Kerala Bar Council Seeks Response From Advocate Mathew Kuzhalnadan For Allegedly Running Business In Violation Of BCI Rules

The Bar Council of Kerala has sought an explanation from Advocate Mathew A. Kuzhalnadan in the complaint alleging violation of the Bar Council of India Rules for running a business while carrying on his professional practice. The complaint filed by the Secretary of All India Lawyers Union, Advocate Sajeev C.K., alleges that Kuzhalnadan has been running a resort, namely, 'Captain's Bungalow'...

ASG Aishwarya Bhati Appointed As Member Of Commonwealth Military Justice Body, 2nd Indian To Join The Group

ASG Aishwarya Bhati has been appointed as a member of the Commonwealth Global Consultation Body, becoming the second Indian to join the group. Earlier this year, Punjab & Haryana High Court lawyer Major Navdeep Singh was appointed as a member of the Five-Member Advisory Committee on Military Justice of the Commonwealth Secretariat.The Commonwealth Secretariat is engaged in a project to...

Kheda Flogging: Court Report Says Videos From Incident Are Of Poor Quality, Identifies 4 Of 14 Accused Policemen

Videos from the incident involving public flogging of Muslim men in Gujarat's Kheda last year are of poor quality and hamper identification of the accused, a Magistrate Court has reported.Nadiad CJM Chitra Ratnoo's report to the Gujarat High Court however identifies 4 of the 14 policemen accused in the incident. This includes Local Crime Branch Inspector, Sub-Inspector, Head Constable and...

Delhi Court Restrains Times Now Navbharat From Telecasting ‘Operation Paap’ News Against AAP MLA Naresh Balyan

A Delhi Court has restrained Times Now Navbharat news channel from telecasting a news under the heading “Operation Paap” against Aam Aadmi Party MLA Naresh Balyan. ASCJ Ajay Kumar Malik of Dwarka Courts has passed the order in a defamation suit filed by the AAP leader.The news claimed that Balyan and a gangster were talking about extorting two businessmen in an audio clip released by...

'Bank Liable If Customer Suffers Loss Due To Unauthorized Transactions': Kerala Consumer Forum Orders Compensation

The Ernakulam Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission recently directed the State Bank of India (SBI) to return an amount of Rs. 85,000/- to a customer from whose account certain money was fraudulently withdrawn. The Bench comprising the President D.B. Binu and the two Members V. Ramachandran and Sreevidhia T.N. observed that banks owe a duty of care to protect the interests of its customers....

Taloja Prison Inmates To Get Clean Drinking Water After Bombay High Court's Intervention

Maharashtra Government on Friday informed the Bombay Hight Court that 20 water tanks of 5,000 litres capacity each have been installed in Taloja Central Prison and installation of 5 RO water purifier plants for drinking water will commence on September 1, 2023. A division bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Gauri Godse thus disposed of a petition filed by an inmate seeking...

Additional District Judge Can Hear Divorce Plea Under Section 27 Of Special Marriage Act: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently held that an Additional District Judge has the jurisdiction to hear and dispose of divorce petitions filed under Section 27 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954.Justice R. Raghunandan Rao added that Section 11(2) of the A.P Civil Courts Act empowers the District Judge to transfer cases to the Additional District Judge, thus strengthening the above...

Employee’s Transfer Based On Organisation’s Policy Does Not Amount To Criminal Intimidation/ Conspiracy Under IPC: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday quashed criminal proceedings initiated against the Human Resources Manager of IDBI Bank (“petitioner”), by an employee/opposite party No 2, against whom a female co-worker had earlier filed a complaint for sexual harassment at the workplace. In holding that the petitioner could not be considered guilty of the offences of criminal intimidation or...

Best Marks Obtained To Be Considered When Students Appears For Supplementary Exams In Both 11th &12th Grades: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently laid down that when a student appears for both regular as well as supplementary examinations for 11th and 12th grades, the best marks obtained by the student in both the examinations ought to be considered. The Single Judge Bench of Justice Basant Balaji relied upon the Apex Court decision in Sukriti & Ors. v. Central Board of Secondary Education &...

Delhi HC Orders RSS Weekly ‘Organizer’ To Remove Article Alleging Sexual Exploitation Of Nuns, Hindu Women By Principal Of Christian School

The Delhi High Court has directed RSS weekly magazine “Organizer” and another website “The Commune” to remove an article alleging that the Principal of a reputed Christian school in the national capital sexually exploited nuns and Hindu women.Justice Jyoti Singh passed an ex parte ad-interim injunction in favour of the Principal in his suit against the two publications which published...

Delhi Riots: Court Pulls Up Delhi Police For Filing 'Predetermined' Chargesheets, Suspects Manipulation Of Evidence; Discharges 3

While discharging three men in a case relating to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots, a Delhi Court said it is suspicious that the investigating officer of the Delhi Police “manipulated evidence” and filed chargesheets in a “predetermined and mechanical manner”.“It is worth to mention here that this order of discharge is being passed on account of realizing that the reported incidents...

Nuh Violence: Haryana Court Sends Cow Vigilante Bittu Bajrangi To 14-Day Judicial Custody

Cow vigilante/Bajrang Dal leader Raj Kumar (alias Bittu Bajrangi), an accused in the recent Nuh communal clashes, was sent to 14-day Judicial custody today by a Court in Haryana’s Nuh District.The order was passed two days after he was arrested by state police in connection with the communal clashes that occurred during a religious yatra in the district on July 31. The period of his...