SC Slams Adv For Making EC, PMO Respondents In PIL Regarding Murder Case Against Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AM Khanwilkar on Friday objected to the joinder as respondents of the Election Commission of India and the Prime Minister’s Office in a PIL filed by advocate ML Sharma seeking CBI investigation into the alleged manipulation of his election affidavits by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with aid from...

74-Yr-Old Theft Victim Gets Taste Of Cops’ Bad Etiquettes, Delhi HC Orders Top Cop To Enquire, Seeks Report On Protocol For Dealing With Senior Citizens [Read Order]

With a 74-year-old victim of theft getting a taste of police’s bad etiquettes, the Delhi High Court has directed the Police Commissioner to look into the matter and return a report stating the protocol in place for sensitising police personnel to deal with senior citizens.Justice Rajiv Shakdher was hearing the experience of 75-year-old Ganga Ram who was abused and threatened by cops...

Bombay HC Grants Transit Anticipatory Bail To Teesta Setalvad, Javed Anand Till May 2 In Criminal Case

In an interim relief to activist Teesta Setalvad and husband Javed Anand, the Bombay High Court has allowed their application for transit anticipatory bail filed on Wednesday and granted protection from arrest until May 2.Justice Revati Mohite Dere passed the order on Thursday granting protection from arrest in context of a criminal complaint lodged against the couple by Gujarat...

SC ‘Again’ Quashes Condition of Domicile for Admission to MD, MS & Post-Graduate Diplomas In Karnataka Colleges [Read Judgment]

Reiterating that imposing a ‘condition of domicile’ for admission to MD, MS and post-graduate diploma seats in State of Karnataka is invalid and unconstitutional, the Supreme Court has quashed Clause 4.1 of the Information Bulletin (PGET-2018) to be invalid to the extent that it disqualifies candidates who completed their MBBS/BDS degree courses from colleges situated in Karnataka...

Blackbuck Poaching Case: Salman Khan Guilty After 20 Yrs, Co-Stars Saif Ali Khan, Neelam, Tabu Acquitted

 In a major jolt to Bollywood actor Salman Khan, a Jodhpur court on Thursday held him guilty in the two-decade-old blackbuck poaching case while his co-actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam have been acquitted.Salman has been convicted under the Wildlife Protection Act for killing two blackbucks in Bhagoda ki Dhani in Mathania village near Jodhpur on the intervening night...

NIRF Law College Rankings, 2018: NLSIU, Bangalore No.1, Followed By NLU-D And NALSAR

The 2018 National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) places National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore at the top of the list, followed by National Law University, Delhi and National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad.A total of 71 law schools had applied for the ranking, while NLIU, Bhopal and GNLU did not participate. However, according to an NDTV report, it will be mandatory for public universities to take part in the exercise from next year.Here is...

Family Court Can’t Delegate Recording Of Evidence To Advocate Commissioner Without Consent Of Parties: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

“Sensitive issues like cruelty, adultery, desertion or custody of children can be better adjudicated only when the witnesses are cross-examined before the face of the Court itself”.The High Court of Kerala has held that evidence in matrimonial cases has to be recorded by the court itself, and that the Advocate Commissioner can be appointed to record evidence only if the parties have...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Petition Filed By Lawyers Mukul Talwar & Vrinda Grover For Filing ITR Without Aadhaar, Extends Deadline For Petitioners

The Delhi High Court extended the deadline for linking Aadhar with tax returns till June 30 for the petitioners before it, while considering the petitions filed by two lawyers. Two lawyers- Senior Advocate Mukul Talwar and Advocate Vrinda Grover- approached the Court raising the grievance that the Income Tax Department was not permitting e-filing of tax returns without quoting Aadhar number....

Make Process Of Nomination And Election Of Devaswom Board Members Open And Transparent, Kerala HC Tells Govt [Read Judgment]

Time has now come for the Executive and the Legislature to act and cause framing of appropriate Rules/ Procedure/Mechanism to make the process of nomination and election of members to the Boards open and transparent, the bench said.The Kerala High Court, in a recent judgment, has highlighted the necessity to make the process of nomination and election of members to the Devaswom Board open...

Artificial Over-Invoicing By Power Cos: Delhi HC Asks CBI If It Has Improperly Closed Enquiry Against Adani

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the CBI to clear its stand on the allegation that it had improperly closed a preliminary enquiry against Adani in connection with artificial over-invoicing on the import of power equipment.A bench headed by Justice Ravindra Bhat directed the CBI to file an affidavit explaining its position on the allegation that it had registered a Preliminary...

Loss Of Toll For Wrong Categorization Of Vehicles: Nagpur Court Dismisses Centre’s Plea Against Arbitration Award Extending Concessionaire’s Period Of Operating Toll Road [Read Judgment]

A court in Nagpur has dismissed the Centre’s petition challenging the arbitration award in favour of a Nagpur-based firm which was given an extension of concession period by three years, six months and two days as compensation for loss of toll collection due to difference in toll rates and on account of structural changes in a major highway project across Vainganga river.Principal...

In A First, Kerala HC Invites Suggestions Of Bar Regarding Designation Of Senior Advocates

For the first time in the judicial history of the High Court of Kerala, it has published the proposals and recommendations for designation as senior advocates, inviting views and suggestions of the bar regarding the same. This is done as per the newly framed High Court of Kerala (Designation of Senior Advocates Rules) 2018 notified on February 16. As per Rule 8, the proposals and...