As Health Ministry Let's Off IAS Officer In Multi Crore Scam At AIIMS With Mere Caution, CPIL Moves Delhi High Court Against Illegal Closer Of Cases [Read Application]

CPIL says PM, and not Health Ministry, is competent to close case against IAS officer on Central DeputationWith the Union Health Ministry closing cases against former AIIMS director MC Mishra and letting off IAS officer and former AIIMS deputy director Vineet Chawdhary in over Rs 6,000-crore corruption with mere caution, NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation has moved an application in...

21 Retail Petroleum Dealers Challenge Demand Of Personal Financial Details By Public Sector Oil Companies; Kerala HC Issues Notice [Read Petition & Order]

The Kerala High Court, on Friday, issued notice on a Petition filed by twenty-one Petroleum Outlet Dealers challenging the demand of "personal financial details" by public sector oil companies- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Hindustan Petroleum Limited.Justice Shaji P. Chaly also prohibited the Respondent Companies from initiating any coercive...

Terrorism Trials: Justice A.M.Thipsay Questions Confessions Which Are Not Trustworthy

Former Judge of the Allahabad High Court, Justice Abhay M. Thipsay, on Friday questioned the reliance on confessions of the accused by the courts in terrorism cases, while delivering the Fourth Shahid Azmi Memorial Lecture at the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi.  Speaking on “Terrorism Trials: Reflections on Fundamental Rights and Judicial Independence”, Justice Thipsay recalled his...

Multiplexes Can’t Compel Moviegoers To Buy Food Items At Exorbitant Prices, Says Bombay HC; State To Frame Policy [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has said cinemagoers cannot be prohibited from carrying their own food articles and water bottles to multiplexes as private vendors are allowed to sell food inside at exorbitant prices.A bench of Justice SS Kemkar and MS Karnik said either there should be complete prohibition on food or if vendors are allowed to sell, then viewers should also be allowed to carry their...

Delhi Court Grants Ex-Parte Injunction On Release Of Ravi Jadhav’s Film Nude After Author Claims Substantial Adaptation [Read Order]

After being dropped from the IFFI, 2017 list, director Ravi Jadhav’s Marathi film Nude had once again landed in some trouble with a Delhi court putting an ex-parte restraint on its release or publication in any manner after a Hindi writer moved court claiming that the film is a substantial adaptation of a short story penned by her in year 2007.Additional District Judge Murari Prasad...

Disciplinary Action Against Lawyers By Bar Council: SC Refuses To Interfere With Karnataka HC Order Dismissing Plea

“Why did you file a PIL,” inquired Chief Justice Dipak Misra on Friday, as an SLP preferred against a January 8 order of the Karnataka High Court dismissing a writ petition seeking the writ of certiorari and the quashing of three notifications issued by the Karnataka State Bar Council taking disciplinary action against five advocates came up for hearing.By the impugned notifications,...

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...