DU Executive Council Confers 'Professor Emeritus' Title To Prof. M.P. Singh

Prof. Mahendra Pal Singh has been conferred with the 'Professor Emeritus' title by the Delhi University Executive Council.Mr. Singh is a renowned constitutional law scholar, who argues for a distinction between distributive justice and compensatory justice, emphasizing upon the importance of the latter in battling the age old hierarchies within Indian society.Not only has he been a fellow...

Open Letter To CJI: Bengaluru Lawyers Demand Reasons For Transfer Of Justice Patel Be Made Public [Read Letter]

After the Karnataka Bar Council registered its strong condemnation on the treatment meted out to Justice Jayant Patel, the senior-most puisne judge of Karnataka High Court, over 200 lawyers practicing in Bengaluru have sent a letter to Chief Justice of India sharing how the recent development came as a shock to them and their brethren, and demanded that reasons for Justice Patel’s transfer...

Lawyers Collective Urges Centre To Not Sign Hague Convention On Civil Aspects Of International Child Abduction [Read Submission]

Lawyers Collective and Advocate Suranya Aiyar have urged the Centre to not sign the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The Convention, signed by 96 countries, provides for a mechanism to return a child internationally abducted by a parent from one member country to another.The NGO and Ms. Aiyar have pointed out several reasons for opposing the Convention in...

Gujarat HC Advocates’ Association Seeks Reasons For Justice Patel’s Transfer [Read Letters]

The Gujarat High Court Advocates’ Association has written to the Registrar Generals of the Supreme Court, Allahabad High Court and Karnataka High Court, demanding the “notes of recommendation” that led to Justice Jayant Patel’s transfer to Allahabad High Court.The information is sought in view of the fact that the Association intends to challenge before the Supreme Court the decision...

Hindu Daughter After Converting To Islam Does Not Lose The Right To Inherit Property Under Hindu Succession Act: Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]

In a landmark ruling, Justice J.B.Pardiwala of Gujarat High Court has held on September 26, that a Hindu daughter can inherit from her father after getting married to a Muslim and embracing Islam.Interpreting Section 2 of Hindu Succession Act, Justice Pardiwala held that if the parents are Hindus, then, the child is also governed by the Hindu Law or is a Hindu. “Perhaps the Legislature...

Collegium Recommends Transfer Of 4 Judges To Parent High Courts

As first reported by LiveLaw regarding the transfer of Justice Rajiv Shakdher to the Delhi High Court, a national news daily has reported that four judges, including Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice D Seshadri Naidu, may be transferred back to their parent high courts.A meeting of the Supreme Court collegium was held on September 22, in which the decision to transfer four judges was...

Bar Council Of India's Notice Against Dushyant Dave Improper: Gujarat HC Bar Association

The Managing Committee of the Gujarat High Court Advocates’ Association has unanimously resolved to support Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave, who has been facing condemnation for his comments on Justice Jayant M. Patel’s resignation earlier this week.The Association has requested the Bar Council of India (BCI) to withdraw the show cause notice issued to Mr. Dave, “in the larger public...

I Will Happily Contest This Notice To Prove That I Was Right And BCI Is Wrong: Dave On BCI’s Notice

In response to the Bar Council of India’s show-cause notice , Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave said “I will happily contest this notice to prove that I was right and BCI is wrong”Mr. Dave told LiveLaw;“I haven’t still got the notice and not read it. But what I said on NDTV last night is the truth. It is a matter of concern for all in legal system and nation that such conduct of Judges...

Justice Patel’s Resignation: BCI Issues Show Cause Notice To Dushyant Dave For “Derogatory Comments” Against CJI & Collegium [Read Press Release]

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has issued a show cause notice to Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave for his “derogatory comments and reckless remarks against the Chief Justice of India and the collegium”. As per an official press release, the BCI has directed Mr. Dave to file his reply within four weeks, having decided to take further actions on receipt of his response.“The Chairman of...

SC Asks AG To Find An Amicable Settlement To Himachal Pradesh's 20-Year Old Dispute With Centre, Haryana and Punjab [Read Order]

The long-pending Original Suit filed in 1996 by Himachal Pradesh against the Centre, and its neighbours, Punjab and Haryana, seeking its entitlements following the completion of Bhakra-Nangal and Beas Projects, came up for hearing before  the Supreme Court bench of Justices R.K.Agrawal and Abhay Manohar Sapre, on September 21.Finding the matter nowhere near resolution, the bench asked...

Make IPC Rape Provisions Gender-Neutral: Petition In Delhi HC, Notice Issued [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court, on Wednesday, issued notice to the Centre on a Petition challenging the Constitutional validity of Sections 375 and 376 of the Indian Penal Code and demanding gender neutral rape provisions.The Petition, filed by Mr. Sanjiiv Kkumaar, begins by making a reference to the recent murder of a boy at Ryan International School in Bhondsi, allegedly by a 42-year-old man, following...

SC To Hear Fresh Plea Seeking Safeguarding Rights, Interests of home buyers on Oct 6

The principle view in filing the instant petition is that lakhs of homebuyers in thousands of projects can lose their life-savings, hard-earned money and moneys obtained through bank/institutional loans due to the operation of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, the plea saidAt a time when home buyers Vs builders cases are piling up in the Supreme Court and real estate giants like Unitech,...