High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe 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. Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court recently held that a 'child', as is defined under Section 2(12) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection...

Sohrabuddin Case A Pre-Meditated Theory To Implicate Political Leaders, says CBI Court [Read Judgment]

Thwarting the prosecution's case and evidence placed on record, Special CBI Judge SJ Sharma who presided over the Sohrabuddin trial, recorded in a 358-page judgement that the entire investigation of the prosecution was based on a pre-meditated and scripted theory that the killing of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, Tulsiram Prajapati and a pregnant Kausar Bi, was part of a larger conspiracy hatched...

1984 Anit-Sikh Riots : Sajjan Kumar Surrenders In Delhi Court

Sajjan Kumar, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by Delhi High Court for his involvement in 1984 anti-sikh riots, has surrendered in a Delhi Court today. On his surrender before the Metropolitan Magistrate Aditi Garg at Karkardooma, he was sent to Mandoli jailOn December 17, the Delhi High Court had reversed his acquittal by trial court in 2013 and held him guilty for conspiracy and...

Kerala Govt Frames Shariat Rules Enabling A Person To Declare Conversion Of Faith [Read Rules]

The Rules enable a person to declare his willingness to be governed by Muslim Personal Law

Legal Luminaries Reflect On Law & Story Telling At IDIA Annual Conference

The recently held IDIA Annual Conference on "Law and Story Telling" saw legal stalwarts share riveting insights on storytelling within courts and in the practice of law.The panel was moderated by Mr. Arghya Sengupta, Founder and Research Director, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, New Delhi and comprised of: Justice Srikrishna, former judge, Supreme Court of India, Justice Gita Mittal, Chief...

Agusta Westland : Christian Michel Passing Chits To Lawyers Seeking Tips To Tackle Interrogation, ED Tells CBI Court

The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday told a Delhi court that alleged middleman Christian Michel, arrested in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, was misusing the liberty of legal assistance during his interrogation by passing chits to his lawyers asking how to tackle questions on Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.In the remand application, the CBI submitted that Michel's access to...

No Change In Sight For Allahabad High Court’s Name After Prayagraj: Govt In RTI Response

There is no proposal to change Allahabad High Court’s name in view of the decision to rename Allahabad to Prayagraj, the government has said in response to a Right To Information (RTI) application filed by The Indian Express.The response by the Department of Justice (DoJ) said that there was “no proposal under consideration at present for changing the name of Allahabad High...

Share Profits With Local Communities Under Biodiversity Act: Uttarakhand HC to Baba Ramdev’s Divya Pharmacy [Read Judgment]

The Uttarakhand High Court has directed Divya Pharmacy, owned by Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna, to share its profits with local and indigenous communities, as part of the Fair and Equitable Benefit Sharing (FEBS) objectives of the Biodiversity Act, 2002.Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia upheld the order passed by the Uttarakhand Biodiversity Board (UBB) and affirmed the powers of the...

NCLT, Mumbai Says CoC Not Right In Rejecting Resolution Plan Only Coz It Was Sent After Cut-Off Date [Read Order]

Tribunal says Code is paramount, not the RegulationsObserving that when there is a conflict between the Regulations and the Insolvency Code, the object of the Code is paramount and not the Regulations which are formed only for the just implementation of the Code, the Mumbai bench of National Company Law Tribunal has held that the Committee of Creditors of a corporate debtor was wrong in...

Give Special Care And Attention To Students From Backward Communities In IITs: Gauhati HC [Read Judgment]

“We are of the view that students like that of the petitioner, if so requires, are required to be given some special care and attention in the institute so that they are able to overcome their inherent deficiencies and are able to compete at par with others.” The Gauhati High Court has observed that students from backward communities are required to be given some special care and attention...

Amul Vs Kwality Wall's: Bombay HC Grants Some Relief To Amul, Modifies Judgment Restraining It From Broadcasting Two TV Ads [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently granted relief to Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF)-run Amul and allowed it to run two TV advertisements after it removes portions disparaging rivals like Kwality Wall's for using Vanaspati in their ice-creams.A division bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice RI Chagla partly allowed the appeal filed by the GCMMF against a judgment of a...

Such Outrageous Conduct Need No Tolerance: Bombay HC Issues ‘Contempt Notice’ To Lawyer Who Allegedly Slapped Judicial Officer [Read Order]

“It is a threat to the independence of Judiciary. Rule of law is being undermined.”The Bombay High Court has registered a suo motu criminal contempt case against an Assistant Public Prosecutor who allegedly slapped a judicial officer.Justice RK Deshpande issued a notice to Dipesh Parate to explain why an action for contempt of court should not be initiated against him.During the...