Kerala HC directs Chief Secretary to conduct an enquiry against AG’s Office ;CJ asks registrar to give a Report; [Update; Registrar denies news reports]

UPDATE ; By a press note dt 3.8.2015 High Court of Kerala Registrar  denied the news that the Chief Justice asked the registrar to submit a report. Read the Report here . In an unprecedented development, the Kerala High Court on Friday ordered an enquiry to be conducted by the Chief Secretary against the Advocate General's (AG's) office for failing to secure instructions in 4 cases registered...

Inform voters before deleting their names from voters’ list: CIC to EC [Read the Order]

The Central Information Commission has directed the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Delhi to prepare a set of guidelines that must  be followed before deleting names from the voters' list and inform the electors of the prosposed deletion giving opportunity to present their case.The Commission directed the CEO to pay a compensation of Rs 10,000 to a man whose name was deleted from the...

Liquor an essential commodity, can not order closure during funeral of former President; Madras High Court

Madras High Court has held that the government-run Tasmac shops vending liquor in retail could not be ordered to be closed during the funeral of former President APJ Abdul Kalam which is scheduled to take place on Thursday. During the hearing,Justice C S Karnan of Madras High Court reportedly commented that "In five star hotels, liquor is served from 5am to 11pm. When people in five star...

Petition filed in Kerala HC alleging infringement of Copyright Act in State Youth Festival by the Government

A Writ Petition has been filed in the Kerala High Court by a famed Kuchipudi dancer, Anupama Mohan, claiming violation of the Copyright Act, 1957 by the State Government through its act of selling the copyrights in respect of the performances of artistes who perform during the Kerala School Youth Festival in State, District, Sub-District and School level to private and outside...

CCI orders Hyundai, Reva and Premier to 'cease and desist' from anti-competitive practices and allow open market sale of spare parts

The Competition Commission of India (‘the Commission’), in its order dated 27.7.15 has found 3 Car Companies, namely, Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (Hyundai), Mahindra Reva Electric Car Company (P) Ltd. (Reva) and Premier Ltd. (Premier) to be in contravention of the provisions of the Competition Act, 2002 (‘the Act’). The instant order is in continuation of Commission’s main order in...

Bombay HC grants financial aid to aged and ailing Woman Lawyer

A 72-year-old woman lawyer who claimed to have no source of livelihood and that she is sick and infirm, is ordered to be given Rs 5000 as financial aid by the honourable Bombay HC. A bench of Justices V M Kanade and B P Colabawalla heard the plea of the lady lawyer asking the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa to do the needful immediately.The honourable bench also asked...

DHCBA calls off six day long strike over bill increasing pecuniary jurisdiction of Delhi courts

The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) on yesterday called off its six-day long strike against presentation in the Lok Sabha of a bill for increasing the pecuniary jurisdiction of district courts. DHCBA EC had on July 21 passed a resolution calling for "total abstention from work" on July 22 and July 23 and thereafter on July 24 and later on July 25 until July 27, to elicit the...

Delhi High Court allows Red FM to participate in Phase III FM auctions

The Delhi High Court on Sunday allowed Kalanithi Maran-owned Red FM to participate in Phase-III FM auctions on Monday in what is seen as a blow to the home ministry which had barred the group from entering the auction citing criminal cases pending against it.Delhi High Court said that Red FM is allowed as it has been operating since 2002 and there has been no allegation that since then it...

Delhi Judicial Services Exam; Bar Association writes to Chief Justice

The President of Rohini Court Bar Association  has requested Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, through a letter, not to assign cases in which union government is one of the parties, to two sitting judges of the High Court, whose kith and kin have cleared the Judicial Services Examination. He states in his letter, “to maintain the faith and confidence in the judiciary, it is...

Madras High Court to be rechristened as Chennai High Court : Union Law Minister

Union law minister Sri. D V SadanandaGowda said that the Government is considering the proposal to change name of Madras High Court as Chennai High Court. He made these remarks while he was addressing a Lawyers Meet-2015 organised by the Bar Council of India in Chennai. He did not elaborate much on this proposal, though he began his speech with these remarks  "I hope in the near future...

PIL for proper implementation of Juvenile Justice Act; SC imposes Cost on Central Government

The Supreme Court came down heavily on the Central Government for not filing a counter affidavit in a petition questioning the functioning of the Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) across the country. The Social justice bench of the Apex Court, while imposing Rs.25,000 cost on the Ministry of Women and Child Development remarked  "You are not even bothered to file your affidavit. You will have...

Delhi High Court Bar Association President suspended for “anti-Bar activities”

The face-off between different factions of the Delhi High Court Bar Association came to a head on Thursday, with the association’s executive committee voting to suspend him for “anti-Bar activities”.Senior Bar members of the DHCBA have been witnessing a tiff since the election of Advocate Rajiv Khosla as President last year.Mr. Khosla supports the Delhi High Court (Amendment) Bill,...