Measures to curb Acid Attacks; SC dropped the proceedings against Chief Secretaries of States

The Supreme Court today expressed happiness at the steps taken by Kerala in implementing its earlier orders in dealing with acid attacks on women and providing timely relief and compensationA bench headed by justice M Y Eqbal, after accepting an affidavit filed by state counsel Ramesh Babu withdrew the threat of contempt proceedings against Kerala Chief Secretary who was present in the court...

Inflammatory Speech: SC exempts Arvind Kejriwal from personal appearance in Amethi Court

The Supreme Court has reportedly exempted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from appearing personally before a Magisterial Court at Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, till further orders. This was in relation to a case filed against him under Section 125 of Representation of People’s Act for allegedly making inflammatory speech during Lok Sabha polls on 2 May, 2014.Addressing a rally in favour of...

Allegations against Somnath Bharti very serious and supported with proof : Delhi HC refuses bail [Read Order]

Delhi High Court today, refused to grant bail to Somnath Bharti, Former Law minister of AAP Government and the present MLA of Delhi assembly, in a complaint filed by his wife accusing him of domestic violence and torture among other allegations. Justice Suresh Kait observed that the allegations against him are not baled but supported with documentary proof. The court also said that Bharati...

SC to decide on validity of Haryana Panchayat Poll Edu-qualification rules; orders deferment of Election

The standoff between the Haryana government and the Supreme Court over minimum educational qualification criteria fixed by the state for people contesting panchayat election took a new twist with the apex court on Tuesday directing deferment of the polls till it decided on the constitutional validity of the law.Admitting a PIL challenging the rule,  a bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar...

Judges in Madras HC have “fear psychosis” due to constant threat by lawyers: SC

Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu on Monday rebuked the lawyers of the Madras High Court for instilling a “fear psychosis” in the minds of the Judges, with a constant threat that these lawyers with “mob mentality” might enter Court rooms and shout slogans.Hearing in-camera suo motu contempt proceedings against two leaders of Madurai Bar Association, the Bench reportedly lamented...

After Outrage over draft National Encryption Policy, Govt. clarifies that Social Media sites are exempted from its purview [Read the Policy]

The Central Government appointed “expert group”  has published draft of National Encryption Policy and has invited public to comment on it.  Many cyber law experts view this draft as a draconian measure which could violate privacy of the citizens. After the outrage in Social media, which apprehended that the Social media users will have to store the messages for 90 days, as mandated by...

Supreme Court miffed over Kejriwal vs LG battle in Delhi and negative impact on Governance

For the first time, the intense power struggle between Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Governor Najeeb Jung figured in the Supreme Court today.The bench of Justice T.S Thakur and Justice V Gopala Gowda said it knew that Delhi people suffered.The reason was  serious governance problem caused by constant fight between Kejriwal and Jung, mostly over contentious bureaucratic appointments it...

Never tried to influence Malegaon Blast Prosecutor: Centre tells Supreme Court

The Central government today told the Supreme Court that there is absolutely no truth in former Special Public Prosecutor in the Malegaon blasts case Rohini Salian’s claim that she was asked to “go soft” on the accused who belonged to right wing Hindu extremist groups."The main allegation is that the prosecutor was asked to go soft. I myself have examined the papers. There is no truth...

SC Women Lawyers Association moves Apex Court seeking blocking of all Porn sites, formulation of National Policy on Pornography to curb Child Porn [Read Petition]

Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association has filed an intervention application in Kamlesh Vaswani Vs Union of India. Mr. Vaswani has petitioned the Court challenging the Constitutional validity of Section 66, 67,69,71,72,75,79,80 and 85 of the Information Technology Act 2000 till amendment and has sought to recognize the harmful effects of Pornography.The application, filed on Saturday, comes...

Tamil as Court language: Justice Katju supports Lawyers, will meet CJ and CM ; AIBA urges suspension of protesting lawyers

Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India Justice Markandey Katju has shown his support for the Tamil lawyers’ demand for making Tamil as the Court language of madras High Court. “All languages in our country are equal, and need to be developed. So I fully support the demand of the Tamil lawyers,” he wrote in his recent blog.Justice Katju cited Article 348 (2) of the Constitution...

High Courts Weekly Round Up

Delhi High CourtThe Delhi High Court in Wilson Mathew v. State held that Security cheques per se would not get out of the ambit of Section 138 of the NI Act.The Delhi High Court  dismissed a plea seeking a ban on screening of ‘MSG 2: The Messenger’, on Wednesday, on the ground that the film’s trailer depicts a fantasy to the viewers and has to be understood in that light only.The...

Bombay High Court upholds the Constitutionality of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 [Read the Judgment]

In a significant judgment rendered by the Bombay High Court on 16.09.2015, the constitutionality of the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 has been upheld. Several merchant, traders, hoteliers and dealers in food items had moved the High Court under the collective of associations like ‘The Association of Traders carrying the various business of Food Items’ , ‘Mumbai Mewa Masala...