BCI directs DU to shut down evening Law Colleges; says they do not ensure proper quality of Legal Education

Delhi University has been asked by Bar Council of India to shut down colleges that offer law courses in evening shifts, as such programmes fail to ensure proper quality of legal education.A BCI communication sent to DU reportedly reasoned, “Taking into account that proper quality of legal education cannot be ensured if classes are run during evening and night hours, the Bar Council of India...

46 patients lost vision at a State-Sponsored Eye Camp; MP High Court admit Law Student’s Plea [Read Petition]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court bench at Indore admitted the petition by Abhishek (21) s/o Harish Gilke, Resident of Usha Nagar, Indore a law student seeking reliefs for more than 46 out of 80 people who have lost eyesight on contracting infections from cataract surgeries at a state-sponsored free eye camp held between 16-22 November at District Hospital, Badwani.The petition was preferred on...

Delhi HC restrains website from using the word ‘Naukri’ in its name [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has restrained a website and its owners from using any mark/name comprising of the word, “NAUKRI” as part of their trade name, style or any other manner that is likely to confuse or deceive the public at large into believing that it is connected to popular job portal “NAUKRI.COM”Justice Hima Kohli has granted an ex parte ad interim injunction on a plaint filed by...

Govt is ready to consider the appointment of 115 Judges in HCs: Law Minister

The Union Law Minister Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda said that the Central government is ready to consider appointment of 115 judges and regularize 87 additional judges of the High Courts already in the pipeline.Addressing advocates after inaugurating the office of the Additional Solicitor General of India at Karnataka High Court, he said that he had requested the Chief Justice of India T.S....

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtThe Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court set aside en masse termination of Law Officers of the State, terming it as “arbitrary and illegal”. The Officers had been accused of indulging in conduct incompatible with their duties as a Law Officer, after they had filed a Contempt Petition against the State.The High Court  held that if a wife files false criminal case against...

Husband is entitled to seek divorce from a wife who calls him ‘womanizer’ in her pleadings without leading any cogent evidence: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

To be called a womanizer and corrupt by his own spouse, would have caused such pain and suffering to the respondent as would lead him to entertain the apprehension that it would not be conducive to his physical and mental well being to live with the wife, the Court said.The Delhi High Court has upheld the divorce granted to a husband from a wife who in her written statement alleged that he is...

Delhi HC moots ‘pragmatic and liberal approach’ in allowing witnesses to depose through Video Conferencing [Read Judgment]

“There may be situations where a witness even though within the city may still want the evidence to be recorded through video conferencing in order to save time or avoid inconvenience, the Court should take a pragmatic view”, the Bench said.Delhi High Court in International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) vs. Madhu Bala Nath has observed that Courts must be liberal and pragmatic...

Consensual Sex without any deliberation about Marriage is not rape under misconception of fact; SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that if no deliberation about marriage between the prosecutrix and the accused took place before the alleged sexual contact which was consensual, it cannot be said that the consent has been given under misconception of marriage. Apex Court bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice V. Gopala Gowda made this observation in Tilak Raj vs. State of Himachal...

Cuddalore Minor Rape Case: Mahila Court acquits accused after victim informs that she has married him

The Cuddalore youth who was accused of raping a minor last year has been acquitted by a Mahila Court after the victim declared that she had married the accused.As per a TOI Report, the victim submitted her marriage certificate to the Judge when the case came for hearing on December 24. Following this, the judge passed an order acquitting Mohan of rape charges on December 29.A Police Officer...

Wedding bails: CJI says there is no value of lawyers in ‘marriage market’

Speaking at a felicitation function organized by the Bar Council of India, Chief Justice T.S. Thakur on Friday issued a caution notice against the deteriorating value of lawyers.Emphasizing on the point that the legal profession has become overcrowded with over 2 million lawyers in the country, the CJI said, “"You cannot stop anyone from becoming a lawyer but you can certainly raise the...

Supreme Court quashes Perjury Proceedings against Forensic Expert, who turned hostile in Jessica Lal Case [Read Judgment]

Merely because an expert has tendered an opinion while also furnishing the basis of the opinion and that too without being conclusive and definite, it cannot be said that he has committed perjury so as to help somebody and mere rejection of the expert evidence by itself may not also warrant initiation of proceedings under Section 340 of CrPC, the Court held.The Supreme Court, in Prem...

Bombay HC asks Central Govt. to adopt Zero tolerance policy against drunken driving [Read Judgment]

We see no reason why the police should be burdened with having to prove whether or not a person is above or below any particular limit; the mere presence of alcohol in the blood should, in our view, be sufficient to disentitle a person from driving, the Bench said.Bombay High Court has directed the Central Government to consider adopting Zero tolerance policy towards drunken driving by...