Supreme Court set to hear the challenge to Sabarimala Temple's restrictions on Entry of Women

A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra, Pinaki Chandra Ghose and NV Ramana today briefly heard the writ petition (civil) 373 of 2006 filed by Indian Young Lawyers Association, seeking lifting of the ban on entry of menstruating women to the famous Sabarimala temple.  The hearing, which lasted for about half an hour, saw interesting exchanges between Justice Misra and KK...

Term of Additional Judges in Calcutta, Kerala and Bombay High Courts extended

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Shri Puttekadan Ubaid and (ii) Shri Kandathil Abraham Mathew, to be Additional Judges of the Kerala High Court, for a period of six months with effect from 01st January, 2016; andIn exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the...

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...