‘The Wire’ To Move SC Against The Gag Order On Jay Shah Article

‘The Wire’ has decided to move the Supreme Court against the gag order issued against publishing the article about BJP President Amit Shah’s son  Jay Amit Bhai Shah.The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday restored the gag order on online news portal The Wire barring it from reporting any article on Jay Amit Bhai Shah pending the defamation suit filed by him against the portal.Justice...

Rajasthan HC Allows Student Accused Of Rape Of Co-Student To Continue His Studies [Read Judgment]

A human being has to be given a real chance in life which comes from education, resultant employment and consequent family, the court said.The Rajasthan High Court has allowed a student, accused of raping a co-student, to continue his studies and attend the classes in the college.‘A human being has to be given a real chance in life which comes from education, resultant employment and...

Undertrials Languishing In Jail Despite Bail: District & Sessions Court Judges Fail To Conduct "Risk Assessment" Despite Delhi HC Orders [Read Orders]

The Delhi High Court recently rapped District and Sessions Judges for their non-compliance with its earlier order whereby it had directed them to conduct a "risk assessment" of cases where undertrials have been unable to secure release from jail despite grant of bail.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar noted that despite its earlier order, it...

Approve Justice K.M. Joseph's Elevation As SC Judge: Kerala High Court Advocates' Association Appeals To The Centre

The Kerala High Court Advocates' Association has appealed to the Centre to forward to the President the Collegium's recommendation for the elevation of Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K.M. Joseph to the Supreme Court.In a recent resolution, the Association expresses its "deep concern and anxiety" over the delay in Justice Joseph's elevation. Vouching for his competence, the...

Delhi HC Refuses To Quash I-T Re-Assessment Notice Issued To Robert Vadra's Firm [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has refused to set aside the re-assessment notice issued by the Income Tax Department to Sky Light Hospitality, in which Robert Vadra is a partner, in connection with the DLF- Sky Light Hospitality land deal.Sky Light had challenged the notice contending that it was now a limited liability partnership (LLP) and that the impugned notice was, in fact, issued to M/s Sky...

Why Tobacco is Res Extra Commercium?

Scientist and experts across the globe have unequivocally proved that tobacco use kills half of its user in their lifetime if they do not stop using tobacco (according to government sources tobacco consumption kills more than 900,000 people every year in India). Study also suggests tobacco, which is laced with nicotine, is a highly addictive substance, even more than heroin or cocaine. Over the counter, unrestricted sale of such products per se is an antithesis to the fundamental right to life...

SC Transfers Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into ‘Gangrape’ Of 14-yr-old Scheduled Caste Girl By ‘Men In Uniform’ To Orissa HC

A Supreme Court bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice UU Lalit has transferred a petition seeking CBI probe into the alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old Scheduled Caste girl by “men in uniform” and subsequently her suicide to death last month in Koraput district, to Orissa High Court saying four petitions on similar issue were pending there.The bench passed the order after the...

Gender Imbalance In Lower Judiciary: Only 27.6% Women Judges In Lower Courts Across India, Finds Vidhi Centre For Legal Policy [Read Report]

Though a lot is said about judicial vacancies, docket explosion and delays when it comes to Indian judiciary, the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy has scooped out another thought-provoking issue in its report which shows that the lower judiciary across India has a mere 27.6 per cent female judges.In its report titled Tilting The Scale: Gender Imbalance In Lower Judiciary, it shows how of the...

Challenge Against Rule For Allotment Of Chamber To Heir Of Lawyer On The Event Of His Death: SC Issues Notice

The Supreme Court bench of Justices A. K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan on Friday issued notice on the writ petition filed by Advocate on Record (AOR) Vishnu Shankar Jain challenging the constitutionality of Rule 7B of the Supreme Court Lawyers Chambers (Allotment and Occupancy) Rules.It is the petitioner’s case that the Rule, which provides that upon the death of an advocate having a chamber in...

Discharge Orders In Sohrabuddin Case Need To Be Examined By HC: Former Bombay HC Judge Abhay M. Thipsay

Former Judge of Bombay High Court, Justice Abhay M. Thipsay, who heard four bail applications of accused in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh alleged fake encounter case, has now asserted that the orders of discharge passed in the case need to be re-examined.He had granted bail to DG Vanzara, an accused in the alleged fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, Kausar Bi and Tulsiram Prajapati,...

Feminist Judgments Project India: 'There Is A Promising Future For Shadow Judgment Writing In India', Says Academic And Scholar, Jhuma Sen

Have you ever thought of rewriting some of the problematic judgments to come out of the Indian Supreme Court? Can academics write an alternative judgment in the cases of Tukaram v State of Maharashtra (Mathura rape case, 1978) or Suresh Kumar Kaushal v Naz Foundation (2013), which earned much opprobrium in the history of Indian Supreme Court? Well, these questions may be answered in the affirmative, when a new academic project, being carried on these lines, sees the light of the...

Delhi Court Refuses RK Pachauri’s Plea For Gag Order On Media, Orders Disclaimer Of Pendency [Read Order]

Observing that “the media by its reporting should throw more 'light rather than generate heat”, a Delhi court on Monday refused to put a gag order on the media from reporting on the issue of allegation of sexual harassment against former TERI chief RK Pachauri but added that any reportage should consider his views or that of his representatives and denote that the matter...