Thanks To CIPRUS:TN Courts To Accept Only Digital Police Docs From Oct 2

In an affirmative step towards Digital India, courts in Tamil Nadu from 2 October onwards will accept only system-generated documents for all police cases till the chargesheet stage. After achieving 100 per cent digitisation till the FIR stage, Tamil Nadu will become the first state to computerise other police documents such as inquest, arrest card, seizure mahazar and charge...

SC Grants Bail To Murder Convict After 26 Years In Jail [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has released a murder convict on bail, after he spent 26 years in jail, subject to the condition that he will not enter Mahoba district in Uttar Pradesh.In April 1980, Bharat was convicted under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life. In 2000, in view of a government order, all the lifers were released. The said order was later set aside by...

Yahoo! Inc Wins Trademark Lawsuit Against Indian Firm AFPL

The Delhi High Court has issued orders restraining Indian firm M/s Apricot Foods Pvt. Ltd (AFPL) an, from using the YAHOO! trademark or any other deceptively similar mark as part of their product name. The court held that the said infringement has the potential of diluting the YAHOO! trademark and tarnishing the reputation attached to it.The US-based Yahoo! Inc. had filed a suit against...

Gujarat HC Asks ‘Sanyasi’ To Earn And Maintain His Wife [Read Order]

He cannot escape from such liability only on the basis of his pleading or submission that he is residing in an ashram and not earning anything, the Court observed.“Do social service, but maintain your wife,” said the Gujarat High Court to a ‘sanyasi’ who had approached it challenging a family court order that required him to pay maintenance to his wife.Justice S.G. Shah also observed...

Cabinet Approves Setting Up Of GST Council

The Union Cabinet on Monday approved the setting up of the Goods and Services Tax Council. As per an official release, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has called the first meeting of the GST Council on September 22 and 23 in New Delhi. The Council will be created as per Article 279A of the amended Constitution, with its office in New Delhi.The Council, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley,...

Mumbai Law Colleges Granted Year’s Approval To Conduct Admission

The government has given a go ahead to almost 90 per cent of Mumbai law colleges to conduct admission for academic year 2016-17 based on Law CET score. These include the four blacklisted colleges, which have been given a year’s time to comply with the stipulations. Interested aspirants have been advised to refill the option form considering the BCI approval.The Bar Council’s decision to give an approval and one year’s time to almost all colleges, including government-run and aided colleges, to...

Property Dispute Branded As Domestic Violence: Madras HC Quashes Complaint [Read Order]

If the legal remedy sought for is branded as domestic violence, then it is a case of abuse of process of law, the court said.The Madras High Court recently quashed a complaint under the Domestic Violence Act, stating that the Act was being abused by some people to harass family members.The petition was moved by a widow against her father-in-law and sister-in-law. Justice S. Vimala observed...

Allahabad HC Commutes Death Penalty In Rape-Cum-Murder Case [Read Judgment]

The State has failed to show that the appellant is a continuing threat to the society or he is beyond reform or rehabilitation, the Bench observed.The Allahabad High Court has commuted the death sentence awarded by a trial court for a man accused of raping and murdering a 4-year-old girl, to life imprisonment.Upholding the conviction recorded by the trial court, the Bench comprising...

26 Retired HC Judges Designated As Senior Advocates

In a full court meeting held last month, the Supreme Court designated 26 retired judges of various high courts as senior advocates.Following are the retired judges of various high courts across the country who have been made senior advocates with effect from August 31, 2016: Uma Nath Singh, Satish Chandra, Ashim Kumar Banerjee, K.C. Bhanu, Ravindra Singh, B. Chandra Kumar, Anil Kumar,...

Delhi HC Tells Govt To Take Call On Surcharges On Card Payments [Read Order]

The High Court of Delhi recently asked the government to decide on the issue of surcharges levied on transactions made through credit cards and debit cards throughout the country.The court was hearing a petition filed by Advocate Amit Sahni, who had contended that since no such surcharge was levied in case of payments made in cash, charging of surcharge for payments made through debit cards...

Family Court order setting aside ex-parte judgment is appealable: Orissa HC [Read Judgment]

An application to set aside an ex-parte decree is an ‘interlocutory judgment’, which finally determines the right of the parties in the said proceeding, the Bench observed.The Orissa High Court in Gyanasis Jena vs. Rekha Swain, has held that a family court order allowing an application to set aside an ex-parte judgment is appealable under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984.A...

Patna HC Slams BSSC For Disqualifying Higher Qualified Candidates [Read Judgment]

A diploma course can unhesitantly and undoubtedly be held to be a much inferior course than graduate, and much less than graduate Hons., the court observed.The Patna High Court in Rupesh Kumar and Ors. vs. State of Bihar and Ors., has set aside the decision of Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) that disqualified 18 BSc (Honours in Medical X-ray Technology) degree holders stating that...