TN Govt Issues Jallikattu Rules: Lists Do’s And Don’ts [Read The Rules]

The Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Department of Tamil Nadu Government has stated that the ordinance exempting jallikattu from the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act has been brought in, considering ‘the vital role played by the event of ‘Jallikattu’ in preserving and promoting tradition and culture among people in large parts of Tamil Nadu, and also considering the vital...

Jallikattu - Legal Questions

The Constitution Drafting Committee had a difficult task of balancing rights and duties in a multicultural, diverse country like India while framing its Constitution. The fundamental rights of persons or groups of persons have been subjected to reasonable restrictions. While fundamental rights were not specifically extended to animals but in a dignified society bound by constitutional values, respect for other living beings is implicit. Whether such respect extends to a fundamental right to life...

Jallikattu: TN Governor Promulgates Ordinance Allowing The Bull-Taming Sport

Tamil Nadu Governor Vidyasagar Rao, on Saturday, promulgated the ordinance for conducting Jallikattu. In its attempt to tame the bulls of passion favouring the Jallikattu, the Tamil Nadu Government had proposed to bring in an ordinance to allow the age-old bull-taming sport Jallikattu after a three-year ban.Apparently, the ordinance, which already got clearance from the Tamil Nadu Governor,...

Petition In Bombay HC Against Jolly LLB 2, Says Indian Judiciary Projected In A Derogatory Manner

An advocate has filed a writ petition before the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court seeking certain alterations in the movie Jolly LLB 2. The petitioner Ajay Kumar Waghmare has alleged that from “whatever is shown in trailers of the film that have been released on television and social media” it(the movie) is nothing but an “attempt to project the Indian Judiciary and the...

Fair Investigation Part Of Fundamental Rights: Law Commission Chairman Dr BS Chouhan

Law Commission of India Chairman Justice Dr BS Chouhan on Friday said that fair investigation is a part of Fundamental Rights under Articles 20 and 21 of the Constitution of India and for this reason the investigation must be fair, transparent and judicious.He was delivering the 15th lecture of the Lecture Series initiated by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) on "Fair Investigation...

Can’t Quash Rape Charges On Mere Somersault By Complainant: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

It is to be ascertained during trial as to how and in what circumstances, the prosecutrix denied her earlier version or whether it was due to some threats or pressure, the court said.The Delhi High Court has refused to quash rape charges against a person, observing that it cannot do so on a mere somersault by the complainant.Weeks after she lodged an FIR against a person accusing him of rape,...

Draft BCI Rules Inconsistent With UGC Regulations: Law Professor Writes To PM, Law Minister [Read Letter]

In a representation made to Prime Minister of India, Law Minister, BCI, UGC and other authorities, Dr. P.K. Chaturvedi, Associate Professor of Law, Chotanagar Law College, Jharkhand, has alleged inconsistencies between the draft Legal Education (First Amendment) Rules, 2016 and the University Grants Commission norms, pointing out the “clumsy, arbitrary and ambiguous nature” of...

Kerala HC Expresses Anguish Over Deteriorating Status Of Legal Education [Read Judgment]

“The foundations that we build today in legal education will define the quality of our polity tomorrow,” the court said. A division bench of the High Court of Kerala in a recent judgment expressed deep concern and anguish over the deteriorating status of legal education in the country.Observing that the legal education being imparted across the country is in deep crisis, the court...

State Bar Council Can’t Summarily Reject Enrollment Application Sans BCI Opinion: Madras HC [Read Order]

The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has held that State Bar Council cannot summarily dismiss an enrollment application without referring the application for opinion to the Bar Council of India.The high court was hearing a writ petition challenging the order of Bar Council of Tamil Nadu by which it summarily rejected the application of K. Periyasamy on the ground that he had not disclosed...

With All Due Respect

The Delhi High Court’s order granting bail to erstwhile student leader from Jawaharlal National University, Kanhaiya Kumar had very strange observations in it. I had an occasion to criticize it here. In another such judgment, this time the Bombay High Court in a much criticized judgment recently granted bail to 3 accused persons alleged to have committed crimes under Section 302, 307, 143, 147, 148, 149, 120B and 153A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Pertinently the maximum punishment under these...

Right To Alcoholic Drink Not A Fundamental Right: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Right to privacy—if right to take intoxicating drinks were one— always subject to reasonable restrictions, the bench held.The Kerala High Court has dismissed a challenge against the government’s liquor policy, observing that the laws prohibiting alcoholic drinks will not fall foul of the fundamental rights guaranteed to a citizen.Anoop MS had challenged the policy on the ground that...

ECI Says ‘Bicycle’ Belongs To Akhilesh Yadav [Read Order]

The Election Commission of India has held that the group led by Akhilesh Yadav is the Samajwadi Party and is entitled to use its name and its reserved symbol ‘bicycle’.Rejecting the contention put forth by the group led by Mulayam Singh Yadav on the touchstone of the functioning of rival groups as per the party constitution, the commission observed that the test of majority should...