Madras HC Orders CMO, Booked For Insulting Tricolour, To Hoist & Salute It, Sing National Anthem For A Week [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has directed the Chief Medical Officer of a government hospital at Ambur of Tamil Nadu, who was booked for insulting the national flag, to hoist the Tricolour at the hospital, salute it and sing the national anthem everyday for a week as a condition of his anticipatory bail.Dr A Kennedy had moved court for anticipatory bail fearing arrest after he was booked for...

NUSRL Ranchi Students Stage Protest Demanding Improvement In Infrastructure

Around 200 students of the National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL), Ranchi, locked down the university gate and sat on dharna on Wednesday demanding administrative overhaul and better infrastructure in the institution.Faculty members could not enter the university premises due to the protest and had to sit outside the main gate. Students also sought support of the teachers for their demand.In a press release stuck at the university’s gate, the students claimed that they have...

‘Lawyers Collective’ Pays Tribute To Gauri Lankesh, Pledges To Defend Rule Of Law

Lawyers Collective (LC), an NGO fighting for issues such as human rights, has condemned the "cowardly murder" of Gauri Lankesh, the editor of Gauri Lankesh Patrike, while pledging to continue to defend rule of law and support rational voices.Indira Jaising's LC remembered Gauri as "an active voice of dissent against the obscurantist policies of the State".  The NGO said, "We stand united for...

Central Government Extends Due Date for Filing of GSTR (July) by Input Service Distributors to 13.10.17 [Read Notification]

The Central Board of Excise and Customs, in the exercise of its powers under Section 39(6) read with Section 169 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, has extended the due date for filing of returns by Input Service Distributors for the month of July to 13th October 2017. Earlier, the due date to file returns by Input Service Distributors was 8th September 2017.An Input Service...

Why Change Of Bench Won’t Help Actor Dileep Get Bail?

As the Kerala High Court re-opens after Onam holidays, the third bail application filed by Malayalam film actor Dileep in the crime pertaining to sexual assault of a co-actor will be closely watched by all. The earlier bail applications were considered and dismissed by Justice Sunil Thomas. An interesting development is that the roster of judges has been changed now and Justice Sunil Thomas...

Admiralty Court Doesn’t Have Power To Arrest Cargo On Board Ship For Unrelated Claim: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

In the matter of Pacific Gulf Shipping (Singapore) Pte Ltd v. SRK Chemicals Ltd & Anr, the Bombay High Court has held that an admiralty court does not have jurisdiction to arrest cargo on board a ship for an unrelated claim.Justice SC Gupte was hearing a notice of motion filed by the defendants (SRK Chemicals) seeking release of 20,000 MT of salt that was kept as security at an open yard...

Delhi HC Steps In To Ensure Immediate Legal Aid, Compensation To Minor Raped In School And Likes

Calls for protocol for synergy between cops and the DSLSA Taking note of two newspaper reports relating to sexual assault of a 5-year-old girl inside her school, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Delhi Police and the Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) to arrive at a protocol for transmission of information of cases of sexual violence to the latter at the earliest so...

Student’s Murder: Bombay HC Grants Interim Relief To Founders Of Ryan International Till Wednesday

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted one-day interim relief to the founders of Ryan International School after they moved for transit anticipatory bail on Monday after two senior officials of the school were arrested in connection with the murder of a 7-year-old on the school premises in Gurugram.Justice AS Gadkari granted protection from arrest to Augustine Pinto, Grace Pinto and their...

Escorting Sri Sri Ravi Shankar By Chief Justice: Gauhati HC Bar Association Expresses Its Displeasure [Read Resolution]

Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ajit Singh has landed himself in controversy after being seen escorting Art of Living founder and spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar from the airport to his official residence by driving the car himself, when the latter visited Guwahati on September 5 to attend North-East Indigenous People's conference.Expressing its disapproval of the Chief...

Former Kerala HC Judge Justice KA Nair Passes Away

Justice K A Nayar (87), Former Judge  of High Court of Kerala passed away on 12.9.2017 at his residence in Diwans Road. He was ailing for some time due to age related complications. Justice Nayar hails from the Karimbil Family of Nileswaram, Kasargod District.Justice Nayar was an alumnus of Oxford University and thereafter qualified as a Barrister of the Inner Temple in 1953. Till his...

Defacing Delhi For DUSU Polls: HC Issues Notices To Candidates

A day before the Delhi University goes to poll for its students union, the Delhi High Court has issued show cause notice to all candidates in the fray over a PIL showing how the campaign had left Delhi and its public property defaced, some with permanent scars, so to speak.A bench headed by Chief Justice Gita Mittal issued show cause notices to NSUI's presidential candidate Rocky Tuseer, his...

Prof. (Dr.) Tahir Mahmood Bags N.R. Madhava Menon Best Law Teacher Award 2017

Eminent jurist Prof. (Dr.) Tahir Mahmood has been awarded the prestigious Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon Best Law Teacher Award – 2017.Honouring law teachers and law schools in India, Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) and Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy Training (MILAT) have been observing Law Teachers’ Day in September since 2009. Celebrating Law Teachers’ Day this year, SILF and MILAT announced the recipients of this year’s awards last week.Professor Dr Tahir Mahmood is currently the...