driver or rider, who remains in an intoxicated condition.Interpreting various...

Bombay HC Berates State Over Its Probe Failure To Secure Man's Presence Despite Wife's 13-Yr Long Fight, Orders 50K Compensation

Dealing with a Habeas corpus plea filed by a woman seeking the presence of her husband for the last 13 years, the Bombay High Court recently granted 50,000/- compensation to her noting that the state machinery had failed to trace her husband.The Bench of Justice V. K. Jadhav and Justice Shrikant D. Kulkarni noted that it was very saddening that despite pursuing the litigation for the last...

Karnataka High Court Issues New SOP ; Cases To Be Heard In Hybrid Mode From November 8

The Karnataka High Court has issued a new standard operating procedure (SOP) which will be effective from Monday (November 8), wherein the hearing of all the cases will be by hybrid mode of both physical and online in both sessions. However, the members of the Bar are requested to prefer online mode. As per the SOP, "Every person entering the court premises including...

Telangana High Court Confers Senior Designation On 9 Advocates

The Full Court of the Telangana High Court has designated 9 Advocates as Senior. They are:Abdul Muqeeth QureshiNageswara Rao PNarayana Reddy BPrabhakar JPrabhakara Chandra Mouli MPratap Narayan SanghiRamachandra Rao JRavinder Reddy AyyadapuVenu Gopal E.V The designation has been conferred in exercise of the powers under Section 16 (2) of Advocates Act, 1961 read with Guideline Nos.5 (viii)...

Judiciary Has No Power Of The Purse Or Sword, Survives Only By Public Confidence : Kerala High Court

While dismissing a couple of petitions alleging judicial misconduct, the Kerala High Court recently pondered over the significance of judicial independence in a democratic set-up. Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar was adjudicating upon pleas that sought directions to the Chief Justice of India and Chief Justice of Kerala High Court respectively to institute an In-House Committee to probe into...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Seeks State's Response In PIL For Effective Implementation Of Motor Vehicle Laws

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has sought response of the State Government in a public interest litigation seeking effective implementation of the Motor Vehicle laws in the State. Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Pranay Verma issued notice on the plea filed by a law student, Hrishikesh Jaiswal and directed the respondent authorities to file reply within six weeks. The plea raises three questions...

'Date Of Repudiation Of Claim The Cordial Knot To Determine Limitation, Mere Requests For Reconsideration Won't Grant A Fresh Lease Of Limitation': Madras High Court

Once a claim has been expressly rejected by the opposite party, further requests to reconsider the same by the other party will not stop the running of limitation, the Madras High Court has held while passing a summary judgement dismissing the money suit filed by Shriram EPC Ltd. While dismissing the suit on Tuesday, a single-judge Bench of Justice G. Jayachandran underlined that,...

State To Make Corrections In Website To Enable Uploading Of Sale Deeds Without Insisting On 11E Sketch: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to make necessary changes/ corrections in the website https://kaverionline.karnataka.gov.in to enable uploading of registered sale deeds by the registering authorities even in the absence of '11E' sketch (Survey Sketch of land issued by the Survey Department) without insisting for production of the same. A single judge bench...

"Husband Viewed Wife As Cash Cow On Getting Job With Delhi Police": Delhi HC Dissolves Marriage On Ground Of Cruelty

The Delhi High Court has dissolved marriage between a couple by decree of divorce on the ground of cruelty observing that the husband had viewed his wife as a cash cow on getting a job with Delhi Police without any emotional ties.Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh was dealing with an appeal filed by a wife challenging the Family Court order after observing neither of the grounds...

Prathiba M. Singh Cambridge LL.M. Scholarship 2021- Award Ceremony: Register Now [November 8]

Two students, Ashirbad Nayak of NLU Odisha and Nikhil Purohit of NLSIU Bangalore, have been selected this year for the Prathiba M. Singh Cambridge LL.M. Scholarship 2021. A virtual award ceremony is being organised via Zoom to honour these students on Monday, November 8, at 8.30 pm (IST). The scholarship, instituted in 2013, was the first endeavour under the "Sardar Manmohan Singh Charitable Trust" that was set up to support meritorious students who wanted to pursue higher education....