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...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court recently dismissed a criminal appeal filed by the State of Maharashtra against a judgment of the Additional Sessions judge in Sangli acquitting one Vijay Shinde and his parents who were booked under Sections 498A (cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code.The High Court upheld the vires of Section 394 of the Mumbai Municipal...

Justice Aniruddha Bose Sworn In As Chief Justice of Jharkhand HC

Justice Aniruddha Bose was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court by the Governor Droupadi Murmu yesterday.  The ceremony held at Raj Bhavan was attended by Chief Minister Raghubar Das, former Chief Ministers Arjun Munda and Hemant Soren, Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Dinesh Oraon and a host of dignitaries.Justice Bose, the senior-most Puisne judge of Calcutta High Court, did...

NGT Directs CPCB, DPCC To Find Whether Mosques In Delhi Causing Noise Pollution, Asks DCP To Ensure Compliance [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee ( DPCC) to find out if mosques in East Delhi were causing noise pollution.The tribunal passed the order on an application filed by a right wing NGO, Akhand Bharat Morcha, which had claimed that seven mosques at different locations across East Delhi were...

TN Bar Council Suspends Advocate-Couple For Blocking Car of HC Judge & Abusing Driver [Read Order]

The  Bar Council of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry has suspended an advocate-couple from practicing for fifteen days, on the charge that they blocked the car of a judge of Madras High Court and entered into a verbal quarrel with his driver in public view.The allegation is that on July 30 at about 9.40 AM, a car driven by advocate Sahul Hameed , in which his wife advocate Shika Sarmadan was...

Justice Tahilramani Sworn In As Chief Justice of Madras High Court

Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court today morning. The Governor, Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath at a ceremony held in Raj Bhavan, which was attended by Chief Minister E K Palaniswami, and Justice Indira Banerjee, former Chief Justice of Madras High CourtJustice Tahilramani, who was the Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court,...