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...

After 34 Yrs, Delhi HC Upholds Compensation To NRIs For Loss Of Opportunity To Be Tied To Their Motherland [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has directed the government to compensate 26 NRI petitioners for the loss of opportunity to be tied to their motherland by owning a plot of land in Delhi.Justice Pratibha M Singh ordered the government to pay a compensation of Rs 11.20 lakh to the petitioners who had applied in a scheme floated by the government in 1978 which was dropped five years later for sake...

Mere Intention or Preparation To Commit Suicide Not An Offence Under Sec. 309 IPC: Karnataka HC [Read Order]

‘It is clear that the act done must be in the course of attempt, otherwise, no offence is committed.’The Karnataka High Court in Kaviraj S v. State of Karnataka has held that a person cannot be prosecuted merely for intention or preparation to commit suicide when there was actually no attempt to commit suicide.In the instant case, allegation was that Kaviraj made an attempt to commit...

SC Demands Steps Taken To Curb Substance Abuse Among Children [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Thursday demanded to know the progress made on the formulation of the National policy on Drug Demand reduction to check substance abuse among children.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud directed the matter to be listed on 20 August to enable Additional Solicitor General, Ms. Pinky Anand, to inform the...

SC Refuses To Admit PIL Seeking To End Use Of Black Money In Elections; Petitioner Asked To Approach Election Commission [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today disposed of a PIL to curb "appalling effects of black money on free and fair election" asking the petitioner to approach the Election Commission.The PIL had also pointed to "unwillingness" of the Government to reform Election System and demanded that any transaction above Rs 2000 not done through dedicated bank account be shown as unaccounted."We grant liberty to...

Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Women & Children: Calcutta HC Lays Down Guidelines For Investigation And Prosecution [Read Order]

The Calcutta High Court recently laid down guidelines for investigation and trial of offences under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956. These guidelines, it asserted, need to be followed as the “standard operating procedure in the investigation and prosecution of crime involving commercial sexual exploitation of women and children.”The Bench comprising Justice Ravi Kishan Kapur...