Gauhati HC Rejects Citizenship Claim Of Man Who Claimed To Have Entered India In 1965 [Read Judgment]

The Gauhati High Court has affirmed the findings of a Foreigner's Tribunal in Assam against a man who claimed to have entered India in 1965.Last September, the Tribunal in Barpeta had declared one Anil Barman to be a foreigner on the ground that he could not prove his presence in Assam before 1971.In the petition filed in the High Court challenging the Tribunal's findings, Barman referred to...

Cheekati Manavendranath Roy & Matam Venkata Ramana Appointed As Judges Of Andhra Pradesh HC [Read Notification]

Centre has notified appointment of Cheekati Manavendranath Roy and Matam Venkata Ramana as judges of Andhra Pradesh High Court. Notification from the Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India reads that President (in exercise of powers conferred by Article 217(1) of the Constitution of India) is pleased to confirm their appointment as judges of the A.P High Court in order...

498A- Vague And General Allegations Not Sufficient To Implicate The Distant Relatives Of Husband: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has observed that in cases where overt acts are attributed to persons other than the husband, such accusations need to be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.The division bench of Justice TV Nalawade and Justice KK Sonawane at Aurangabad was hearing an application under Section 482 of the CrPC for quashing of FIR registered under Sections 498-A, 354, 323, 504 and 506 read...

Kerala HC Initiates Suo Moto Proceedings Over Snapped Power Line Claiming Two Lives [Read Order]

The Court said that the proceeding was "vital and pertinent" as the state was facing monsoons.

"Be A Model Of Compliance With The Environmental Norms": NGT Asks Railways To take Remedial Measures Against Pollution [Read Order]

Considering the question for the remedial action against pollution at and around Railway Godown, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh in the course of loading and unloading of cement, fertilizers and grains by trucks, polluting the air quality and causing respiratory problems, National Green Tribunal has directed the Railway Board in Shivansh Pandey v. State Of Uttar Pradesh to look into the matter,...

Bhushan Power Insolvency - NCLAT Wonders How P&H HC Passed Directions; Asks NCLT To Follow Orders Of Only SC & NCLAT

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has expressed surprise at the intervention made by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the corporate insolvency resolution process of Bhushan Power and Steel, which is going on in National Company Law Tribunal, New Delhi bench.The NCLAT has directed the NCLT to consider the matter "uninfluenced by any order except the decision of this...

Collegium Extends Tenure Of Three Additional Judges Of Chhattisgarh High Court [Read Resolution]

Supreme Collegium has extended the tenure of three additional judges of Chattisgarh High Court.The tenure of Justices Sharad Kumar Gupta, Ram Prasanna Sharma, and Arvind Singh Chandel will expire on June 26.The recommendation made by the Collegium of the Chhattisgarh High Court vide Minutes dated 4 th January, 2019 and approved by the Supreme Court Collegium vide Minutes dated 8th April, 2019...

Accused Was A Young Boy: Bombay HC Commutes Death Penalty In Acid Attack Murder Case [Read Judgment]

"There was nothing to indicate that the accused was beyond reformation and rehabilitation."

Delhi HC Acquits Man Of Rape, Notes Woman Called Him 529 Times Before Calling Police [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court acquitted a man charged with rape noting amongst other things the fact that the complainant woman called him 529 times before calling police which made her narration shady. Bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal was hearing an appeal filed under Section 372 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973, challenging the judgment of the Trial Court, whereby...

BCI Demands Compensation, Tight Security For Members Of Bar After Murder At Agra Court [Read Press Release]

Reacting strongly to the broad daylight murder of Uttar Pradesh Bar Council President Darvesh Singh today, the Bar Council of India has demanded that a compensation of Rs 50 Lakh be given to the family of the deceased besides strict security for members of the Bar across country.BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra said the incident has proven that lawyers are not safe. He said the shooting...

Indiscipline By Bankers Cannot Be Condoned, Says Meghalaya HC [Read Judgment]

"No organisation, more particularly, a bank can function properly and effectively if its officers and employees do not observe the prescribed norms and discipline."

Omitted During Emergency, UP Reinserts Provision For Anticipatory Bail

The Uttar Pradesh government has reinserted the provision of anticipatory bail in the State with effect from June 6, 2019. Section 438 Criminal Procedure Code which provides for anticipatory bail had been omitted by Uttar Pradesh government during the Emergency and has been brought back following recurrent demands for its reinsertion by way of writ petitions, recommendations of the...