'Free Kashmir' Placard : PIL In Karnataka HC For Action Against Mysuru Bar Association For Stopping Lawyers From Appearing For Student In Sedition Case

A PIL has been filed before the Karnataka High Court against the decision of the Mysore District Bar Association, precluding all its members from representing Nalini Balakumar, the student who was indicted on the charges of Sedition for holding a 'Free Kashmir' placard during the anti-CAA protests at the Mysore University campus on January 8. The plea has been moved by...

Madras HC Refuses To Relax Age Limit For OBC Candidates Appearing For District Judge Exam [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court on Thursday refused to relax the upper age limit for persons belonging to Other Backward Class, for taking the District Judge examination. A bench comprising Chief Justice A P Sahi and Justice Subramonium Prasad dismissed a batch of petitions, seeking to bring the upper age limit for the OBC category at par with Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) candidates....

Can't Withhold Name Of Candidate Found Suitable For Judicial Service, Says Tripura HC; Directs RG To Recommend Candidate's Name For Post Of ADJ Lying Vacant [Read Judgment]

Emphasising that the high court could not have withheld name of a candidate for appointment to Tripura Judicial Service Grade-I without any specific reasons, the Tripura High Court has directed its Registrar General to recommend the name of a candidate to the state government for appointment to a post of Additional District and Sessions Judge lying vacant. A bench of Chief Justice Akil...

Sheena Bora Murder Case: Peter Mukherjea Granted Bail By Bombay HC, 4 Years After His Arrest

The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to former Star India CEO Peter Mukherjea on a surety of Rs.2 lakh. Mukherjea was arrested in November 2015 for his alleged involvement in the murder of Sheena Bora, his wife Indrani's daughter from a previous marriage. Justice NW Sambre, however, granted six weeks stay on the bail order so that the Central Bureau of Investigation can...

NRI Tax : Kerala Assembly Passes Resolution Against Budget Proposal To Amend Section 6 Income Tax Act

The Kerala Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution moved by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan urging the Central Government to withdraw the proposal to bring amendments in Section 6 of the Income Tax Act in respect of residential status of Indians.The Finance Bill 2020 proposed to amend Section 6 of the Income Tax Act 1961 to reduce the period of stay in India as 120 days from 182...

Internship For Law Students Will Be Arranged By BCI & Law Schools: BCI Before Delhi HC [Read Order]

In suo moto proceedings pertaining to the suicide of an Amity Law School student Sushant Rohilla, the Bar Council of India has assured the Delhi High Court that the Council and the law schools will arrange internships for all law students. A Division Bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Najmi Waziri recorded the submission made by the counsel for BCI as under, "He assures the...

No Plans To Move 'Water' To Union/ Concurrent List From State List, Centre Says In Lok Sabha

The government today denied that it was planning to include the subject of Water, presently in the State list, to the Union/ Concurrent List of the Constitution. Clearing air on this matter, the Centre said in the Lok Sabha that the proposal to bring water in the Union / Concurrent list had earlier been examined by the two Commissions on Centre State Relations, and the proposal did...

Second National Judicial Pay Commission Recommends Hike In Pay, Pension & Allowances Of Judicial Officers Across The Country

The Second National Judicial Pay Commission has submitted its final report recommending increase in the pay, pension and allowances of judicial officers.The Commission was constituted by the Supreme Court as per its orders in the All India Judges Association case. On November 16, 2017, the Ministry of Law and Justice had issued the notification in that regard.Justice P.V.Reddi, former Judge...

Nirbhaya Case: Tihar Jail Moves Court For Fresh Death Warrants Against Convicts

Tihar Jail Authorities have moved Patiala House Court for seeking fresh death warrants against the four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case.While admitting the said application, the court of ASJ Dharmender Rana has issued notices to all the four convicts. The matter will be heard tomorrow. The petition has been moved under section 413 of Criminal Procedure Code, as mercy petitions...

Delhi HC Dismisses Appeal Filed By 11 Persons Against Rejection Of Nominations In Delhi Elections

The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the appeal filed by 11 candidates whose nominations from the New Delhi constituency were rejected.A single bench had earlier dismissed their plea. The Division Bench of the Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar has held that there's no reason to interfere with the order passed by the Single Judge wherein the present...

Fake Journalists : Madras HC Directs Police To Find Out Persons Holding Bogus Press Identity Cards [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Public Prosecutor to ask the police to investigate and find out the persons who are holding fake press identity cards and take criminal action if they are found to be misusing the name of Government of India under the relevant act.A Division Bench comprising Justices N. Kirbukaran and P Velmurugan noticed that fake press identity cards have...

Mumbai Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Student Booked For Sedition Over Slogans Supporting Sharjeel Imam

A Sessions Court in Mumbai on Wednesday rejected the anticipatory bail application filed by Urvashi Chudawala, a 22-year-old student booked under Sections 124 A (sedition), 153 B (Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration) and 505 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly raising slogans in support of JNU student Sharjeel Imam during a rally held for the...