Submit FIR Details Against All Serving Police Officers In The State Including Their Nature And Status: P&H HC [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday (03rd September) asked for details of the FIRs registered against all serving police officers in the State of Punjab including their nature and status.The Single Bench of Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal also asked the State, through its home secretary, to specify the current posting of such officers.Notably the bench was hearing the plea of...

Centre Notifies The Appointment Of 4 Judicial Officers As Addl. Judges Of Allahabad HC; 1 Advocate As Addl. Judge Of P&H HC [Read Notifications]

The Central Government has notified the appointment four Judicial Officers as Additional Judges of the Allahabad High Court and one Advocate as an Additional Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The following Judicial Officers have been elevated as Additional Judges to the Allahabad HC, in that order of seniority, for a period of two years: Sanjay Kumar Pachori...

Four Additional Judges Of Kerala HC & Two Additional Judges Of Jharkhand HC Made Permanent [Read Notification]

The Central Government has notified the appointment of four Additional Judges of the Kerala High Court and two Additional Judges of the Jharkhand High Court, as Permanent Judges. The following Additional Judges have been made permanent at the Kerala HC: Justice VG ArunJustice N. NagareshJustice TV AnilkumarJustice N. Anil Kumar They were appointed as Additional...

First Edition Of 'Ram Jeth Malani Memorial Lecture Series' On Pros and Cons of Trial By Media' On Sept 12 At 5PM

The first edition of the Ram Jeth Malani Memorial Lecture Series will be held on September 12 Theme for the first edition is 'Pros and Cons of Trial By Media' Date: September 12, 2020 Time: 5.00pm-7.00pm Live on: News X Guests of the Lecture Ravi Shankar Prasad (Minister for Law and Justice & I.T.)Justice N.V Ramana (Judge Supreme Court of India)K.K....

[UAPA] Accused Has Right To Oppose Police Plea For Extension Of Time For Completion Of Investigation Beyond 90 Days But Cannot Be Provided Copy Of The Application:Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court ruled that an accused has a right to be heard to oppose an application for extension of time for completion of investigation accruing out of the proviso to Section 167 of the Cr.P.C. as modified by Section 43(D)(2) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 for investigations under UAPA. The petitioner was an accused charged under the UAPA in relation to...

[Death Of Lady Advocate] Another Plea Filed In MP HC By MPHC Bar Association, Indore Seeking Action Against Erring Hospitals [Read Petition]

A Writ Petition has been filed in the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore Bench) seeking strict action against the illegal, careless and negligence action on the part of the Respondent No.6 (The Bombay Hospital Indore) and 7 (The Aurobindo Institute of Medical Science) in ill-treating a patient/deceased (Advocate Achla Joshi).The Petition has been filed by 'The M.P. High Court Bar...

Can Banks Continue SARFAESI Proceedings With Respect To Loan Accounts Declared As NPA Prior To Lockdown? Kerala HC Seeks Response From Centre,State [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court has sought response from the Central Government about the banks' plea seeking permission to continue SARFAESI proceedings with respect to loan accounts which were declared as NPA prior to the declaration of lockdownThe Full bench comprising the Chief Justice S. Manikumar, Justices CT Ravikumar and Shaji P. Chaly was considering an application filed by State Bank of India...

Kerala HC To Examine Validity Of KMMC Rules Amendment Reducing Distance Rule From 100 Metres To 50 Metres [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court said it would examine the reasonableness and constitutional validity of the amendment made in 2017 to the Kerala Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2015, to the extent it reduces the earlier distance rule from 100 metres to 50 metres.If as a matter of fact, there are no compelling reasons based on public interest for the State to engraft the impugned amendment in 2017 for...

'A Court Is More A Service Than A Place': Parliament Standing Committee On Personnel, Public Grievances Recommends Continuation Of Virtual Courts Post Covid Period [Read Report]

"A court is more a service than a place," remarked the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances in its report supporting continuation of Virtual Courts for some identified categories, even after Covid-19 pandemic is over. After holding extensive meetings with Secretaries of Departments of Justice and Legal Affairs, Secretary General of the Supreme Court...

'You May Approach The Appropriate High Court', Madhya Pradesh HC Allows Withdrawal Of Plea Challenging NLAT 2020

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday (11-September-2020) took up the plea by a CLAT aspirant who had moved the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Jabalpur Bench) challenging the sudden withdrawal of NLSIU Bangalore from CLAT 2020, to hold a separate entrance test namely NLAT (National Law Aptitude Test) 2020.When the Bench of Justices Sanjay Yadav and BK Shrivastava took up the plea in the...

"Lady Advocates, Not Only Successful Professionals, But Also Brave, Successful Mother": P & H HC Denies Impleadment Of Grandparents To Custody Lis [Read Order]

The stand that a lady who is an Advocate by profession cannot take care of her child and would not be able to watch the welfare of the child, is a "fiction of a polluted mind", where a working woman is "looked down upon as a careless and carefree person", ignoring the fact that she also is a mother of the child, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday observed.Justice Augustine George...

Leader Of Opposition In Assam Legislative Assembly Files PIL In Gauhati HC Against Hospitals Refusing Treatment To Non-COVID Patients [Read Petition]

The Leader of Opposition (Assam Vidhan Sabha/Legislative Assembly) and Senior Congress leader Debabrata Saikia has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition in the Gauhati High Court against hospitals in Assam State that are refusing to treat patients who fail to produce COVID-19 negative reports.The Petition has been filed through Advocate Syed Burhanur Rahman, contending that as...