Impeachment Motion: Five Main Allegations Against Justice CV Nagarjuna Reddy

Sixty one Rajya Sabha members have moved a petition for impeachment proceedings against Justice CV Nagarjuna Reddy of the Andhra Pradesh/Telangana High Court. The following are the main allegations against the JudgeMisused his position as HC judge to ‘victimize’ a ‘Dalit’ JudgeThe impeachment motion describes the allegation made by Mr. Rama Krishna, formerly Principal Junior Civil...

Delhi HC Allows Divorce Petition On Finding Matrimonial Bond Beyond Repair [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court in Rajiv Chhikara vs. Sandhya Mathur, has dissolved a marriage finding that the matrimonial bond was beyond repair. The parties got married in March 12, 2004, but their relations became sour soon. Wife Sandhya had filed a petition for divorce under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (HMA), alleging that there has always been a demand of dowry from her...

Bombay HC Rejects Taj Pharma Directors’ Anticipatory Bail Plea [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court in Sudhir Singh and Another vs. State of Maharashtra and Another, has rejected the anticipatory bail applications of directors of Taj Pharmaceuticals, for the offence of cheating, forgery punishable under IPC, selling or providing goods and services with a false trademark punishable under Trade Marks Act, 1999 and Section 13(3)(a) of the Drugs and Cosmetics...

DU Photocopying Appeal: Who Said What And Why?

The Delhi High Court has reserved its verdict in the Delhi University (DU) photocopy case.A group of international publishers, including Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Taylor and Francis Group, appealed against the September 16 single judge ruling.Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw had allowed Rameshwari Photocopy Services, a shop in the DU campus, to sell course packs...

Petition against PM Modi’s election from Varanasi dismissed by Allahabad HC

Allahabad High Court on Wednesday reportedly dismissed a petition challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat in 2014.Justice Vikram Nath dismissed the petition, calling it “half-hearted, vague and bald statements, based on media reports.” He was of the opinion that “no material has been placed on record to make the petition triable.”...

Retired HC Judges Elevated From Bar To Get Addl Pensionary Benefits With Retrospective Effect From 1.4.2004

Two and half years after a Supreme Court ruling to include the benefit of 10-year practice as an advocate for computing judges’ pension, the Law Ministry has announced an increase in pensionary allowance for retired judges elevated from the Bar with retrospective effect from 1 April, 2004.In P Ramakrishnam Raju vs. Union of India, the apex court in March 2014, had declared that for...

Uttarakhand HC Suspends Three Lower Court Judges For Misconduct

Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K.M. Joseph has reportedly suspended three lower Court Judges after having found them guilty of misconduct, through an enquiry carried out by the Registrar General of the High Court Mr. Narendra Dutt.Following the enquiry, Presiding Officer of Labour Court Haldwani Neetu Joshi was suspended on Monday, while Joint Director of Uttarakhand Judicial and...

Uttarakhand HC Directs 25L Compensation To Son Of Woman Home Guard Who Died Of Accidental Gunshot Injury [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Uttarakhand on Monday directed payment of Rs. 25 lakhs as compensation to the dependent son of a woman home guard who died of an accidental gunshot injury at a Police Station, while on duty.The Bench, comprising Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Alok Singh, further directed that the appellant be considered for appointment on compassionate grounds, either in Police Department...

GoI Has No Obligation To Raise Dispute With Foreign Govt In Relation To Private Claims: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Rejecting the plea of a widow of freedom fighter, the Delhi High Court in Harbhajan Kaur vs. Union of India, has held that the Government of India (GoI) has no obligation to raise a dispute with a foreign government in relation to the private claim.Harbhajan Kaur’s late husband, who worked in the Indian National Army formed by Subhash Chandra Bose, had deposited some money in his accounts...

In A Full Bench Judgment, Bombay HC Holds That A Hindu Can Re-Marry 90 Days After Divorce [Read Judgment]

A full bench of the Bombay High Court has held that a Hindu can marry 90 days after his/her marriage has been dissolved through a decree, provided no appeal is pending against the decree. The primary question before the full bench comprising of Justice Naresh Patil, Justice RD Dhanuka and Justice Sadhana Jadhav was that whether an appeal under Section 19(1) of the Family Courts Act, 1984 will...

Ensure Video Conferencing Facility In All Courts By March End, Bombay HC Tells Maharashtra Government

The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to install video conferencing facilities in all courts in the state by the end of March 2017. These directions came while the division bench of Justices VM Kanade and Nutan Sardesai was a hearing a criminal PIL filed in 2011 after court took suo-motu cognizance of a letter written by Shaikh Abdul Naeem, one of the accused in...

Delhi HC Imposes Rs. 3-Lakh Costs On Petitioner For Filing Successive Writ Petitions On Same Issue [Read Judgment]

This concept of filing a new writ petition essentially for getting earlier admitted writ petitions heard is an unheard concept and argument and needs to be put down with heavy hands, the Court said.The Delhi High Court has imposed an exemplary cost of Rs. 3 lakh on a person who had filed successive writ petitions on the same issue, for getting earlier admitted writ petitions heard.Justice...