Referring To Gauri Lankesh’s Murder, Bombay HC Says Trend Of Killing Anyone With Liberal Values Is Dangerous

While hearing the matter regarding the investigations into the murder of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare, the Bombay High Court referred to the murder of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru on September 5 and said: “People with liberal values and principles are being targeted. It’s like if there is any opposition to me, I shall have that eliminated. This is...

Kerala HC Seeks Reply From Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala On PIL Against UDF Hartal [Read Petition]

A Division Bench of Kerala High Court has issued notice to Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala on a PIL filed by a lawyer against the call of hartal on October 16.The Bench of Chief Justice Navniti Prasad Singh and Raja Vijayaraghavan observed that the hartal was already declared illegal by the Court.Placing reliance on earlier verdicts of the high court as well as the Supreme Court that...

Judge's Alleged 'Misbehaviour': Lawyers Of Delhi District Courts To Go On Strike Tomorrow

Lawyers across the six district courts in Delhi will go on strike on Friday to protest against the alleged “misbehaviour” of some judges and the increasing corruption in judiciary.The decision to call the strike at all district courts – Tis Hazari, Rohini, Patiala House, Karkardooma, Dwarka and Saket - was taken in an emergent meeting of the coordination committee of All-District Court...

SIT On Black Money Is Public Authority Under RTI: CIC [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has held the special investigation team on black money a ‘public authority’ as per the Right to Information Act.Venkatesh Nayak had approached the commission praying to recognize the special investigation team (SIT) on black money of the Department of Revenue under the Ministry of Finance as a ‘public authority’ within the terms of Section 2(h)...

Towards ‘Uniform’ Equality: Draft Of ‘Progressive Uniform Civil Code’ Placed Before Law Commission [Read Draft]

Amidst debate on achieving uniformity in Indian society with a Uniform Civil Code, Law Commission chairman Justice BS Chauhan (retired) has been presented with the draft of a ‘ progressive uniform civil code ’ that provides for live-in and homosexual relationships, and has ruled out any kind of gender-based discrimination.The draft-code rules out all discrimination between man, woman or...

Advocate’s Experience & Seniority Counted From Date Of Enrollment With State Bar Council: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]

Not from the date of becoming member of particular Bar Association, the court said.The Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that experience and seniority of an advocate will be counted from the date of enrollment with the State Bar Council and not from the date of becoming member of a particular Bar Association.“An Advocate, after enrollment by the State Bar Council, is not debarred...

Bombay HC Imposes ₹5-Lakh Cost On Petitioners For Seeking To Re-argue Case With Different Set Of Lawyers [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently imposed ₹5 lakh cost on petitioners reminding them about the limitations of a review jurisdiction.A bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice MS Sonak observed that it is being seen lately that litigants try to go behind binding orders of the high court by canvassing arguments before the Supreme Court that do not give the entire or true picture of the...

Incidents Like Farmers' Protest On Rail Tracks Not Sudden, Railways Should Inform Passengers: Consumer Forum [Read Order]

Incidents like farmers’ protest do not happen all of a sudden and the Railways might have prior intimation of such protests on its tracks about which it should inform the passengers, a Delhi consumer forum has held while directing the Railways to cough up Rs 2 lakh to be paid in equal parts to  the eight passengers, including two minors, who complained of harassment during their train...

Gujarat Govt. Failed To Maintain Law And Order: HC In Godhra Verdict [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court in the ‘Godhra’ Judgment held that the state Government had failed in its duty to maintain law and order in the state during the period of Godhra incident. The High Court, on Monday, commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence awarded to 11 convicts in the case of the burning of Sabarmati Express in Godhra in 2002, which had triggered massive communal riots...

Can’t Deny Fundamental Right Of Holding Public Meetings Merely On Fear Of Law & Order Situation: Madras HC [Read Order]

The Madras High Court recently held that the Fundamental Right to hold public meetings cannot be denied merely on the apprehension of a law and order situation arising.“Since it is the fundamental right of the petitioner to conduct such a meeting, if at all, the respondent is of the view that they intend to instigate people and thereby create law and order problem, it was always open to them...

Bombay HC Slams Trial Court For Branding Petitioner With Stigma Of ‘Living In Adultery’ Without Evidence [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside an order of a family court in Sholapur wherein an application filed by X seeking enhancement of compensation for herself and her son was rejected and her ex-husband’s (respondent) application seeking cancellation of maintenance was allowed.The family court had relied upon an earlier order dated December 21, 2006, which allowed the...

Going Cashless! Beware Of MDR As Goa Consumer Forum Holds Restrobar Guilty Of Charging Customers On Card Payments [Read Judgment]

Even as the government has been propagating cashless transactions, consumers across India have been falling prey to the malpractice of many service providers charging a percentage on payments made by debit or credit cards.In one such case, a district consumer forum in Goa has come down heavily on a restaurant for indulging in illegal trade practice of shifting the burden of merchant discount...