If the cumulative effect of injuries sufficient to cause death, Accused is guilty of Murder even if no significant injury inflicted on a vital part of the body; SC [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court in State of M.P. vs. Goloo Raikwar, has held that when medical report establishes that the injuries inflicted intentionally on the deceased by the accused, were cumulatively sufficient to cause death in the ordinary course of nature, Thirdly of Section 300 IPC is attracted, even if no significant injury had been inflicted on a vital part of the body and when the accused could not...

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: TN Govt. consults Centre on release of convicts [Read the Letter]

Tamil Nadu Government on Wednesday sought opinion of the Ministry of Home Affairs on release of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. In the letter addressed to Union Home Secretary Mr.  Rajiv Mehrishi, Chief Secretary K. Gnanadesikan has requested the Centre to communicate its views under Section 435 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which mandates the State Government...

Forum hunting despicable and needs to be curtailed; Bombay HC sentences Party in Person for Contempt of Court [Read Judgment]

Practice of sending letters asking court to recuse itself is despicable: Bombay HC sentences contemnor for 3 months imprisonment.We deprecate this practice of sending such letters, asking the Court to recuse itself. This practice is not only depreciable but is also despicable and needs to be curtailed, the Bench said.Bombay High Court has sentenced a person for three months imprisonment...

SC nod to re-open Dance Bars in Mahrashtra with modified conditions [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today directed the Mumbai police to issue licenses to those willing to reopen dance bars across the states within ten days and scrapped the conditions in the new rules which mandated erecting of a three feet wall around the dance stage and installation of CCTV cameras at all points including over the performing area for giving live feeds to the nearest police control...

Breaking; Delhi High Court grants Interim Bail to Kanhaiya Kumar [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, today granted interim bail to JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar in the Sedition Case. Justice Pratibha Rani allowed interim bail for Six Months by partly allowing the bail application filed by Mr.Kumar on 19th February 2016. Kanhaiya is directed to furnish bail bond of ₹10,000. The Court also directed that a faculty member from JNU should stand as Surety for...

SC allows Hindu Adoptive father to retain custody of Muslim child [Read Order]

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of a Hindu adoptive father, while disposing of a petition for custody filed by the Muslim child’s natural mother.The petitioner, Ms. Shahnaz Begum had brought to the notice of the Court that her son, Akbar had gone missing in 2004. Soon after, she and her husband became aware of the fact that Akbar was living with one Aiku Lal,...

#AIBE- Day 2: “Just because you have a law degree should not mean you have become a lawyer”; SC

The bench clarified that it was not against holding the examination per se. "But without an amendment to the Advocates Act, can you hold the examination?" it asked BCI.A day after questioning Bar Council of India's authority to conduct All India Bar Examination (AIBE) which a law graduate has to clear to be eligible to practice, the apex court today said it was not averse to any exam to test...

No names and marks on Vehicle number plates: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

Allahabad High Court, in Agnivesh vs. State of UP, has reiterated that no person shall be allowed to use personal identification names and marks on registration plates. Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Dr. Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud and Justice Yashwant Varma issued these orders in a PIL filed by Law studentsAccording to the petitioners, in the absence of uniformity,...

#AIBE - Day 1; Right to practice law is a Fundamental Right and AIBE “negates” the very right: SC

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday observed that the right to practice law is a Fundamental Right for LL.B. degree holders and the introduction of an examination to acquire a license has the effect of negating this right.“The right to practice law is there in the Act (the Advocates Act). When (Bar Council of India) says that a person will not be able to practice law without clearing...

Law Commission headless for nearly six months

The 21st Law Commission was constituted for a period of three years from 1 September, 2015 . The commission will have its tenure only till 31 August 2018. Of these three years, the first six months (and may be even more period) would have been without its full-time Chairperson, and other members, who are yet to be nominated by the Government.The Law Commission comprises a full-time...

Breaking; Service Tax for Senior Advocates: FinMin notifies Service Tax (Amendment) Rules, 2016 [Read Notification]

Ministry of Finance has notified the Service Tax (Amendment) Rules, 2016, in view of the Union Budget presented yesterday, through which the exemption on services provided by,(i)            a senior advocate to an advocate or partnership firm of advocates providing legal service; and(ii)           a person represented on an arbitral tribunal to an arbitral...

Ishrat Jahan Case: SC will hear plea for quashing charges against Gujarat cops after Headley's deposition before Court [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a petition seeking quashing of criminal cases against Gujarat policemen in the alleged encounter killing of Ishrat Jahan, who according to the petition was a “terrorist as proved by David Headley” who plotted to kill the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra ModiLawyer M L Sharma filed the petition following a recent testimony by US national...