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...

Hyderabad HC Permits Visually-Challenged IDIA Scholar Naga Babu To Take Judicial Service Exam [Read Order]

Arepalli Naga Babu, a visually-challenged IDIA scholar from Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh, has yet again strengthened the well-known belief that the only disability in life is lack of will and fortitude. Acting on his petition, the Hyderabad High Court has directed the authorities to accept his application and permit him to write the Judicial Service Exam to be held on 27th of this...

Heirs Of Soldiers Who Died Fighting In World War II Not Entitled To Compensation: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court in Naseeb Kaur & Another vs. State of Punjab & Others, has held that the heirs of those who died fighting in World War-II cannot be compensated in the form of land allotments or cash.The petition was filed by one Fateh Singh’s daughters, who prayed for a compensation as their father had died fighting as a soldier in World War-II.Naseeb Kaur, one of...

CIC Directs Indian Army To Release Details Of Probe Into Macchil, Pathribal Killings [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Indian Army to provide a copy of documents regarding the findings of the Court Martial in the matter of the conviction of five Army personnel for killings committed at Macchil, J&K, in 2010, and proceedings of Court of Inquiry in the matter of killing of five persons in Pathribal, Anatnag district, J&K, in 2000.The information...

Assets Of Deceased Husband Can Be Proceeded Against For Satisfaction Of Decree For Maintenance: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]

The Chhattisgarh High Court in Arial I Kumar vs. Shrimati Shikha Kumar has held that assets left behind by deceased husband are liable to be proceeded against for satisfaction of the decree for maintenance.The high court made this observation while considering the appeal filed against the order passed by the Raipur family court, which had directed the heirs of deceased husband to pay...

Supreme Court Elucidates Principles Governing Grant Of Leave To Defend A Summary Suit [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court in IDBI Trusteeship Services Ltd. Vs. Hubtown Ltd, has restated the principles governing the grant of leave to defend a Summary suit as per amended Order XXXVII Rule 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure.A Bench comprising Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice RF Nariman said the principles stated in paragraph 8 of Mechelec Engineers & Manufacturers v. Basic Equipment...

Complaint For Domestic Violence Not Sustainable If No Specific Allegations: Rajasthan HC [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a criminal complaint u/s 498A, 323, 406 & 504 of the IPC and 12 of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005, while exercising its powers under Section 482 CrPC, against the parents of the deceased husband due to want of specific instances of domestic violence.Speaking through Justice PK Vohra, the court was seized of a petition filed in 2011 against a...

Mumbai Court Isssues Letter Of Rogatory To UK Govt. Against Lalit Modi

A Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court today issued a Letter Rogatory or a letter of request(LR) to authorities in the United Kingdom to make arrangements to assist in the transfer of former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi back to India.Judge PR Bhavke allowed the Enforcement Directorate’s application dated November 8, 2016 that had sought for an LR to be issued...

Thomas Cook Told To Pay Over Rs 6-Lakh Compensation To Former Delhi HC Judge For Poor Services [Read Order]

The New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum in Justice Ashok Kumar Srivastava (Retd.) vs. Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. & Ors., has directed the travel company to pay over Rs 6 lakh as compensation to a former judge of the Delhi High Court for poor services rendered and mental agony caused due to being stranded in a foreign country without flight tickets and a visa on the verge...

NHRC Notice To Govt On ‘Draconian’ Approach In Issuance Of FCRA Licences To NGOs

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought government’s response on pertinent questions arising out of allegations raised on the draconian approach of the Government of India for renewal of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licences of the NGOs of Human Rights Defenders.The commission took suo moto cognisance of the issue and directed the Secretary (Home) to furnish...

Kerala HC Directs Action Against Violators Of Land Assignment Rules In Munnar [Read Judgment]

Directing the revenue authorities to initiate action against land holdings in Munnar that violate the terms of assignment, the Kerala High Court ruled that land assigned under the Land Assignment Rules, 1964, cannot be used for the construction of commercial buildings.Acquiring an NOC from the Revenue Department was held as a pre-requisite for carrying out any construction in Munnar.The...

Rahul Gandhi Gets Bail In RSS Defamation Case

A magistrate court in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra today granted bail to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. A defamation case was filed against Gandhi by a Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh worker Rajesh Kunte for claiming at an election rally that RSS was involved in the assassination of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. The case was then filed by Kunte section 500 of the Indian Penal Code for...