All Women Exempted From Paying Court Fees, Holds Orissa HC [Read Order]

"Women are exempted from payment of court fees. The language of the notification is clear & explicit. The word 'woman' has not been pre-fixed by any adjective. It takes with its sweep the woman of any status or nationality."

Why Latest SC Judgment Denying Gratuity To Teachers Is 'Per Incuriam' ?

In what can be unhesitatingly termed as a 'Per Incuriam' judgment, the Supreme Court on Monday held that a teacher, irrespective of the type of educational institute he/she is working, is not an 'employee' under Section 2(e) of the Payment of Gratuity Act and, therefore, has no right to invoke the Act for claiming gratuity from his/her employer.Per Incuriam judgment is the one which is decided without reference to a statutory provision or earlier judgment which would have been relevant. This...

'What Happened To Young Members Of Bar?' SC Irked Over Frivolous PILs By Young Lawyers

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S. K. Kaul, on Monday, expressed displeasure at the abuse of the court's jurisdiction by filing increasingly frivolous PILs. The bench was irked by Two successive PILs listed before it; while one prayed for the Aligarh Muslim University to be renamed, the other sought access to clean public toilets to be declared a...

Mental Health Of Lawyers & Judges :Need To Shed Stigma

"The judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts are not immune to this problem. Judges are quite often seen exhibiting impatience, irritability, anger management issues, stubbornness etc. in courts. Such erratic behaviour from persons who are otherwise learned and judicious cannot be dismissed as mere personality issues; they could be pointers to work-induced stress, which is affecting the temperament of judges."

Union Cabinet Approves 10 Per Cent Reservation For Economically Weaker Upper Castes

With only a few months to go for General Elections, the Union Cabinet, in what is termed as a major political move, has approved 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker upper castes. Reports say that Government will move a Constitutional amendment to Article 15 and 16 of the Constitution to provide reservation for the upper castes in Govt jobs and education. Also reservation will...

Why Rajya Sabha Should Not Pass Transgender Bill In The Current Form?

The Transgender Bill is against the spirit of NALSA judgment of SC.

Vijay Mallya Becomes First Indian Tycoon To Be Declared Fugitive Economic Offender

Weeks after a UK court ordered his extradition, former liquor baron Vijay Mallya, accused of defaulting on loans of over Rs 9,000 crore, received another blow as a Mumbai court declared him a "Fugitive Economic Offender" (FEO). Mallya on Saturday became the first businessman to be declared an FEO under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act which came into existence in August...

Who Reads A Judgment?

"CR" in legal circles does not refer to Christiano Ronaldo, the mercurial Portuguese striker. Rather, it is a contraction for 'Certified for Reporting" and refers to judgments deemed worthy of publication in the law reports by the judge himself. To the judge concerned it is the raison d'etre of his whole being, a manifestation of his selfless desire to edify the masses-both laymen and lawmen; even though the inveterate cynic would snidely remark that it is merely a cheap ticket to imagined...

Cross-Gender Massages Are Not Prohibited In Spa: Madras HC Slams Cops [Read Order]

“A health spa, where cross - gender massages is a worldwide phenomenon, there is no legal prohibition and to borrow the wordings of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, except the majoritarian impulses rooted in moralistic tradition which is attempting to impinge upon individual autonomy”

Lok Sabha Passes Aadhaar Amendment Bill [Read Bill]

The Bill permits voluntary use of Aadhaar for getting mobile connections and bank accounts.

Acquittal In Criminal Case Not Sufficient To Infer Judgeship Candidate's Good Character: MP HC Reiterates [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to interfere with the decision of the high court scrutiny committee to reject the candidature for judgeship of two candidates because they had been tried in two criminal cases.The judgment was passed by a Bench comprising Chief Justice SK Seth and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla, on two petitions filed by Deep Narayan Tiwari and Nand Kishore...

Sabarimala : Police Should Not Give Special Protection To Individuals Including Women Pilgrims, Say HC Appointed Observers [Read Report]

Police should not give special protection and escort to individuals including women visiting Sabarimala as it causes hardship to other pilgrims, opined the team of observers appointed by the High Court of Kerala. The observers suggested that protection should be limited only to special dignitaries, who are entitled to protection as per protocol, and to individuals who have obtained orders of...