A Candidate In PSC Rank List Does Not Get An Indefeasible Right To Be Appointed: Kerala HC (FB) [Read Judgment]

"A candidate in a rank list certainly obtains a statutory right for being considered for appointment to every vacancy reported during its life span, subject to his/her position and turn therein, but does not get a vested right for being appointed to a post"

Sanjiv Chaturvedi Case: U'khand HC Issues Showcause Notice For Contempt To CAT Chairman

In a rather unprecedented development, the Uttarakhand High Court has issued a notice to the chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal to showcause why contempt proceedings be not initiated against him for disobeying two of high court's order passed on petitions moved by whistleblower IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi. Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma issued show cause notice to the CAT...

Only Advocates Can Plead And Argue On Behalf Of Litigants Before Courts: Calcutta HC [Read Order]

"Acting and appearing for another will not include a right to plead or argue before a court of law."

RCOM v. Edelweiss: Bombay HC Denies Relief To Anil Ambani, Says Plaintiff's Stand 'Smacks Of Deceit' [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court recently refused ad-interim relief sought by Anil Ambani, chairman of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, in a commercial suit filed by Reliance Project Ventures and Management Pvt Ltd and made some sharp observations against the plaintiff. Justice KR Shriram observed that the stand taken by the plaintiff "smacks of deceit" and that there was an attempt on part of...

Freedom Of Expression Always Gets Challenged When It Touches Upon Religious Beliefs: Madras HC [Read Order]

“It is one thing to make reckless and derogatory remarks against religious beliefs and it is entirely another thing to express the opinion after reading the entire literature/history of various characters were revered as god or goddess in the society.”

Rahul Gandhi, Yechury Summoned In Criminal Defamation Case For Linking RSS With Gauri Lankesh Murder [Read Order]

A metropolitan magistrate's court at Mumbai yesterday issued summons to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury after a defamation complaint was filed by an RSS worker for allegedly linking journalist Gauri Lankesh's murder with "BJP-RSS ideology". RSS worker and lawyer Dhrutiman Joshi had filed a private complaint in the court in 2017 against Rahul Gandhi,...

Bombay HC Extends Interim Bail Of Anand Teltumbde Till Feb 27

The Bombay High Court today extended till February 27 the interim protection from arrest granted to activist and academic Anand Teltumbde. While Teltumbde's plea seeking anticipatory bail was listed for hearing Friday, a single bench presided over by Justice N W Sambre adjourned the hearing and extended Teltumbde's protection at the request of the latter's counsel. Teltumbde is one...

Leprosy No More Ground For Divorce : Personal Laws (Amendment) Act 2019 Notified

The Central Government yesterday notified the Personal Laws(Amendment) Act 2019, to remove leprosy as a ground for divorce.To this end, it amends five Acts: (i) the Divorce Act, 1869, (ii) the Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act, 1939, (iii) the Special Marriage Act, 1954, (iv) the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, and (v) the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. The Amendment Bill proposes to...

Bombay HC Dismisses Contempt Petition Against Two HC Judges, Attorney General, Adv Gen of Maharashtra [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a contempt petition filed by Dr. Manohar Rawate seeking action against Justice (retd) Anoop Mohta and Justice GS Kulkarni. The petitioner alleged that the two judges had "forged an order" dated September 29, 2016.Dr. Rawate has appeared in person before the division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice Revati Mohite Dere. The bench concluded that...

Maintainability Of Execution Case To Be Considered Along With Issue Of Enforceability Of Foreign Award: SC [Read Judgment]

“The scope of interference has been consciously constricted by the legislature in relation to the execution of foreign awards.”

Malegaon Blast 08': Use Of Photocopied Documents Wrong In Law; Bombay HC Stays NIA Court Order

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday held that the use of un-verified, photocopied documents as evidence is bad in law and stayed an order of the Special NIA Court allowing photocopied statements of witnesses and confessions of accused as secondary evidence in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.A division bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice AS Gadkari were hearing an appeal filed by Sameer Kulkarni,...

Chandni Chowk Revamp: 4 Heritage Experts, Urban Planners Move HC To Preserve Central Verge From Red Fort To Fatehpuri Masjid

Urinals, transformers etc., proposed to be on the central verge