Bhima Koregaon: SC Extends House Arrest Of Activists Till Sept 12, Justice Chandrachud Pulls Up Maha Police For Holding Press Meet Over Sub-Judice Matter

"The police has no business ruining the reputation of people or casting aspersions on the court", Justice Chandrachud remarked criticising police for going to press on sub judice matter.The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice A. M. Khanwilkar on Thursday extended the house arrest of the five activists accused in connection with...

BCI Directs All Bar Associations To Hold Nationwide Demonstration In October For Insurance, Pension Etc, & Lawyers’ Right To Strike

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has called on the Bar Associations throughout the country to participate in a nationwide demonstration to be held some time in October this year, to protest against issues ranging from their right to call for strikes and their demand for insurance, medi-claim, pension, stipend and other welfare measures for lawyers.To this end, it has directed every Bar...

Kerala HC Suggests Uniform Formula For Flood Compensation [Read Order]

The High Court of Kerala has suggested that the  Government evolve a uniform formula for compensating flood victims. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice A K Jayasankaran Nambiar made the suggestion while considering a public interest litigation by P. K Firoz, Youth League Leader, seeking to set up a special tribunal for assessing and disbursing flood compensation....

Justice Arup Kumar Goswami Appointed As Acting Chief Justice Of Gauhati High Court

The Central Government, on Tuesday, notified the appointment of Justice Arup Kumar Goswami as the Acting Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court.Justice Goswami obtained an LL.B. degree from Government Law College, Guwahati in 1985, and enrolled as an Advocate the same year. He was designated as a Senior Advocate by the Gauhati High Court in December, 2004, and was elevated as an...

No State Sponsored Functions Should Be Held During Vasundhara Raje’s Gaurav Yatra: Rajasthan High Court [Read Judgment]

The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday directed the Vasundhara Raje government to abstain from conducting State sponsored functions during the ongoing Gaurav Yatra.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice GR Moolchandani ordered, “…we declare that henceforth no public functions sponsored and financed by the State would be held during the road-shows i.e. Gaurav Yatra...

Delhi HC Tells Online Pharma Store 1MG Not To Sell Amway Products In Violation Of Direct Selling Guidelines [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed online Pharma platform and app 1MG.com to not offer for sale any product of Amway India, a wholly owned subsidiary of USA-based Amway Corporation which works on direct selling business model.Justice Pratibha M Singh restrained 1MG and another independent seller selling products through the online platform from selling any Amway product either through the...

Madras HC Raps State For Denying Pension To Freedom Fighter On “Baseless Reasoning” [Read Order]

The Madras High Court recently rapped the State for denying pension under the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension (SSS Scheme) to a freedom fighter on technical grounds.Noting that the reasons cited by the State were “baseless”, Justice MS Ramesh observed, “The object of understanding the freedom fighters pension is to recognize the involvement of Freedom Fighters, who had struggled...

U’khand HC Dismisses “Contempt Petition” Against Sitting Judge As Not Maintainable, Unhappy With AG’s Opinion [Read Judgment]

Holding that contempt proceedings cannot be initiated against a Judge of Court of Record, on allegations of committing a contempt of his own Court, the Uttarakhand High Court has dismissed as not maintainable the criminal contempt petition moved by an advocate against Justice Lok Pal Singh for allegedly losing his temper and using intemperate language against the petitioner in open...

Schools With Less Than 250 Students May Appoint Physical Education Teachers On Hourly Basis: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court has directed the State Government to consider issuance of a Circular or a Government Order (GO) making it compulsory for all the schools, whether aided or unaided, with more than 50 and less than 250 students, to hire physical education (PE) teachers on an hourly basis by fixing honorarium.The bench comprising Justice Huluvadi G. Ramesh and Justice K. Kalyanasundaram...

‘Fashion Show’ Is An ‘Entertainment’ And Hence Is Taxable: Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]

The Karnataka High Court has held that ‘fashion show’ falls within the expression 'entertainment' and is taxable under the provisions of Karnataka Entertainment Tax.The division bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Krishna S Dixit was considering the appeal filed against single bench verdict that had dismissed the challenge by ‘Dream...

Parties Should Adhere To Arbitration Agreement Rather Than Attempting What They Perceive To Be Safer, Says Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The proverb ‘better safe than sorry’ cannot be of universal application and the safe procedure for parties to an arbitration agreement is to actually adhere to the stipulation in the arbitration clause and not attempt anything which the parties may perceive to be safer, the Delhi High Court has held.Justice Pratibha M Singh said so while setting aside an award passed by a...

Bhima Koregaon: PIL In Bombay HC Seeks Contempt Action Against ADG For Disclosing Case Details At Press Meet

A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Bombay High Court by one Sanjay Bhalerao seeking contempt action against Additional Director General of Police (ADG) (Law & Order) Param Bir Singh and other officers, including the DGP of Maharashtra, for disclosing confidential details about the investigation in Bhima Koregaon violence before the public at a press meet on...