SC Collegium Reiterates Proposal To Transfer Justice Ravi Ranjan To P&H HC, Rejects His Plea To Transfer To A Closer Court

The Supreme Court collegium has reiterated its proposal to transfer Justice Ravi Ranjan from Patna High Court to Punjab and Haryana High Court.The resolution to transfer him was passed on October 29, after which Justice Ranjan was requested to send his response to the same. He then requested to stay the proposal of his transfer or to accommodate him in nearby High Courts of Jharkhand or...

Karnataka HC Gets Five Additional Judges [Read Notification]

The Centre has notified the appointment of the following as Additional Judges of Karnataka High Court:Ashok Golappa NijagannavarHethur Puttaswamygowda SandeshKrishnan NatarajanPralhadrao Govindrao Mutalik PatilAppasaheb Shantappa BellunkeThe notification clarifies that while the period of appointment of Mr. Nijagannavar, Mr. Sandesh and Mr. Natarajan will be for a period of two years from...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Four Additional Judges In Kerala HC [Read Notification]

The President has notified the appointment of Advocates V G Arun and N Nagaresh and District Judges T V Anil Kumar and N Anilkumar as Additional Judges of the High Court of Kerala.This is in pursuance of the SC Collegium resolution of October 11, whereby names of three advocates and two district judges were recommended.The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended Advocates V.G.Arun, N....

Three Additional Judges Of Madras High Court Made Permanent [Read Notification]

The Centre has notified the appointment of Three Additional Judges of Madras High Court as Permanent Judges.The notification makes permanent the following judges:RMT. Teekaa RamanN. Satish KumarN. SeshasayeeRead the Notification...

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...