Appointment of Additional Judges in different High Courts

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President of India has appointed following new additional judges in various High Courts;Additional judges of the Gujarat High Court - (i) Ashutosh Jayantilal Shastri, (ii) Biren Aniruddh Vaishnav, (iii) Alpesh Yeshvant Kogje, (vi) Arvindsingh Ishwarsingh Supehia, and (v) Bipinkumar...

Delhi HC asks state to grant admission to children of HIV affected couple in school [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed the State Government to grant admission to two minor children of a HIV affected couple in any Senior Secondary School in the vicinity of Aaya Nagar, New Delhi.The writ petition was filed seeking a direction to the Financier to take back the vehicle of the 1st petitioner (father) in full and final settlement as well as a direction to the state to provide financial...

Minority Commission does not have the original jurisdiction to declare minority status of an educational institution; Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

Calcutta High Court speaking through Justice Debangsu Basak in the matter of Milli Al Ameen College (for girls) & another v State of West Bengal & others and a batch of connected writ petitions has ruled that the Minority Commission does not have any original jurisdiction to declare the status of any educational institution as being a minority institution or otherwise.The above...

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...

All decided cases in Punjab and Haryana HC digitized; e-Filing and e-Diary software prepared

All decided cases have reportedly been digitized for safekeeping for posterity, by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, as informed by the Chairman of Computer Committee Justice Rajesh Bindal while speaking at a regional discussion regarding the e-courts project at the Chandigarh Judicial Academy.The discussion was presided over by Justice Madan B Lokur, of the Supreme Court and...

MP Lower Court Lawyers exempted from wearing Black Robe for Three Months

Madhya Pradesh State Bar Council has reportedly decided to exempt Lower Court Lawyers from wearing black Coats during this summer. State Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh (SBCMP) Secretary Mukesh Mishra  said that "In a bid to provide relief to more than 60,000 advocates from sultry heat we have exempted them from wearing black coats from April 15 to July 15," reports PTI In December 2015 ,the...

Code of Criminal Procedure (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2007 is retrospective in its operation; MP HC [Read Jt]

Madhya Pradesh High Court has in Dwaraka Prasad v. State of MP held that The Code of Criminal Procedure (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2007 is retrospective in its operation.The Code of Criminal Procedure (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2007, came into force with effect from 22nd February 2008. The amendment interalia changed the forum for the trial of offences punishable under sections...

Delhi HC directs Central Information Commission to start maintaining daily order sheets within six months [Read Order]

In a recent order, Justice Manmohan of Delhi High Court has directed the Central Information Commission to start maintaining daily order sheets within six months.The direction came while disposing the writ petition filed by RK Jain, a renowned authority on indirect taxation, and the Editor of Excise Law Times.In his order, Justice Manmohan held that since the CIC is a quasi-judicial body,...

Necessitating students to repeat all exams for failing in one paper is arbitrary and unreasonable: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

“The mental anguish which a student has to face in the event of his losing a theory or practical by marginal marks necessitating re-appearance for all the papers in theory and practical in order to secure a pass is unimaginable”said the CourtJustice V. Chitambaresh of Kerala High Court has on Thursday(31/03/16) held that the practice of insisting a student to undertake the entire...

Punjab & Haryana HC issues notice in PIL challenging system of designation as Senior Advocates

A Petition has been filed in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, challenging the system of designation of Advocates as Senior Advocates by the Court. The Court has issued notice on the Petition filed by Mr. Arjun Sheoran, which challenges the Rules framed in this regard, as being violative of Article 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India.“It is unfortunate that a perception has...

Gujarat passes Bill to levy entry tax on goods purchased through e-commerce portals

Gujarat Government on Wednesday reportedly passed the Gujarat Tax on Entry of Specified Goods into Local Areas (Amendment) Bill, 2016, to facilitate levying of entry tax on goods purchased through e-commerce portals.The Bill amends the definition of an “importer”, to also include those who “bring or facilitate to bring any specified goods for consumption, use or sale in Gujarat from...

Consent of the spouse not required for organ donation: Kerala HC

The High Court of Kerala on Monday (28/03/16) has ruled that the consent of a spouse is not a statutory requirement, for making organ donation in case of transplantation amongst non related persons.The ruling was delivered by a bench comprising of Justice C.K.Abdul Rehim and Justice Shaji.P Chaly in Basheer v State of Kerala &others.The order was issued in a writ petition seeking issuance...