Kerala HC Passes Strong Strictures Against CBFC For Not Reviewing The Film ‘Ka Bodyscapes’ In Accordance With Its Orders

CBFC is repeatedly invoking the ire of the Kerala High Court for its refusal to review the movie ‘Ka Bodyscapes’ for certification. Though facing the threat of contempt proceedings from the Kerala High Court, the CBFC does not seem to be having the intention to comply with the directions of the Court in full spirit. The Court had earlier directed the Board itself to review the movie,...

Senior Designation Can’t Be Claimed As A Matter Of Right: Kerala HC (DB) [Read Judgment]

It is a subjective decision, though based on objective considerations, the bench observed.Affirming the single bench judgment that rejected plea of an advocate challenging the full court decision rejecting his application for designation as senior advocate, the division bench of High Court of Kerala observed that an advocate can neither consider it to be his right to be declared as a...

PIL Filed In Delhi HC Against ‘Blue Whale Challenge’ [Read Petition]

A public interest litigation was filed before the Delhi High Court on Wednesday against lethal online game ‘Blue whale challenge’, which is leading its participants to commit suicide.The PIL was mentioned by advocate Gurmeet Singh before Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shanker seeking directions to internet companies to take down the links of ‘Blue Whale’,...

PIL In Allahabad HC Seeks Court-Monitored CBI Probe Into Gorakhpur Tragedy [Read Petition]

A public interest litigation has been filed before the Allahabad High Court demanding a court-monitored time-bound CBI probe into the Gorakhpur tragedy, in which over 65 children have died since last Thursday at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College, to identify the cause of the deaths and the guilty.The PIL, filed by the Youth Bar Association of India and advocates Saksham Srivastava and...

Hate Message : Jharkhand HC Grants Anticipatory Bail To WhatsApp Admin [Read Judgment]

The Jharkhand High Court recently granted anticipatory bail to Admin of a WhatsApp group, in a case registered against them under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings.The Applicant was one of the  Admin of a WhatsApp group named ‘Law Firm’, and was embroiled in a controversy after it was alleged...

CICERO -The Greatest Lawyer Of All Times

70 years of India’s independence is a mean achievement. The contribution of the lawyers in the independence movement, the framing of our Constitution and ultimately successfully working a democratic constitution has been immense and unparalleled . Perhaps this is the appropriate time to remember the greatest lawyer of all times Marcus Tullius Cicero (106BC –43 BC).Cicero perhaps the greatest orator, lived in a time when the Republic, its Senate and its democratic society was under threat by men...

The Un-Swach Bharat

2 Brothers Die While Cleaning Sewer at East Delhi Mall” - two days ahead of our 70th Independence Day celebration", the newspapers report of these bonded lives for whom freedom is alien. They remain in the clutches of slavery doing manual scavenging, which has been declared to be “disgraceful” and “prima facie a contravention of human rights and the right to live with dignity” by the Courts.Post two legislations since 1993, the practice is still widespread and according to the India Census 2011,...

Unlocking The MOP Lockjam

In our democracy, the final judges will be laymen like me, and all the millions like me, who don’t read that Constitution regularly, who don’t study all the interpretations of it and who may not even understand everything it says. We’ll be the judges of the effectiveness of the Constitution and the wisdom of the laws written under it and the integrity of your profession - Lee IacoccaIt was November 1996 when Chief  Justice P.N.Bhagwati made a momentous statement in his Law Day address, "I am...

UGC, JNU Violating Supreme Court Orders On UID/ Aadhaar

Disregarding previous court orders and unmindful of the June 9, 2017, verdict of Justice A K Sikri-headed bench of the Supreme Court on 12-digit biometric Unique Identification (UID)/Aadhaar, Dr Sajjan Singh, Assistant Registrar (Evaluation), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), has failed to modify a circular dated April 20, 2017, on the subject of “inscription of Unique ID/Aadhaar number and photograph in marksheets and degree certificates”. The circular referred to a letter from the University...

Is Article 370 Of The Constitution Void?

As the Supreme Court admits plea challenging the validity of Article 370 of the Constitution of India granting special status to Jammu & Kashmir, one of the most controversial issues is back to shake the Indian politics. The plea is filed challenging the Delhi High Court order which dismissed such plea earlier. The Jammu & Kashmir High Court had, in 2015, observed that the Article 370 is a permanent feature of the Constitution and is beyond amendment, repeal or abrogation.Even as the...

IDIA Team Secures Interim Relief For Slum Dwellers With Calcutta HC Stay On Demolition And Eviction

In a significant victory for the public interest team at the Increasing Diversity By Increasing Access (IDIA), the Calcutta High Court on Friday granted an interim stay on slum demolitions in Kolkata’s Subhas Sarovar area.Justice Ranjit Kumar Bag granted a stay for one week against the orders for demolition, which were issued in furtherance of a beautification project named...

Bombay HC Tells State To Pay Rs. 6-Lakh Compensation For Wrongly Prosecuting Man For Murder

The Bombay High Court recently directed the state of Maharashtra to pay Rs. 6 lakh towards compensation for wrongly prosecuting a man named Jawaharlal Ramtirth Sharma over a period of 10 years for murder.A bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Sarang Kotwal was hearing a petition filed by Sharma himself.Case backgroundAn FIR was lodged at Jogeshwari Police Station against unknown persons by...