Increase Retirement Age Of SC Judges To 67 Years And HC Judges To 65 Years: Parliamentary Panel Recommends [Read Report]

A Parliamentary Panel has recommended that the retirement age of Supreme Court Judges should be increased to 67 years and that of High Court Judges should be increased to 65 years, opining that this would help in retaining the existing Judges, and would, therefore, be helpful in reducing judicial vacancies as well as the pendency of cases.In its 96th report on Demands for Grants (2018-19),...

"Your Lordship Is One Of The Most Patient Chief Justice I have Ever Seen : Dhawan To CJI Misra

Talk about courtroom humour, and Senior advocate Rajiv Dhawan never disappoints.Dhawan again provided some lighter moments amidst the high-voltage Ayodhya case hearing in a packed courtroom No.1 of the Supreme Court today.At one moment when Chief Justice Misra disagreed with Dhawan that he had not argued a particular point on an earlier date regarding reference of the case to a larger...

K’taka HC Refuses Bail To Nalapad Haris, Saying CCTV Footage Shows Attack Was Horrifying & Terrifying [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday refused to grant bail to Mohammed Nalapad Haris, son of Congress MLA NA Haris, who is in judicial custody for allegedly assaulting Vidvat Loganathan, son of a businessman, and said from the CCTV footage, the attack appears horrifying and terrifying.Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar rejected the bail plea of Nalapad saying a person who wields such authority...

Tharoor-Arnab’s Defamation Row: Delhi HC Frames Issues, Cross-Examination To Begin On May 10 [Read Order]

Whether TV journalist Arnab Goswami has had a history of broadcasting incorrect and unsubstantiated news reports? This is one of the several issues framed by the Delhi High Court in the Rs 2-crore civil defamation suit initiated by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor against Goswami and his channel Republic TV for running “irresponsible new stories and news debates” between May 8 and May 11,...

Make Police Helpline Number '100' In Alwar Functional: Petition In Rajasthan HC [Read Petition]

A Petition has been filed before the Rajasthan High Court, demanding a direction to the authorities to make emergency helpline number- 100 functional in Alwar, Rajasthan.The Petition, filed by one Mr. Ravi Saini through Advocate Aditya Jain, relies on the Supreme Court decision in the case of Prakash Singh & Ors. v. Union of India and Ors., wherein the Apex Court had issued several...

Centre Decides To Cover 5th Time Applicants In 65-69 Years’ Age Group For Haj, 2018, Submits In SC [Read Order]

Pursuant to the direction by the Supreme Court, the Centre informed the court that a decision has been taken by the Ministry of Minority Affairs to cover pilgrims in the age group of 65 to 69 years, who are 5th time applicants for Haj, 2018.The relevant part of the decision taken by the ministry is as follows:“1965 individual pilgrims falling under the category of 5th timer applicants...

9073 Cases Currently Under Consideration Of NCLT: Corporate Affairs Minister

Minister of State for Corporate Affairs and Law & Justice PP Chaudhary has said in the Rajya Sabha that as on this March 12, only one case under Section 55(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 is pending before the NCLT. Section 55 of the 2013 Act contains provisions on redemption of preference shares.The minister further stated that a total of 9,073 cases were under consideration in NCLT as...

26th Meeting of GST Council: GSTR 3B, GSTR 1 Filing Extended For 3 More Months

The 26th meeting of the GST Council was held on Saturday in New Delhi. The following recommendations were made by the GST Council:Return filing system:The present system of filing of GSTR 3B and GSTR 1 is extended for another three months i.e., April to June, 2018 till the new return system is finalized. A new model was discussed extensively and the Group of Ministers on IT has been tasked...

Oft-Quoted Aphorism ‘Not Only Must Justice Be Done; It Must Also Be Seen To Be Done’ Applies To Victim Also: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]

The ratio that justice not only to be done but also seems to be done equally applies to the victim also, said the Chhattisgarh High Court while transferring a case on a plea of a wife of a person allegedly killed in police custody.The widow of a man who has killed allegedly while in police custody had approached the high court, seeking transfer of the criminal cases from the court in Baloda...

SC Asks Developer To Pay Rs. 2.27 Cr Compensation To Buyer, Modifies NCDRC Order Of Rs 3.65 Cr Damages [Read Judgment]

Observing that the rule of measuring damages from the time of breach of contract is flexible, the Supreme Court modified compensation of Rs 3.65 crore awarded by NCDRC to a flat buyer in a redevelopment project to Rs 2.27 crore.A bench of Justice NV Ramana and Justice S Abdul Nazeer modified the order of NCDRC saying the claim granted by “NCDRC seems to surpass the actual-loss based damages...

10 Additional Judges From 3 High Courts Made Permanent

Through a notification issued on Monday, the Central Government has made permanent five Additional Judges of Kerala High Court. The five Judges are: Justice Sathish Ninan Justice Devan Ramachandran Justice Somarajan Justice Shircy Justice M. Babu Another notification has made permanent the following Additional Judges of Allahabad High Court: Justice Ashok Kumar Justice Vivek Chaudhary...

Administering Oath To Accused While Recording Confessional Statement Unconstitutional: Sikkim HC (FB) [Read Judgment]

Not only administration of oath on an accused while recording his confession is prohibited, unlawful and illegal but also that the said act cannot be cured under Section 463 CrPC. Administration of Oath upon an accused while recording confession has a direct bearing on the voluntariness of the confession and voluntariness is sacrosanct, the bench observed.A full bench of Sikkim High Court,...