Centre should consider recognizing LGBT community as a separate group for safeguarding their rights and must accord them special status: Madras HC

Providing its input on the existing debate on the rights of the LGBT (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgenders) community, the Madras High Court recently stated that the Centre must consider according LGBT community special status and recognizing them as a separate group for safeguarding their rights, including the right of privacy.“When more than 30 countries, including a conservative...

Hon’ble High Court, You are also wrong!

Corruption is an oxygen mask to boost the public administration, to serve the people; that too in a Country, where the right to service is treated as a prominent right of the citizen. It is even treated as a necessary evil among the public servants, starting from a village man to the high offices of the Ministers.Either in “bar bribe” or in “solar bribe” in Kerala, which are the...

SC stays Criminal Proceedings against M.S. Dhoni in Lord Vishnu Ad case

The Apex Court on Friday stayed the criminal proceedings pending before an Andhra Pradesh court against ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a case lodged against him for allegedly portraying himself as Lord Vishnu in an advertisement. Dhoni is currently touring in Australia in a five ODI and three T20 series against the hosts from January 12th to January 31st.A bench led by Justice Dipak...

No Promissory estoppel against State altering/modifying the benefit of concessional tariff: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court on Friday, has held that State would not be estopped from altering/modifying the benefit of concessional tariff. Three Judge Bench of Apex Court comprising of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Arun Mishra and Prafulla C. Pant made this observation in M/s. Kothari Industrial Corporation Ltd. vs. Tamil Nadu Electricity Board. The Appeal was against the Order of High Court which had...

Delhi HC commutes death sentence of serial killer Chandrakant Jha to life term without remission [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court, on Wednesday, upheld the conviction of Serial Killer ChandrakantJha. In three separate judgments, Division Bench comprising of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and R.K. Gauba, however did not confirm the death sentence awarded by the Trial Court, but sentenced him to life imprisonment without release on remission.The Court upheld the conviction holding that the Similar Fact...

CIC demands reply from NCERT on exclusion of National leaders like Bose, Vivekananda from NCERT textbooks [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission has demanded a reply from NCERT on the absence of information on national leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose and other revolutionaries from its text books.CIC Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu directed NCERT to explain the reduction of content on the life of Swami Vivekananda from 1250 words to 87 words in Class 12th textbook and complete removal of such content...

Tribunals are here to stay as they play an important role in the sphere of the adjudication of disputes, says Law Minister

The valedictory session of Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) here in New Delhi today witnessed addresses from the Union Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information and Broadcasting Shri Arun Jaitley and the Union Minister of Law & Justice Shri D.V.Sadananda Gowda.In his valedictory address Shri Arun Jaitley emphasized the need to have simpler...

Talaqnama not sufficient proof of Muslim Divorce: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Mere existence of a document like talaqnama, is not sufficient to render a valid Talaq. Justice M.S. Sonak held that, for a valid Talaq, it is not sufficient that the prescribed expressions are pronounced thrice but the stages it is preceded by, are required to be pleaded and proved before the Court, if disputed by wife, the Court held.The Bombay High Court in Shakil Ahmad Jalaluddin Shaikh...

Bombay HC asks Errant Police Officers to pay compensation to Doctors for their 'illegal detention' in a bailable Crime [Read Judgment]

Bombay High Court has come down heavily on police officers for illegally detaining two doctors for more than two weeks in connection with a crime which was bailable. Division Bench comprising of Justices Ranjit More and Anuja Prabhudessai directed the Commissioner of Police to enquire into the matter of illegal detention and to take disciplinary action against the erring police officers. Costs...

Delhi High Court releases a 'rape' convict as he married the Victim [Read Judgment]

Whether a person convicted under Section 376 IPC for 'raping' a then 14 year old girl, be released from prison, by reducing his sentence to period already he underwent in custody, because he married the victim? Delhi High Court, on Thursday, has apparently answered this question in the affirmative.ContextIn this case, the prosecution version was that the accused 'raped' a 14 year old girl,...

Husband filing divorce petition is no justification for wife to lodge false criminal cases against him and his family: Bombay HC (DB)

Only because the husband had filed divorce petition, would be no licence for the wife to file criminal cases making wild allegations which she is unable to prove, the Bench said.Bombay High Court has held that the husband filing divorce petition, would be no justification for the wife to file criminal cases making wild allegations which she is unable to prove. Division Bench comprising...

Ministry of HRD To Set up a Judicial Commission on Rohit Suicide and related issues

The Fact Finding Committee constituted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development in the wake of the chain of unfortunate events at the Central University Hyderabad submitted its report to the Ministry on 22nd January 2016.Based on its observations and findings, the Ministry has decided to constitute a Judicial Commission to review the entire sequence of events and the circumstances; and...