Madras HC Advocates Stage Protests Against Chief Justice Tahilramani's Transfer

The advocates of Madras High Court on Monday staged protests over the proposal to transfer Chief Justice V K Tahilramani.The Madras High Court Advocates Association has decided to do boycott Courts tomorrow as a mark of protest.Justice Tahilramani, the senior most among the Chief Justices of High Courts in the country, was proposed to be transferred to Meghalaya High Court by the Supreme...

'By Keeping Silent, I Could've Avoided The Subsequent Targeting, But That Would Not Have Been The Right Thing To Do': Priya Ramani

Senior Journalist Priya Ramani was cross-examined today before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal in a criminal defamation case filed against her by BJP leader MJ Akbar. The cross-examination was conducted by Senior Counsel Geeta Luthra. Before her cross-examination, Ms Ramani finished the last leg of her chief examination by highlighting the reason behind telling...

Employer May Invoke Civil Remedy To Recover Loss From Employee In Absence Of Specific Remedy In Employees Service Regulations: Allahabad HC

A full bench of the Allahabad High Court has held that in absence of a specific remedy in Employees' Service Regulations, an employer may invoke civil liability to recover the loss incurred by him due to the actions of an employee. The bench of Justices Sudhir Agarwal, Manoj Misra, and Rajendra Kumar-IV were adjudicating upon inconsistencies in Regulation 84 of...

Family Courts Overburdened With Burgeoning Matrimonial Disputes, Judges Under Judicial Suffocation: Madras HC [Read Order]

The Family Court Judges are under judicial suffocation, remarked the Madras High Court while dismissing a contempt petition filed against a Family Court judge. A litigant had filed a contempt petition against the Family Court judge alleging that he did not comply with the High Court direction to dispose of the case within six months. When questioned about the maintainability of a contempt...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High Court Held that the disciplinary authority was erroneous in assuming a situation without supporting evidence and that the principle of preponderance of probability could not be relied upon in a case of no-evidence.Held that mere pendency of a criminal case is not a valid reason for impounding a person's passport. Bombay High Court Granted relief to...

SC Stays Costs Imposed On Tehseen Poonawala By P&H HC For Allegedly 'Insulting' Jain Saint [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has stayed the Punjab and Haryana High Court's imposition of costs on Tehseen Poonawala for 'insulting' Jain Saint Tarun Sagar in Twitter. The High court, in a controversial order, had imposed costs of Rupees Ten Lakhs each on Poonawala and Vishal Dadlani even though it found that the criminal cases registered against them are liable to be...

"Courts Have Time Machines, For Cases Remain Constant Decades On End, But Not The Clients Or Causes": Bombay HC On Delay [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court while dismissing a revision application filed by tenants of a property in litigation for decades, quoted Charles Dickens while responding to the argument advanced by the applicants that two children in the original owner's family secured employment which would mean that they do not 'need' or bona fide requirement of the said property.Justice Dama Sheshadri Naidu who...

Bar Council Of Delhi Asks Courts To Bar Over 4700 Advocates Who Failed AIBE [Read Notification]

The Bar Council of Delhi has requested all the courts and tribunals in Delhi to prevent those Advocates from practicing before them, who have not cleared the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) within due time. AIBE was made mandatory by the Bar Council of India for all law students graduating from academic year 2009-2010 and enrolled as advocates under Section 24 of the Advocates Act,...

Gauhati HC Sets Aside Foreigners' Tribunal's Ex-Parte Order Declaring A BSF Official & Wife 'Foreigners' [Read Order]

Muzibur Rahman, an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) with the BSF who is posted in Punjab at present, and his wife, were declared foreigners by the Tribunal.

Justice Vikram Nath Appointed as Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court [Read Notification]

President of India has appointed Justice Vikram Nath as Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court.The Collegium on 8th April, 2019 had recommended that Mr. Justice Vikram Nath, senior-most Judge from Allahabad High Court be appointed as Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. The said recommendation sent to the Government has been referred back for reconsideration for the reasons indicated...

NGT Directs Agra Development Authority To Demolish Encroachment On Yamuna Flood Plains By March 2020

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Delhi has directed the Agra Development Authority to clear the flood plain of river by ensuring removal of all encroachments by 31st March, 2020. The order came on a plea filed by petitioner Umashankar Patwa, seeking a direction to the authority concerned to conduct demolition of encroachment which has come...

SCBA Condoles Death Of Its Former President Ram Jethmalani

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Sunday condoled the demise of senior lawyer and former Union minister describing him as its "illustrious member" and a "doyen of criminal law". Jethmalani, 95, died here on Sunday, six days before his 96th birthday. He served as SCBA president in 2010. "Armed with a silver tongue, an erudite mind and a legendary wit, Shri Jethmalani ji was truly...