CBI Vs CBI: Crucial Hearing Tomorrow

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday the version of the Central Vigilance Commission, which was directed to complete within two weeks its preliminary inquiry against CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma, who has been divested of his duties and sent on leave by the Centre.The hearing assumes significance as Verma, who has a running feud with Special CBI Director Rakesh Asthana, has...

Refrain From Filing Status Reports In A “Casual And Cavalier” Manner: Delhi HC To Delhi Police [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court recently absolved Station House Officer PS Mayur Vihar, Inspector Manoj Kumar Sharma of contempt charges, while directing the Delhi Police to refrain from filing status reports in a “casual” and “cavalier” manner.A Bench comprising Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal ordered, “…officials of the Delhi Police are required to be held to...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Chief Justices For Four High Courts [Read Notifications]

The Central Government on Friday notified the appointment of Chief Justices for four high courts of the country.The following appointments were notified: Justice Govind Mathur has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court.Justice Mathur practiced in the Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur in Constitutional, Service and Labour matters after this enrolment. He has also served as...

Centre And States Should Imbibe The Spirit Of Cooperative Federalism: Justice KM Joseph [Video]

Supreme Court judge, Justice KM Joseph recently emphasized on the need for “cooperative Federalism” for India to become a “naturally indestructible formation”.“Both the Centre and the States must imbibe a genuine spirit of co-operative Federalism, if not collaborative Federalism. There can be no Centre without States. The States are integrated into one nation, both based on...

“Free Legal Aid And Advice Is Your Right And NALSA Wants You To Have It": Justice Madan Lokur Addresses The Nation On Legal Services Day

On the occasion of the National Legal Services Day, Supreme Court judge and Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) Justice Madan B. Lokur identified illiteracy as one of the main challenges in the materialization of the “constitutional vision” of equal justice and equality in access to justice as envisaged in Article 39A.Speaking on national radio, he...

Centre Notifies Transfer Of Seven High Court Judges [Read Notifications]

The Centre has notified the transfer of seven High Court judges to the High Courts of Hyderabad, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab & Haryana, Orissa, and Jharkhand.Justice Rajiv Sharma has been transferred from the Uttarakhand High Court to the Punjab & Haryana High Court. He had initially been proposed to be transferred to the Allahabad High Court. However, the Collegium acceded to...

Repeal Simpliciter Won’t Attract Section 6 Of General Clauses Act If Contrary Intention Is Clearly Expressed In Statement Of Objects And Reasons To The Repeal Act: SC [Read Judgment]

SC disposes of a 1973 appeal during pendency of which the concerned law itself got repealedLast week, the Supreme Court disposed of an appeal filed in the year 1973, challenging a show cause notice issued under the Gold (Control) Act, 1968.The Delhi High court had dismissed the challenge against show cause notice in 1972. A Special Leave Petition was filed against the high court order in...

Kerala HC Declines Prayer To Direct Devaswom Board To Seek Review Against Sabarimala Judgment

The High Court of Kerala today declined the prayer to direct Travancore Devaswom Board to file review petition in the Supreme Court against the judgment in Indian Young Lawyers' Association case, which permitted entry of women on all age groups to Sabarimala temple.It was submitted on behalf of the petitioner M K Gopinath that Devaswom Board was a trustee of the deity and therefore had to...

Hand Over Charge Of Gokarna Temple To Ramachnadrapura Math For Now: SC Tells Karnataka [Read Order]

‘Our order dated 03.10.2018 is unambiguously clear that the status quo as on 07.09.2018 should be maintained by the parties.’Last week, the Supreme Court asked the State of Karnataka to hand over the administration of Gokarna temple back to Ramachnadrapura Math, for now.The Karnataka High Court had quashed the decision taken by the state government in the year 2008 to hand over Gokarna...

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions Resigns At President Trump’s Request; Matthew Whitaker Appointed Acting Attorney General

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned as the country's chief law enforcement officer at the request of President Donald Trump. Chief of Staff to the Attorney General, Matthew G. Whitaker has been appointed as the Acting Attorney General until a permanent replacement is nominated.Broadcasting the decision, President Trump tweeted on Wednesday: “We are pleased to announce that...

AP To Get Its Own HC On 1st January 2019, Says SC [Read Order]

Finally, Andhra Pradesh will get its own high court in Amaravati on 1st January 2019. The present high court building in Hyderabad would be housing the High Court of Telangana.The Supreme Court on 29th October passed an order wherein it said that it expects a notification bifurcating the courts into the High Court of Telangana and High Court of Andhra Pradesh to be issued by January...

Sexual Harassment At Workplace : Kerala HC Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Formation Of ICC By Political Parties, Media Houses Etc [Read Petition]

The High Court of Kerala today admitted a Public Interest Litigation which seeks directions to constitute Internal Complaints Committee(ICC) within political parties, media and film production houses n accordance with the Prevention of Sexual Harassment At Workplaces Act 2013. Considering the PIL for admission, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice Jayasankaran...