AP Advocate General Mr. Parankusam Venugopal resigns

The Advocate General of Andhra Pradesh Mr. Paramkusam Venugopal has resigned. According to the sources, Venugopal was asked by the State Government to quit the post as the Chief Minister was not happy with his performance.The State Government’s failure, to effectively present its arguments in various cases before the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, has triggered Chief Minister N Chandrababu...

SC Gender Sensitisation Committee frames guidelines for conducting sexual harassment inquiry

Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee of the Supreme Court of India has framed Guidelines for conducting Inquiry by the Internal Sub-Committee on sexual harassments complaints. The guidelines requires the GSICC to constitute a three member, with a majority being women to be constituted to conduct fact finding enquiry. After the fact finding inquiry is concluded by the...

NGT bans plying of diesel vehicles over 10 years across corporation areas in Kerala State [Read Order]

The special circuit bench of National Green Tribunal(NGT) at Ernakulam has today issued an order banning the use of diesel vehicles in the corporation areas of the Kerala state which are over 10 years old. The ban applies to vehicles plying in cities of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kochi, Thrissur, Calicut and Kannur respectively.The interim order was passed by a bench headed by Justice...

NGT demands details of groundwater use by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for washing of metro trains [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal recently demanded a reply from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), regarding the permission for extraction of ground water that is used for washing metro trains. The NGT Bench comprising Judicial Member Mr. U.D. Salvi and Expert Member Mr. Ranjan Chatterjee also demanded to know other details regarding the use of ground water and the duration of such use.NGT...

Calcutta HC commutes death sentence awarded to man who raped and killed 8 year old girl [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court has commuted the death sentence awarded by Trial Court to a person convicted for rape and murder of an Eight year old girl, by modifying the conviction from Section 302 IPC to Section 304 (II) IPC and sentenced him to ten years imprisonment.Division Bench comprising of Justices Nadira Patherya and Debi Prosad Dey allowed the appeal in part and answered the death...

Dismissal of woman for marrying a married colleague without knowing the fact of first marriage is too harsh a punishment: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court recently set aside the dismissal of a woman police constable from service for marrying her colleague, a married constable. “The petitioner has no knowledge regarding the second marriage of her husband at the time of solemnization of the marriage and at this belated stage, the punishment of dismissal from service is too harsh and disproportionate to the conduct of...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Delhi High CourtDelhi High Court on tuesday held that  since the consent of a girl below the age of 16 years is immaterial, the same cannot be treated as a mitigating circumstance so as to award a sentence lesser than 7 years rigorous imprisonment.The High Court observed that, utmost care and transparency should be observed in the selection of the recipient of awards like Dronacharya Awards...

Start Rain water harvesting in all Government buildings in the state: Jharkhand HC

The High Court of Jharkhand, in a land mark order, has asked the State to start, rain water harvesting project throughout the State, at least in all the Government Buildings.The High Court bench comprising of Chief Justice Virender Singh and Justice Shree Chandrashekhar issued the order in a Suo motu Public interest litigation.The Bench said “At least in all the Government Buildings, rain...

Finally, AIBE IX results out.

Finally, after a delay of more than a month, the results of All India Bar Examinationhas been released today. The results of the exam are available on the AIBE web portal. The candidate has to enter Roll number and Date of Birth to get the results.AIBE -IX was held across various centres in India, on March 6th, 2016. Yesterday, Live Law had published an ‘Open Letter to BCI’ regarding...

Dr. Yogesh Pratap Singh appointed as Deputy Registrar (Research) in the Supreme Court of India

Dr. Yogesh Pratap Singh joined Supreme Court of India on deputation as ‘Deputy Registrar (Research)’ and will be assisting Hon'ble Judges on various legal issues.The present Chief Justice Hon’ble Justice T. S. Thakur has envisioned a Research Cell (consisting of academicians from law universities/faculties) in the Supreme Court with an Additional Registrar, a Deputy Registrar and...

Do not give Awards to undeserved, Delhi HC to Govt. [Read Judgment]

Awards would lose their sheen and cease to be coveted and perceived as indicative of the excellence of the holder thereof if they are conferred on persons not deserving thereof or if selection thereof is guided not by the spirit of award and identifying excellence but for extraneous reasons, the Court said.The Delhi High Court has observed that, utmost care and transparency should be observed...

Draft National Policy for Women, 2016 released for consultation

Union WCD Minister Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi released the draft National Policy for Women, 2016 today for stakeholder comments and consultations. Releasing the draft policy at a press conference in New Delhi, the Minister stated that the Policy is being revised after 15 years and is expected to guide Government action on Women’s issues over the next 15-20 years. The Minister stated that...