Law against night shift for women employees disposed of by Gujarat High Court

The law which prohibits firms from employing women in night shifts has been disposed of by the Gujarat High Court declaring section 66(1) (b) of the Factories Act as violative of Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Constitution.Night shift for women employees from 11 pm to 5 am, which is prohibited by the law, has been permitted by the high court and it further ordered for making provisions...

Removal of Justice Ganguly on the ground of 'Proved mis-behaviour'

Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaisingh wrote to the Prime Minister of India for initiating action under Section 23 of the Human Right Act, 1993 for removal of Justice A K Ganguly from the post of chairman of WBHRC on the ground of “proved misbehaviour” who according to the Supreme Court panel had committed "unwelcome sexual advances towards a law intern"."I have written a letter to...

Irrational comparison of visually impaired and orthopedically handicapped people, displease the Supreme Court

A petition by two Associations representing the Deaf and Dumb persons seeking a writ of Mandamus directing the Central and State Governments to grant transport allowance to its government employees suffering from hearing impairment in equal with what is being given to blinds and orthopedically handicapped government employees, was heard by a Supreme Court bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan...

Dishonour of Cheque- Non-issuance of notice within the limitation prescribed renders the complaint not maintainable: SC

In a Judgment delivered yesterday in Kamlesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar [Criminal Appeal No. 2083/2013 arising out of SLP (Criminal) No. 10056 of 2012] the Supreme Court bench of Justice Radha Krsihnan and Justice Sikri has held that though the holder or payee of a cheque has the right to present the same any number of times for encashment during the period of its validity, non-issuance of...

Victory for Apple Inc; South Korea Court dismisses lawsuit saying iPad not Samsung copy

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd which had filed a lawsuit claiming that US firm Apple Inc's had infringed three of Samsung's mobile patents, lost its bid to ban sales of Apple Inc's older iPhone and iPad in South Korea, as a court dismissed the lawsuit, which was part of the tech giants' global courtroom battle dating back to 2011 when Apple first sued Samsung for copying the look and feel of...

Gujarat Gets Lokayukta after a Decade

The state of Gujarat got its fourth Lokayukta with the swearing of retired Gujarat High Court Judge D P Buch, a post that lay vacant since the last incumbent Justice R M Soni's term expired in December 2003, and over which Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Governor Kamla Beniwal were on a conflict course for three years.Justice Buch (retd) was sworn by Governor Beniwal in the presence of Modi...

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013 and Rules Notified

The Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act and The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Rules 2013,  has been notified by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Both have come in to force from December 9, 2013.It was on 22nd April 2013, the president of India gave his assent to this comprehensive...

Why Section 377 is Constitutional? Reasons given by Justice Singhvi

Here is the operative part of the SC judgement, dealing with reasons to support Constitutionality of Section 377 IPC"We shall now consider the question whether the High Court was justified in entertaining challenge to Section 377 IPC despite the fact that respondent No.1 had not laid factual foundation to support its challenge.  This issue deserves to be prefaced  by consideration of  ...

Justice Singhvi, a Judge for AamAdmi, retires

"A Judge must be of sterner stuff. His mental equipoise must always remain firm and undetected.”This quote is apt for Justice Singhvi. He may not be a great jurist as normally judges  are referred to, but surely he is a judge with backbone. In nutshell, he is a judge for ‘AamAdmi’.Justice Singhvi has the longest tenure as a Judge of the High Court to his credit.  He was elevated to...

Gay sex not legal, says Supreme Court

A judgment which was reserved for nearly an year and nine months has finally been pronounced by a Supreme Court bench comprising Justice G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya, setting aside Delhi High Court judgment which had decriminalized gay sex among consenting adults in private.This landmark verdict is coincidentally the last one to be pronounced by Justice Singhvi, who retires today....

“I am not resigning”, says Justice AK Ganguly, indicted in sexual harassment case

Former Supreme Court judge AK Ganguly, who has been accused by a panel of three Supreme Court judges for sexually harassing a young intern saying there was evidence of "unwanted conduct of a sexual nature" by him, has said he will not resign as the Chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission.Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has come out in his support and expressed his faith...

Much awaited verdict on constitutionality of Section 377 to be pronounced by SC today

The much awaited ruling on the legality of homosexuality will be delivered by the Supreme Court in the case of Suresh Kumar Koushal & Ors. v. Naz Foundation & Ors.(SLP (c) 15436/2009) today. The verdict will be a breather for India’s gay community, human-rights activists and religious groups who are anxiously waiting for the Supreme Court panel’s verdict on the issue...