WhatsApp Forward Without Original Can’t Be Treated As Document Under Evidence Act: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has held that a document received as a WhatsApp forward does not even qualify as a document in terms of the Evidence Act, 1872, if neither the original nor the copy of the original has been produced.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva made the above observation while dismissing a petition filed by the National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms and others seeking...

Clinical Legal Education-[Part II] Models Of Clinical Legal Education In India

This piece is in continuation of the former piece titled ‘Clinical Legal Education In India As A Means To Advance Access To Justice’. As Part II, this piece will look into the functioning of three different law school legal aid clinics in India to understand how these clinics work and the general approach towards clinical legal education in India. It does so by doing a brief case study of three law school clinics in India.1) ILS Legal Aid Programme (LAP)/College Legal Aid Centre (LAC), Indian...

Delhi HC Acting Chief Justice Asks District Judges To Follow Three Adjournment Rule [Read Notice]

With a view to ensure speedy yet effective justice, the Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Gita Mittal has instructed heads of all district courts to ensure that the laid down procedure of allowing maximum three adjournments is followed in every case and a realistic timeline is adhered to.In a circular issued through Registrar General Dinesh Kumar Sharma, the Acting Chief Justice...

CJAR Appeals For Impeachment Of MP High Court Chief Justice Hemant Gupta

The Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) on Thursday appealed to the political parties to “come together” to initiate impeachment proceedings against the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court, Justice Hemant Gupta.A press release issued by CJAR highlighted the inaction of the Judiciary, despite the complaint against the Judge in March this year. Along with...

NGT Lays Out The Way Ahead To Resurrect ‘Holy Ganga’ [Read Judgment]

Extolling the ‘most celebrated river of all times’, the National Green Tribunal on Thursday laid out the ‘way ahead’ and shared ‘a new perspective’ for cleaning and rejuvenating Ganga river in the next two years with a string of directions, including announcement of Rs. 50,000 environmental compensation for every act of throwing any kind of waste in the river or its...

MBBS/BDS Admissions - Overseas Citizens To Be Treated On Par With NRI , Eligible For All Categories Except Govt. Quota : Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]

The Karnataka High Court has held that Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cardholders, who are NEET UG 2017 qualified, shall be entitled to be treated on par with Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in the matter of admission to first year MBBS/BDS course for the academic year 2017-18. The High Court also held that they can be considered for all categories except Government quota.A division...

Contempt Notice Not To Be Issued In Routine Manner: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Contempt proceedings cannot be likened to proceedings inviting interrogatories, the court observed.The Delhi High Court has observed that notice on contempt petitions is not to be issued in a routine manner and would be justified only if the court prima facie feels that possible contempt might have been committed.Justice C Hari Shankar was considering an application seeking initiation of...

NGT Puts Total Ban On Nylon, Synthetic Manjha [Read Judgment]

The National Green Tribunal has imposed complete ban on manufacture, distribution, sale and use of nylon or any synthetic manjha or thread holding that the same is lethal in nature and non-biodegradable.“…there shall be a total ban on the Manjha or thread for kite flying which is made of nylon or any synthetic 112 material and/or is coated with synthetic substance and is...

Delhi HC Notice To Kejriwal Govt On Petition For Statutory Minimum Wages [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought to know the stand of Arvind Kejriwal led- AAP government on a petition seeking enforcement of statutory minimum wages.A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal issued notice to the Delhi government on a PIL filed by NGO Social Jurist through advocate and social activist Ashok Agarwal seeking enforcement of current statutory rates of minimum...

Delhi HC To Hear On July 20 Swamy’s PIL For Time-Bound SIT Probe Into Sunanda Pushkar Muder Case

The Delhi  High Court on Wednesday said it will hear on July 20 the Public Interest Litigation moved by Union cabinet minister and BJP MP Subramanian Swamy seeking a time-bound court-monitored multi-disciplinary probe into the murder of Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a five-star hotel suite on January 17,...

How A Transgender Activist Made Her Way From Begging To A National Lok Adalat Bench

For a community that is shunned to the margins of the society, Ms. Joyita Mondal, a transgender woman’s appointment to a bench of a National Lok Adalat exhibits more than just a glaring glimmer of hope.It was moment of immense pride for the LGBTQ community as a whole, when she drove into Uttar Dinajpur’s Islampur court premises in a white car bearing a red plaque stating ‘judgeship...

Life And Times Of Jury System In India- A Legal Analysis

With the screening of the Hindi feature film “Rustom” in the year 2016 - a crime thriller based on the real life incident and trial by jury of K.M. Nanavati   a Naval Officer for the murder of his wife’s lover some fresh interest has  been generated about the jury system of trial in India. A puerile plea has also been raised in some quarters to consider the revival of the jury system of trial in India. The suggestion and argument for revival of the jury system in India is stated to be...