State Seeks To Withdraw Counsel Not Included In Its Revised List Of AGPs From A 45-Yr-Old Suit, Bombay HC Refuses [Read Order]

Justice GS Patel of the Bombay High Court refused to allow the state government to discontinue an advocate’s services from a 45-year-old suit that he has been appearing in since 2016.Government Pleader Poornima Kantharia informed the court that Advocate Amar Mishra’s name was not included in the revised list of Additional Government Pleaders (AGP) notified by the state recently...

Godhra Train Burning Case: 2 Accused Get Life Sentence, 3 Acquitted

Two accused were awarded life imprisonment by a special SIT court here today in the 2002 Godhra train carnage case in which 59 'karsevaks' were burnt alive in two coaches of the Sabarmati Express.Three others were acquitted in the case.Special judge H.C Vora convicted Farooq Bhana and Imran Sheru and awarded them life sentence after the prosecution established their role as conspirators in...

Requiring Judicial Aspirants To Know Sufficient Marathi Not Violative Of Article 14 Of The Constitution Of India: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court on Friday ruled as constitutional the prescription for prospective judges to have sufficient knowledge of Marathi to practice in subordinate courts in Maharashtra.The Bench comprising Justice RM Savant and Justice Revati Mohite Dere upheld Rule 5(3)(d) of the Maharashtra Judicial Service Rules, 2008, which mandates that the candidate must have “sufficient knowledge...

Growing Trend Of “Judges Bashing” Has To Be Stopped And Dealt With An Iron Fist: HP HC Orders 1 Month Jail, Deletion Of FB Account Of Lawyer Who Posted ‘Contemptuous’ Comment [Read Judgment]

‘None can be permitted to intimidate or terrorize Judges by making scandalous unwarranted and baseless imputations against them in the discharge of their judicial functions so as to secure orders which the litigant “wants”.’The Himachal Pradesh High Court has sentenced a lawyer to one-month imprisonment for his contemptuous comment against judges on his Facebook page.The bench of...

Editors Guild Protests Patna HC Gag Order In Muzaffarpur Case

The Editors Guild of India has issued a statement protesting the gag order passed by Patna High Court against media reportage of the investigation in Muzaffarpur shelter home case.On August 23, the Patna High Court restrained all print and electronic media from reporting anything with respect to Muzaffarpur shelter home case, particularly the investigation of the case, citing the reason...

Examine Para TT Players’ Plea To Participate In Asian Para Games: Delhi HC Directs Sports Secretary [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Centre to examine and take expeditious decision on the candidature of para table tennis players who had been recommended by the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) for the upcoming Asian Para Games to be held in Indonesia.The direction was issued by Justice Vibhu Bakhru on a petition filed by ten para table tennis players. They had pointed out...

Killings Of Gauri Lankesh And Narendra Dabholkar Linked :CBI Tells Pune Court

The killings of journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru last year and rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in Pune in 2013 were "linked", the CBI claimed before a court at Pune today.Seeking extension of the custody of Sachin Andure, one of the alleged shooters in the Dabholkar murder case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told the court that one of the accused in the Lankesh murder case...

As U'khand HC Quashes Stay, Whistle-blower Officer's Plea Adjourned To "Later On"

In less than a week after the Uttarakhand High Court set aside the interim stay on proceedings in a service matter instituted by IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi before the Nainital bench of CAT while finding the Centre’s attitude towards him vindictive, the matter revolving around the poor appraisal report of the whistle-blower officer has been adjourned indefinitely due to recent change in...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court recently opined that burning the effigy of a living person prima facie does not amount to organising a mock funeral, which is an offence under Section 6 of the United Provinces Special Powers Act, 1932.Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court ruled that when employees of newspapers under the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees...

Plea For Removal Of Objectionable Facebook Post: MP HC Asks Woman Aggrieved By Police Inaction To Approach Magistrate [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has told a woman aggrieved by police inaction over her complaint seeking removal of an objectionable message on her Facebook page to approach the magistrate with her complaint as provided under the Criminal Procedure Code.Justice Sheel Nagu disposed of the writ petition moved by the woman, a resident of Gwalior, who had sought removal of an objectionable...

Anil Ambani's Reliance Group Files Rs 5,000 Crore Defamation Suit Against Congress Owned National Herald

Anil Ambani's Reliance Group companies have filed a Rs 5,000 crore defamation suit against Congress-owned National Herald, claiming an article published in the newspaper regarding the Rafale fighter jet deal was "libellous and derogatory".They also filed a second, similar suit against Gujarat Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil seeking Rs 5,000 crore in damages for defamation.The two suits...

Father Pleads For Passive Euthanasia To His 9-Yr-Old Son: Madras HC Constitutes Committee To Nominate Expert Doctors [Read Order]

T Paavendhan, a 9-year-old boy, is in persistent vegetative state (PVS) since birth diagnosed with the condition of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)While considering a plea of a man seeking passive euthanasia to his son in the persistent vegetative state (PVS) since birth, the Madras High Court has constituted a three-member committee of doctors to nominate three expert doctors according...