Law to make Spot Fixing and Match Fixing Criminal Offences is coming

The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has said that there are certain provisions in the Indian Penal Code to deal with match fixing and spot fixing in sports.In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today the Minister said, Government has felt the need to enact a standalone legislation to further strengthen the legal provisions to...

Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2015, is under inter-ministerial consultation; MoS (Health)

As per the Law Commission Report No. 228 of 2009, India is a favorable destination for foreign couples looking for Surrogacy and mentions ART industry is now Rs. 25,000 crore industry.As per two independent studies conducted by reputed agencies forwarded to the Department of Health Research, around 2,000 foreign babies are born to Indian surrogates every year and the international...

Process for Constitution of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has been initiated; Arun Jaitley

The Companies Law Committee was constituted (Annexure-I) in fulfillment of an assurance made by the Corporate Affairs Minister during discussion on Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2014 in the Rajya Sabha in response to the concerns raised by Members in Rajya Sabha as well as for addressing issues raised by various stakeholders regarding the Companies Act, 2013.The CLC invited suggestions from...

Armed Forces Tribunal has no jurisdiction over a dispute involving a person yet to be enrolled into Armed forces : Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

A dispute which arose prior to the enrollment of the respondent into the Armed Forces would not fall within the definition of the expression “service matters” under Section 3(o) because ex facie, the respondent is not a person who is subject to the Army Act 1950, the court said.The High Court of Allahabad has held that the Armed Forces Tribunal has no jurisdiction over a dispute...

Delhi HC dismisses Dabur Promoter Pradip Burman's plea in Tax Evasion Case [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Suresh Kait dismissed the plea of Dabur promoter Pradip Burman, whose name has appeared in the blackmoney list, seeking to stay proceedings in a case of alleged tax evasion against him in the trial court. Burman is facing prosecution in a complaint filed by the Income Tax Department alleging that he was holding foreign bank accounts which he had...

Reservation and Corruption destroyed this Country; Gujarat HC quashes Treason Charge against Hardik Patel [Read Judgment]

“The biggest threats, today, for the country is corruption. The countrymen should rise   and fight against corruption at all levels, rather than shedding blood and indulging in   violence for the reservation. The reservation has only played the role of an amoeboid monster sowing seeds of discord amongst the people. The importance of merit, in any society, cannot be understated”,...

Newspaper must report an order of the Court as it stands, instead of creating sensation: HP HC issues contempt notice to 'The Tribune' reporter

The news-item is inaccurate, unauthentic and not based on true facts. It reminds the Court of the grim erstwhile era of 'Yellow Journalism', the court said while issuing contempt notice to a journalist.The High Court of Himachal Pradesh has come down heavily on a newspaper, for indulging in repeated misquoting and misreporting of the orders. A Division bench of Justices Rajiv Sharma and...

Madhya Pradesh HC dismisses Contempt application against Chief Justice [Read Order]

A contempt petition filed against Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court was dismissed by the High Court yesterday. A petitioner in PIL had filed the application alleging that certain utterances made by the Chief Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, while hearing the writ petition amounts to contempt. However the Division bench of Justices Rajendra Menon and K.K. Trivedi, who heard the application,...

CJI Dattu "fine" with NHRC chief’s job. “No comments” on demands for cooling off period

Chief Justice H L Dattu today said he will be retiring tomorrow as a "fully and thoroughly satisfied"man who could do "many good things" for the Supreme Court and towards the cause of bring down pendency.Wishing all success to his successor Justice T S Thakur, Dattu, during an informal “thanks giving” interaction with media persons at his 5, Krishna Menon Marg official residence on the...

1984 anti-Sikh riots case: Delhi HC transfers case against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and expunges allegations against the Trial Court Judge

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul transferred the trial of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case from Karkardooma court to Patiala House court in proceedings under S.407 of the Code of Criminal Procedure after a plea was filed alleging "improper recording of evidence”.However, the bench expunged the allegations made against the judge who had...

Complaints under Domestic Violence Act can be quashed invoking Section 482 CrPC : Gujarat HC (DB) [Read Judgment]

Once the applicability of the Code of Criminal Procedure has started on account of any judicial order passed by the learned Magistrate including issuance of notice either under Section 12 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 or 23 or 31 of the Act independently or jointly, remedial measures to the aggrieved person as provided under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 can be said as available,...

Chairpersons of Computer Committees of High Courts should take immediate decision on using A-4 paper-size in courts

It refers to response from Department of Justice following a submission forwarded there through Lok Sabha Committee on Petitions that a meeting of Chairpersons of Computer Committees of High Courts chaired by Supreme Court judge Mr Justice Madan B Lokur held on 2/3.08.2014 to consider replacement of legal-size paper in courts by A-4 size paper for bringing uniformity has not yet finally...