Lawyers Seeking Declaration Of Services Rendered By Them As Essential Service; Two Separate Benches Of Bombay HC Issue Notice To State, Centre & BC[Read Petition]

Two separate benches of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday issued notices to State, Centre and Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa in two separate proceedings by lawyers seeking the same relief, declaration of services rendered by lawyers as an essential service. While the bench of Justice AA Sayed and Justice MS Karnik was hearing a PIL filed by Advocate Chirag Chanani and others, the...

Delhi HC Allows NLU Delhi To Correct Error Of Removing Vertical Reservation For OBC and EWS Categories And Issue A Revised Admission Notification

Delhi High Court has allowed the National Law University, Delhi, to correct the error of removing vertical reservation for OBC and EWS categories in its admission notification, and place a revised notification before the court on Monday. While noting that the University has misinterpreted the order of the court dated June 29, wherein a stay was imposed on 50% domicile...

'Glow & Handsome' : Bombay HC Grants Interim Relief To HUL Against Emami

The Bombay High Court on Monday, in an ex-parte order, granted relief to Hindustan Unilever Limited and restrained Emami from initiating any legal proceedings against HUL for use of the trademark 'Glow & Handsome' without giving a seven day prior written notice to the plaintiff. Justice BP Colabawalla heard the commercial suit filed by HUL via video conferencing after the matter...

Home Ministry Permits Conduct Of Exams By Universities, Institutions

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday permitted the conduct of examinations by Universities and Institutes.The final term examinations are to be compulsory conducted as per the UGC guidelines and academic calander for universities and as per the Standard Operating Procedure approved by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.Ministry of Home Affairs permits the conduct of examinations...

UP Police Continues To Register FIR Under 'Unconstitutional' Section 66A IT Act ; Allahabad HC Refuses To Quash It [Read Orders]

The Supreme Court had struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act in its entirety in a judgment delivered in 2015 (Shreya Singhal vs. Union of India). Last year, the Apex Court had expressed its concern and displeasure about the continued use of this 'unconstitutional' Section 66A of the IT Act. Recently, a person named Rohit Singhal approached the High Court seeking to quash...

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Murder Convicts Sentenced To Life Without Remission Not Entitled To Furlough : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Friday held that a convict who has been awarded sentence for a particular period or for life with the stipulation that no remission will be granted to him in that period is not entitled to furlough during the said period while undergoing the sentence. The petioners before the Single Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta were a rape and murder convict (namely Sanjay...

Jamia Violence: Making Direct Allegations Against Home Minister Is Irresponsible And Can't Be Allowed, SG Tushar Mehta Tells Delhi HC

During the hearing on a group of petitions seeking independent inquiry into the violence that broke out in Jamia Millia Islamia University last December, Solicitor General submitted before the Delhi High Court that direct allegations against the Home Minister Amit Shah are irresponsible statements and should not be allowed by the court. While addressing the Division Bench...

"Surrender Can Never Be Construed as Consensual Acts of Sexual Intercourse".: Kerala HC Upholds Conviction Of A Rape Accused [Read Judgment]

Only those sexual intercourse which are welcomed could be construed as not violative of the rights of the victim, and accepted as consensual.

Police Can't Register FIR For Offences Under Sections 172 To 188 IPC, Madras HC Quashes FIR Against Anti-CAA Protestor [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a person accused of protesting in the public road against the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act,2019 without getting prior permission from the concerned authority. Shamsul Huda Bakavi was charged under Sections 143 and 188 of Indian Penal Code for protesting on a public road without permission. He moved the High...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

Week Commencing June 28 to July 5, 2020

Italian Marines-Enrica Lexie Case : Deciphering PCA Award In 'The Italian Republic v The Republic Of India'

Let us weigh in the gains and losses for India, as best as they can be discerned from the 'Extracts for Advance Publication' which has been released on July 2 by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the case between Italy and India with respect to the Enrica Lexie case. Perhaps that will enable us to decide whether we should celebrate the Award or whether we should seriously ponder over the legal course of action to be taken, so as to secure our fishing folk from similar ignominies in the...