Justice Biswanath Somadder To Take Over As Acting Chief Justice Of Calcutta HC From Jan 1, 2019 [Read Notification]

The Government has notified the appointment of Justice Biswanath Somadder as the Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court.Justice Somadder obtained his law degree from University of Calcutta and enrolled as an Advocate in July, 1989. He was elevated to the Bench as a permanent judge in June, 2006, and was appointed as the Executive Chairman of the State Legal Services Authority in...

Justice TB Radhakrishnan To Continue As Chief Justice Of Hyderabad HC [Read Notification]

The Centre has notified the continuation of Justice TB Radhakrishnan, the Chief Justice of the erstwhile Hyderabad High Court for both states, as the Chief Justice of Hyderabad High Court, which is set to become the High Court for the state of Telangana from next year onwards.The notification also states that Justices Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and V Ramasubramanian, who are from different...

Despite NGT Ban And SC Scanner, Rat-Hole Mining Rampant In Meghalaya, Advocate Writes To CJI For Urgent Intervention

The entrapment of 15 miners inside a flooded coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia hills comes as another human tragedy of illegal rat-hole mining which continues under the very nose of the authorities despite a ban ordered by the National Green Tribunal four years ago and the pendency of an appeal against the ban before the Supreme Court.Livelaw has learnt that an advocate has sent a...

Secretly Recorded Telephonic Talk Between Wife & Friend In Breach Of Privacy Right Admissible In Family Court, Says Delhi Court

Court says Privacy judgment silent on the admissibility of evidence recorded n breach of privacyIs the evidence in the form of an audio-video recording of a private telephonic conversation collected in violation of a person’s fundamental right to privacy (after the Supreme Court’s Privacy judgment) by planting a recorder in the bedroom of that person admissible in a Family Court?A Delhi...

Allahabad HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against Accused in Bulandshahr Violence Case [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court last week refused to quash the FIR filed against one Satish, who is an accused in the Bulandshahr violence case in which police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and a local youth was killed on December 3.The violence had erupted over alleged cow slaughter in the area. An FIR in connection with Subodh Singh’s killing was then lodged by Subhash Chandra, a sub-inspector...

Governance Is A Matter Of Joke Today Because Of Corruption: Gujarat High Court [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court recently lamented the effect of corruption on our society and lives, asserting that it is responsible for governance being considered a “matter of joke”.Justice JB Pardiwala observed, “If governance is a matter of joke today, making it a laughing stock and leaving it in a pitiable situation, and if cynicism towards the system is the order of the day, the full...

Aboriginal Tribes Have Right To Development; Their Right In The Property Is Inalienable: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Judgment]

“Their right in property is inalienable right and being   notified aboriginal tribes, they have right to development and come to main stream of the society.”Aboriginal tribes have right to development, remarked Chhattisgarh High Court while holding that their right in the property is inalienable and their land cannot be auctioned for recovery of loan amount without permission from...

Even If Wife Waives Off Her Right To Maintenance In Agreement With Husband, Her Statutory Right To Maintenance Under S.125 Of CrPC Can’t Be Bartered: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

In a significant judgment, the Bombay High Court has held that even when a wife enters into an agreement with her husband waiving off her right to maintenance, her statutory right to maintenance cannot be bartered, done away with or negatived by the husband by setting up an agreement to the contrary.Justice MS Sonak was hearing a writ petition filed by one Ramchand Kamble. In the petition,...

Child, Who Has Not Committed Heinous Offence, Can’t Be Tried At Children’s Court: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently held that a 'child', as is defined under Section 2(12) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, who has not committed a heinous offence, cannot be tried at a Children's Court.Under Section 19(3) of the JJ Act, a Children's Court may send a child to a place of safety till he attains the age of 21 years and thereafter, the...

Disqualification Of Directors : Companies Act 2013 Takes Effect Only From FY 2014-15; Gujarat HC Quashes MCA List [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court has quashed the list of disqualified directors published by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) on September 12, 2017. The Court held that Section 164(2) of the Companies Act is prospective in nature and will take effect only from its date of notification, viz, April 1, 2014.In September 2017, the MCA had published a list of nearly three lakh...

Rajasthan HC Approves Relocation Of Tigers To Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve

The Rajasthan High Court has approved the relocation of a tiger to the Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve (MHTR) and has also paved way for the shifting of two tigresses from the Ranthambore National Park to MHTR.The decision was rendered by a bench comprising Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Goverdhan Bardhar.The court was hearing a petition filed by wildlife activist Ajay Shankar Dubey, seeking...

Uphaar Fire Tragedy: Sushil Ansal Misled Govt & Courts To Obtain Passport, Says Delhi HC; Orders FIR [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has held that real estate tycoon and 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy case convict Sushil Ansal had “on oath misled the Government of India and the Court that he has not been convicted in any criminal proceedings by any Court” when he availed of the benefit of a passport under the tatkaal scheme in the year 2013 and travelled on it outside the country few times.Justice...