Half a century since lawyers in western Uttar Pradesh have been demanding a High Court bench in the region and a march in this regard will be heldin Delhi on November 26 2014

In 1955, Dr. Sampurnanand, the second chief minister of UP, had for the first time recommended the formation of a High Court bench in western part of the state. Thereafter in 1981, the state government recommended to the Centre to set up a bench. The Central government set up the Jaswant Singh Commission in 1981, after a series of protests from lawyers of the region, to look into the matter....

Chetan Bhagat ‘served’, gets legal notice from Royal family of Dumraon

The erstwhile royal family of Dumraon has reportedly sent a legal notice to Chetan Bhagat and Rupa publications, demanding unconditional public apology and recall of all copies of Half Girlfriend that are yet to be circulated.The erstwhile royal family of Dumraon has also demanded that the words ‘royal family of Dumraon’ be expunged from the copies that may be published in future. The...

Admission to Medical Colleges has become a catastrophe, more the Courts attempt to lay down a law, more the confusion: Madras HC

Lamenting over the rapid change of rules and guidelines in relation to admissions to MBBS courses in the country, Madras High Court Bench observed, "Therefore, it appears that the Supreme Court repeatedly fixed time schedules and repeatedly warned statutory authorities not to violate the time schedule, without the fear of being hauled up for contempt. But, quite a few orders passed by...

Delhi High Court slams Delhi Police and Home Ministry on poor policing

The Delhi High Court pulled up both the Union Home Ministry as well as the Delhi City Police about the poor policing in the National Capital. The court remarked that “The Home Ministry and Delhi police are ‘playing badminton’ with issue of appointment of 14,000 police personnel,”The High Court had made these remarks after the Union Home Ministry told the court that the new forensic...

Micromax to shell out 10 crore a month to Ericsson

In an interim order passed by the Delhi High Court, mobile handset company Micromax has to pay a royalty that amounts up to 1% of the selling price of its devices to Ericsson for using the Swedish equipment maker's patents on technologies that are essential to manufacture the products. The interim order holds until December 31, 2015, the deadline set by the court to conclude the trial. As...

SC demands details of all verdicts from High Courts for qualitative assessment

In a letter to the High Courts, Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu has asked for the judgments delivered by the Judges of the High Courts, in order to “ascertain quantitative as well as qualitative disposal of cases”. “Reported Judgments” have been accepted as one of the parameters for ascertaining “qualitative disposal”. The details of all judgments will have to be provided.The...

“Made Snana” to continue: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has said that it cannot stop the tradition of Made Snana at Kukke Subramanyaswami temple at Subramanya till the court decided constitutional validity of the ritual followed for centuries. With this, it has kept in abeyance its 2012 order of accepting “modified form of made snana” proposed by the State government.The court passed the interim order on a review...

Bhushan and Jaswal to face repercussions if charges proved in a fresh perjury application

A fresh perjury case was filed against AAP leader Prashant Bhushan and Kamal Kant Jaswal of NGO Common Cause on Monday by CBI director Ranjit Sinha. The grounds for the same being making 'mischievous' and 'false' statements before the Supreme Court. In the wake of 2G controversy, Prashant Bhushan who is appearing for NGO, Centre for Public Interest Litigation, CPIL, had disclosed that he...

Law Minister urges States to ratify Bill for establishing National Judicial Appointments Commission

Law Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda has written to all State Governments, demanding prompt ratification of the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, which will facilitate the setting up of a new mechanism for appointment of Supreme Court and High Court Judges.With the winter sessions of the State Legislatures scheduled in the coming days, the Law Minister is looking for a...

Clashes at ashram as police goes to arrest Rampal after HC issues Non-Bailable warrant

The Haryana Police had to face petrol bombs as it moved JCBs and earth movers at Satlok Ahsram in Haryana to arrest controversial self-styled 'godman' Rampal as per the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.The self-styledgodman had failed to appear before the court with his lawyer taking the plea that Rampal was ill. However, the Division Bench ordered that Haryana and Punjab, the...

Srinivasan goes scot-free, tough times ahead for Kundra, Raman and Gurunath

The much talked about Justice Mudgal committee report had indicated the names of 13 people earlier this year including the then BCCI president Mr N. Srinivasan.The honourable Supreme Court on Monday revealed the excerpts of Justice Mukul Mudgal panel’s inquiry report which run into 35 odd pages. Consequently, Mr Srinivasan who is referred to as individual 13 in the report is absolved of...

Shardul Shroff versus Cyril Shroff: Case Concerning the dispute over assets and ownership of the Firm

The brothers Shardul Shroff, Managing Partner of AmarchandMangaldas (AMSS) Delhi Office, and Cyril Shroff, Managing Partner of AmarchandMangaldas (AMSS) Mumbai Office, seem to be involved in a legal battle before the Bombay High Court.The dispute pertains tothe will of their late mother, Bharati Shroff, who was one of the founding Partners of AMSS. The bone of contention seemingly is...