CCI Regulations Barring Parties From Interacting With Lawyers During DG Probe Stayed By Madras HC

The Madras High Court has stayed the rules notified by the Competition Commission of India barring advocates from interacting with persons summoned by it during hearings and providing for debar of counsels from future appearances.A bench comprising Justices N Kirubakaran and R Pongiappan passed the interim order on January 4, on a petition by the Tamil Nadu Advocates Association challenging...

Every Civilized Nation Requires Its PoliceTo Act With Equanimity Even In The Face Of Extreme Vexation, Instigation Or Stress: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

In a matter involving police harassment, the High Court of Kerala in strong words has called upon the members of the police force to act with certain amount of self-control and tolerance while dealing with the common public. The judgment was pronounced by a division bench comprising of Justice PR Ramachandra Menon and Justice Devan Ramachandran.The court also cautioned the state police...

With Report Of One Manual Scavenger Dying Every Five Days, PIL In SC For FIR In Every Such Death Since 1993 [Read Petition]

With one manual scavenger reportedly dying at work every five days despite India having declared manual scavenging illegal in 1993, the Criminal Justice Society of India has moved the Supreme Court seeking initiation of criminal proceedings for culpable homicide not amounting to murder against officials, agencies, contractors or any other person involved in engaging or employing manual...

Rajasthan HC Re-Ignites Hope For Police Aspirant With Pending Criminal Proceedings [Read Judgment]

The Rajasthan High Court recently re-ignited the hopes of a police aspirant, who was denied the job as a Constable because of the pendency of criminal proceedings against him. The order was issued by Justice Alok Sharma, who pointed out that the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner pertained to a family dispute, devoid of any moral turpitude, and hence, should not necessarily...

Mere Act Of Slapping Husband Publicly Not An Instigation To Commit Suicide: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Mere act of slapping the husband publicly would not, under normal circumstances, instigate the husband to commit suicide, the Delhi High Court has said. While setting aside the abetment to suicide charges framed against the wife, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva observed, "The allegation is that the petitioner slapped the deceased in presence of others. Even if one were to consider the incident...

Rendering Medical Service For Furtherance Of Religion Not Illegal: Delhi HC Restores OCI Status To A Doctor [Read Judgment]

“If the petitioner’s faith motivates the petitioner to volunteer for medical services at a hospital, there is no law (certainly not of this land) that proscribes him from doing so.”

Delhi HC Issues Notice To Agusta Westland On Govt's Plea To Stop Arbitration Proceedings With It [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court Wednesday agreed to examine a plea by the Union government seeking to restrain Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland from continuing with the arbitration process initiated by it in the wake of scrapping of contracts for supply of 12 VVIP choppers to the Indian Air Force. The Centre said the arbitration proceedings cannot continue as several criminal cases were...

Sexual Harassment At Bar: NGO Moves HC Saying BCI, BCD, Other Bar Assns Fail To Make Women Lawyers Feel Safe At Work

As incidents of sexual misconduct with women lawyers in courts and chamber blocks continue to make news, which includes a lawyer being raped by her senior in Saket court chamber block last year, NGO 'Art of Learning' has moved the Delhi High Court against the failure of the Bar Council of India, the Bar Council of Delhi and the Bar Associations of all district courts in Delhi in providing a...

Puri Jagannath Temple Matter: Senior Advocate Ranjith Kumar To Replace Gopal Subramanium As Amicus Curiae

The Supreme Court Wednesday appointed senior advocate and former Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar as amicus curiae to assist it in a matter related to administration of Jagannath temple in Puri. The apex court had on November 30 last year accepted the request of senior advocate Gopal Subramanium to relieve him as amicus curiae in the matter. During the hearing on Wednesday, the issue...

Uttarakhand HC Seeks Reply From Police On Transgender's Plea Against Refusal Of FIR On Rape Complaint

A transgender person has approached the Uttarakhand High Court to claim her rights after police refused to accept her changed gender. The high court stepped in to the woman's aid, asking police to state the reason for such behaviour. According to a complaint filed by the victim, she was in love with a man from Kotdwar and underwent a gender change surgery to be able to be with...

Leave To Appeal Against AFT Orders Only When There Is A Point Of Law Of General Importance: SC [Read Judgment]

"The point on which this Court will exercise jurisdiction is a point of law of general public importance."

Pvt Member's Bill Proposes Employees' Right To Disconnect Work Calls Or Emails After Office Hours [Read Bill]

Employees might acquire the right to disconnect work calls or emails after office hours, if a private member's bill gets passed in the parliament. The Right to Disconnect Bill 2018, introduced by NCP MP Supriya Sule, seeks to establish an Employees' Welfare Authority "to confer the right on every employee to disconnect from work-related telephone calls and emails beyond work hours and...