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,...

#Sabarimala: A Person's Right As A Devotee Cannot Be Stalled Citing His Criminal Background: Kerala HC

"In so far as the petitioner's right as a devotee cannot be prevented, or stalled but for imposing reasonable restrictions to the requisite extent, we find it appropriate to permit the petitioner to have the 'darsan' at Sabarimala.."

SC Collegium Reiterates Proposal To Retain Justice Ramendra Jain In Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Resolution]

The Supreme Court Collegium has reiterated its recommendation to retain Justice Ramendra Jain in his parent High Court of Punjab and Haryana.Justice Jain was appointed as Additional Judge of Punjab & Haryana High Court in April, 2015, subject to his transfer to Karnataka High Court. The Collegium had, however, in July 2017, recommended that he be allowed to continue to function in his...

SC Asks Director Of Real Estate Firm To Surrender As Homebuyers Challenge Protection From Arrest [Read Order]

In some relief to over 400 investors who have been duped of thousands of crores of rupees invested in the now-abandoned project called Cosmo-city on Dwarka Expressway, the Supreme Court has ordered a director of real estate firm ADEL Landmarks Ltd to surrender forthwith while setting aside the order of the Delhi High Court by which he was granted protection from arrest. A bench of Justice...

NGT Slaps Rs 100 Crores Fine On Volkswagen For Emission Of Nitrogen Oxide Beyond Permissible Limits

The principle bench of National Green Tribunal at New Delhi has imposed a penalty of Rs.100 crores on Volkswagen India on finding that its vehicles emitted nitrogen oxide beyond permissible limits, causing damage to environment and health of people.The fine amount is the estimated cost of health damage due to excess emission of nitrogen oxide from the Volkswagen group vehicles. The NGT had...

Make Varanasi & Meerut Stray Cattle Free By Feb 5: Allahabad HC Directs Civic Bodies [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Municipal Corporations of Varanasi and Meerut to make the entire city stray cattle free by February 5. The direction was issued by a bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Chandra Dhari Singh. The court was hearing three petitions highlighting the problems being faced by the residents of Varanasi and Meerut due to...

Plea In Delhi HC For Resettlement Of Leprosy Patients Rendered Homeless After Decriminalisation Of Beggary [Read Petition]

The petition seeks conversion of the shelter homes under the struck down Begging Act as rehabilitation centres for beggars infected with leprosy