'Consider Provisionally Enrolling [Indian] Foreign Law Graduates' : Indira Jaising Writes To Bar Council Of India Chairperson

Highlighting the difficulties faced by foreign law graduates on account of the delay in declaring the results of qualifying exams, Senior Advocate Indira Jaising has requested the Bar Council of India Chairperson to consider giving them provisional enrolment, subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the BCI."I have received many distress calls, from graduates who have been...

Kerala High Court Issues Directions On How Family Courts Are To Adjudicate Cases Involving Extra Judicial Modes Of Divorce At The Instance Of Wife Under Muslim Law

While upholding the validity of the extra judicial modes of divorce for women, the Kerala High Court recently issued directions to Family Courts on the course to follow while adjudicating cases that involved these methods. Pointing out that the there is no difficulty for the Family Court to endorse an extra-judicial divorce to declare the matrimonial status of a person a bench of Justices...

Krishna Janambhoomi Case: ASI Examination Of Agra Jama Masjid Sought For Idols From Mathura Temple

An application has been filed before a court in Mathura(UP) seeking a ground radiology test by the Archaeological Survey of India(ASI) at the Jahanara mosque at Agra(popularly known as Jama Masjid Agra) to ascertain if the idols of Lord Krishna are buried beneath it.The application is filed based on an assertion that Mughal emperor Aurangazeb, after razing down the Mathura Janmasthan temple,...

Externment Order Is A Serious Inroad On Citizen's Liberty, Innate Declaration Of Externing Man As Goonda Irreversibly Ruinous To His Reputation: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that an externment order is a "serious inroad on citizen's liberty" and that the innate declaration that a person is a "goonda" is "irreversibly ruinous of his reputation."The observation came from a single judge bench comprising of Justice JJ Munir while setting aside orders made by the District Magistrate externing the petitioner under sec. 3(3) of...

Kerala High Court Directs State Government To Ensure Packaged Drinking Water, Ice Bars Meet Standards Prescribed Under Law

Among other reliefs, the petitioner sought a ban on ‘unhealthy juice’ kulukki sarbath.

"Can't Consider Delhi HC's Order As A Precedent":Bombay High Court Refuses To Allow Ramadan Prayers In Juma Masjid Mosque

A vacation bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to allow the Juma Masjid mosque in Mumbai to open up for prayers during the holy month of Ramadan, in view of the ongoing critical covid situation in the State. The division of Justices RD Dhanuka and VG Bisht dismissed a petition filed by the Juma Masjid of Bombay Trust, seeking directions for merely 50 people to pray...

Dr. N Narayanan Nair, Founder And Director Of Kerala Law Academy Passes Away

Dr. Narayanan Nair, founder And Director of Kerala Law Academy, passed away on Wednesday.Known for establishing the Kerala Law Academy at Thiruvanathapuram, he was its Principal from 1969 to 1988, serving as its Director since then.Notably, Dr Nair played a key role in the establishment of the National University of Advanced Legal Studies at Kochi. Working at the University as...

Calcutta HC Sets Aside Single Judge's Order Reviving Criminal Proceedings Against Anisur Rehman, Remands Back Matter

The Calcutta High Court has set aside an order of a Single Judge reviving criminal proceedings against erstwhile West Bengal BJP leader Anisur Rehman without granting him an opportunity of being heard and remanded the matter back for being considered afresh.Rehman was arrested in the October 2019 murder of Trinamool Congress functionary Kurban Shah. Rehman had defected to the BJP from the...

CBSE Class 10 Exams Cancelled, Class 12 Exams Postponed

The CBSE Class 10 Board Exams, slated to start from May 4, have been cancelled, and Class 12 Exams have been postponed, in view of the COVID-19 second wave.Results of Class 10th will be prepared on the basis of an objective criterion to be developed by the Board. "Any candidate who is not satisfied with the marks allocated to him/her on this basis will be given an opportunity to sit in an exam...

Is Clearance Of National Wildlife Board Standing Committee Required For Mining Projects Within 10 KM Of National Parks? Kerala HC Refers Matter To Division Bench

The Kerala High Court last week referred the question of whether the clearance of a Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (Standing Committee) for mining projects within 10 kilometres from the National Parks was necessary for the purpose of obtaining an environmental clearance. Justice PB Suresh Kumar issued the reference order opining that a prior decision of the...

Trial Judge Refers To Sanskrit Shloka, Jagjit Singh Ghazal While Awarding Sentence; Patna HC Says Judge Needs Training

Observing that a Trial Court Judge referred to Sanskrit shloka and ghazals of Late Jagjit Singh while awarding sentence to a man convicted under the POCSO Act, the Patna High Court observed that the trial judge "needs special training at the Judicial Academy."The High Court set aside the sentence observing that the evidence brought out in the trial did not disclose the commission of...

Section 144 In Maharashtra : Advocates Offices Allowed To Open With 50% Capacity If Courts Are Working

The Maharashtra Government has listed advocates offices as an "exempted category" in the order issued under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure yesterday to impose state-wide restrictions on public movement in the wake of COVID-19 surge.Advocates offices are allowed to open with minimum staff, not more than 50% capacity, if the concerned courts, tribunals or Commissions of Enquiries...