Offering Chairmanship of SHRC to a Former CJ is not a badge of servitude or of slavery or an outcome of quid pro quo: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

Offering the post to a former Chief Justice is not a badge of servitude or of slavery or an outcome of quid pro quo. The acceptance of such an office by a former Chief Justice is his personal opinion and cannot be a matter of judicial review on such apprehensions that have been expressed by the petitioner, the Bench said.Dismissing the challenge against appointment of former Chief Justice...

Dress Code for Temples: Madras HC Division Bench imposes interim stay on Single Judge Order

The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Monday reportedly suspended an earlier order of a Single Judge which had prescribed a dress code for men, women and even children to visit temples maintained by Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR and CE) Department across the State.The order has been stayed till January 18 by a division bench comprising Justices V. Ramasubramanian and...

BCI directs DU to shut down evening Law Colleges; says they do not ensure proper quality of Legal Education

Delhi University has been asked by Bar Council of India to shut down colleges that offer law courses in evening shifts, as such programmes fail to ensure proper quality of legal education.A BCI communication sent to DU reportedly reasoned, “Taking into account that proper quality of legal education cannot be ensured if classes are run during evening and night hours, the Bar Council of India...

Delhi HC restrains website from using the word ‘Naukri’ in its name [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has restrained a website and its owners from using any mark/name comprising of the word, “NAUKRI” as part of their trade name, style or any other manner that is likely to confuse or deceive the public at large into believing that it is connected to popular job portal “NAUKRI.COM”Justice Hima Kohli has granted an ex parte ad interim injunction on a plaint filed by...

Govt is ready to consider the appointment of 115 Judges in HCs: Law Minister

The Union Law Minister Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda said that the Central government is ready to consider appointment of 115 judges and regularize 87 additional judges of the High Courts already in the pipeline.Addressing advocates after inaugurating the office of the Additional Solicitor General of India at Karnataka High Court, he said that he had requested the Chief Justice of India T.S....

Husband is entitled to seek divorce from a wife who calls him ‘womanizer’ in her pleadings without leading any cogent evidence: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

To be called a womanizer and corrupt by his own spouse, would have caused such pain and suffering to the respondent as would lead him to entertain the apprehension that it would not be conducive to his physical and mental well being to live with the wife, the Court said.The Delhi High Court has upheld the divorce granted to a husband from a wife who in her written statement alleged that he is...

“You do the best, never mind about the success”; Justice Anil Dave to Law Students

“You do the best, never mind about the success” was the advice by Hon’ble Justice Anil R Dave to the practising lawyers while inaugurating the first N R Madhava Menon SAARC Mooting Competition (Indian round) that took place today at Lloyd Law College in Greater Noida under the technical support from MILAT – Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy. Citing an incident, Justice Dave recounted the event where he being a judge got mesmerized by the pleadings of a young lawyer who later on discovered to be...

Kerala HC asks campus politicians not to obstruct other students from attending classes during ‘strikes’ [Read Judgment]

No student has any sort of right to obstruct other eligible students from entering the class rooms or the portals of a college under the guise of strike, agitation, or 'dharna', Justice Chitambaresh said holding that Right to higher education is a Human right.Justice Chitambaresh of Kerala High Court has delivered yet another landmark judgment which has the potential to change the course of campus life in colleges in Kerala. The Kerala High Court has categorically held that no student has any...

Husband living and begetting child with another woman is immense mental cruelty to wife: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court imposes exemplary cost of 5 Lakhs on a Husband for pressing ‘frivolous’ appeal against Divorce. He could not have started living with another woman and begotten a child with her. Such conduct of the husband would cause immense mental cruelty to any wife, who cannot be expected to share her husband with another woman, the Court said.Delhi High Court has imposed exemplary...

Consider restricting odd-even scheme to a week; Public transport insufficient: Delhi HC to State

Criticizing public transport as ‘insufficient’, a Division Bench of Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Delhi Government to consider if the odd-even policy could be discontinued by Friday.The Bench, comprising Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath has asked the counsel for the Aam Aadmi Party Government, Mr. Rahul Mehra to file an account by Friday, elaborating on the impact...

Husband entitled to seek divorce from a wife who files false cases against him in which he gets acquitted; Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Bombay High Court has held that if a wife files false criminal case against the husband and his family members in which the husband and his family members ultimately gets acquitted, it amounts to cruelty. Justice R.D Dhanuka said that on this very ground, the Husband is entitled to seek divorce from the wife.BackgroundIn this case, the wife filed a complaint against Husband and his family...

Bombay HC sets aside en masse termination of Law Officers on change of Government [Read Judgment]

In a recent decision, Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court has set aside en masse termination of Law Officers of the State, terming it as “arbitrary and illegal”. The Officers had been accused of indulging in conduct incompatible with their duties as a Law Officer, after they had filed a Contempt Petition against the State.The Bench reiterated the principle that the right to...