[COVID-19] Avoid Court Premises Unless Necessary; Bombay HC Registry Notifies All Litigants and Lawyers:Bombay HC [Read Circular]

In light of the widespread anxiety about the outbreak of COVID-19 or novel coronavirus, Registrar General of the Bombay High Court has notified the general public, litigants and lawyers that visiting court premises must be avoided unless it is necessary. The 5-page circular issued by SB Aggarwal, Registrar General of the Bombay High Court, lists out various symptoms, dos and don'ts to keep in...

Karnataka HC To Hear Plea To Implement Audio-Video Recording Of Court Proceedings

The Karnataka High Court on Friday said that it will hear on April 16 a petition filed seeking to implement Audio Video recording in the courts of the State of Karnataka. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ashok S Kinagi also allowed an intervention application filed by Mumbai based businessman, Amrish Kilachand. The intervener wanted to demonstrate...

Delhi Riots : Urgent Need To Enhance Compensation For Victims, Harsh Mander & Others Write To CM Kejriwal [Read Letter]

In a letter to the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, a group of concerned citizens have expressed the urgent need for enhancement of compensation towards violence-affected persons on account of recent riots that engulfed the capital recently. The letter drafted by Farah Naqvi, Anjali Bhardwaj, Annie Raja, Harsh Mander, Apoorvanand, Anirban Bhattacharya & Amrita Johri, has urged the...

9 Additional Judges Of Madras HC Made Permanent[Read Notification]

The Central government has notified the appointments of nine Additional Judges of the Madras High Court as permanent Judges of that high court. They are: Justice PT AshaJustice M. Nirrnal KumarJustice Subramonium PrasadJustice N. Anand Venkatesh Justice G.K. llanthiraiyanJustice Krishnan RamasamyJustice C. SaravananJustice B....

COVID-19 Pandemic: Delhi Higher Judicial Services Mains Exams Postponed

Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus , the Registry of the Delhi High Court has notified that the Mains Examinations for the Delhi Higher Judicial Services will not be held on the scheduled dates.By the notice dated March 13, 2020, the Delhi High Court has decided to postpone the dates for the said examination. Earlier, the exams were scheduled to be conducted on 14th and 15th March....

Centre Appoints Justice (Retd.) Bansi Lal Bhat As Officiating Chairperson Of NCLAT; Appoints 1 Judicial & 2 Technical Members [Read Notifications]

Pursuant to completion of the term of Justice (Retd) SJ Mukhopadhaya as the Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), the Central government has appointed Justice (Retd.) Bansi Lal Bhat, Judicial Member of NCLAT, as the officiating Chairperson. He will take charge of the office from March 15 for a period of three months or until a regular Chairperson is...

COVID 19 : Gujarat HC Registers Suo Moto PIL For Precautionary Measures To Prevent Coronavirus Spread [Read Order]

In the wake of COVID 19 pandemic, the Gujarat High Court on Friday registered a suo moto Public Interest Litigation titled "Precautionary Measures In The Wake Of ThePandemic of Corona Virus (COVID-19)".A bench comprising Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Ashutosh Shastri said that the suo moto action was taken "to further strengthen the hands of the Government and also to keep a check...

COVID 19 : Delhi HC To Hear On Monday Plea For Entry Restrictions In Court To Avoid Coronavirus Spread

In light of the outbreak of coronavirus, a plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking restrictions on the entry of litigants in the court premises as a safety measure. Highlighting the contagious nature of the virus, Advocate Rashmi Bansal, the petitioner has asked for restricting the entry only to those who are urgently or necessarily required with respect to the cases listed...

Hinduism A Democratic Religion, A Way Of Life: Calcutta HC Rejects Plea Against Bengali Movie "Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti" [Read Judgment]

"Gag orders of the sort as prayed for would be a complete antithesis of the liberal principles of a democracy and a democratic religion like Hinduism."

FIR Lodged On Derogatory Social Media Posts Against Allahabad HC Judges For Ordering Removal Of 'Name & Shame' Banners [Read FIR]

An FIR has been lodged in respect of demeaning and defamatory remarks being circulated on social media against Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Ramesh Sinha, who passed orders on suo motu proceedings against 'name and shame' banners erected by UP administration. The FIR has been lodged against an unidentified person by RTI Activist Dr. Nutan Thakur in the Gomtinagar Police...

Madras HC Quashes Ban On Placing Hoardings On Land Not Belonging To Municipal Corporations [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court on Thursday struck down the ban on placing hoardings on land not belonging to the Municipal Corporations by observing that it "does not satisfy the test of rationality or practicality".A division bench comprising Chief Justice A P Sahi and Justice Subramonium Prasad had reserved judgement on a batch of petitions filed by Chennai Hoardings Association and others on...

[Breaking] Unnao Case : Delhi Court Sentences Ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar To 10 Years Imprisonment For Death Of Rape Survivor's Father

A Delhi Court on Friday sentenced all convicts, including expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar to ten years imprisonment for the death of the father of the Unnao rape survivor.Sengar (currently in Tihar jail serving life sentence in the rape case), and his brother Atul Sengar have also been asked to pay Rs 10 lakh each as compensation to the victims's family.District judge Dharmesh Sharma...