Kerala High Court Resolves To Revise Selection Rules For Civil Judge (Junior Division), Minimum Three Years Of Practise Needed To Apply

In a Full Court meeting of judges, the Kerala High Court has resolved to carry out amendments in the Selection Rules for appointment to the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division), specifying a requirement of minimum of three years of practise as an Advocate to apply for the Kerala Judicial Service Examination. This means that aspiring candidates must have practised as an Advocate for at...

Senior Lawyer Pitambar Acharya Appointed As New Advocate General Of Odisha

The Odisha Government, on Friday, appointed Senior Advocate and BJP leader Pitambar Acharya as the new Advocate General for the State of Odisha. The constitutional post of the top law officer of the State was lying vacant after the resignation of previous Advocate General Ashok Parija in June after the then ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) lost Assembly election in the State....

“No Red Beacons Or Multi-Toned Sirens”: Kashmir Court Directs Police To Clamp Down On Violators Breaching Motor Vehicle Rules

In an effort to end the misuse of red beacons and multi-toned sirens, the Court of District Mobile Magistrate (Traffic) Sopore in Kashmir has directed the Inspector General (IG) of Traffic Kashmir to form special teams to clamp down on violators.The directions to this effect were passed by District Mobile Magistrate Sopore Javaid Ahmad Parray by taking suo motu cognisance of the blatant...

Mumbai Court Permits Indrani Mukherjea To Travel To UK & Spain, Remove Ex-Husband Peter's Name From Her Will

A special court in Mumbai on Friday permitted Indrani Mukherjea, the prime accused in the high-profile Sheena Bora murder case, to travel to Spain and the United Kingdom for her personal work.Special Judge SP Naik-Nimbalkar presiding over the special CBI court has ordered Mukherjea to make a security deposit of Rs 2 lakh with the Registrar of the Sessions Court. In her plea, Mukherjea has...

SEBI Enables ESG And Credit Rating Activities In IFSC-GIFT City

To bolster the financial ecosystem at the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in Gujarat International Finance Tech-City (GIFT City), the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has granted permission to credit rating agencies (CRAs) and ESG rating providers (ERPs) to operate under the jurisdiction of the International Financial Services Centres...

Illegal Financial Advisory: SEBI Officials Collects Proof From Deleted Website Archives, Imposes Penalty Of Rs. 6 Lakh

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) imposed a penalty of Rs. 6 lakh on Shashikant Kumar, owner of SM Global Research, for operating an illegal investment advisory service without the requisite registration. Kumar tried to elude regulatory action by deleting the website from which he was running an illegal advisory. But, SEBI traced the website and its contents,...

Kerala High Court Invites Applications From Eligible Lawyers For Senior Advocate Designation

The Kerala High Court issued a notification inviting applications from eligible advocates for designation as Senior Advocates.The notification states that Senior Advocates can also recommend the names of advocates for designation. As per the notification dated July 18, the last date to submit applications is on or before August 12, 2024, by 4.30 PM. It is stated that applications...

Failure To Appoint Company Secretary: RoC Imposes Penalty Of Rs. 30 Lakhs On Standard Glass Lining Technology

The Registrar of Companies, Hyderabad has imposed a penalty of Rs. 30 Lakhs on M/s Standard Glass Lining Technology Limited and its directors for failure to appoint a company secretary and with a delay of five years and five months. Section 203(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 mandates that every company belonging to certain class or classes of companies as may be prescribed shall have...

Tripura High Court Declines Congress, CPI(M) Pleas To Submit Online Nomination For Panchayat Elections

Denying relief to the Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee and Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Tripura High Court on Thursday (July 18) refused to direct the Tripura State Election Commission to accept panchayat election nominations via online medium. Observing that no statutory provision is prescribed under the Tripura Panchayat Act and Rules framed thereunder to allow candidates to...

Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad To Serve As Acting Chief Justice Of Jharkhand High Court Following Retirement Of Justice BR Sarangi

Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad has been appointed as the acting Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court. This appointment comes as incumbent Chief Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi demits office after a brief tenure lasting nearly a fortnight.Justice Sarangi was appointed as the Chief Justice on July 3 and will demit the office today. Justice Prasad will take charge as the acting CJ from...

'Sar Tan Se Juda' Case | No Provocation To Kill Anyone, No Relation With Kanhaiya Lal Murder : Ajmer Court Acquits Dargah Cleric, 5 Others

Acquitting a dargah cleric (Syed Gohar Husain Chisti) and five others accused of provoking people and chanting the "Sar Tan Se Juda" slogan during a rally in June 2022, the Ajmer Court noted in its judgment that the evidence presented did not support the prosecution's claims of the accused threatening or inciting harm to any specific individual. "...the prosecution has not been able...

Delay In Issuing Equity Share Certificates: RoC Imposes Rs. 75,000 Penalty On T. Forrest & Sons

The Registrar of Companies (RoC), Kanpur has imposed a penalty of Rs. 75,000 on T. Forrest & Sons India Private Limited for delay in issuing of equity share certificates to its shareholders. Section 56(4)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 provides that every company shall deliver the certificates of all securities allotted, transferred, or transmitted within a period of two months...