Rajasthan HC Postpones District Judge Cadre Exam Due to PM Modi’s Visit

The Rajasthan High Court on Friday postponed the exam for direct recruitment in the District Judge Cadre, 2017, owing to Prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jaipur and the expected congestion on the roads.The order was issued by Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma on a petition filed by Gajendra Singh Rathore and Guruprasad Singh Shekhawat. During the hearing, the counsel for the...

Supreme Court Judgments On Right To Information Act 2005: Wither Transparency?

Transparency activists have always applauded and given credit to the Supreme Court of India for its outstanding role in recognising the fact that the Right to Information to government information is a fundamental right of its citizens under Article 19 (1)(a) of the Constitution of India.The first landmark pronouncement in this respect was made by Justice Mathew in State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain (1975) 4 SCC 428 wherein he stated, “In a government of responsibility like ours, where all the...

Decades Have Passed Since Ist Petition In MC Mehta On Curbing Pollution In Delhi But Situation Hasn’t Been Salvaged, Rues Delhi HC [Read Order]

Replacing double-storey with multi-storey flats not redevelopment, it saysAs tree lovers in Delhi are all out in support of 16,000 trees which were to be felled for the redevelopment of six colonies in south Delhi, the Delhi High Court has rued how even decades after the first petition was filed by MC Mehta in 1985 (regarding diesel vehicle emissions), the situation does not seem to have...

Revised Norms for Home Buyers Under Insolvency Proceedings Notified [Read Notification]

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India has notified the revised norms for the resolution of insolvency process and has paved way for home buyers to seek relief as financial creditors, putting in place clear timelines to be followed by resolution professionals and permitting withdrawal of insolvency applications subject to certain conditions.The board has mandated that a...

Maharashtra Govt. To Pay Mukul Rohatgi Rs. 1.21 Crore Fee For Judge Loya Case: RTI Response

The Maharashtra Government has sanctioned the payment of Rs. 1.21 crore to Senior Counsel Mukul Rohatgi for representing the State before the Supreme Court in the petitions seeking independent probe into CBI Special Judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya’s death.Mr. Rohatgi had been appointed as the Special Prosecutor in the case by the State Government, along with former Solicitor General of...

Sohrabuddin Case: Bombay HC Upholds Trial Court’s Order Rejecting Discharge Plea Of Two Accused Cops [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday rejected a revision application filed by two cops from Rajasthan accused in the case. The two cops are Himanshu Singh Rajawat and Shyam Singh Charan.Both the applicants were sub-inspectors in Rajasthan Police Force. They had challenged an order of the Sessions Court rejecting their discharge applications in the alleged fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin...

A Self Declaration Is Sufficient For Conversion To Hinduism, Registrar Need Not Enquire Into Validity Of Conversion For Marriage: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court has ruled that in the absence of any formal ceremony for conversion to Hinduism, declaration by a person that he is converted to Hindu would be sufficient for the public authorities, the Marriage Registrar in the instant case, to act.Justice A Muhamed Mustaque also laid down that a marriage registrar is only duty bound to conduct the summary enquiry as to the legality of...

Indian American Amul Thapar On Trump’s List Of Supreme Court Nominees

With Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announcing last week that he would retire from the Supreme Court, we’re heading to a showdown for a crucial replacement that is expected to change the course of the highest court of the United States of America for generations to come.Justice Kennedy, 81, has been a critical swing vote on the sharply polarised court for nearly three decades as he embraced...

Dissecting Supreme Court's Protection of Fundamental Rights- In conversation with Jayna Kothari, Editor, Rights in Review

"In 2017, we can see that while Article 19 freedoms were not that strongly prominent, Article 25 Right to Freedom of Religion protection was very strong", Jayna Kothari, Editor, Rights in Review & Director, Centre for Law & Policy Research.'Rights in Review' is an annual review of the decisions of the Supreme Court of India on the protection of fundamental rights, prepared and published by Supreme Court Observer under the aegis of Centre for Law and Public Research. The first review...

Shashi Tharoor Seeks Anticipatory Bail Days Before Court Appearance

Just days before he was to appear as an accused for allegedly abetting the suicide of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, Congress MP Sashi Tharoor moved an anticipatory bail plea on Tuesday and it is likely to be heard tomorrow.Tharoor moved the plea this morning before Additional Special Judge Arvind Kumar who has sought response of the Delhi Police while posting the hearing for tomorrow since...

Kathua Case: SC Allows 3 Witnesses To Approach J&K HC For Protection From Harassment By Police [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday granted liberty to witnesses who were the classmates of Vishal Jangotra, one of the accused in the Kathua gangrape and murder case, to approach the Jammu & Kashmir High Court on the ground of harassment by the state police.Advocate Ravi Sharma  submitted that there were allegations of torture by the investigating agency. He prayed   for   directing  ...

Why Should Advocates Be ‘On Their Legs’ In Courts: NHRC Asks BCI To Look Into Advocate’s Complaint

In legal language, an advocate is said to be “on his/ her legs” when appearing in a court of law.However, this practice of advocates being on their legs while arguing at the Bench left an advocate from Ludhiana wondering if there were any rules calling for such a practice which, to him, amounted to inhuman treatment of advocates.Hariom Jindal, an advocate practicing in district courts...