Delhi HC Directs Delhi Judicial Academy To Educate Judges On Juvenile Law [Read Judgment]

"The Registry is directed to send a copy of this order to the Director (Academics), Delhi Judicial Academy for designing a refresher course on juvenile justice and compiling the material for it. This design shall be sent to every District Judge, who if possible, would organise and implement the training at the District Court Complexes for expediency and to save the time of the judges",...

Quacks Can’t Escape Legal Tangle After Cheating, Misleading People: Madras HC [Read Order]

Taking a definitive stand on quackery, the Madras High Court dismissed the petition to quash criminal proceedings against one such individual alleged of quackery and ruled that returning money back to patients does not absolve the quack from the offence of fraud and cheating.The single judge bench of Justice PN Prakash dismissed the petition to quash criminal proceedings against one Vijay...

Woman Magistrate Found Dead In Kanpur, Husband Booked For Murder

Woman Judicial Magistrate, Ms. Pratibha Gautam was reportedly found dead under mysterious circumstances at her official residence in Kanpur on Sunday.The 30 year old Magistrate was initially believed to have committed suicide by hanging herself in the house. The victim’s parents had however alleged foul play, consequent to which the Police officials had been questioning the husband and...

When The Dead Bear Witness

The Gujarat High Court allowed a revision petition permitting the petitioner to be examined as a witness in 2002 Gujarat riots case.The petition was filed by Abdul Azziz Mohammad Shafi Rangwala against the order of the Sessions Court. In the same case, the petition had examined an impersonator as a witness who was dead.Criticising the proceedings at the trial court and allowing the...

E-Courts Project: Judges To Get Unique Identification Numbers To Track Performance And Update Judgments

As a part of the ongoing implementation of the second phase of the e-Courts project, the Government has decided to allocate unique identification numbers to all Judges in the country, to aid the Supreme Court in tracking their performance and making their judgments available on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG).The NJDG would consist of details such as the quality of judgments, number...

Dangerous To Mix Religion With Politics: Do Not Pit One Community Against Another : Calcutta HC To Mamta [Read Judgment]

It also chides the state government for pampering and appeasing the minority section of the public at the cost of the majority section, without there being any plausible justification.“Do not pit one community against another”, this is what Calcutta High Court told the Government of West Bengal led by Mamta Banerjee while hearing petitions challenging restriction imposed on immersion of...

Order For Cohabitation Can’t Enforce Sexual Relations Between Husband, Wife: Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court in Sudha Gupta v. Har Prasad Gupta, has clarified that the object of decree for restitution of conjugal rights is to bring about cohabitation between the parties, so that they can live at the matrimonial home in amity.The judgment delivered by the bench comprising Justice Pratibha Rani and Justice Pradeep Nandrajog held that if the decree for restitution of conjugal rights...

Ban Use Of All Animals In Circuses: Prashant Bhushan To PM Modi [Read Letter]

In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan has demanded a complete ban on use of all animals in circuses.The letter draws the PM’s attention to the “barbaric exploitation” of animals in circuses of India. It highlights instances such as hooks being pushed deep into the skin of elephants causing permanent nerve damage, wings of birds...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court observed that construction of illegal shrines on pathways and streets is in no way integral part of any religion, so as to be protected under Article 25 of the Constitution.Ahead of the festive season, the Bombay High court issued pointed directives for efficient implementation of the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules 2000, and guidelines...

Mutual Divorces Obtained In Foreign Courts Can Be Accepted As Conclusive In India: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court in Augustine Kalathil Mathew v. Marriage Officer, North Paravur., has decided that mutual divorces in foreign courts are acceptable in India under Section 13 of the CPC.The judgment delivered by Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar allowed petitioner Augustine Mathew’s prayer for quashing the Marriage Officer’s order that stated that divorces obtained in foreign courts would...

DU Not At Fault For Denying Admission To Student Not Carrying Required Documents: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court in Bhim Shankar Thakur vs Delhi University & Anr., rejected the writ petition wherein Bhim Shankar prayed that Delhi University (DU) should take on record his degree certificate and grant him admission to LLB course for academic session 2016-2017.The court, through Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, heard the petitioner but decided against directing the writ of mandamus...

Public Authorities/State Must Compensate Victims For Extra-Detention As It Violates Right To Life: CIC [Read Order]

The state/public authority cannot drive poor convicts to the courts of law. “The state is expected to give people-friendly administration. The jail authorities cannot breach the rights of prisoners and refuse any remedy,” the commission said. The Central Information Commission (CIC) through Information Commissioner M. Sridhar Acharyulu in O.P. Gandhi v. Tihar Jail directed the...