Google Not Bound To Apply 'Right To Be Forgotten' Globally, Holds European Court of Justice [Read Judgment]

The European Court of Justice has ruled that Google is not bound to apply the 'Right to be Forgotten' globally, but only in the member states of the European Union.The case reached the Court after the French Data Protection Authority, France (CNIL) imposed a Penalty of EUR 100 000 on Google because of its refusal, when granting a de-referencing request, to apply it to all its search...

SC Collegium Proposes Appointment Of One Advocate And 7 Judicial Officers As Bombay HC Judges [Read Resolution]

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the elevation of Advocate Amit B Borkar as a judge of the Bombay High Court.Apart from that, the Collegium has proposed the appointment of 7 judicial officers as the judges of Bombay HC. They are :Shri M.G. Sewlikar, Shri V.G. Bisht, Shri B.U. Debadwar, Ms. M.S. Jawalkar, Shri S.P. Tavade, Shri N.R. Borkar, and Shri S.D. KulkarniTheir names...

The (Not So)Strange Case of Pehlu Khan

When I read in the newspapers that Trial Court, Alwar, had acquitted the cow vigilantes accused of lynching Pehlu Khan, which, to me, had appeared an open and shut case from the news papers, I was curious to find out on what grounds he had done so. Having worked in the legal field where it is commonly believed that a Judge who has written a perfect judgment is yet to be born, I did not expect it to be perfect. But most certainly, I expected to see a judgment on a standard format...

Why SC Judgment On Retrospective Application Of Section 148 NI Act Is Problematic?

The SC has erred in holding Section 148 to be procedural and not substantive

Trans-Male Who Gave Birth To A Child Cannot Be Registered As A Father: High Court Of England & Wales [Read Judgment]

The High Court of England and Wales has rejected the plea of a transgender man who wanted to be registered as a father of the child he had given birth to last year. In its ruling, the court also went on to give the first legal definition of a mother in English Common Law. In the present case, a transgender man who had undergone multiple gender reaffirmation surgeries, retained...

Delhi HC Mandates Presence Of Informant Or Authorized Person While Hearing Bail Application Of Accused In Rape Cases

The Delhi High Court has mandated the presence of the informant or any person authorized by him in the court, at the time of hearing of the bail application of a person accused of rape, with immediate effect.Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Justice D. N. Patel, made the aforesaid directions on Tuesday in view of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018 which had amended Section 439 of CrPC...

Special CBI Judge Dismisses DK Shivakumar's Bail Plea In Money Laundering Case [Read Order]

Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar has rejected the bail application of Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar in a money laundering case. Challenging the bail, ASG KM Nataraj had submitted before the court that DK Shivakumar has not provided the source for 317 bank accounts and assets running into crores belonging to him and his family. It was also highlighted that a significant amount...

Law Student Who Accused Chinmayanand Of Rape Arrested And Remanded To 14 Days Custody In Extortion Case

The Shahjahanpur law student, who had leveled allegations of sexual harassment and rape against Former Union Minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, has been arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on the charges of extortion and blackmailing, reported the ToI. The SIT had booked her and her three friends on a complaint made by Chinmayanand that they had demanded Rs....

Bar Council Of Maharashtra And Goa Decides To Do Away With Police Verification Required For Enrolling As An Advocate

The Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa has decided that police verification will no longer be required for enrolling as an advocate in the States of Goa and Maharashtra. Avinash Janardhan Bhide, Chairman, Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa spoke to Live Law and confirmed that such a resolution has been passed. The State Bar Council in its General Body Meeting on September 15,...

Madhya Pradesh HC Issues Notice On Plea For Regulation Of Web Streaming Platforms

The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday issued notices on a plea filed against Over The Top (OTT) media platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc., for regulation against alleged streaming obscene and sexually explicit content.The division bench of Justice S. C. Sharma and Justice Shailendra Shukla asked the Central Government and the ten respondent Companies viz....

Breaking : Prorogation Of UK Parliament Unlawful And Void, Declares UK Supreme Court

A decision will be unlawful if it frustrates the ability of the Parliament to carry out its constitutional functions", the Court held.

'Hangover Is An Illness', Says German Court

Days after the Annual Oktoberfest Beer Festival began in Munich, the Higher Regional Court at Frankfurt, Germany has held that hangover is an "illness". The decision was passed against a firm that was offering "anti-hangover shots". The firm claimed that its product could alleviate symptoms of alcoholism and could prevent the emergence of a hangover. The plaintiff, an...