Nine Judges For Calcutta HC, Four Additional Judges For Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Notification]

President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday approved the appointment of nine Additional Judges as Judges of Calcutta High Court. The Judges appointed are Ashis Kumar Chakraborty, Malay Marut Banerjee, Md. Mumtaz Khan, Sankar Acharyya, Mir Dara Sheko, Debi Prosad Dey, Miss Asha Arora, Siddhartha Chattopadhyay, and Shivakant Prasad.Further, Mr. Amitabha Chatterjee has been appointed as the...

Court Stenographer’s Shorthand Note Book Not Public Record Under RTI: Delhi HC [Read Order]

The High Court of Delhi on Friday held that the Court stenographer’s Shorthand note book is not a “record” held by a public authority and therefore cannot be sought under the Right to Information Act.The Court noted that neither are shorthand books retained, nor can they be equated with a judgment or an order. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva hence observed, “Shorthand notebook can at best...

Madras HC Says NO To Porkalathil Oru Poo’s Release For Portraying Sri Lankan War Crimes [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has upheld an order of the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT), which had refused to grant certification to a feature film in Tamil directed by K. Ganeshan, titled Porkalathil Oru Poo, portraying the life of a journalist named Isai Priya in Sri Lanka.By allowing a temporary injunction application preferred by the relatives of Isai Priya, Justice TS Sivagnanam...

Delhi HC Directs Social Networking Sites To Take Down RS MP Sasikala’s ‘Morphed’ Photos, Videos [Read Order]

Facebook India, Google, YouTube and Twitter India, have been directed to not publish photos and videos that the expelled AIADMK party member alleged were morphed and threatened to tarnish her image in public.The Delhi High Court in Sasikala Pushpa v. Facebook Indian & Ors., passed an injunction order against four social networking sites Rajya Sabha member Sasikala is opposing viz....

Madras HC Irked Over Child Been Sent In Jail With Aunt

The Madras High Court in Mary v. State rep. by Superintendent of Police And Ors., showed its discontent with the decision of court authorities allowing a minor child to stay in jail when the convict wasn’t the child’s mother.The bench comprising Justice S. Nagamuthu  and Justice M.V. Muralidaran said that the court was irked over the fact that the child was sent to the prison along with...

Delhi HC Dismisses Pleas Against GOs To Club All Sectors For Coal Block Auctions [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has dismissed four writ petitions against the government orders to classify coal blocks into either power or non-power categories during the 2015 auction due to different reasons.The judgment delivered by bench comprising Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva agreed that clubbing separate and distinct end-uses of coal mines for an auction would result...

Mere Allegation Of Fraud Won’t Make Commercial Dispute Non-Arbitrable: SC [Read Judgment]

Otherwise, it may become a convenient mode of avoiding the process of arbitration by simply using the device of making allegations of fraud and pleading that issue of fraud needs to be decided by the civil court, the Court observed.The Supreme Court in A. Ayyasamy vs. A. Paramasivam, has held that mere allegation of fraud simplicitor is not a ground to nullify the effect of arbitration...

Bombay HC Dismisses Plea For Recording Court Proceedings [Read Order]

Yet again, the Bombay High Court has denied permission to introduce the system of video recording or telecasting Court proceedings.Relying on the January order in a similar matter where Justice G.S. Patel remarked, “These are courts, not stages and sets from The Truman Show. This is a judicial proceeding of the utmost solemnity, not The Hunger Games.”Dismissing the petition, the...

Chikungunya Outbreak: SC Disappointed With Delhi Lt-Guv Najeeb Jung’s Meeting [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Madan B. Lokur has expressed disappointment with the outcome of high-level meeting to devise a strategy to control the spread of vector-borne diseases like dengue and chikungunya in the national capital.Two days ago, the Bench had directed Delhi Lt-Guv Najeeb Jung to chair a meeting of the Chief Minster, heads of civic bodies, chiefs of all...

Madras HC Dismisses A ‘Publicity Interest Litigation’ Seeking Health Details Of TN CM J. Jayalalithaa

First Bench of Madras High Court headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul has dismissed a PIL seeking details about health status of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, terming it as 'Publicity Interest Litigation'A social activist K R 'Traffic' Ramaswamy, through his public interest litigation, had sought for a direction to the State Government to file a detailed report before this Court...

Judicial Wit At Its Best; Justice Patel Gowns Up A Litigation War [Read Order]

Courtroom humour; by the bar is an integral part of the art of advocacy, especially when the bench is tired of long arguments or is not inclined to grant a favourable order. Sometimes, it flows naturally from either sides and is always taken in a lighter vein and is appreciated as the bond between the bar and the bench achieves strength from such moments. It is, however, rare that humour and...

Delhi High Court DB Refuses To Stay DU Photocopy Judgment

In yet another turn of events in the DU Photocopy case, a Division Bench of Delhi High Court has refused to stay the Judgment delivered by Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw . The appeal has however been admitted and is posted for hearing on November 29th.According to the SpicyIP report, after a round of contentions between lawyers for both sides, the two judge bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog...