Delivery Boy To Civil Judge – A Story That Inspires

The life trail of Advocate Yaseen Shan Muhammed who came second in the Kerala Judicial Services Examinations 2024 and qualified to be a Civil Judge is truly inspirational. The key to his success, according to Yaseen, is sheer determination and hard work. Turning the pages of Yaseen's book of life would give hope to many who feel that their future is bleak, dumped and depressed. LiveLaw interacted with Yaseen and we are proud to share his story for our readers. Yaseen hails from Palakkad...

Odisha Govt Reconstitutes State Law Commission, Appoints Justice Biswanath Rath As Chairperson

The State Government has reconstituted the Odisha State Law Commission (OSLC) in pursuant to the resolution of the Government of Odisha in the Law Department published in the State Gazette in March, 2016. Justice Biswanath Rath, former Judge of the Orissa High Court has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Commission. Senior Advocates Surya Prasad Mishra and Soura Chandra Mohapatra have...

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of An Advocate As Bombay HC Judge & A Judicial Officer As Uttarakhand HC Judge

The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 22nd December, 2024, approved the proposal for the appointment of Advocate Pravin Sheshrao Patil as a Judge of the High Court of Bombay. In the same meeting, the proposal for the appointment of Judicial Officer Ashish Naithani as a Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court was also approved.Click Here To Read/Download the Collegium's...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Advocate Praveen K. Giri As A Judge Of Allahabad HC

The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 22nd December 2024, approved the proposal for the appointment of Praveen Kumar Giri, Advocate, as a Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. Presently, the Allahabad High Court has a sanctioned strength of 160 and is functioning with 81 judges with a vacancy of 79 Judges.Click Here to Read/Download the Collegium's...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of 3 Judicial Officers As Rajasthan HC Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 22nd December 2024 approved the proposal for the appointment of the following Judicial Officers, as Judges of the Rajasthan High Court: Chandra Shekhar Sharma, Pramil Kumar Mathur, and Chandra Prakash Shrimali Click Here to Read/Download the Collegium's...

Kerala High Court Judges Committee Suspends Judicial Officer Over Allegations Of Misbehaviour With Female Court Employee

The Kerala High Court has suspended the presiding officer of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Vadakara over allegations of misbehaviour with a woman court staffer in Kozhikkode. He was the Additional District and Sessions Judge of Kozhikkode. Reportedly, he was transferred to Vadakara after the alleged incident came to light. The decision was taken by the Administrative Committee...

'Fictitious Evidence': Rajasthan Court Acquits Suspended Judicial Officer, His Clerks In Minor Boy Sexual Assault Case

A special POCSO Court in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district last week acquitted suspended judicial officer Jitendra Singh Guliya and his two clerks in connection with a case lodged against them on the allegations of repeatedly sodomising, sexually assaulting a minor boy and also threatening his family members of implicating them in false cases. While acquitting them, Special...

UP Court Sentences Man, His Son To Death For Mercilessly Killing Brother, Cites Lord Rama's Exile, Sacrifices By Bharata, Lakshmana

Referring to the selfless love between Lord Rama and Bharata in the Hindu epic Ramayana, a Bareilly Sessions Court recently sentenced a father-son duo to death for killing the father's brother over a property dispute. The court observed that while Lord Rama's brothers Lakshman and Bharata fulfilled their duties as brothers, setting an example of great sacrifice and devotion, the...

Bhima-Koregaon Commission Refuses To Summon CM Devendra Fadnavis As Witness

The State-appointed two-member Commission which is probing the Bhima-Koregaon violence of 2018 on Wednesday turned down the request made by advocate Prakash Ambedkar, who sought to call Maharashtra's Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, in the witness box.Dalit leader Ambedkar was making his final submissions in the matter while representing his party Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA).Notably,...

National Lok Adalat In Chhattisgarh Disposes More Than 22 Lakh Cases With 842 Cr Settlement

This year's last National Lok Adalat was successfully organized on 14th December 2024 across Chhattisgarh under the guidance of Justice Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice, High Court of Chhattisgarh and Patron-in-Chief of the Chhattisgarh State Legal Services Authority. This National Lok Adalat spanned across the State from the Taluka courts to the High Court, with an to make justice...

23 Yrs Later, Gujarat Court Grants Relief To Man Who Was Denied LLB Admission For Being A Year Short Of 15-Year Student Period Rule

After a legal battle spanning 23 years, a City Civil Court in Ahmedabad last month directed Gujarat University and a college affiliated to grant admission to a 42-year-old man in the three-year LL.B course in the next academic year.The plaintiff–Shashi Kumar Mohata, a commerce graduate from Calcutta University sought for admission into the 3-year LL. B program in Daultbhai Trivdei Law...

Lok Adalat In Telangana Disposes 11.5L Cases At District Level; 225 Cases Settled At High Court With ₹15.9 Crore Compensation

The Telangana High Court disposed of 11,55,993 cases in the 4th Lok Adalat held in the State on 14 December 2024. A total of 5,42,253 cases were disposed of at the pre-trial stage. The State went above and beyond of inform the general public about the Lok-Adalat by playing 1 minute videos in Cinema Theatres and stop signals. The Adalat was conducted under the guidance of...