Newly Appointed Advocate General For MP Recommends Law Officers For AG’s Office

Newly appointed Advocate General for the State of Madhya Pradesh, Senior Advocate Rajendra Tiwari has put forth his recommendations for appointment of law officers in his office.The following recommendations have been made by him: Additional Advocate General, Jabalpur:  Shashank Shekhar Dugwekar and Mr. Ajay Gupta. Additional Advocate General, Indore:  Ravindra Chhabra. Additional...

Ensure No Pollution Is Caused Due To Immersion Of Idols And Religious Festivals, Duty Of Every Citizen To Keep Rivers Pollution-Free: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has issued landmark directions to Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) for ensuring that the river Godavari remains pollution-free. The Godavari, the second largest river in India, is also known as Dakshin Ganga (the Ganges of the South) is the main source of water supply to Nashik.A division bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice AK Menon passed several directions while...

South African Govt's Plea To Put Up Nelson Mandela Statue In Delhi: HC Seeks Centre's Stand

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the Centre and AAP government's stand on a plea by the Honorary Consul of South Africa seeking permission to put up a statue of late Nelson Mandela on a road named after him in the national capital.A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao issued a notice to the ministries of Urban Development and External Affairs as well as the...

Manoj Prasad,Alleged Middleman In Rakesh Asthana Bribery Case,Granted Default Bail By Delhi Court [Read Order]

Manoj Prasad, an alleged middleman arrested in connection with bribery allegations involving CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana, was granted default bail by a Delhi Court today, due to failure of CBI to submit charge sheet within 60 days of the arrest.Prasad, who was arrested on October 17,prayed for release on default bail. The court had on November 3 denied bail to Prasad, saying it was not...

Kerala HC Confers Senior Designation To 3 Advocates

The High Court of Kerala has conferred senior designation to Advocates George Poonthottam, P. Vishwanathan and Gopinath Menon.George Poonthottam has a standing of 39 years at the bar and is known for handling cases in the field of constitutional law, education, service etc. He has been the standing counsel for universities and co-operative societies.P.Vishwanathan, with a standing of 31 years...

Senior Advocate Rajendra Tiwari Appointed Advocate General For Madhya Pradesh

Senior Advocate Rajendra Tiwari has been appointed as the Advocate General for the State of Madhya Pradesh.The appointment comes in the wake of the change in government in the State post the Assembly elections. Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath took oath as the 18th chief minister of the State, replacing former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.As per reports, Mr. Tiwari began his...

Chhattisgarh HC Quashes Govt Circulars That Restrict Primitive Tribal Groups From Undergoing ‘Sterilization’ [Read Order]

“Circular dated 26.05.2017 which requires a PVTG person to obtain certificate from the Sub Divisional Magistrate in order to undergo sterilization amounts to government intrusion and violation of the right to privacy.” The Chhattisgarh High Court recently quashed government circulars that restrained Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) from ‘family planning’ by...

Advertisement Is Facet Of Commercial Speech Protected By Article 19(1)(A) Of Constitution, Holds Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

“In fact, the protection given to an advertisement under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution is a necessary concomitant of the right of the public to receive the information in the advertisement.”The Delhi High Court has held that advertisement is a facet of commercial speech which is protected by Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India and the same can be restricted only in...

Dabholkar-Pansare Murder: Do Not Create The Impression That CBI Has Lost Interest In The Case, Bombay HC Tells CBI [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has told the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar that an impression should not go to the public that the central agency has lost interest in the case.It also questioned the CBI as well as the Special Investigation Team investigating the murder of CPI member Govind Pansare that whether they were wholly relying on...

Co-operate With I-T Dept For Special Audit: Delhi HC Directs Patanjali [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has directed Patanjali Ayurveda Ltd. to cooperate with the Income Tax Department, for the special audit proposed by the latter.A bench comprising Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice Prateek Jalan opined that “far from showing non-application of mind”, the Assessment Officer (AO) had carefully looked into all aspects before passing the impugned order.Patanjali...

Kerala HC Relief For Professor Who Was Suspended For Facebook Post Criticising University [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Kerala has ordered the re-instatement of Prasad Pannian, Associate Professor of Central University of Kerala(CUK),who was placed under suspension for a making a post in Facebook criticising the University's action against a student.""One cannot be prevented from expressing his views merely because he is an employee. In a democratic society, every institution is governed...

Lok Sabha Passes Transgender Bill With Amendments [Read Bill]

The Lok Sabha yesterday passed the Transgender(Protection of Rights) Bill, which seeks to define transgenders and prohibit discrimination against them.The Bill, which was introduced in 2016, was passed with 27 amendments, including an amendment on the definition of "transgender". Originally, the Bill defined transgender as a person who is "neither wholly male or wholly female, or a combination...