Advocate Billwadal Bhattacharyya Removed From Deputy SG Post At Calcutta High Court

Advocate Billwadal Bhattacharyya has been removed from the post of Deputy Solicitor General of India, for the Calcutta High Court.The notification dated 16th February 2024 reads: The President is pleased to discontinue the term of Shri Billwadal Bhattacharyya, Deputy Solicitor General of India for High Court of Calcutta (PB) at Kolkata, with immediate effect. The name of Shri...

'Murder Accused-BJP President' Remark | Sultanpur Court Grants Bail To Rahul Gandhi In Defamation Case

An MP/MLA Court in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district today granted bail to Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi in connection with a defamation case lodged against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly making a 'defamatory' statement against present Union Home Minister Amit Shah in 2018.Rahul Gandhi secured bail on a surety of Rs 25,000 and a personal bond of the same amount. During the court proceedings,...

Chennai Court Convicts BJP Politician S.Ve Shekher For Offensive Post Against Women Journalists, Suspends The Sentence for 30 Days

The Additional Special Court For Trial Of Cases Related To Members Of Parliament And Members Of Legislative Assembly Of Tamil Nadu on Monday convicted actor turned politician S.Ve Shekher for making offensive posts against women journalists. The court, however, allowed his plea under Section 338 of CrPC and suspended the sentence for 30 days. Shekher has been sentenced to one month...

Pathetic & Unbelievable: J&K High Court Expresses Dismay Over Prolonged Power Outage At Srinagar Bench, Requests Chief Secy For Permanent Solution

In a significant move to address the critical infrastructural challenges faced by the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Srinagar, the court has requested the Chief Secretary of J&K to work out means to ensure an interrupted supply of electricity to the court.The directions came when the High Court, situated in Srinagar, encountered a power outage during court hours, plunging...

Kerala HC Advocates Association Writes To CJ Over Alleged Misconduct/Misbehavior By Justice A. Badharudeen

The Kerala High Court Advocates Association (KHCAA) has written a complaint to Chief Justice, A J Desai today alleging inappropriate conduct/misconduct/misbehaviour against advocates in the courtroom by Justice A. Badharudeen.The allegation was that on February 14, 2024, Justice Badharudeen had denied adjournment in a case to Advocate Jayakumar Namboodiri on medical grounds. It was stated...

Refrain From Using Terms Like 'Lower Courts', 'Subordinate Courts' To Address Trial Courts: Kerala High Court

Chief Justice, A J Desai has directed the Registry of the Kerala High Court to notify to all the staff and members to refer to the records of the Trial Court as 'Trial Court Record' (TCR) instead of 'Lower Court Record' (LCR). The direction has also prohibited the usage of terms like 'Lower Courts' or 'Subordinate Courts' while referring to the Trial Courts or the Courts in the...

Maharashtra Speaker Holds Ajit Pawar Faction As Real NCP, Dismisses Plea To Disqualify MLAs

Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar refused to disqualify MLAs from the NCP supremo Sharad Pawar or Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's factions of the NCP and relied on the Election Commission's order - recognising Ajit Pawar as the leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).The speaker dismissed five petitions filed by both factions. “Ajit Pawar faction had overwhelming legislative...

Plea For ASI Survey Of Gyanvapi Mosque's Blocked Cellars | Varanasi Court Grants Time Till Feb 28 To Mosque Committee To File Objections

A court in Varanasi District of Uttar Pradesh today granted time till February 28 to Anjuman Intezamia Mosque Committee (which manages Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi) to file its objections to the application seeking a direction to the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct a thorough survey of the unreached/blocked cellars (Tehkhane) within the Gyanvapi Mosque premises.Addl. District...

Bihar Federation Of Women Lawyers Writes To BCI Proposing Specialized Legal Representation For Crimes Against Women & Children

Bihar Federation of Women Lawyers (BFWL) has made a representation to the Bar Council of India, emphasizing the urgent necessity for specialized legal representation in cases concerning crimes against women and children. According to recent statistics from the National Judicial Data Grid, there are 2,84,023 pending cases involving crimes against women, highlighting the crucial need for...

Husband Giving Time And Money To His Mother Cannot Be Considered As Domestic Violence Upon Wife: Mumbai Court

The Sessions Court at Borivali dismissed an appeal filed by a 43-year-old woman seeking relief under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDV Act) observing that husband giving time and money to his mother could not be considered domestic violence.“It revealed from the entire evidence that her grievance is that, respondent No.1, husband is giving time and money to...

Criminal Complaint Filed Against Kunal Kamra Over Tweet 'Insulting' Indian Flag: Varanasi Court To Pronounce Order On Feb 27

A court in Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh will be pronouncing its order, on February 27, on a criminal complaint case filed against Comedian Kunal Kamra alleging that he insulted the Indian flag by tweeting a morphed picture of the Supreme Court replacing the tricolour atop it with the flag of a political party.The complaint, filed by Varanasi-based Advocate Saurabh Tiwari in 2022,...

NCLT Orders Liquidation Of Mehul Choksi-Promoted Gitanjali Gems

Recently, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLAT) Mumbai Bench has ruled for the liquidation of Gitanjali Gems, a jewelry retailing company headed by fugitive Mehul Choksi, under Section 33 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.The bench, comprising Kuldip Kumar Kareer as the judicial member and Anil Raj Chellan as the Technical member, stated, “On perusal of records, it is evident...