Karnataka HC dismisses Judge who showed pornographic content to women employees

Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed District Judge S.N. Hakeem on charges of sexual harassment, after the inquiry conducted against him concluded that he was making women employees watch pornographic videos and photos on his official laptop. In the past, sexual harassment charges have been levied against and inquiry initiated against Justice A.K. Ganguly, Justice Swatanter Kumar ...

SC raps AAP Govt. over Water Crisis

The Supreme Court of India on Monday issued notices to Uttar Pradesh and Haryana Governments, directing them to take quick action to end the water scarcity in Delhi. The Court has been assured by the Haryana Government that water supply will resume in NCR region by the evening. The Bench, headed by Chief Justice T.S. Thakur also sought a report from Haryana Government on Delhi...

BCI says will not tolerate misconduct by lawyers; forms panel to probe Patiala House violence [Read Affidavit]

“The unlawful assembly of the people from Jawaharlal Nehru University also included few lawyers in their court dresses, not only they are seen shouting slogans in the court premises, but they are also indulging in manhandling journalists. The role of such lawyers is really shameful and the incident is very unfortunate.. All the members of the Bar Council of India were of the opinion...

Complaint against termination of employee is also maintainable in the place where the management decided termination: SC

Supreme Court has, in Nandram vs. M/s Garware Polyster Ltd., held that a complaint against termination of an employee of a company is not only maintainable in a Labour court having jurisdiction of the place where the employee was working, when the termination was ordered, but also the Labour court having jurisdiction of the place where the decision to terminate the employee was taken by...

PMO directs Law Ministry to finalize MOP for Appointment of Judges

Prime Minister’s Office has reportedly asked the Law Ministry to finalise the new Memorandum of Procedure for appointment of Judges. PMO has reportedly, in a letter to Law ministry, asked it to give final shape to the document after consulting the Attorney General (Source: IE)Memorandum of Procedure is a document which guides the appointment of judges to the higher judiciary. The draft MoP...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

SC upholds Army’s “command and exit policy”A Division Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Indian Army’s 2009 “command and exit policy” allowing preferential promotion for officers serving in the command unit. The Bench, comprising Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur and Justice Kurian Joseph also directed the Government to create 141 additional vacancies for promotion...

JNU Row: Kanhaiya Kumar’s bail plea likely to be heard on Tuesday by Delhi HC

JNU Students’ Union President Kanhaiya Kumar’s petition will most likely be heard on Tuesday by the Delhi High Court, as confirmed by Mr. Kumar’s lawyer, Advocate Vrinda Grover to LiveLaw.The matter could not be posted last week, as there reportedly existed a difference of opinion between Kanhaiya’s legal team and the High Court Registry, on the issue of the provision under which...

When Gandhiji pleaded guilty of Sedition

In March 1922, Gandhi was tried before Mr. Broomfield, I.C.S., District & Sessions Judge of Ahmedabad, for sedition in respect of two articles, which he had written in his paper "Young India". Before that, there was acute unrest and hostility to government, mainly due to the doctrines preached by Gandhi, and his campaign of non-cooperation and civil disobedience. This had resulted in...

Breaking; Being an Advocate does not confer any immunity from investigation for a wrongdoing; Allahabad HC 7 Judge Bench directs strong action against Lawyers engaged in Violence in the Court

Being an Advocate does not confer immunity from investigation for a wrong doing and every person is susceptible to the reach of law for a criminal wrong doing which is committed like every common citizen, the Bench observed. The Court declared the Lawyer’s strike illegal and contempt of Court. A Seven Judge Bench headed by the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court has declared that the...

Physical assault on Kanhaiya Kumar in Patiala House Court is organized and pre- planned; NHRC report [Read Report]

NHRC Team today visited Central Prison, Tihar to inquire into important issues pertaining to Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union President Shri Kanhaiya Kumar and forwarded inquiry report to Commission of Police, Delhi and Director General of Prisons, Tihar Jail for comments. On 16.02.2016, the Commission took suo motu cognizance of the newspaper report published in Hindu newspaper...

JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar moves Delhi High Court for Bail

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union(JNUSU) President Kanhaiya Kumar today moved Delhi High Court for bail. The Application is moved by Advocate Vrinda Grover and Sushil Bajaj  before the Delhi High Court pursuant to the Supreme Court direction.According to 'The Hindu' report,“The High Court’s Registry sources said the case will not come up for hearing on Friday. Mr....

Why SC asked Kanhaiya to approach Delhi HC for bail. The reasoning [Read today's order]

Directing JNUSU President Kanhaiya’s battery of top lawyers led by Soli Sorabjee to approach the Delhi High Court for his bail in the sedition case, the Supreme Court today said the apex court directly entertaining the plea would set a “dangerous proposition and precedent”.“Why have you come to supreme court directly. If we entertain this it will be laying a dangerous proposition. It...