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...

Delhi HC Allows PETA And FIAPO To Participate In Survey Conducted By Animal Welfare Board To Identify Conditions Of Animals In Circuses

Delhi High Court has allowed People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO) to participate in the survey conducted by the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) to identify the condition of animals who are kept in circuses. The Division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rajneesh Bhatnagar has also...

Allahabad HC Extends Interim Orders Passed By It & Courts Subordinate To It Till October 31 [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday extended the operation of interim orders passed it or by the Courts/ Tribunals subordinate to it till October 31, 2020. A Judicial order to this effect was passed by a Division bench comprising Justices Pankaj Mithal and Rohit Ranjan Agarwal, "in the interest of justice". Further, the High Court has directed that the period of 90 days during...

Delhi Govt Is Expected To Continue Providing Admission To Orphan Children In Schools: Delhi HC Disposes Of Plea Seeking Inclusion of Orphans In EWS Quota [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has observed that it expects the Delhi Government to continue providing admissions to orphan children in government and private schools, as it has done so far. The Division Bench of Chief Justice of DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan noted that there's no reason to further monitor the action of the Delhi Government after perusing the status report wherein...

NCLAT Upholds NCLT's Order : No Insolvency Proceedings Against Tata Chemicals [Read Order]

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) dismissed an appeal filed by Allied Silica Limited challenging the NCLT, Mumbai bench's order that had rejected the insolvency application for initiating Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process against Tata Chemicals Limited under Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ('I&B Code'). The three-member...

An Accused Cannot Be Arrested In Any Case Till A Request For Extradition Is Merited: Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Hon'ble Delhi High Court on Tuesday observed that an accused cannot be arrested in any case till a request for extradition is merited. This observation was made by the High Court while disposing of a Writ filed by Mr. Vinay Mittal (the Petitioner) who has been charge-sheeted in seven separate case, for siphoning of funds from the Punjab National Bank, by the Central Bureau...

Allahabad HC Defers Hearing Of Contempt Plea Against Failure Of State Authorities To Implement Social Distancing Norms [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday deferred the hearing of the contempt applications filed before it by two practicing Advocates, highlighting the failure of the State authorities in implementing social distancing norms, despite repeated orders from the Court. The Division Bench comprising Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar expressed hope that the Police and the...

Bar Council Of Maharashtra & Goa Passes Resolution Supporting Contempt Verdict Against Prashant Bhushan

The Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa has unanimously passed a full house resolution on Wednesday 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.The resolution passed by the Council which represents a total of 1.75 lakh lawyers combined in the States...

Allahabad HC Adjourns Dr. Kafeel Khan's Habeas Corpus Plea to August 24 For Final Hearing And Disposal [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has fixed the Habeas Corpus plea filed against alleged illegal detention of Dr. Kafeel Khan, for final disposal on August 24, 2020. The Division comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Samit Gopal has given time to the Respondent-authorities to file its rejoinder/additional affidavit by next Monday, when it will finally dispose of the plea. The...