Former High Court Judge Reva Khetrapal is Delhi’s new Lokayukta

Former Delhi High Court Judge Reva Khetrapal was chosen unanimously for the post of Delhi’s new Lokayukta on Tuesday by a four-member panel comprising Lt Governor Najeeb Jung, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Justice of Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of Opposition leader in Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta.Jung will recommend the 63-year-old judge’s name to President Pranab...

An Arbitrator can be substituted on recusal/withdrawal of earlier Arbitrator unless the Rules specifically prohibits; Supreme Court

Interpreting the provision for appointment of substitute Arbitrator under Section 15(2) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, the Supreme Court in Shailesh Dhairyawan vs Mohan Balkrishna Lulla, held that Section 15(2), regulates appointment of a substitute arbitrator, and requires that such an appointment shall be made according to the rules which were applicable to the appointment of...

PIL against FTII strike: Bombay HC issues notice to Centre, FTII student leader

The Bombay High Court today issued notice to the Union I&B and Home ministries, the Maharashtra Government and Vikas, student leader of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) on a PIL seeking to put an end to the ongoing strike at the Pune-based film institute.Students have been protesting since the Union Government appointed TV actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as the chairman...

Conflicting Reports about Govt. approval of appointment of HC Judges flood leading dailies

Eager to comment and analyze the effects of the National Judicial Appointments Commission being declared unconstitutional, news agencies are flooded with conflicting reports of the Government response to the recommendations of the SC collegium.TOI reported that the Centre has sent for President’s assent, the names of 24 Additional Judges, in six High Courts of the country. It reported...

Uber Rape Case accused Shiv Kumar Yadav found guilty

Uber cab driver, Shiv Kumar Yadav, held guilty of raping and endangering life of a 25 year old woman in his taxi on December 5, 2014.The special Fast Track Court today (October 20) convicted 32-year-old Shiv Kumar Yadav.Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja, charged him for all the offences(framed against him) including endangering a woman's life while raping her, abducting with intent...

Discharge, no bar for further investigation : Delhi High Court [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court, in Surender Kumar Sharma vs State, observed that discharge of the accused would not prevent further investigation by police and submission of charge-sheet also thereafter, if a case for the same is made out. Justice Suresh Kait, made this observation while dismissing a petition filed under a Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for quashing the order by...

Crèche in Supreme Court to be operational from November 4, 2015

The Supreme Court of India has issued a circular announcing the opening of the facility if a Crèche (Child Care Centre at the Supreme Court), for children in the age group of 6 months to two years, of the Members of SCBA practicing at the Supreme Court and officers and employees of the Registry. It will be functional from November 4, 2015 from 8:30 am to 6:30 pm from Mondays to Fridays and...

Prof. V.K. Unni becomes first Indian, IP academician to receive Thomas Edison Innovation Fellowship

Prof. V.K. Unni, Associate Professor at the Public Policy and Management Group of IIM Calcutta has become the first Indian IP academician to receive the prestigious Thomas Edison Innovation Fellowship 2016-17 from the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP) at George Mason University School of Law, Virginia, USA.The fellowship is a year-long non-resident fellowship program that brings together a group of IP scholars who will develop research papers on patent law and policy. It...

CJI Dattu calls for SC collegium meeting for appointments to High Courts

With the National Judicial Appointments Commission declared unconstitutional in a momentous decision rendered by the Constitutional bench of the Supreme Court of India, Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu has reportedly called a meeting of the Supreme Court collegium to recommend names for appointment and elevation to High Courts of the country.The collegium, comprising the Chief Justice...

Time-bound CIC-verdicts necessary after completion of hearing/s ; Subhash Chandra Agrawal

Much has been said about need of time-bound decisions after filing of petitions with Central Information Commission (CIC) where backlog at times brings turn of petitions fixed for hearing after several years of filing. Even though every effort should be made to reduce such late hearings, yet it may not be practically possible to fix any deadline to fix dates of hearings.But shockingly...

High Courts weekly round-up

Delhi High CourtThe Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation demanding that guidelines be framed regarding publication of complete and segregated research results in clinical trials on humans in accordance with the norms of WHO published in April, 2015 on the issue. The Bench comprising Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath dismissed the Petition...

SC upheld judiciary’s independence but diminished five other basic structure of constitution: Jaitley on NJAC verdict

Union Minister and eminent lawyer Arun Jaitley today used the facebook to slam the Supreme Court for striking down the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) and said while the judgment upheld the primacy of one basic structure - independence of judiciary – it diminished five other basic structures of the Constitution, namely, Parliamentary democracy, an elected Government,...