Are We Nearing Collapse In The Dispensation Of Justice In India?

India perceives its justice system as one of the pillars of its democracy (Kant, 2017). However, Sengupta suggests that India’s justice system is erratic, slow and under-staffed thereby implying that cases have taken so long to be heard and justice has long been denied to many people. For example, after the Sikh riots were held in 1984, a final decision on those that had been accused has not been delivered (2017). Not just this, umpteen number of cases do not see the light of justice in a time...

Buried Conscience

Unprecedented are the happenings in the Supreme Court in the recent past. It seems that the new jurisprudence is in the offering, where the bar and the bench are contributing to shaking faith in the judiciary. Something unwarranted witnessed the Chief Justice Court on Monday, which in ordinary course merits dismissal with exemplary cost.  However, surprisingly it ended in uproar by few regular practitioners, and thereafter business as usual.These days, conscience is a word used in the Court...

Judge Loya Case: Denied Justice, Delayed Justice Or Just-Ease

Hearing of the Petition seeking an investigation in the death of Judge Loya presiding over the CBI court in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case has been ongoing for quite a few days in the Supreme Court of India and a battery of esteemed lawyers are fielding for both the sides, whether an independent probe should be ordered, or not. Astonishingly the State of Maharashtra is opposing an independent probe in the matter citing an already concluded purportedly executed probe by Commissioner...

Advocate Gautam Bhatia Makes It To Forbes 30 Under 30 List

Advocate Gautam Bhatia, who worked closely with Senior Counsel Arvind Datar, playing a major role in getting the right to privacy declared as a Fundamental Right, has made it to the Forbes 30 under 30 list.The 2011 National Law School of India graduate studied at Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship. He then went to Yale University to study constitutional law, as he wanted "his...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtNo intervention with the right of privacy of an Indian citizen can be permitted so mechanically, Allahabad High Court observed while ordering the police to discontinue surveillance of a man, who was kept under surveillance since 2011.Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court recently quashed and set aside an order passed by a metropolitan magistrate wherein an...

MPHC Asks State Government To Provide Security For Display Of Movie Padmaavat [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State government to provide adequate police protection and support to the persons, who are involved in exhibition and distribution of film ‘Padmaavat' and to the viewers.Issuing interim direction, the court restrained any person, group or protestors from carrying firearms, articles that might cause injury or damage to the property within 200...

The Press Is The Most Powerful Watchdog Of Public Interest In A Democracy: Bombay HC While Quashing Media Gag Order In Sohrabuddin Case [Read Order]

As reported earlier, the Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside the media gag order by special CBI judge SJ Sharma dated November 29 and held that subordinate courts did not have such inherent powers to pass such an order.In the 39-page judgment published yesterday on the high court website, Justice Revati Mohite Dere held that it is only the ‘courts of record’, i.e., the Supreme...

Ban On Legislators Practising As Advocates: BCI Calls General Council Meet On Sunday To Consider Sub-Committee Report

The Bar Council of India has called its General Council Meet on Sunday to decide the issue of ban on Members of Parliament and the Members of Legislative Assemblies from practicing as advocates.BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra told LiveLaw that a meeting of General Council Meet has been called on Sunday.It is to be noted that the three-member committee of RG Shah, BC Thakur and DP...

Petition Filed In Delhi HC Against Debarment Of DU's LLM Students From Practicing Or Working; Notice Issued [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, on Monday, issued notice on a Petition challenging an Ordinance passed in June, 2015 under the Delhi University Act, 1992 prohibiting LLM students from practicing or undertaking employment while enrolled in the course.The Bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Chander Shekhar, however, refused to pass any interim order and fixed the next date of hearing as...

Chhattisgarh HC Modifies ‘Aadhaar For Bail’ Order: Aadhaar Not Mandatory Anymore [Read Order]

The Chhattisgarh High Court has modified its order that made Aadhaar card of the accused as well as surety mandatory before obtaining bail. Now the surety can submit any document of identification like voter ID, PAN, passport also.Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, in the order on Thursday, said he was convinced with the submission made by the majority of the advocates who made their submissions...

Kamala Das’ Biopic ‘Aami’ Promotes Love Jihad, Claims Petition In Kerala HC [Read Petition]

A writ petition has been filed in the High Court of Kerala against the film Aami, which is reported to be based on the life of renowned author and poetess Madhavikutty, well known as Kamala Das. The petition has been filed by KP Ramachandran, a lawyer practising at the high court. The petition alleges that the film has been made by distorting the life of Madhavikutty.Madhavikutty, who used...

Insisting Husband To Live Separate From His Aged And Ailing Mother Is Cruelty: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Judgment]

Insisting upon the husband to live separate from his aged mother suffering from cardiac problem is by itself a cruelty, the Chhattisgarh High Court has held.A bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Arvind Singh Chandel made this observation while disposing of a matrimonial appeal against the trial court denying divorce sought by the husband.The bench referred to apex court decision...