Senior lawyer Ujjwal Nikam to be honoured with Padma Shri Award

The Indian Public Prosecutor Shri. Ujjwal Nikam will be honoured by the nation with Padma Shri Award for the year 2016. The government on the eve of the Republic Day announced the list of people who won Padma Shri, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan this time.In his 30-year legal career, Nikam has handled numerous cases, and served as public prosecutor for important trials at state as well...

Tribunals are here to stay as they play an important role in the sphere of the adjudication of disputes, says Law Minister

The valedictory session of Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) here in New Delhi today witnessed addresses from the Union Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information and Broadcasting Shri Arun Jaitley and the Union Minister of Law & Justice Shri D.V.Sadananda Gowda.In his valedictory address Shri Arun Jaitley emphasized the need to have simpler...

Board of Directors of a Company cannot outsource their functions to Legal Advisors : Rajasthan HC (DB) [Read Judgment]

The function which had been entrusted upon the Board of Directors by the rule could not have been outsourced to the legal adviser, the Court held.High Court of Rajasthan has held that functions entrusted upon the Board of Directors by the rule could not be outsourced to the legal advisers. Division Bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Ajit Singh and Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal made...

Talaqnama not sufficient proof of Muslim Divorce: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Mere existence of a document like talaqnama, is not sufficient to render a valid Talaq. Justice M.S. Sonak held that, for a valid Talaq, it is not sufficient that the prescribed expressions are pronounced thrice but the stages it is preceded by, are required to be pleaded and proved before the Court, if disputed by wife, the Court held.The Bombay High Court in Shakil Ahmad Jalaluddin Shaikh...

Central Administrative Tribunal quashes chargesheet against Ex-IPS Rahul Sharma

Ahmedabad Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal on Friday quashed the chargesheet filed against former IPS officer Rahul Sharma for not returning a CD of call records of 2002 post-Godhra riots period.The Bench, comprising Dr. K.B. Suresh and K.N. Shrivastava observed that the chargesheet was "tainted by mischief, mala fides and malice and colored by arbitrariness, illegality and...

Quick Resolution of Disputes is one of the important ways to Reduce Grievances of Tax Payers, says President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee

President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee calls for speedy and transparent justice delivery by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT).Addressing a gathering of the All India Members Conference of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal held in New Delhi today to mark the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations Shri Pranab Mukherjee said the Indian Economy has undergone structural changes over the years,...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtFull Bench of Allahabad High Court in Yogesh Agarwal vs. Union of India  held that eviction order passed under Section 5A of the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971 is not appealable. Bench comprising of the Chief Justice Hon’ble Dr DhananjayaYeshwantChandrachud, Justices Manoj Kumar Gupta and YashwantVarma held that High Court in the exercise...

Bombay HC asks Errant Police Officers to pay compensation to Doctors for their 'illegal detention' in a bailable Crime [Read Judgment]

Bombay High Court has come down heavily on police officers for illegally detaining two doctors for more than two weeks in connection with a crime which was bailable. Division Bench comprising of Justices Ranjit More and Anuja Prabhudessai directed the Commissioner of Police to enquire into the matter of illegal detention and to take disciplinary action against the erring police officers. Costs...

CBI acted under political pressure during Delhi Secretariat Raid: AAP Govt. tells HC

In the reply filed before Delhi High Court, the Aam Aadmi Party Government on Friday alleged that the Central Bureau of Investigation was acting under political pressure and “malafidely intruding” in its working, when it carried out the raid at the office of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar recently.Submitting that the seizure of documents smacked...

Delhi High Court releases a 'rape' convict as he married the Victim [Read Judgment]

Whether a person convicted under Section 376 IPC for 'raping' a then 14 year old girl, be released from prison, by reducing his sentence to period already he underwent in custody, because he married the victim? Delhi High Court, on Thursday, has apparently answered this question in the affirmative.ContextIn this case, the prosecution version was that the accused 'raped' a 14 year old girl,...

Husband filing divorce petition is no justification for wife to lodge false criminal cases against him and his family: Bombay HC (DB)

Only because the husband had filed divorce petition, would be no licence for the wife to file criminal cases making wild allegations which she is unable to prove, the Bench said.Bombay High Court has held that the husband filing divorce petition, would be no justification for the wife to file criminal cases making wild allegations which she is unable to prove. Division Bench comprising...

Madras HC adjourned PIL against preventing women from entering temples during a particular period

The Madras High Court adjourned a PIL seeking to declare a rule of Tamil Nadu’s Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department as unconstitutional, preventing women from entering temples during a particular period, by two months.A PIL filed by a woman of Villupuram district seeking to declare Rule 3(C) of the Tamil Nadu Temple Entry Authorisation Act 1947, as...