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“Undermines Public Confidence”: Delhi High Court Upholds BSF Personnel's Dismissal Over Illicit Relations With Colleague's Wife
The Delhi High Court has upheld the dismissal of a Border Security Force Sub-Inspector for developing illicit relations with a colleague's wife.Stating that such conduct goes against the very ethos of the uniform worn by the Petitioner, Justices C.Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla rejected his plea against orders of General Security Force Court and Director General, BSF. It observed,“We...
Supreme Court Issues Directions On Production Of Advocates' Digital Devices For Investigation; Says Clients' Documents Not Covered By S.132 BSA
The Supreme Court has issued detailed directions regulating the production of advocates' documents and digital devices that may contain client information.The Court clarified that documents belonging to a client but held by an advocate are not covered by privilege under Section 132 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), whether in civil or criminal proceedings. However, such production...
Chhattisgarh High Court Slams State For 'Eye-Wash' Action Against Road Hooliganism, Seeks Fresh Affidavit From Chief Secretary
The Chhattisgarh High Court has expressed dissatisfaction towards the steps taken by the State officials to curb hooliganism on the roads, which is caused primarily by reckless drivers performing and recording stunts, and others celebrating birthdays on the roads.The Court, on October 13, had directed the Chief Secretary of State to file personal affidavit regarding two incidents reported in...
Ba***ds Of Bollywood Created To Take Revenge Of Aryan Khan's Arrest: Sameer Wankhede Tells Delhi High Court
IRS officer Sameer Wankhede has told the Delhi High Court that Netflix series “Ba***ds of Bollywood” has been created to take revenge of the arrest of Aryan Khan, director of the show, in relation to an alleged drugs case. Wankhede has made the submission in response to the reply filed by Red Chillies Entertainment while opposing the interim injunction application in his defamation suit....
(Advt) Institute of Law, Nirma University (ILNU) – Admissions Open for 2026–27 Academic Year
The Institute of Law, Nirma University (ILNU) welcomes aspiring law students to apply for its esteemed Undergraduate and Postgraduate Law Programmes for the academic year 2026–27.The Institute of Law, Nirma University (ILNU), one of the best law private law institutes, was established in the year 2007. ILNU focuses on bringing about a paradigm shift in the delivery of legal education in the country. It aims to add newer dimensions in legal education to incorporate international standards and...
Rajasthan High Court Quashes Order Rejecting Compensation To Minor Rape Survivor For Not Furnishing Details Of Income
The Rajasthan High Court set aside a trial court order which had rejected a minor rape victim's plea for compensation under State Victim Compensation Scheme on the technical ground that she did not furnish details of her source of income for making payment of her school fee, etc.In doing so the court observed that such cases are to be dealt with sensitivity by courts and the crime being...
No Summons To Advocates Except Under S.132 BSA Exceptions; Prior Approval Of Superior Officer Mandatory: Supreme Court Issues Directions
The Supreme Court on Friday (October 31) issued a set of directions to ensure that investigating agencies do not arbitrarily issue summons to advocates in criminal cases over the legal advice given by them to the accused.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice NV Anjaria pronounced the decision in the suo motu case taken by the Court over the...
Kerala High Court Upholds 2025 Court Fee Hike; Says It Is Correlated With Cost Of Justice Administration
The Kerala High Court on Friday (October 31) dismissed a Public Interest Litigation challenging the increase in Court Fees and imposition of Ad-Valorem fees without an upper limit, through an amendment in the Kerala Court Fees and Suit Valuation Act, 1959.The division bench comprising Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Basant Balaji delivering the judgment said,"State legislature has...
Madras High Court Asks TN Ambedkar Law University To Permit Student With Chronic Schizophrenia To Write Exams
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University to permit a student with chronic schizophrenia to write Semester Exams Justice Anand Venkatesh was hearing a plea by the student seeking exemption from paying the tuition fee as a person with disability. While allowing the student to write the exam as an interim measure, the court made it clear that it...
The Duty To Decide
Widespread media reports concerning the litigation of Indian Forest Service officer and Magsaysay awardee Sanjiv Chaturvedi point to an extraordinary sequence of judicial recusals extending over a decade. Sixteen judges and members across the Supreme Court, the High Courts of Uttarakhand and Allahabad, several benches of the Central Administrative Tribunal and courts of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrates at Nainital and Shimla have withdrawn from hearing his petitions. Each withdrawal,...
'Fraud Unravels All Solemn Transactions': Allahabad High Court Denies Relief To Compassionate Appointee Terminated After 27-Yrs Service
Holding that fraud vitiates everything else, the Allahabad High Court has denied any relief to the employee who had worked for 27 years as compassionate appointee, citing grounds of fraud committed by him in obtaining the appointment.Upholding the order declaring his appointment void ab initio with effect from the date of appointment, i.e., 31.03.1998, Justice Manju Rani Chauhan...