Companies (Accounts) Rules Amended to Mandate Disclosure of Compliance With Sexual Harassment Act in Annual Reports Of Pvt Firm Directors [Read Notification]

Acting on a request by the Ministry of Women and Child Welfare to mandate the disclosure regarding the implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act in the Directors’ Report of every company, the Ministry for Corporate Affairs has amended its rules.Vide its notification dated 31.07.2018, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has...

Absence Of Witness Signature On Arrest Memo Gives Reasonable Ground For Assuming Wrongful Detention Under NDPS Act: Calcutta HC [Read Order]

The Calcutta High Court last week highlighted the importance of witness signatures on the arrest memo while detaining a person under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.The Bench comprising Justice Ravi Kishan Kapur and Justice Joymalya Bagchi asserted that the absence of such signature is sufficient to discharge the onus on the accused to establish that there...

PIL In Bombay HC Seeks Order Against Slaughter Of Sheep, Goat Outside Deonar Abattoir During Bakr-Id [Read Petition]

A writ petition filed before the Bombay High Court has sought cancellation of all permissions granted for the slaughter of sheep and goat outside Deonar abattoir during the upcoming Islamic festival of sacrifice Bakr-Id and an immediate stop at sale of animals for such slaughter outside the abattoir.The petition filed by Jiv Maitri Trust challenges two public notices issued by Deonar...

Petition Says Courts Should Use Double-Side Printing To Save Paper, Delhi HC Asks Rules Committee To Examine [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked its Rules committee to consider changing rules to allow double-side printing in filing while hearing a petition seeking directions that the high court and all subordinate courts in Delhi must use double-sided pages for all pleadings to save trees, water and conserve the environment.The high court is hearing petition filed by the Centre for Accountability...

Rights Under Articles 14 & 19 Prima Facie Extend To Overseas Citizens Of India, Says Delhi HC [Read Order]

Court finds glaring errors in Intelligence report on US-based doctor working in Bihar Prima facie rights under Article 14 and 19 of the Constitution of India which is guaranteed to the Citizen of India also appear to be extended to an OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) card holder, the Delhi High Court has said.“In terms of Section 7B (1) of the Citizenship Act, 1955, all rights other than...

Special Squad, Police Patrolling Every 24 Hours To Prevent Slaughter: Uttarakhand HC Issues Directions For “Welfare” of Cows & Other Stray Cattle [Read Judgment]

The Uttarakhand High Court on Friday issued a slew of directions for the welfare of cows and other stray cattle in the State.The directions were issued by a Bench comprising Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari, on a petition filed by one Alim, alleging illegal slaughter of cows and other animals in his area. He had contended that the State has failed in its duty to enforce...

Living Will: In Compliance With SC Order, CMM (Central) Designated To See Its Execution Is Voluntary

In compliance with the Supreme Court’s order, which recognised “living will” or “advance directive” by terminally ill patients for passive euthanasia, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Central) has been designated as the magistrate to countersign the “advance directive”.An order issued by Delhi District and Sessions Judge (Headquarters) Talwant Singh stated that the CMM...

Former Speaker & Senior Advocate Somnath Chatterjee Passed Away

Former Lok Sabha Speaker and Senior Advocate Somnath Chatterjee passed away today at about 8 AM at a hospital in Kolkata. He had been undergoing treatment since June end following a stroke.Born on July 25, 1929 ,Somnath Chatterjee did Masters in Law from Cambridge University, where he was called to the bar from Middle Temple in London. His father Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee was a prominent...

CJI Misra Inaugurates Hubballi Court Complex-Largest Taluk-Level Court Building In the Country

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Sunday inaugurated a new court complex with state-of-the-art facilities in Hubballi, Karnataka.According to a Deccan Chronicle report, the court-complex is the largest, model taluk-level court building in the entire country, having been built on 5 acres and 15 guntas of land at a cost of Rs. 122 crore.The building is seven floored, with 20 court halls....

Prisoners Can Approach Legal Services Authority If Jail Supdt Does Not Register Parole Application: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently reiterated the timelines prescribed for grant of parole to offenders.Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain noted that even though a timeline had been laid down for disposal of pending parole and furlough applications, it was not being followed. He observed, “As a matter of fact, as it has generally been seen by this Court that the said time period is not...

Traffic Violation Case Can’t Be Filed At The Instance Of ‘Any’ Private Citizen: Kerala HC [Read Order]

The High Court of Kerala has ruled that offences of traffic violation cannot be prosecuted at the instance of any private party.The material fact of the case is that the accused was alleged to be found riding a motorcycle without a protective headgear (helmet) as mandated under Section 129 of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988. Terming this as a traffic violation, the accused, who is a lawyer...

Seating Arrangement At New Madras HC CJ’s Swearing-In Ceremony Irks Judges

The swearing-in ceremony of Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani as the new Chief Justice of Madras High Court has left several judges who attended the ceremony irked due to an apparent protocol oversight.According to reports, the High Court judges were made to sit behind the Ministers and police officers during the ceremony at the Raj Bhavan on Sunday, when Governor Banwarilal...