Standing Judge: Justice Prathiba Singh Says Tough To Hear Cases When Seated For Long Hours, Holds Proceedings While Standing

Delhi High Court judge, Justice Prathiba M Singh on Thursday heard cases while standing in the courtroom.While Justice Singh did as usual hear some cases while sitting on the chair, she started hearing the cases in standing position around 12:30 PM till lunch break.As the lawyers present in the courtroom stood up in respect of the judge, Justice Singh asked the lawyers to sit.She said that it...

Reversal Of Burden Of Proof Under PMLA Seems To Be Very Dangerous: Kerala High Court Says During Bail Hearing

The Kerala High Court on Thursday heard the arguments in the bail application filed by M Sivasankar, former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, in the money laundering case in relation to LIFE Mission bribe case.Senior Advocate Jaideep Gupta, appearing for Sivasankar, submitted that predicate offences under Prevention of Money Laundering Act are usually investigated by State...

“Lackadaisical Attitude”: Madras High Court Imposes Cost On Sports Development Authority For Delay In Filing Applications To Set Aside Ex-Parte Order

While setting aside an order of the Executing court refusing to condone the delay in filing of a petition to set aside an ex-party order in an execution proceeding, the Madras High Court, noting that the delay was due to the lackadaisical manner of the officers, imposed of cost of five thousand rupees. However, considering the lackadaisical attitude in which the authorities of...

Gujarat High Court Upholds Trial Court's Decision To Not Discharge Ex-IAS Officer Pradeep Sharma In Money Laundering Case, Orders Expeditious Trial

The Gujarat High Court recently refused to interfere with the order of trial court rejecting former IAS Officer Pradeep Sharma's application for discharge in a case under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).The single judge bench of Justice Samir J. Dave observed:“While rejecting the discharge application of the applicant, learned trial court has specifically observed that on the basis...

Can Entertain Delay Condonation Applications In Execution Proceedings Even In Absence Of Specific Provision: Madras High Court Reiterates

The Madras High Court recently reiterated that the courts have the power to entertain petitions for condoning delay in execution petitions even though the same has not been specifically provided for in the Code of Civil Procedure. Justice K Kumaresh Babu followed an earlier decision of the Madras High Court in N.Rajendran v. SriramChits Tamil Nadu Private Limited where Justice...

Karnataka High Court Permits Govt To Take A Decision On Panchamasali Lingayat Reservation

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday permitted the State government to decide on reservation for Panchamasali Lingayat sub-sect. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Ashok S Kinagi vacated the status quo order dated January 12, by which it had directed the state government to not act on the interim report of the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes...

Article 243ZE | Kerala High Court Directs State To Constitute Metropolitan Planning Committee For Kochi Without Further Delay

The Kerala High Court recently directed the State Government to complete the process of constituting the Metropolitan Planning Committee (MPC) for Kochi as mandated under Article 243ZE of the Constitution without further delay. A division bench comprising Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Murali Purushothaman while considering a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by natives of...

Swiftly Rectify Discrepancies In Electoral Rolls Of Shivajinagar, Shanthi Nagar Assembly Constituencies: Karnataka High Court Directs ECI

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Election Commission of India to act swiftly and conclude the exercise of correcting the electoral rolls in Shivaji Nagar and Shanthi Nagar constituencies in Bengaluru, by identifying voters who have expired and those who have shifted to other areas, by March 26.Bharatiya Janata Party had approached the High court seeking consideration of...

Bookie Anil Jaisinghani Moves Bombay High Court Alleging Illegal Arrest In Case Filed By Amruta Fadnavis

Bookie Anil Jaisinghani has approached the Bombay High Court challenging his arrest in a complaint filed by Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.A division bench of Justice GS Kulkarni and Justice RN Laddha will hear the case on Monday, March 27.Fadnavis has alleged that Aniksha Jaisinghani, Anil Jaisinghani's daughter, attempted to bribe her with Rs 1 Crore to...

Delhi High Court Restrains Income Tax Dept From Acting On Show Cause Notice Issued To Kapil Sibal, Says Deal With His Objections First

The Delhi High Court on Thursday restrained Income Tax authorities from acting on the show cause notice issued to Rajya Sabha MP and senior lawyer Kapil Sibal on March 11 in relation to assessment proceedings pending against him. "Having heard the learned counsels of the parties, we are of the view that since the impugned notice has been challenged on jurisdiction as well as on the breach...

Bombay High Court Quashes Order Against Raj Thackarey, Asks Sessions Court To Decide Discharge Afresh In 2008 Agitation Case

The Bombay High Court on Thursday quashed an order passed against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray refusing to discharge him from a 2008 “unlawful assembly case” regarding agitations seeking jobs for Maharashtrians in the Railway.Justice Amit Borkar remanded the matter back to the Sessions court of Islampur directing it to decide the revision application afresh as...

Centre Notifies Transfer Of Two Judges To Madras High Court; One Judicial Officer Appointed As An Additional Judge

The Central Government today notified the transfer of two Judges to Madras High Court - Justice Battu Devanand (From Andhra Pradesh High Court) and Justice Devaraju Nagarjun (Telangana High Court). Judicial officer P.Vadamali has also been appointed as an additional judge of the High Court.This piece of information was tweeted by the Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju today.In exercise of...