Despite Shortage, 12 Prosecutors Transferred To Other Depts Of Delhi Govt: PIL In Delhi HC Seeks Action

With a shortage of prosecutors being one of the impediments in the efficient administration of justice, a PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday against the illegal posting/ transfer of prosecutors to other departments in Delhi government while also seeking departmental action against the Director of Prosecution for making such transfers.The PIL has been filed by Brij Mohan...

Organizers Of Religious Events Shall Undertake That There Will Be No Denigration Of Any Other Religion: Madras HC [Read Order]

“Sadly, on display are sporadic instances when every religious group competes to dominate with shameless quest its supremacy over the other. The Constitution has secured to everyone to praise their religion, but not to abuse another.”

National Herald: Change In Share Holding Does Not Lead To Change In Ownership, AJL tells HC

Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), the publisher of National Herald, told the Delhi High Court on Monday that transfer of its majority shares to Young India (YI), in which Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi are shareholders, would not make them the owners of its premises here which it has been asked to vacate. AJL, which has challenged a single judge order directing it...

Parakkum Kavadi: Give Up Self Torturing Faith Based Practices, Exhorts Madras HC

“What might have been relevant and consistent in ancient times need not necessarily must have contextual relevance”

Successive Applications For Recalling Witnesses Should Not Be Encouraged: SC [Read Judgment]

"Where the prosecution evidence has been closed long back and the reasons for non-examination of the witness earlier is not satisfactory, the summoning of the witness at belated stage would cause great prejudice to the accused and should not be allowed."

Delhi HC Upholds Validity Of Rule 3(2) Of Companies (Registered Valuers & Valuation) Rules [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has upheld the validity of Rule 3(2) of the Companies (Registered Valuers and Valuation) Rules 2017.As per the Rule, no partnership entity or a company can be a registered valuer if it is a subsidiary, joint venture or associate or another company or body corporate.This restriction was challenged as arbitrary, unreasonable and violative of fundamental right to carry...

Attending Son's Engagement Is A Ground To Grant Parole : Madras HC [Read Order]

‘Sometime one needs to expand certain expressions in law to give meaning to life of citizens’; said HC

SC Enhances Compensation To Mother Of A Victim Of Medical Negligence Who Is In Vegetative State For A Decade [Read Order]

“While some element of redress has been provided to the appellant by the enhancement of compensation by the NCDRC, the enhancement, in our view, does not take into account the requirements of nursing care, medical help and other attendant requirements of the child for the future.”

High Courts Weekly Round Up

Bombay High Court Observed that the can be challenged only on the ground of possibility of tampering of the blood sample of the accused, at any stage. Justice V. M. Deshpande observed thus while considering an appeal filed by a man convicted by the Trial Court in a minor-rape case. The Trial court, among other evidences, also relied on the DNA report which stated that the accused...

Sanction Under PC Act- Dictum In Anilkumar v Ayyappa Applicable Till SC Answers Reference : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Until a final decision is taken in the reference in Manjju Surana, the dictum laid down in Anil Kumar holds the field, held the HC.

Lawyers From Asian Countries Discuss Need For Stronger Privacy Laws

Lawyers and policy makers from several Asian countries discussed the nature of protection granted to privacy rights by laws in their respective jurisdictions in the second session of the LAWASIA Human Rights Conference held at New Delhi yesterday.The session chaired by Meenakshi Arora, Senior Advocate, explored the foreseeable impacts of technology on human rights, especially privacy rights,...

Cannot Allow Anticipatory Bail Just Because Arrest Would Tarnish Applicants' Reputation: Gujarat HC

The Gujarat High Court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand in the Rs 1.4 crore alleged fund embezzlement case related to their NGO Sabrang Trust.In doing so, Justice JB Pardiwala advocated for ignoring the reputation of the applicants while deciding the application observing, "The reputation of the applicants in the society as well...