Husband, Wife Among 6 New Judges Appointed In Punjab & Haryana HC

The Central Government has notified the appointment of six judicial officers as Additional Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. They are: Ashok Kumar Verma;Sant Parkash;Meenakshi Mehta;Karamjit Singh;Vivek Puri; andArchana Puri Among the new judges, Vivek Puri and Archana Puri are a married couple. Thus, the High Court will witness a rare occasion of...

Breaking : Parliament Passes Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill [Read Bill]

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 5, 2019, during its monsoon session, was cleared by the Rajya Sabha by voice vote today, without any amendments. The bill moved by the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Mr. Thaawarchand Gehlot, is aimed at protecting the rights of transgender persons by granting...

Sunanda Pushkar Case: Special Judge Reserves Order In Tharoor's Plea Seeking Production of Pushkar's Tweets

Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar at Rouse Avenue Court has reserved order on Tharoor's application seeking a copy of Sunanda Pushkar's tweets to be produced before the court. In the proceedings before Special CBI Judge today, the counsel appearing for Shashi Tharoor argued that no evidence or reports have been put on record to prove the actual cause of Sunanda Pushkar's death. Appearing...

[S. 489B IPC] Possession Of Large Quantity Counterfeit Currency In Concealed Manner Is Active Transportation Amounting To Trafficking: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld an order of conviction for possession of counterfeit Forged Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and remarked that the same would amount to trafficking FICN. "the possession of such large quantity of FICN in concealed manner is not dormant possession but active transportation amounting to trafficking. It amounts to commission of offences punishable...

[Live-Updates From Supreme Court] Hearing on Section 24 Of New Land Acquisition Act- Court-3

A Five Judge Constitution bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra begins hearing on the interpretation of Section 24 of new land Acquisition...

[Live Updates] : SC Hearing In Kashmir Petitions

Watch this space for live updates from the Supreme Court hearing of the petitions challenging restrictions in...

[Live-Updates From SC] Maharashtra Floor Test

A three Judge Bench headed by Justice NV Ramana to pass orders at 10.30am today on the petition filed by Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and Congress against the decision of Maharashtra Governor to invite Devendra Fadnavis to form government in...

Union Ministry Of Corporate Affairs Should Be A Party In All IBC Proceedings : NCLT [Read Order]

As per the latest orders made by the Principal Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), it will be mandatory to make Ministry of Corporate Affairs a party to all the cases under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code as well as all Company petitions. The order was passed while adjudicating upon an application for Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process, initiated by the...

Law Day Celebrations: SC To Launch Multilingual Mobile App; Present Annual Report Of Judiciary

A programme to celebrate the Constitution Day will be organized in the Supreme Court Auditorium tomorrow evening, i.e., November 26, 2019. The occasion will be graced by President Ram Nath Kovind, CJI SA Bobde, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Justice NV Ramana, Justice Arun Mishra, Attorney General for India KK Venugopal, Office bearers of SCBA and SCAORA and...

No Legal Bar To Base Conviction Upon Corroborated Testimonies Of Hostile Witnesses: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that evidence of a hostile witness, if corroborated by other material evidence, may form the basis of conviction of an accused. In an appeal filed against the order of acquittal passed by the Trial Court, the division bench of Justice GS Sistani and Justice Chander Shekhar ruled, "The law on it is well settled that such portion of the evidence of...

Direct BJP And Shiv Sena To Form Government As Per 'Public Mandate': Petition In Bombay HC

A petition has been filed before the Bombay High Court by Thane resident Priya Chavan seeking directions to both the BJP and Shiv Sena to form government as per the "public mandate" and a perpetual injunction against both parties from forming an alliance with any other party like the Congress or Nationalist Congress Party.The said petition was filed by petitioner's counsel Advocate Nitin...

Bar Elections May Be Held Prior To Notification Of Rules On Mandatory Requirements For Candidates: BCI [Read Press Release]

In partial modification of its earlier decision, the Bar Council of India has issued a press release, clarifying that Bar elections may be held, notwithstanding that the rules stipulating mandatory requirements for contesting candidates have not been notified. "The proposed rules of Bar Council of India to provide eligibility norms for candidates to participate in elections of Bar...