President And People Must Save RTI From This Bureaucratic Onslaught On CIC

The proposal to create two bureaucratic panels to receive complaints against CICs will reduce the CIC to the level of a glorified clerk without glory. It is a ridiculous proposal to make such 'officers' who are supposed to obey the directions of ICs and CIC, as superior authorities to inquire into the complaints against CICs. This is another conspiratorial attempt to kill the institution, which was asking the Government offices to disclose the corruption and other cases against its officers. Its...

On Money Bills And Judicial Review

Over the course of the last five years, several laws of substantial and wide-reaching importance have been enacted without securing the Rajya Sabha's assent. These have included, among others, legislation such as the Aadhaar Act, the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act, 2017, which provided imprimatur to the government's demonetisation programme, and the Finance Act of 2017, through which a raft of statutes was amended, and various different judicial tribunals were either newly...

Judicial Backlogs Can Become History

We have been hearing that the Indian Judiciary would need decades to clear its backlog.The judicial system has become irrelevant for the common citizens, and this is responsible for many ills plaguing our Nation, like disrespect for laws and corruption. The ease of doing business also suffers and the rule of law cannot really prevail. The poor and marginalized are hit most in this state of affairs. Supreme Court judge Justice A M Khanwilkar acknowledges that at least 90 percent people give up...

Justice Pradeep Nandrajog Appointed As Chief Justice Of Bombay HC

The Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court Justice Pradeep Nandrajog has been transferred to Bombay High Court as its Chief Justice.President of India has directed him to assume charge of office of the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court now occupied by Justice Naresh Harishchandra Patil, after the latter retires on 6th April.It was only a couple of days before, the Supreme Court...

All You Want To Know About Recording Of Confessions (Section 164 CrPC) [Part-1 - Introduction]

P R O L O G U EWhat prompted me to write this Article is an observation made in a recent judgment dated 25-02-2019 rendered by a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court in Criminal Appeal No. 794 of 2014 (Ali K.B. v. State of Kerala 2019 (1) KHC 898). 2. The case before the High Court was a murder case. The learned Judges were considering the testimony of PW2 the sole eye witness in the...

Bombay HC Issues Notice To ECI In PIL Seeking Stay On Release Of Biopic On Narendra Modi

The Bombay High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) seeking its reply to a PIL filed by Satish Sugriv Gaikwad, national president of the Republican Party of India (I) seeking a stay on the release of the movie PM Narendra Modi.Advocates Ganesh Gupta and Tohsif Shaikh appear on behalf of Gaikwad. They mentioned the matter before the bench of Chief Justice...

Pansare-Dabholkar Murders: What Is Maharashtra CM Doing, Asks Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court on Thursday questioned the Chief Minister of Maharashtra over the slow progress in the probe regarding the murder of Govind Pansare, a CPI member and activist who was shot by assailants riding a motorcycle on February 16, 2015. "What is the Chief Minister doing? You hold 11 portfolios, including Home but do not seem to find time to take stock of the case and...

Widespread Corruption In Judiciary; Corrupt Judicial Offices Are To Be Declared As Anti-Nationals, Says Madras HC Judge [Read Order]

"Corruption becomes way of life which is deep-rooted almost in all levels."

Allahabad HC Sentences Addl Chief Secretary Till Rising Of Court & Slaps 25K Fine For Contempt [Read Order]

Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday sentenced Additional Chief Secretary Mahesh Kumar Gupta till rising of the court, holding him guilty of contempt of court.Justice Vivek Chaudhary also imposed a fine of Rs. 25, 000 on him, clarifying that the cost of the fine shall not be borne by the State Government.The court was hearing a contempt petition filed by Dr Kishore Tandon...

We Should Shun The Caste System: P&H HC Bars Mentioning Of Caste In FIRs, Memos Etc. [Read Judgment]

“There is no scientific, intellectual, social and logical basis for caste system.”

Delhi HC Upholds Circular Asking Schools To Follow Textbooks Prescribed by SCERT/NCERT/CBSE [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a challenge against stipulations in a circular issued Directorate of Education, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, to all the schools under it, to follow the textbooks prescribed by the SCERT, NCERT and CBSE. While examining the contentions raised by the Federation Of Educational Publishers In India, the court noted that the...

Political Ads On Social Media: Why The Hesitation And Reluctance? Bombay HC Questions ECI Ahead Of Elections

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday questioned the Election Commission of India (ECI) as to why no decision had been taken on regulating political ads on social media, especially 48 hours before polling day. Chief Justice NH Patil and Justice NM Jamdar were hearing a PIL filed by advocate Sagar Suryawanshi seeking directions to the Election Commission of India to prohibit all persons,...