Justice M V Muralidaran Transferred From Madras HC To Manipur HC [Read Notification]

The President today notified the transfer of Justice M V Muralidaran from Madras High Court to Manipur High Court. On February 20, the Supreme Court collegium had reiterated the proposal to transfer him, rejecting his request to reconsider the recommendation. On January 15, the Collegium had proposed his transfer to Manipur HC in the interest of "better administration of justice". Upon...

Justice M N Bhandari Transferred From Rajasthan HC To Allahabad HC [Read Notification]

The President today notified the transfer of Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari from Rajasthan High Court to Allahabad High Court.On February 20, the Supreme Court collegium had reiterated the proposal to transfer him, rejecting his request to reconsider the recommendation. On January 15, the Collegium had proposed his transfer to Allahabad HC in the interest of "better administration of...

YouTube Takes Down Video 'Defaming' Patanjali Products After Baba Ramdev Sues Them In Delhi HC [Read Order]

“The offending video, uses extremely explicit language and is not just defamatory and derogatory towards the Plaintiff but also threatening, constitutes intimidation and seeks to encourage unknown people to harass the Plaintiffs”

Illegal Flex Boards/Hoardings/Billboards/Flags: Kerala HC Issues Ultimatum To Local Self Government Institutions [Read Order]

Taking serious note of the blatant violation and non-compliance of its previous orders, the High Court of Kerala has issued a final ultimatum to all local self-government institutions in the state. The new directions issued by the court require urgent action by officers concerned to remove all illegal flex boards/hoardings/billboards/flags within 10 days. The court also stated that failing to...

Adopt Liberal Approach While Dealing With Divorce Pleas Based On Mutual Consent: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

"We are of the considered opinion that the courts dealing with cases for dissolution of marriage based on mutual consent are bound to take a liberal attitude in waiving off such stipulation. "

'Pension Is For Survival Which Cannot Be Attached' : NCDRC Directs SBI To De-Freeze Pensioner's Account [Read Order]

Rejecting a revision petition filed by State Bank of India, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission(NCDRC) upheld the orders passed by the District Forum and State Commission which had directed the Bank to de-freeze the account of one Manika Sarkar, in which her monthly pension was credited.The account was held Manika Sarkar jointly with her son, who was an employee of the Bank....

'Appoint Good & Patriotic Judges To Serve As Servants Of Lord Krishna': Grounds In A Plea Before Karnataka HC

Recently, the High Court of Karnataka came across a review petition which took 'strange grounds'. B. Umapathy, not only sought to review the judgment which went against him, but also wanted 'action' against a news portal 'Bengaluru mirror' for publishing 'wrong news' about the said judgment. He also claimed damages not less than Rupees Fifty Lakhs! Umapathy filed a suit in...

High Courts Weekly Round Up

Allahabad High Court Dismissed public interest litigations filed challenging the renaming of Allahabad to Prayagraj observing that it is a policy decision of the State Government which cannot be said to be without basis.Directed the Aligarh Muslim University to hold a post decisional hearing in a case where a student was expelled from the rolls for a period of 10 years,...

Former Solicitor General of India Senior Advocate Dipankar Prasad Gupta Passes Away

Former Solicitor General of India Senior Advocate Dipankar Prasad Gupta passed away. He was the Solicitor General of India from April 1992 to April 1997.He also served as Advocate General for the State of West Bengal.His son Jaideep Gupta and brother Bhaskar P. Gupta are Senior Advocates in Supreme Court of India.The cremation will be on Monday 04.03.2019 at 2 pm at Electric Crematorium...

Remarks On Pulwama Terror Attack: Gauhati HC Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To Papri Banerjee [Read Order]

The Gauhati High Court has granted interim anticipatory bail to Papri Banerjee, Assistant Professor at Icon College, accused of posting a controversial comment about Pulwama Terror Attack in her Facebook page. Silchar and Chandmari Police Stations had registered case against her under Sections 294/505/507 IPC read with Section 66 of the Information Technology Act.In her post...

Trusts Can Now Seek Establishment Of SEZs As President Promulgates SEZ Amednment Ordinance

The Special Economic Zone (Amendment) Ordinance 2019 promulgated by the President yesterday permits trusts to seek establishment of SEZs.This is done by amending the definition of "person" under Section 2(v) of the SEZ Act 2005 to include 'trusts'. Apart from trusts, any entity that the central government may notify from time to time is also included in the definition of 'person' as per...

Ordinance To Set Up International Arbitration Centre At New Delhi Promulgated

The President Ram Nath Kovid yesterday promulgated the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Ordinance 2019.It proposes to establish an international arbitration centre at New Delhi, replacing the International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution set-up in the year 1995, which is a society registered under the Societies Registration Act. A Bill for this purpose was passed by Lok...