24 held guilty by Kerala High Court in the Suryanelli rape Case

The Kerala High Court held 24 accused persons in the Suryanelli rape case guilty in its judgment on Friday. The prime accused Dharmarajan, who was a lawyer at the time of commission of the offence has been given life imprisonment and others were given rigorous imprisonment ranging from 3 to 13 years. Out of the total 31 accused persons, 7 were acquitted by the Court for want of evidence. The...

AOR Exam to be held from 3rd to 6th June [See the Notification]

Supreme Court has issued a Notification dated 02-04-2014 has informing that Examination for Advocates-on-Record (AOR) will be held in the Supreme Court Premises, New Delhi on 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th June, 2014.Advocates, who will be completing one year's continuous training on or before 30th April, 2014 can appear for the examination.Applicants are required to collect the application forms from...

Death Penalty to three convicts in the Shakti Mills Gang Rape Case, Section 376(e) IPC applied for the first time

A Mumbai Sessions Court today awarded Death Penalty to three convicts in Gang Rape case of a 23-year old photo journalist inside Shakti mills compound  on August 22, 2013.Three convicts- Vijay Jadhav, Mohammad Qasim Shaikh  and Salim Ansari, were awarded death penalty for being repeat offenders under section 376E of the Indian Penal Code. The newly-introduced section 376 (e) of IPC provides...

Indian MP indicted in bribery case in USA

A sitting MP from Andhra Pradesh Mr. K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao has been indicted in a case in the United States involving conspiracy and bribery. This has come to light through the press release by the Office of Public Affairs of the United States Department of Justice on April 2, 2014. Six foreign nationals are indicted, including an Ukrainian businessman, Dmitry Firtash. The offences...

Probe started by CCI in identical airfare pricing

All domestic airlines have been sent a letter by the antitrust watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI), after it found that airlines were selling seats at almost equal prices that offered little choice to travelers. CCI, which doubted that airlines were acting like a cartel, has sought details on the way they estimated their fares. CCI secretary Smita Jhingran has written a letter...

PIL against Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Virabhadra Singh; Delhi HC directs CBI to file status report

Today, the Delhi High Court directed CBI to respond to allegations raised in the Public Interest Petition filed by Common Cause. Common Cause is a registered society founded in 1980 by late H. D. Shourie.  The PIL is filed seeking  a thorough court-monitored investigation by the CBI or SIT into the alleged acts of corruption and bribery committed by Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh,...

Kerala HC DB stayed 2 Sentences containing remarks against Chief Minister, from 135 Pages Single Judge Order for CBI Investigation against CM's Ex-Gunman. [Read the Single Bench order]

A Division Bench of Kerala High Court consisting of Justice K M Joseph and Justice Jayshankaran Nambiar stayed two sentences from a single Bench order which contains some observations against the Chief Minister of Kerala Mr.Oomman Chandy and his office. Justice Harun Al Rashid while ordering CBI investigation into two land-grabbing cases against accused, including Chief Minister's former...

Order to appoint Australian arbitrator in RIL case recalled by Supreme Court

After the government cited that the former Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales was part of the initial list suggested by RIL, Justice S S Nijjar recalled its order appointing Australian judge James Jacob Spigelman as a foreign arbitrator to head a three-member arbitration panel in the Reliance Industries KG-D6 gas case against the government. The arbitration process was...

Degree obtained through Distance Education cannot be considered as an eligible qualification for LLB Course; Kerala HC

In Bridgit Megha P.S. V. Commissioner of Entrance Examination the High Court of Kerala ruled that the graduate degree obtained by the petitioners, through the Distance Education Programme, could not be considered as an eligible qualification for admission to the Government Law College, affiliated to the University of Kerala to its Three Year LL.B Course. Justice Vinod Chandran also held that...

New Companies Act comes into force

The new Companies Act, 2013 that will come into force from today have many sections which are yet to be notified, which include setting up of a National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), a National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA), winding-up of sick companies and special courts. Some of the left out sections also related to the Investor and Education Protection Fund, compromise and...

Supreme Court issues notice to Union on reservation to Jats

Taking a serious note against the inclusion of Jat Community in the list of OBC category, the Supreme Court, today, issued notice to the Centre, directing it to file reply by April 9.  According to UPA government’s March 3rd  decision, the Jat community to be included in central list of OBCs in nine states that will benefit around nine crore people. The Jat community will be included in...

Compulsory Licencing: Delhi High Court orders to restrain NATCO from exporting generic version of Bayer's Nexavar [Read Order]

In Bayer Corporation v. Union of India, the Delhi High Court orders to restrain exporting generic version of Bayer's Nexavar. Justice Manmohan issued the injunction order restraining NATCO from exporting generic version of Bayer's Nexavar under Compulsory Licence.Section 90 of the Patents Act, 1970 deals with the terms and conditions of Compulsory Licence, as follows:Terms and conditions...