All Forms of Plastic, Including Plastic Articles Carried By Devotees in “Irumudikkettu", Banned in Sabarimala : Kerala HC [ Read Order]

"We therefore, deem it essential and imperative to now order complete ban of plastic, in whatever manner and whatever form, be that bottles, sachets, wraps, covers, drinking straw or any other, including for carrying pooja articles in the “Irumudikkettu” and we direct the concerned authorities to ensure that plastic, in whichever form it be, do not find itself in and around Sabarimala...

Bribe For Bail: Madras HC Upholds Dismissal Of Principal District Judge [Read Order]

‘The sterling qualities of a Presiding Deity of a Court of Law i.e., the Judicial Officer/Judge are: (a) Absolute Integrity; (b) Rectitude/Honesty; (c) Hard Work; (d) Humility; (e) Sincerity; (f) Fidelity; (g) Rumination of issues in a dispassionate manner and that too with a balanced mind; (h) Free from corrupt influence or motive; and (i) A character of unadulterated virtue.’The Madras...

Centre And States May Appoint Persons With Judicial Background To Pollution Boards: NGT [Read Order]

Peeved at the state of affairs in the Central and State Pollution Control Boards, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has observed that judicial persons would be the most effective in administering the boards.“Having regard to the statutory schemes of composition of Central Pollution Control Board as well as State Pollution Control Boards under Section 3 and 4 of the Water (Prevention and...

APP Selection: Only State Govt Can Determine Number Of Job Vacancies, Qualified Candidates Can’t Stake Claim To Appointment, Says Guj HC

The Gujarat High Court has said candidates qualified for recruitment to post of Additional Public Prosecutors, Class II, have no enforceable right to be recommended for appointment since the state government is the authority to determine the number of vacancies while also considering the fact that the number of vacancies had come down after the high court had surrendered 275 ad-hoc posts in...

Ministry Refuses To Share Minutes Of Srikrishna Committee On Data Protection, Responses To White Paper, Says It Is Confidential

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has refused to share information on minutes of meetings held by Justice BN Srikrishna Committee on data protection and the various representations made before the committee meetings saying making the information public without taking the committee into confidence would interfere with its functioning.Social activist Anjali...

Parliament Passes Specific Relief Amendment Bill Making Specific Performance of Contract Compulsorily Enforceable

The Parliament has passed the Specific Relief (Amendment) Bill 2018, proposing to bring significant amendments to Specific Relief Act 1963.  On July 23, the Rajya Sabha passed Amendment Bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on March 15, 2018.One of the major features of the amendment is that it takes away the discretionary power of courts in ordering specific performance of contract, ...

Lok Sabha Passes Amendment To Negotiable Instruments Act; Provision For Interim Compensation to Payee Introduced

The Lok Sabha has passed  Negotiable Instruments(Amendment) Act on July 23, 2018.The amendment introduces a new provision, Section 143A in the Act, which gives power to the Court to order payment of interim compensation by the drawer of the cheque to the complainant. As per this provision, interim compensation not exceeding twenty percentage of the cheque amount can be ordered to be paid...

Justice Syeda Tahira Safdar To Be The First Woman High Court Chief Justice In Pakistan

Justice Syeda Tahira Safdar is set to be appointed as the Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court, paving way for her to become the first woman Chief Justice of any High Court in the country.The current Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court, Justice Muhammad Noor Meskanzai is scheduled to retire on August 31. Justice Tahira will then take charge as the Chief Justice till October 5 next...

Allahabad HC Quashes Demotion Of 2 Professors Of Lucknow's Integral University; Says VC Threw All Rules To Wind [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has quashed the demotion of two professors of Lucknow’s Integral University while criticising its Vice-Chancellor for throwing the principles of natural justice to winds.A bench of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Rang Nath Pandey quashed the June 7 orders passed by the Vice-Chancellor of the varsity by which two professors were demoted from the post...

Bombay HC Grants Anticipatory Bail To Woman Accused By Lesbian Partner Of ‘Breach Of Trust’

The Bombay High Court recently allowed a criminal appeal filed by a married woman and granted her protection from arrest in a case filed by her lesbian partner (complainant) for offences under Sections 354, 504, 506, 509 of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 66(E) and 67 of the Information and Technology Act as well as under Sections 3(1)(r)(s)(w)(i)(ii) of the Scheduled Castes...

Is The Finance Ministry Sleeping? Bombay HC Questions Non-Working Of Mumbai Debt Recovery Tribunal

The Bombay High Court on Monday questioned the shutdown of Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) following a fire in the said building premises over a month ago and expressed surprise at this development. Is the Finance Ministry sleeping, asked Justice Abhay Oka.The division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice AA Sayyed was hearing a petition filed by the Debt Recovery Tribunal Bar...

Madras HC Says Look-Out Circular Against Karti Chidambaram Was Issued In “Hot Haste”; Quashes It [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Monday quashed a lookout circular (LOC) issued by the CBI against Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P. Chidambaram, in connection with the INX Media case.A Bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Abdul Quddhose opined that the LOC was issued in “hot haste”, and ruled, “In view of the finding of this Court that the...