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Law Schools Must Cultivate In Every Student Deep Respect For Constitutional Ideals : CJI BR Gavai
Chief Justice of India BR Gavai today said that legal education is much more than producing professionals for the bar and the bench. It must also produce citizens who are committed to the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity. "In my view, legal education is not merely about producing professionals for the bar and the bench. It is about cultivating citizens who are committed to the...
Judicial Officers File Contempt Plea Alleging Denial Of Vehicle Loan; Supreme Court Issues Notice To Delhi Chief Secretary
The Supreme Court recently issued notice on a contempt petition alleging non-compliance with the Court's order which accepted the recommendations of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission (SNJPC) with regard to conveyance/transport allowance of judicial officers and directed state governments to implement the same.A bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran, Atul S...
Supreme Court Suspends Sentence Of Catholic Priest Convicted For Rape Of Minor Girl
The Supreme Court today suspended the life sentence of Father Edwin Pigarez, a priest of the Roman Catholic church, who was convicted for raping a minor girl. The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran, while suspending the appellant's sentence, granted bail during the pendency of his appeals against the order of conviction by the High Court. In February 2024, the Kerala High...
Delhi High Court Grants Dynamic+ Injunction To JioStar, Restrains Rogue Websites From Illegally Streaming Jolly LLB 3
The Delhi High Court has recently passed a dynamic+ injunction restraining various rogue websites from illegally streaming, hosting or screening upcoming Bollywood film “Jolly LLB 3” which is scheduled to be released on September 19.Justice Tejas Karia said that any delay in blocking access to the rogue websites could lead to financial losses for JioStar, and an irreparable breach of...
Mandating Local Surety For Bail Of Person From Outside State Is 'Assault' On His Fundamental Rights: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that mandating a local surety as a condition for bail amounts to an assault on the fundamental rights of a person.The court said that such a requirement discriminates against individuals from other parts of the country solely on the basis of their residence.In doing so, the Court quashed an FIR lodged under Sections 419 and 420 of the IPC (Cheating...
Railway Authorities Can't Deboard Passenger Holding Valid Ticket Merely Because He Is Going For Protest: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently held that the railway authorities cannot de-board a passenger holding a valid ticket merely because his travel was for conducting a protest. Justice B. Pugalendhi noted that, as per the Railways Act 1989, a person could be de-boarded only in limited circumstances like travelling without a ticket, having an infectious disease, or travelling in...
Repeated Pleas By Roop Bansal Seeking To File & Withdraw Quashing Plea In Judge Bribery Case Amounts To Bench Hunting: ED Tells P&H HC
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has submitted before the Punjab and Haryana High Court that repeated pleas by businessman Roop Bansal, seeking to file and withdraw petitions for quashing an FIR against him for conspiring to bribe a Trial Court judge amounts to "bench hunting."Bansal is booked under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and for criminal conspiracy under Section...
Delhi High Court Bats For Gender Neutrality In Army Recruitment, Directs Consideration Of Women Candidates For Unfilled Men's Posts
The Delhi High Court has granted relief to five young girls wanting to join as Short-Service Commissioned Officers (Non-Tech) in the Indian Army, saying that elimination of “anachronistically artificial chromosomal distinction” between women and men is a cherished constitutional goal. A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla directed that the...