Abusive Words Which Are Common In Nature And Words Of Common Colloquial Not Obscene : Chhattisgarh HC [Read Judgment]

It is settled law that words which are common in nature and words of common colloquial are not obscene words, the court said.The Chhattisgarh High Court acquitted a man accused of using obscene words in public, observing only words related to sex or moral are obscene words.Relying on witnesses’ testimony that the accused abused the complainant in a public place using words ‘madar chod’...

Litigation Neurosis: HC Apologises To 71-yr-Old Confined In Mental Institution For Losing Temper In Court, Asks Govt To Pay Rs 2L Compensation [Read Judgment]

In an unfortunate case of “ litigation neurosis ” which led to a 71-year-old litigant and a heart patient spending 20 days in a mental institution only for losing temper in court over the tardy pace of hearing in his case, the Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to pay a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the senior citizen while also apologizing to him and his family for the...

Kathua Rape Case: Delhi HC Issues Notice To Google, Facebook, Twitter And YouTube For Revealing Victim's Name [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday impleaded Google, Facebook, Twitter, Bing and YouTube as Respondents in the Petition initiated by it against media houses which had disclosed the identity of the eight-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in Kathua.During the hearing, the Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar was informed that along with such...

April 26-Revisiting The Black Day Of Indian Judiciary

April 26th is proving to be a black day of Indian Judiciary once again. The Central Government has today, unabashedly returned the collegium recommendation for the elevation of Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court, Justice K.M.Joseph to the Supreme Court. The collegium had recommended the names of Justice K.M.Joseph and Adv.Indu Malhotra for appointment as Supreme Court judges; the Government has ordered swearing in of Indu Malhotra alone, severing the collegium recommendation, thereby...

India Against Corruption Campaign: Delhi Court Discharges Arvind Kejriwal And 9 Others For Demonstrations Outside PM's House [Read Order]

A Delhi Court on Wednesday discharged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and nine others from allegations of unlawful assembly and other offences during their protests in 2012. The others discharged in the case are Banwari Lal Sharma, Dalbir Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Mohan Singh, Balbir Singh, Jagmohan Gupta, Azad Kasana, Harish Singh Rawat and Anand Singh Bisht.The case concerns a demonstration...

Submission Of Nomination Papers Through WhatsApp? Yes, Calcutta HC Asks State EC To Accept It In WB Panchayat Polls [Read Order]

In an unprecedented move, the Calcutta High Court has asked the State Election Commission to treat as valid the nomination papers of nine candidates from Bhangore who had sent the same to the Block Development Officer via WhatsApp.Justice Subrata Talukdar, before passing the order, took note of the document dated 23rd April, 2018, from the Commissioner addressed to the District Magistrate...

RTI Query Seeking Date Of Deposit Of Rs. 15L In Citizens’ Accounts, Not ‘Information’, PMO Tells CIC [Read Order]

When will Rs. 15 Lakhs be deposited in the account of each citizen as promised by PM Narendra Modi, was one of the query by Mohan Kumar Sharma in an RTI application preferred before Prime Minister’s Office.He also sought to know how print media houses came to know before the announcement of PM Narendra Modi about demonetization. Queries with regard to educational qualification, previous...

Why Salman Khan’s Sentence Is Harsh & Retributive? There Are No Statutory Sentencing Guidelines In India

 Criminal Justice system is an instrument of state and is a key index of the state of democracy. “The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilization of any country,” said Winston Churchill. A criminal trial has two stages ie determination of guilt and fixing of the sentence. We give maximum importance to determination of guilt but how punishment is decided by the judge has not received requisite juristic...

Unanswered Questions In Loya Case Verdict

'Several questions regarding the death of Judge Loya will remain unanswered forever.  This judgment is the “ADM Jabalpur” moment of the modern-day Supreme Court'The most disturbing event in the great epic Mahabharata is the disrobing of Draupadi which happens in the royal court of Hastinapur. The naive Yudhishthira, intoxicated with the game of dice, wagered his wife Draupadi and lost her to Kauravas. Faced with abject humiliation in the Kaurava court, Draupadi looked up to Bhisma, the...

In Remembering Justice Rajindar Sachar: Loss Of A Sane Voice In Troubled Times

It is often difficult to write about a person with whom you were close for several decades. So many thoughts come to your mind, some are chronological, bound by time and events, but many are those, which are eternal, which constituted that person - his sensitivities, concerns, simplicity, love, and compassion, to which you were a witness. Justice Rajindar Sachar’s life can be easily encompassed by his achievements as a judge and later his immense contribution in public life. The loss we have...

'Persecution In The Name of Sedition Finds Popular Acceptance in India', Says Anushka Singh, Author of the recent book, 'Sedition In Liberal Democracies'

Anushka Singh is Assistant Professor at the School of Law, Governance and Citizenship, Ambedkar University Delhi. She graduated from Miranda House and did her Masters from Lady Sri Ram College. She went on to do her M.Phil and PhD from the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi where she also taught the Masters students, briefly. She was previously employed at the Gargi College, University of Delhi. She was awarded the Visiting fellowship for doctoral research at Tagore...

In This Case Judges Are Like Any Other Witnesses, Their Version Can't Be Taken As Gospel Of Truth, We Will File Review: Ahmad Abdi, President Of Bombay Lawyers Association, Petitioner In Loya Case

In light of the Supreme Court's judgment dismissing the PIL seeking a probe into judge Loya's death, petitioner Ahmad Abdi, president of the Bombay Lawyers' Association, spoke to Live Law about the way forward, the SC's observation calling the PIL scandalous and that it warrants criminal contempt proceedings to be initiated.After SC's judgment and all the observations against the petitioners, going forward what is your next course of action?I am very disappointed, we will file a review...