Gujarat HC Permits Double-Sided Printing On Administrative Side [Read Circular]

After Supreme Court, the Gujarat High Court has now permitted double-sided printing on papers in 15 areas of working in the Registry. As per the official circular issued on Thursday, the Standing Committee of the High Court under the leadership of Chief Justice Justice Vikram Nath has instructed the Registry to implement double sided printing in the following areas: Judges'...

Deceased Entitled To Compensation Even If He/She Boarded The Wrong Train & Died While Alighting; Bombay HC Directs Railways To Pay Rs. 8 Lakh [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court last Friday allowed an appeal against the order of the Railway Claims Tribunal, Nagpur and directed Central railways to pay Rs.8 lakh as compensation to the family of one Arjun Gawande who died while alighting from a train at Badnera station.Justice MG Giratkar of the Nagpur bench relied on Supreme Court and Bombay High Court judgements cited by the appellant's counsel...

J&K HC Dismisses Intervention Application Of Association Of Pellet Survivors In Ongoing PIL As "Unnecessary" [Read Order]

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has dismissed an application filed by Association of Pellet Survivors to intervene in an ongoing Public Interest Litigation.This happened on February 10 in a PIL filed by J&K High Court Bar Association.The Court observed that the intervention of the Association was "unnecessary" as the interest of the "alleged pellet survivors" is already being pursued by...

Nirbhaya Case : Court Seeks Tihar Jail's Response On Vinay Sharma's Plea For Mental Illness Treatment

The Patiala House court, Delhi on Thursday sought a report from the Tihar Jail Superintendent after an application was moved on behalf of 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder convict Vinay Sharma, seeking "high level treatment".Vinay's advocate, AP Singh, moved an application earlier in the day requesting the court to permit the death row convict access to better medical attention since he is...

Chattisgarh HC Confirms Death Sentence To Man Accused Of Rape & Murder Of 5.5 Year Old Minor Girl [Read Judgment]

The High Court Bench of Chattisgarh (Bilaspur) has held that "depravity of crime" & "aggravating factors" outweigh reasons for mitigation of death penalty sentence in rarest of rare crimes. Confirming the death sentence of the accused for rape and murder of the minor girl, a Division Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra & Gautam Chourdiya emphasized that the manner...

Collegium Recommends Appointment Of One Judge Each To Manipur & Tripura High Court; 3 Judges To J&K HC [Read Resolutions]

Pursuant to a meeting held on February 19, the Supreme Court Collegium has proposed to elevate Ahanthem Bimol Singh, Advocate as a Judge of the Manipur High Court and Satya Gopal Chattopadhyay, Judicial Officer, as Judge of the Tripura High Court.If the two recommendations are cleared by the Centre, both the high courts will function at their maximum sanctioned working strength of 5 and...

Criminal Trial Need Not Be Split Up Against Company Which Is Refusing To Be Represented Before Court : Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court has held that where a company having notice, fails to represent itself in criminal judicial proceedings, the courts must proceed with the trial without splitting the trial in terms of Section 317(2) of CrPC. Section 317(2) prescribes that if the accused is not represented, then the Judge or Magistrate may either adjourn such inquiry or trial, or order that...

Allahabad HC Orders Immediate Release Of Persons Kept As Bonded Labor In Brick Kiln

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday sought Report from the Chief Secretary of the UP Govt. in a PIL filed against alleged practice of bonded labour in certain brick kilns in the state. The court has also asked the District Magistrate of the Baghpat district to take immediate action for the release of bonded labor from the concerned brick kiln and report to the...

Delhi HC Issues Directions To Anti Human Trafficking Unit To Streamline The Process of Tracing Missing Children [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has issued multiple directions to Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the Delhi Government on order to streamline the process of finding missing children. The Division Bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, while issuing these directions, noted that on various occasions the local police / AHTUs functioning at district level are unable to...

Chinmayanand Case : Lucknow Court To Frame Charges On March 4; Non-Bailable Warrant Issued Against Law Student

Former Union Minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, who was accused of sexually abusing a Shahjahanpur law student of his own college, appeared before a special MP/MLA court in Lucknow on Wednesday. Chinmayanand, who has been booked under Section 376-C of IPC on allegations of taking advantage of his official position by inducing a woman to have sex with him, was released on bail...

'It's Counsel's Job To Make Court Understand Case In Fewest Words' : P&H HC Issues Directions For Filing Of Regular Second Appeals [Read Order]

In a significant order, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has laid down certain rules for filing of Regular Second Appeals, with the aim of enabling easier understanding of the facts of the case."It is the counsel's job to make court understand the case in the fewest words for which he is paid", the Court remarked, while issuing directions for including synopsis, chronology, citations etc,...

'Hubli Bar Resolution Has To Be Deprecated' : Karnataka HC Orders Police Protection To Advocates Representing Kashmiri Students Booked For Sedition [Read Order]

In a notable order, the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday directed Hubli Commissioner of Police to provide police protection to advocates who wish to appear for 3 Kashmiri students arrested on charges of sedition.The Court passed the order in a petition which challenged the resolution passed by Hubli Bar Association that none of its members would offer legal representation to...