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Justice C S Dias Takes Office As Judge Of Kerala HC
Justice Conrad Stansilaus Dias was sworn in as an additional judge of High Court of Kerala on Monday.The President of India had issued the warrant of his appointment on November 13. His appointment as additional judges is for a period of two years.Notably, he is the first person from the Anglo-Indian community to be take office as a High Court judge in India. With his appointment, the Kerala...
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Allahabad High Court Reaffirming that a company has a separate legal identity from its owners, the High Court stayed the recovery proceedings started by the Respondents, Ghaziabad Development Authority and District Magistrate, Ghaziabad against the Petitioner, Rakesh Jain and asked them to file their responses in the matter. Held that no sanction for prosecution under the Prevention...
Justice R. Banumathi- SC Collegium Gets A Woman Member After 13 Years
The Supreme Court collegium is having a woman face, after more than a decade. Justice R. Banumathi is now one among the top five senior judges of the Supreme Court, with the retirement of Justice Ranjan Gogoi.Justice Banumathi hails from Tamil Nadu and was elevated as a Supreme Court judge in 2014. She started her judicial career as a District and Sessions Judge. Later she was elevated as...
Gravity Of Offence Not Decisive Ground to Deny Bail : Karnataka HC [Read Order]
Karnataka High Court while granting bail to an accused charged of kidnapping and rape of a minor girl, who later committed suicide, said "Gravity alone cannot be a decisive ground to deny bail, rather competing factors are to be balanced by the court while exercising its jurisdiction." Justice Ashok G Nijagganavar while granting bail to Santosh Danakankeri said that "Object of bail is...
Facts From Another Case Gets Reproduced In Delhi HC's Chidambaram Bail Order [Read Order]
[Update : The Delhi HC on November 18 clarified that there was no 'cut-paste' from the order in Rohit Tandon's case, and that the observations in paragraph 35 referred to Rohit Tandon's case and not to Chidambaram's case]The Delhi High Court's recent order rejecting regular bail to P Chidambaram in a money laundering case, seems to have reproduced facts from another order passed by the...
Compelling to Reveal Identity May Harm The Whistleblowers of Sexual Violence': FB Challenges Order In Subodh Gupta Case
Facebook has moved an application before the Delhi High Court seeking modification of interim order of the Single Bench wherein it was asked to reveal the person behind the Instagram handle 'Herdsceneand'. On September 18, the Single Bench of Justice Endlaw had passed an ex-parte interim order in a suit filed by Subodh Gupta seeking removal of the allegedly defamatory content made against him...
How Is Centre Accrediting, Monitoring Labs Which Analyse Air, Water Quality, Asks NGT [Read Order]
As Delhi and other states, near and far, struggle with polluted air and water, the National Green Tribunal has directed the Centre to produce information about accredited laboratories and analysts recognized to furnish report with regard to analysis of air, water and other samples and the monitoring mechanism in place to keep a check on their functioning. A bench headed by NGT...
'Seniority Not A Fundamental Right' : Madras HC Strikes Down TN Rules On Fixation Of Seniority Based On Reservation In Promotions [Read Judgment]
Article 16(4-A) is only enabling provision and therefore, a roster point promotee belonging to reserved category cannot count his seniority in the promotive category on that basis.
Justice Akil Kureshi Takes Charge As Chief Justice Of Tripura HC
Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi took charge as the Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court today, after the oath swearing ceremony. He will replace Chief Justice Sanjay Karol, who was recently transferred to the Patna High Court. The Centre had notified Justice Kureshi's appointment vide notification dated October 30 based on the recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegium...
Augusta Westland: Special Court Issues Notice To ED In Ratul Puri's Bail Plea
Special CBI Court has issued notice to Enforcement Directorate in a bail application moved by Kamal Nath's nephew Ratul Puri in a money laundering case. Earlier, the Delhi High Court had also refused to grant anticipatory bail to Ratul Puri citing the need to effectively investigate the case by ensuring his interrogation in custody. Puri is one of the prime accused in Augusta Westland...
Gujarat HC Issues Notice On Plea Against Omission Of 10% EWS Quota In Civil Judge Recruitment
The High Court of Gujarat on Friday issued notice on a petition challenging the "breach of equality" in recent advertisement for recruitment of civil judges as the same does not provide for benefits of 10 per cent reservation for the Economically Weaker Section. Justice N V Anjaria issued notice to the State's Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, the Gujarat State Public...