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....

Narada Sting: Calcutta HC Orders CBI Probe [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court on Friday has directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry into Narada sting operation in which many Trinamool Congress leaders were allegedly found taking bribe.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Nishita Mhatre and Justice T Chakraborti directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry without any delay and in execution thereof, to take custody of the...

Plea Seeking FIR Registration Not Maintainable If Statutory Remedies Aren’t Availed Of: MP HC [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition as not maintainable since the petitioner did not avail of alternate remedies before approaching the court for direction to command the police to perform its statutory duties.The petitioner sought direction to the police to lodge an FIR against Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (respondent no.5) and Gurdwara Committee (Bhopal)...

Uttarakhand HC Issues Landmark Guidelines On Solid Waste Management [Read Judgment]

Every citizen, at the same time, has a fundamental duty to maintain cleanliness in and around his abode, the court observed.The Uttarakhand High Court has issued landmark guidelines on solid waste management while disposing a public interest litigation filed by Sai Nath Seva Mandal.The Society, through the PIL, had brought to the notice of the court that the municipal waste generated in...

Delhi HC Junks JNU Students’ Plea Against UGC Regulations [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea challenging UGC regulations pertaining to admission policy for MPhil and PhD courses.The students had contended that the implementation of the Notification 2016 (Regulations) would imply drastic reduction not only in MPhil /PhD courses, but also make it almost impossible to students from marginalised communities to gain education in JNU.As per...

Delhi HC Upholds Centre's Ban On Zakir Naik's NGO [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Thursday upheld the Centre’s decision to ban NRI televangelist Zakir Naik’s NGO Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) for five years.Observing that the Ministry of Home of Affairs (MHA) has “sufficient material for immediate ban”, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva dismissed Naik's plea, which has challenged the ban order."Immediate action appears to have been taken in...

TN Sessions Judge Tells Accused To Remove 100 Karuvel Trees Within 20 Days In Bail Order [Read Order]

Ariyalur (Tamil Nadu) Principal District and Sessions judge AKA Rahmaan has allowed anticipatory bail to an accused in case involving offences U/s 294(b), 323, 324, 354-A, 506(ii) of IPC on the following conditions:a) That the petitioner/accused shall be released on bail in the event of his arrest on his executing a bond for sum of Rs 10,000, along with two sureties each for the like sum to...

A Successful Advocate May Not Always Be A Good Teacher: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

No doubt, an advocate, who has experience, would have considerable weight, but that weightage will be in the field of practice of law, the court said.Merely being a successful advocate and having a good practice as an advocate will mean that such a person should be equated to a person who has teaching experience, the Delhi High Court observed while dismissing a plea challenging the...

Maintenance Tribunal Can Order Eviction Of Adult Children In Cases Of Parental Abuse: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Directions to remove the children from the property are necessary in certain cases like the present to ensure a normal life of the senior citizen, the court said.The Delhi High Court in Sunny Paul vs. State, has held that the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, amongst other remedies, provides for eviction of adult children in cases of parental abuse.Dismissing...

The Perils Of Judicial Impulsiveness

[This Article was first published in Law And Other Things. It is published here with permission from the Author and LAOT ]To say that there has been an alarming fall in the standards of competence and integrity among judges in India in recent decades would, as an exercise in understatement, be on a par with noting that deserts are a little hot, dry and sandy. That the problem has affected all levels of the Indian judiciary – from the magistracy to the highest court in the land – has been a...