Hearing on NJAC Challenge started in SC; The whole thing looks unworkable observes SC

The Advocate-on-Record Association, NGO Change India and Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), senior counsel and former additional Solicitor General of India Bishwajit Bhattacharyya, senior counsel Bhim Singh and R.K. Kapoor and advocate Manohar Lal Sharma have challenged the validity of the Constitution (Ninety Ninth Amendment) Act, 2014, that provides for setting up the...

Row over ‘Sudden and Unannounced Listing’ in SC ends; All Final Hearing Matters will be listed with at least four weeks’ advance notice.

In a meeting between the President of Supreme Court Bar Association Dushyant Dave and Chief Justice of India Justice H.L.Dattu, which held today, it was resolved thatAll the Final Hearing Matters will be listed with at least four weeks’ advance notice.2. All fresh Matters will be listed in appropriate Court with sufficient notice.Any urgent request for mentioning will be permitted...

Office of Attorney General is a public authority under the Right to Information Act: Delhi HC [Read the Judgment]

The Delhi High Court today pronounced that the office of the Attorney General of India is a public authority under the Right to Information Act. The Court decided the same while hearing a writ petition filed by RTI Activist Mr. Subhash Chandra Agrawal, which was against the order passed by full bench of CIC wherein the Central Information Commission had held that the office of Attorney...

Delhi High Court refuses PIL against 'PIL provisions' in Supreme Court Rules, 2013 [Read the Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a public interest litigation filed by Mr. Manohar Lal Sharma, who had moved Court against Order IV Rule 1(c) and Order XXXVIII Rule 12(2)(i)(a) of the Supreme Court Rules, 2013.These rules provide for "a party wanting to appear and argue the case in person to seek permission therefor and empowering the Registrar to require the Supreme Court...

Delhi High Court order on recalling of witness in Uber rape case stayed by Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today stayed the order passed by the Delhi High Court by which the High Court had allowed the recalling of 13 witnesses, including the victim in the Uber rape case. Earlier, the Supreme Court on Monday had allowed to give the matter an urgent hearing after the same was mentioned by senior lawyer Mr. Colin Gonsalves before the bench headed by Chief Justice of India.In...

Allahabad HC scraps CLAT age limit on Petition filed by 21 aspiring candidates [Read the Order]

Scrapping the upper age limit of 20 years for CLAT 2015, an Allahabad High Court Bench comprising of Justice Shashi Kant Gupta has observed, "I am constrained to say that the Respondent No. 3 has completely shut its eyes and has not considered that when the Bar Council of India itself has withdrawn the notification prescribing upper age limit as 20 years for admission in the stream of...

Supreme Court unhappy with tree felling in Taj Trapezium Zone

The Supreme Court of India on Monday expressed its unhappiness regarding the issue of tree felling in the sensitive in Taj Trapezium Zone in Agra. The Court said, "Crores of rupees have been spent on afforestation. How much money actually utilised for plantation works in the area bothers us. Given the track record of forest department and authorities, we are inclined for proper inquiry."...

Right to travel is a fundamental right and the Government cannot restrain persons having valid T visas issued from USA to travel to USA ; Kerala HC [Read the Judgment]

The Kerala High Court has held that right to travel is a fundamental right and that the government cannot restrain persons having valid T visas issued from USA to travel to USA. T visas, also known as Trafficking visas are issued by USA to persons who are victims of human trafficking and their families. Earlier, the Central Government had declared that persons accepting T visas issued by...

Petitions against NJAC listed for March 10

The petitions challenging the constitutionality of 99th Amendment Act, 2014, that granted the constitutional status to National Judicial Appointments Commission have been listed for March 10 in the Supreme Court.A Special Bench has been constituted for the same and petitions will be placed before the Special Bench consisting of Justices Anil R. Dave, J. Chelameswar and Madan B. Lokur.The...

Delhi High Court refuses to keep 'Live-In Relationships' outside the Purview of 'Rape' [Read the Judgment]

Hearing a public interest litigation which had sought for keeping the cases of live-in relationship out of the purview of Section 376 of the IPC amongst other things, the Delhi High Court has observed, "As far as the relief sought, of keeping the live-in-relationships outside the purview of Section 376 of the IPC is concerned, the same would amount to giving the live-in-relationships, the...

Rajasthan HC scraps CLAT age limit on PIL by two 1st year students of NLSIU, Bangalore

A Rajasthan High Court Bench comprising of the Acting Chief Justice Sunil Ambwani and Justice Prakash Gupta has issued an interim stay on the age limit prescribed for the Common Law Admission Test."We are of the view that it is a fit case, in which we should grant interim order, directing the Organizing University namely, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, c-Core Committee of...

58 Rajya Sabha Members submit motion for impeachment of MP High Court Judge accused of harassing a former Additional District and Sessions Judge, Gwalior

A motion for removal has been submitted by 58 member of the Rajya Sabha the Chairman, Hamid Ansari for initiating the impeachment process of Madhya Pradesh High Court for alleged sexual harassment of a former Additional District and Sessions Judge, Gwalior. After verification of the MPs’ signatures, the impeachment process might be initiated soon.The motion, as submitted by the Rajya...