J&K HC Judges' Appointment : One Proposal Recalled, One Deferred and One Sent Back By SC Collegium [Read Resolution]

Out of the three proposals for appointment as judges to Jammu and Kashmir High Court, the Supreme Court collegium has recalled one of them, deferred consideration of another and sent back the other to the High Court.On August 24, 2017, the J&K HC collegium had recommended three advocates for elevation as HC judges : 1) Wasim Sadiq Nargal (2) Nazir Ahmad Beig, and (3) Showkat Ahmad...

SC Collegium Sends Back All 7 Names Recommended By Punjab & Haryana HC For Elevation [Read Resolution]

The Supreme Court collegium has sent back all 7 names recommended by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on November 24, 2017 for elevation as judges.The HC collegium had recommended the names of following advocates for appointment as HC judges :Sukant Gupta, Sanjay Vashisth, Jasdeep Singh Gill, Mansur Ali, Sunil Kumar Singh Panwar, Deepinder Singh Nalwa, and Harsh Bunger.Earlier,...

SC Collegium Resolutions For Elevation To Delhi HC: Names Of 2 Advocates Rejected, 2 Deferred

The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday considered the candidature of four Advocates for elevation to the Delhi High Court. As per the resolution, names of two Advocates—Krishnendu Datta and Saurabh Kirpal—were deferred. The Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices AK Sikri and SA Bobde resolved to consider their candidature after two-three weeks....

CCI Dismisses Allegations Of Competition Law Violation By Horse Racing Club

Finding the allegations of anti-competitive practises by Royal Western Indian Turf Club(RWITC) to be lacking in merits, the Competition Commission of India has closed a complaint, dropping further action.RWITC is a racing club which conducts horse raising in Mumbai and Pune race-courses. It has around 600 approved Horse Owners,46 licensed Horse Trainers and around 80 licensed Horse Jockeys...

RTI Can't Be Invoked When Information Can Be Accessed Through Another Statutory Mechanism: Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]

“I am of the opinion, if any information can be accessible through the mechanism provided under another statute, then the provisions of the RTI Act cannot be resorted to.”

No Recommendation In Justice Shetty Commission To Grant Advance Increments To District Judges Possessing PG Degree: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

"There is no recommendation to grant incentives to Civil Judges (Senior Division) or the District Judges, for having higher qualification. There is no recommendation to grant incentives to all the Judicial Officers also.”

Prof (Dr) KC Sunny To Take Over As Vice Chancellor Of NUALS

Prof (Dr) KC Sunny has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi, following the retirement of Prof (Dr) Rose Varghese.Dr. Sunny is currently serving as the Professor and the Head of the Department of Law and Dean School Legal Studies of Central University of Kerala. He will be taking charge as the VC next week.He is a graduate in both Physics and Law. He has also done his post-graduation in Administrative Law, having secured a...

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Gets Life Imprisonment For Journalist's Murder In 2002

He is currently serving a 20 year sentence in a rape case, and was heard on sentence through video conferencing.

Price Escalation And Change In Foreign Law Cannot Be Considered Force Majuere : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

In the context of a Power Purchase Agreement(PPA), the Delhi High Court has held that escalation of price of coal and change in law abroad will not amount to "force majuere" under the agreement, so as to absolve the power generating company from its obligations.The judgment was delivered by a Division Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Anup Jairam Bhambhani, while dealing with an appeal...

Advocate Manish Chaudhury Appointed As Additional Judge Of Gauhati HC [Read Notification]

The Central Government has notified the appointment of Advocate Manish Chaudhury as an Additional Judge of Gauhati High Court for a period of two years.The proposal for his elevation was first considered by the Supreme Court Collegium in April last year. It had, however, deferred the proposal.The recommendation was taken up again in December, when Mr. Chaudhury was finally recommended to...

Justice L Narayana Swamy Appointed as Acting Chief Justice Of Karnataka HC

The Centre has notified the appointment of Justice L Narayana Swamy as the Acting Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court. The appointment comes in the wake of the elevation of the current Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari to the Supreme Court. Justice Swamy enrolled as an Advocate in 1987 and went on to practice in the high court. He was appointed as an additional judge of the high court...

SC Collegium Recommends Transfer Of Justice PK Jaiswal To Allahabad HC From Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Resolution]

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of Madhya Pradesh High Court judge Justice PK Jaiswal to Allahabad High Court. In doing so, it rejected the representation made by Justice Jaiswal to consider his transfer to either Delhi, Rajasthan or Madras High Courts. In its resolution, the Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices AK Sikri, SA Bobde,...