1,000 Farmers Oppose Bullet Train Project In Gujarat HC

As many as 1,000 farmers affected by the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train submitted affidavits in the Gujarat High Court Tuesday, voicing their opposition to the project.A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi is hearing five petitions challenging the land acquisition process for the high-speed rail project.Besides these petitioners, 1,000...

Bombay HC Expresses “Shock” Over Illegal Constructions By Nirav Modi & Several Others In Alibaug; Directs Action [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Monday took stern view of more than 160 illegal constructions which have cropped up in various coastal villages of Alibaug, and directed the Divisional Commissioner, Konkan Division to ascertain the action that has been initiated against such constructions.The Bench comprising Justice AS Oka and Justice Riyaz I Chagla thereafter directed the Divisional Commissioner...

Kerala Nun Rape Case :Bishop Franco Mulakkal Files Anticipatory Bail Application In Kerala HC

The Bishop has been asked by the Kerala police to appear before it tomorrow for interrogation in the case.Bishop of Jalandhar diocese of Catholic Church, Franco Mulakkal, has filed an application in the High Court of Kerala today seeking pre-arrest bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. He stands accused of raping a nun of  the congregation, Missionaries of Jesus. The...

“Gyan Daan” (Gift Of Knowledge) Is the Best Possible Gift To Anybody: Justice UU Lalit At "Pratibha M. Singh Cambridge LL.M Scholarship” Distribution Event [Full Video]

Supreme Court judge, Justice UU Lalit on Sunday termed "gyan daan" (gift of knowledge) as the best gift one can give to humankind and hailed the philanthropic efforts of a trust run by a couple—Delhi High Court judge, Justice Pratibha M. Singh and her husband Maninder Singh, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) for India. "I must confess first, I have known Maninder and Pratibha for many...

Charging People U/S 295 IPC For Questioning Superstitions And Traditional Authority Violates Articles 14 & 19: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court recently ruled that charging people under Section 295 (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code merely for questioning superstition and traditional authority violates Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution of India.Making reference to...

MPLADS Fund : CIC Recommends Legal Framework For Transparency In Fund Utilization [Read Order]

It is sad that law makers of the nation did not make law for their own MPLADSThe Central Information Commission has recommended the Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman to issue appropriate legal framework to bring in more accountability and transparency in the utilization of funds under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme(MPLADS).The order was passed by the...

"Judges Seeking Future Govt Appointments May Result In Indirect Political Influence":In Conversation With Prof William Hubbard

Santosh Paul, Advocate, Supreme Court interviewed Prof. William Hubbard of the University of Chicago, Editor of the Journal of Legal Studies, Kauffman Legal Research Fellow He authored "The Supreme Court of India: An Empirical Overview" and "The Unintended Consequences of Case by Case Rescue: An Empirical study of Supreme Court cases from 2010 to 2014"WH. Let me begin by saying thank you for this opportunity to discuss my research with you. I'll be answering these questions based on my...

Uber Rape Case: Delhi HC Confirms Rapist Driver’s Imprisonment For Rest Of His Life [Read Judgment]

HC says despite stringent provisions added to IPC, rapes are on the riseThe Delhi High Court has affirmed the sentence of imprisonment for rest of life to Shiv Kumar Yadav, the Uber cab driver who had raped a 25-year-old executive in his cab in December 2014, while holding that he had previous involvement in rape cases and did not appear to have learnt anything from those experiences.A bench...

Citizens’ Fundamental Rights Cannot Be Held Hostage To Inordinately Long Inquiry Conducted By Passport Authorities: Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reiterated that denial of passport or its non-renewal without assigning reasons as listed under the Passports Act, 1967 infringes the fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution of India.The judgment was delivered by Justice Vibhu Bakhru, on a petition filed by one Jasvinder Singh Chauhan praying for the renewal of his passport and issuance of a...

SCBA-XI Beat Chief Justice-XI In Annual Cricket Match [Video]

The Bar and the Bench have plenty of face-offs in the courtroom but this time around the battle was on the fields when Chief Justice of India-XI (Chief Justice-XI) took on Supreme Court Bar Association-XI (SCBA-XI) in the annual cricket match but lost to the latter by six wickets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnNEWFfi0Tg&feature=youtu.beIn a high-octane and entertaining cricket...

Contract Clause Giving Option Of Arbitration Or Court Adjudication; Choice Of Party Prevails, Holds SC [Read Judgment]

When a clause in the contract gives an option to parties to go for arbitration or prefer adjudication by courts, whether it can be regarded as an arbitration clause which stipulates that the disputes shall be referred to arbitration?This question has been considered in Zhejiang Bonly Elevator Guide Rail Manufacture Co. Ltd. Vs. Jade Elevator Components, by the bench comprising of the...

'The Day Is Not Far Off When Every Judgment Can Be ‘Annulled’ By Governments': SC [Read Judgment]

It is nothing but an attempt to nullify the judgment which the legislature cannot do, as we have a well-defined field of separation of powers of the judiciary, legislature and the executive.’While setting aside Kerala Professional Colleges (Regularization of Admission in Medical Colleges) Ordinance 2017, the Supreme Court made scathing observations about the Kerala Government’s...