All The Proceedings In SC Shall Be Done In English Language: SC (Again)Directs All High Courts To Furnish English Translation Of Original Records [Read Order]

“We consider it appropriate to consider directing the Registrars General of all High Courts to furnish the translation of the Original Records in English language from vernacular language wherever required, which are to be transmitted to this Court”The Supreme Court has again directed the Registrars General of all High Courts to furnish the translation of the Original Records in...

Petition In SC Seeks Probe In Corruption Allegations Against New Judge Of Allahabad HC

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking enquiry in corruption allegations against Justice Ram Krishna Gautam, who was appointed judge of Allahabad High Court last Thursday.The petition filed by "Progressive Lawyer Association", a Meerut-based NGO, is against the decision of Allahabad High Court whereby a writ filed by the Association challenging the enquiry report which...

e-Courts Services Mobile App Is Remarkably Versatile:Justice Lokur, Here Are The Prominent Features Of The New Version

Since its launch, the e-Courts Services App has been viewed as a huge step towards digitizing courts and making entire justice delivery system a little hassle free. The app’s latest version, 1.4, is available for both Android and iOS.Commenting on the utility of the mobile application, Justice Madan B Lokur told LiveLaw, “The mobile app is remarkably versatile. It gives access to all...

Breaking: Bombay HC Quashes Government Resolution Making It Mandatory For Assistant Public Prosecutors To Secure 25% Conviction For A Promotion [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has quashed a government resolution dated May 12, 2015 imposing a condition that the Assistant Public Prosecutor, whose rate of conviction is less than 25% of the cases handled by him, is not entitled to promotion.Division bench of Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice SK Kotwal at Aurangabad held that the said notification was irrational, unreasonable and against the law...

Sabarimala : Kerala HC Enquires About Measures Taken By Govt & TDB For Safety Of Women Pilgrims [Read Petition]

The High Court of Kerala today directed the state government and Travancore Devaswom Board to file statements apprising the Court of measures taken by them to ensure smooth and safe pilgrimage of women in the age group of 10 to 50 years to Sabarimala temple.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice Jayasankaran Nambiar was acting on a PIL filed by four women...

SC Commutes Death Penalty In Two Rape-Cum-Murder Cases [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice AK Sikri has commuted death sentence imposed on accused in two different cases, by recalling its earlier orders by which it had dismissed the SLPs filed by them in limine.Babasaheb Maruti Kamble was convicted for rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl in Maharashtra, while Jitendra was convicted in a rape-cum-murder case by the Madhya Pradesh High...

It’s Not Arbitration If Jurisdiction Of The ‘Designated Officer’ Can’t Be Invoked By Both Parties To The Dispute, Says SC [Read Judgment]

“Arbitration has always been understood to mean the process by which a dispute is resolved by an arbitrator chosen or acceptable to both sides under an arbitration agreement between the two parties.”The Supreme Court has observed that if jurisdiction of a designated officer mentioned in the agreement cannot be invoked by both parties to the dispute, such an officer is not intended to be...

Chartered Accountants Can Be Proceeded Against For Their Acts Which Brings Disrepute To The Profession Whether Or Not Related To His Professional Work: SC [Read Judgment]

 “We are afraid that the High Court has not correctly appreciated Section 21(3) of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949”The Supreme Court observed that the chartered accountants can be proceeded against for their acts which bring disrepute to the profession whether or not related to his professional work.The bench comprising Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and Justice Navin Sinha...

"If I Have Agenda, What About The Other Three Judges Who Took part In The Press Conference?", Justice Chelameswar Opens Up On Dramatic Events Of His Term [Video]

"Independence and accountability go hand in hand. Independence without accountability will lead to despotism", he saidFormer Supreme Court judge Justice Jasti Chelameswar opened up on the explosive events during the last phase of his term such as the order in Medical College bribery case, boycott of collegium meetings and the historic press conference.He was speaking at a seminar on the...

Breaking: SLP Against Death Sentence Shall Not Be Dismissed Without Giving Reasons: SC [Read Judgment]

‘If death penalty is to be affirmed even while dismissing the Special Leave Petition in limine, it should be by a reasoned order on the aspect of sentence, at least”The Supreme Court held that Special Leave Petitions filed in those cases where death sentence is awarded by the courts below, should not be dismissed without giving reasons, at least qua death sentence.The three judge...

SC Sets Aside Madras HC Order Awarding 196 Marks To Those Who Took NEET Exam In Tamil [Read Judgment]

 ‘Because of a mistake in translation which could have been detected and avoided by the students, we find it unjust that all the students across the board who took the examination in Tamil have been awarded four marks for all the 49 questions without any reference to the answer of those questions.’The Supreme Court of India set aside a Madras High Court judgment that directed the...

The Very Framework Of Granting Child-Care Leaves Perpetuates Existing Notions Of Patriarchy: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court recently scorned at a school for withholding a month’s salary of a woman who had availed of child-care leave.In doing so, Justice Protik Prakash Banerjee analysed the introduction of the concept of granting child-care leaves to a mother, and found that “the very framework is predisposed to perpetuate the existing notions of patriarchy which has still not...