Justice Kurian Joseph- the letter PIL ‘petitioner’- after improving Delhi’s children's parks, now the Taj Mahal

Justice Kurian Joseph, a vibrant judge of the Supreme Court is in a way also of late donning the role of an active letter PIL ‘petitioner’.After his letter to the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court in April 2013 became instrumental in improving the condition of children’s parks in Delhi, Justice Joseph has now embarked on restoring the Taj Mahal to its original glory.In a letter written...

Supreme Court's New Judges: who will make it to Collegium's shortlist?

As the new CJI takes over on December 2, the Constitution Bench is understandably anxious to complete its reform of the Collegium by laying down guidelines at the earliest. The case for early completion of the consequential hearing on Collegium is that the next Collegium can begin its meetings immediately after the next CJI takes over, in order to fill six vacancies in the Supreme Court...

Transgender Welfare Boards, 24x7 helpline, monthly pension, self employment grants: Kerala Govt. releases historic transgender policy [Read the Full Text]

In a landmark step, Kerala Government has unveiled its Transgender Policy, for the purpose of safeguarding their constitutional rights, as well as the right to self-identify as male, female or third gender. The Policy will cover all the categories of transgenders, including but not limited to Female to Male TGs, Male to Female TGs and Inter-sex people.The Policy was unveiled by State...

Indian barrister SK Varma disbarred for backing Indian independence, reinstated posthumously at Inner Temple

Indian barrister Shyamji Krishna Varma (1857-1930) has posthumously been reinstated at London’s famed Inner Temple, after being disbarred for advocating independence for India.Mr. Varma had been expelled for writing letters to the Times for arguing for Indian home rule. The Inner Temple was quoted as saying, “The Benchers of the Inner Temple decided that Varma should be reinstated as a...

Madras HC DB upholds dismissal of Law Students for sending obscene messages to Lady Professor [Read Judgment]

“If the persons, like petitioners are allowed to become lawyers, a situation may arise, where woman members of the Bar cannot attend the Court and the entire system will be ruined. Wonders may also happen in this country and we cannot predict, who will be elevated to the level of Judge and if such kind of persons is elevated, people will definitely lose their faith in the justice...

What NCRB statistics says about Criminal Justice system in India?

National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has published its ‘Crime In India – 2014’ report in its Website.  The following are some facts and figures related to disposal of Criminal cases by Police and Courts across the country. Report was published in July 2015.Investigation and Trial7229193 new crimes were reported in India in 2014. 9930625 criminal cases were tried in Indian courts in 2014...

Promoting Obscenity; Bombay HC quashes Criminal Proceedings against Mallika Sherawat [Read Judgment]

In my opinion, it was the duty of the Magistrate first to verify  whether those films had certification from the Censor Board or not, the Court said while quashing the Criminal proceedings against Mallika Sherawat. Bombay High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against Bollywood Actress Mallika Sherawat in a case accusing her of promoting obscenity through films. Justice AB Chaudhary...

Kerala HC directs all colleges in the state to install CCTV Cameras in Exam Halls [Read Judgment]

The installation of CCTV cameras would certainly act as a deterrent for a student to indulge in the mal-practices for fear of being detected eventually, the Court observed.High Court of Kerala has asked the Education department of the state to install CCTV cameras in the examination halls of the colleges to function during examination hours before June, next year. According to Justice...

Three and a half year old child is too young to be given in overnight access to father: Bombay HC [Read the Order]

Bombay High Court on Monday stayed an order of interim relief granted by the Family Court, taking into consideration the age of the child while granting overnight access to the father.The mother had challenged the order dated November 6, 2015 passed by Family Court, Mumbai, granting overnight access to the custody of a 3 year old child to the husband for a period of 10 days from November 9...

Allahabad High Court directs the State to frame policy on Funding of Un-aided Private Schools under RTE Act [Read Judgment]

In a significant decision, the Allahabad High court, in the matter of delay in Funding of private unaided schools, has directed the State Government to frame its policy regarding funding of unaided private schools falling under the Right to Education Act.The order was passed by a Single Judge Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta, on petition filed by the Gram Vikas Sewa Samiti.Hearing the petition,...

Law and Finance Minister of Kerala KM Mani resigns following Kerala HC's remarks against him

Following the critical observation made by the High Court of Kerala in Bar Scam case on him, the Finance and Law Minister of Kerala, K.M. Mani has finally tendered his resignation. His resignation was sought for, by the opposition parties in Kerala, since the allegation of him receiving bribe from Liquor Bar owners was made by one Biju Ramesh, almost a year ago.It was only yesterday, that...

Justice A.P. Shah joins as the Ethics Officer (Ombudsman) at BCCI

Justice A.P. Shah has been appointed as the ethics officer (ombudsman) at Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court will take the chair as the sole decision maker on all conflict of interest issues plaguing Indian cricket.The Board’s 86th Annual General Meeting unleashed several historic decisions, being termed as a cleaning drive by...