No Bar For A Mere Accused In A Criminal Case To Enroll As A Lawyer, Holds Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Order]

‘The petitioner merely being an accused in the aforesaid criminal case for offences where guilt is yet to be proved, in the considered opinion of this Court, cannot deny entry to petitioner entry into the State Rolls as an Advocate for the simple reason that petitioner, for the time being, does not incur any disqualification u/s 24-A of Advocates Act.’The Madhya Pradesh High court held that...

Justice Ranjan Gogoi : A Judge Mindful Of Our Times

“Mr. Counsel, you addressed our hearts the entire afternoon yesterday. Kindly address our heads today”. This remark came from the then junior most Judge of a three Judges Special Bench of the Supreme Court, Justice Ranjan Gogoi during a hearing in 2013 in the Samaj Parivartana case pertaining to encroachment and other illegalities committed by miners in Karnataka. Known for his few and firm words, Justice Gogoi will take charge as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India with effect from...

Delhi Court Discharges Sisodia, AAP MLAs In A Case Related To 2014 Protest Outside Tihar Jail

A Delhi court on Saturday discharged Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, AAP MLAs Amanatullah and Sanjeev Jha and others in a case related to a protest held by them outside the Tihar jail in 2014.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal granted relief to the accused saying there was a delay of four years in filing the charge sheet against the accused without any valid...

Fill Up Teaching Vacancies In School For Visually Impaired: Delhi HC To AAP Govt

The Delhi High Court has directed the AAP government to "forthwith" appoint 10 contract teachers to vacant posts in a school here for visually impaired boys and provide the students with "assistive devices" like audio recorders to help them study.The direction by a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao came on a PIL claiming there was 50 percent vacancy of teaching staff...

Whether Registrar Can Cancel Registration Of A Society? Calcutta HC Delivers Split Verdict [Read Judgment]

A division bench of Calcutta High Court has delivered a split verdict over the issue of whether a Registrar under The West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961 can cancel the registration of a society.The single bench of the high court had upheld such an order of Registrar of Firms, Society and Non-trading Corporations who had cancelled the registration of the school for the reason...

Gujarat HC Strikes Down GST Provision Denying Transition Of Excise Duty Credits On Goods Purchased Before Cut-off Date [Read Judgment]

In a relief to first stage dealers, the Gujarat High Court has struck down provisions of the GST law that prohibit transition of excise duty credits on purchases prior to June 30, 2016. The law basically did not permit credit of invoices that were more than one-year-old i.e., invoices which were dated prior to June 30, 2016.The Bench comprising Justice Akil Khureshi and BN...

When Brecht Speaks As Ambedkar

Citing literary sources, turning to parables, prose, plays, poetry is the wherewithal of political discoursePolicemen and policewomen are not mindless digits in khaki. They have all been to school. Many of them are MAs, some PhDs. And they have families, friends just like anyone else who has not been clad in hide-tough uniforms the whole day. When at end of duty hours they return home, get back to home-clothes, settle down to a tired day’s evening, like anyone else, they talk of all they went...

Remove Tiles Bearing PM Modi & CM Shiv Raj Chauhan’s Pictures From Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna Houses: Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Order]

The Gwalior Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday directed the State to remove tiles with pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan from houses built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).The direction was issued by a bench comprising Justice Sanjay Yadav and Justice Vivek Agarwal on a petition filed by journalist Sanjay Purohit,...

Illegal Hoardings/Flex boards: Kerala HC Directs Local Self Government Institutions To Initiate Removal; Issues Guidelines [Read Order]

The High Court of Kerala, through Justice Devan Ramachandran, has directed Local Self Government Institutions to take proactive steps in removing illegal hoardings and flex boards all across the state on a war footing. Justice Ramachandran also formulated certain guidelines to be followed in the installation of hoardings and flex boards in future.The court had, on an earlier occasion,...

President Promulgates Triple Talaq Ordinance[Read Ordinance]

The Ordinance to criminalise the practise of "triple talaq"- Muslim Women(Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance 2018- has been promulgated by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, yesterday.The ordinance move comes after the Triple Talaq bill('Muslim Women Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill) got blocked in the Rajya Sabha in the last monsoon session, though the Lok Sabha had...

Delhi HC Upholds Life Imprisonment For Sodomising 6-Year-Old Boy; Awards 5 Lakh Compensation [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Monday upheld the life imprisonment awarded to a convict for committing aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a 6-year-old boy.The Bench comprising Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice Vinod Goel further enhanced the compensation awarded to the minor victim to Rs. 5 lakhs and directed that the additional sum be paid to him under the Victim Compensation Scheme within...

Karnataka Court Finishes Trial In 22 Days; Hands Down Death Penalty For Attempted Rape & Murder Of 15 Year Old [Read Judgment]

A court in Karnataka on Saturday handed down death penalty to a 25-year old coolie for attempted rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl.The II Additional Sessions Judge Court at Kolar convicted the accused, TN Suresh Babu, and directed that the records be sent to the Karnataka High Court for confirmation of the death sentence. Notably, Judge BS Rekha heard the case and pronounced the judgment...