Delhi Police Chief Writes To Kejriwal Seeking Details Of Tapping Of Judges’ Phones

With his remarks on alleged tapping of judges’ phones, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has apparently dragged himself into a tight spot.  A letter, purportedly written by Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma to the CM, seeks details of the phone tapping and also urged him to reveal the sources considering the enormity of the claims.Amidst reports of the letter, the CM has,...

Delhi HC Rejects Sajjan Kumar’s Plea Seeking Recusal Of Judge Alleging Bias [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has dismissed an application filed by congress leader Sajjan Kumar seeking recusal of Justice PS Teji from hearing the Central bureau of Investigation’s appeal against his acquittal. Kumar was acquitted of all charges in a case relating to murder of five people belonging to the same family during the anti sikh riots of 1984 in the Delhi Cantonement area. Justice Teji who is...

Indian Lawyer Aniruddha Rajput Elected To UN’s International Law Commission

The 33-year-old Indian lawyer, Aniruddha Rajput, has been elected as a member to UN General Assembly’s top body of legal experts, the International Law Commission. Rajput is among 34 individuals elected by UN General Assembly in a voting by way of a secret ballot held on Thursday.The five-year term of the newly elected members will commence from January 2017. The members to the...

Documentary Evidence Of Assault On Wife Not Needed In Matrimonial Matters: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court in Suresh Bhandary vs. Sushma Bhandary, has held that a wife doesn’t have to give medical evidence of husband’s assault when she is testifying against the same.A bench comprising Justice VM Kanade and Justice Swapna S Joshi dismissed an appeal of the husband against a previous order of the Family Court that had granted divorce to the wife, Sushma Bhandary, on the...

DIAL Can’t Levy Demurrage Charges From Customs Cargo Service Provider: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court in Delhi International Airport Private Ltd. (DIAL) vs. Union of India Department Of Revenue, Ministry Of Finance And Ors., has held that DIAL cannot levy demurrage charges as per a regulation of the Customs Areas Regulations, 2009.DIAL in its petition submitted that the said regulation 6(1)(1) of the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009...

Bombay HC Upholds Vires Of S.56 Of CPC Which Prohibits Arrest Of Women For Non Payment Of Money [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently refused to entertain a PIL that stated a section of the civil procedure which prohibits the arrest or detention of women for non payment of money is violative to the principles of equality in the Indian Constitution. A division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice M S Sonak was hearing a public interest litigation filed by an 82 year old...

Three Judges Appointed To Bombay HC

President Pranab Mukherjee, vide a notification issued on Thursday, confirmed the appointment of three Additional judges as permanent Judges of Bombay High court.The three additional judges of the Bombay High Court appointed as judges were Justice Kalidas Laxmanrao Wadane, Justice Indira Kanahaiyalal Jain, and Justice Shalini Shashank Phansalkar-Joshi.Read the notification here.This article...

Retd Justice Satish Kumar Mittal Is Punjab’s New Lokpal

Former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court Justice Satish Kumar Mittal is now Punjab’s new Lokpal. The appointment order was issued by Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore.Justice Satish Kumar Mittal, 62, took over charge as the CJ of Rajasthan in March this year and retired a month later.His appointment as the new Lokpal comes after almost six months of vacancy created after the death of...

Allahabad HC Issues Contempt Notice To 13 Advocates For Misbehaving With Junior Judges [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has issued a contempt notice to 13 lawyers of Agra district after taking cognisance of an illegal strike and an allegation of misbehaviour with several judges upon a reference by Smt. Saroj Yadav, district judge, Agra.The contempt notice was issued for unethical conduct shown by these lawyers when they allegedly barged into a courtroom in July and August and created...

Patna HC Directs Bihar Varsities To Hold Common Entrance Test For B.Ed Admission [Read Judgment]

The Patna High Court in  Mirza Ghalib T. T. College & Ors vs. State of Bihar & Ors has dismissed writ petitions filed by unaided private institutions challenging the ordinance for admission to two-year Bachelor of Education (Secondary) Programme under universities of Bihar published under the orders of the Chancellor, Universities of Bihar, in exercise of powers under Section 38 (4)...

India’s Struggles To Remain Afloat In Rule Of Law Index [Read Report]

The propaganda of the government to promote openness has started bearing fruit, as India figures in the top 30 countries in the world for an open government according to a study that ranks countries on the basis of citizen experiences of rule of law. However, while the country featured in the top scorers list of a certain subject, India also figures as the worst performer under parameters...

Every Court Of Session Not Empowered To Grant Anticipatory Bail: Patna HC [Read Judgment]

A full bench of Patna High Court in District Bar Association vs. State of Bihar, has deliberated on the difference between a Sessions Judge and Court of Session, a Sessions judge and an Additional/Assistant Sessions Judge.The bench comprising Chief Justice of Patna High Court IA Ansari, Justice Navaniti Prasad Singh and Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh, made this discussion while dealing with...