PIL Alleging Violations Of Manual Scavenger's Act; Bombay HC Seeks State's Response [Read Petition]

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to file an affidavit in a Public Interest Litigation filed by Advocate Abha Singh highlighting deaths of sewage workers in and around Mumbai alleging violation of Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice SP Tavade posted the matter for...

Allahabad HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Firing Inside A Courtroom ; Summons Addl. Chief Secretary & DGP [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of the shocking incident where three men began to open fire inside a courtroom in the Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh. On Tuesday afternoon, three men entered the court of CJM, Bijnor while the Court was functioning and began to open fire, resulting in death of one and injuring one Court Moharrir among others. As per the report,...

[Video] Govt That Abides By Constitution Has Nothing To Fear From Dissent: Justice Gautam Patel

At Vidhi Centre For Legal Policy's annual lecture yesterday, Justice Gautam Patel of Bombay High Court gave an enlightening address on the need for institutional autonomy. Titled, 'Between Scylla and Charybdis: Institutional Autonomy in Democratic Government', Justice Patel emphasised upon the significance of autonomy for the effective functioning of a republic....

NCLAT Restores Cyrus Mistry As Tata Group Executive Chairman [Updated With Order]

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal on Wednesday restored Cyrus Mistry as the Executive Chairman of Tata Group.Allowing Mistry's appeal, the Appellate Tribunal set aside the judgment of National Company Law Tribunal Mumbai bench that had upheld the appointment of N Chandrasekharan as Chairman in his place.A two member bench headed by Justice SJ Mukhopadhyay granted four weeks time to...

Nirbhaya Case Death Warrant : Trial Court Asks Tihar Jail Authorities To Serve Fresh Notice To Convicts; Adjourned Till January 7

Taking note of the 'fresh developments' in the Nirbhaya case following the dismissal of the review petition of a death row convict in the Nirbhaya case, a Delhi Court on Wednesday directed the authorities of Tihar jail to serve fresh notice to the four convicts for executing death penalty.Additional Sessions Judge Satish Arora of Patiala House Courts said that death warrant cannot be issued...

Jamia Violence: Delhi HC Single Bench Transfers A Student's Plea To Chief Justice's Bench

Delhi High Court has transferred another petition seeking action against alleged violence committed by police against the Jamia students to the Chief Justice's court. Justice Vibhu Bakhru, perused the order of the Supreme Court dated 17/12/19 and the fact that there's no need for an interim order in the present plea, decided to transfer the matter to the court of Chief Justice of...

Students, Alumni Of Symbiosis, ILS, GNLU, NUJS, NLUJ & TNNLU Condemn Police Action Against Aligarh And Jamia Students [Read Statements]

The students and alumni of the Gujarat National Law University, Symbiosis International University, Indian Law Society's Law College, Pune, National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, National Law University, Jodhpur and Tamil Nadu National Law University have issued statements condemning police actions against students of Jamia Millia Islamia University and Aligarh Muslim...

Jamia Violence : Delhi HC Agrees To Hear Plea Seeking Judicial Enquiry Tomorrow [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear the petition seeking independent judicial enquiry into the incident of Jamia violence. The Division Bench headed by Chief Justice DN Patel informed the petitioner that the petition will likely be listed for hearing tomorrow. Moved by Advocate Rizwan, the petition seeks judicial enquiry into the allegedly arbitrary, excessive and...

SC Acquits Woman Accused Of Killing New Born Baby Girl [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has acquitted a woman accused of killing her new born baby girl by strangulation.The Trial Court had upheld the prosecution case that Manju killed her new born baby as she was a girl. The High Court confirmed the conviction under Section 302 IPC and sentence. In her appeal, the bench comprising Justice Mohan M. Shanthanagoudar and Justice R. Subhash Reddy noted that there is...

SC Collegium Proposes To Appoint Five Additional Judges Of Karnataka HC As Permanent [Read Resolution]

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the names of five Additional Judges of the Karnataka High Court to be appointed as Permanent Judges of that High Court. They are: Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad;Justice Shankar Ganapathi Pandit;Justice Ramakrishna Devdas;Justice Bhotanhosur Mallikarjuna Shyam Prasad; andJustice Siddappa Sunil Dutt Yadav. They...

Calcutta HC Directs Expeditious Video Linking Of Prisons, Police Station & Courts [Read Order]

The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the State Government to expedite the process of video linkage between correctional homes, courts and police stations. The bench of Justice Suvra Ghosh and Justice Joymalya Bagchi remarked that the process was crucial to ensure seamless and quick production of undertrials via video linkage, in order to avoid systemic delays arising out...

Nirbhaya Case: New Bench To Hear Convict's Review Petition Against Death Sentence Tomorrow

A three Judge Bench comprising of Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna will hear at 10.30 am Tomorrow the review petition of Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape -murder case.Earlier Today Chief Justice of India S A Bobde recused from hearing the review petition of Akshay Kumar Singh.This was after CJI Bobde happened to spot the name...