SC Lifts Stay On Grant Of Anticipatory Bail To The Accused In Jodhpur Development Authority Scam [Read Order]

The Supreme Court’s Vacation Bench of Justices A.K.Sikri and Deepak Gupta, on Tuesday, lifted its stay on the Rajasthan High court’s grant of anticipatory bail to the accused in the Jodhpur Development Authority scam. On Monday, senior counsel, Kapil Sibal had assailed the stay granted by another bench on May 2 as unjustified.The Vacation Bench, while disagreeing with the High Court on...

Declare Cow A National Animal: Rajasthan HC Judge Passes Unprecedented Directions One Day Before Retirement [Read Judgment]

In a 139-page judgment, Justice Mahesh Chandra Sharma of the Rajasthan High Court has passed unprecedented directions to declare cow as the national animal of India.These directions were passed while hearing a civil writ petition filed by one Jago Janta Society seeking directions to save cows kept in Jaipur’s Hingonia gaushala and other cow sheds, and also to provide them with green fodder...

Breaking: 14 New Judges Appointed In Bombay High Court [Read Notification]

A total of 14 new judges have been appointed to the Bombay High Court. Apart from the six names that were reported to be elevated to the bench, President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent to eight more names in exercise of powers under Article 224 of the Constitution of India.Among these names is the current Registrar General Mangesh Patil.Following are the names of the newly appointed...

New Rules On Cattle Trade: Kerala HC Dismissed A PIL As Withdrawn, Another Bench Reserved Interim Order On Two Writ Petitions

A Division Bench of Kerala High Court comprising Chief Justice Navniti Prasad Singh and Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation challenging the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Market) Rules, 2017 filed by a Youth Congress leader, as withdrawn.But a single Judge, Justice PB Suresh Kumar has reserved interim orders in two writ...

SC Declines Stay On Conviction Of Police Officer In The Gujarat Gang-rape Victim's Case

The Bombay High Court had, on May 4, while upholding the trial court’s sentence awarding life imprisonment to 12 accused in a Gujarat riot gangrape case, had set aside the acquittal of seven others which included policemen and doctors.On Tuesday, the Supreme Court’s Vacation bench of Justices A.K.Sikri and Deepak Gupta, disagreed with one of the convicted policemen, IPS Officer,...

Madras HC Stays New Rules Restricting Cattle Trade [Read Order]

Madurai Bench of the High Court of Madras on Tuesday granted a four weeks stay on the operation of the recently notified Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Market) Rules, 2017.The new Rules, notified under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, ban the sale of cows and buffaloes for slaughter at animal markets across India, and allow only farmland owners to...

Senior Advocate Indira Jaising To Head U.N. Investigation Into Atrocities Against Rohingya Muslims

Senior Advocate and Human Rights lawyer Indira Jaising has been appointed by United Nations to head a fact-finding mission to investigate the alleged killings, rape and torture by security forces against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, reports ReutersAccording to this report, the mission will be led by Indira Jaising, an advocate of the Supreme Court of India, a U.N. statement said. The other...

Babri Masjid Demolition Case: All Accused Including LK Advani, MM Joshi, Uma Bharti Granted Bail

Senior BJP leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Union Minister Uma Bharti were, on Tuesday granted bail by the Special CBI Court, in the Babri Masjid demolition case.Besides them, Special CBI judge SK Yadav had asked BJP leader Vinay Katiyar, VHP’s Vishnu Hari Dalmia and a one-time firebrand Hindutva preacher Sadhvi Ritambara to present themselves before the Court in person. The...

Open Letter To Legal Fraternity From An Aggrieved Parent Seeking CLAT 2017 Re-Exam

I have a few questions to ask. Are you proud of your LLB qualification? Do you recommend students to choose law as a career? Do you feel top NLUs in India are the places to go when it comes to legal education?I asked you this question; but I know the answer is "YES". One answer I want to give before I go ahead. Who am I? I am the parent of a student who appeared for CLAT 2017. There is no...

Petitions Filed In Kerala HC Challenging New Rules Restricting Cattle Trade [Read Petition]

A Petition has been filed before the High Court of Kerala, challenging the recently notified Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Market) Rules, 2017, and demanding an interim stay on the operation of the Rules pending disposal of the petition.The new Rules, notified under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, ban the sale of cows and buffaloes for slaughter at...

CLAT 2017 Results Out

Chanakya National Law University, which organised the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2017 has declared the results and all India rank of CLAT 2017 exams which was conducted on May 14.The results are available in the official website of CLAT 2017,clat.ac.in.According to the HT report, Aajat Maloo from Jaipur, topped the Common Law Entrance Test (CLAT) 2017 in the undergraduate category (UG),...

Heated Arguments In SC Over Rajasthan’s Plea To Cancel Anticipatory Bail To Ex-Officials Of Jodhpur Development Authority

The Vacation bench of the Supreme Court of Justices A.K.Sikri and Deepak Gupta, on Monday, heard heated arguments of the rival counsel on the merits of cancelling anticipatory bail to former officials of the Jodhpur Development Authority, K.K.Mathur and Rajendra Singh Solanki. The Anti-Corruption Bureau of the State Government had registered cases against them for alleged irregularities in JDA...