Delhi HC Constitutes High Level Committee To Suggest Measures For Enhancing Security In Prisons [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, on Wednesday, directed the creation of a High Level Committee to suggest measures for enhancing security of jail complexes.The Bench comprising Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice I.S. Mehta directed the Secretary of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to constitute the Committee within 10 days. The Committee would comprise of a retired District Judge who has served in Delhi...

Madras HC Examines Impact Of Capital Sentence On Children Of Convicts And Victim [Read Judgment]

The court must also ensure that these three children of the convicts, when they grow up and enter into the society, do not have any anger or any reason to wreak vengeance in any manner whatsoever...All they (children of convict) would know is that the Government or the judiciary, through the Government, was responsible for the death of their fathers. Leaving out to society, these three...

Justice Antony Dominic Appointed As Acting Chief Justice Of Kerala HC [Read Notification]

President of India has appointed Justice Antony Dominic, senior-most Judge of Kerala High Court, as the Acting Chief Justice of Kerala High Court with effect from 6th  November, 2017 consequent upon the retirement of present Chief Justice Justice Navaniti Prasad Singh.Justice Dominic started his practice in Munsiff’s Court and JFCM, Kanjirappally in the year 1981. He then shifted practice...

Retd HC Judge, Advocates Move PIL For Filing Up Of Vacancies In Karnataka HC [Read Petition]

A retired Karnataka High Court judge along with two advocates have moved a public interest litigation seeking expeditious filling up of 34 vacancies in the state high court, which has a total strength of 62, in the interest of justice.The PIL has been filed by Justice AN Venugopala Gowda (Retd.) and advocates S Basavaraj and BM Arun, as the huge manpower shortage stares the justice...

Supreme Court Starts Doing What It Preaches; But Much More Needs To Be Done

Supreme Court of India (SC) recently asked the union government to finalize the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) for the appointments and transfers in the higher judiciary. Since the Supreme Court’s National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) decision of October, 2015 talks of finalization of new MoP are going on; but union government is insisting on ‘national security clause’. According to the union government, it must have the power to reject any name for appointment in the higher judiciary...

The Wire Challenges The 'Gag Order' Against Article On Jay Shah; Gujarat HC Issues Notice [Read Appeal Copy]

The Gujarat High Court, on Thursday, issued notice on the Appeals filed against the ex-parte injunction rendered by Additional Senior Civil Judge B.K. Dasondi of Ahmedabad rural court against the news website 'The Wire'.Civil Judge Dasondi had barred the news website from publishing any content “directly or indirectly” about Mr. Jay Shah, son of Bharatiya Janata Party National President...

Madras HC Puts Interim Injunction On Penalty On Non-Maintenance Of Min Balance In Old-Age Pension Accounts [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has put interim injunction on levy of penalty for non-maintenance of minimum balance in pension accounts.The Madurai bench of Madras High Court granted the interim injunction on a petition filed by advocate S Louis seeking exemption of old-age pension accounts from such penalty.Advocate S Louis sought a direction against application of minimum balance criteria to...

Delhi HC Upholds Upper Age Limit For Nursery Admissions In Schools [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, on Monday, upheld the upper age limit prescribed by the AAP Government for admissions to entry level classes.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar, however, clarified that the admissions processed during the stay on the notification will not be disturbed.The Court was hearing two Petitions challenging a notification passed...

Delhi Court Orders FIR On Homebuyer's Complaint Against Builder Firm, Maria Sharapova [Read Order]

A Delhi court has directed registration of FIR on a homebuyer's complaint against a builder company, its officebearers and international tennis player Maria Sharapova for offence of cheating and collecting Rs 53 lakh on the pretext of a project named 'Ace by Sharapova' proposed to have a tennis academy run by Sharapova herself.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Malik directed the Delhi...

Judicial Proceedings & Records Can Be Accessed Through RTI: CIC [Read Order]

Judicial proceedings and records thereof are public records and the appellant has a right to secure desired information, the commission held.The Central Information Commission, in a brief order, has held that judicial proceedings and records thereof are public records, and a person, even if he is not party to the said proceedings, has a right to secure desired information.YN Prasad had filed...

Family Welfare Committees Become Functional In Delhi Even As CJI Decides To Re-look In SC Guidelines On Misuse Of S 498A [Read Circular]

The Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) has constituted three-member family welfare committees in all 11 districts in Delhi even as an apex court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has decided to relook into its division bench judgment which had issued guidelines to form such committees to check abuse of Section 498A.The family welfare committees have been...

Madras HC Permits Filing Of I-T Returns Without Quoting Aadhaar Number [Read Order]

The Madras High Court, on Tuesday, permitted a Petitioner to file her income tax returns manually without quoting Aadhaar number or Aadhaar enrolment ID, paving the way for more such Petitions to be filed all across the country.The interim order was issued by Justice T.S. Sivagnanam on a Petition filed by Ms. Preeti Mohan, through Advocate Suhrith Parthasarathy. She had relied on the...