Delhi Bar Council Cautions Advocates Against Advertising/Soliciting Work; Initiates Proceedings Against Two Lawyers and An NGO

In a Public Notice issued on October 24, the Bar Council of Delhi has cautioned the Advocates against advertising their services and soliciting work. Considerably, an Advocate has a duty to his colleagues under Clause 36 of Section IV under Chapter II of the Bar Council of India Rules, which prescribes the Standards of professional conduct and etiquette, not to solicit work or...

Exercising Contempt Jurisdiction Court Can Order To Remove Work Undertaken Inspite Of Court Order : Karntaka HC [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has held that while exercising the contempt jurisdiction court can give directions to remove the work, which was undertaken inspite of the specific order of the Court. A division Bench of Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice H P Sandesh while sentencing one Suresh Kothari to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of two months under the Contempt of Courts...

Section 125 CrPC Is A Tool To Realize Gender Justice; One Of The Most Secular Law Ever Made: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

"This law is not community centric or religion centric and perhaps, one of the most secular enactment ever made in the country. "

'Prosecution Miserably Failed To Prove Offence' : POCSO Court Acquits Accused In Walayar Rape-Death Case [Read Judgment]

Massive outrage is building up in Kerala civil society following the acquittal of all four persons in the rape and death case of two minor girls, who were siblings, at Walayar in Palakkad district of the Kerala in 2017.The elder sister, aged 13, was found hanging in her house on January 13, 2017. Within two months, the younger sister, aged 9, was also found hanging in her house on March...

Officer Indicted For Accident Cannot Conduct The Enquiry On It : Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently granted relief to a 69-year-old former employee of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) who was dismissed from service after an internal enquiry into an accident that occurred 17 years ago that resulted in the death of 33 people.Justice RV Ghuge was hearing a writ petition filed by Ratnakar Surale against a judgement of the Labour Court...

Plea In Delhi HC Seeks Direction To Govt, To Implement Indian Civil Code With Best Practices From All Religions

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking a writ of mandamus to the Union of India to prepare a model draft of Indian Civil Code "in spirit of Articles 14 and 44 of the Constitution of India within 3 months, while considering the best practices of all religions and sects, civil laws of the developed countries and international conventions, in order...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High Court Directed Pune Municipal Corporation to grant occupation certificate for two buildings at Indian Law Society Law College, Pune. While one of the buildings is meant for the new girls hostel, the second one is reserved for an arbitration centre.Allowed a plea by one Beena Muller, a citizen of Switzerland, to direct the State Adoption Resources Authority (SARA) to...

Illegal Encroachments Harming Water Reservoirs In Delhi: Delhi HC Issues Notice To Delhi Government

Delhi High Court issues notice to Delhi Government in a PIL seeking removal of illegal encroachments from government land meant for water reservoirs. Filed by an agriculturalist, the petition seeks court's directions to identify and remove all encroachments on the government/gram sabha lands which were used as water reservoirs and their consequential replenishments. It is also...

Section 420 IPC- Complaint Cannot Be Quashed On The Sole Ground Of Undue Delay: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

"Prosecution should not be quashed on the ground that there was delay in instituting the complaint."

Police Control Vans Should Have Mobiles/iPad To Record Crime Scene Immediately: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court directs Commissioner of Delhi Police to equip Police Control Room Vans with mobile phones or iPads in order to enable them to efficiently record the crime scene and tender the same to the court as legal evidence. While recognising PCR vans as the first responders to any information about the crime scene, the Division Bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Sangita Dhingra...

Delhi Court Acquits Man Who Was Alleged Of Molesting A DU Student In 2015[Read Judgment]

The Tis Hazari District Court in Delhi has acquitted Sarvjeet Singh for allegedly molesting a DU Student in 2015. While exonerating Singh of all charges, the Metropolitan Magistrate Sonam Gupta (Mahila Court) said, "Indisputably, a conviction on the sole testimony of the prosecutrix can be sustained, however, in the present case, the complainant has made material improvements in...

'Lawyers Must Refuse To Abide By Calls For Strike By Associations' : Delhi HC On Orissa HC Boycott [Read Judgment]

While dismissing a petition assailing election of certain allegedly disqualified candidates to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa, filed before it on account of indefinite Advocates' strike at Orissa, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday remarked that all lawyers must boldly refuse to abide by any call for strike or boycott. Citing the words of the Apex Court in Ex.-Capt. Harish Uppal...