Missing whistleblower’s family moves SC

The Supreme Court has been moved in the case of a missing museum official who was a whistleblower in the case relating to misuse of public funds, mismanagement and disappearance of artifacts in a Kolkata Museum.Sunil Kumar Upadhyay, a Conservation officer at the Indian Museum in Kolkata, has been missing for about a month, but the Kolkata Police is clueless about his whereabouts....

SCBA Urged Chief Justice to prolong the implementation of the Amended SC Rules 2013 expressed “Surprise as well as Dissent” Over the ‘One Way’ Formulation of Supreme Court Rules

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) of India has strongly recommended The Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, R M Lodha to prolong the implementation of the amended SC rules 2013 which is scheduled to be implemented from August 19, 2014. This was done in order to hold “effective and comprehensive” consultation over the new rules with lawyer’s association.It is to be noted that this...

Former Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam being considered for appointment as Governor

Talks are on for the former Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam to assume an 'important' gubernatorial assignment. A meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s top advisor has already taken place according to ET.The Government is also considering the appointment of former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association M.N. Krishnamani and former Attorney-General Soli Sorabjee, as...

Justice Balakrishnan was adamant on Elevating P.D. Dinakaran, informed Justice Kapadia: Katju’s facebook expose again

Former Supreme Court Judge and present Chairman of the Press Council of India, has been taking the media and the legal fraternity by storm for a while now, with his explicit revelations on his blog as well as Facebook.His has now divulged his rendezvous with Justice Kapadia at a time when he was a part of the collegium and Justice Balakrishnan was the Chief Justice of India.He writes that he...

SC entertains PIL seeking photo identity of candidates on EVMs

The Supreme Court recently decided to consider a PIL which sought to make the display of candidates' photographs on the electronic voting machines, as mandatory. The PIL aims to do away with the prevalent practice of dummy namesakes fielded by political parties, primarily to confuse voters and divide the vote share.A bench headed by the CJI R M Lodha passed the said order on a PIL preferred...

Relaxation of dress code; Advocates in subordinate courts can choose not to wear coats and gowns during summers, says BCI

Bar Council Of India had happy news for the lawyers practicing in subordinate courts when upon a representation made by a group of lawyers from Tamil Nadu, it directed that lawyers practicing in lower courts need not wear the black gown/coat while arguing in court.K. Santhakumari, president of the Tamil Nadu Federation for Women's Lawyers, had sought an exemption from the BCI to make...

Force-Feeding my Shiv Sena MPs: PIL filed in Delhi High Court demanding disqualification and probe

A Public Interest Litigation has reportedly been filed by Maulana Ansar Raza, head of the NGO, Garib Nawaz Foundation through lawyer N.K.. Jha, in the Delhi High Court, seeking a direction to the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Chairman of Rajya Sabha to disqualify 11 Shiv Sena lawmakers for allegedly force-feeding a Ramadan-observing employee of IRCTC at ‘Maharashtra Sadan’.The petition...

Bombay High Court refuses to ban media from airing and publishing Katju’s allegations

A division bench of the Bombay High court in Nagpur comprising of Justice Bhushan Gavai and Justice S.B. Shukre yesterday, refused to entertain a writ petition filed by Nagpur- based lawyer Uday Dastane, who claimed that by airing Katju’s allegations, the news channels were bringing disrespect and bad name to the judiciary. He had hence demanded that the Court should interfere and ban the...

Anil Ambani serves Legal Notice to Prashant Bhushan's Junior and Google for Blog post

Anil Ambani has served a legal notice on Google and Advocate Pranav Sachdeva, a junior colleague of Prashant Bushan through a Law Firm. This is in response to a blog post on Ambani entitled "Black money of Anil Ambani (Prashant Bhushan's Complaint SIT)", allegedly posted by Sachdeva on Google's blogging platform. It is learned that no legal notice is served on Mr Bhushan who claims to have...

Contempt Charges dropped against VHP Leader by CB for allegedly making defamatory statement in 1994 on Ayodhya controversy

The Supreme Court in a recent judgment dropped contempt charges against VHP leader Giriraj Kishore  who died after judgment on the issue was reserved, for allegedly making defamatory statement in 1994 on Ayodhya controversy. In the significant case Rajeev Dhawan v. Gulshan Kumar Mahajan & Ors, the Court also dropped contempt proceedings against editor and reporter of a daily Khabardar...

Income Tax Prosecution Rate up by 127%

The Income Tax Department has gotten tough on tax evaders by increasing the prosecutions launched. The Department witnessed a whopping 127 per cent increase in prosecutions in 2013-14, compared to the previous year. The number of prosecutions launched during FY14 was 641.In a meeting with the top brass of the Income Tax Criminal Investigation Wing, Finance Minister Arun Jaitely was informed...

SpicyIP listed in Managing IP’s list of “Top 50 Shaping the Future of IP”

SpicyIP, India’s premier blog on intellectual property (IP) and innovation law and policy has made it to the list of Managing IP’s annual selection of the top 50 who are shaping the future of intellectual property.Delighted with the achievement, founder of SpicyIP, Mr. Shamnad Basheer told Live Law, "We've come a long way since 2005, when I'd kickstarted this out of sheer boredom and was...