Advocates Vishal Dhagat And Vishal Mishra Appointed As Judges of Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Notification]

The President of India has appointed Advocates Vishal Dhagat and Vishal Mishra as Judges of Madhya Pradesh High Court.Notification to that effect has been issued today.Vishal Mishra is a relative of the Supreme Court judge Justice Arun Mishra. The collegium comprising of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice SA Bobde and Justice NV Ramana had recommended these lawyers for elevation to...

Justice A.K. Mittal Appointed as New Chief Justice in Meghalaya High Court

President of India has appointed Justice A.K. Mittal as Chief Justice in Meghalaya High CourtSupreme Court Collegium on April 8 recommended Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge A.K. Mittal as Meghalaya High Court Chief Justice"Office of the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court would be falling vacant shortly, consequent upon retirement of Mr. Justice M. Y. Mir, Chief Justice of that...

Justice D N Patel Appointed as Chief Justice Of Delhi HC

The Centre has cleared the appointment of Justice D N Patel as the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.He will succeed the present Chief Justice Rajendra Menon, who will retire on June 6.It was on May 10 that the Collegium proposed Justice Patel as CJ of Delhi High Court. He hails from Gujarat High Court and is presently at Jharkhand High Court on transfer.Read notification...

PIL Before Bombay HC Claims 20L EVM Machines Went Missing, ECI Says News Report Is "Incorrect"

Public interest litigation filed by one Manoranjan Roy has revealed that as per companies that manufacture EVMs (electronic voting machines), some 20 lakh machines that they delivered to the Election Commission of India (ECI) over a period of time are not in its possession. Roy claimed to have filed several queries under the Right to Information Act before the ECI as well...

Sports Quota Traceable To Art 16(1); Art 16(4) Not Exhaustive Of All Forms Of Reservations : Uttarakhand HC [Read Judgment]

A Full Bench of the Uttarakhand High Court has held that sports category reservation is traceable to Article 16(1) of the Constitution of India. The Court also held that Article 16(4) of the Constitution is not exhaustive of all forms of reservation.The bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan, Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Alok Singh was constituted to answer a reference on the issue...

For Court To Take Cognizance Of Offence U/S 188 IPC, Public Servant Should Lodge Complaint In Writing: Madras HC [Read Order]

Madras High Court has held in Thirumoorthy& others v. State that that for taking cognizance of the offences under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code, the public servant should lodge a complaint in writing and other than that no Court has power to take cognizance. The question for consideration before the single judge bench of Justice G. K. Ilanthiraiyan was whether the registration of...

Allahabad HC Acquits Man Sentenced To Death By Trial Court [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court has acquitted a couple in a murder case, one of whom was sentenced to death by the Trial Court. Rashid @ Zakir and his wife Shakila @ Bitta were accused of murdering three persons who were found killed in a factory where the couple used to live. The Trial Court convicted both of them and sentenced Rashid to death. Shakila was awarded life imprisonment. The...

Remarks Against PM Modi: Court Reserves Order On Complaint Seeking FIR Against Rahul Gandhi

A Delhi court Wednesday reserved for June 7 order on a complaint seeking lodging of an FIR against Rahul Gandhi for his alleged 'Khoon ki Dalali' remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal reserved order on the complaint, filed by advocate Joginder Tuli, which has sought direction to the police to register an FIR against Gandhi for...

ECI Rejects Opposition Parties' Demand For VVPAT Verification Before Counting

The Election Commission of India has rejected the demand made by opposition parties for verifying the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trails(VVPAT) with EVMS before counting the votes, reports News18.Yesterday, leaders from twenty two opposition parties had met the poll panel raising the demand that tallying of VVPAT slips be done prior to the counting of votes.If any discrepancy is found anywhere...

Limitation U/s 468 CrPC To Be Calculated From The Alleged Date Of Commission Of The Offence: HP HC Quashes Sexual Harassment Case Against Actor Jeetendra [Read Judgment]

"No Court can probably proceed with the trial of the case in the present matter, as admittedly, in the year 1971, when the offence was alleged to have been committed."

'Cosmetic' Or 'Drug': Bombay HC Allows Sale Of Sensodyne Toothpaste Put On Hold By State FDA [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has granted relief to GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd, which owns the Sensodyne toothpaste brand, and allowed the company to release its stock in the market after its sale was put on hold last year by the State Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A division bench of Justice RV More and Justice BH Dangre was hearing a writ petition filed...

Shipra Dhankar From JGLS Tops Delhi Judicial Services Examination, 2018

Shipra Dhankar, alumnus of Jindal Global Law School, has topped the Delhi Judicial Services (DJS) Examination, 2018. Shipra finished her law graduation from Jindal in 2016. Delhi Judicial Service Examination Results were announced today. DJS is considered to be the most competitive and prestigious judicial service exam in the country. Statement from JGLS applauding their...