Medical Aspirants’ Parents move Bombay HC against new Stipulations in Maharashtra Medical Admissions

A Writ Petition has been filed by parents’ of some medical aspirants who have appeared for the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (“MHT-CET 2016”) held on 5th May, 2016, challenging new stipulations introduced by State Common Entrance Test Cell, deviating from the earlier communication given to the aspirants.The Petition was come up for hearing today before the Bench of Justices S...

Accepting incomplete charge sheet and denying statutory bail by Magistrate, is an apparent abuse of law; Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

“Charge sheet filed within statutory period of 60 days ought to be complete to enable the concerned Magistrate to adjudicate and not an incomplete charge sheet to infringe upon the right of the accused to be released on bail” the court held.Delhi High Court has held in State v Hargyan that acceptance of an incomplete charge sheet and denying statutory bail (167(2) CrPC] to the...

240 Websites offering Escort Services Blocked

Government of India has blocked 240 Websites offering Escort Services pursuant to the recommendation of Expert Committee under Ministry of Home Affairs.An IT Ministry official reportedly said to the Business- Standard  "The order to block 240 escorts websites was issued to internet service providers on Monday on recommendations made by an expert committee under the Ministry of...

Husband alone is entitled to file a Complaint for an offence of adultery: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Former husband cannot be an aggrieved person for an offence of adultery, said the Court.The High Court of Kerala, has held that only a husband can be an aggrieved person to file a complaint of adultery. The court was considering the plea of the revision petitioner who stood convicted on concurrent findings of two courts below for the offence of adultery.The material facts would show that,...

Draft Goods and Service Tax Bill 2016 (GST Bill) published [Read the Bill]

Ministry of Finance has published the Draft Goods and Service Tax Bill 2016 (GST Bill). The draft of GST Valuation (Determination of the Value of Supply of Goods and Services) Rules, 2016 is also published along with the Bill.Salient Features of GST as per the Discussion Paper issued by Empowered Committee of SFM are as follows(i) The GST shall have two components: one levied by the...

Complaint under DV Act not maintainable after divorce; Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

Once the domestic relationship came to an end after the decree of divorce the complaint under the Domestic Violence Act could not have been filed, the Court observed.The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a complaint under Domestic Violence Act is not maintainable after divorce and the domestic relationship between the aggrieved person and the respondent must be present and alive at...

CLAT Second Allotment List Ready; Read Counselling Guidelines

The Second allotment List for admission to Colleges through Common Admission Test has been published in the CLAT Website.The following counselling Guidelines for Admission through CLAT 2016 are also published in the website.COUNSELLING GUIDELINES FOR ADMISSION THROUGH CLAT 2016The admission to UG and PG programme in participating National Law Universities under CLAT-2016 shall be done...

Kerala HC bans burning of Plastic and Rubber waste in Public places.

The High Court of Kerala  has in a  public interest litigation, filed by Kerala River Protection Council has issued a interim direction, banning the burning of the plastic and rubber waste in public places. A Bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Thottathil  Radhakrishnan and Justice Anu Sivaraman has issued the above directive, taking into consideration the instances of growing ...

Book Review; Judicial Reputation: A Comparative Theory

BY NUNO GAROUPA AND TOM GINSBURG, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2015, Pages 273.Reputation, as the authors of this important book define, is the stock of assessments about an actor’s past performance. Reputation is crucial in many areas, and as the authors say, judging is no exception.How do we understand judicial reputation? The authors help us understand it both in terms...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtAllahabad High Court held that, in view of the prohibition contained in Section 362 of the Code of Criminal Procedure even the High Court in exercise of its inherent power under Section 482 CrP.C has no authority or jurisdiction to alter/review a Judgment in a Criminal Case, after the Judgement is signed.Coming down heavily on Police officers for illegally confining a lady...

Senior Advocate Vinod Bobde Passes away

Senior Supreme Court Lawyer Vinod Arvind Bobde has passed away. He was a constitutional expert. He has also mastered the law on inter-state water disputes and regularly engaged by various State Governments. He had appeared in many sensational cases like Mullapperiyar and Cauvery Water Dispute etc. His father was a Senior Lawyer and former Advocate General of Maharashtra. He is the elder...

Calcutta Bar continues to boycott Justice Karnan Bench

The Bar of Calcutta High Court seems to be continuing their decision to boycott the Bench presided by Justice C.S. Karnan.Live Law has accessed about 12 orders passed by Justice Karnan on Friday. In all these orders, it has been mentioned that there was no representation from either sides. Most cases has been adjourned by the judge to next week.Following his verbal duel Justice Ashim Kumar Roy...