Prisoner's Failure To Surrender On Completion Of Parole Amounts To Escape From State's Lawful Custody: Rajasthan High Court

Finding that a judgment delivered by a Division Bench of the High Court in the year 2020 isn't the correct law, the Rajasthan High Court on Thursday held that failure of a prisoner to surrender to the prison authorities on completion of parole period would amount to escape from the lawful custody of the State and that ordinarily such prisoner would not be entitled to be transferred to...

High Court Issues Notice On Delhi Govt's Plea Challenging LG's Decision Appointing Prosecutors For Arguing Farmers Protest & Delhi Riots Cases

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a petition filed by the Delhi Government against an order of the Lieutenant Governor, overturning the Cabinet's decision to appoint a panel of prosecutors of its choice to argue cases related to Farmers Protest and Delhi Riots.A Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh heard Senior Advocate Dr. AM Singhvi for the Delhi Government...

Risk Of Dropping Out : Supreme Court Issues Notice To Private School In Delhi On Plea By Students Who Lost Father Due To COVID

The Supreme Court today issued notice in a plea filed on behalf of two students studying in a private school in Delhi who have their father due to COVID-19. The plea stated that they are running the risk of discontinuing their studies in the same school due to inability to pay fees.The application seeks directions to the Central Government and Govt of NCT of Delhi to waive/ reimburse...

BREAKING : Proposing To Frame Rules To Curb Lawyers' Strikes & Court Boycotts, Bar Council of India Tells Supreme Court

The Bar Council of India informed the Supreme Court on Friday that it is proposing to frame rules to curtail strikes by lawyers and court boycotts and to take action against bar associations who act in breach and against advocates who promote such strikes through social media.The BCI Chairman Senior Advocate Manan Kumar Mishar told a bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah that...

Five Year Bumper To Bumper Insurance Mandatory For New Vehicles From September 1: Madras High Court

In a significant ruling, the Madras High Court has directed that whenever a new vehicle is sold after September 1, it is mandatory for coverage of bumper to bumper insurance every year, in addition to covering the driver, passengers and owner of the vehicle, for a period of five years. Justice S Vaidyanathan passed the direction while setting aside the award by the Motor Accident...

Justice Abhay Sreeniwas Oka Has A Record Of Enforcing State Accountability & Protecting Citizens' Rights

Justice Abhay Sreeniwas Oka, who is now elevated to the Supreme Court, has made several notable judicial interventions - both as a judge of the Bombay High Court and later as the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court - to protect the fundamental rights of the ordinary citizens against the excesses of the State. He has displayed a pro-people and a rights-based approach in his judicial career so far, with no hesitation to question the actions of the State on the anvil of Constitutional...

UAPA Case Over Alleged Maoist Links : Supreme Court Issues Notice On NIA's Challenge To Bail Granted To Kerala Youth Allan Shuhaib

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in the special leave petition filed by the National Investigation Agency challenging the Kerala High Court judgment which did not interfere with the trial court's order granting bail to law student Allan Shuhaib in a UAPA case registered over alleged Maoist links.A bench comprising Justices UU Lalit and Ajay Rastogi tagged the petition along with...

Supreme Court Expresses Concerns Of Judicial Propriety, Discipline Over P&H High Court Entertaining Fresh Plea When Proceedings Before It Pending

Noting that where the proceedings are pending before it and instead of pursuing them to the logical conclusion, the party chose to institute a fresh writ petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which the High Court has entertained, the Supreme Court expressed concerns of judicial propriety and discipline."The Division Bench of the High Court, in entertaining the petition under 226, ...

Allahabad High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Dr.Kafeel Khan Over Anti-CAA Speech At AMU

In a huge relief to Dr. Kafeel Khan, the Allahabad High Court today quashed the entire criminal proceedings arising out of an FIR & pending against him over his speech given about CAA and NRC at a protest meeting at Aligarh Muslim University in December 2019. The Bench of Justice Gautam Chaudhary has quashed the entire criminal proceedings, which was initiated pursuant to his...

For Speedy Trial Of Cases Against MPs/MLAs, Special/CBI Courts Need To Be Set Up In Different Parts Of The State Where More Than 100 Cases Are Pending : Supreme Court

Expressing deep concern at the long pendency of criminal cases against sitting and former MPs/MLAs, the Supreme Court has called for the establishment of more Special/CBI Courts to deal with such matters.The Court said that the establishment of only one Special Court to try cases against legislators in a State with large number of such cases will be a travesty of justice."Amicus Curiae...

Justice BV Nagarathna, Who Might Become First Woman Chief Justice Of India, Has Pioneered Social Welfare

The long wait for the first woman Chief Justice of India might find an end with Justice B V Nagarathna, who is in the line to become the CJI in September 2027 as per the seniority list.Her tenure as the CJI will be for only 36 days, if appointments go as per the seniority turn.Justice Nagarathna, daughter of former Chief Justice of India ES Venkataramiah, was enrolled to the Bangalore Bar...

"We Have Lost All Faith In Tihar Jail Authorities! They Are Sitting in Capital City & Defeating Our Orders, Absolutely Shameless": Supreme Court In Unitech Case

"We have lost all faith in the Tihar Jail authorities! They are sitting in the capital city and defeating the order of the Supreme Court! Absolutely shameless on the part of the Superintendent of the Tihar jail!", expressed Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Thursday in connection with the Unitech matter.The bench of Justices Chandrachud and M. R. Shah pulled up the Tihar Jail authorities for acting...