Only Seems To Have Been Done

 There are incidents so rare in the long unrelenting march of time which have the power to alter the course of history once and for all. KS Puttaswamy vs Union of India – the right to privacy judgment, is one such decision of the Supreme Court of India which has the power to allay moral and legal confusions about marriage, dispel long standing societal norms, curtail state control over private lives and decision of citizens and gradually drive human life towards true freedom. However, the first...

Justice Vijaya Tahilramani To Be Acting CJ Of Bombay HC Again

Justice Vijaya Tahilramani will once again take over as the Acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court as CJ Manjula Chellur retires on December 5.Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani has been appointed as Acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court with effect from December 5.She was appointed as Acting Chief Justice for the first time after Chief Justice Mohit Shah retired in 2015,...

In A First, A Former Assistant Makes His Way To Judgeship In Kerala High Court

He was appointed as High Court Assistant in the year 1981.In probably the first time in the history of the court, a former assistant of Kerala High Court has made his way to High Court judgeship.Justice R Narayana Pisharadi was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Kerala High Court through a notification dated November 28. He was sworn in as a judge on November 30.“Way back in the year...

J&K HC Orders Release Of Detained ‘Notorious Stone Pelter’ [Read Order]

To classify the detenu as a ‘ notorious stone pelter ’ cannot be sufficient to invoke the statutory powers of preventive detention.Ordering release of a man detained for being a ‘notorious stone pelter’, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court observed that prevention detention laws cannot be made a substitute for the ordinary law and absolve the investigating authorities of their...

CJI Misra’s 148-Word Long Sentence In Padmavati Order

In a 2015 judgment, Justice Misra had written a 192-word sentence.Chief Justice Dipak Misra has done it again.The judge known to quote extempore from Shakespeare peppering his orders/judgments with words from ancient texts/literature and famous for his word play has written a 148 word long sentence in an order he pronounced three days ago.In a 2015 judgment, Justice Misra had written a...

Human Rights Commission Can’t Direct Payment Of Compensation: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]

Human Rights Commission is only empowered to make a recommendation. It has no adjudicatory jurisdiction, the court said.The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that the State Human Rights Commission is only a recommendatory body and it has no power and jurisdiction to direct payment of compensation.The Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board was directed by the State Human Rights Commission to...

Formulate A Concrete Health Policy; Improve Housing Facilities For Doctors, Etc.: Allahabad HC Issues Slew Of Suggestions [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court, on Wednesday, ruled that an application for voluntary retirement cannot be rejected solely on the ground of there being a scarcity of doctors in the State.The Bench comprising Justice Devendra Kumar Arora and Justice Rajnish Kumar also issued a slew of directions to improve the healthcare facilities in the State, observing, "We hope and trust that the State...

MP HC Commutes Death Penalty Imposed On Man Convicted For Rape, Murder Of Minor Niece [Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, has commuted death penalty imposed on a man convicted for rape and murder of a minor girl, who was his niece.Vinay was convicted by the Trial Court for rape and murder of his niece who was only thirteen-year-old at that time. The prosecution case was that, after committing rape, the accused and his juvenile friends, killed her by hitting her head with a...

Law Is A Very Attractive Career For Women Today: Says Delhi HC Judge Justice Pratibha Singh At GES-2017 [Video]

Indian legal system is very vibrant and user friendly, more and more women should use it for access to justice. They should not hesitate to approach the court for their rights, Delhi High Court judge Justice Pratibha Maninder Singh. She was speaking in a session ‘Grassroots Grow: Women in Emerging Market’ at a three day-long Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2017, Hyderabad.Speaking...

Watch, But Don’t Report: CBI Judge Presiding Over Sohrabuddin Trial Gags Media

In a drastic move, CBI special judge S J Sharma, who is hearing the case relating to the alleged fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati, has directed the media not to report on the court proceedings.While the media can be present during the proceedings, no reporting regarding the same can be done."Considering the sensitivity in the matter, likelihood of any untoward...

Delhi’s Defacement: Delhi HC Orders Clean-Up On The Lines Of Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan

After the defacement of public spaces in the national capital during the Delhi University Students Union Election, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday expressly asked the DUSU, its president Rocky Tuseed, the varsity and other authorities concerned to beautify Delhi on the lines of Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan and undertake spreading public awareness, by all means, about defacement being punishable...

SC Declines To Interfere With NCDRC Order On ‘Surf Excel’ Scholarship Advertisement Case [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, in Maharaj Singh v Hindustan Lever Ltd (Hindustan Unilever Ltd) in Special Leave Petition (Civil) Diary No(s). 36072/2017, has declined to interfere with the reversal order passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) wherein it had rejected claims made by claimants, who alleged that HUL was running a fraudulent scholarship scheme under the Surf...