First Female President Of UP Bar Council Shot Dead In Agra Court Premises

Newly elected President of UP Bar Council Darvesh Yadav was shot dead in Agra Civil Court today evening, reports the IANS.#JustIn: First woman President of #UttarPradesh Bar Council, #DarveshYadav, shot dead in #Agra Civil Court.Photo: IANS pic.twitter.com/GxjjLpIsWm— IANS Tweets (@ians_india) June 12, 2019She is the first woman to be the Chairman of UP Bar Council, who was elected two...

Perpetrators Of Sexual Offences On Innocent Children Are Psychosocial Deviants, Who Cannot Lay Any Claim To Leniency: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Perpetrators of sexual offences on innocent children are psychosocial deviants, who cannot lay any claim to leniency held Delhi High Court in Lokesh v. State. Making further observation on heinous nature of sexual offences, Justice C. Hari Shankar said that it is in the order of nature, and is the sacred right of every living being to blossom from infancy to childhood, to...

Drunken Driving: Going To Jail Will Risk Job, Court Orders Man To Serve At Old-Age Home Instead [Read Judgment]

Adopting a lenient view towards a man, sole bread earner of his family, sentenced to two-day imprisonment for drunken driving, a Delhi court has ordered him to serve at an old-age home instead. Additional Sessions Judge Sonu Agnihotri ordered the 36-year-old to do "seva" at old-age home for two weeks and file daily photographs of him doing the seva. The court modified his...

Medical Negligence: Karnataka HC Quashes Criminal Case Against ENT Surgeon

The Karnataka High Court by an order dated May 31, quashed and set aside an order passed by the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) at Sagara, taking cognizance of a complaint filed by a patient against an ENT surgeon, alleging medical negligence. Justice Alok Aradhe allowed the plea filed by Dr Prabhakar who sought to quash the proceedings on grounds that no expert opinion was...

Jharkhand HC Stays Proceeding Against Union Agriculture Minister

In a relief to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, the Jharkhand High Court (HC) has granted a stay in proceeding against him in lower court in a case related to alleged insult and provocation knowing that it would cause break of public peace. Justice AK Gupta granted the stay on the ground that the complainant failed to appear before HC after a notice was issued to him in...

Delhi Police Arrests Accused In Ex-CJI R M Lodha Fraud Case

Delhi police has made first arrest in ex-CJI R M Lodha fraud case reports The Indian Express. Man is accused of cheating former Chief Justice of India of Rs. 1 lakh. A report in The Indian Express says that the accused namely Dinesh Mali was arrested from Udaipur on 7th of June. An ATM card has been recovered from his possession through which he had withdrawn the cheated amount. Police is...

Madras HC Directs TN Bar Council to Initiate Disciplinary Action Against 7 Advocates [Read Order]

The Madras High Court Tuesday directed the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (BCTNP) to initiate disciplinary action against seven advocates involved in duplicate motor accident claims. Taking a serious view of the involvement of lawyers and touts in the process of filing multiple insurance claims for an accident, the court had earlier appointed an expert body headed by...

Karnataka HC Tells State To List Out Steps Taken To Provide Drinking Water To Bidar District Talukas

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to list out steps taken by it to provide drinking water to two talukas in Bidrai district. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice H T Narendra Prasad, observed that "Right to have drinking water is a part of Right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. " The bench was hearing a petition filed...

Delhi Court Convicts AAP MLA Manoj Kumar For Obstructing Polling Process

A Delhi court has convicted AAP MLA Manoj Kumar for obstructing election process at a polling station in Kalyan Puri area of East Delhi during 2013 assembly polls. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal held Kumar guilty of obstructing a public servant in discharge of public functions, punishable under 186 IPC, and disorderly conduct in or near polling stations, section...

'Law Ministry Acting More In The Vein Of An Errant Postman': M.P. Vivek K Tankha Writes To Law Minister [Read Letter]

Letter says that no valid explanation has been forthcoming from the Ministry for withholding the recommendation of Justice A.A.Kureshi and same compounds the issue of primacy of Collegium which is the law declared by the Supreme Court in the NJAC judgment.

AIBE XIV 2019: Registration Open, Apply By August 12

Bar Council of India (BCI) has started the online registration for All India Bar Exam (AIBE) XIV for this year. Examination dates are given and as per schedule, exam will be conducted on 25th August, 2019. Registration is open and desirous candidates can apply for bar exams till 12th of August, 2019. Admit cards may be released by 21st August, 2019. AIBE is an open book exam conducted twice every year which a lawyer needs to pass before being admitted to the bar and is essential for law...

Kerala HC Quashes Criminal Cases Against Bank Officials Accused Of Driving A Student To Suicide By Not Sanctioning Edu-Loan [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court has quashed criminal cases against two bank officials accused of abetting suicide of a student. After the bank rejected her applications seeking education loan, Sruthi committed suicide by consuming pesticide. The manager and deputy manager of the bank, who were accused of abetting her suicide, approached the High Court seeking to quash the criminal...