SC Issues Notice On PIL Challenging Appointment Of Assam Finance Minister As President Of National Badminton Assn

The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra on Monday issued notice on a PIL seeking the removal of Assam state Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from the post of President of Badminton Association of India (BAI) on the ground that a minister or a public servant cannot become an office bearer in a sports body.It may be noted that the apex court had on July 18, 2016...

Medical College Bribery Case: Former Orissa HC Judge I.M. Qudussi Petitions Delhi Court For Media Gag Order [Read Petition]

Former Orissa High Court Judge I.M. Qudussi has petitioned the Patiala House Courts, New Delhi, demanding that The Wire, Times of India and ABP News be barred from publishing any news on the medical college bribery scam, except for the court orders passed in the case.When the matter came up for hearing on Tuesday, the Court adjourned the proceedings to March 11, as ABP news had not...

Mere Non-Sending Of Wife To Her Parental House Doesn’t Amount To Cruelty: Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]

The Karnataka High Court has observed that mere non-sending of the wife to her parental house does not amount to cruelty.In the instant case, the husband and mother in law were accused of abetting suicide of the wife and also that they subjected her to both mental and physical harassment.The crux of the allegations against husband and his mother was that they were not allowing the wife to...

Andhra HC Upholds Dedication Of Entire Property To TTD By Reputed Family That Committed Mass Suicide [Read Order]

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently upheld dedication of entire property to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam by a well-known family who had committed suicide by setting themselves on fire in the year 1994.DVS Tirupati Rao, his wife and three daughters, had committed suicide 21.02.1994. Just before the death, the daughters of DVS Tirupati Rao wrote three documents by which they purported to...

Safer Buildings: SC Notice To Centre On Proper Implementation Of National Building Code

It highlighted a report by Live Law about a CIC Order regarding the noncompliance of fire safety measures in important buildings like Parliament and Supreme Court.A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra issued notice to Centre on a PIL seeking direction for proper implementation of National Building Code for construction of any building in the country.The...

SC To Hear Plea For Free And Fair Selection Process By SSC And CBI Investigation On Paper Leaks On March 12

A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra agreed to hear on next Monday (March-12] a petition seeking CBI investigation into the alleged Staff Selection Commission (SSC) question paper leak scam and framing of rules for free and fair selection process in by SSC.Advocate M L Sharma, who filed the PIL, has mentioned before a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra...

Karti Chidambaram Moves SC For Quashing Criminal Proceedings Against Him Initiated By ED

CBI is already investigating the case, registered on May 15, 2017, and the ED has no jurisdiction to summon him for the same case, Karti said in his petitionKarti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P Chidambaram, has approached the Supreme Court by filing a fresh writ petition for the quashing of all criminal proceedings initiated against him under the Prevention of Money Laundering...

PNB Fraud: NCLT Prohibits Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi And 62 Others From Selling Their Assets [Read Order]

Amidst the ongoing investigation into the Rs. 12,600 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, Mumbai Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has restrained Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and 62 others associated with the two diamond dealers from removing, transferring or disposing of funds, assets and properties of entities and individuals.Listing down such entities, the NCLT Bench...

Delhi Bar Council Election: Lawyers Move SC Seeking More Venues For Polling

A group of practicing lawyers have approached the Supreme Court seeking its approval to have more venues for polling instead of only Delhi High Court compound to conduct the Delhi Bar Council election scheduled for March 16 and 17.A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre asked the petitioner’s counsel advocate MC Dhingra to mention it on Wednesday.He said Justice RK...

Punjab & Haryana HC Upholds Annulment Of Godman’s Marriage [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High court has upheld a trial court order annulling the marriage between a girl and a godman on the ground that consent for marriage was obtained by using the fiduciary relationship as a Godman.Justice MMS Bedi summarized the case in a long sentence (First sentence in the judgment is more than 120 words long) like this : “The present case is a tale of a man who...

Assault On Advocates In Line Of Duty: Petition In Bombay HC For Protection To Lawyers [Read Petition]

A legal practitioner has moved the Bombay High Court praying for the appointment of judicial committee to look into the cases of assault on advocates in the line of their duty while stressing the need for a law to be out in place to protect advocates and their dignity.The petition has been filed by legal practitioner Ajaykumar Waghmare, a resident of Nanded, before the Aurangabad Bench of...

"Enough Is Enough": Bombay HC Imposes Costs Of Rs. 1000 Per Day, Rs. 4.5 Lakh In Total For Delay In Complying With Court's Orders [Read Judgment]

Taking stern view of the non-compliance of its orders, the Bombay High Court last week imposed costs of Rs. 4,50,000 on a charitable trust.Imposing the costs, Justice G.S. Patel made it clear that this is how such delays and non-compliances should be dealt with, observing, "For far too long we have been used to issuing directions without consequences for default, and for far too long Courts...