SC Frees 79 Year Old Murder Convict Who Spent About 29 Years In Prison [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has ordered release of a murder convict who spent around 29 years 10 months in prison.The bench comprising Justices NV Ramana, S. Abdul Nazeer and Surya Kant were considering a writ petition filed by one Munna, who is now aged about 79, convicted for his involvement in the murder of 11 persons with deadly weapons and injured others. The incident happened in the year...

Consortium Of NLUs Expresses 'Suprise & Anguish' At NLSIU Decision For Separate Admission Test; Reaffirms Decision To Conduct CLAT 2020 On Sep 28

The Executive Council of the Consortium of National Law Universities, in an emergency meeting held yesterday night, expressed its "surprise and anguish" at the decision of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, to go ahead with its own admission test.Terming the NLSIU move a "unilateral decision", the Council noted with dismay that the NLSIU was conducting its...

Gauhati HC Sets Aside Police Commissioner's Order Suspending Telecast Of TV Serial 'Begum Jaan' [Read Order]

The Court has given liberty to the competent authority to reconsider the matter again after providing a hearing to the affected parties.

Persons, Not Having Even Gone To Regular School/College, To Get Into Law College For First Time In Life : Madras HC Urges BCI To Amend Rules [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has urged the Bar Council of India to take a cue from its judgment and make necessary changes in Rule 5 of its Legal Education Rules to ensure that the candidates who complete their Higher Secondary and UG through regular course alone are made eligible to participate for selection in the 5 year or 3 year LLB courses."In the absence of the same, persons who have not even...

Delhi High Powered Committee Denies Request To Release Women & Transpersons In Delhi Prisons During The Pandemic [Read Letters]

The Delhi High Powered Committee recently denied the request for reclassification of persons to be released from prisons on interim bail/ parole to include all women, children and transpersons, owing to their social status. The Committee said that it had "absolute discretion" to classify prisoners who may be released from prisons, on account of the pandemic. The said discretion...

[Breaking] NLSIU Backs Out Of CLAT 2020; Admissions For 2020-21 Based On Separate Test

In a significant move, the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, India's premier law university, has decided to back out of Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for the admissions to five year integrated B.A LL.B(Hons) course for the academic year 2020-21."The University will not accept CLAT 2020 scores for admission to Academic Year 2020-21", said a revised...

Bombay HC Directs State & University To Pay Rs 5 Lakhs Each To Bhima Koregaon Accused Shoma Sen [Read Order]

'Most unfortunate in such testing times to see a Retd Teacher left to fend for herself', the Court said.

'Hardly The Picture Of A Welfare State', MPHC Reprimands EOW For TheArrest Of A 76 Yr Old Retired Colonel And Court For Denying Bail [Read Order]

While granting bail to a retired Colonel of the Indian Army, the Madhya Pradesh High Court recently rapped EOW (Economic Offences Wing, Bhopal) for "arresting him in a case where an arrest was simply not warranted" and the court below for rejecting the applicant's bail application.The bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan was hearing an application filed under section 439 of the Cr.P.C. for...

Karnataka HC Dismisses Plea Against Online Exams Proposed By University Of Agricultural Sciences [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has allowed the University of Agricultural Sciences to conduct its semester examinations for Undergraduate Degree and Diploma courses in B.Sc.(Agriculture), via the online mode, due to the current covid-19 pandemic. A division bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice Ravi V Hosmani refused to entertain a PIL filed by the University students--Sadanand...

Author Of 'Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story' Files Complaint Against Bloomsbury Publishing, The Quint, Etc.

Ms. Monika Arora has filed a criminal complaint against Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd. for "deliberately leaking the PDF version" of her book Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story. The complaint lodged with the Commissioner of Police, Delhi, also names media platforms— The Quint and NewsLaundry apart from journalist Arfa Sherwani, authors Aatish Tasser and...

Islamabad HC Gives Another Opportunity For Govt. Of India To Appoint Defence Counsel For Kulbhushan Jadhav [Read Order]

The Islamabad High Court has given another opportunity for the Government of India to appoint a defence counsel for Kulbhushan Jadhav.The International Court of Justice had held that Pakistan violated Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963 by not informing Kulbhushan Jadhav without delay of his rights under Article 36(1)(b) to have consular access. Following this Pakistan passed...

Karnataka HC Waives Objections Raised By Registry In Matters Filed From March 21 To August 31 [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court decided to waive the office objections raised by the Registry in matters filed from March 21, to August 31, for the benefit of the litigants and members of the bar. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar in the order passed while hearing a suo-motu petition to address various procedural issues during the limited functioning...