Cabinet approves the High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016 for enabling changing the names of High Courts of Bombay and Madras

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to introduce ‘The High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016’ in Parliament.The High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016 will facilitate the changing of the names of ‘Bombay High Court as Mumbai High Court’ and ‘Madras High Court as Chennai High Court’ respectively.Background: The...

SC slams Microsoft, Google, Yahoo for hosting sex determination Advts violating PNDT Act [Read the Order]

Supreme Court today accused online search engines Microsoft, Google and Yahoo of violating the law of the country by hosting advertisements pertaining to pre-natal sex determination and directed Centre to remove them at the earliest with help from technical experts.A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra was acting on a petition filed by Sabu Mathew George who is a member of the...

Mother can also be natural guardian of a minor; do not insist for custody order: Madras HC to Immigration Bureau [Read Order]

The Madras High Court, has asked the Bureau of Immigration to consider the application to register a minor child as “Overseas Citizen of India” and issue certificate without insisting upon custody order of guardianship in the hands of his mother from court of law, who had obtained divorce from his father.A. Aniswar, through his mother approached the High Court when the immigration...

First Commercial Dispute Resolution Centre and Commercial Court inaugurated in Raipur

India’s first Commercial Dispute Resolution Centre and Commercial Court has been inaugurated in Raipur. It also consists of arbitration centre and a mediation centre.“I am hopeful that this place will serve as a milestone for resolving law related problems and improving the law functionary in the state,” Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh was quoted as saying at the...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court restrained a lawyer from entering the Courts taking note of his unethical practice of using the identity of other Advocate by using his name and enrolment number.Andhra Pradesh High CourtThe High Court of Andhra Pradesh reiterated that an application for grant of an arms licence shall not be refused on a vague ground such as absence of genuine...

Relative of Complainant wife does not become “relative of the Husband” to attract Section 498A IPC: AP High Court [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Andhra Pradesh has held that relatives of complainant wife does not become ‘Relative of the Husband’ to attract Section 498A IPC.Justice U. Durga Prasad Rao quashed criminal proceedings against sister in law of the complainant (her brother’s wife), observing that she being a relative of the complainant, cannot be said to be the relative of the husband of the...

Madras HC lawyers stage protest, burn copies of amended Rules

A group of around 35 lawyers of Madurai Bench High Court Advocates Association (MBHAA) and Madurai Bar Association (MBA) on Friday burnt copies of the amended rules at the Integrated Court Complex.The new sets of disciplinary rules for the Advocates enable the Court to debar lawyers who indulge in objectionable behavior. In a notification published on 20th May 2016, new Rules 14A, 14B, 14C...

Gujarat HC stays CIC order requiring Gujarat University to provide details on PM Modi’s degree

The Gujarat High Court has stayed Chief Information Commission's order which had required the Gujarat University to provide more details about Post Graduation Degree of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The interim order of stay was passed by division bench of the High Court comprising of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice VM Pancholi, in a petition by Gujarat University. The court has...

Bombay HC dismisses Reliance Industries’ plea in logo infringement case against Concord Enviro Systems [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court, has dismissed a plea of Reliance Industries seeking injunction against Concord Enviro Systems Pvt. Ltd from using a ‘deceptively similar’ logo.Justice S.J. Kathawalla dismissed the plea with costs, observing that the rival logos are absolutely dissimilar and there is no question of any confusion.The Concord Enviro Systems submitted before the Court that...

‘District Judge dismissing 45 appeals in three days’ cannot be a ground to transfer an appeal to another court; AP High Court

When Courts, which move at snail’s pace, are ridiculed, we do not know how Courts that proceed on fast track could also be condemned, the Bench said.The High court of Andhra Pradesh has observed that mere apprehension of litigants that they might not get justice from a particular judge, because the judge dismissed around 45 appeals within three days, is not a ground to transfer the case...

SC notice to CBI, SEBI on plea seeking seizure of P Notes

Supreme Court today issued notices to CBI, SEBI, RBI and the Finance Ministry for a direction to seize entire investments and gains made through participatory notes in India.The PIL was filed by advocate M.L. Sharma, who had already filed a PIL on Panama black money revelations, has filed this fresh application. On May 9, the SC had issued notice to the Centre and the CBI for an...

Take urgent decision on resuming evening LLB course in GLC Ernakulam: Kerala HC

The High Court of Kerala has directed the Secretary, Higher Education department, Government of Kerala to take a decision on resuming the evening LLB course ,at Government Law College , Ernakulam.The three year evening LLB course was discontinued in the year 2002 all across the state. The same was done pursuant to a government decision, which stated that the same was against norms fixed by the Bar Council of India. However the Government re introduced three year LLB evening course at Government...