Seven Additional Judges Of Karnataka High Court Made Permanent [Read Notification]

The Centre has notified the appointment of seven Additional Judges of Karnataka High Court as Permanent Judges.The notification makes permanent the following judges:Kempaiah SomashekarKotravva Somappa MudagalSreenivas Harish KumarJohn Michael CunhaBasavaraj Andanagouda PatilNangli Krishnarao SudhindraraoHosur Bhujangaraya Prabhakara SastryRead the Notification...

Unconstitutional Section 66A A “Legal Zombie”, Continues To Be Used Across India: Study

Section 66-A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 continues to be used across India, despite having been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Shreya Singhal v. Union of India, a study has found.The paper, co-authored by Abhinav Sekhri and Apar Gupta, calls Section 66A a “legal zombie”, which despite more than three years having passed since the judgment, continues to haunt...

Least That Is Expected From Institutions Is Not To Victimise The Survivors: Hyderabad HC Quashes Disciplinary Proceedings Against Stenographer For 'Illicit Relationship' With Sub-Judge [Read Judgment]

"It will be a contradiction in terms, to hold the Judicial Officer guilty of adopting coercive tactics to make his Steno-typist succumb to his pressure and thereafter to charge the steno-typist of complicity."The Telangana and Andhra Pradesh High Court has quashed disciplinary proceedings against a court-stenographer allegedly for her illicit sexual relationship with a judicial officer who...

It Is The Burden Of Insured To Prove That Intimation Of Cancellation Of Insurance Policy Was Not Received From Insurer : Kerala HC Full Bench [Read Judgment]

"The burden is on the addressee to rebut the presumption by conclusive evidence that he did not really receive the letter and it is not a case of deliberate avoidance. The burden is not on the insurer to establish conclusively that the intimation of cancellation of insurance coverage was in fact served on the insured or the registering authority", held the judgment authored by Justice...

Madras HC Allows Compounding Of Offences Against Ambedkar Law College Students Involved In 2008 Clash [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court on Tuesday allowed compounding of offences against 21 students of Dr. Ambedkar Law College who were sentenced to three years imprisonment in connection with a clash in its campus in 2008.While doing so, Justice R. Suresh Kumar reminded the students of the learnings of non-violence and the need for imbibing moral values along with academic education.The...

Aadhaar-Linked Biometric Attendance System In All Delhi District Courts Soon [Read Circular]

The biometric attendance system linked with Aadhaar will be introduced soon in Delhi District Courts.A circular has been issued asking all officials to furnish their details along with consent to Aadhaar-Based Biometric Attendance System.Aadhaar-linked biometric attendance system involves generation of attendance ID from Aadhaar number and becomes active once the Aadhaar information is...

Pakistan’s SC Acquits Christian Women On Death Row For Blasphemy [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday acquitted a Christian woman who has been on death row for almost eight years on blasphemy charges.Asia Bibi, a mother of five from Punjab province, was convicted of blasphemy in 2010 and  was sentenced to hang after she was accused of defiling the name of Prophet Muhammed during an argument the year before with fellow Muslim farmers.A Bench...

Madras HC Stays Online Sale Of Medicines [Read Order]

The Madars High Court has stayed the online sale of medicines by passing an interim order in a petition filed by Tamil Nadu Chemists and Drugs Association."Taking note of the seriousness of the issue and public cause, this Court grants interim injunction against the online sale of medicines without licence and directs the first respondent or the competent authority to stall such online...

Minor Rape Victim Cries Foul Over JJB Holding Accused To Be Under 18 At Time of Crime, Delhi HC Orders Proper Inquiry [Read Order]

As a minor victim of rape cried foul over Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) holding the accused to be a juvenile without any substantial evidence, the Delhi High Court has directed the board to hold proper inquiry before returning a finding on the juvenility claim of the accused, which has already consumed almost two years time since the commission of the offence.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva set...

Appellate And Original Side Rules Of Bombay HC Amended; Additional Powers Given To Judges To Bar Advocates From Appearance [Read Notification]

The Appellate side and Original side rules of the Bombay High Court were amended in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 34(1) of the Advocates Act, 1961. Amendments were made to Schedule VII of Chapter XXXII of the Bombay High Court Appellate Side Rules, 1960 and Appendix VI of the Bombay High Court Original Side Rules, 1980 framed under that section.These amendments have come into...

“The Temple Is Open Only For 24 Hours On November 5 And 6, We Have Fixed A Date, Don’t Rush”: CJI Gogoi On Sabarimala Review Petitions

As Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi nears the completion of his first month in office, his stern approach towards granting an urgent listing to matters upon being ‘mentioned’ continues.On his very first day as the Chief Justice of India, he had asserted that the morning ‘mentioning’ ritual be confined to cases of extreme emergency, including those of demolition, eviction and death.On...

Plea In Delhi HC To End Discriminatory Practices In All Religions [Read Petition]

Hot on the heels of the Supreme Court’s much-debated Sabarimala judgment, a petition has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking an end to all practices discriminatory to women, and also the men, in all faiths and make the acts of discrimination a penal offence including the age-old isolation and ban on entering kitchen Hindu women face in their houses during menstruation.Sanjjiiv Kkumaar,...