US Supreme Court denies Rajat Gupta’s Plea for Continued Bail

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg of the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a plea by former Director of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Rajat Gupta, to remain on bail while he appeals against his conviction. He has filed a petition for rehearing his case before the Second Circuit appeals court in April and the court is yet to take action over it. He was found guilty of insider trading by a Manhattan...

Include TN National Law School on the CLAT Site: Madras High Court

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has reportedly passed an order, directing Gujarat National Law University, which is the organizing University of Common Law Admission Test, 2014, for addition of the Tamil Nadu National Law School (TNNLS) in Srirangam on its official website as one of the participating colleges.The bench comprising of Justice V Ramasubramanian and Justice V M...

Dance Bars Proposed to be Banned Across Maharashtra Again; Cabinet Approves Draft Bill

The Ban on Dance Bars in Maharashtra will now be proposed to be extended to three-star and five-star hotels as well, as the State Cabinet approved the draft amendment bill for amending the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951 on Thursday.The amendment comes in the wake of Supreme Court’s order last year which struck down the prohibition. The Bill seeks to remove this ‘legal lacuna’ of bias...

SC denies eviction of houses Pachmarhi Cantonment in MP

The Supreme Court denied the eviction and subsequent demolition of houses built on land of the Pachmarhi Cantonment Board at Hoshangabad for poor dwellers in Madhya Pradesh.A division bench comprising of Justices J S Kehar and C Nagappan notified to the Pachmarhi Cantonment Board preventing the demolition of the residences of the locality. The Supreme Court overruled the order of the...

Bombay High Court directs police to publish apology

The Silvassa police have received direction by the High Court of Bombay to publish an apology for releasing the picture of Hasmukhbhai Patel, caught in a civil conflict."Issue the apology and see that it is printed on page one of the newspapers," observed the bench consisting of Justices VM Kanade and PD Kode.As per the facts stated, Hasmukhbhai Patel, had taken a loan of Rs. 21.75 lakh from...

Madras High Court- Authorities to be informed about Development of Law before Passing Detention Orders

A Madras High Court bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Satish K Agnihotri and Justice M M Sundresh reportedly rapped Government authorities who kept authorizing erroneous detention orders and asserted that, "They should be informed about the development of law pertaining to detention orders. Quashing detention orders on the very same grounds by the court again and again would make...

CBI to petition the Supreme Court to give its Director a wider role in appointments to the Bureau

The Central Bureau of Investigation has approached the Supreme Court of India to review it’s  Additional Director and above level appointments in response to a notice issued by the Court in the case of CBI Additional Director, Archana Ramasundaram. Based on a petition by journalist Vineet Narain, challenging Mrs Ramasundaram appointment, the court passed an order which has restrained her...

Notice issued on CLAT Suit ; CLAT committee to respond by June 18

A petition has reportedly been filed before the Karkardooma vacation bench of the Delhi district court, on behalf of a Tahini Bhushan, whose brother appeared for the Common Law Admission test, 2014.The petition, filed by Advocate Pulkit Agarwal and Siddharth Jain, seeks an ex-parte ad-interim order, demanding a fresh examination and seeks to restrain the CLAT Committee from conducting...

CIC Rejects Contention,“Grievance is not information under RTI”

In an appeal before the Central Information Commission, the Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Delhi contended that the RTI application is a grievance and that it will not fall under the expression ‘information’. The Commission however, rejected the contention.Shri Vinod Kumar Bansal sought information regarding action taken on a...

Dehradun Fake Encounter Case- 17 Policemen awarded life imprisonment

17 Uttarakhand police officers were awarded with life imprisonment for conviction in the fake encounter of Ranbir Singh, 22 year old MBA graduate in a jungle near Dehradun, in 2009. The prosecution was successful in proving that the crime site was doctored. On 3 July, 2009, Ranbir was gunned down by Dehradun Police on accusations that he was a part of an extortion racket in Doon valley. The...

Dress Code for Advocate's Clerk in Supreme Court

All clerks of Advocate-on-Record, Senior Advocate or Junior Advocate, who enter the Supreme Court to assist their advocate, must be present in uniform. The declaration was made by the Executive Committee of Supreme Court Bar Association in its meeting which took place on the 10th of May 2014.Furthermore, the resolution also said, the clerks must be coached by their lawyers not to occupy...

No Prior Agreement needed with Foreign Country to examine a Witness by Video Conferencing: Kerala High Court

The High Court of Kerala in a significant judgment has ruled that even though there are no arrangements between the Government of India and the Government of a foreign country under S.285(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) it would not be a bar for examining a witness by video conferencing. In the judgment Nabeesathu Sudheer @ Mondi Sudheer v. State of Kerala, the division bench also...