7th HC Judge Recuses In 2 Yrs In Naroda Patiya Appeal Petitions

Justice Akil Kureshi of the High Court of Gujarat on Friday recused himself from hearing a set of appeal petitions filed by the convicts in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case.Justice Kureshi is the seventh judge to have recused from the case in two years.Before him, Justice MR Shah, Justice Anant Dave, Justice RH Shukla, Justice Sonia Gokani, Justice GB Shah and Justice KS Jhaveri had...

Collector Bans Processions, Loud Speakers, Meetings Within 200m Radius Around Kerala HC

The Ernakulam District Collector has issued an order prohibiting processions, meetings and use of loud speakers within 200-m radius of the High Court of Kerala.Prohibitory orders under Section 144 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure issued by Collector K Mohammed Y Safirulla will be in force for two months from November 14.In view of the clashes between media persons and lawyers near the...

Gujarat HC Upholds Acquittal of Accused In 2002 Riots Case [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court in Isubmiya Miyasab Malek vs The State of Gujarat and 17 Ors, has upheld a trial court verdict acquitting accused charged for committing the offences of unlawful assembly, rioting with deadly weapons, insulting with the intent of breaching peace and hurting someone’s religious feelings intentionally in the Gujarat riots of 2002.According to the prosecution case, on...

Who Is Being Given Police Protection, Are They Paying For It? Bombay HC Questions Maharashtra Government

A division bench of the Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to provide details about those persons who are given police protection by the state without being charged for it. Court has asked the state to submit details regarding the money that is owed to the government by people who are availing such services from the state police and also the amount that has already...

Strict Action Against Tax Evaders Using Other Persons’ Bank Accounts To Convert Their Black Money: Finance Ministry

The Ministry of Finance Today clarified that strict action will be taken against tax evaders using other persons’ Bank Accounts to convert their Black Money into new denomination notes.The press release states as follows:“It was announced by the Government earlier that small deposits made in the banks by artisans, workers, housewives, etc. would not be questioned by the Income Tax...

Competition Commission Of India (CCI) Has 81.7 % Disposal

Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Today in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha stated that Competition Commission of India (CCI) had received a total of 707 cases till 31st March, 2016. Out of these, 576 cases have been disposed of, which works out to 81.47% disposal."The Commission is not proposing to devise any mechanism to halt probe and proceedings in case a...

Delhi High Court Stays Demolition Of Delhi Public Library

The Delhi High Court has put on hold the demolition of Delhi Public Library situated at Karol Bagh. The authorities were issued two notices to vacate the premises on the grounds that it was in a dilapidated condition and dangerous for people in and around.A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal directed the authorities to file a reply by the next date of...

NHRC Summons Chhattisgarh Chief Secy, Bastar IGP Over Abuse Of Power Against Nandini Sundar, 10 Others

The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo moto cognisance of ‘nationwide outcry and protest’ raised against IGP of Bastar range SRP Kalluri, Chhattisgarh, for falsely implicating JNU Prof. Nandini Sundar and 10 other activists in the murder of tribal Samnath Baghel.Taking cognisance of the above matter, the NHRC highlighted media reports that reveal police atrocities and...

Writ Petition/Appeal Not Maintainable Against Orders Of Wakf Tribunal: Himachal Pradesh HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Himachal Pradesh has held that writ petition or appeal is not maintainable against the orders of a Wakf Tribunal, since Sub Section (9) of Section 83 of the Wakf Act provides an efficacious alternative remedy to the aggrieved party to invoke the revisional jurisdiction of the high court.The court was considering a batch of petitions against the orders of Wakf Tribunal. Some...

Not Necessary For Woman To Share Household With Accused At The Time Of Making An Application Under DV Act: Orissa HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Orissa on Tuesday held that for maintaining proceedings under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, it is not necessary for the woman to have lived in a shared household with the accused at the time of making an application to the Magistrate.Justice S.K. Sahoo observed, “For subjecting a woman to any act of domestic violence as...

Calcutta HC Asks Bank To Apologise For Publishing Photographs Of Borrowers In Newspapers [Read Judgment]

Secured creditor is not entitled to publish the photographs of defaulting borrowers in a routine manner for pressurising a defaulting borrower, the Court said.The Calcutta High Court has asked the Punjab National Bank to publish an apology in all the newspapers wherein it had published a demand notice under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of...

Kerala HC Makes Law Degree Must For Journalists To Report On Court Proceedings [Read Norms]

The High Court of Kerala has been in news recently for the apparent tussle between the Lawyers and Journalists.Now, the High Court of Kerala has set out the norms for accreditation of legal correspondents reporting the court proceedings. As per the norms, which have come into force with ‘immediate effect’, the journalists must have a Law degree to get the accreditation.Two types...