Nilavembu Kudineer Row: File FIR Against Kamal Haasan If Any Cognizable Offence Made Out: Madras HC To Police [Read Order]

The Madras High Court, on Wednesday, directed the Police to act on a complaint filed against actor Kamal Haasan and register an FIR against him if they see merit in the allegations.The complaint was filed after Mr. Haasan tweeted last week urging his fans not to distribute 'nilavembu kudineer', a herbal concoction to treat dengue, until proper research is carried out. He had later...

Kerala Set To Strengthen Role Of Victims In Criminal Jurisprudence System [Read Circular and Judgment]

Kerala Police State Chief Loknath Behera has now issued a circular calling for strengthening and widening the role of ‘victims’ in crimes. The circular has been issued pursuant to the observations of Kerala High Court through Justice Devan Ramachandran in a recent case. Justice Ramachandran, through his judgment in  TV Thomas vs State of Kerala & Others, had ruled that victims of...

Legal Education in India: The Saga Of An Overregulated And Undergoverned Discipline

Higher education including legal education in India has attracted incredible attention over the past 20 odd years. The reason is but obvious, the cracks in the education system have become more evident today and if not cemented in time, the system will fall apart thereby permanently ravaging the very fabric of the society.Recent years have seen a burgeoning of ill-equipped law colleges, housed in tiny rooms with skeleton libraries, and lacking well trained academic as well as administrative...

Retired Employee Not Bound To Pay Back Amount Withdrawn From Welfare Fund For Re-Enrolling: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

A single bench of the High Court of Kerala has held that the Bar Council cannot insist that a retired employee should pay back the amount which he had withdrawn from the welfare fund upon joining government service, for re-enrolling as an advocate after retirement.After putting in eight years of practice, the writ-petitioner had joined government service. Before that, he had got his name...

Speed Post Fails: Consumer Forum Orders Post Offices To Pay Rs 25K To 2 Law Graduates Who Missed Precious Chance At DJSE-2015 [Read Order]

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has held the Post Master General in Chandigarh and Lodhi Road in New Delhi guilty of deficiency in service for failing to deliver the application forms of two law graduates to the Delhi High Court Registrar in time, leading to the applicants losing precious chance of participating in the Delhi Judicial Service Examination.A bench of NCDRC...

'Cannot Lift One Community By Demeaning Others': Madras HC(FB) Lifts Ban On Two Tamil Books After Alterations [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court has directed the State to lift its ban from the two Tamil books written by Mr. K. Senthil Mallar on the condition that the “provoking contents” in the books be altered or deleted."Under such circumstances, the impugned orders are liable to be set aside, provided that the petitioner complies with the references and bibliography as pointed out by the first respondent,...

SARFAESI: Allahabad HC Refuses To Entertain Borrower’s Loan Default Due To Demonetisation, GST [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging recovery proceedings initiated against a borrower firm, which challenged recovery proceedings on the ground that due to demonetisation and imposition of GST, it suffered loss in business and could not pay loan installments to the bank.The bench comprising Justice Bharati Sapru and Justice Siddharth passed the above order in...

Clean TN: Madras HC Bans Unnecessary Banners, Photos, Flags, Drawings On The Wall; No Banner To Feature Live Person, Sponsors [Read Order]

To maintain clean atmosphere in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court has banned erection of hoardings, banners, sign-boards, flags, drawings on the walls without due permission while expressly stating that any banner, put up with permission, should not feature any living person or the sponsors.Justice S Vaidyanathan ordered the Chief Secretary to issue a circular to all town panchayats, wards etc...

Temprorary, Ad Hoc And Contract Staff Also Entitled To Maternity Leave: CAT [Read Order]

CAT observed that it is a fact that temporary, ad hoc or contract employees do not enjoy the same benefits as a regular employee but request for maternity leave stood on a different footing.In a significant ruling, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has said that temporary, ad hoc and contract women employees are also entitled to maternity leave and consequent benefits akin to...

Did Not Claim To Clear All Pending Cases By March, 2018: Madras HC Rebuts News Reports

In response to news reports claiming that the Madras High Court is set to achieve the superhuman task of clearing all pending cases by March, 2018, a clarification has now been issued denying any such claim.The Registrar General of Madras High Court has clarified that Chief Justice Indira Banerjee merely claimed to be taking steps to clear all cases that have been pending for more than...

Mere Silence Can’t Be Taken As Proof Of Consensual Sexual Relations: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Mere silence cannot be taken as proof of consensual sexual relations, the Delhi High Court has held while upholding the conviction and 10-year jail term of a man for repeatedly raping a minor for over six months.Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal junked the defence taken by convict Munna in his appeal that the silence of the victim all along was a proof of her consent to the sexual relations even...

2-yr Wait For RTI Info Akin To Harassment, CIC Awards Rs 5K Compensation To RTI Applicant [Read Order]

Holding that a long wait for information was akin to harassment, the Central Information Commission has awarded a compensation of Rs 5,000 to an RTI applicant, who was made to wait for two long years for RTI information.Aabid Hussain has been awarded a compensation of Rs 5,000 to be paid by Cantonment Board, Jabalpur, which kept him waiting for two years when he sought copies of some General...