Naked Rambler loses in ECHR [Read the Judgment]

Stephen Peter Gough, a British, also known as Naked Rambler has lost his case in the ECHR regarding his right to be nude in public.In 2003 Mr Gough had chosen to walk stripped from Land's End in England to John O'groats in Scotland, acquiring the epithet "the naked rambler". Between 2003 and 2012 he was arrested over thirty times in Scotland for being naked in open. He was convicted on a...

Centre submits list of 627 foreign account holders in a sealed envelope to the Supreme Court in black money case

After being directed to disclose the names in the black money case the Attorney General for India, Mukul Rohatgi today submitted the list containing names of 627 account holders in HSBC, Geneva in a sealed envelope to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court had now asked the SIT to take appropriate action after going through the list submitted and submit a status report by November end.The...

Supreme Court rejects Surinder Koli's review petition [Read the Order]

A Supreme Court bench comprising of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu, Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice A.K. Sikri dismissed Nithari serial killer Surinder Koli's review petition. The plea sought review of the judgment that had upheld death penalty awarded to him.Arguing for Koli, Ram Jethmalani asserted, "One innocent life is more important than anything else. I am shocked that such a thing can...

Contempt proceedings initiated against lawyer for issuing notice to the Judge

Karnataka High Court has initiated suo motu criminal contempt proceedings against RKGMM Mahaswamyavaru, a lawyer from NR Colony near Kothitopu in Tumkur, for issuing a notice to Principal Civil Judge and JMFC, Gubbi, asking him why criminal proceedings should not be initiated against him for being “discriminative.”The Principal Civil Judge made a complaint to the district judge...

All India Bar Association seeks suo motu contempt proceedings against Tamil news channel

All India Bar Association has demanded suo motu contempt proceedings against Tamil news channel, Thanthi, for allegedly telecasting arguments in the bail application hearing of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in the apex court.AIBA asserted that even though it strongly supports media freedom and freedom of expression, including the recording and telecast of court proceedings, it...

Government takes up digitization of all Subordinate Courts across the country

In an effort to expedite justice delivery, the Government is planning to digitize all of the 15,000 subordinate courts across the country. This reform would not only provide judgments and track proceedings online, but also act as a check on unwarranted adjournments allowed by judicial officers.Information like the next date of hearing, submission of number of witnesses, past...

Delhi High Court upholds SEBI circular which increased period of limitation for invoking arbitration

The Delhi high court on Thursday upheld a 2011 circular issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India that increased the period of limitation for invoking arbitration from six months to three years.According to the petitioner, the circulars issued by SEBI were detrimental to the interest of the investors and have been issued at the  instance of brokers and thus, are contrary to the...

Destruction of record during pendency of RTI even as per weeding out policy is wrong: CIC

The CIC Prof M Sridhar Acharyulu held that during the pendency of RTI application relevant record should not be destroyed by public authority even if its weeding out policy permits. The CIC cautioned that such a destruction of record would be serious breach of Right to Information Act and directed to explain why penalty could not be imposed under Section 20 of RTI Act, for such violation.Mr...

Income Tax Departments submits Ex- CBI Chief Probe Report

The Attorney General of India in a case concerning the present CBI Director Ranjit Sinha, who has been accused by NGO Common Cause of frequently meeting Kanpur-based meat exporter Moin Akhtar Qureshi at his residence, on Friday told the Supreme Court that a former CBI director (A.P. Singh) used to have daily conversations with Mr. Qureshi in code language.The Appraisal report prepared by...

Income Tax Department makes Dawood Ibrahim party in case

The City Civil Court of Mumbai on Thursday granted permission to the Mumbai Income-Tax department to make underworld don Dawood Ibrahim party in a property dispute case. The Income Tax Department in a bid to auction of a certain property of the underworld don has made him a party.Dawood Ibrahim is currently on the wanted list of Interpol for Cheating, Criminal Conspiracy and Organised...

NALSAR registrar selected as VC, NLU Assam, conceding to the students’ demands

NALSAR, Hyderabad Registrar, Prof. Vijender Kumar has been selected as the new Vice Chancellor of NLUJAA, Guwahati, after functioning without a VC for more than five months. The appointment comes in wake of the hunger strike by the students of the University, giving a deadline to stabilize the college’s administration.According to Legally India reports, Kumar had received a verbal intimation...

Centre issues Companies (Audit and Auditors) Amendment Rules, 2014

In exercise of powers conferred by sub-sections (1), (2) and (4) of section 139, sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 140, sub-section (3) of section 141, sub-sections (2), (3), (8) and (12) of section 143, sub-section (3) of section 148 read with sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 469 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government framed the following to amend the...