Uphaar Case: CBI, Victim Association file review in SC against letting off Ansal brothers lightly [Read Petition]

The CBI and victims association today moved the Supreme Court against the “shocking” August 19 decision of the court to let off theatre owners Gopal and Sushil Ansal, convicted in the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy which claimed 59 lives, after considering the period they had already undergone in the prison as their sentence and imposing a fine of Rs 30 crore each.The CBI and the...

SC notice to successful candidates of Delhi judicial exam; naming of ex-judge for revaluation deferred

The probe into irregularities in the Delhi Judicial Services (Mains) exam 2014 took an altogether new twist with the Supreme Court making it clear that it would like to hear 15 successful candidates before appointing a retired judge of the apex court to revalue papers.A bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Prafullah C  Pant issued notices to the 15 candidates through the Registrar General...

Kerala HC upholds the Constitutional Validity of Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 [Read Judgment]

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed challenging the constitutional validity of Sections 3(1), 4(2) and proviso, 4(4), 5, 6, 9(2), 15(2),16(5), 18(b), 19, 20, 32(10), 35 and 38(1) of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 has been dismissed by the Division Bench of Kerala High Court comprising of Chief Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice A.M.Shafffique on not being satisfied that...

A Muslim cannot be prosecuted for Bigamy (S.494 IPC) in the absence of UCC; Gujarat HC suggests to shun Polygamy which is a misinterpretation of Quran [Read Judgment]

Polygamy is not encouraged in Islam and is an exception and not a Rule. It is for the maulvis and Muslim men to ensure that they do not abuse the Quranic injunctions to justify the heinously patriarchal act of polygamy in self-interest, the court observed.Gujarat High Court held that a Muslim cannot be prosecuted be prosecuted for Bigamy [S.494 IPC] in the absence of a Uniform Civil...

Magistrate not bound to examine the Complainant while dismissing Complaint U/S 203 CrPC; Gujarat HC upholds dismissal of Complaint against PM Modi [Read Judgment]

Final  report under Section 173(2) is very exhaustive and the Investigating Officer has taken pains to take care of each and every aspect of the matter. The impugned order (by CJM dismissing complaint) does not suffer from any error, not to speak of any error of law, the High court held.Gujarat High Court dismissed a revision application against the order of Chief Judicial Magistrate...

UBER Rape Case; Accused Shivakumar is sentenced to Imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life [Read Judgment]

Uber cab driver, Shiv Kumar Yadav (32), who was convicted for raping and endangering life of a 25 year old girl in his taxi on December 5, 2014 is sentenced to the maximum punishment of rigorous imprisonment for life by the Ms. Kaveri Baweja Additional Sessions Judge of Special Fast Track Court, Delhi.The rape occurred when the survivor, a finance executive working in Gurgaon, was returning...

Supreme Court upholds Online Lottery ban by Kerala Govt. [Read Judgment]

The Apex Court observed that Lotteries “infests the whole community; it enters every dwelling; it reaches every class; it preys upon the hard earnings of the poor; it plunders the ignorant and the simple.” Treating the Online Lotteries as separate class, the court observed that gullible will remain glued (to online lotteries) and there is every likelihood of purchase of tickets...

SC transfers Virbhadra DA case plea from Himachal to Delhi HC

In a setback to Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, the Supreme Court today transferred from Himachal Pradesh High Court to Delhi High Court a plea filed by him in a disproportionate assets case.“We are not expressing any opinion on the merits of the case but simply transferring the petition to Delhi High Court in the interest of justice and to save the institution from any embarrassment”,...

Kerala HC issues directions to LSGs and the State Government to address the stray dog menace

The High Court of Kerala has finally disposed of Writ petitions and Public Interest Litigations on the issue of stray dog menace. The division bench comprising of Chief Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice A. M. Shaffique, in a detailed judgement gave eight point directives to the state and local authorities to address the menace.The court held that the local authorities can take a decision to...

Judges Appointment; Mechanism for investigating Complaints against proposed Candidates suggested [Read the Compiled Suggestions]

The report submitted by senior lawyer Arvind Datar and ASG Pinky Anand compiling more than 60 suggestions papers submitted by legal luminaries towards improving collegium system said whenever a complaint against candidate for judgeship is found prima-facie correct, it should be referred to the executive for investigationIt said there is a strong need to make an outright rejection of anonymous...

Kerala HC rejects plea to celebrate graduation ceremony with pomp and show inside college premises [Read Judgment]

Graduation Ceremony should be simplicity personified owing to the dignity of the profession, college auditorium or campus is certainly not an arena for the hired artists to perform that too at exorbitant rates spoiling the academic ambiance, said Justice Chitambaresh while dismissing the petition.The High Court of Kerala dismissed a Writ Petition filed by ‘The House Surgeons Association',...

Jharkand HC directs cleaning of water bodies on day to day basis during Deepavali and Chhat festivals [Read Judgment]

The High court of Jharkhand has, suo moto directed the Local bodies in the state of Jharkhand to perform regular cleaning exercise in the water bodies of the state during the ensuing Deepawali and Chhat festivities. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Virender Singh and Justice P.P. Bhatt pursuant to the submission by amicus curiae Mr.Indrajit Sinha, directed the local bodies to...