Delhi HC ACJ Gita Mittal Tells District Judges To Appoint PROs In 2 Weeks For Sake Of Doctors Summoned As Witnesses

The Delhi High Court Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal has directed all District and Sessions Judges of all Districts to designate Public Relation Officers within two weeks to attend to the queries of the doctors who are summoned as witnesses to avoid wastage of their time which is detrimental to the patients visiting them.In a communication sent out to all District and Sessions Judges by...

Take Disciplinary Action Against J&K Lawyers: Lawyers For Democracy And Rule Of Law To BCI

'Lawyers for Democracy and Rule of Law' has written to the Bar Council of India (BCI) demanding disciplinary action against lawyers of the State of Jammu and Kashmir who had allegedly called for a strike in defence of the accused in the matter of rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua.In a letter addressed to BCI Chairman Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra, the Lawyers' body asserts that...

Education Dept Tells Delhi HC Allegations Of Schools Lacking Fire, Structural Safety Are False & Vexatious

Amidst rising concerns about safety of children in schools, the Delhi government’s Directorate of Education (DoE) claimed before the Delhi High Court that it has been working towards making all schools fire-safe while terming as “vexatious” the allegations made in a PIL that the schools lacked fire and structural safety.In an affidavit filed before the court on Friday, the DoE said it...

This Is How Mr. Brahmananda Sharma Beat All Odds To Become Rajasthan's First Visually Impaired Judge

Mr. Brahmananda Sharma, who is now a Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate of Sarwar town of Ajmer District, reportedly lost his eyesight due to glaucoma at the age of 22. However, this did not deter him from pursuing his dream of becoming a Judge.When he was turned down by coaching ccenters his wife took charge and would read out books to him and record these readings. He made it a habit to...

2007 Mecca Masjid Blast: Special Court Acquits Aseemanand, Four Others After 11 Years

Eleven years after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) ripped through the heritage Mecca Masjid near Charminar in Hyderabad (now in Telangana) claiming nine lives and injuring 58 persons and with the probe being handed from local police to CBI to NIA, a special court on Monday acquitted Godman Swami Aseemanand and four others accused in the case.The blast had taken place on May 18, 2007...

Chhattisgarh HC Upholds Appointment Of 11 Parl Secys To Assist Ministers [Read Judgment]

We do not see that 'Parliamentary Secretary' is anathema to the scheme of the Indian Constitution, the bench said.The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld appointment of 11 members of the Chhattisgarh State Legislative Assembly MLAs as parliamentary secretaries to assistant different ministers, though it clarified that they cannot discharge any function as member of Council of Ministers.In...

Plaintiff Can't Seek Specific Performance Of Agreement Against Defendant On A Cause Of Action For Permanent Injunction : SC

The cause of action to claim a relief of permanent injunction and the cause of action to claim a relief of specific performance of agreement are independent and one cannot include the other and vice versa, the court said.The Supreme Court in Sucha Singh Sodhi v Baldev Raj Walia, has held that a plaintiff could not claim the relief of specific performance of agreement along with the relief of...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court, on Wednesday, took suo motu cognizance of an incident of rape followed by the custodial death of the victim’s father in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district.Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court held that under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, the court is empowered by Section 28(2) to deviate from the prescribed...

Lawyers' Protest Not Just About Kathua Rape Case But Also For Deportation Of Rohingyas: J&K HC Bar Association

Amidst widespread condemnation of lawyers of the State of Jammu and Kashmir calling a strike allegedly in defence of the accused in the matter of rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, a resolution passed by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association has now come to fore attempting to clarifying its stand.In a press release dated 13 April, the Association notes that the...

Allahabad HC Dismisses Dr. Zakir Naik's Challenge Against Lower Court Summons For Hurting Religious Sentiments [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court, on Wednesday, dismissed a Petition filed by controversial preacher Dr. Zakir Naik challenging summons issued against him by a lower court on allegations of him having hurt religious sentiments.Justice Amar Singh Chauhan opined that the summoning order and the complaint did, in fact, reveal a prima facie case against him and observed, "From perusal of the summoning...

Petition Filed In Kerala HC Challenging Foreign Funding Of Political Parties [Read Petition]

A Petition has been filed before the Kerala High Court challenging the Constitutional validity of provisions allowing companies and foreign institutions to fund political parties and candidates in elections in the country.The Petition, filed by Mr. Victor T. Thomas, challenges Section 182 of the Companies Act, 2013, Section 29 B of the Representation of People’s Act 1951, and...

Organ Transplantation Guidelines Providing Compensation To Altruistic Donors Upheld By Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Kerala has upheld the guidelines framed by the Kerala Government under the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act 1994, providing for compensation to altruistic organ donors. The guidelines were challenged on the ground that they promote commercial harvesting of human organs, which is prohibited as per Section 19 of the Act.The guidelines compensate altruistic donors...