More than 2000 complaints/cases of Child rights violation registered by NCPCR in last 3 years & current year

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has reported that it has registered 2333 complaints of child abuse/violation of child rights during the last 3 years and the current year. A total of 934 complaints/cases concerning abuse/violation of child rights were registered in NCPCR in the year 2013-14. The highest number of registered cases i.e., 532 are from the State of...

Justice Manjula Chellur appointed as First Woman Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court

Justice Manjula Chellur, on Aug 6 2014, sworn in as the first woman chief justice of Calcutta high Court. The oath ceremony was presided over by Governor of the state Keshari Nath Tripathy at Raj Bhavan in the presence of Chief Minister Mamta Bannerjee.Justice Chellur thereby became 37th of Calcutta High Court. she replaced justice Arun Kumar who is elevated to Supreme Court.After Oath...

Apex Court orders will transfer Punjab and Haryana High Court lawyers after appointment as Judges

Punjab and Haryana High Court lawyers Jaishree Thakur and B.S. Walia will most probably be transferred to the Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir High Court respectively after being appointed as High Court Judges.The transfer reportedly follows the Collegium directive while clearing the lawyer’s names for elevation to the Bench. Such a decision has come after nearly two decades.The...

Pay 50k to get Anticipatory Bail in Dowry Case : Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court in a significant judgment has asked a man to give Rs 50,000 to his estranged wife and minor daughter as a pre-condition for granting him anticipatory bail in a dowry harassment case registered against him. In the significant case Avinash v. State, the High Court asked the husband to pay Rs.50,000/- to the Complainant for meeting day to day requirements of the child...

Calcutta High Court appoints Amicus Curiae to help and determine what ‘Viscera’ is and how long it can be preserved

Calcutta High Court appointed Advocate Phiroze Edulji as an amicus curiae to assist the court to help and determine what ‘Viscera’ is, how long can it be preserved and what is the law governing its examination at forensic science laboratories?The answers to these questions are crucial to decide a life insurance claim that a widow and her son is facing. Advocate Phiroze Edulji (amicus...

Victims of Custodial Death in Maharashtra only from a Minority Community? Bombay High Court Asks

Over the increasing number of cases involving custodial death in Maharashtra a Bombay High Court bench on 31st of July, 2014, comprising of Justice V.M. Kanade and Justice P.D. Kode remarked that victims of custodial deaths in Maharashtra appears to be only from the minority community.This remark was made after the division bench appointed advocate Yugmohit Choudhary as an amicus curiae in...

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...