Orissa High Court Hosts 1st All India Judges' Badminton Championship, Justices BK Thomas & R Vijayaraghavan Emerge As Winners

The Orissa High Court has hosted 1st All India Judges' Badminton Championship-2025 on 4th and 5th January, 2025 under the patronage of Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Cuttack.The event was organised with an objective to enhance camaraderie among the Judges of different High Courts so also to promote sports and physical fitness among the judicial office bearers. This is also an attempt to take forward the theme of recently concluded Chief Justices'...

Shreya Rastogi (Director-Forensics At Project 39A) Wins Prestigious Award By The New York Legal Aid Society For Contributions To Forensics

Director of Litigation and Forensics at Project 39A, Shreya Rastogi has been awarded the New York Legal Aid Society's 2024 Magnus Mukoro Award for Integrity in Forensic Science for extraordinary accomplishments in the field of forensics.Shreya Rastogi is a founding member of Project 39A, a criminal justice initiative at National Law University, Delhi. She is at the forefront of research and litigation efforts to ensure that scientific and reliable forensic disciplines are used in India's...

NALSA Launches National Reel Making & Short Film Competition For Law Students

NALSA launches Nationwide Competition for Law Students: “Connecting with the Cause” On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule, the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), under the leadership of Mr. Justice B.R. Gavai, Executive Chairman, NALSA, is proud to announce the launch of the Pan-India Zonal Reel Making & Short Film Competition for Law...

Temple Suit Will Become Baseless: Plea In Ajmer Court Against Offering Of PM Modi's Chadar At Ajmer Sharif Dargah

An application has been filed before a court in Ajmer seeking a temporary injunction to prevent the offering of a Chadar at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow on the occasion of the Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti – the 13th-century Sufi saint.The application has been moved in a suit already pending before Ajmer Court, claiming that the Ajmer...

Periya Double Murder Case: CBI Court Hands Down Life Imprisonment To 10 Murder Convicts, 5-Yrs Imprisonment To Former MLA And Three Others

The Special CBI Court in Ernakulam today (3rd January) sentenced the convicts in Periya double murder case to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 1 Lakh each for offences under Section 302 r/w Section 149 and Section 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC. Four other convicts involved in the matter, including the former CPI(M) MLA K. V. Kunhikrishnan, have been sentenced to 5 years...

Delivery Boy To Civil Judge – A Story That Inspires

The life trail of Advocate Yaseen Shan Muhammed who came second in the Kerala Judicial Services Examinations 2024 and qualified to be a Civil Judge is truly inspirational. The key to his success, according to Yaseen, is sheer determination and hard work. Turning the pages of Yaseen's book of life would give hope to many who feel that their future is bleak, dumped and depressed. LiveLaw...

Odisha Govt Reconstitutes State Law Commission, Appoints Justice Biswanath Rath As Chairperson

The State Government has reconstituted the Odisha State Law Commission (OSLC) in pursuant to the resolution of the Government of Odisha in the Law Department published in the State Gazette in March, 2016. Justice Biswanath Rath, former Judge of the Orissa High Court has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Commission. Senior Advocates Surya Prasad Mishra and Soura Chandra Mohapatra have...

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of An Advocate As Bombay HC Judge & A Judicial Officer As Uttarakhand HC Judge

The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 22nd December, 2024, approved the proposal for the appointment of Advocate Pravin Sheshrao Patil as a Judge of the High Court of Bombay. In the same meeting, the proposal for the appointment of Judicial Officer Ashish Naithani as a Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court was also approved.Click Here To Read/Download the Collegium's...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Advocate Praveen K. Giri As A Judge Of Allahabad HC

The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 22nd December 2024, approved the proposal for the appointment of Praveen Kumar Giri, Advocate, as a Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. Presently, the Allahabad High Court has a sanctioned strength of 160 and is functioning with 81 judges with a vacancy of 79 Judges.Click Here to Read/Download the Collegium's...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of 3 Judicial Officers As Rajasthan HC Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 22nd December 2024 approved the proposal for the appointment of the following Judicial Officers, as Judges of the Rajasthan High Court: Chandra Shekhar Sharma, Pramil Kumar Mathur, and Chandra Prakash Shrimali Click Here to Read/Download the Collegium's...

Kerala High Court Judges Committee Suspends Judicial Officer Over Allegations Of Misbehaviour With Female Court Employee

The Kerala High Court has suspended the presiding officer of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Vadakara over allegations of misbehaviour with a woman court staffer in Kozhikkode. He was the Additional District and Sessions Judge of Kozhikkode. Reportedly, he was transferred to Vadakara after the alleged incident came to light. The decision was taken by the Administrative Committee...

'Fictitious Evidence': Rajasthan Court Acquits Suspended Judicial Officer, His Clerks In Minor Boy Sexual Assault Case

A special POCSO Court in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district last week acquitted suspended judicial officer Jitendra Singh Guliya and his two clerks in connection with a case lodged against them on the allegations of repeatedly sodomising, sexually assaulting a minor boy and also threatening his family members of implicating them in false cases. While acquitting them, Special...