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,...

Woman living with a married man for 15 years: Bombay HC finds it is not a ‘live-in” and denies relief under Domestic Violence Act

The Bombay High Court has denied the relief under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence (DV) Act to a woman who was living with a married man for 15 years. The Court was hearing a revision application against an order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Thane. The Additional Sessions Judge had ruled that the woman was in a "live-in relationship" with the married man and was entitled...

NRI Voting; Govt. considering E-postal Ballot and Proxy Voting; Law Minister

The Government is considering to allow the alternative options of voting to overseas electors in the form of (i) ‘e-Postal Ballot System’ which envisages making available bank postal ballot electronically to the NRI voters and thereafter return of the same by normal post and (ii) ‘proxy voting which would allow such voters to appoint a proxy after following certain formalities and...

116 new proposals for setting up New Law Colleges are pending; Union Law Minister

The Bar Council of India, a statutory body under the Advocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961) has informed that they had received 116 new proposals (including three proposals from the State of Andhra Pradesh for fresh approval) for setting up new law colleges for the year 2015-16 in which 79 applications were considered for inspection since they submitted all required documents. So far 72 law...

CIC recommends Delhi Police to act on issue of religious encroachments

The Central Information Commissioner has recommended the Delhi Administration, the Lieutenant Governor, the Chief Minister, the Chief Secretary and the Delhi Police to act on the issue of removal of religious encroachments on Delhi Roads, “before each religious encroachment becomes a complex crisis inflamed by political exploitation, as such prompt action would remove the religious...

Delhi HC grants permission to Red FM for participating in the ongoing mock FM auctions

On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court granted permission to the radio channel ‘Red FM’ owned by Digital Radio Broadcasting Ltd, to participate in mock auctions organised for the 3rd phase of the FM auction held yesterday (Wednesday) and the one going to be held on Thursday. This order was rendered by a Division Bench comprising Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva.The order...

Vyapam scam: SC allows the SIT and STF to file charge sheets

The Apex Court on Monday allowed Special Investigation Team and Special Task Force of Madhya Police to file charge sheets in Vyapam scam cases till the matters are transferred to CBI. The alleged scam involves MPPEB, a body which holds examinations for various posts such as that of teachers, medical officers, constables and forest guards. A three-judge bench of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu...

SC issues Notices to several Companies on the basis of alleged non-compliance of Orders

The Central Government had moved the Supreme Court with a petition alleging that several firms had not obeyed the Supreme Court’s September 24th, 2014 judgment cancelling allocation of coal blocks. In its September, 2014 judgment, the Supreme Court had ordered the involved companies to deposit within 3 months a levy on coal extracted by them to compensate for the financial loss to the...

Family Court must settle the issue of jurisdiction before deciding on divorce: Bombay HC

A Bombay High Court Bench at Nagpur, comprising Justice Vasanti A. Naik and Justice Prasanna B. Varale recently mulled over the question whether a couple having their native place in particular city or state file for divorce in family court situated in another city or state. The Court ruled that when such a question is raised, the family court must first address the issue of jurisdiction,...

Supreme Court defers hearing on high court judges' plea for equal pension

The Supreme Court of India bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice N.V. Ramana on Thursday deferred hearing on a petition by former high court judges who were appointed directly from among practicing lawyers, seeking pension and other benefits on par with those judges who came through the judicial service by four weeks.It noted that a government statement that a bill to bring parity in...

Additional Sessions Judge allows Dr. Pachauri to visit TERI offices, except the head office, Gurgaon branch

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Director General Dr. R.K. Pachauri, has been permitted by the Court to return to work at the think-tank.Dr. Pachauri has been on a long-term leave from The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), where the complainant still works.Additional sessions judge Raj Kumar Tripathi yesterday amended the direction that restricted the TERI Director from entering...

Burning effigy; not an Offence under IPC: Madras HC [Read the Judgment]

Madras High Court recently rendered in a judgment that burning effigies cannot be treated as an offence under any of the provisions of the Indian Penal Code.  Justice V Ramasubramanian said the Constitution protected the act of burning effigies, if no other mischief was associated with it, referring to former DGP V R Lakshminarayanan's reported statement.In the absence of a specific provision...