Delhi HC Notice To Registrar As DJSE-2017 Aspirants Challenge Marking System In Prelims, Seek Stay On DJSE Mains

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to its Registrar-General on a plea moved by two women who took the Delhi Judicial Services Examination 2017 demanding that the result of the preliminary examination be declared afresh and the Mains examination be stayed as they alleged glaring discrepancies in the marking of their answer sheets and the manner in which the final list was...

Delhi HC Tells Govt. To Decide On Plea For Separate Department For Disability Affairs

The Delhi High Court has directed the AAP government to take a call within eight weeks on the plea for creating a separate department of disability affairs so that various schemes and provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act can be effectively implemented.The court directed the Centre and the Delhi government to also address the concerns regarding various government...

Madras HC Upholds Death Penalty to Techie Youth For Rape & Murder of Seven Year Old [Read Judgment]

“If the punishment of an innocent person is a mistake of justice administration, failure to punish a criminal indicates that the absence of justice, which is a worse mistake.”, Justice Dr.S.Vimala observed  quoting Immanuel Kant The Madras High Court has upheld death penalty awarded to  Daswanth, a 23-year-old techie, for rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in his neighborhood....

Delhi HC Issues Notice To Tajinder Singh Bagga On Journalist Swati Chaturvedi's Plea For Quashing Defamation Proceedings

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to BJP spokesperson Tajinder Singh Bagga on a petition filed by journalist Swati Chaturvedi for quashing defamation proceedings instituted by Mr. Bagga against her.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva also granted her exemption from appearance before the trial court. Ms. Chaturvedi was represented by Senior Advocate Arvind Nigam and Advocate Pranav...

SC Closes Contempt Against Kerala Lawyer After High Court Finally Accepts His Apology [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has closed contempt proceedings initiated by the Kerala High Court against advocate CK Mohanan as he filed an affidavit expressing unconditional regret before the high court.A division bench of Justice PN Ravindran and Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu had initiated suo motu contempt proceedings initiated against advocate CK Mohanan for his alleged contumacious behaviour during...

Delhi HC Nominates Distt Judges, Addl Distt Judges As Commercial Courts As An Interim Measure

As an interim measure following the revision in the pecuniary jurisdiction of commercial courts, the Delhi High Court has nominated all the district judges/additional district judges of respective districts as Commercial Courts.A circular issued by the Registrar General said, “In pursuance of Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts...

Delhi HC Asks YouTube To Cough Up Rs 50k Per Hearing For Withdrawing Appeal After Taking 9 Adjournments In 64 Days [Read Judgment]

Disquieted by YouTube’s attempt to “set at naught” the judicial time consumed in hearing its appeal against the order of a trial court to remove a defamatory post against a Delhi-based doctor, the Delhi High Court has directed it to pay Rs 50, 000 per hearing when it sought to withdraw its appeal that too after seeking adjournments on nine hearings in a matter of mere 64 days.The...

Lawyer Raises A Stink Over Poor Condition Of Record Room At Rohini Court; Sends Complaint To District Judge

Despite all the safety concerns about judicial records, the record room in Rohini court complex is in a state of mess with water seeping inside, electric wires hanging loose and not even a fan installed.The poor state of record room has been highlighted by advocate Birender Sangwan who was prompted to send a complaint to the District Judge (North West) after a visit to the record room.In...

Anti-Trafficking Bill 2018-Do not Equate Victims Of Sex Trafficking With Voluntary Adult Sex Workers: MP Shashi Tharoor, Activists Appeal To WCD Min

Congress MP Dr. Shashi Tharoor recently met Women and Child Development Minister Ms. Maneka Gandhi expressing concerns in relation to The Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018.He was accompanied by Ms. Anjali Gopalan, the Director of the Naz Foundation, Ms. Meena Seshu, the General Secretary of SANGRAM and Ms. Aarti Pai, member of the National Network...

Bombay HC Transfers Probe Into Death Of Finnish Tourist Felix In Goa To CBI [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has allowed a writ petition filed by one Minna Pirhonen, a Finnish citizen, and agreed to transfer the investigation into the ‘mysterious’ death of her son Felix to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).A bench of Justices NM Jamdar and PK Chavan held that the state police’s insistence on the fact that Felix died while performing stunts indicated that...

‘Right to Sit’ for Sales Staff: Kerala Govt Proposes Amendments For A Better Working Environment

The Kerala government has proposed amendments to the Shops and Commercial Establishments Act to provide a better working atmosphere for employees. The proposals include a mandatory condition to provide seating arrangements to employees who otherwise have to be on their feet for long hours.Earlier, saleswomen in textile shops had staged protests for “right to sit” against the...

Illegal Mining In Andhra Pradesh: SC Issues Notice On Petition Seeking Court Monitored Probe [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre's response on a plea seeking a court-monitored SIT or CBI probe into the alleged illegal mining being carried out by the Trimex Group in Andhra Pradesh.The notice was issued by a bench comprising Justice M.B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta on the petition filed by former Energy Secretary EAS Sarma, who was represented by Advocates Pranav Sachdeva...