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...

Junaid Khan Lynching Case: Trial Court Says Haryana AAG Helping The Accused; Directs Action For Professional Misconduct [Read Order]

Additional Sessions Judge Y.S. Rathore has accused Additional Advocate General for State, Mr. Naveen Kaushik, of assisting the defence counsel appearing for the accused persons charged with brutally lynching 16-year-old boy, Junaid Khan, in June this year.According to an interim order, it came to the notice of the Court that Mr. Kaushik was helping the defence counsel during the cross...

Kerala HC Denies Anticipatory Bail To Criminal Lawyer Adv. CP Udayabhanu In Rajeev Murder Case [Read Order]

The High Court of Kerala dismissed the application seeking pre-arrest bail filed by Advocate C.P Udayabhanu, who stands accused of hatching the conspiracy to murder a real estate broker Rajeev.  The order was pronounced today by Justice Hariprasad, after Justice P.Ubaid recused from hearing the bail plea.Adv.Udayabhanu was appointed as special public prosecutor in the sensational...

Kashmir Gets It’s First Rhodes Scholar Sameer Bhat; Also Awarded To Rahul Bajaj Who Was Born Blind

Nagpur University graduate Rahul Bajaj and GNLU Gandhingar's Sameer Rashid Bhat have been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, enabling them to pursue a postgraduate course in Law for a year at Oxford University.Rahul, who was born blind due to a “rare retinal condition called Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis”, is currently working as an Associate at Trilegal. He graduated from...

'Vande Mataram’ Inseparably Linked With Freedom Struggle, Protection Under Law Not The Only Way To Show Respect: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Aartis, works of Kalidas also revered but need no protection of law, says Centre‘Evocative’ national song 'Vande Mataram' is inseparably linked with India's freedom struggle but does not call for amendment in law to ensure that it is granted the respect and dignity it deserves, the Delhi High Court has held while agreeing with the government that protection under law is not the only way...

Delay In Seeking Compensation For Land Acquisition Can Be Condoned In Appropriate Cases: SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, on Friday, ruled that delay in seeking compensation from land acquisition authorities can be condoned in appropriate cases.The Bench comprising Justice A.K. Goel and Justice U.U. Lalit observed, "We are of the view that even though limitation is prescribed and it is expected that the aggrieved party takes remedies within such prescribed time, the delay can be extended...

'An Eyewitness Account: When SC Judge Arun Mishra Came Across A Wheelchair-bound Senior Citizen'

Disclaimer -The author and the publisher has highest regards for the institution including judges. The aim of the post is to highlight the need of developing a disabled/differently abled friendly infrastructure in the Supreme Court. The readers are advised to read the article in this context alone.A miscellaneous day. A jam-packed courtroom. Litigants, advocates and court staff. Two judges. A list of cases, files and reported cases of the Supreme Court in binded SCCs all around. The scene inside...

Aadhaar Is Adharma, It Is Against Geeta And Constitution

A Supreme Court, which is conscious of the erosion of its authority, will surely ask the Attorney General on Monday (October 30) when he comes back to it with instructions from the government to inform the court as to why it has not complied with the court’s direction that “the Union of India shall give wide publicity in the electronic and print media, including radio and television networks, that it is not mandatory for a citizen to obtain an Aadhaar card. The production of an Aadhaar card will...

IDIA Scholar From GNLU Jumika Yeptho Succumbs To Tuberculosis

In an extremely sad turn of events, IDIA scholar and student from Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) Gandhinagar, Jumika Yeptho, succumbed to tuberculosis on Thursday afternoon. The body of Jumika, who hailed from Nagaland, has been taken home by his family members, where his funeral ceremony will be conducted on Friday.Unfortunately, Jumika faced many prejudices, to the extent that his own batchmates were of the belief that Jumika was hospitalised for drug use. However, as per Prof. Shamnad...

Sachin Pilot Challenges Ordinance Shielding Public Servants From Probe; Notice Issued [Read Petition]

The Rajasthan High Court, on Friday, issued notices on a Petition challenging the Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance, 2017, which makes it mandatory to obtain a Government sanction before investigating both serving and former Judges, Magistrates, and public servants for on-duty actions.The notice was issued by a Bench comprising Justice Rastogi and Justice Maheshwari on a...