NGT Forms Committee Headed By Former HC Judge To Monitor Implementation Of Its Ganga Rejuvenation Orders

Irked over the poor pace of cleaning and rejuvenation of Ganga River, the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Monday, appointed a committee headed by a former Allahabad High Court judge to monitor the compliance of various directions given by it.While a former judge would be nominated by the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, the committee would also have an expert representative from...

New Acting CJ of Orissa HC Faces In-House Inquiry By SC Appointed Committee

Justice Indrajit Mahanty, who has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of Orissa High Court following the elevation of Chief Justice Vineet Saran to the Supreme Court, is facing in-house inquiry proceedings by a Committee constituted by the Supreme Court.Justice Mahanty,  senior most Judge of Orissa High Court, has been alleged to have obtained bank loans to run his hotel business after...

NGT Directs CPCB To Send Representative To ISCKON, Mathura; MoEF To Develop An Institutional Mechanism And Submit Periodic Reports [Read Orders]

The National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench at New Delhi last week directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to send a representative to the under construction 70 storey Chandrodaya Temple at ISCKON, Mathura within one month. The representative may give his report for the steps necessary of the purpose. It was further held that such report must be acted upon, subject to any...

Plea Filed In Rajasthan HC Challenging PC Act Amendment Mandating Prior Govt. Sanction For Probing Allegations Against Public Servants [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed before the Jaipur Bench of Rajasthan High Court challenging the recent amendment to the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, which makes it mandatory for investigating agencies to obtain prior approval from the Centre or the State Governments for even beginning a probe or investigating the offences under the Act.The petition has been filed by Jaipur based Advocate...

Acting CJs Appointed For Bombay, Uttarakhand ,Orissa & Madras High Courts

Acting Chief Justices have been appointed for the High Courts of Bombay, Uttarakhand, Orissa and Madras as per Notifications issued by the President of India.Justice Naresh Harischandra Patil, the senior-most puisne Judge of Bombay High Court has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, consequent to the appointment of Justice V.K Tahilramani as the Chief Justice of...

Medical College Bribery Case: Bhushan Writes Letter To CJI Seeking Other SC Judges’ Permission For FIR Against Justice Narayan Shukla

Prashant Bhushan has written a letter to the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra seeking permission, though of other judges of the Supreme Court, for registration of FIR to investigate the allegations of corruption against Justice Narayan Shukla, a sitting judge of Allahabad High Court, in connection with Prasad Medical College case.Bhushan’s letter dated August 6 is addressed to the CJI but...

Kerala HC Dismisses Plea Against Sacramental Confession Before Church [Read Judgment]

A division bench of the High Court of Kerala has dismissed a petition seeking to declare the practice of ‘Sacramental Confession’ to be unconstitutional.Through a public interest litigation, the petitioner, who professes Christianity, contended that by virtue of his religious practice, he had to undergo ‘Sacramental Confession’ before a priest. Such a practice, it was stated,...

SC Invites Application For Senior Advocate Designation Latest By Aug 21

Having notified the guidelines to regulate Senior Advocate designation, the Supreme Court has started inviting the applications from lawyers and retired high court judges and the last day for submitting an application has been fixed as 21st August 2018.Applications in the prescribed format i.e. Annexures- 'A' and 'J' addressed to Hon'ble Chief Justice of India, may be submitted in the...

If State Does Not Protect Tigers, We Might Be Forced To Ask The Army To Protect Them: Uttarakhand HC [Read Order]

The Uttarakhand High Court recently warned that it might request the Ministry of Defence to deploy the Eco-Task Force for protecting tigers if the State Government does not provide a categorical assurance for deployment of the Special Tiger Protection Force.During a recent hearing, the Bench comprising Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Lok Pal Singh was informed that while a...

Article 35A: CJI Refuses To Get Into Issues Of Shutdown And Lawyers Strike In Kashmir

While deferring hearing of a batch of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of Article 35A to week commencing August 27, Chief Justice Dipak Misra -led bench refused to get into the issue of shutdown and lawyers strike in the Kashmir valley ahead of today's hearing.The article allows Jammu & Kasmir government to identify "permanent residents" of the state and provide them...

Delist Counterfeit Goods Sellers & Share Their Details: Delhi HC Directs Amazon [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed online shopping giant Amazon to delist sellers selling counterfeit products of lifestyle brand Beverly Hills Polo Club on its platform.Noting that the balance of convenience rested in the plaintiff’s favour, Justice Jayant Nath directed, “Plaintiff has made out a prima facie case. Balance of convenience is in favour of the plaintiff. The defendant...

Delhi HC Disapproves Practice Of Recording POCSO Victim Statements Through NGO/Counsellors; Statements To Be Recorded By Police/Magistrate Only [Read Judgment]

‘Counselling report/notes of the counsellor (as well as any person or expert recognized under the POCSO Act and Rules of 2012 and the JJ Act) are confidential in nature and the same cannot be made a part of the chargesheet’The Delhi High Court, disapproving the prevalent practice by the Delhi Police of getting the statement or version of a victim of sexual offence recorded through an NGO or...