SC issues notice to Centre on PIL for regulating chit fund industry

The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Central Government, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) seeking their response on a PIL filed for putting in place proper mechanism for regulating the functioning of chit funds in the country.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam directed the government and the institutions to file...

Delhi High Court directs ICAI to provide writers to disabled students

The Delhi High Court has directed the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) to prepare a panel of writers to assist disabled students while appearing for the chartered accountancy examinations.The High Court has asked that the panel be constituted within six months.Justice V.K. Jain said that for preparing the panel of scribes to assist disabled students, the ICAI should...

NUJS Intern not interested in pursuing the case further

According to a Hindu Report the NUJS intern, who alleged sexual harassment against a retired Judge who yesterday deposed before the Supreme Court panel of Justice RM Lodha, HL Dattu and Ranjana P Desai formed by Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam to inquire into the matter, is not interested in pursuing the matter further.The report saysAccording to highly placed legal sources, the...

NUJS Intern Deposed before SC Panel

The NUJS intern, who alleged sexual harassment against a retired Judge deposed before the Supreme Court panel of Justice RM Lodha, HL Dattu and Ranjana P Desai formed by Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam to inquire into the matter. It took about two and half hours to finish the proceedingsRavindra Maithani, Secretary General of the apex court revealed that " "The committee held its...

Supreme Court refuses to entertain PIL on Andhra Pradesh bifurcation

Saying that the petition filed against bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh is pre-mature as Parliament and state legislature are still to pass it, a Supreme Court bench of Justices H.L. Dattu and Madan B. Lokur and refused to entertain a PIL challenging Union Cabinet’s decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh to carve out a separate Telangana state. It, however, said that arguments on all the...

SC seeks DoT’s response on ways to block pornographic websites

After Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising submitted that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, which was earlier issued a notice in the matter of blocking pornography websites, is concerned with content on radio and television and not with regulating websites, a notice has been issued by a Supreme Court bench headed by Justice B.S. Chauhan to the Department of...

Notice issued by Supreme Court to Centre on commutation of death sentence of 5 condemned prisoners

A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Ranjana P Desai and Ranjan Gogoi and headed by Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam gave its consent to hear a PIL questioning the former President Pratibha Patil's decision to commute death sentence of five condemned prisoners in child rape cases and issued notice to the Centre on the plea seeking to set aside the commutation.Contention of the...

Legal Sanctity of SC panel on Intern Sexual Assault Case

A Supreme Court Panel comprising Justices RM Lodha, HL Dattu and Ranjana P Desai formed by Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam to inquire into the law graduate’s sexual harassment charge against the retired judge will hear the victim today evening.It was after Attorney General GE Vahanvati invited the attention of the Chief Justice based on a news story reporting the charges by the NUJS...

“I have nothing to say,” Ex-Judge facing sexual assault charges

Outlook magazine claims that the ex-Judge, who is alleged to have sexually assaulted a law school intern, said   “I have nothing to say,” when called for his response to the allegations. “I request you not to ask me any questions about it,” he added from his office. He neither confirmed nor denied that SJ and the other student had worked for him”.According to the magazine(a)   ...

Google defeats Authors Guild in U.S. book-scanning lawsuit

Google Inc. accused and sued by authors for digitally copying millions of books for an online library without seeking permission, has won the long-running lawsuit in U.S.In the matter of Authors Guild Inc et al v. Google Inc [U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 05-08136],  Circuit Judge Denny Chin accepted Google's argument that scanning of more than 20 million books,...

Police Complaint filed against EX-Judge

Former Dean of Delhi University’s Law Faculty has filed a formal complaint before Delhi Police, leaving no room for the Police not to act on the allegations of sexual harassment against the Ex Judge of the Supreme Court. Since the offence complained of falls within the category of cognizable offence, what is required in law is only information about commission of the alleged crime. Since...

SC judge recuses from Radia case

A high-powered courtroom drama took place when senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, appearing for one of the parties in Ratan Tata-Niira Radia tape case opposed and questioned the decision of a bench led by Justice G S Singhvi to adjourn a hearing in the case, which caused Justice Singhvi to recuse himself from the case. Singhvi, who retires next month, said he did not want to hear the case...