Additional Solicitor General Devang Girish Vyas To Also Hold Charge Of Bombay High Court ASG

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the assignment of the charge of Additional Solicitor General of India (ASGI), Bombay High Court to Devang Girish Vyas, who was last month re-appointed as ASGI of Gujarat High Court.According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel & Training, the appointment shall be valid for a period of six months w.e.f. the date of...

Manipur Women Paraded Naked: NHRC Issues Notice To Manipur Government, DGP, Seeks Report In 4 Weeks

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognizance of complaints seeking its urgent intervention into the incident of a mob taking away five members of a tribal family from police custody in B Phainom village of Kangpokpi district in Manipur on 4 May 2023. It may be noted that a horrific video of the incident showing two women in Manipur being paraded naked and subjected to...

No Proposal For Separate High Courts For Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram Pending With Government: Law Ministry

In response to a question raised by MP P. Wilson, Ministry of Law and Justice has answered today, that there is no proposal for separate High Court, from the States of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram, pending with the Government.However, it also said that with respect to establishing a separate High Court for Nagaland, “the Chief Minister, Nagaland vide letter dated 25.06.2021 conveyed...

Ahmedabad Court Rejects Teesta Setalvad’s Discharge Application In Case For Alleged Fabrication Of Evidence In Relation To Gujarat Riots

One day after activist Teesta Setalvad’s bail plea was allowed by the Supreme Court, a city sessions court in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad dismissed her discharge application in relation to the allegation of fabrication of evidence to implicate high government functionaries in the 2002 Gujarat riots cases. Additional Principal Judge AR Patel of the City Civil and Sessions Court,...

BREAKING - Delhi Court Grants Bail To BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh In Sexual Harassment Case

A Delhi Court on Thursday granted bail to BJP MP and former Wrestling Federation of India President Brij Bhushan Singh in the sexual harassment case filed by the women wrestlers.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Harjeet Singh Jaspal of Rouse Avenue Courts also granted bail to co-accused Vinod Tomar.The court said allegations are serious, which, no doubt, is one of the...

Jammu & Kashmir HCBA Says DM Order Restricting Bar Elections Wasn't Required, Will Impede Court Functioning

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (HCBA) has issued a statement criticising Srinagar DM's order stalling bar elections in light of alleged clashes between the HCBA and a group of lawyers.The HCBA has denied the allegations that it threatened the members of a rival faction Kashmir Advocates Association (KAA) and disrupted their meeting. HCBA said it defends the right of any...

No Dominant Position: CCI Dismisses The Complaint Against DLF Gayatri Developers

The Competition Commission of India (CCI), led by Ravneet Kaur (Chairperson), Sangeeta Verma (Member), and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi (Member), closed a complaint against DLF Gayatri Developers (Developer) on the ground that the Developer does not hold a dominant position in the relevant market no violation of Section 4 of the Competition Act, 2002 (Act) exists. The complaint was...

Delhi Court Reserves Order On BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh's Bail Plea In Sexual Harassment Case

A Delhi Court on Thursday reserved its decision on the bail plea moved by BJP MP and former Wrestling Federation of India President Brij Bhushan Singh in the sexual harassment case filed by the women wrestlers.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Harjeet Singh Jaspal of Rouse Avenue Courts also reserved the order on bail plea of co-accused Vinod Tomar. APP Atul Srivastava...

MCA Approves Withdrawal Of 7,338 Prosecutions Pending In Courts Under Companies Act

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“MCA”), Government of India has issued a Press Release dated 14.07.2023, notifying that it has approved withdrawal of another 7,338 prosecutions pending before courts under Special Arrears Clearance Drive-II, in order to promote Ease of Doing Business and decriminalize compoundable offences under Companies Act, 2013. Withdrawal will lead to...

CCI Dismisses Complaint Against CGHS For Alleged Violation Of Competition Act, Citing Rejection Of Bid As Non-Abusive Action

The Competition Commission of India (CCI), headed by Chairperson Ravneet Kaur and Members Sangeeta Verma and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi closed a complaint against the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS). The complaint alleged that CGHS violated Sections 3 and 4 of the Competition Act, 2002 (Act). The CCI stated that the decision by CGHS to select one bidder and reject the bid of...

Jammu & Kashmir High Court CJ Inaugurates 40-Hrs Mediation Training Program For Advocates

The Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Justice N. Kotiswar Singh on Wednesday inaugurated a 40-hours Mandatory Mediation Training Programme for advocates in Kashmir at the J&K Judicial Academy (JKJA) in Moominabad, Srinagar.The program aims to enhance the efficiency, accessibility, and harmony of the alternate dispute resolution system in J&K.Several...

Holding Woman's Hand, Threatening Her Without Intention To Outrage Her Modesty Not Offence U/S 354 IPC: Kerala Court

A Kerala Court recently held that merely holding a woman's hand and threatening to kill her would not attract the offence of assault or criminal force to outrage a woman's modesty under Section 354 IPC. The Judicial First Class Magistrate II Aluva Santhosh T.K., observed that in order to commit the offence under Section 354 IPC, it would have to be proved that the accused used criminal force...