Section 360 To Be Co-jointly Read With PO Act [A Response To Justice Ramkumar's Article]

Interpretation is the art of finding out the true sense of enactment by giving the words of the enactment their natural and ordinary meaning. According to Gray, interpretation is the process by which a judge constructs from the words of a statute book, a meaning which he either believes to be that of the legislature or which, he proposes to attribute to it.[1] Accordingly, every legal text requires interpretation as the clarity in any legal text doesn't preclude the need for...

#MeToo: ''Don't Recall', M J Akbar Says When Examined In Criminal Defamation Case Against Priya Ramani

"Don't muzzle me. It will get personal. This is a deeply personal struggle", Ramani's lawyer Rebecca John told Akbar's counsel during the examination.

OROP: Seriously Consider Concerns Of Ex-Servicemen Who Have Served The Nation, SC Tells Centre [Read Order]

"It would be appropriate and in the interest of justice if these concerns, which have been expressed on behalf of personnel, who have served the nation as members of the Armed Forces of the Union before retirement.

With My Background, I Would Not Have Been On The Bench If I was Practicing In Any Other HC: Justice S Ravindra Bhat

Justice S. Ravindra Bhat addressed a packed room during his Farewell Reference organised by the Delhi High Court on Friday. He is set to take over as the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court. The Reference was attended by the Additional Solicitor General of India, Maninder Acharya, Delhi Government Standing Counsel Rahul Mehra, Chairman of Bar Council of Delhi, KC Mittal, Delhi High...

'A Statement Is Not True Merely Because It Is In Print;Not False Merely Because It Is Online' : Bombay HC [Read Order]

"Calling out someone, with fair comment and justification, is not defamation. To put it differently: to say the emperor has no clothes is not defamation. It never has been", observed Justice G S Patel

Malaysia Gets Its First Woman Chief Justice- Tengku Maimun

Datuk Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, who was serving as the Federal Judge has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Malaysia.She is the first woman to become the Chief Justice of Malaysia.The Federal Court of Malaysia is the highest court and the final appellate court in Malaysia. The Chief Justice of the Federal Court, is the office and title of the head of the Malaysian judiciary system.Tengku...

Mixing Of Personalities

The allegations against the CJI were real shocker for all of us in the Supreme Court, but what followed in the Supreme Court was even more shocking. Forming of a bench of three judges, then the scene performed by the CJI in the Court, resulted in mockery of justice. He initiated the proceedings of the court by elaborating his defence of "conspiracy", to the charge, and laced it with an emotional appeal based on his austerity and meagre savings. All of this paled into insignificance when the...

Pakistan SC Decision: Another Wake Up Call For New Delhi

The 2019 decision of seven Judges of the Pakistan Supreme Court in Civil Aviation Authority v Supreme Appellate Court Gilgit-Baltistan purportedly on the "historical and constitutional issue involving the status, authority and powers of Gilgit-Baltistan" is yet another instance of how Pakistan chooses to distort the Kashmir narrative for political expediency. The judgment penned by the Chief Justice of Pakistan quotes from my book, Unravelling the Kashmir Knot, and yet fails to counter the legal...

JeM Chief Masood Azhar Designated As A Terrorist In The UN Sanctions List

In what is described as a big diplomatic win for India at the United Nations, Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar has been designated as a terrorist in UN Sanctions list. India's Ambassador & Permanent Representative to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin confirmed the news through his twitter account. The reason for sanctioning Masood Azhar is for his association...

'Judiciary Has Not Exactly Covered Itself In Glory When It Comes To Complaints By Women' : Sr Adv Rebecca M. John

"Judiciary has not exactly covered itself in glory when it comes to (sexual harassment)complaints by women. And particularly when they are accusing men in high positions. Most of the women complainants have had no redressal from the legal system", said Rebecca M. John, Senior Advocate, in an interview with Live Law. The senior lawyer expressed astonishment at the reports that some judges...

Breaking: Registered Trade Union Can File Insolvency Petition As Operational Creditor On Behalf Of Its Members: SC [Read Judgment]

"Looked at from any angle, there is no doubt that a registered trade union which is formed for the purpose of regulating the relations between workmen and their employer can maintain a petition as an operational creditor on behalf of its members."

Manager Of A Nationalized Bank Though A Public Servant Can't Claim Protection U/S 197 CrPC: SC [Read Judgment]

"We having come to the conclusion that appellant being not a public servant removable from his office saved by or with the sanction of the Government, sanction under Section 197 Cr.P.C. was not applicable. "