Delhi HC Directs Varsity To Award Gold Medal To Law Graduate Who Obtained The Highest CPI, Though He Could Not Clear Two Exams In ‘First Attempt’ [Read Judgment]

‘There is nothing in the unamended provisions of Ordinance 5 that can be read to mean that a student, who could not appear in an examination on account of medical concerns, has to be treated as a student re-appearing in an examination.’Abhinav Pandey would get a gold medal for his remarkable academic performance in the five year B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) course as the division bench of the Delhi...

Criminal Defamation: A Tool Of Oppression To Shut Out Truth

Provisions like criminal defamation enable those with power and privilege to use law as tool of oppression to shut out truthUnion Minister M J Akbar and film actor Alok Nath -who are caught up in the eye of '#MeToo' storm- have filed criminal complaints for defamation against women who have spoke against them. Though at least 15 women(till date) have come out against M J Akbar regarding acts of sexual harassment committed by him abusing his position as superior at work, he has chosen to go...

Absence Of Fitness Certificate Is Fundamental Breach Of Insurance Policy : 5 Judges' Bench Of Kerala HC Overrules 3 Judges' Bench [Read Judgment]

"Certificate of Registration, existence of valid Permit and availability of Fitness Certificate, all throughout, are closely interlinked in case of a transport vehicle and one requirement cannot be segregated from another", the Full Bench held overruling three judges' bench decision in Augustine vs. AyyappankuttyA Full Bench of the High Court of Kerala comprising five judges has held...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of 4 Advocates As Judges Of Delhi HC [Read Notification]

The Central Government on Monday appointed four new judges to Delhi High Court, increasing the working strength of the court to 42 as against the sanctioned strength of 60 judges.Those appointed are: Advocates Jyoti Singh, Prateek Jalan, Anup Jairam Bhambhari and Sanjeev Narula.The Supreme Court collegium had, last month, recommended the elevation of these Advocates as judges of the high...

Understand The Law Relating To Sexual Harassment In India

The #MeToo campaign has highlighted the plight of women and a number of survivors have come forward to share unfortunate incidents of sexual harassment. In this piece, my endeavour is to summarize the law (Both – substantive and procedural) pertaining to this issue. Substantive LawThe substantive law i.e. what will constitute an offence against the body of a woman may be divided into 4 main categories depending upon the place where it is committed – a public place, a workplace, a shared...

Delhi HC Upholds Lifer To A Man Accused Of Killing His Wife’s Paramour [Read Judgment]

‘Holds motive is proved when the witnesses deposed that the deceased paramour had told them that he had illicit relationship with the wife of the accused.’ Adultery is no longer a crime, thanks to the recent ruling by the Constitution bench of the Supreme Court of India. But does adultery motivate people to commit a crime?Relationships are delicate matters and matrimonial relationships...

Insurance Claim Can’t Be Denied On Ground Of Common Lifetstyle Diseases But Insurer Should Not Hide Info, Says NCDRC [Read Order]

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) had held that insurance claim cannot be denied on the ground of common lifestyle diseases such as diabetes or hypertension but that does not give right to the insured to suppress information in respect of such diseases.The commission also reiterated that suppression of any information relating to pre-existing disease if it has...

The Money Bill Cloud Persists Over The Aadhaar Act

One of the most significant issues before the Supreme Court in the Aadhar case was with regard to the passing of the Aadhaar Act as a Money Bill. While it may seem technical, this determination involved the arterial health of bicameralism, federalism and national integration which flow into the heart of Indian democracy. First the basics, a Money Bill under Article 110 of the Constitution is one which deals only with items referred to in Article 110(1) and has to be so certified by the Speaker...

SC Collegium Recommends New Chief Justices For Bombay, Calcutta, Uttarakhand, Gauhati and Sikkim HCs

The Supreme Court collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice MB Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph on Tuesday recommended new Chief Justices for five high courts.Uttarakhand High Court: Justice Ramesh RanganathanThe office of the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court fell vacant consequent to the elevation of Justice KM Joseph as a Supreme Court judge. Justice...

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Justice NH Patil As Chief Justice Of Bombay HC

The Supreme Court collegium on Tuesday recommended the appointment of Justice NH Patil as the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.While 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 has been lying vacant for quite some time, since...

Full Bench Of Bombay HC Holds Former Journo Guilty Of Contempt Of Court, Sentences Him To 3 Months’ Imprisonment [Read Judgment]

A full bench of the Bombay High Court has sentenced Ketan Tirodkar, formerly a journalist, to three months’ simple imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 after finding him guilty for criminal contempt of court.The bench comprised Justice AS Oka, Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice RM Savant. The court had taken suo motu cognizance of Tirodkar’s Facebook posts. In these posts,...

Reservation In Lecturer Post To Be Applied Subject Wise Taking College As Unit : Allahabad HC Full Bench [Read Judgment]

A Full Bench of five judges of Allahabad High Court has turned down the reference which doubted the correctness of the Division Bench decision in Dr. Vishwajeet Singh and ors. Vs. State of U.P. and ors, which had held that no reservation in post of Lecturer as per  UP Higher Eduction Service Commission Act, 1980 need be provided if the number of posts in the cadre is less than three.It...