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...

CCTV Cameras Inside Class Rooms Won’t Affect Children’s Right To Privacy: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court Thursday said there was nothing wrong with having CCTV cameras inside classrooms and rubbished the claims that children's right to privacy would be affected.A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao said there was "no privacy issue" with regard to having closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in classrooms as nothing private was being done...

Widow Eligible For Family Pension Even After Re-Marriage: Central Administrative Tribunal [Read Order]

The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has ruled that the widow of a deceased government servant is eligible for family pension even after remarriage. The order was issued by Administrative Member Praveen Mahajan. CAT was hearing an application filed by one Ms. Renu Gupta, who was appointed as a storekeeper in 1998 on compassionate grounds after the death of her husband the year before....

Bishop Franco Case : 'Arrest Is A Matter Of Discretion Of Police', Kerala HC Observes [Read Order]

The court said that it was premature to consider plea for CBI investigation.Today, the High Court of Kerala considered three petitions seeking proper investigation of criminal case against Franco Mulakkal, Bishop of Jalandhar Diocese of Catholic Church, who stands accused of raping a nun.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice AK Jayasankaran Nambiar perused the...

'Surrender Your Mobile First!', Court Tells Petitioners In PIL Against Mobile Phone Harms [Read Order]

A group of public-spirited citizens who filed a PIL in the Madhya Pradesh High Court to control 'harms' caused by mobile phone usage has been asked by the Court to demonstrate the weight of their concern by surrendering their own mobile phones.Rajendra Diwan and few others filed the PIL to highlight the potential 'hazards' of mobile phone usage, and to create awareness about it so as to...

Third Parties To Arbitration Proceeding Entitled To Appeal If They Are Affected By Arbitrator’s Decision: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

In a landmark judgment, the Bombay High Court has held that a third party to an arbitration proceeding has the right to maintain an appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, if they are affected by an order passed by an arbitrator under Section 17 of the said Act.Justice RD Dhanuka heard a batch of 13 petitions filed under section 37 of the Arbitration...

The Tuesday Column: Right To Equality From The Prism Of The Third Gender

Socio-economic rights under our Constitution have been relegated to the non-justiciable category of the Directive Principle of State Policy. And yet, the harsh reality is that freedom of speech and expression, guaranteed under Article 19 of our Constitution, which though technically justiciable, remains purely theoretical unless you have the social and economic means to truly express yourself with dignity and security.This is as true for persons of the third gender as it is for any other...

Welcome The Post-Sec. 377 Era! What About Conversion Therapies?

The flow of inexplicable emotions and energy cannot be defined in words. India has transitioned into an era where the rainbow is sprightlier than ever before!My friends and colleagues from the bar and beyond have done an excellent job in identifying the key takeaways from the 6th September verdict, so I won’t get into that aspect. For the past two years, I, along with colleague Dr. Bhuchitra Singh, who is situated at John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Maryland, have made some...

Delhi Court Discharges CM Arvind Kejriwal In Defamation Case Over His 'Thulla' Remark

A court here Monday discharged Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a criminal defamation complaint filed against him over his alleged 'thulla' remark against the city police.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal granted relief to the politician saying the complainant, a Delhi Police constable, was not a person "aggrieved" in the case and, therefore, his complaint of...

Delhi HC Rejects Pleas Of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Oscar Fernandez Against I-T Reassessment Notices [Read Order]

“The writ petitions have to fail. It is, however, clarified that the observations with regard to the parties’ contentions is not conclusive and were recorded for the purpose of disposing of these petitions; the assessees’ rights to urge them are reserved in the income tax proceedings.”The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the challenge against reassessment notices issued by the...