'Case Proceeded At A Snail's Pace': Orissa High Court Acquits Man Of Corruption Charges After 31 Years

The Orissa High Court on Monday allowed a 31 years old criminal appeal and acquitted a man accused of corruption. "It is said that slow and steady wins the race, but when the world is changing very fast, if one does not take pace then the fast would beat the slow. This case is a glaring example to show as to how the true import of the legal maxim 'justice delayed is justice denied'...

SC/ST Reservations Can't Be Taken Away By Invoking Technicalities Forgetting The Hardships faced By Them In Accomplishing Literacy And Awareness: Delhi High Court

"The very fact that members of the STs have been granted certain reservations/relaxations, not only legislatively but also constitutionally, shows the need therefor. The said need has to be fulfilled, not only by providing reservations/relaxations but also by providing relaxations in implementing the said reservations and benefits conferred on the STs. The reasons and objective of...

Committee Constituted On Rajasthan High Court's Direction Recommends Increase In Wages Being Paid To Prisoners

The State of Rajasthan has informed the Rajasthan High Court that the Committee constituted on HC's direction has made recommendations for increase of wages of the prisoners keeping in view the observations made by the Court. The Additional Advocate General submitted before the Bench of Justice Rameshwar Vyas and Justice Sangeet Lodha that pursuant to the directions issued by the...

Allegation On Reliance Jio Telecom Infrastructure Damage Amid farmers Protest- Punjab And Haryana High Court Issues Notice To State And Centre

A Single Judge Bench comprising of Justice Sudhir Mittal of the Punjab & Haryana High Court on Tuesday issued notice of motion in a plea filed by Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd., seeking urgent intervention of State Government as well as the Centre in order to stop the illegal acts of "vandalism by miscreants" as alleged by the petitioner company....

Bollywood v Times Now : Navika Kumar, Rahul Shivshankar Seek Rejection Of Filmmakers' Suit; Delhi HC Issues Notice

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a rejection of plaint application filed by Bennett Coleman & Co. and journalists Rahul Shivshankar and Navika Kumar, against a suit by The Film andTelevision Producers Guild of India and film production houses for alleged defamatory reporting by Republic TV and Times Now.A Single Bench of Justice J.R. Midha posted the case next on March...

Karnataka High Court Directs State To Ensure Minimum Standards In Old Age Homes

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to place on record details about number of old age homes established by it in Bengaluru urban district and also prescribe a scheme under the THE MAINTENANCE AND WELFARE OF PARENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS ACT, 2007 to ensure that minimum standards are maintained even by private old age homes operating in the city. A...

Petitioner Appears To Be Suffering From 'Litigation Dependence Syndrome': Delhi High Court States Re-Litigation Amounts To Abuse Of Court Process

The Delhi High Court recently pulled up a Petitioner for raising the same set of facts and contentions before the Court again and again, by filing different petitions. The Petitioner appears to be suffering from Litigation Dependence Syndrome, it remarked. A Division Bench of Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Justice Asha Menon was hearing an appeal filed by one HC Ram Naresh, against...

An Advocate Must Be Inquisitive Like A Detective, Tenacious Like A Farmer & Precise Like A Surgeon : CJ RS Chauhan In Farewell Speech

Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan was transferred from Telangana High Court to take charge as the CJ of Uttarakhand High Court.The Telangana High Court bid farewell to him at a full court meeting held on Monday, December 4.In his speech, he had few words about the legal profession."The advocate must be inquisitive like a detective, tenacious like a farmer, and precise like a surgeon. In...

Defamation Case Against Kangana Ranaut For Tweet Saying Farmers Protester Available On Rs 100 Hire

A criminal defamation suit has been filed against Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut over her tweet saying that a lady farmer joined farmers protests after taking money. The 73-yr-old lady farmer, Mahinder Kaur, has moved the Magistrate Court, Bhatinda, seeking initiation of criminal proceedings against Ranaut for making false imputations that she is available for hire at protesting...

Keeping Accused In Custody As Offences Alleged To Be Committed Are 'Serious' Would Amount To Inflicting Pre-Trial Punishment: Jammu & Kashmir HC

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has made it clear that an accused cannot be kept in custody merely for the reason that the offence alleged to have committed by him is of serious nature. "Allowing the petitioner to remain in custody because of the reason that the offences alleged to have been committed by him are serious in nature, would amount to inflicting pre-trial punishment upon...

Justice Pankaj Mithal Sworn In As Chief Justice Of Jammu & Kashmir High Court

Justice Pankaj Mithal on Monday took oath as the 34th Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court. He was administered the oath of office by the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at the Convention Centre, Jammu. Warrant of appointment of Justice Mithal was read by Jawad Ahmed, the Registrar General of the High Court. Proceedings of the oath ceremony were conducted by Nitishwar...

Medical Negligence- Tripura High Court Orders Govt. To Pay Rs.10 Lakhs Compensation To Mother Of Deceased Lawyer

A division bench of Tripura High Court consisting of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice SG Chattopadhyay on Monday ordered the State of Tripura to pay a compensation of Rs. 10,00,000 in a case of death of an advocate namely Bhaskar Debroy after it was found that the he died due to medical negligence of GBP hospital. BACKGROUND OF THE CASE A PIL was filed by Mr. Pulak Saha,...