#MeToo: Complainant Delayed FIR For Her Own Benefit: Mumbai Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Alok Nath [Read Order]

The Dindoshi Sessions Court granted anticipatory bail to actor Alok Nath last week, while observing that writer-director Vinta Nanda may have delayed filing a complaint of rape "of her own benefit". In his order, Additional Sessions Judge SS Oza further noted that prima facie there was some "variance" in the complaints filed against the actor and also pointed out that the complainant did...

'Notified Order' Issued Under Extradition Act Can Be Given Retrospective Effect: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

“The laying of the Notified Order before the Parliament is not a pre- requisite to the enforcement of the Notified Order. It is a requirement subsequent to the issuance of such a Notified Order.”

Consistent Improvements In Statement As Per Victim's Convenience Can't Be Acted Upon; Bombay HC Acquits Two Convicted Under POCSO Act [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has held that consistent improvements made by the victim suiting their convenience cannot be acted upon by the courts.Justice AM Badar acquitted two men, one accused of raping a minor and the other was accused of sexual assault by the same minor.While acquitting them and allowing their appeal against conviction, the court noted that the victim had made improvements in...

Sabarimala Violence : Kerala HC Issues Notice To Protest Leaders In Plea For Recovery Of Losses

The PIL seeks appointment of claim commissioners to assess damages caused in the hartal and to award compensation to the victims of atrocities, by recovering losses from leaders.

TN Bar Council Prohibits Fancy Enrollment Celebrations By New Lawyers

Pasting posters, putting up banners, beating drums and bursting fire crackers during the enrolment celebration of young lawyers have been banned, said the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry as it noted that such celebrations would entail "postponement of their enrolment by six months". Calling such celebrations prejudicial to the dignity of the profession and public interest,...

Lok Sabha Passes Citizenship Amendment Bill [Read Bill]

Non-muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are not treated as illegal migrants by the amendment, making them eligible for Indian citizenship

All Women Exempted From Paying Court Fees, Holds Orissa HC [Read Order]

"Women are exempted from payment of court fees. The language of the notification is clear & explicit. The word 'woman' has not been pre-fixed by any adjective. It takes with its sweep the woman of any status or nationality."

New Petition Filed In Bombay HC Challenging Maratha Quota [Read Petition]

A petition challenging the constitutional validity of both The Maharashtra State Commission for Backward Classes Act, 2005, as well as the Maharashtra State Reservation (of seats for admission in education institutions in the state and for appointments in public services and posts under the state) for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (MSEBC) Act, 2018 has been filed in the Bombay...

Sabarimala : HC Appointed Observers Silent On Violent Protests Against Women Entry, Police Tells Court [Read Affidavit]

The recommendations by observers against special protection to women on individual basis are unsustainable in law, the police affidavit said.

Even A Deity Encroaching Public Property Has To Be Dealt With, In Accordance With Law: Madras HC [Read Order]

“The Temples, Churches, Mosques or any other Religious institutions, if constructed by encroaching the public roads causing inconvenience to the vehicular traffic or if any constructed in water resources and water bodies, depriving the citizen to get the water resources, then all are to be dealt in accordance with law”

'What Happened To Young Members Of Bar?' SC Irked Over Frivolous PILs By Young Lawyers

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S. K. Kaul, on Monday, expressed displeasure at the abuse of the court's jurisdiction by filing increasingly frivolous PILs. The bench was irked by Two successive PILs listed before it; while one prayed for the Aligarh Muslim University to be renamed, the other sought access to clean public toilets to be declared a...

Delhi HC Quashes Centre's Ban On Anti-Inflammatory Medicine 'Ace Proxyvon' [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court Monday set aside the Centre's ban on Indian pharma major Wockhardt's anti-inflammatory medicine 'Ace Proxyvon', used in painful rheumatic conditions.Justice Vibhu Bakhru passed the order on the firm's plea challenging the Centre's September 7, 2018 notification banning the manufacture, sale and distribution of 328 fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs.This is the first...