Constitutionality of Section 4(1)(d) of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act under challenge before the High Court of Kerala

The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2013 which was passed by both Houses of Parliament in December, 2013 received Presidential assent on 01.01.2014, and whose provisions have since been notified by the Central Government, has, within a short span of its coming into force now become the subject matter of judicial review. A writ petition has been filed by Sri. P. Subair Kunju, a practicing lawyer...

Justice G Rohini becomes the first woman Chief Justice of Delhi

Justice G Rohini of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh has been elevated as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court. Rohini is the first woman who has been recommended as the Chief Justice of the jurisdiction of the Indian capital.In the Delhi High Court, 9 out of 40 judges are women. In the history of legal India, Leila Seth was the first woman who was elevated from the Delhi high court to serve...

Constitution Bench will examine the plea for Passive Euthanasia [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court today referred a plea for voluntary passive euthanasia to the constitution bench in the case of a person who is in terminal illness and in medical opinion there is no chance of revival and recovery.The decision of a bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam came on a plea by an NGO Common Cause that a person, who is afflicted with a terminal disease, should be given relief...

Justice’s Kumar’s defamation case against media posted to 19th March for hearing

Delhi High Court on Monday postponed the hearing of the Defamation suit filed by former Supreme Court Judge Swatanter Kumar to 19th March 2014. Earlier Live law has reported that an Order dated 16-01-2014 restrained the media from publishing and telecasting the contents of the law intern’s complaint of sexual harassment against him. A report says that the alleged law intern has filed...

Supreme Court pursues Centre’s Reply on Aam Aadmi Party’s Plea against President Rule in Delhi

Supreme Court has sought response from the Centre today on a petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party against imposing President's rule in Delhi.A bench comprising justices R M Lodha and Dipak Misra issued notice to the Centre asking it to respond within 10 days on the issue raised by the AAP. But it refrained from issuing notice to BJP and Congress which were made parties in the petition, saying...

No death penalty for Italian marines as Centre won't prosecute them under SUA; Italy now questions the Jurisdiction of NIA to investigate the Case.

The Centre today informed Supreme Court that the Italian marines, accused of killing two fishermen, in Enrica Lexie Case would not be prosecuted under Suppression of Unlawful Acts against safety of Maritime Navigation And Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf) Act and in effect Italian marines would not face death penalty if convicted for killing the two Indian fishermen.The Supreme Court...

Supreme Court to hear Centre’s plea against the release of Rajiv Gandhi Assassin Convicts on 27th March

Supreme Court will hear the Centre's plea challenging the decision of Tamil Nadu government to release the convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case on 27th of this month.The Additional Solicitor General Siddharth Luthra has told the court that Tamil Nadu government had no jurisdiction to release the convicts.Earlier Live Law has reported that Supreme Court had given its consent to hear...

NUJS interns should report to the institution if they are sexually harassed, for immediate action

In the aftermath of the legal intern uneventful sexual harassment issue, National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) declared all students should immediately inform the institution if they are sexually harassed while interning. The university said it will forward the complaint of the accused to the employer concerned for action.The vice-chancellor of NUJS Prof. Ishwara Bhat assured that...

Bombay High Court upholds financially independent wife cannot claim maintenance

The High Court of Bombay denied rendering relief to a 61-year-old woman who sought monthly maintenance, giving the cause of financial independence of the woman. The court observed that a wife who is financially pivot on herself cannot claim maintenance from her estranged husband.The bench said that, "In the present case, it is seen that the wife is getting more than Rs 37,500 per month...

15th Lok Sabha having worst productivity in 50 years, Law making suffers

The Parliament, the supreme legislative body is failing the people, given the poor performance it demonstrates . Parliament is the collective conscience or sum total of democratic polity of our republic, and it's proceedings are in the news not for it is meant for, it is  marred by host of issues,  the issue of Joint Parliamentary Committee in the 2G spectrum scam, the bill for Telengana,...

Justice K.T.Thomas will head the Lokpal search panel

Former Supreme Court Judge and noted jurist Justice K.T.Thomas will head the Lokpal search committee, which selects chairperson and members of the newly formed anti-corruption body Lokpal, reports Indian ExpressThe other members of the committee includes Senior Advocate Fali Nariman,  Principal of Lady Shri Ram College and a political scientist Meenakshi Gopinath, , Former chief...

Bill to protect whistleblowers gets Parliament's consent

With the end of the 15th LokSabha, the RajyaSabha passed the crucial anti-corruption law the Whistleblower Protection Bill, which is one of the six anti-graft bills that have been presented by the government as potential efficient tools against corruption, almost two years after it received the consent of the LokSabha. The bill, which provides for protection of whistleblowers, will now become...