Bombay HC Gets 4 Additional Judges [Read Notification]

The Central Government on Monday notified the appointment of the following four as Additional Judges of Bombay High Court: Shriram Madhusudan Modak Jamadar Nijamoddin Jahiroddin Vinay Gajanan Joshi Avachat Rajendra GovindThey have been appointment for a period of two years with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices.Read the Notification...

After Unilateral Extension Of 6 Months, Centre Finally Appoints Justice Ramendra Jain As Permanent Judge Of P&H HC [Read Notification]

The Central Government, on Monday, finally notified the appointment of Justice Ramendra Jain as a permanent judge of Punjab & Haryana High Court.The Centre had stirred up a storm in April this year, by unilaterally altering the recommendation to extend the Additional Judge’s term instead of making him permanent. It had, through a notification issued on April 19, extended Justice...

Centre Notifies Transfer Of Judges To Manipur And Gauhati HCs

The Central government has notified the transfer of judges to High Courts of Manipur and Gauhati.The notifications make the following transfers: Justice Lanusungkum Jamir, who is currently functioning as an Additional Judge of Gauhati High Court, has been transferred to Manipur High Court. Justice Jamir completed his law course in the year 1988 from the North Eastern Hill University, and...

Centre Notifies Return Of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait To Delhi HC From Hyderabad HC [Read Notification]

The Centre on Saturday notified the transfer of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait from Hyderabad High Court back to his parent court—the Delhi High Court.Justice Kait had been transferred to Hyderabad High Court in 2016, and had then requested to be transferred back to the Delhi High Court. The collegium had accepted his request through a resolution passed on September 7.The notification now...

Delhi HC Permits CBI To File Closure Report In Missing JNU Student Najeeb Ahmed Case [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has permitted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a closure report in the case concerning the disappearance of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed nearly two years ago.The verdict was issued on a petition filed by Fatima Nafees, Ahmed’s mother. During the last hearing, CBI had informed the court that it had not found any evidence of Ahmed being assaulted a day before...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court recently reiterated that lives of married couples cannot interfere with by anybody and that they are entitled to living peacefully without such interference.The High Court recently refused protection to a couple—a homosexual and a transgender— who had approached the court alleging that they were being harassed by their relatives.Pained to note...

Calcutta HC Commutes Death Sentence Of Seven For Witch-Hunting 3 Women, Says When Motive Is Engrained In Psyche, Judicial Execution Doesn’t Help [Read Judgment]

State told to implement court guidelines in Moyna Murmu case, bring in legislation The Calcutta High Court has commuted to life the death sentence of seven men guilty of killing three women believing them to be witches while noting that when motive of crime is engrained in psyche, judicial execution does not help and that cases like this reflected upon the failure of the state to perform...

Law Clerk From Bombay HC Files PIL Seeking Regulation Of Online Content, Cites ‘Sacred Games’; HC Issues Notice [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has issued notice to various ministries under the Union of India in a PIL filed by a law clerk-cum-legal research assistant working at Nagpur bench of the high court.A division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice MG Giratkar heard S Dewani, petitioner Divya Gontia’s lawyer, and issued a notice to Assistant Solicitor General of India UM Aurangabadkar, who...

Allow Rectification Of Typographical Errors In Filing Form Tran-1 Under GST Act; Bombay HC Suggests Centre [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has advised the Union Government to allow rectification of typographical or human errors in filing Form Tran-1 under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act.This Form Tran-1 is used to claim a tax credit under the previous regime. Tran-1 should be filed by businesses intending to carry forward their tax credit from the pre-GST regime to the current GST regime.A...

NGT Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of News Report; Devises Action Plan For Polluted River Stretches Across India [Read Order]

Taking suo motu cognizance of a newspaper report about how more river stretches are now critically polluted as per the record of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the National Green Tribunal has devised a model action plan, divided river stretches into “priorities” depending upon the extent of pollution and has directed all states and union territories to prepare action plans...

Delhi HC Directs Initiation Of Contempt Proceedings Against Senior Police Officer For Filing Incorrect & Misleading Status Reports [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court recently directed initiation of contempt proceedings against a senior police officer for filing misleading and incorrect information in a status report submitted to the court.The direction was issued by Justice Mukta Gupta, who ordered the matter to be listed before a Division Bench of the court on October 9, subject to the orders of the Chief Justice.The court was hearing...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea For Closure Of Online Pharmacies

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice in a petition seeking immediate steps for closure of websites offering drugs and prescription medicines online.The notice was issued by Justice Vibhu Bakhru to the respondents—the Central Government, Delhi Government, Central Drug Standard Control Organization and Commissioner of Food & Drugs Administration. The matter would next be heard...