Lack of Professionalism Is Writ Large In Investigations In POCSO Cases: Kerala HC To Issue Guidelines [Read Order]

"This Court is concerned about the quality of the justice delivery in this field."

Chhattisgarh Govt Appoints Advocate Arjun Vinod Bobde As Additional Advocate General To Represent It Before SC [Read Notification]

The Chhattisgarh Government has appointed Advocate Arjun Vinod Bobde as the Additional Advocate General for conducting cases on behalf of the State before the Supreme Court of India. A notification to this effect was issued by the State Government on August 13, specifying his terms of service. Advocate Bobde is the son of late Senior Advocate Vinod Arvind Bobde and the nephew of CJI...

Denial Of Due Wages By Way Of Non-Payment/Deferred Payment Infringes Upon The Cherished Right Of A Workman U/Art. 21 of the Constitution: Bombay HC [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has held that financial difficulties faced by employers can be no ground for non-payment of due wages to workers. Court noted that Payment of due wages is a fundamental right of a worker under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Division bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice NR Borkar was hearing a writ petition filed by Hind Kamgar Sanghatana through...

[Contempt Hearing Against Yatin Oza] Gujarat HC Rejects Intervention Application Filed by A Lawyer, But Takes On Record Material Produced By Him [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday deemed it appropriate to take notice of materials circulated by GHCAA President Yatin Oza on the WhatsApp group of the High Court advocates, as disclosed by Advocate Amit Panchal who sought intervention in the suo motu criminal contempt proceedings pending against Oza. While disallowing the applicant himself to be a party intervener, Justices Sonia...

SC Lays Down Tests To Determine 'Fraud Exception' To The Arbitrability Of Disputes [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has laid down the tests to determine "serious allegations of fraud" exemption to arbitrability of disputes. The bench comprising Justices RF Nariman and Navin Sinha, in a judgment delivered on Wednesday, observed: It is clear that "serious allegations of fraud" arise only if either of the two tests laid down are satisfied, and not otherwise. The first test is satisfied...

Govt Decision To Open More Liquor Shops/Bars/Parlours Cannot Be Said To Be Unconstitutional: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court has observed that the decision of the State Government in opening more liquor shops, bars/parlours, cannot be said to be violative of Constitution of India or the statutory provisions.The bench of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Shaji P. Chaly observed thus while dismissing a Public Interest Litigation filed by members of the Kerala Prohibition Council, a movement,...

'Improvement Student Is Equally A Victim of Pandemic":Delhi HC Extends Benefit of SC's Scheme On CBSE Cancelled Exams To Improvement Students [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has held that the scheme approved by the Supreme Court for the assessment of students due to the cancellation of exams by CBSE in light of COVID19 will also be applicable to those students who had appeared for the improvement examinations conducted during the months of February and March. The Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh has further held that students...

Karnataka HC Directs KPSC To Consider Granting 20 Min Per Hour Grace Period To Visually Impaired Students

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the Karnataka Public Service Commission to consider granting 20 minutes/per hour grace period to visually impaired candidates who would be taking the preliminary exams, on August 24, for the post of Gazetted probationers. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ashok S Kinagi said "Though we cannot issue interim directions...

Not Open To Trial Courts Awarding Life Imprisonment To Further Specify Term Of Incarceration As Remainder Of Natural Life, Or Rule Out Remission [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana Court has reaffirmed that Trial courts have no power to order a life sentence to run till natural life or that no remission will be granted. The judgment delivered by a bench headed by Justice S. Muralidhar iterated that this power is solely with the HC and SC only in view of the constitution bench of the Apex Court in the V. Sriharan case. The bench, also...

JGLS Appoints 12 Corporate Firm Partners as Honorary Adjunct Professors of Law & Professors of Corporate Legal Practice

The Jindal Global Law School has taken a pioneering initiative to appoint 12 Corporate Partners of leading corporate law firms in India and abroad as Honorary Adjunct Professors of Law & Professors of Corporate Legal Practice. This is in addition to the ten distinguished Senior Advocates of the Supreme Court who have been appointed as the Honorary Adjunct Professors of Law and Distinguished Professors of Legal Practice at JGLS, recently. As per a press note issued in this...

Maharashtra Bar Council Resolution Supporting Contempt Verdict Against Bhushan An 'Usurpation Of Power': Senior Advocate Navroz Seervai

Senior Advocate and a noted jurist, Navroz H. Seervai, has taken strong exception to the Full House Resolution of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa in support of the Supreme Court's decision holding Advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court for two tweets he put out about Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and the Supreme Court. Seervai has stated that the...

Allahabad HC Takes Cognizance Of A Missing BHU Student, Allegedly Disappeared From Police Custody [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday took cognizance of a letter petition addressed to the Chief Justice in relation to a missing student from Varansai, who allegedly disappeared from the Police custody six months ago. The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Samit Gopal has issued notice to the concerned authorities and has asked the Government Advocate...