Judicial Independence Prerequisite To Rule Of Law; Advocates Throwing Mud On Judges Attacking Institution And Themselves: Madras HC [Read Order]

"Judicial independence is defined as a pre-requisite to the rule of law and a fundamental guarantee of fair proceedings", observed Justice B. Pugalendhi on Thursday. Setting aside the acquittal of the management of certain granite firms (in connection with their accusation for illegal quarrying of granite in Madurai worth crores of rupees) and remanding the matter for fresh trial, the...

Animal Trafficking: School Teacher Accused Of Trafficking Pangolins Released On Bail By Orissa HC [Read Order]

The Orissa High Court on Monday allowed the bail plea of a school teacher, accused of hunting and trading in wildlife animals. The case relates to smuggling of a Pangolin in the Athagarh forest area in Orissa, where a scooty rider was apprehended transporting a live pangolin. On being enquired, he had named the present Petitioner, a school teacher, as a complicit. The bench of...

Insurance Scheme For Advocates- Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt To Hold Negotiatons With Insurance Companies, Finalise Policy WIthin 2 Weeks

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to hold negotiations with the top 3 nationalised insurance companies in India - New India Insurance, United India Insurance, and Oriental Insurance - and finalise the policy on providing group-mediclaim to Advocates within 2 weeks. In order to expedite the process, the Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh has further...

Write The Name Of Drugs In Capital Letters Or In A Legible Manner: Orissa HC Tells Doctors [Read Order]

The Orissa High Court on Monday recommended that doctors working in Government or private or other medical set-ups should write the name of prescribed drugs in "capital letters", to ensure that their prescriptions are "legible". The remarks were made by a bench of Justice SK Panigrahi while hearing of a bail application, whereby the Applicant sought interim relief to take care of...

Witch Hunting Still Very Active In This Century Though Scientific Temper Reached Its Pinnacle : Orissa HC Calls For Uniform Law [Read Order]

Taking note of the prevalence of the inhuman and barbaric practice of witch-hunting in the State of Orissa, the Orissa High Court has recently observed that witch craft, that has been in practice across culture, religion and territory "bares the terrible face of the so-called civilized society of human being and that the uneducated and economically weaker sections end up being the soft targets...

Kerala HC Expresses Concerns About Police Officers Conducting Press Meetings About Ongoing Investigations [Read Judgment]

"Recently the practise of police officers rushing to media with speculative information about on going investigations is on the increase."

"Errors Must Be Corrected": Uttarakhand HC Modifies Its 2018 Judgment Setting Maximum Noise Limit For Loudspeakers [Read Order]

The sanctity to the finality of judicial orders should never deter a Court in correcting its plain errors, remarked Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia while allowing a plea seeking modification of a directive issued by the Uttarakhand High Court in its 2018 judgment setting maximum noise level for loudspeakers.The matter was heard by Justice Dhulia as the division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh...

Rajasthan HC Upholds Validity Of Interchangeability Of Reservation Vacancies Between Widows And Divorcee Women In Case Of Non-Avilability Of Candidates In Either Category

We find no constitutional impediment in making the reservation for widow and divorced women interchangeable i.e. filling up of unfilled vacancies of one sub-class from another sub-class; category wise. The Rajasthan High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of a Notification issued by the Government of Rajasthan substituting a rule pertaining to reservation of vacancies for...

Gujarat HC Issues Notice On Challenge To 2020 State Ordinance Rendering Factories Act "Toothless" [Read Petition]

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea challenging the ordinance promulgated by the Governor of Gujarat in connection with Factories Act, 1948, making all the offences compoundable so far as previous prosecution is concerned, and restraining new prosecution from being initiated for many offences.Justice R. M. Chaya and Justice I. J. Vora issued notice on the plea by the...

'Final Report Filed Only After Lapse Of 90 Days, Even Before Which Plea For Default Bail Filed': Madras HC Releases Murder Accused [Read Order]

Noting that the final report has been filed only after the lapse of the statutory period of 90 days, and even before the final report was filed, the petitioner had moved the subordinate court seeking default bail, the Madras High Court last week held a murder accused, in custody since 5 months, to be entitled to bail under section 167(2), Cr. P. C.Justice V. Bharathidasan noted that...

Grave Mental Injury To Woman: J & K HC Allows Minor Rape Victim To Medically Terminate Pregnancy Of Almost 25 Weeks [Read Order]

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court recently permitted a minor rape victim to terminate her pregnancy of 26 weeks.The High Court order reveals that as per the expert team, the medical opinion of which the Court had sought to decide the feasibility of the termination, the petitioner-victim was carrying a pregnancy of 24 weeks and 2 days on June 29. Vide order dated July 1, the Court allowed...

Justice Nariman Launches Asia Pacific Centre for Arbitration & Mediation with Secretariat in India

Ten arbitration and mediation centers from Asia Pacific countries came together to launch a one of its kind Asia Pacific Centre for Arbitration & Mediation (APCAM) today. The e-inauguration was held at 4 PM on Thursday, August 6 with various legal luminaries gracing the occasion.Justice Rohinton F. Nariman inaugurated the launch. He began by welcoming dignitaries from Malaysia,...