Maneka Gandhi Responds To Virali Modi’s Petition On Making Train Disabled-Friendly

A viral petition by Virali Modi on Change.org, that highlights the dire need for disabled-friendly reforms in Railways, has the nation parading along with 93,000 supporters and counting. After Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu’s tweet about the petition, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi has responded to the petition, informing that she has written to the...

Criminal Case And Departmental Inquiry To Go Parallel Against Cop Accused Of Outraging Modesty Of Fellow Employee: MP HC [Read Order]

A division bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld the single judge order allowing the departmental inquiry and criminal case go parallel against a police sub inspector accused of attempt to outrage modesty of fellow lady employee.The sub inspector allegedly entered the house of the woman in the night, misbehaved with her and attempted to outrage her modesty.The sub inspector filed...

‘If The Appearing Lawyer Gives Good Assistance, The Quality Of The Judgment Increases’- Justice Sikri

Lloyd Law College along with Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy (MILAT) and South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation in Law (SAARCLAW) organized Second Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon SAARC Mooting Competition & Law Student Conference from 10th to 12th February 2017. Hon’ble Justice Arjan Sikri, Judge, Supreme Court of India was the Chief Guest and Hon’ble Justice K.T. Chitrasiri, Judge, Supreme Court of Sri Lanka was the Guest of Honour of the Valedictory Function.Day 1 of the competition...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High courtThe High Court of Allahabad on Thursday permitted around 70 aspirants older than 20 years to apply for the Common Law Admission Test, in derogation of the BCI Rules setting an upper age limit for taking the test.The High Court dismissed a public interest litigation for a direction to ensure daily recital of the national anthem on the premises of the high court as well...

Murder Of Wife And Son: Calcutta HC Commutes Death Penalty Of Husband, Awards Minimum 30yrs Without Remission

Calcutta High Court on Friday commuted the death sentence awarded by Additional Sessions Judge Arambagh to Lakhikanta Adhikary who killed his 26 year old wife and 7 year old son. The High Court awarded life imprisonment with minimum 30 years without remission.The case of the prosecution is that accused Lakhikanta Adhikary was married to Sulekha Adhikary nine years ago. The victim lady...

Allahabad HC Quashes UP PSC’s Order Increasing Reservation Posts [Read Judgment]

Allahabad High Court on Friday quashed the Office Memorandum dated 12.10.2014 issued by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission increasing the posts of OBC category from 566 to 2030 and the result declared on 21.5.2015 published on 22.5.2015 in respect of selection on the post of Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Agriculture Services Cadre-III (Technical Assistant Group-C) held in pursuance...

More Than 3.5 Lacs Cases Settled In National Lok Adalat

National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has organized the National Lok Adalat Today throughout the country in all courts at all levels from the Taluk Courts to High Courts.NALSA informed that the exercise has resulted in a great success due to the efforts put in by the State Legal Services Authorities across the country as well as the High Court Legal Services Committees.As per the NALSA...

Kishore Dutta To Be West Bengal’s New Advocate General

Senior advocate Kishore Dutta will be the new advocate-general of West Bengal.The appointment comes after his predecessor barrister Jayanta Mitra stepped down on Tuesday before completion of his tenure, citing ‘differences with the government’.Dutta, 49, is the second advocate after Balai Ray to be appointed to the office; all other earlier occupants were barristers.Having represented...

UN Report Recommends Deferring NHRC Accreditation Till Year End [Read Report]

In a major blow to the international standing of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has recommended that its re-accreditation application be deferred till November 2017, which implies that until then, the commission would be barred from representing India in the UN’s Human Rights Council and the UN...

Kerala HC Quashes Complaint Registered Against Farmer Who Protested Against ‘Delay’ In Grant Of Electric Connection [Read Judgment]

His entry into the public office to enquire about the status of his electric connection cannot be said to be criminal trespass, the Court said.The Kerala High Court has quashed a complaint lodged against a farmer who protested by lying himself down on the floor of the office room of Assistant Agricultural Director, for not processing his application seeking an electric connection for his...

Madras HC Designates 16 Lawyers As Senior Advocates

Madras High Court has on Friday designated 16 lawyers as Senior Advocates. There are two women lawyers in the listHere is the full list: Thilakavathi K Kumarasamy Haja Nazirudeen Murugamanickam D Ravi Kumar Paul Ravindran Manishankar T.S Murthi Ayyadurai Ramakrishnan Virarahavan Sankaranarayanan Omprakash R Raman Subbiah Meenakshi Sundaram KrishnaveniAs per Section 16 of the Advocates Act...

Judicial Review In Europe: Insights From Germany: Talk By Prof (Dr) M.P. Singh At NALSAR [VIDEO]

NALSAR Lecture Series on Constitutionalism hosted Professor MP Singh, who is best known as the revising author of V.N. Shukla's textbook on Constitutional Law. He has worked extensively on German Administrative Law. The talk was held on the 3rd of February, 2017 at the R.N. Jhunjhunwala Conference Hall at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.AAProfessor Singh laid the history wide open, and...