Bombay HC Blames Victim, Grants Bail To Adoptive Father Accused Of Raping Her [Read Order]

 The Bombay High Court has granted bail to a man accused of sexually assaulting his step-daughter. The reasoning given for the bail order is rather unusual- “She has admitted that she used to do all dirty things. It appears that she was inherently abnormal and had sexual instincts right from her childhood, in all probabilities, because of the environment and atmosphere where she lived and...

Delhi HC Hearing NRI’s Plea For ‘Right To Be Forgotten’

The High Court of Delhi on Thursday issued notice to Centre and Google, demanding their stand on a petition seeking creation of a separate legal framework under ‘right to be forgotten’ to delink ‘irrelevant information’ from the internet.During the course of the hearing, Google submitted before Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva that even if it disables or blocks a site in its search engine,...

Eight Directors Participated In RBI's Meeting Prior To Demonetisation: Finance Ministry

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal has informed the Lok Sabha that RBI held a meeting of its Central Board on November 8, 2016.The agenda of the meeting, inter-alia, included the item : “Memorandum on existing banknotes in the denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 - Legal Tender Status”.According to the written reply given by the Minister in answer to a question by...

Regulation Of Private Coaching Centres: SC Asks Petitioner To Approach Authorities [Read Order]

Supreme Court of India on Friday has declined to interfere in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) for regulation of private coaching institutes.The Bench comprising Justice A.K. Goel and Justice UU Lalit has asked the Petitioner- Students Federation of India (SFI) to raise the issue before the concerned authorities.The Student Federation of India (SFI) approached the Supreme Court...

Vulnerable Witnesses Deposition Complex Inaugurated In Delhi

For ensuring a safe and comfortable environment to vulnerable witnesses including victims of child sexual abuse, a Vulnerable Witness Deposition Complex was inaugurated in Delhi on February 3.The complex is the fourth of its kind in the national capital. It is within the premises of the District Court, Dwarka. It was inaugurated by Justice UU Lalit. Justice G Rohini, Chief Justice Delhi...

Delhi HC Calls For Details Of Rules Permitting Commercial Outlets At Petrol Pumps

The Delhi High Court has directed the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to give details regarding the rules and statutory norms under which permissions are granted for operation of commercial outlets at petrol pumps.Acting on a PIL seeking legal action over such outlets allegedly operating illegally, a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal sought...

#NEET-2017 On May 7, Three Attempts, Upper Age Limit 25

The National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2017 will be held on 07.05.2017.The Union Health Ministry in consultation with MCI  decided that that there shall be an upper age limit of 25 years as on the date of exam with 5 years relaxation for reserved categories and a maximum of 3 attempts for all candidates.The candidates who have already appeared in AIPMT/NEET on three occasions are...

Kerala HC Disposes PIL For E-Payment Facility For Payment Of Registration Fee, After Positive Response From Govt. [Read Judgment]

In response to a public interest litigation filed before the Kerala High Court, the Registration Department of Kerala Government has said presently registration fee is being collected both by cash and demand draft.Veena Raveendran had filed a Public Interest Litigation through Advocate Santhosh Mathew seeking a direction to the department to permit the payment of registration fee...

Age Limit For Studying Law: Bombay HC To Wait For Report By BCI Constituted Committee Reviewing Rule 28 [Read BCI Affidavit]

The petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Bar Council of India’s circular reviving the age limit rule, came up for hearing today before the bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice GS Kulkarni of the Bombay High Court.BCI’s counsel Amit Sale submitted that the sub-committee appointed by the Legal Education Committee of BCI will be furnishing a report...

Simply Putting Sindoor And Mangalsutra Does Not Validate A Marriage Under The Hindu Marriage Act Holds Bombay HC [Read Order]

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has held that simply performing two rites, that of Sindoor and Mangalsutra, does not make a marriage valid.The division bench of Justices BP Dharmadhikari and Swapna Joshi passed the judgement dated January 31, 2017 after hearing an appeal filed against an order of the Family Court, Nagpur allowing the petition filed by the 36 year old respondent...

Aircel- Maxis Case: CBI Court Discharges Dayanidhi Maran And Brother [Read Order]

A Special CBI Court on Thursday discharged Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother and Managing Director of Sun Group Kalanithi Maran and others in the Aircel-Maxis deal cases lodged by CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).“In view of the above discussion I am satisfied that the entire case is based on the misreading of the official files, contradictory statements of...

Officer’s ACR Is Part Of His ‘Service Record’: SC [Read Judgment]

Delay in preparing ACR not a ground to ignore it for purpose of promotion, the bench saidThe Supreme Court, in P Sivanandi vs Rajeev Kumar, has held that the Annual Confidential Report (ACR) of an officer forms a part of his ‘service record’.A bench comprising Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Prafulla C Pant also held that the ACR could not be ignored for the purposes of his promotion...