Aircel-Maxis case: CBI Gets Sanction To Prosecute Former Union Minister P Chidambaram

The sanction required to prosecute former Union Home/Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis case has been obtained from the authorities concerned, the CBI told a court on Monday.The court, which further extended the protection from arrest to Chidambaram and his son Karti till December 18, also granted three weeks to the agency to get sanction against some other people who are...

Gauhati HC Issues Directions For Registration Of Muslim Marriages Only By Licenced Registrars [Read Judgment]

The Gauhati High Court recently issued a slew of directions in order to ensure that only those duly authorised by the government under the Assam Moslem Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935 issue marriage registration certificates for Muslims in the State.In doing so, Justice N. Kotiswar Singh emphasised on the importance of maintaining the sanctity of marriage certificates issued...

Image Of This Nation Has Taken Enough Beating, Ensure That There Is No Suppression Of Dissent, Discussion Or Debate: Bombay HC [Read Order]

“If democracy has be preserved and protected in this country and this part of the world, then, not only the Executive, but equally the citizens have to act accordingly.”“Freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by the Constitution of India, coupled with the freedom of religion, both of which are subjected to reasonable restriction ensure that there is no suppression of...

Law Intern Found Dead Days After Filing Sexual Harassment Complaint Against Lawyers

A law intern was recently found dead in Bangalore. Curiously, she had filed a sexual harassment complaint with Commercial Street police just days before she was found dead.The intern was from Andaman & Nicobar Islands and had traveled to Bengaluru in 2017 to intern with Jayanth M. Puttanshetti and Associates on Infantry Road.According to a TOI report, she was assigned to work with...

J&K Assembly Dissolution : Yet Another Instance Of Governor Toppling Constitution

After Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Karnataka, yet another instance of abuse of Constitutional power by a Governor occurred this week, when Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik decided to dissolve JK assembly. J&K has been under Presidential rule since last June, after BJP withdrew from PDP-led coalition government, putting end to an alliance forged in December 2014.Earlier this week, PDP, NCP and Congress announced that they have formed an alliance and staked claim for...

Is This Fair Comment That You Attribute Motive To The Judiciary? Delhi HC Asks In The Contempt Case Against S. Gurumurthy

The Delhi High Court Thursday expressed anguish over the comments made by an editor of a Chennai-based news magazine against a sitting high court judge and said the case concerns the judicial system.A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and I S Mehta said journalistic licence does not give a person the right to make unsavoury allegations."We are all in for free press but don't attribute motive...

Allahabad HC Gets A Record: Highest Number Of New Judges Sworn-in Today

Setting a new record, 28 newly appointed Additional Judges of Allahabad High Court were sworn in by the Uttar Pradesh Governor on Thursday.They were administered the oath of office were by Governor Ram Naik at a ceremony held behind the chamber of the chief justice here.Chief Justice Govind Mathur and all other judges of the high court were present on this occasion.Out of the 28 new...

PMO Says Collating Info On Corruption Complaints Against Union Ministers ‘Cumbersome Exercise’, Revealing Info On Black Money Will ‘Impede’ Probe

Even as the BJP claims to have given a corruption-free government, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has, in response to a query on all complaints submitted to the Prime Minister on corruption charges against serving Central ministers, taken shelter under Section 7(9) of the RTI Act.Section 7(9) provides that, “An information shall ordinarily be provided in the form in which it is...

McDonald's Franchisee Made Illegal Profit Of ₹ 7.49 Crores By Denying Benefit Of GST Reduction To Customers : Anti Profiteering Authority [Read Order]

The National Anti Profiteering Authority has found that Hardcastle Restaurants, a franchisee of McDonalds, did not pass on the benefit of Input Tax Credit(ITC) and reduction of GST rates to customers, and has amassed illegal profit to the tune of Rs.7.49 crores between November  15,2017 to January 31,2018The Authority has directed the franchisee to reduce prices in commensurate with...

European Court of Human Rights Sees No Violation In Austrian Court Order That Fined Woman For Defaming Prophet Muhammad [Read Order]

“The Court endorses the Regional Court’s statement, that presenting objects of religious worship in a provocative way capable of hurting the feelings of the followers of that religion could be conceived as a malicious violation of the spirit of tolerance, which was one of the bases of a democratic society.”The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)  agreed with the views adopted by...

Fragments From A Manuscript

It often falls on archaeologists and historians to reconstruct civilizations and their cultures from a shard of pottery or the remnants of parchment. In contrast, the tools of law require us to sift through the dross and distill the ratio of a decision.  We lawyers are trained to ignore distractions of what might have happened in court and focus on the eventual outcome and the principle laid. Nevertheless, at times of repose we often drift into imagining the theatre that played out in the...

Amit Shah Benefitted Politically And Financially From Sohrabuddin Encounter Case, Says Amitabh Thakur, Former Chief Investigating Officer

Amitabh Thakur, former Chief Investigating Officer in the alleged fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, Tulsiram Prajapati and the death of Kausar Bi has told the Special CBI Court on Monday that BJP national president Amit Shah and four others benefitted politically as well as financially from the fake encounter case.Amit Shah allegedly benefitted financially as he was paid Rs 70 lakh...