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...

PIL In Delhi HC Seeks EC Probe On Rajeev Chandrasekhar MP's Election Affidavit

A PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court today to investigate into the affidavit filed by the Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, member of parliament and businessman. The PIL alleges that Mr. Rajeev Chandrasekhar has not disclosed full information in his election affidavit regarding his assets, while contesting to Rajya Sabha in March 2018. The PIL has been filed by...

Failure To Secure Presence Of Accused Not A Reason To Invoke Section 258 CrPC To Stop Criminal Proceedings: Kerala HC [Read Order]

"For the reason that the accused had absconded or that despite the initiation of coercive proceedings, his presence could not be secured is no reason to invoke Section 258 of the Cr.P.C."

Kerala HC To Hear PIL Seeking Action Against Mohanlal In Ivory Possession Case On July 11 [Read Petition]

High Court of Kerala on Monday considered for admission a public interest litigation for taking action against actor Mohanlal in a case relating to possession of ivory tusks. The PIL was filed by one Paulose A.A, who had earlier filed a criminal complaint before the Vigilance Court in 2012 after Income Tax authorities seized four elephant tusks from Mohanlal's residence in 2012. Following...

Maintenance Awarded To A Wife Is Not A Bounty: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has held in Vikas Bhutani v. State & Anr that maintenance awarded to a wife is not a bounty and it is awarded to her for her survival. Bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva was considering the question whether maintenance should be awarded from the date of the application or that of the order. Court answered in light of the objective of "maintenance" provision...

'Not Prudent To Decide When SC Is Testing Validity Of Act' : Patna HC (FB) On Bar To Anticipatory Bail Under Bihar Prohibition Act [Read Judgment]

It would be a judicial overreach to decide an issue which is pending adjudication before the Supreme Court, observed the Court.

Lawyers, Litigants At Rohini Court Rue Canteen Closure

Lawyers and litigants at the Rohini court in Delhi are having a tough time with all the canteens in the court building and the chamber block being shut for almost four months now. The lawyers are now dependent on food from nearby restaurants or eat street food which many are finding hard on the palate. The canteen on the second floor of the court complex has been shut...

Odisha Court Awards Life Imprisonment To Maoist Leader Sabyasachi Panda For 'Conspiring To Wage War Against GoI' [Read Judgment]

A District and Sessions Court in Odisha has convicted and sentenced Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda to life imprisonment. Panda was found guilty of 'making conspiracy to wage war against the Government and also abetting others to wage war against the Govt. of India by using criminal force and by showing criminal force.'The Maoist leader was arrested by police on July 18, 2014 by a team...

'Being Blind Need Not Destroy One's Dreams', Says Madras HC While Holding MCI'S New Regulations For Disabled As Discriminatory

Madurai Bench of Madras High Court directed for allotment of the medical seat to petitioner, who is physically challenged and has a benchmark disability of visual impairment. Petitioner namely J. Vibin had qualified National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) in disability quota. Bench of two women justices' Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana and Justice T. Krishnavalli was hearing a...

#MeToo: MJ Akbar Denies Calling Priya Ramani In Hotel Room In 1994

Former Union minister M J Akbar told a Delhi court on Monday that he did not ask scribe Priya Ramani, who has accused him of sexual misconduct in #MeToo campaign, to see him in his hotel room in 1994 in connection with her alleged interview to join a newspaper of which he was the editor.Akbar, who had resigned as minister on October 17 last year following the allegations levelled during...

Delhi HC Seeks JNU's Reply On Plea For Early Hearing Of Contempt Petition In Sexual Harassment Case

The Delhi High Court Monday sought JNU's response on a plea by several women students seeking early hearing on a contempt petition filed against the varsity and a professor who is accused in a sexual harassment case.Justice J R Midha issued notices to the university, its vice chancellor, professor Atul Johri and Delhi Police on the early hearing application and listed the matter for...

Hindu Terrorist Remark : Madras HC Grants Bail to Kamal Haasan

The Madras High Court rapped actor-politician Kamal Haasan for his Hindu extremist remark on Monday, observing that identifying a criminal with a religion, caste or race would definitely sow the seeds of hatred among people.Granting anticipatory bail to Haasan in a case filed over his controversial remark made at a recent poll rally, Justice R Pugalendhi of the Madurai bench of the high...