Appearing For Maoists Not A Crime; Lawyer Has A Duty To Defend If A Maoist Seeks His Professional Assistance: Madras HC [Read Order]

‘Meeting of an accused person in the prison by a lawyer, would not mean that there was criminal conspiracy between them.’While discharging a lawyer from a criminal case, the Madras High Court observed that appearing for a Maoist is not a crime and if a Maoist accused of an offence seeks the professional assistance of a lawyer, it is his duty to defend.Murugan, a lawyer practicing in...

Cyber Criminals Are Way Ahead Of The Law Enforcement Officers: Kerala HC Asks State Police To Train Cops To Tackle Cyber Crimes [Read Judgment]

‘It is high-time for the State Police to bring out a good practise guide for digital evidence, if they intend to tackle cyber crime head on.’The Kerala High Court has called upon the State Police to bring out a good practise guide for digital evidence to tackle cyber crimes and also to impart training to police officers to tackle the criminal misuse of current and emerging...

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of A Judicial Officer As Orissa HC Judge; Defers/ Remits Names Of 8 Advocates

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the appointment of Judicial Officer Dr. Akshaya Kumar Mishra as a judge of Orissa High Court.While doing so, the Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice MB Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph also considered the candidature of three other Judicial Officers—Satyanarayan Mishra, Bibhu Prasad Routray, and Gautam Sharma.It,...

SC Collegium Recommends Three Judicial Officers Including SC Secretary General Ravindra Maithani As Uttarakhand HC Judges

Three Judicial Judicial Officers including Supreme Court Secretary General Ravindra Maithani have been proposed by Supreme Court Collegium for appointment as judges of Uttarakhand High Court against three Service vacancies which existed on 29th May, 2018.The other two are Narayan Singh Dhanik and Ramesh Chandra Khulbe."For purpose of assessing merit and suitability of the...

SC Collegium Recommends Elevation Of 13 Judicial Officers As Judges Of Allahabad HC

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the appointment of Thirteen Judicial Officers as judges of Allahabad High Court.The collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice MB Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph, made the following recommendations:Ram Krishna GautamUmesh KumarPradeep Kumar SrivastavaAnil Kumar-IXRajendra Kumar-IVMohd. Faiz Alam KhanVikas Kunvar...

E-Commerce Websites with Active Participation in Selling Process Can’t Claim Immunity Provided To Intermediaries, Says Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

 ‘E-commerce websites and online marketplaces ought to operate with caution if they wish to enjoy the immunity provided to intermediaries.’In an important judgment dealing with the violation of trade mark rights by e-commerce platforms and the extent of protection/exemption enjoyed them; the Delhi High Court has held that when an e-commerce company claims exemption under Section 79 of...

Bar Council Of Delhi Serves Notice To Big B, Everest Masala For Undermining Dignity Of Legal Profession [Read Notice]

The Bar Council of Delhi has sent a legal notice to Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and Everest Masala for using lawyer’s attire in a television commercial.The notice has also been served on YouTube and Zee News where the advertisement was seen.“You are informed that lawyer’s attire is prescribed exclusively for the court and the same is not permitted to be used for any advertisement,...

Delhi HC Dismisses Plea To End Discriminatory Practices In All Religions

Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition seeking an end to gender-discriminatory practices in all faiths and make acts of discrimination a penal offence.A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and VK Rao refused to entertain the plea saying it lacked “territorial jurisdiction”.“Petitioner has not indicated which of the temples mentioned in the petition is under the jurisdiction of...

Corruption In UP Asst Teacher Recruitment: Govt Says No To CBI Probe, Allahabad HC Orders One [Read Judgment]

HC says from last 20yrs, all selection process of govt marred by corruptionThe Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Thursday ordered CBI probe into the entire process of selection initiated for the recruitment of 68,500 assistant teachers in primary schools in Uttar Pradesh after the Yogi Adityanath government submitted that it was not ready to hand over the probe to the CBI despite...

It Is Not Appropriate To Award ‘Death Sentence’ In Every Case, Madhya Pradesh HC Again Commutes Death Penalty Awarded U/s 376 AB IPC [Read Judgment]

“In our considered opinion in the instant case the alleged offence is not committed in barbaric and brutal manner, hence it does not fall within “rarest of rare” case to award death sentence.”The Madhya Pradesh High Court yet again commuted a death sentence awarded under newly-introduced Section 376AB IPC to a man accused of raping a three-year-old girl.This is the third such...

SC Rejects Bail To Medical College Director Accused Of Cheating Students [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, on Friday, dismissed plea of a medical college director arrested on cheating charges and who was denied bail by the Madhya Pradesh High Court.Dr. Ramesh Badlani was accused by many students of collecting fees of upto Rs 5 lakh from them for admission to medical and nursing courses at the institute, and discontinuing the classes later citing financial difficulties.According...

Collegium Recommends Transfer Justice Rajeev Sharma To P&H High Court On His Request, Justice Ramesh To Move To MP HC

 The Supreme Court collegium on Friday granted the request of Uttarakhand High Court judge Justice Rajeev Sharma for a transfer to the Punjab and Haryana High Court.The collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Madan B Lokur, Kurian Joseph, AK Sikri, and SA Bobde reconsidered the proposal of transfer of Justice Rajeev Sharma, who, in a meeting dated October 29,...