Law student’s PIL makes Rajasthan Govt. seriously think about constituting Police Accountability Committees

Thanks to a Public Interest Litigation filed by a wannabe lawyer, seeking proper implementation of Police Act and constitution of Police accountability committee, the Government of Rajasthan has now started looking at the matter seriously.Dharma Raj Chandel, a Law student had filed a Public Interest Litigation in the High Court seeking constitution of independent and separate agency, namely...

Adoptive mother cannot be deprived of the custody of her child without following due process of law: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Terming the action by Child Welfare Committee, in forcibly taking a child from the custody of adoptive mother, as “extremely unusual and dangerous”, the Delhi High Court said that an adoptive mother cannot be deprived of the custody of her child without following due process of law.The petitioner had filed a Habeas Corpus petition in Delhi High Court alleging that CWC, through an...

Delhi HC issues Notice on Students’ PIL to quash appointment of Assistant Professor, JNU alleging plagiarism [Read Petition]

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking to quash the appointment of an Assistant professor, at School of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi who has been alleged of having committed plagiarism.The petition had been jointly filed by one Mr Arshad Parvez, a First Division Graduate in B. A. (Hons.) Turkish...

Exchange of terrorist screening information Arrangement between India and USA signed

An Arrangement between the authorized governmental agencies of the Government of India and the Government of the United States of America (USA) for exchange of terrorist screening information was signed here today. The Arrangement was signed by the Union Home Secretary, Shri Rajiv Mehrishi and Mr. Richard Verma, Ambassador of the United States of America to India.As per this Arrangement,...

Delhi HC relief to MBBS aspirant who was denied admission due to her 80% disability [Read Judgment]

In a relief to an MBBS aspirant, who was declared not eligible for admission to MBBS due to her 80% disability, the Delhi High Court has directed the University not to deny admission to her on the ground of disability, if she is successful in a future NEET examination.Sanjana Sinha, when she was seventeen, had underwent amputation of her left leg, and got an artificial leg/prosthetic limb...

NGT directs Art of Living to pay Rs. 4.75 crore within a week; rejects plea to submit a bank guarantee in lieu thereof

The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday rejected the plea filed by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living Foundation and directed it to pay Rs. 4.75 crores as fine for the ‘World Culture Festival’ held on the banks of river Yamuna.The NGT Bench led by Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar refused to accept the Foundation’s plea that the money they owed be treated as a Bank Guarantee and...

IPC provisions are not ancillary to Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has held that provisions of Indian Penal Code are not ancillary to the provisions of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act. Justice Mukta Gupta observed that same set of facts may constitute offences both under the IPC and the special enactment.The appellants before the High Court who were convicted for the offences under IPC and ITP Act had contended that there was no material...

Madras High Court Advocates Association passes unanimous Resolution against new ‘Disciplinary’ Rules introduced by HC

The Madras High Court Advocates Association, in a unanimous resolution, has expressed its “deep” concerns about the newly introduced amendments to rules framed under S.34 (1) of the Advocates Act, by the High Court.Couple of days ago the Madras High Court, had introduced new sets of disciplinary rules for the Advocates through an amendment, enabling it to debar lawyers who indulge...

An Advocate cannot be added as an Accused for filing an affidavit contains false name of Accused; Punjab and Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

Punjab and Haryana High Court has recently held that only on the basis that an affidavit had been filed in the capacity of an Advocate along with an application for Anticipatory bail identifying the accused therein as named in the F.I.R., a Lawyer cannot be added as an Accused.Justice Tejinder Singh Dhindsa has quashed the order passed under Section 319 CrPC by the Additional Sessions...

Breaking; Advocate CP.Sudhakara Prasad is the new Advocate General of Kerala

The new LDF Government in Kerala led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has decided to appoint Senior Advocate C P. Sudhakara Prasad as the new Advocate General of Kerala. He succeeds Advocate K.P.Dandapani. The decision to appoint Sudhakara Prasad is taken in Today's Cabinet meeting. He had served as Advocate General in 2006-2011 during the last LDF Government’s tenure. Advocate General K...

Ex-Delhi Police Chief Bhim Sain Bassi takes over as Member UPSC

Ex-Delhi Police Chief Bhim Sain Bassi took the Oath of Office and Secrecy as Member, Union Public Service Commission today. The Oath was administered by Shri Deepak Gupta, Chairman, UPSC.An Officer of Indian Police Service of AGMU cadre of 1977 batch, Shri Bhim Sain Bassi during his career spanning over 38 years has held several important positions like Commissioner, Delhi Police,...

Criminal proceedings are not a short cut for other remedies; Allahabad High Court [Read Judgment]

Allahabad High Court has recently in K.L. Agarwal vs State Of U.P, held that Criminal proceedings are not a short cut for other remedies. Justice Bharat Bhushan has quashed the Criminal proceedings under Sections 420 and 406 IPC against the Accused holding that even if all the allegations in the complaint are taken at the face value, the basic essential ingredients of dishonest...