TN Bar Council Won't Ask Lawyers To Boycott Courts

The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Thursday assured the Madras High Court that it would not ask lawyers to abstain from courts to protest against the Law Commission recommendations on the Advocates Act.A bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M Sundar recorded the submission of the council and disposed of a PIL against it.The PIL was filed by Chennai-based lawyer...

State Can Exercise Rule-Making Power Under Criminal Law Amendment Act 1932, Says Bombay HC Full Bench [Read Judgment]

A full bench of the Bombay High Court has examined whether the state retains powers conferred by Section 10 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1932 to make certain offences cognizable and non-bailable, even though the Criminal Procedure Code 1898 was repealed and replaced by Criminal Procedure Code 1973.Justices VM Kanade, SC Gupte and Revati Mohite Dere held that the state can, in...

Two Indian Lawyers Make It To Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List

Two lawyers from India, Mr. Hrishikesh Datar and Mr. Rohit Pothukuchi have made it to the revered Forbes 30 under 30 Asia List.Mr. Hrishikesh DatarMr. Datar, an alumnus of the National Law School, Bangalore, founded vakilsearch.com following an interaction at IIM-Bangalore that addressed the need for a comprehensive portal to address legal needs. In developing the portal, he received...

Lok Sabha Passes Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2016 [Read Bill]

The Lok Sabha, on Monday, passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2016. It was passed by a voice note, and several amendments moved by the opposition were reportedly rejected.The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 9, 2016, aiming to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and address issues around third party insurance, regulation of taxi aggregators, and road safety. The Cabinet...

Justice Gita Mittal Appointed As Delhi HC Acting CJ

Justice Gita Mittal, the senior most Judge of the Delhi High Court has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court.Justice Mittal, who wrote many significant Judgments, to take charge of her new office from 14th April 2017. Present Chief Justice G. Rohini will be retired from service on Thursday.Read the notification...

Can’t Direct Mandatory Hoisting Of National Flag On All Days On Public Buildings: MP HC [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has declined to issue directions for hoisting of a National Flag – Tricolor all the days on the public buildings mandatorily.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice Sujoy Paul said “there is no mandate in the Flag Code that the National Flag should be hoisted on all days and on the public buildings such are specified in Clause 3.39...

India Registers 136 Death Sentences In 2016, Up From 70 In 2015 [Read Report]

Amnesty International's Report on Death Sentence and Execution 2016 has recorded India as one of the retentionists of death penalty. In 2016, two countries abolished death penalty for all crimes and one country abolished it for ordinary crimes only. Several others took steps to restrict their use of this punishment, confirming that despite regressive moves in some countries, the global...

2nd Year Law Student Arrested For Impersonating Justice Kurian Joseph

In a particularly bizarre incident, a 2nd year law student has reportedly been arrested by the special cell of the Delhi Police for impersonating Supreme Court Judge, Justice Kurian Joseph, and seeking a favour from UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s office.The accused, Tausif-ul-Haque, had telephoned Mr. R.N. Pandey, Principal Secretary (Law), UP, asking him to appoint his college lecturer...

Neil Gorsuch Sworn In As US Supreme Court Judge

Neil Gorsuch was, on Monday, sworn in as the Supreme Court’s ninth Judge, filling the seat once held by the late conservative icon Antonin Scalia. At 49, Justice Gorsuch is the youngest Supreme Court Nominee since George H. W. Bush in 1991 picked Clarence Thomas who was 43 at the time.Justice Gorsuch took the Constitutional Oath in a private ceremony, administered by Chief Justice John...

5 Basic Rights The Law Guarantees Every Indian Consumer

“Consumer can be king only if he protects his rights as though it is his kingdom!”A fiercely competitive market comes with its own benefits – of having a choice and getting only the best, but also has its own share of negatives – of being taken for a ride way too often only for a few bucks!To battle this, the Indian law lays down certain regulations and guidelines for protecting...

Bombay HC Commutes Life Sentence Of Man Who ‘Wanted To Inflict Burns, Not Kill’ His Wife [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has commuted the life sentence of a man who poured kerosene on his wife, burnt her and later extinguished the fire with water, as he had not “anticipated that the act done by him would have such a proportion that his wife might die”.A bench of Justice VK Tahilramani and Justice MS Karnik was hearing an appeal filed by Hanumant Chavan, who was convicted by the...

Prisoners Have A Fundamental Right to Trade, and Profession, rules Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

An imprisoned developer wanted to sell property to the willing buyers by executing a registered sale deed. Several prayers were made before the jail authority regarding the same but it did not yield any result. The prisoner’s wife then approached the Calcutta High Court.On hearing the matter, Justice Joymalya Bagchi maintained - “Right to carry on trade and profession including right...