SC Collegium Recommends Re-Transfer Of Justice Pramath Patnaik To Orissa HC

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended re-transfer of Justice Pramath Patnaik to Orissa High Court.The collegium comprising CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justices AK Sikri, SA Bobde, NV Ramana and Arun Mishra accepted Justice Patnaik request seeking re-transfer to the High Court of the state from where he hails from. It said: "The Collegium, acceding to his request, resolves to recommend that...

Court Staff Warned Against Sharing Of Official Communication On Social Media [Read Circular]

In the constantly evolving social media and an increasingly higher percentage of people taking to it to discuss and dissect judicial decisions or administration of justice, all "court officials" of the six district courts of Delhi have been warned not to upload/publish official communication on WhatsApp, Facebook etc., without prior permission. A circular to this effect was issued by...

Gauhati HC Grants Bail To Gohain, Gogoi, Mahanta In Sedition Case

The Gauhati High Court on Friday granted interim bail to Assamese litterateur Hiren Gohain and KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi, and absolute bail to senior journalist Manjit Mahanta in the sedition case filed by the Assam Police over their alleged remarks against the citizenship bill. Justice H K Sarma granted interim bail to Gohain and Gogoi against a surety Rs 5,000 each. He also directed the...

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh & Three Others Convicted By CBI Court For Murder Of Journalist In 2002

A CBI court Friday held Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and three others guilty of murdering journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati in 2002.All the four accused have been convicted, CBI counsel HPS Verma told PTI after special CBI Judge Jagdeep Singh pronounced the verdict here.The sentence will be pronounced on January 17.The three others accused are Kuldeep Singh, Nirmal Singh...

Kerala HC Full Bench Quashes Government Order That Allowed Premature Release Of 209 Prisoners [Read Judgment]

"The exercise of constituent power under Article 161 of the Constitution by high constitutional functionaries must take note of the effect of the decision on the family of the victims, the society as a whole and precedent it sets for the future."

Guj HC Adv Assn Gives 3-Day Ultimatum To Centre To Appoint HC Judges; Writes To PM, Law Min

The Gujarat High Court Advocates Association has written to the Prime Minister and the Law Minister giving a three-day ultimatum to the Centre to notify the appointment of judges to the judge-starved Gujarat High Court in three working days or at least start the process of appointment, failing which it will go a protest strike from January 15. The lawyers' body urged the Prime Minister and...

CLAT 2019 Application Process To Begin From January 13: Here's All You Need To Know

Online applications for Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), 2019 will begin from January 13 on https://clatconsortiumofnlu.ac.in. Here is all you need to know about this year's exam: Tentative important datesBeginning of application process January 13, 2019Last date for submitting online form March 31,...

IBC : Creditor Can Proceed Against Guarantor Even Without Proceeding Against Borrower, Holds NCLAT [Read Order]

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has held that financial creditor can proceed against corporate guarantor even before proceeding against corporate debtor.It was held :we hold that it is not necessary to initiate 'Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process' against the 'Principal Borrower' before initiating 'Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process' against the 'Corporate...

Priests Have No Right Over Offerings Made To Deity: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]

“To offer a Puja in the Mandir to the deity by priest would not automatically envelop the offering made to the deity to be the property of the priests (Pujaris).”

Compulsory Rural Service For Medical Post Graduates Not Bonded Labour: Karnataka HC [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to conduct an inquiry for penalising or prosecuting culpable officials and persons responsible for not securing the undertaking/obligation bond for government service from candidates who had secured postgraduate degree and diploma seats for medical and dental courses under the government quota. Justice Krishna S. Dixit noted that...

Bollywood Movie "Bombairiya" Highlights Issue Of Witness Protection In India

There has always been a demand for witness protection law across the country, due to low conviction rate in heinous criminal and unsolved cases—particularly those in which the accused is a powerful person such as a politician. However, it has often been alleged that there is a lack of political will to bring about such legislation. Nevertheless, recently the Supreme Court approved a...

GST : No Detention Of Goods If There Is Bona Fide Dispute On Tax Rate, Holds Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

If the records truly reflect the transaction and the assessee's explanation accords with his past conduct, then detention is not the answer and at best the inspecting authority can alert the assessing authority to initiate the assessment proceedings, the Court held.