NLU Student Consortium Demands Nationalisation Of NLUs, Grant Of ‘Institutes of National Importance’ Status

The National law University (NLU) Student Consortium—comprising student body representatives of all National Law Universities— has issued a statement reiterating its demand for nationalisation of all NLUs and for grant of ‘Institutes of National Importance’ status to them.“On this twenty-sixth day of November (70th National Law Day) we, the students of all the NLUs, renew and...

Parents Can Seek Child’s Eviction from Any Type Of Property On Grounds Of Non-Maintenance & Ill-Treatment: Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has held that a parent can seek eviction of his children and legal heirs from any type of property, on grounds of non-maintenance and ill-treatment.Justice Vibhu Bakhru asserted, “The Clause as it stands today expressly permits a citizen/parent to make an application for eviction of his son, daughter and legal heir from the property of any kind whether movable...

Delhi HC Stays Centre’s Notification Relaxing EC Norms For Construction Projects

The Delhi High Court has stayed the Centre’s notification by which building and construction projects with 20,000 to 50,000 sqm built-up area and industrial sheds, educational institutions etc., of 20,000 to 1,50,000 sqm built-up area were kept out of the regulatory regime of the Environment Protection Act and the powers of the Centre to ensure compliance with specified environmental...

India Will Become Nazi State If Press Is Gagged; It’s The Duty Of Constitutional Court To Resist Such Attempts By Mighty State: Madras HC [Read Order]

“If the voice of the fourth estate is stifled in this manner, India will become a Nazi State and the hard labour of our freedom fighters and makers of our Constitution will go down the drain.”If the voice of the fourth estate is stifled in this manner, India will become a Nazi State, remarked Justice PN Prakash of Madras High Court while quashing a defamation complaint against India...

SC Partially Stays Disqualification Of Kerala MLA K M Shaji [Read Order]

The Court has made it clear that though Shaji can attend the assembly, he cannot cast vote in the proceedings and draw remunerationThe Supreme Court today granted conditional stay of the judgment of the High Court of Kerala which had invalidated the election of K M Shaji from Azhikode constituency and disqualified him for six years on the ground that he made communal remarks in the run-up to...

One May Criticize The Judgment But Not The Judge: Kerala HC Denies Anticipatory Bail To ‘Protesters’ Against Its ‘Hadiya Judgment’ [Read Order]

‘Highly derogatory, contumacious and unwarranted comments were made not only against the judicial system, but against the Honourable Judges who constituted the Bench.’The Kerala High Court has denied anticipatory bail to two office bearers of Muslim Ekopana Samidhi, who had conducted a march to the high court protesting against its judgment in Hadiya case.After the Kerala High Court...

Bombay HC Grants Divorce To Estranged Couple Whose Last Contact Was 12 Years Ago [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently granted divorce to an estranged couple who had been living separately for over two decades, opining that the marriage between the two was nothing but fiction.A bench comprising Justice Amjad Sayed and Justice Suresh Gupte noted that the only contact between them in this period was through a few phone calls 12 years ago, and observed, “The only contact they...

Application Before Court Seeking Interim Measure Of Protection Maintainable Even After Passing Of Arbitration Award But Before It Is Enforced: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

‘It would not be proper for the Court to reject the application merely on the ground that he has got efficacious remedy under Section 17 of the Act.’The Kerala High Court has held that application under Section 9(1)(ii) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking an interim measure of protection is maintainable even after passing of the award by the arbitral tribunal but...

SC Collegium Recommends 9 Additional Judges Of P&H HC To Be Appointed As Permanent Judges [Read Notification]

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the appointment of nine additional judges of Punjab and Haryana High Court as permanent judges.The collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice MB Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph proposed the following judges to be made permanent: Justice Harminder Singh Madaan Justice Raj Shekhar Attri Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill Justice...

Petition Challenges Blanket Ban On Hukkah Parlours In Maharashtra; Bombay HC Seeks Reply From State [Read Petition]

The division bench of Chief Justice Naresh H Patil and Justice MS Karnik of the Bombay High Court on Monday sought reply from the State of Maharashtra in a batch of petitions filed by owner of Silver Spoon, a hukkah parlour, challenging a blanket ban imposed on hukkah parlours in the state.The State of Maharashtra had amended the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition) Act (COTPA)...

PM Modi, VP Naidu Attend Dinner Hosted By CJI On Constitution Day Eve

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attended a dinner hosted by the Chief Justice of India on the eve of Constitution Day.Chief justices and judges from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Nepal and Bhutan, who are here to attend the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) conference, were also...

Bombay HC Grants Relief To Lawyer Whose Registration From BCI Was Suspended For Submitting ‘Fake Degree’ [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court recently came to the rescue of Advocate Mahendra Kachawale, whose registration with the Bar Council of India was at first suspended and then kept pending even though Kachawale had obtained another degree from ILS, Pune.A division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice SV Kotwal directed BCI to look into Kachawale’s application for re-registration and...