Now Bar Council ID Card Is Valid Identity Proof For Train Journey As Railway Issues Circular Following Kerala HC Judgment [Read Circular]

The Ministry of Railways has issued a Circular following the directions of the High Court of Kerala to treat identity card issued to advocates by Bar Councils as valid proof of identity for train journey.On August 8, the High Court through a judgment of Justice Devan Ramachandran directed the Railways to accept ID cards issued by Bar Councils as valid proof as they are statutory bodies under...

Kerala Govt Brings Ordinance To Give Employees 'Right To Sit' In Shops & Establishments [Read Ordinance]

The Kerala Government has promulgated an Ordinance to give employees the 'right to sit', by amending the provisions of Kerala Shops and Establishments Act 1960. The Ordinance titled 'The Kerala Shops and Establishments(Amendment) Ordinance 2018' was promulgated by the Governor of Kerala and notified in the Gazette on October 4.It contains a mandatory condition to provide seating arrangements...

Salary Challenge: Kerala Govt Moves SC Challenging Stay On “No Consent” Letter Sought From Employees Unwilling To Donate 1 Month Salary To CM's Flood Relief Fund

Days after the Kerala High Court stayed the condition in a Government Order (GO) that mandated a declaration from government employees unwilling to contribute their one month’s salary to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF), the State Government has approached the Supreme Court challenging this order.In the impugned order, the Bench comprising Justice CT Ravikumar and Justice...

Wife’s Lawyer Can’t Seek Husband’s Salary Details Through RTI, Says Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

“It would have been a different matter, had the information been sought by the wife in order to support her contention in a litigation, which she has filed against her husband”The Bombay High Court has held that information relating to salary details of the husband cannot be disclosed in an RTI application filed by wife’s lawyer.The lawyer of the wife, who had filed maintenance case...

Breaking: Justice NH Patil Appointed As Chief Justice Of Bombay HC [Read Notification]

President of India has appointed Justice NH as the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended his appointment by a resolution dated 12th October 2018While making the recommendation , the collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice MB Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph pointed out that the office of the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court...

Explainer : Is The FIR Against Rakesh Asthana Invalid Because It Is Based On A Lapsed Provision?

The CBI is caught up in high drama as its No.2 official Rakesh Asthana has been named in an FIR in relation to a corruption case. As soon as the details of FIR got public, social media got abuzz with comments that the FIR was unsustainable as it was registered for an offence which is no longer in existence now – Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act,1988, which punishes criminal misconduct by a public servant. This provision is no longer in the Act, as it was substituted with a...

The Unjustness Of Non-Competitive Designation

Strong women and men make strong institutions. Emerging from shadows of the past, today the Supreme Court is manned by judges possessing the highest aggregate of superior knowledge and learning. With the top end of the institution comprising of a strong bench, the base of this institution still remains strongly embedded in the quality of its bar. The symbiotic relationship between the bench and the bar does not need any elaboration. The beauty of democracy of the institution lies in the bar...

Women Devotees File Petition In Kerala HC For Police Protection To Visit Sabarimala Temple [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed in the High Court of Kerala by four women devotees seeking police protection for visiting Sabarimala temple.The petitioners - Adv. Maya Krishnan, Adv.Rekha.S,  Jalajamol P.S and Jeejamol P.S- state that they are Hindu women aged below 50 years, having faith in Lord Ayyappa of Sabarimala. They intend to visit Sabarimala to offer prayers in furtherance of the...

CBI vs CBI : Rakesh Asthana Moves Delhi HC Against FIR; Court Orders Status Quo

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday restrained the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from taking any coercive action against CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana, ordering maintenance of status quo until the next hearing date, October 29. It, however, clarified that the ongoing probe in the matter will continue, and issued notice to CBI and Alok Verma, the CBI Director.The order was issued...

Expedite Malegaon Blast Trial, Conduct It On Daily Basis: Bombay HC Tells Spl NIA Judge [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Monday reiterated the Supreme Court’s orders and asked Special NIA Judge Vinod Padalkar, presiding over the trial in the 2008 Malegaon blast case that killed six and injured over a 100 people, to expedite the trial and conduct it on a day-to-day basis.A division bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice AS Gadkari was hearing an application filed by one of the...

CBI vs CBI : Delhi HC To Hear Today CBI DSP Devendar Kumar's Plea Against His Arrest

CBI DSP Devender Kumar Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court challenging his arrest in connection with bribery allegations involving agency's Special Director Rakesh Asthana.The matter was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao by senior advocate Dayan Krishnan.The court listed the plea for hearing before an appropriate bench in the post lunch...

SC Dismisses PIL For Action Against Political Parties And Candidates For Misusing Religion For Electoral Gains

Supreme Court of India on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking directions to the Centre and the Election Commission of India to take strict action against political parties and candidates engaging in misusing religion for electoral gains to ensure free and fair elections."We are not inclined. Dismissed," the bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul said.The PIL brought by BJP...