Bombay HC Refuses To Stay Phillauri's Release, Imposes Rs. 5-Lakh Cost On Litigants For Frivolous Litigation [Read Judgment]

Once again, the Bombay High Court has imposed costs on a litigant for indulging in frivolous litigation.This time, Justice GS Patel imposed Rs.5 lakh as cost on plaintiffs who claimed copyright infringement on part of makers of the Bollywood movie Phillauri.According to the plaintiffs, copyright was infringed as Phillauri has certain similarities with their Gujarati, Bhojpuri and Nepali...

PIL In Delhi HC Seeking FIR On Allegations In Kalikho Pul’s Suicide Note

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in Delhi High Court seeking registration of FIR on the allegations contained in former Arunachal Chief Minister Kalikho Pul’s suicide note.The Petition filed by National Lawyers’ Campaign For Judicial Transparency And Reforms and 10 others stated that the persons against whom the allegations are persons who hold high constitutional...

Justice BD Ahmed New Jammu & Kasmir CJ, Justice Pradeep Nandrajog Rajashtan CJ [Read Notifications]

President of India has appointed Delhi High Court Judge Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed as the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.Another Delhi High Court Judge, Justice Pradeep Nandrajog is appointed as the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.Justice Ahmed was enrolled as an Advocate on 5.9.1980 with the Bar Council...

Key Highlights Of The Finance Bill Passed By The Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha, on Wednesday, passed the Finance Bill. The Bill would now go to the Rajya Sabha, which can neither reject nor amend it, and must return it within 14 days, after which Lok Sabha may accept or reject all or any of its recommendations.Here are a few highlights of the Bill: Aadhaar card has been made mandatory to file Income Tax Return (ITR) and for permanent account number (PAN)...

Age Limit : MP HC Permits All Aspirants To Apply For NEET-2017 [Read Order]

In an interim order, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has permitted the petitioners and other candidates who desire to take NEET 2017 Examination to submit their forms.The high court has put a rider that "the candidates would be bound by the order passed by the Supreme Court or this Court at subsequent stages".The interim direction was issued during hearing of three petitions challenging...

A Tribute To Our Beloved Colleague Aishwarya Dhakarey

American poet, memoirist, and actress Maya Angelou once said: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”The quote is quite apt for our dear colleague and friend, Aishwarya Dhakarey, who passed away tragically on March 12. She ended her life, leaving behind a note, which she had written on March 7.A memorial was held at her college, Symbiosis Law School, Pune, on March 20 to honour her...

Cabinet Approves Amendment To 'The Right To Education Act, 2009'

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday has approved the amendment to Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.The Proviso to Section 23(2) of the RTE Act specifies that all teachers at elementary level who, at the commencement of this Act, did not possess the minimum qualifications as laid down under the RTE Act, need to acquire these within a period of five years i.e.,...

Delhi HC Notice To Centre For No Action Against Congress, BJP For FCRA Violation [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court asked the Centre to respond to a contempt petition filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms and Dr. E.A.S. Sarma accusing the Congress and the BJP of willfully disobeying the high court order in March 2014, in which it was held that both parties violated the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) by accepting donation from foreign sources.Issuing notice to...

Should A Lawyer Have A “Writer’s Mind”? [Part - 2]

SECTION III Getting Reader’s AttentionLord Denning, a celebrated British jurist, once famously said:“No matter how sound your reasoning, if it is presented in a dull and turgid setting, your hearers—or your readers—will turn aside. They will flick over the pages. But if it is presented in a lively and attractive setting, they will sit up and take notice. They will listen as if spellbound. They will read you with engrossment”.It is believed that lawyers have the privilege of a captive audience...

India Lost A Great Lawyer: Tribute To Anil Divan By Ram Jethmalani

In the passing away of Anil Divan, the nation has lost an ideal member of the Bar whom since I have known for decades was my ideal. He often worked in long PILs without charging a farthing. I was personally honoured when I wanted him to appear for me and my very educated friends in the famous PIL to compel the Congress government in power in 2009 after we found that it did nothing to avail of a German government’s public offer to disclose to us the names of about a 1000 Indian criminals holding...

Senior Advocate Anil Divan Passes Away

Senior Advocate and constitutional expert Anil B Divan (87) passed away.In a message to members, Supreme Court Bar Association Secretary Gaurav Bhatia said;“Respected MembersWith profound grief I regret to inform the sad demise of Shri Anil Divan Sr Adv father of Mr Shyam Divan Sr Adv who left for heavenly abode. It is a great loss to the SCBA & the legal institution. The cremation...

“Shashi Tharoor’s Equality Bill Is A Way Of Realising Ambedkar’s Vision Of A Discrimination-Free India”, Says Oxford Academic, Tarunabh Khaitan

Tarunabh Khaitan is an Associate Professor in Law at the University of Oxford. He is the author of A Theory of Discrimination Law (OUP 2015), which has been well received in academic circles. He is also the General Editor of the forthcoming Indian Law Review.He completed his undergraduate studies at the National Law School of India University, (Bengaluru) between 1999-2004. He then came to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and completed his postgraduate studies with distinction at Exeter College....