A heated TV debate on NJAC verdict- ‘tyranny of unelected’ comment rude: says Lodha. Jaitley compares Collegium to “Gymkhana Club”

Sparks flew at a Judiciary Vs Executive debate on the NJAC judgment hosted by TV Channel Times Now and moderated by famous news anchor Arnab Goswami yesterday evening which saw high-profile participants sharply divided on the collegium system of choosing judges with even its supporters admitting that it has some faults and needed reform.Finance Minister Arun Jaitley continued to criticize...

Ordering Investigation U/S 156 (3) Cr.P.C is a revisable order; Bombay High Court [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High court held that the ordering investigation u/s 156(3) of the Code of Criminal procedure, not being an interlocutory order, butbeing a final order in a proceeding u/s 156(3) of the Code, is revisable under the revisional powers of the Sessions Court or the High Court. The division bench of Justices A.B. Chaudhari & Indira K. Jain declined the request of the petitioners...

BREAKING; President Promulgates Constitution of Commercial Courts and Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinances [Read Full Text of Ordinance]

The President of India has promulgated two ordinances today- one for constitution of commercial courts and another to amend the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 One of the ordinances provides for the constitution of Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division in the High Courts for adjudicating commercial disputes of specified value and for matters...

No illegality if Detention under the NSA is for a single criminal case alone and even if no criminal case is registered: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High court has held that a person can be detained under the National Security Act for a single criminal case alone and even if no criminal case is registered. Division bench of Justices Bala Krishna Narayana and Vijay Lakshmi dismissed the Habeas Corpus petition filed by one Pankaj, praying for his release from detention. His prayer for quashing the detention order under...

Campuses are not venues for students to 'show off' their material possessions; Kerala HC bans all programmes in Campuses after 9 PM

The Court upheld complete ban on all sorts programme within the campus by external/professional/paid agencies such as DJ, musical events etc. In a Writ petition filed by some students of College of Engineering, Trivandrum the Kerala High Court Single Bench, Justice V. Chitambaresh, refused to quash the punishment imposed on them by the College Council for being found guilty of indiscipline in...

Murder alleging 'LOVE JIHAD' : SC confirms Life sentence of accused persons [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court of India Division Bench comprising of Justices Fakkir Mohamed Kalifulla and Uday Umesh Lalit dismissed the appeal by Special Leave preferred by two accused persons in Sultan Meeran Murder case against the confirmation of the sentence passed by the High Court of Madras and thus affirmed the conviction and sentence for life sentence recorded by the Principal Sessions...

Conflicting Reports about Govt. approval of appointment of HC Judges flood leading dailies

Eager to comment and analyze the effects of the National Judicial Appointments Commission being declared unconstitutional, news agencies are flooded with conflicting reports of the Government response to the recommendations of the SC collegium.TOI reported that the Centre has sent for President’s assent, the names of 24 Additional Judges, in six High Courts of the country. It reported...

Uber Rape Case accused Shiv Kumar Yadav found guilty

Uber cab driver, Shiv Kumar Yadav, held guilty of raping and endangering life of a 25 year old woman in his taxi on December 5, 2014.The special Fast Track Court today (October 20) convicted 32-year-old Shiv Kumar Yadav.Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja, charged him for all the offences(framed against him) including endangering a woman's life while raping her, abducting with intent...

NJAC verdict: After then CJI Lodha’s tough words, Govt should have seen it coming?

On August 15, 2014, a day after Parliament passed the bill for setting up the National Judicial Appointments Commission, the then Chief Justice of India R. M. Lodha, present CJI H L Dattu’s predecessor, surprisingly minced no words while warning the Central government against encroaching into the sphere of the judiciary and reminded the centre of the principle of separation of power...

President appoints Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei as Acting Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court

In exercise of the powers conferred by article 223 of the Constitution of India, the President of India appointed  Shri Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei, senior-most Judge of Gauhati High Court, to perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice of that High Court with effect from 21st October, 2015 consequent upon the retirement of Shri Justice Karanam Sreedhar Rao, Acting Chief Justice...

High Court vacancies increase to 39% of approved strength

With the National Judicial Appointment Commissions verdict in place, the system for appointment of elevation of Judges needs to be re-instituted, in order to take care of the vacancies in the High Courts of the country, which have crossed the mark of 400.The vacancies in the High Courts of the country account for 39% of the total approved strength of Judges for the High Courts. The...

CJI Dattu calls for SC collegium meeting for appointments to High Courts

With the National Judicial Appointments Commission declared unconstitutional in a momentous decision rendered by the Constitutional bench of the Supreme Court of India, Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu has reportedly called a meeting of the Supreme Court collegium to recommend names for appointment and elevation to High Courts of the country.The collegium, comprising the Chief Justice...