Bombay HC Dismisses A PIL That Sought Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Act To Be Repealed [Read Order]

A division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice MS Sonak dismissed a Public Interest Litigation filed by Aam Admi Lok Manch. The PIL sought directions from the court to the state government for repealing the Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Act, 1977.The petitioners contended that since the said legislation which was gazetted on October 3, 1978 for providing employment to...

Judicial Infrastructure In Maharashtra And All That The Bombay HC Has Said So Far [Read Orders]

The dismal state of court infrastructure in Maharashtra is well documented. Presently, the Bombay High Court is hearing various petitions and PILs relating to court infrastructure, whether it be the Metropolitan Magistrate courts in Dadar, the Mazgaon court, State Consumer Forum, Sales Tax Tribunal or even a suo-motu PIL that deals with judicial infrastructure in the entire state, the...

Review All Orders Rejecting Plea For Premature Release Of Life Convicts: Madras HC To Home Secretary [Read Order]

Madurai Bench of the High Court of Madras has directed the Home Secretary to review all orders passed by the Government so far rejecting the plea for premature release of life convicts, who had completed 14 years of imprisonment, by erroneously relying upon Rule 341(3) even though such convicts were otherwise entitled to be released under Rule 341(2) of the Tamil Nadu Prison Rules, 1983....

No Age Limit For LLB Course This Academic Year: Andhra Pradesh HC

In a huge reprieve for ‘over-aged’ LLB aspirants of Andhra Pradesh, the High Court Hyderabad has made it clear that the age limits prescribed by the Bar Council of India for admission to Law courses would not be applicable for admissions made for this academic year.According to a report by The Hindu, a bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice A Shankara...

Andhra HC Approves Witness Examination Over Skype [Read Judgment]

There is a need to avail of technological innovations with necessary safeguards and precautions in the justice delivery system for speedy and effective disposal of cases, the court observed.Upholding a trial court order allowing witness examination on Skype for recording evidence in a divorce petition, the High Court of Hyderabad has held that examination of witnesses and recording of evidence...

Denying Sex To Husband During Pregnancy Not Cruelty: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Carrying a foetus in the womb Preeti would obviously be inconvenienced by sex and assuming she totally shunned sex with the petitioner as her pregnancy grew would not constitute cruelty. The Delhi High Court in Sumit vs. Preeti @Priya, has dismissed husband Sumit’s petition seeking divorce from his wife on various grounds including mental cruelty caused due to denying sex to him...

Order Of Framing Charge Must Be A Speaking Order: Patna HC [Read Judgment]

The Patna High Court in Param Pal Gandhi vs. State of Bihar, through the Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Govt. of Bihar, through a bench of Chief Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari, dismissed the writ petition of accused Param Pal Gandhi, who sought quashing of an order passed by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM), Gaya, whereby his prayer for discharge in relation to a case...

Make Citizens Aware Of Their Fundamental Duties, Karnataka HC Tells Centre, State [Read Order]

Even literate people do not know their fundamental duties, the court observed.The Karnataka High Court has directed the Central and state government to undertake campaigns to propagate the principles and the objects behind the incorporation of Article 51-A in the Constitution of India and to generate awareness and consciousness amongst the citizens towards their fundamental duties.Justice...

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...