Wear Decent Clothes To Work : Bangalore City Civil Court To Employees

City Civil Court To Employees Wear Decent Clothes To Work, Women Should Wear Sari/Chudidar, Men Should Wear Kurta/Payjama Or Shirt/Trouser City Civil Court Bengaluru has issued a circular asking employees to follow a decent dress code, while on duty. It is suggested that male officers and employees wear clothing like payjama/kurta or shirt/trousers.While women employees should...

LIVE UPDATES From SC [Can Persons Holding Public Office Comment On Crimes ?]

Watch this space for live updates from Supreme Court.Supreme Court to pronounce the Judgments in Sabarimala and Rafale review petitions at...

Delhi HC Refuses To Summon Bihar's CM Nitish Kumar As A Plaintiff's Witness In a Copyright Infringement Suit Against Him

Delhi High Court has dismissed an application moved by person seeking Bihar's Chief Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, to be summoned as a plaintiff's witness despite him being a defendant in a suit for copyright infringement. Commenting upon the application of rule regarding summoning of witnesses in the present case, Justice Kameswar Rao noted that the plaintiff will have a...

INX Media: Special Judge Remands P Chidambaram To Judicial Custody Till November 27

Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar has sent P Chidambaram to judicial custody till November 27 in ED matter against him in INX Media case. Due to the strikes at district courts in Delhi, Chidambaram could not be produced before the court in person. Therefore, an arrangement of video-conferencing had to be made to from Tihar jail, to conduct the proceedings. Earlier,...

Centre Notifies Elevation Of Judicial Officer To Meghalaya HC

The Central Government has notified the elevation of Wanlura Diengdoh, Judicial Officer, as a Judge of the Meghalaya High Court. His appointment will take effect from the date he assumes office. His name was recommended as such by the Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on October 15. Diengdoh joined judicial service in the year 2000 as an Additional District and...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Advocate CS Dias as Additional Judge Of Kerala HC [Read Notification]

The central government has notified the elevation of Advocate Conrad Stansilaus Dias as an Additional Judge of the Kerala High Court. His appointment will take effect from the date he assumes office and will last for a period of two years. His name was recommended as such by the Supreme Court Collegium vide resolution dated March 25, 2019. Through the same resolution, the Collegium...

Rajasthan HC Sets Period Of Limitation For Preferring An Appeal From A Decision Of The Family Court As 90 Days [Read Judgment]

A division bench of the Rajasthan High Court while harmonizing the provisions contained under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 and Section 28 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, held that the period of limitation for preferring an appeal from a decision of the Family Court is 90 days. The order addresses the confusion created by the two provisions since whereas the appeal...

Allahabad HC Directs Inquiry Against University For Allegedly Granting Admissions To Unauthorized Course

Taking note of the Petitioner's concerns, who was allegedly granted admission to an unauthorized course by the Noida International University, the Allahabad High Court directed the Bar Council of India to depute an inspection team and submit a report on the matter. "Sri Shivam Shukla, learned counsel representing the Bar Council of India, New Delhi is hereby directed to send the...

Augusta Westland: Delhi HC Asks CBI To File Reply In 2 Weeks

Delhi High Court has granted CBI a period of 2 weeks to file its response to the bail application moved by alleged middleman in Augusta Westland scam, Christian Michel. CBI sought two weeks time to file a reply to the bail application on the ground that a supplementary chargesheet needs to be filed in the present matter. The counsel for the respondent, DP...

Compulsory Workshops Must Be Conducted Across Maharashtra To Make State Officials Aware Of The Disabilities Act, 2016: Bombay HC

Observing that there is a general lack of sensitivity much less duty towards the disabled, the Bombay High Court held that the state government must conduct training programmes and workshops in order to make State officials aware of The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.The division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice RI Chagla was hearing two PILs clubbed together filed...

Custodial Interrogation Of Applicant Is Necessary; Sessions Court Rejects Gautam Navlakha's Anticipatory Bail Application [Read Order]

SR Navander, Additional Sessions Judge, Pune on Tuesday rejected journalist Gautam Navlakha's anticipatory bail application and noted that custodial interrogation of the applicant is necessary as the police has been trying to arrest Navlakha since 2018. Navlakha has been chargesheeted by the Pune Police for commission of offences punishable under Sections 121, 121A, 124A, 153A,...

President's Rule Imposed In Maharashtra

In view of the continued political stalemate in Maharashtra, President Ram Nath Kovind imposed Presidential Rule in the state under Article 356 of the Constitution.The Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari had recommended presidential rule today afternoon.The results of the recent assembly elections in Maharashtra returned a fractured mandate, with no single party getting simple...