Orissa Lawyer's Strike: High Court Bar Association Resolves To Resume Work

The long drawn strike of the lawyers in Orissa has finally come to an end with the Orissa High Court Bar Association resolving to resume court work. In a General Body Meeting held today, under the leadership of Gopal Krushna Mohanty, President of the HCBA, the HCBA resolved, "In considering the request of the Bar Council of India and the majority opinion of the Senior Advocates and...

Delhi HC Rejects Chidambaram's Plea For Treatment In AIIMS Private Ward

The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered that there is no need to admit P Chidambaram to a sterilised private ward at AIIMS. The court further passed a series of directions for Tihar Superintendent to ensure clean and hygienic environment for the applicant. The former Union Finance Minister is currently lodged in Tihar jail in the case registered by ED on money laundering allegations in INX...

Air Pollution : EPCA Declares Public Health Emergency In Delhi-NCR Region; Bans Construction Activities Till Nov 5

Taking note of the severely deteriorated air quality of Delhi-National Capital Region, the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority Friday declared a public health emergency in the Delhi-NCR region and banned construction activity till November 5."The air quality of Delhi and NCR has deteriorated as of last night and is now at 'Severe Plus' level. We have to take this as a...

RTI Activists Move SC To Implement Directions On Appointment Of Information Commissioners [Read Application]

An application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions for the timely and transparent appointment of Chief and Information Commissioners of the Central Information Commission (CIC) and State Information Commissions (SICs) in order to secure the fundamental Right to Information and the effective implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005. On February 15, 2019, ...

What Are The SC Guidelines On Investigating Police Encounter Killings? [Read Guidelines]

The recent killings of four Maoists in Attappady forest in Kerala have become controversial amidst allegations that they were killed in an encounter staged by police.The relatives of two of the killed persons have moved the Sessions Court Palakkad alleging that the police did not follow the guidelines laid down by Supreme Court to investigate encounter killings.The Sessions Court on...

Madras HC Dismisses Plea Challenging J&K Reorganization Act As Non-Maintainable

The Court said that the petitioner was not a resident of J&K

'Collegium System Sufficiently Transparent; Govt Not Delaying Judicial Appointments ': CJI Designate Justice Bobde

There is sufficient transparency in the Collegium system, said Chief Justice of Inida-designate Justice S A Bobde in an interview given to NDTV."I think there is sufficient transparency. Most of the time, when some people demand more transparency, they want to know the cause of why somebody was not selected. They are not so much interested in why somebody was selected. They are interested in...

Jammu & Kashmir Ceases To Be A State From Today; UTs Of J&K And Ladakh Come Into Existence

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, which downgrades and bifurcates the State of Jammu and Kashmir into the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh, has taken effect from today, October 31.The Centre had notified October 31 as the 'appointed day' for the taking effect of the Act passed by the Parliament on August 6.The Act was made along with the measures taken by the Central Government...

Borewell Accidents Continue To Happen Despite SC Issuing Preventive Guidelines 9 Years Ago [Read Order]

The tragic death of two year old Sujith Wilson in Tamil Nadu due to a borewell accident should be an eyeopener. It is unfortunate that such mishaps continue to happen despite the Supreme Court laying down extensive guidelines nine years ago for preventing borewell accidents. In a suo moto case taken as In Re: Measures For Prevention Of Fatal Accidents Of Small Children Due To...

Signed Carbon Copy Prepared In Same Process As Original Document Is Primary Evidence Under Sec.62 Evidence Act : SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has held that signed carbon copy prepared in the same process as the original document is admissible in evidence as the original document as per Section 62 of the Indian Evidence Act.On this ground, the bench comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose set aside a judgment passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had refused to accept the signed carbon copy...

Former Supreme Court Judge Justice N Venkatachala Passes Away

Justice N Venkatachala, who was a judge of Supreme Court from July 1, 1992 to July 2, 1995, passed away on Wednesday morning.He was aged 89 years.He was born on July 3, 1930 in Mittur village in Kolar district of Karnataka.Venkatachala enrolled as an Advocate in the then High Court of Mysore on 16 November 1955. He served as a part-time reader in Mercantile Law from 1958 to 1970 and a...

'Supreme Court Has Been Slow To Deal With Kashmir Petitions' : United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights [Read Statement]

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a statement on Tuesday expressing concerns at the continuation of communication blockade and restrictions in Kashmir."We are extremely concerned that the population of Indian-Administered Kashmir continues to be deprived of a wide range of human rights and we urge the Indian authorities to unlock the situation and fully restore...