P.Shiv Shankar, Former Law Minister And Architect of Committed Judiciary, Passes Away

Former Union Law Minister, P.Shiv Shankar passed away in Hyderabad this morning, after a prolonged illness, say reports. He was 89 years old.Although Shiv Shankar had held several positions in the Government, it was his stint as the Union Law Minister in Indira Gandhi Cabinet, after her return to power in 1980, which was the turning point in India’s judiciary.As Union Law Minister, Shiv...

Right To Contest Election Doesn’t Recognise Right To Be Released From Jail For Campaigning:Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Monday held that right to contest election from jail “cannot imply that the candidate gets a right to be released from jail for campaigning”.“If the candidate is in custody for an alleged offence, it would be the discretion of the Court to release him or not, depending on the facts and circumstances of the case. When a person in custody fills up a nomination as...

MP HC Imposed Cost On Man For Misusing Of Writ Jurisdiction [Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has imposed cost of Rs. 25000 on a petitioner for misusing the writ jurisdiction of the court by filing an appeal instead of taking recourse to the remedy available.The court finds its time was “wasted” and on insistence of the petitioner the police was “compelled” to come from Satna with the corpus (woman).When the court asked the corpus (woman) whether...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtA full bench of Allahabad High Court on Monday held that the state government cannot exercise power under Section 321 of Code of Criminal Procedure to withdraw criminal cases in a whimsical and arbitrary matter.The High Court recently struck down an Ordinance passed by Lucknow University, by which 80% seats of the LL.M. programme were reserved for law graduates of...

Submit Educational Qualification Certificates For Verification Drive By 6th March: Bar Council Of Delhi [Read Notice]

Vide a notice issued on Thursday, Bar Council of Delhi has directed Advocates to submit copies of the requisite Educational Certificates to their office, on or before 6th March, 2017.This is in furtherance of the verification drive commenced by the Council, in terms of Certificate and Place of Practice (Verification) Rules, 2015. These Rules had, however, not laid down any stipulation for...

Victims Of Political Murder Are From Rank And File; Leaders Remain Safe And Secure: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Annihilation of political opponents has become an order of the day, ignoring the fact that divergent political ideologies are natural in a democratic polity with a multiparty system, said the Court.“Victims (martyrs, as the parties may call them for political gain) of the spate of political murders are from the rank and file. Those who in the higher echelons masterminding and...

Former Lokayukta Moves MPHC To Fix Family Pension For His Wife [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court granted two weeks time to Madhya Pradesh former Lokayukta and retired Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court Ripusudan Dayal to file reply towards the Madhya Pradesh Government submission that family pension can be fixed only on demise of the pensioner.The retired Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court Ripusudan Dayal was appointed as the Lokayukta Madhya Pradesh...

CIC Tells Govt, Authorities To Create Awareness That Aadhaar Is Not Must For Marriage Registration [Read Order]

The Chief Information Commission has directed the government and marriage registration authorities to give widespread publicity through various media that Aadhaar is not mandatory for the purpose of marriage registration scheme.Disposing of a second appeal, Chief Information Commissioner Prof M Sridhar Acharyulu also directed the authority to make necessary changes for online application...

No Statutory Prohibition On More Than One Bar Association In One Court: Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that there is nothing in statute, rule or regulation that prohibits recognition of a bar association in one court or one place, where already a bar association is functioning after recognition by the State Bar Council.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice HP Singh was recently considering a petition filed by the High...

22 Years Later, Bombay HC Sets Aside Acquittal of Man in Wife’s Murder [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has set aside a 22-year-old judgement of the Additional Sessions Judge, Satara acquitting one Ramchandra Lokhande who was accused under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code.The division bench of Justices VK Tahilramani and Revati Mohite Dere have convicted Lokhande under charges of murder and causing disappearance of evidence and sentenced him to suffer...

POCSO Victims Compensation Fund To Be Set Up

The Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Ms. Maneka Gandhi has reportedly decided to set up a POCSO Victims Compensation Fund to provide financial support to children who are victims of sexual crimes.The announcement was made as a response to a letter seeking her attention to the plight of a three-year old, who was allegedly sexually assaulted and found abandoned at a...

Bombay HC Directs Razing of Illegal Structures on Land Reserved for Minority Community [ Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has directed the state government to remove the illegal structures that have been constructed on land reserved for minority community within six months.The bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice GS Kulkarni was hearing a PIL filed by Rehbar Foundation. The petitioners have brought to the attention of the court a notification issued by the state government in...