“Many Judges In The Last Few Years Have Failed Us” -Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave's New Speech [VIDEO]

...

Jharkhand High Court Organises Programme On Gender Sensitization, Workplace Sexual Harassment

A Programme on Gender Sensitization with focus on Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace was organized at the Jharkhand High Court on Friday.The programme was organised by the High Court of Jharkhand Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints Committee.The programme was presided by the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court Justice Sanjaya...

Delhi Govt Has Made Efforts To Rehabilitate Jhuggi Dwellers On Paper, Ground Reality Far From Desirable: High Court

The Delhi High Court has said that though the Delhi Government has sought to make efforts to rehabilitate jhuggi dwellers “on paper” in terms of the Delhi Slum and JJ Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2015, the ground reality is “far from desirable.”A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad was hearing a plea moved by a trust namely...

'Advocates Not Above Law': Tripura High Court Refuses Action Against Police For Raiding Lawyer-Couple's House To Search For Accused-Client

The Tripura High Court recently refused action against Police for raiding the house of a lawyer-couple in search of an accused being represented by one of them.The bench of Acting Chief Justice T. Amarnath Goud & Justice T Arindam Lodh observed that search has been conducted following the mandatory provisions of section 47, 165 and 166(1) of CrPC.While Section 47 of the Act empowers a...

Madal Virupakshappa Bribery Case: Karnataka High Court Reserves Order On BJP MLA's Plea For Anticipatory Bail

The Karnataka High Court on Friday reserved its order on the anticipatory bail application filed by BJP Leader Madal Virupakshappa in a bribery case. He was granted granted interim anticipatory bail on March 7.The Karnataka Lok Ayukta had moved the Supreme Court challenging the Karnataka High Court's order granting interim anticipatory bail to BJP MLA in a bribery case. The matter was...

'Governments Can’t Shirk From Liability To Abide By Judgments, Decrees & Awards': Delhi High Court Lifts Corporate Veil In DAMEPL-DMRC Dispute

The Delhi High Court on Friday observed that the Union of India and Delhi Government are in complete control of affairs of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and must be commanded to take appropriate steps to enable the corporation to meet the obligation of making payment of dues to Reliance Infra-owned Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL) under a 2017 arbitral award.Lifting...

Ernakulam Law College Students To Have Facility To Watch Live Stream Of Supreme Court & High Court Hearings On Campus

Kerala’s oldest institution of legal education which is about to celebrate 150 years of its inception, is paving the path for effectively incorporating technology into the education system. The Government Law College, Ernakulam will be inaugurating a dedicated facility for live streaming of Supreme Court and Kerala High Court proceedings at its campus on Saturday, 18th March, 2023. The...

Advocates' Associations Across Mumbai Abstain From Work After Lawyer Allegedly Assaulted By Police, Demands Passing Of Advocate’s Protection Act

Advocate Associations across Mumbai and Thane district abstained from work and protested between March 16 & 17 in solidarity with a lawyer from the Borivali Bar Association who was allegedly assaulted by a police inspector from Kandivali Police Station in Suburban Mumbai. The associations have sought action against API Hemant Gite who is said to have assaulted Advocate Prithviraj...

Antrix Devas Deal: Delhi High Court Upholds Single Judge's Decision Of Setting Aside 2015 Arbitral Award, Says Fraud 'Serious And Complex'

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed an appeal against single judge’s order setting aside a 2015 arbitral award by which Antrix Corporation Limited, commercial and marketing arm of ISRO, was required to pay US$ 562.2 million to Devas Multimedia Private Limited over wrongful repudiation of a contract.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish and Justice Subramonium Prasad in its judgment...

Senior Citizen Offsprings Of 94-Yr-Old Who Died In Road Accident Entitled To Compensation For 'Loss Of Parental Consortium': Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently considered the issue as to whether the children of a nonagenarian road accident victim, who are themselves senior citizens, would be entitled to compensation for 'Loss of Parental Consortium'. Noting that the Tribunal had awarded an amount of Rs. 40,000/- under the head 'Loss of Love and Affection', which was challenged by the counsels for the Insurance Company...

Mumbai Court Sends Designer Aniksha Jaisinghani To Police Custody Till March 21 In Case Filed By Amruta Fadnavis

A Special court in Mumbai remanded designer Aniksha Jaisinghani to police custody till March 21 in the case filed by Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s wife Amruta Fadnavis. Fadnavis has alleged that the Jaisinghani, a designer, attempted to bribe her with Rs 1 crore to seek her “intervention” in a criminal case involving Jaisinghani's father Anil Jaisinghani, who is...

Gauhati High Court Orders Centre To Pay ₹20 Lakh To Families Of Five Killed In 1994 Army Operations In Assam

The Gauhati High Court has ordered the Union Government to pay ₹20 Lakhs compensation in the interest of justice to the families of five deceased persons who were killed in the 1994 army operation, Assam.The High Court held that the deaths of the five men took place during the army operation, and therefore, compensation must be awarded in the interest of justice.The bench of Justice...