Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Elevation Of 8 Judicial Officers As Calcutta High Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 4thFebruary, 2021 has approved the proposal for elevation of the following Judicial Officers as Judges of the Calcutta High Court:1.Ms. Kesang Doma Bhutia,2.Shri Rabindranath Samanta,3.Shri Sugato Majumdar,4.Ms. Ananya Bandyopadhyay,5.Smt. Rai Chattopadhyay,6.Shri Bivas Pattanayak,7.Shri Subhendu Samanta, and 8.Shri Ananda...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Aditya Sondhi, Rajendra Badamikar, Khazi Jayabunnisa Mohiuddin As Karnataka High Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Senior Advocate Aditya Sondhi and judicial officers Rajendra Badamikar and Khazi Jayabunnisa Mohiuddin as Karnataka High Court Judges. Read collegium...

Single Judge Bench Can Take Cognizance And Decide Civil Contempt Petitions: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that a Single Judge Bench can take cognizance and decide civil contempt petition.The Division Bench comprising the Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly struck down Rule 6 of the Contempt of Courts (High Court of Kerala) Rules as ultra vires to the Constitution of India and Section 19(1) of the Contempt of Courts Act. Rule 6 provided that a...

Victim Sending Friend Request On Facebook Does Not Mean She Intended To Have Sexual Relationship: Himachal Pradesh High Court

Just because the victim sent a friend request to the accused does not give him the right and liberty to establish sexual relations with her, the Himachal Pradesh High Court observed while dismissing a bail application filed by a man accused of raping a thirteen year old child.Justice Anoop Chitkara observed that People use social media for networking, knowledge, and entertainment and not to...

Representing Case Sitting In Stationed Car In 'A Casual Manner' Amounts To Disrespecting Court Proceedings: Madras High Court

While noting that a Lawyer appeared for a virtual hearing from a stationed car and "in a casual manner", the Madras High Court on Wednesday (03rd February) expressed its displeasure at Lawyer's conduct. "The learned counsel for the petitioner, by sitting in a stationed car in a casual manner, representing the case, which is impermissible in view of the Video-Conferencing Rules notified...

Tandav Controversy:Allahabad High Court Grants Interim Protection For Amazon Content Head Aparna Purohit, Reserves Order On Her Plea For Anticipatory bail

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday (04th February) while reserving order in the Anticipatory Bail Plea filed by Amazon Prime, Original Content Head (India) Aparna Purohit, granted her protection against coercive against till pronouncement of Order. The Bench of Justice Siddharth gave this order after hearing the arguments of both the sides in the Anticipatory Bail Plea filed...

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash Kidnapping Case Against Private Secretary Of Chief Minister.

The Karnataka High Court on February 1, dismissed a petition filed by N R Santosh, personal secretary to the Chief Minister, seeking to quash a quash of kidnapping case registered against him in 2018, by one K.S. Eshwarappa, who works as advisor to the Opposition Leader. A single bench of Justice H P Sandesh while dismissing the petition filed by Santosh said "It is not a fit case...

Custody Cannot Be Extended Merely Because FSL Has Not Furnished Report; Delay In FSL Examination Affecting Right To Speedy Trial : Karnataka High Court

Taking note of the lack of adequate Forensic Science Laboratories in the state, the Karnataka High Court recently issued several directions to the state government for ensuring that FSL reports are provided on time to aid speedy disposal of cases."For a state like Karnataka, which is stated to be the front runner in Information Technology with Bangalore being the Silicon Valley of the east,...

How Many Police Stations In The State Aren't Having Toilets For Women? : Allahabad High Court Asks Uttar Pradesh Govt.

A plea has been filed before the Allahabad High Court by the students of various Law Colleges, seeking direction to the Uttar Pradesh Government to ensure the construction of ladies' toilets in the Police Stations where it is not constructed. The plea has also sought direction that the State Government such ensure that such toilets have all the necessary facilities like toiletries...

Asked WhatsApp To Review 2021 Privacy Policy': IT Ministry Informs Parliament

The Central Government has asked Whatsapp to review its updated privacy policy of 2021and to explain the rationale of the same. Delete Centre informs #RajyaSabha that it has asked #WhatsApp to review its updated privacy policy 2021 and explain the rationale of the same.#WhatsappNewPolicy @GoI_MeitY pic.twitter.com/G4b0cs0pq4— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) February 4, 2021 In response to a...

Jammu & Kashmir High Court To Resume Physical Hearings From February 8

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has decided to resume physical hearing of cases in both High Court as well as Subordinate Courts and Tribunals in the Union Territory. The Full Court of the High Court has decided that physical hearing shall resume with effect from February 8, 2021. However, with a view to ensure that there is no complacency against the spread of...

Plea Challenging The Selection Process Conducted By Lalit Kala Academy: Delhi High Court Issues Notice

Delhi High Court has on Thursday issued notice in a plea seeking quashing of the entire selection process conducted by the Ministry of of Culture for the post of Chairman of the Lalit Kala Akademi and subsequent appointment of the Chairman by the President Secretariat. A division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued the direction while hearing the plea...