Two New Judges Appointed In Gujarat High Court

The Centre today notified the appointments to two advocates, Bhargav Dhirenbhai Karia and Sangeetha Kamalsingh Vishen, as judges of Gujarat High Court.Their names were recommended by the High Court collegium in December 2016.Last December, the SC collegium forwarded their proposals to the centre, along with the name of advocate Megha Bhupendra Jani.However, Megha Jani later withdrew her...

Delhi HC Dismisses Jairam Ramesh's Challenge To Amendments In PMLA Through Money Bill [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition moved by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh challenging the amendments made to the anti-money laundering law since 2015 enacted via Finance Acts as 'Money Bills. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V Kameswar Rao dismissed Ramesh's petition seeking to declare and set aside sections 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150 and 151 of...

Amended SC-ST Act Does Not Limit Court's Jurisdiction To Grant Anticipatory Bail In Cases Where No Offence Is Made Out: Calcutta HC

“To insist that the Court should shut its eyes and mechanically accept the ipse dixit of a police officer with regard to registration of an FIR under the Act without examining whether uncontroverted allegations disclose ingredients of such offence – a sine qua non for registration of FIR – is not the purpose of the said amendment”

Disciplinary Action Against CBSE School Teacher Cannot Be Challenged In Writ Petition : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

A judicial review of the action challenged by a party can be had by resort to the writ jurisdiction only if there is a public law element and not to enforce a contract of personal service, said the Court.

Plea By AgustaWestland Accused Rajeev Saxena For Becoming An Approver: Delhi Court Directs Him To Record Statement Before CMM

A Delhi court Thursday directed Rajeev Saxena, who had moved a plea to become an approver in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money-laundering case, to record his statement before a magistrate court.Special judge Arvind Kumar marked Saxena's plea before the court of the CMM on March 2 for recording of his disclosure statement (disclose intentions for becoming an approver), after he told...

Prosecution Under Customs Act Not Barred In Regard To Antiquities Or Art Treasures: SC [Read Judgment]

“Prosecution under Sections 132 and 135(1)(a) of the Customs Act, 1962, is not barred in regard to the antiquities or art treasures”

Petition Claims Excess Of Rs 1.165 Trillion Came Into Economy Post-Demonetisation; Bombay HC Issues Notice To Centre

The Bombay High Court on Monday issued a notice to the Union of India through the Finance Minister, while hearing a petition claiming that an excess of one trillion sixty-five billion and five hundred million came into the economy after demonetisation.A division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice Revati Mohite Dere heard the matter and acknowledged the seriousness of the case and...

Delhi HC Upholds Eviction Order Against National Herald Publisher AJL [Read Judgment]

A division bench of the Delhi High Court today upheld the eviction order passed against National Herald publisher Associated Journals Limited to vacate ITO premises where Herald house is situated.The eviction order under the Public Premises Act was passed by Centre and the Land and Development Office(LDO) stating that no press has been functioning in the premises for at least the past 10...

Dishonour Of Cheque: Presence Of Complainant Not Required To Take Cognizance Of Offence, Holds Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court has held that the presence of the complainant is not necessary to take cognizance of a cheque bouncing case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881,if the complaint is accompanied by an affidavit and all necessary documents are in order. The court first examined Section 145 of the NI Act, which was introduced via the Negotiable...

Every Saint Has A Past & Every Sinner Has A Future: Bombay HC Grants Relief To Two Boys Convicted Of Robbery In Different Cases [Read Judgment]

In a judgment, the Bombay High Court quoted Oscar Wilde in order to exemplify "the shift in manner of treating prisoners" with the passage of time. The court said that there was a focus on circumstances that compel such persons to contravene the law. Justice SB Shukre and Justice SM Modak of the Nagpur bench were hearing a criminal writ petition filed by Akash Deshpande and Nikunj...

Candidates In Lok Sabha Election Must Declare 5 Years Income Tax Returns, Foreign Assets [Read Notification]

The candidates in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls will have to declare the income tax returns of past five years and details of foreign assets held by them, as per the Conduct of Election(Amendment) Rules 2019 notified by the Ministry of Law and Justice yesterday.The Rules are notified in exercise of powers under Section 169 read with 33 of the Representation of People Act 1951. The...

Delhi HC Grants Protection To Runaway Couple, Asks Them To Take Joint Mediclaim Policy [Read Order]

Providing protection to a runaway couple, the Delhi High Court recently also directed the husband to take a joint mediclaim policy of Rs. 5 lakh for the couple. In its order, Justice Najmi Waziri noted, "Petitioner no. 2 undertakes to subscribe to a mediclaim policy of Rs. 5 lacs for himself and his wife-petitioner no. 1. The policy shall be kept alive at least for the duration of the...