TTV Dhinakaran Gets Interim Relief From Delhi HC: ECI Told To Consider Allotting ‘Pressure Cooker’ Symbol

In a major relief to TTV Dhinakaran, the Delhi High Court on Friday upheld his right to use a common name and symbol by way of an interim arrangement while directing the Election Commission of India to allow his group to use a common symbol, preferably ‘pressure cooker’, after giving them proper hearing.“I find considerable merit in the prayer made by the Petitioner (Dhinakaran) and...

Online Registration For AIBE-XII Now Open

The Registration for the All India Bar Examination-XII held by the Bar Council of India has begun on its website.Here is the tentative schedule for the...

‘There Must Be An End To It‘: Kerala HC Orders CBI Investigation In Shuhaib Murder Case [Read Judgment]

“Innumerable murders have been taken place in the locality and all such murders have been styled as 'political murders'. But, it is a fact that political parties are not dying whereas; individuals are being put to death and their family members are virtually being thrown to the street,” the court said.The Kerala High Court, on a plea of parents of a youth who was murdered in Kannur,...

Defects Not Permitted To Be Cured Beyond 1 PM- Lawyers Peeved By Newly-Introduced Filing Conditions Of Kerala HC

The newly introduced filing conditions in the High Court of Kerala like restricting urgent filing up to 1 PM have caused a lot of grievance amongst advocates. The conditions, introduced by an Office Circular dated 01.03.2018, also do not permit curing of defects beyond 1 PM. Before the circular, a file could be re-presented on the same day after curing the defects for urgent listing on the...

Performance Of Information Commissions In India: 1.81L Pendency, Mere Rs 4.41cr Penalty Imposed In One Year, Annual Reports Not On Websites [Read Report]

An assessment of various Information Commissions in India has revealed a pendency of 1,99,186 appeals and complaints at the end of October 2017 in 23 commissions with many functioning with reduced manpower in states like Kerala, where a lone Commissioner is running the show with a pendency of 14,000 appeals/complaints.The revelation has been made in the “Report Card on Performance...

Delhi HC Grants Interim Protection To Karti Chidambaram From ED’s Arrest

Lodged in CBI custody in INX Media case since February 28, Karti Chidambaram got some relief on Friday with the Delhi High Court granting him interim protection from being arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till March 20.Friday’s order would mean he cannot be arrested by the ED once he is released from CBI’s custody.Karti, son of senior Congress leader and former Union...

AP Bar Council Notifies Summer Dress Rules

In a notification dated 1st March 2018, the Bar Council of the State of Andhra Pradesh has issued a notification communicating the resolutions passed by the Bar Council of India and the Bar Council of the State of Andhra Pradesh regarding ‘Dress Rules, with special reference to Summer Months’.The clarification states: ‘So far as the courts, other than the Supreme Court and High Courts...

Chief Secy Assault Case: AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal Granted Bail By Delhi HC [Read Order]

Embroiled in the controversy surrounding attack on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash, AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal was on Friday granted bail by the Delhi High Court which also took note of the continued harassment of the senior bureaucrat who was recently issued notice by the Delhi Assembly Committee.Justice Mukta Gupta granted bail to Jarwal saying, “The nature of allegations, the sentence provided...

Cabinet Okays Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Division of High Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2018

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2018 for introduction in the Parliament.The Bill seeks to achieve the following objectives: Brings down the specified value of a commercial dispute to Rs 3 lakhs from the present Rs 1 crore: Therefore,...

Alternate Law Forum Founder Lawrence Liang Found Guilty Of Sexual Harassment By Ambedkar University Committee

Mr. Lawrence Liang, Dean of Ambedkar University's School of Law, Governance and Citizenship has reportedly been found guilty of sexual harassment by an internal committee set up by the University.According to a report published by Asia Times, the renowned human rights activist, academic and lawyer has been found guilty of sexually harassing a woman who was pursuing a doctorate at...

It Is The Court, Not The Pope To Decide On Civil And Criminal Matters Relating Diocese Properties In India :Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

When matters relating to civil or criminal law relating to a property of a Diocese in India arise, it is for the courts in India to deal with the matter, the court said.The Kerala High Court has ordered police to investigate into allegations against Major Arch Bishop and others of the Syro-Malabar Church in connection with the Syro-Malabar Church land deal.Justice B Kemal Pasha allowed the...

Cheque Cases Go Online- On Receipt Of E-Summons Accused To Deposit Money In Complainant's Bank A/C & Inform Court Through E-mail: Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]

In line with the Supreme Court's directives on speedy disposal of cheque dishonor cases, the Gujarat High Court recently directed the Trial Court to allow the accused to pay the amount directly in the complainant's bank account and intimate the Court through an Email.Justice Sonia Gokani further encouraged the use of technology for serving summons on the accused in such cases, noting,...