Allegation by law graduate of sexual harassment against former SC judge to be probed by panel formed by CJI

Following the allegations leveled against a former Supreme Court judge by a young lawyer who posted in a blog that she was sexually harassed last December by a Supreme Court judge while she was interning with and who "retired recently", a three-judge committee comprising of Justice RM Lodha, HL Dattu and Ranjana P Desai has been formed by Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam to inquire into...

CIC to decide RTI complaints on merit, says Delhi High Court

While hearing a complaint filed by an activist R K Jain who had alleged that some information commissioners in the CIC were deciding complaints under section 18 of the RTI in a summary fashion and sending it back to CPIOs concerned, directing them to disclose information, Justice V K Jain of Delhi High Court said instead of simply directing the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) to...

FIR registration is mandatory; Action will be taken if FIR is not registered : SC

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court today in [Lalita Kumari v. Govt. of U.P [W.P.(Crl) No; 68/2008] held that that the registration of First Information Report (FIR) is mandatory in Cognizable offences and action will be taken against the police officer for his failure to register a First Information Report (FIR) on the complaint of a cognizable offence.The matter was heard by...

All India Bar Exam (AIBE) is rescheduled to be on 19th January 2014

All India Bar Examination  conducted   by Bar Council of India with an objective to evaluate an Advocate’s capability to practice the profession of law is  rescheduled  and now  to be held on 19 January 2014.Earlier the examination was scheduled for 22 December 2013.The BCI has issued a notification today i.e. on 11 November revising the schedule. The last date for online registration...

CLAT 2014 is scheduled on 11th May 2014

The 2014 Edition of  Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is scheduled to be be held on 11th May 2014. The decision has been taken by the CLAT Committee comprising of Vice Chancellors/Directors of 14 National Law Universities across India. Gujarat National Law University (GNLU)  will be the ‘organising university’  for 2014.The core committee deliberated on various issues related to...

JUSTICE V.R.KRISHNA IYER @ 99

Justice V.R.Krishna Iyer  who is considered as the “judicial conscience of India” turned 99 this month. Justice Iyer has the rare distinction of being first a Minister in State a Cabinet and later a Judge of the High Court and Supreme Court. He was the Law Minister of Kerala in the first democratically elected Communist Government led by E M Sankaran Namboodiripadu. The government was...

Justice Ansari who declared CBI Unconstitutional is transferred to Patna High Court

Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari, who wrote the judgment declaring the CBI formation unconstitutional, is transferred to Patna High Court. The Gauhati High Court Bar Association gave a farewell to Justice Ansari today. Justice Ansari , the senior most Judge in the Gauhati High Court was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court from 15th October, 2013 till Justice Abhay...

Supreme Court stays the Gauhati High court order on CBI

The apex court stayed the order of the Gauhati High Court on CBI, which declares the formation of CBI unconstitutional and quashed the 1963 executive order under which the CBI was formed. The Court issued notice to parties. Next hearing will be on 6th DecemberAttorney General Gulam .E.Vahanvati filed the petition on behalf of the government seeking urgent hearing over the petition .The...

END OF CBI ? Guwahati High Court says CBI formation is ultra vires

In a path breaking judgment Gauhati High Court has ruled that the 1963 executive order under which the CBI was formed is unconstitutional, and that an act should have been passed for the purpose.A Division Bench of Justices Iqbal Ahmed Ansari and Indira Shah in Navendra Kumar v. Union of india Writ Appeal ;119/2008 said "The resolution number 4/31/61-T dated 1/4/1963 issued by secretary to...

West Bengal government bans Two Fingers Test

Following the order of the apex court, West Bengal government has issued a proforma for forensic medical examination of rape survivors. The ‘Two Finger Test’ –test for examining the rape victims, which was also condemned by Justice Verma Commission, has been set aside in the Proforma issued by the W.B Government.As per a TOI report the proforma accommodates the DNA profiling of the...

Courts cannot order recovery after annulling the appointment: Supreme Court

Hearing a PIL filed by Central Electricity Supply of Orissa (Civil Appeal NO. 9872 OF 2013), the apex court has ruled that courts cannot order recovery of the amount of an employee while abrogating the appointment as "denial of pay for the service rendered tantamounts to forced labor which is impermissible."The bench of Justice Anil. R. Dave and Justice Dipak Misra dismissed the order passed...

High Courts have no power to direct magistrate to grant bail to an accused on surrender: Supreme Court

The apex court while hearing a criminal appeal [NO.1862 OF 2013] ruled that high courts should not direct the Magistrate to grant bail to an accused on surrender.The bench of Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai and Justice Madan.B.Lokur said,"such orders put restriction on the power of the trial court to consider the bail application on merits and grant or reject prayer for bail. We are of the...