After Supreme Court Raised Concerns, UP Govt Proposes To Amend Law To Abate Trials For Motor Vehicle Offences

After the Supreme Court expressed concerns over the Uttar Pradesh law, which proposed to abate the trials for offences under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, pending till 2021, the Government proposed an amendment to the provision.As per the proposed amendment, offences which are non-compoundable, or have mandatory imprisonment, or which are subsequent offences, will not be abated.The issue is...

Law Research Assistant Vacancy At The High Court Of Karnataka [Apply Now]

The High Court of Karnataka invites application for the post of Law Research Assistant in the Court of Hon'ble Justice Ashok S. Kinagi, Judge, High Court of Karnataka. Name of the Post: Research Associates of Law No. of Post: 02 (Two) Essential Qualification and Experience A minimum of two years' experience in legal practice and willing to work at Dharwad and Kalaburagi Benches whenever His Lordship holds sitting at Benches, is required to be eligible. How to apply? ...

Executive (Legal) Vacancy At Induslnd Bank [Mumbai; Apply Now]

Induslnd Bank invites application for the post of Executive (Legal). Name of the Post: Executive (Legal) Location: Mumbai Essential Qualification and Experience Experience required in banking and financial LL.B. / LLM from reputed law school and preferably Company Secretary as an additional qualification. Roles & Responsibilities Drafting and negotiating credit facility, security and ancillary documents to safeguard the interest of the Bank and to ensure legally...

Spouse's Independent Income Can't Be Clubbed With Public Servant's Income To Launch Disproportionate Assets Case: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently quashed a sanction order issued by tax authorities to prosecute a woman's husband–a public servant–under the Prevention of Corruption Act, by including the wife's independent income as an advocate in her husband's income. The division bench of Justice Vivek Kumar Singh and Justice Ajay Kumar Nirankari held that the investigating agency and...

Allahabad High Court Refuses Relief To 'News18' Journalists Over Alleged Telecast Claiming UP STF IG Released Criminal For Money

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Thursday dismissed an application filed by the Executive Editor and other journalists of News18 Channel challenging a summoning order issued against them in a criminal defamation case filed by senior IPS officer Amitabh Yash. Yash, who is currently serving as Additional Director General (ADG), STF and Law & Order, Uttar Pradesh, had filed...

Can ED Conduct Search And Seizure Without Predicate Offence? Karnataka High Court To Decide

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (January 29) directed ED's adjudicating authority not to close its search and seizure proceedings initiated against a partnership firm under scanner for betting and gambling, until the high court decides the firm's plea questioning the proceedings. The petitioner Puppy Tours and Travels LLP has sought to declare the search, seizure and freezing operations...

Supreme Court Orders Personal Presence Of Narcotics Control Bureau Director & Guwahati NCB IG Over Casual Handling Of NDPS Case

Voicing serious concern over the delay in a matter involving a commercial quantity of narcotics, the Supreme Court directed the personal appearance of the Director, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Inspector General, NCB, Guwahati on the next date of hearing.A Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih passed the order while hearing the NCB's challenge to the...

Railways Responsible For Goods Till Proper Delivery: Rajasthan High Court Upholds ₹10 Lakh Compensation For Damaged Consignment

The Rajasthan High Court has upheld the compensation of nearly Rs. 10 lakhs imposed on the Western Railway towards damaged consignment of fertilisers, opining that even after being unloaded at the destination, the consignment remained under the control and supervision of the Railways.While highlighting utmost carelessness and negligence on part of the Railways, the bench of Justice Anoop...

Mahatma Gandhi Assassination Case: Key Facts

On this day, 30th January, the father of our nation was murdered by Nathuram Vinayak Godse, a Hindu Mahasabhaite. Date of Assassination30th January, 1948FIR registered on30th January, 1948 at 5:17pmFIR lodged byNandlal Mehta at Tuglak Road P.S.Police submitted charge sheet27th May, 1948Number of Prosecution Witnesses149Total number of Accused personsOut of 11 accused , 3 were declared absconding.Thay are: Gangadhar Dandwati, Gangadhar Jadhav, Suradeo SharmaOffences under: Section 302, 120B, 109,...

'Romantic' Messages To Student Ground To Terminate Probationary Teacher Without Enquiry: Bombay High Court

If a teacher on probation engages in constant messaging with a student after school hours, which could amount to harassment, then in such a situation, the school management can terminate the teacher's service invoking provisions of the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Regulation Act, 1977, without conducting any enquiry etc, the Bombay High Court held...

Privy Council To Supreme Court: Continuity, Sovereignty And The Evolution Of India's Apex Court

On 26th January, India commemorates the 76th anniversary of the commencement of its Constitution. Contrary to a layman's perspective, the new Constitution did not give birth to a completely new regime, but it blew a new and independent soul into a pre-existing administrative and judicial skeleton, thereby inheriting (with necessary modifications) the system as it existed under the Government of India Act 1935 and its predecessors. Therefore, while the Constitution signified sovereignty, it also...

High Courts Flooded With Service Matters: Madhya Pradesh HC Suggests State To Create In-House Employee Dispute Resolution System

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Wednesday (January 28), suggested the State Government to set up a Dispute Resolution System to internally resolve the complaints of its employees.The bench of Justice Vinay Saraf observed that the High Courts are flooded with service matters which could be resolved at the initial stage itself.The bench observed;"I deemed it proper to suggest the State...