Gujarat High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Disclosure Of Reasons For Withdrawal Of Sanjiv Bhatt’s Security In 2018

The Gujarat High Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by former IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt's wife Shweta Sanjay Bhatt regarding disclosure of reasoning by the State Government for withdrawal of police protection of her husband. While dismissing the petition, the single judge bench of Justice Nirzar S. Desai said the reason behind granting police protection, at the relevant point...

In Anna Mathew, the Supreme Court Did Not Follow Its Own Precedents

In its reasons for rejecting on February 7, the petitions seeking ex parte injunction against the swearing-in of Justice L.C. Victoria Gowri as a Judge of the Madras High Court, the Supreme Court’s two judge bench, comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice B.R.Gavai, has on Friday, rejected the argument of the petitioners that the facts were not known and considered by the Collegium. The bench inferred this from the conduct of the Collegium of the High Court and the Supreme Court,...

Let Final Year Students Take AIBE, Ensure Enrolment Fee Doesn't Become Oppressive : Supreme Court To Bar Council Of India

Final semester law students, on the production of eligibility proof, should be allowed to take the All-India Bar Examination, although the result would be subject to the student passing all the components of the college examination, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Friday said, while upholding the power of the Bar Council of India to require law graduates to qualify for...

Statements Made By Lawyers During Judicial Proceedings Conferred With ‘Absolute Privilege’, Can’t Be Put To Trial For Defamation: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has said that statements made by a lawyer during judicial proceedings are conferred with an “absolute privilege” and no action for defamation, slander or libel can lie against them for advancing the submissions. Observing that such statements are “complete defence against any allegations of defamation”, Justice Mini Pushkarna said that justice system would...

Flat Owners Don't Forfeit Right To Claim Amenities Promised By Builder By Taking Possession Of Apartments : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that that flat-owners, who are often forced by the circumstances to take possession of apartments even if the amenities promised by the builder are not provided, do not forfeit their right to claim such services from the builder.A bench comprising Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta criticised the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission for...

How Much Sunlight? Debating Collegium Transparency | Column By Sr Adv Sanjoy Ghose

Recently, the statements issued by India’s Supreme Court disclosed extracts of Intelligence Reports forwarded by the Government to the Collegium to substantiate its veto on certain candidates recommended for judicial appointment. The Law Minister responded by voicing an alarm about the sensitivity of the intelligence shared.This has again brought to the centre stage the issue of transparency and accountability in matters of judicial appointment, something which the executive claimed, was the...

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project : Bombay High Court Upholds Acquisition Of Godrej & Boyce's Plot At Vikhroli

The Bombay High Court on Thursday green flagged the bullet train project and refused to set aside the acquisition of Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd's plot at Vikhroli."There are no irregularities in the acquisition...Project is of paramount importance...Public interest would prevail over private interest," a division bench of Justices RD Dhanuka and MM Sathaye observed. The court...

Plagiarism Row : Kerala HC Grants Anticipatory Bail To Producer & Director Of 'Kantara' On Condition To Not Use 'Varaharoopam' Song

UPDATE on February 10 : Supreme Court Stays HC's Bail Condition That "Varaharoopam" Song Shouldn't Be UsedThe Kerala High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Vijay Kirgandur and Rishab Shetty, the Producer and Director respectively of the Kannada superhit movie 'Kantara' in a case under the Copyright Act 1956 over plagiarism allegations relating to "Varaharoopam" song.Justice...

When Highest Court Of The Country Has Passed An Order, Collector Cannot Await Permission To Implement It : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has disapproved of the practice of authorities delaying the implementation of the directions by seeking permission from their superior officers. When the highest court of the country has passed a direction, there is no basis in seeking permission to implement it, the Court stated recently.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath passed this observation in an...

How Regionally Representative Is Supreme Court? Delhi, UP Leads The List, North-Eastern States Barring Assam Unrepresented

Amidst the protracted power struggle between the centre and the Supreme Court over judicial appointments, last week, the government notified the elevation to the top court, of five chief justices and puisne judges of high courts, whose names had been cleared by the collegium in December. On Monday, Justices Pankaj Mithal, Sanjay Karol, P.V. Sanjay Kumar, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, and Manoj...

Victoria Gowri’s Elevation Exposes Centre’s Double Standards & Collegium’s Fiasco

A person who has a record of making deeply problematic communal statements is now a High Court judge. The appointment of Victoria Gowri as an additional judge of the Madras High Court will remain an ignoble chapter in the Indian judicial history. It raises troubling questions at the efficacy of the selection process- which boasts of consultations at multiple levels - in picking up the suitable persons. When the Supreme Court on its judicial side has been repeatedly cautioning against...

BREAKING| 'Virginity Test On Accused Unconstitutional': Delhi High Court Allows Sister Sephy To Seek Compensation

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday held that the virginity test conducted on Sister Sephy in the 1992 Sister Abhaya murder case is unconstitutional. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma observed that the virginity test conducted on an accused during investigation, whether in judicial or police custody, is unconstitutional as being in violation of Article 21 of Constitution of India. Underscoring...