Justice Khanwilkar To Head Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal

The Centre has notified constitution of the "Mahanandi Water Disputes Tribunal", in furtherance of the Supreme Court order directing it to constitute the same to resolve the long-standing dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over the sharing of water from Mahanandi river.A Bench comprising Justice S.A. Bobde and Justice L. Nageswara Rao had, in January this year, directed constitution of...

Some Dishonest Litigants & Unethical Advocates Bringing Entire Judicial System To Disrepute: Bombay HC Imposes 10 Lakhs Cost To Litigant [Read Judgment]

It is anguishing to note that such Advocates facilitate the unethical misadventures of their clients, often encouraging their clients' dishonest practices, causing grave stress to the Judiciary, and unfortunately bringing the entire judicial system to disrepute, the court observed.At this point of time, the Judiciary is mired in challenges of a very grave nature, perhaps like never before,...

Kerala Govt Sanctions Stipend For Junior Lawyers [Read Circular]

The Government of Kerala has approved stipend for junior lawyers. Lawyers aged less than 30 and having less than three years of practise, with annual income less than Rs. 1 lakh are entitled to stipend. The stipend amount is Rs. 5,000 per month.The stipend is disbursed out of the Kerala Advocates Welfare Fund constituted under the Kerala Advocates Welfare Fund Act 1980. Section 9 of the...

Online Registration For AIBE-XII Now Open

The Registration for the All India Bar Examination-XII held by the Bar Council of India has begun on its website.Here is the tentative schedule for the...

Ban On Entry Of Women In Sabarimala Temple - Just Another Case Of An Age Old Prejudice Against Women

It is a good eighty-two years since the benevolent Temple Entry Proclamation of 1936 which allowed all castes to enter temples in the erstwhile State of Travancore. And it is unfortunate that today when the world is celebrating International Women’s Day, in India we are still debating on whether women should be allowed to enter places of worship where Gods dwell. We are contemplating on the purity of a woman and of her body, all because she menstruates. And this happens to be in God’s own...

Cheque Cases Go Online- On Receipt Of E-Summons Accused To Deposit Money In Complainant's Bank A/C & Inform Court Through E-mail: Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]

In line with the Supreme Court's directives on speedy disposal of cheque dishonor cases, the Gujarat High Court recently directed the Trial Court to allow the accused to pay the amount directly in the complainant's bank account and intimate the Court through an Email.Justice Sonia Gokani further encouraged the use of technology for serving summons on the accused in such cases, noting,...

17 Additional Judges Of Madhya Pradesh HC Made Permanent; 3 Additional Judges Appointed At Calcutta HC [Read Notification]

Through a notification issued on Wednesday, the Central Government has made permanent seventeen Additional Judges of Madhya Pradesh High Court. The seventeen Judges are: Atul Sreedharan Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari Vivek Rusia Anand Pathak Jagdish Prasad Gupta Anurag Kumar Shrivastava Housla Prasad Singh Ashok Kumar Joshi Vivek Agarwal Nandita Dubey Rajeev Kumar Dubey Anjuli Palo Virender...

SC Collegium Recommends 5 Additional Judges For Permanent Judgeship At 2 High Courts [Read Recommendations]

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended appointment of four Additional Judges of Allahabad High Court as permanent Judges.In a meeting held on Tuesday, the collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice Ranjan Gogoi recommended the following four Judges for permanent Judgeship: Justice Ashok Kumar, Justice Vivek Chaudhary, Justice Saumitra...

President Accepts Resignation Of ASG Sanjay Jain, Maninder Acharya To Replace Jain

President of India has accepted the resignation of Additional Solicitor General of India for the Delhi High Court Senior Advocate Sanjay Jain.Sanjay Jain had submitted his resignation citing personal reasons in January this year, but he was asked to continue till a replacement was made.He was appointed as ASG in the year 2014.Recently the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)  has...

Kerala HC Makes New Rules For Designation Of Senior Advocates [Read Rules]

The High Court of Kerala has made new rules for the designation of senior advocates titled, ‘High Court of Kerala (Designation of Senior Advocates) Rules 2018, which is expected to be published in Kerala Gazette on this March 15. The new rules are made in the light of the guidelines and norms laid down by the Supreme Court regarding designation of senior advocates in its judgement in...

SC Stays Execution Of Death Sentence Of Man Convicted Of Rape & Murder Of 6-Yr-Old Girl

The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has stayed execution of the death sentence of a man convicted for rape and murder of a 6-year-old girl.Chotkau was convicted by the trial court for rape and murder of a 6-year-old girl. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court had affirmed the conviction and confirmed the death sentence awarded to him.While confirming...

Can Tamil Be A Compulsory Subject In Board Exam? Madras HC Refers Question To Larger Bench [Read Order]

A Division Bench of the Madras High Court has referred to a larger bench the question whether Tamil can be made a compulsory subject in Board Examination.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Abdul Quddhose noted, "Under the Tamil Nadu Tamil Learning Act, 2006 and/or Rules and/or Regulations framed and/or orders issued thereunder, exemption from appearance at the...