Centre Notifies Appointment Of Six Additional Judges To Bombay HC [Read Notification]

Ministry of Law and Justice on Tuesday notified the appointment of six additional judges to the Bombay High Court. The appointees are- (i)Mukund Sewlikar (ii)Virendra Singh Bisht (iii)Denadwar Ugrasen (iv)Mukulika Jawalkar, (v)Surendra Tavade (vi)Nitin Borkar This takes the strength of total judges in the Bombay High Court to 71, although the sanctioned strength of the High...

Lok Sabha Clears The Recycling of Ships Bill, 2019 [Read Bill]

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Recycling of Ships Bill, 2019, by voice vote. The Bill introduced by the Minister of State for Shipping, Mansukh Mandaviya, seeks to restrict the use of hazardous material on ships and regulates the recycling of ships by establishing a National Authority. Ship recycling refers to dismantling of a ship to recover the components and materials...

Delhi HC Allows Advance Service Of Paper Book Via Email In Cases Under Ordinary Original Civil jurisdiction

The Delhi High Court has announced that a service of advance copy of paper-book to the opposite party via email will be an accepted form of service While filing fresh suit/arbitration or other filings in the Ordinary Original Civil jurisdiction . The announcement has been made pursuant the recommendations made by the judges at the Original side. Considerably, the filing counsel will...

Delhi HC To Hear Plea Against Disclosure Of Identity Of The Victim In The Recent Rape Cases

A PIL has been moved in the Delhi High Court, asking the court to take action against the media revealing the identity of the victim in the aftermath of a recent rape case in the State of Telengana. The plea argues that such exposure of names, addresses, pictures, work details, etc of the victim and the accused persons, violates section 228A of IPC and the law laid down by the...

"Shocked The Collective Conscience Of Society"; Bombay HC Confirms Death For Five Who Killed Three Men, Acquits One [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court on Monday confirmed death penalty awarded to five men convicted of killing Sandeep Thanwar, Rahul Kandare and Sachin Gharu in 2013. One of the accused, Ashok Navgire was acquitted by the Court due to lack of evidence.Division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice SK Shinde heard the confirmation case and pronounced the judgment which ran into 133 pages....

Delhi HC Issues Notice On A PIL Challenging The Notification Requiring 25 Years Of Experience In Law For Technical Members Of NCLAT

Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Central Government in a PIL challenging the validity of the notification requiring 25 years of experience in law for a person to be considered for a post of Technical Member of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal. Filed by India Awake for Transparency, the plea also seeks an order declaring every action taken in pursuance of the...

Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Slash Corporate Tax Rates [Read Bill]

The Lok Sabha today passed the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019, to slash corporate tax rate to 22% without incentives and tax rate for new manufacturing entities to 15%. The Bill will replace the ordinance promulgated by the Central govt. in this regard on September 20, with certain variations. While introducing the Bill, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the house today...

PIL Against 'Super 30' Fame Anand Kr Withdrawn With Liberty To Move Patna HC [Read Order]

With the Gauhati High Court expressing practical difficulties in execution of its orders passed from time to time, the petition filed by four IIT students against 'Super 30' fame Anand Kumar was allowed to be withdrawn with liberty to the petitioners to approach the Patna High Court. A bench of Chief Justice Ajai Lamba and Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua felt that though all...

Police Officers Need To Be Specially Trained To Deal With Sexual Assault And Rape Cases; NHRC Seeks Report On SOP From Centre, States

The National Human Rights Commission on Monday expressed serious concern over the rising incidents of sexual assault in the country and taking suo-motu cognizance of media reports, issued a notice to Centre, States and UTs calling for a report on Standard Operating procedure in place for dealing with such sensitive cases and use of the Nirbhaya fund. In a press release, NHRC...

Augusta Westland: Special Judge Grants Bail to Ratul Puri

Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar has granted bail to Kamal Nath's nephew Ratul Puri in the Augusta Westland case. The court has observed that Puri does not pose any likelihood of flight risk or tampering with the evidence, as the same is documentary in nature and is already in custody of the agency. The court also acknowledged the fact that Puri has been in custody for over 90 days, and that he...

Power To Appreciate Evidence Cannot Be Relegated To Advocate Commission : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The power of appreciation of evidence is vested in court alone, and it can never be relegated to an Advocate Commission, held the High Court of Kerala while dismissing an original petition filed against an order passed by a Family Court.The Family Court had dismissed an application filed seeking the appointment of an Advocate Commission to examine the contents of a CD and report the...

Parliament Passes Bill To Ban E-Cigarettes [Read Bill]

The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Prohibition Of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage And Advertisement) Bill, 2019, by voice vote. The Bill to prohibit production, manufacture, import, export, transport, sale, distribution, storage, and advertisement of e-cigarettes and similar devices, was passed by the Lok...