Madras HC Acquits 35 Crew Members Of Anti-Piracy Ship MV Seaman Guard Ohio [Read Judgment]

It is freedom after four years for 35 officers and crew onboard the Vessel, MV Seaman Guard Ohio , who were arrested by Marine Police, Thoothukudi, on charges of illegal possession of arms and unlawful activities in territorial waters of India. The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has acquitted and set them free, by setting aside the order of conviction passed by Principal Sessions...

Mere Fact That A Person Is Made Accused In An FIR Is Not A Disqualification For Appointment To Public Posts: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

While dealing with a challenge made to the appointment of Part Time Official Receivers under the Insolvency Act, 1955, Kerala High Court has held that the mere fact that a person is made an accused in a crime is not a disqualification by itself. The challenge to the appointment of a person was made primarily on the ground that he was an accused in a crime.As per the procedure under the...

Plea For Law On Genocide: Delhi HC Directs Centre To Consider Petition As Representation [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, on Monday, disposed of a Petition demanding a deterrent legislation for the offence of genocide, directing the Centre to consider the Petition as a representation.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar noted that the Petitioner, one Manjit Singh Butalia, had approached the Court without making any representation to the Centre....

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...