Tis Hazari Violence : NCW Urges BCI To Act Against Advocates Who Attacked Women Police Officers [Read Letter]

The National Commission for Women, in a letter addressed to the Chairman of Bar Council of India, Manan Kumar Mishra, has sought suspension of licenses of Advocates who were involved in the violence committed against women police officials during the violent clash between police and lawyers at the Tis Hazari Court on November 2. The Commission has taken suo moto cognizance...

Court Cannot Quash Disability Certificate Issued by a Medical Authority: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has held that when a disability certificate is issued by a competent medical authority, the plea demanding the quashing of such certificate cannot be granted by the court of law. While denying relief to a candidate who sought admission in a medical college under Persons with Disability (PwD) category, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice...

Sr Adv Sanjay Hegde Serves Legal Notice On Twitter For Restoration Of Account; Seeks Intervention Of Centre [Read Notice]

Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde, whose twitter account was suspended twice last week, has served a legal notice upon Twitter Inc., asking it to restore his account and to provide a public apology for damaging his reputation.The notice sent by Advocate Pranjal Kishore is also addressed to Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Electronics Information and Technology, seeking the intervention of...

Kashmir Detentions; When State Itself Breaks The Law

I recently attended an interactive session with some officers of a tribunal with a view to understanding the problem of expeditious implementation of the law of compensation. When some issues arose for discussion, I asked, in all simplicity, what the confusion was when the Supreme Court had already settled the law and all that was required of them was to follow it. When they appeared unmoved, it struck me that law – in their perception – was a matter to be argued and followed by others while...

Odd Even Scheme: Delhi Govt Submits Response, Defends Exemption to Women and Two-Wheelers

Transport Department of the Delhi Government has responded to all the representations made before it wherein the Odd-Even Scheme of the government was challenged on multiple grounds.On November 1, The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar had disposed off all petitions challenging the Odd-Even Scheme, by directing Delhi Government to consider all such pleas...

Tis Hazari Clash : Cancel Licenses Of Lawyers Who Were Part Of Violence, Demands IPS Association [Read Resolution]

Stating that courts should treat all the parties "equitably", the Central IPS Association on Tuesday demanded, "All lawyers who were part of the violence should be identified, and befitting legal action, including cancellation of their licenses, should be initiated." The statement was issued in the wake of protest staged by Delhi police on Tuesday demanding action against lawyers...

'Will Take Twitter To Court', Sr Adv Sanjay Hegde On Suspension Of His Account [Video Interview]

Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde, whose twitter account was suspended twice last week, is contemplating legal action against the social media giant.On Tuesday morning, he received an email from Twitter stating that his appeal against the suspension of the account has been dismissed "I have no doubt that the blocking is due to trolls instigating, Twitter should not be party to it. Twitter can't...

Hooliganism & Violence Has No Place In The Bar: BCI Asks All Delhi Bar Associations To Withdraw Abstinence Of Work & Cease Violence

Taking a stern view of the violence spread across the district courts in Delhi and the continued abstinence from court work, the Bar Council of India asked the leaders of all the Bar Associations to recall the resolution for abstinence from work and to restore peace in the court premises. In a letter addressed to the Coordination Committee of the Bar Associations of Delhi and to all...

Disqualification Of Directors Under Section 164(2) Of The Companies Act: Delhi HC Interprets The Law [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has clarified the position of law in disqualification of directors under section 164(2) of the Companies Act. Under the said section, directors of companies that have defaulted on filing financial returns for 3 consecutive years are disqualified from being appointed as directors for 5 years. While ruling upon the retrospective applicability of section 164(2),...

Paternity Test: Gujarat HC Directs 80 Year Old Man To Undergo DNA Test

The Gujarat High Court has directed an 80 year old man to undergo DNA test.The court upheld an order of Family Court in a suit filed by a person who claimed that the man is his biological father. A man had filed a suit that, after the death of her first husband, his mother married the defendant, and thereafter they were living as husband and wife openly in the society. It was contended that...

Explainer : Further Investigation, Re-investigation & Re-Trial

The police had the statutory right and duty to 'register' every information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence. The police also had the statutory right and duty to investigate the facts and circumstances of the case where the commission of a cognizable offence was suspected and to submit the report of such investigation to the Magistrate having jurisdiction to take cognizance...

Questions Raised Over UAPA Case

The arrests of two CPI(M) activists by Kerala police under the draconian Unlawful Activities(Prevention) Act over pro-Maoist pamphlets have ignited debates on this anti-terror legislation.The police claimed that they seized from the activists "suspicious pamphlets" aimed at propagating Maoist ideology. The arrested persons, Alan Suhaib and Thaha Faizal, both aged 20 years, were slapped with UAPA sections 20 (Punishment for being member of terrorist gang or organisation), 38 (Offence...