No Sale Of Vet Products Sans Prescription, Regulate Poultry Biz To Ensure Birds Are Fit For Human Consumption: Bombay HC [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court, in a series of directions passed over the past two months, has directed the state government to ensure that shop owners dealing in veterinary products do not sell these products without a prescription. Also, the court directed the state animal husbandry department to regulate the poultry business to ensure that no chemicals or growth hormones are added.A division bench...

Nirav Modi-PNB Bank Fraud: Firestar’s Ex-CFO Vipul Ambani Gets Bail

A Special CBI Court in Mumbai has granted bail to Vipul Ambani, ex-CFO of Firestar Diamonds run by Nirav Modi.Vipul Ambani was arrested by the CBI in February 2018 in connection with the Nirav Modi-Punjab National Bank fraud case worth over Rs.13,000 crore. Judge JC Jagdale allowed his bail application and directed his release from judicial custody on a personal bond of Rs. 1 lakh.Senior...

Justice Hrishikesh Roy Appointed As Chief Justice Of Kerala High Court [Read Notification]

The Centre on Friday notified the appointment of Acting Chief Justice of Kerala High Court, Justice Hrishikesh Roy as the Chief Justice of the High Court.Justice Roy graduated in law from the Campus Law Centre, the University of Delhi in 1982, and was designated as a Senior Advocate by the Gauhati High Court in December 2004.For several years, he served as the Senior Government Advocate for...

Justice Aniruddha Bose Appointed As Chief Justice Of Jharkhand High Court [Read Notification]

The Centre on Friday appointed Calcutta High Court judge, Justice Aniruddha Bose as the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court.Justice Bose, the senior-most Puisne judge of Calcutta High Court, did his LL.B. from Surendranath College of Law, Calcutta, and enrolled with the Bar Council of West Bengal as an Advocate in October, 1985. He was elevated to the Bench as a permanent judge in...

SC Collegium Accepts Centre’s Rejection Of Proposals To Elevate 3 Advocates To Allahabad And Chhattisgarh HCs

Supreme Court collegium has refused to reiterate the candidature of three Advocates recommended to be elevated to two High Courts.The Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice MB Lokur noted that the proposal to elevate Advocates Basharat Ali Khan & Mohd. Mansoor as Allahabad High Court judges was approved by the Supreme Court collegium...

SC Collegium Re-Recommends Advocate Harnaresh Singh Gill For HC Judgeship After Centre Returns Proposal Without Giving Any Reasons

In a resolution passed on August 1, the Supreme Court collegium noted that the proposal to elevate Advocate Harnaresh Singh Gill as a Punjab and Haryana High Court judge was rejected by the Centre without assignment any reasons.The Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice MB Lokur then reiterated the recommendation, asserting that it must...

Collegium “Revives” Proposal To Elevate Advocate Amit Negi To Allahabad HC

The Supreme Court collegium has “revived” its earlier recommendation to elevate Advocate Amit Negi to Allahabad High Court.The Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice MB Lokur noted that Advocate Negi was recommended by the High Court collegium way back in April 2016. The proposal was cleared by the Supreme Court collegium in April 2016...

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of 5 Judicial Officers As Karnataka HC Judges; Returns Names Of 2 Advocates [Read Resolutions]

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the appointment of five Judicial officers as judges of Karnataka High Court.The collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice MB Lokur had the names of six Judicial Officers before it. It, however, noted that one of the officers, Mr. Kokkengada Bheemayya Changappa was already 61 years old and hence, would...

SC Collegium Reiterates Proposal For Elevation Of Two Advocates As Madras HC Judges; Refuses Reiteration Of A Judicial Officer’s Candidature [Read Resolutions]

The Supreme Court collegium has reiterated the recommendation for the elevation of Advocates C. Emalias and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy as Madras High Court judges.The collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice MB Lokur noted that the Advocates had been recommended back in December last year along with several others. The Centre had, however,...

Justice MR Shah Appointment As Chief Justice Of Patna High Court [Read Notification]

The Centre has notified the appointment of Gujarat High Court judge, Justice MR Shah as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court.Justice Shah enrolled as an advocate in July 1982 and was elevated to the Bench in March 2004. He was confirmed as a permanent judge of the court in June 2005.He had first been recommended to be transferred from Gujarat High Court in February 2016, during Chief...

Justice VK Tahilramani Appointed As Chief Justice Of Madras High Court [Read Notification]

Justice VK Tahilramani has been notified as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court, with Justice Indira Banerjee’s elevation to the Supreme Court.Justice Tahilramani joined the Bar in 1982, and has served as a Government Pleader and Public Prosecutor for the State of Maharashtra. She was elevated to the Bench in June, 2001, and was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court...

Justice Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri Appointed As Chief Justice Of Orissa High Court [Read Notification]

The Centre on Friday notified the appointment of Rajasthan High Court judge, Justice Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court.Justice Jhaveri was elevated as a judge of the Gujarat High Court in March, 2004, and was confirmed as a permanent judge in June, 2005. He was then transferred to the Rajasthan High Court in August, 2016, and will now take charge as the...