Centre Notifies Transfer Of 3 High Court Judges

The Central Government today notified the transfer of 3 High Court judges as recommended by the Supreme Court collegium.They are : Justice D. Ramesh [Andhra Pradesh High Court to Allahabad High Court]Justice Lalitha Kanneganti [Telangana High Court To Karnataka High Court]Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi [Gujarat High Court to Patna High Court]Click Here To Read/Download...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer Of Justice Manoj Bajaj To Allahabad High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, has recommended the transfer of Justice Manoj Bajaj from the Punjab & Haryana High Court to the Allahabad High Court.“On 05 July 2023, the Collegium proposed transfer of Mr. Justice Manoj Bajaj, Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court, to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad for better administration...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer Of Justice Gaurang Kanth To Calcutta High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday recommended the transfer of Delhi High Court judge Justice Gaurang Kanth to Calcutta High Court.Reiterating its recommendation dated July 05 to transfer the judge to Calcutta High Court, the Collegium has rejected Justice Kanth’s request to transfer him to Madhya Pradesh High Court or Rajasthan High Court or any other neighbouring State. The...

Empowering Women In Sports: Justice Hima Kohli Calls For Legal Reforms And Equal Opportunities

Supreme Court Judge Justice Hima Kohli recently advocated for legal reforms and equal opportunities to empower women in sports and address the persistent challenges they face. Justice Kohli made these remarks while delivering the inaugural address at the National Seminar on Women Empowerment through Sports: Issues and Challenges, hosted by her alma mater Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi...

Professor TJ Joseph Hand Chopping Case: NIA Court Finds 6 Guilty; Acquits 5 In Second Phase Of Trial

The National Investigation Agency Court, Kochi, on Wednesday found 6 of the 11 accused persons guilty in the sensational Professor T.J. Joseph hand-chopping case of 2010. Judge Anil Bhaskar pronounced the verdict in the second phase of the trial today.The matter arose when a question in an exam set by Professor Joseph, the former Head of the Malayalam Department of Newman College,...

Pets Fulfil Emotional Deficit Due To Broken Relationships: Mumbai Court Awards Maintenance For Woman’s Rottweiler Dogs In Domestic Violence Case

Observing that pets fulfil emotional deficit occurred due to broken relationships, a magistrate court in Mumbai recently awarded interim maintenance to a 55-year-old woman for her three Rottweiler dogs in a domestic violence case.Metropolitan Magistrate Komalsing Rajput ordered the woman’s husband to pay Rs. 50,000 per month as interim maintenance, taking into account her financial...

SAT Upholds SEBI's Interim Order To Bar Subhash Chandra, Punit Goenka From Holding Position Of Director Or Key Managerial Posts In Listed Companies

The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has upheld an interim order issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)'s Whole Time Member (WTM) to bar Subhash Chandra, the Chairperson of Essel Group, and Punit Goenka, the CEO of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL), from serving as directors or Key Managerial personnel in any listed company or its subsidiaries until...

Payment Made For Acquiring Membership In A Social Club Can’t Be Allowed As Business Expenditure: ITAT

The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has observed that payments made for acquiring membership in a social club could not be allowed as business expenditure when there was no evidence to prove that membership in the social club was acquired for entertaining customers by the assessee.The bench of Vikas Awasthy (Judicial Member) and Om Prakash Kant (Accountant Member)...

Man Should Know Difference Between Woman’s ‘Explicit Consent’ And Her ‘No’: Delhi Tribunal Dismisses RK Pachauri’s Appeal In Sexual Harassment Case

Dismissing an appeal filed by former Executive Vice Chairman of TERI R.K. Pachauri in a sexual harassment case, an Industrial Tribunal of Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Courts has observed that a man should know the difference between explicit consent of a woman and her explicit “no” or implied consent. Presiding Officer Ajay Goel rejected the appeal moved by Pachauri who expired in the year...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association Declares 'No Work Day' On July 10 Due To Heavy Rainfall, Requests HC To Not Pass Adverse Orders

The Punjab & Haryana Bar Association has requested the High Court not to pass any adverse orders on July 10 due to the absence of lawyers amid heavy rainfall, water logging and red alert issued by the weather authorities in the tricity.A letter written to the High Court today stated that the Executive committee of the lawyers’ body has unanimously decided to observe no work day on July...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer Of Justice P. Sam Koshy To Telangana High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Justice DY Chandrachud has recommended the transfer of Justice P. Sam Koshy to the Telangana High Court.Justice Koshy is currently a judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court. The resolution passed on July 06 said that Justice Koshy had opted for his transfer out of the Chhattisgarh High Court and thus, acceding to his request, the...

Court Frames Murder Charges Against Six Men Accused Of Burning Man Alive During Delhi Riots

A Delhi Court has framed charges against six men for allegedly murdering one Shahbaz by burning him alive during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala observed that the statement of witness Rahul showed that it was “pre-planned” of the mob to assemble at a given place to take revenge from Muslim persons."Some of the witnesses have witnessed...