Kerala Teens Hugging Case: Questions Of Surveillance Privacy And Moral Policing

On December 12, Kerala High Court took a step towards restricting the powers and function of the Kerala state child rights commission and giving some more powers to the schools for moral policing of the adolescent behaviour including on line behaviour of the teenagers.A brief over view of the case would show that the 16 year old boy’s ‘publicly showing of  affection’ to his friend, a girl of his same age attracted the attention of his teacher. Warned for their ‘hugging’ infront of third person...

2G Scam Case: Special CBI Court Acquits All 19 Accused In Money Laundering Case Also [Read Judgment]

In a major setback to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), a Special CBI Court, on Thursday, acquitted all accused, including former Telecom Minister A. Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi, from charges under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, arising out of the Rs. 1.76 lakh crore 2G scam case.Besides Raja and Kanimozhi, the Court also...

As Minor Rape Victim Changes Her Mind On Abortion, Delhi HC Says It Wants To Be Sure Of What She Wants

The Delhi High Court has said it wanted to be sure of whether a minor rape victim, who had earlier sought permission to abort terminate her 20-week pregnancy, wanted to go-ahead with the decision before constituting any medical board to assess her fitness to undergo abortion.A bench of Justice S Muralidhar and Justice IS Mehta said so while hearing the petition of a 15-year-old, referred to as...

U'khand HC Declares National Parks Plastic-Free, Orders Tracing Of Missing Bodies; Recommends Insurance Cover For Pilgrims [Read Order]

Four years after the Kedarnath tragedy, the Uttarakhand High Court has declared all national parks, including tiger reserve, elephant reserve, Jim Corbett and Rajaji National Park, plastic free zones while banning dumping  of garbage around rivers and its tributaries and recommending the state government to provide insurance cover to all pilgrims visiting the Char Dhams at a...

Life Term For Suhaib Ilyasi Of ‘India’s Most Wanted’ Fame For Wife’s Murder

A Delhi court on Wednesday awarded life term to Suhaib Ilyasi, who was held guilty last week of murdering his wife 17 years ago, besides imposing a fine of Rs 2 lakh on the former TV producer who once shot to fame with his show ‘India’s Most Wanted’.Additional sessions judge S K Malhotra has sentenced Suhaib to life imprisonment.He was also directed to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to...

Don't Treat Legal Profession As A Business; Exclude It From GST: All District Court Bar Associations Of Delhi To Arun Jaitley

In a representation to Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley, the Coordination Committee of the All District Court Bar Associations of Delhi has demanded that the legal profession be excluded from the purview of the Goods and Service Tax (GST).The letter contends that inclusion of the legal profession under the definition of "business" "has upset the settled proposition of noble profession and...

Police’s Assault Against Lady lawyer: Delhi HC Orders Inquiry

The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) observed a flash strike on Tuesday post-lunch in protest against the police high-handedness Delhi High Court on Tuesday ordered an inquiry in to the incident relating to the assault on a 60yr old lady lawyer by Police.The case pertains to 60-year-old advocate Deepa Arya who has been accused in certain cases of threats, stalking etc filed against...

Split Verdict On Sentence: Orissa HC ‘Finally’ Decides Not To Hang A Youth Accused Of Murdering 16-Year-Old Girl [Read Judgment]

Brutality of the crime committed is not the sole criteria for judging the case to be within the category of “rarest of rare” cases; it has to be one of extreme brutality and exceptional depravity so as to avoid the criticism that the death penalty has been taken as the norm and not the exception, the court said.The Orissa High Court has finally decided not to sentence a man accused...

Why No Law For Preventive Detention Of Corrupt Govt Officials: Justice N Kirubakaran Asks 15 Questions To TN Govt [Read Order]

Corruption is said to become order of the day and the people seems to have been driven to level of accepting it as normal. Corruption erodes and corrodes our administration. Demand of bribe itself is breach of trust of the State, the judge said.Justice N Kirubakaran of the Madras High Court asked 15 questions to Tamil Nadu Government observing that corruption is said to become order of the...

Discrimination In Schools Against Students Of Indigenous Faith: Meghalaya HC Raps School Authorities [Read Judgment]

The Meghalaya High Court came down heavily on the headmistresses of two schools, the students of which took part and raised slogans against the cremation of a person belonging to the indigenous faith.Justice SR Sen reiterated the observation made in an earlier judgment wherein the problems faced by members of indigenous faith (Seng Khasi) with regard to cremation of their dead was...

Bombay HC Issues Notice To Centre, CAG, Finance Commission & GST Council On PIL Challenging GST(Compensation to States) Act,2017

The Bombay High Court on Monday issued notices to the Union of India, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, 14th Finance Commission of India, GST Council, State of Maharashtra on a PIL filed by one Ashrita Prasad Kotha, a law professor at Jindal Global Law School challenging the constitutional validity of  GST(Compensation to States) Act,2017 and 15 other Acts.A bench of Justice SS...

White Collar Crimes Far More Dangerous Than Ordinary Crimes, Says CBI Court That Did Ex-Jharkhand CM Koda, Aides In For 3 Years [Read Order]

White collar crimes are far more dangerous to the society than ordinary crimes, said the special CBI court that sent former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and co-convicts behind bars for three years while directing them to cough up varying amounts of fine, the highest being Rs 50 lakh imposed on Kolkata-based Vini Iron and Steel Udyog Ltd, followed by Rs 25 lakh imposed on Koda and...