Petition Filed In Kerala HC Challenging New Rules For Designation Of Senior Advocates [Read Petition]

A Petition has been filed before the Kerala High Court challenging the newly formulated High Court of Kerala (Designation of Senior Advocates) Rules 2018.The Petition, filed by two practicing High Court Advocates Mr. C. Anil Kumar Kallesseril and Mr. P.M. Manash, alleges that Section 16 of the Advocates Act, 1961 does not confer such rule-making power on the High Courts. It, therefore,...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court held that Divorce decree by consent is also appealable if the consent is disputed and is alleged to be not free & bonafide in the absence of inquiry by court.Bombay High CourtBombay High Court acquitted an accused in a Rape Case finding that there was a deep love affair between the Accused and prosecutrix. The Court also held that under Section...

SC-ST Act: MP High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Accused, But Observes Arrest Not Warranted [Read Order]

Needless to emphasise that except in heinous offences, an arrest must be avoided, the court said.A recent judgment of Supreme Court of India that read down the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, which raked a lot of debates across the country, has been followed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court while disposing an appeal against denial...

Unmarried Adult Daughter Entitled To Claim Maintenance From Her Father, Rules Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court, in Agnes Lily Irudaya v Irudaya Kani Arsan, has held that the unmarried daughter though the attained majority is entitled to claim maintenance from the father.In this case, the mother had approached the family court claiming maintenance from her husband for daughter who had turned major but IS unmarried, for meeting her educational expenses. The family court dismissed...

Dr. Saumya Saxena Conferred With The British Council's UK Alumni Professional Achievement Award

Dr. Saumya Saxena has been conferred with the British Council's UK Alumni Professional Achievement Award for her assistance to the Law Commission of India (LCI) in assessing the feasibility of a uniform civil code.Dr. Saxena is currently working as an independent consultant with the LCI. She is a PhD in legal history from the University of Cambridge. She holds an MSc from the University...

Yogi Adityanath Govt Puts In Place New Team Of AORs For Cases In SC, Doubles The Strength

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has appointed 22 new Advocates-on-Record for representing it in various cases before the Supreme Court which is double the strength in place till now.Earlier, there were 11 advocates representing the State of Uttar Pradesh in the Supreme Court.The charge of the earlier team of AORs has been brought to an end with immediate effect.In a...

Kerala HC Rejects ‘Estranged’ Husbands’ Plea To Issue ‘Scientific Guidelines’ To Family Courts In Child-Custody Matters [Read Judgment]

Exercise of such a discretionary power by a court cannot be curtailed by issuing any guidelines, as is sought by the petitioners, the bench said.The High Court of Kerala recently rejected a plea of ‘estranged’ husbands to lay down scientific guidelines to family courts for an objective assessment of the welfare of the child, while deciding child-custody petitions.Ten husbands who are...

Advocate-On-Record Exam To Be Held From June 12 To 15 [Read Notification]

The Supreme Court of India has announced that its next examination for Advocates-on-Record [AoR Examination] will be held on June 12, 13, 14 and 15.The exam will be held on the Supreme Court premises.All advocates who will be completing one year's continuous training on or before April 30, 2018, are eligible to appear for this examination.The last date for the acceptance of the application...

Compelling Subordinate To Do ‘Unbearable’ Extra Work Would Not Amount To Abetment Of Suicide: MP HC [Read Judgment]

If higher officer compels his subordinate to do extra work, which is unbearable, then he has other several options and it cannot be said that he had no other option except to commit suicide, the court said.While discharging the principal and headmaster of a school accused of abetment of suicide of a peon belonging to Scheduled Caste community, the Madhya Pradesh High Court observed that if...

POCSO Special Courts Shall Also Ensure Identity Of Victim-Child Isn’t Disclosed During Probe: Sikkim HC [Read Judgment]

One would find on perusal of the Charge-sheet that the name of the victim, her address, and detail of school has been revealed therein flagrantly by the Investigating Agency throwing caution and the mandate of the Statute to the winds, the judge observed.While dismissing an appeal in a POCSO case, the Sikkim High Court has observed that the special court is also vested with the responsibility...

1998 Black Buck Poaching Case: Salman Khan Gets Bail After Spending Two Nights In Jail

After spending two nights in Central jail after being sentenced to five-year imprisonment in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case, Bollywood actor Salman Khan was on Saturday granted bail by a Sessions court in Jodhpur.District and Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi granted bail to the 52-year-old actor on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and two sureties of Rs 25, 000 each.Salman has been directed...

Consent Divorce Decree Appealable If Consent Is Disputed And In The Absence Of Inquiry By Court: Allahabad HC [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has held that Divorce decree by consent is also appealable if the consent is disputed and is alleged to be not free & bonafide in the absence of inquiry by court.In this case, the wife had approached the high court contending that the consent decree was obtained by fraud by getting her signatures on the petition by coercion.Referring to provisions and judgment...