Saradha Chit Fund Case: Madras HC Grants Nalini Chidambaram Interim Protection From Arrest

In a breather to former finance minister P Chidambaram's wife Nalini, the Madras High Court Saturday granted her interim protection from arrest by the CBI in the Saradha chit fund case till she obtains regular anticipatory bail from a jurisdictional court in West Bengal. Justice G K Illanthiraiyan passed the interim order at a special sitting to hear the anticipatory bail plea of...

Bengaluru Court Closes Sedition Case Against Amnesty India

A Bengaluru Court has closed a sedition case against the Amnesty India, pertaining to a petition filed by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) against the human rights body on August 15, 2016. The complaint relates to an event the Amnesty India had held as part of a campaign to seek justice for alleged human rights violations in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The First...

3 Yrs Experience Not Mandatory For Empanelment As Jail Visiting Advocate By Legal Service Committee: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, on Friday, clarified that legal practitioners with less than three years experience at the bar can be empaneled as jail visiting advocates by the Delhi High Court Legal Service Committee. To this end, Justice Vibhu Bakhru relied on Regulation 8(3) of the National Legal Services Authority (Free and Competent Legal Services) Regulations, 2010, which states that "no...

Alleged Misuse Of Funds By Delhi Govt Hospitals: Delhi HC Asks Petitioners To Approach CVC [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court on Friday asked two advocates to place before the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) their petition against alleged misappropriation/misuse of funds to the tune of Rs 21,75,03,000 sanctioned to eight Delhi government hospitals for remodelling/upgrade. The court asked advocates Sagar Sharma and Sparsh Goyal, petitioners in the case, to place their grievance before the CVC...

Sponsored Ads: Submit Suggestions On Regulating Paid Content On Social Media: Bombay HC Tells EC, Petitioners

While hearing a petition filed by lawyer Sagar Suryawanshi on Friday, the Bombay High Court asked the Election Commission and the petitioner to submit suggestions on regulating paid content on social media 48 hours before polling day.The PIL seeks directions to the Election Commission of India to prohibit all persons, politicians from posting sponsored advertisements that are political in...

Surprised At People Travelling To Gujarat For Narco Test, HC Orders Govt To Make Facility Available At Delhi FSL In 3 Months [Read Order]

As the hapless father of a missing minor waits for some leads on his son from the narco test of the mother and sister of a juvenile in whose company the child was last seen, the Delhi High Court has expressed surprise that till date, India has just one narco test facility centre, which is at the Forensic Science Laboratory in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, and directed the Delhi government to procure...

Breaking : Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu Recommended To Be Transferred To Bombay HC From Kerala HC

The SC collegium has recommended the transfer of Justice Dama Sheshadri Naidu from High Court of Kerala to Bombay High Court.On September 22,2017, the Collegium had recommend his reptriation to his parent High Court, the then High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the States of Telengana and Andhra Pradesh.In supersession of that, the present recommendation has come.The collegium of...

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."