National Institutional Ranking Framework: National Law University, Delhi, and Indian Law Institute, Delhi only two law colleges on the list

National Law University, Delhi and Indian Law Institute, Delhi are the only two law colleges who have made it to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) released by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD).NLU-D has been placed at the 71st rank, with a score of 54.17. ILI-D has been placed at the 99th rank, with a score of 47.19. You may view the institute data submitted by NLU, here and ILI, here. The table below shows the criteria-wise scoring of the two...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

Arbitrary Appointments of Govt. Law Officers are subjected to Judicial ReviewA two Judge Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, issued Guidelines relating to the Appointment of Government Law Officers. The Bench which was primarily examining the question ‘Whether appointment of law officers by the State Governments can be questioned or the process by which such appointments are made, can...

Supreme Court should clarify the Principles of Secularism ; Vice President Hamid Ansari [Video and Text]

Is it therefore bold to expect that the Supreme Court may consider, in its wisdom, to clarify the contours within which the principles of secularism and composite culture should operate with a view to strengthen their functional modality and remove ambiguities that have crept in?, He askedThe Vice President, Shri M. Hamid Ansari has underlined the centrality of the judiciary in securing...

It is a woman’s Fundamental Right to enter temples and State’s Duty to protect that Right: Bombay HC

In a verdict that is expected to have far reaching ramifications, Bombay High Court on Friday observed that no law bars entry of women in places of worship, and hence no gender discrimination in this regard should be tolerated. “Ultimately, it is the fundamental right of a woman and the government's fundamental duty to protect their (women) right,” a Division Bench comprising Chief...

New MoP;NJAC through the back door?

Today's Times of India has reported that the draft Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), prepared by the Government, in response to the direction of the Supreme Court's Constitution bench in the NJAC matter, has some controversial clauses relating to rejection of the recommendations sent by the collegium.The Times of India has reported that a clause in the draft MoP which has been sent to the CJI...

Engaging Musclemen to recover loans by Banks and Financial Institutions unlawful; Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

In a democratic country having a well established independent judiciary and having various laws, if muscle men are engaged to recover dues to the Bank, there is no doubt that it will create lawlessness, said the CourtThe High Court of Kerala has ruled that resorting to strong arm tactics to recover loans by Banks and other Financial Institutions is unlawfulThe court was considering an...

Dishonour of Cheque-Gujarat HC explains the new Law on Territorial Jurisdiction [Read Judgment]

When the cheque is delivered for collection through an account, the complaint is to be filed before the Court where the branch of the bank is situated, where the payee or the holder in due course maintains his account and, secondly, when the cheque is presented for payment over the counter, the complaint is to be filed before the Court where the drawer maintains his account, Held the...

Road Accidents; Read SC approved Guidelines to protect Good Samaritans [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court of India in Savelife Foundation & Anr Vs. Union of India & Anr has approved the Centre’s guidelines to protect Good Samaritans, who help road accident victims, from being hassled or harassed at hospitals, police stations or courts.The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a notification containing guidelines on 12.5.2015 published in the Gazette of India...

Offences of Fraud - Need for New Perspective

“What is fraud?” A simple definition of fraud as an offence has been skillfully avoided by jurists, judges and law makers, perhaps, due to its everlasting flexibility.  Fertility of human mind to develop new ingenuous and unforeseen deceptive methods to make profit and gain wrongfully causing loss or injury to another, may be the reason why a comprehensive definition to fraud is...

Arbitrary Appointments of Govt. Law Officers are subjected to Judicial Review; SC issues Guidelines on ‘Appointment of Govt. Lawyers’ [Read Judgment]

A two Judge Bench of the Supreme Court Today has issued Guidelines relating to the Appointment of Government Law Officers. The Bench comprising of Chief Justice T.S.Thakur and Justice Kurian Joseph was primarily examining the question ‘Whether appointment of law officers by the State Governments can be questioned or the process by which such appointments are made, can be assailed on the...

Bar Councils and Associations come under the purview of RTI Act: CIC [Read Order]

In a recent order, the Central Information Commissioner has ruled that Bar Councils and Associations, being established under the Advocates Act, come under the purview of the Right to Information Act.The CIC was hearing an appeal filed by Mr. Harinder Dhingra, who had sought information regarding the number of complaints filed against advocates under Section 35 of the Advocates Act in the past...

SC slams states for outsourcing sterilization camps to NGOs

The Supreme Court has fumed at the trend of state governments outsourcing sterilisation camps to NGOs.A public interest litigation being heard by the apex court related to such a camp in Bihar's Araria district where 53 women were operated within about two hours in January 2012. A bench of Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice U U Lalit also took note of the 2014 Chattisgarh deaths. In the month...