IDIA strikes again: Eight scholars make it to leading law schools through first CLAT allotment list

IDIA (Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education) continued its success this year as well, with eight of their scholars making it to the leading law schools in India through the first CLAT allotment list. More scholars are expected to make it, with other lists yet to be released.Following is the profile of this year’s achievers, as retrieved from an IDIA release:...

SC directs MP Government to pay Five Lakh Each to Two Women illegally arrested [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court of India Today has directed the Government of Madhya Pradesh to grant a sum of Rs.5,00,000/- (rupees five lakhs only) each towards compensation to two Women who were arrested in violation of law. In a Judgment pronounced Today, the Bench comprising of Justices Dipak Mishra and Shiva Kirti Singh has also quashed the proceedings against them pending before the Magistrate Court...

Delhi HC asks Govt. to consider creation of online RTI mechanism within three months [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has asked the State Government to consider the demand for an online RTI mechanism within three months. The Court made this order in a Writ petition filed by Mr. Rajeev Agarwal, who had submitted a representation to Delhi Government two years ago, seeking the following demands. create centralized RTI website for submission of RTI request and 1st appeal online and payment of...

Gulbarg Society Massacre: Special Court convicts 24, acquits 36 others

A Special Court on Thursday convicted 24 persons and acquitted 36 others in the 2002 Gulbarg society massacre case, in which 69 people, including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, were burnt alive on February 28, 2002.Special Sessions Court Judge P.B. Desai upheld the charge under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code, but dismissed the charges of conspiracy under Section 120B against...

Parallel Proceedings for FERA Violation; If the Exoneration in Adjudication proceedings is on merit, Criminal Prosecution cannot be allowed to Continue; SC [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court upheld the Order of discharge of Videocon Industries on FERA Criminal prosecution.Supreme Court of India, in M/S VIDEOCON INDUSTRIES VS. STATE OF MAHARSHTRA, has upheld the order of a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate discharging Videocon Industries Ltd. and its officer who were facing trial for the offence punishable under Section 56(1) (i) of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act,...

Centre holds on to its Memorandum of Procedure, AG Mukul Rohatgi directed to create point-by-point rebuttal

The Centre is reportedly working on a point-by-point rebuttal of the objections put forth by the Supreme Court of India against the Memorandum of Procedure tendered by the State.The Supreme Court of India had, on May 25, returned the Memorandum of Procedure to the Government, stating that certain clauses needed clarification. Government Sources were quoted as claiming that the collegium...

Kerala HC quashes stipulation that ‘totally blind person is ineligible’ for LPG distributorship as violative of Article 14 of Constitution of India

High Court of Kerala in Baby v M/s Hindusthan Petroleum Corporation Limited has quashed a stipulation that a ‘totally blind person’ ineligible, for LPG distributorship in the LPG Distributor Guidelines as violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India.Petitioner, a totally blind person, applied for LPG Distributorship under S.C.(C.C) category. The petitioner's application has...

Crusader of forest conservation in India, T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad passes away

T.N Godavarman Thirumulpad who had opened, the new jurisprudential arena of private forests conservation  and protection has passed away yesterday .The octogenarian ,aged 86 years ,suffered a cardiac arrest at his residence  at Nilambur, and succumbed to death at around 06:00 pm. He belongs to the Nilambur Kovilakam.At a time , when conservation and protection of  ‘forests’ were...

Applicability of doctrine of mutuality to clubs after 46th Constitutional amendment: Matter referred to larger bench of SC [Read Judgment]

Division Bench of Apex Court has referred to a larger bench the question on applicability of doctrine of mutuality to clubs after the 46th amendment to Article 366 (29A) of the Constitution of India.  The following questions were framed in State of West Bengal vs. Calcutta Club Limited. Whether the doctrine of mutuality is still applicable to incorporated clubs or any club after the...

Indira Jaising’s 'Lawyers Collective' barred from receiving Foreign Funds

Union Home Ministry has suspended noted  NGO Lawyers Collective's licence to receive foreign funds for Six months. Lawyers Collective is a Public Interest Service Organisation founded by activist lawyer Indira Jaising. The Home Ministry had earlier issued a Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FRCA) violation notice against the NGO last year. The Home Ministry also directed the NGO  to...

Breaking; National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) Constituted;Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya is the Chairman

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued notification for constitution of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) with effect from today i.e. 1st June, 2016. Hon'ble Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya, Judge (Retd.), Supreme Court of India has joined as the Chairperson of the NCLAT and Hon'ble Justice M.M.Kumar, Judge (Retd.) has joined as...

An Accused can be convicted for Rape even in the absence of Medical Evidence; Delhi High Court [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has held that even in the absence of medical evidence, an Accused is liable to be convicted for Rape if the evidence of the prosecutrix is reliable. It is also re-iterated that conviction can be based on the sole testimony of the prosecutrix without any corroboration.High Court has dismissed the Appeal filed by Raju Yadav against his conviction and sentence for the...