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J&K HCBA Decides To Boycott Court Of Justice Rajesh Bindal
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association has decided to boycott the court of Justice Rajesh Bindal as a counterblast to his adverse attitude towards Advocates. The resolution to the above effect was passed in a meeting of the Executive Committee/ Special Invitees of the HCBA, held on September 16, under the Chairmanship of Advocate Abhinav Sharma, President of the HCBA. During...
'Violation Of SC Judgment' -Plea In Orissa HC Challenges New Rules For Designation Of Senior Advocates [Read Petition]
A writ petition has been filed in the Orissa High Court, challenging Rule 6(9) of the High Court of Orissa (Designation of Senior Advocate) Rules, 2019, contending that the said rule is in contravention of the guidelines framed by the Supreme Court in Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India, (2017) 9 SCC 766, for designation as Senior Advocates. The Petitioner, Banshidhar Baug, an Advocate...
Inter Religious Marriage: SC Asks Boy To File Affidavit Indicating His Bonafides [Read Order]
The Supreme Court has asked a boy who had converted to Hinduism to marry a 'Hindu' Girl to file an affidavit 'indicating his bonafides' and 'with respect to the future in order to secure the interest of the girl'. A Hindu girl had fallen in love with a Muslim man, who later converted to Hindu religion. They got married to each other in February 2018 and registered their marriage a...
Four Days Before The All India Bar Exam, Bombay HC Grants Relief To 5 Final Year Law Students [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court recently granted relief to five final year law students and directed Mumbai University along with the Controller of Examinations to release their marksheets and passing certificates after determining the legitimacy of their records, so that they are allowed to appear for the All India Bar Exam held on September 15, Sunday. A division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari...
Patna HC: Advocate Rushed Into Bench Clerk's Room While Typing Order, Judge Recuses From Hearing [Read Order]
A single judge of the Patna High Court refused to hear a petition and placed it before the Chief Justice for listing it before any other appropriate bench after the counsel for the Petitioner in the matter entered the chambers of the Secretaries where orders are typed out. The matter being a bail application, moved by one Rikki, through Advocate Raj Dular Sah, was listed before Justice...
Former Judge Of Bombay HC, Justice Bhimrao N. Naik Passes Away
Former Judge of the Bombay High Court, Justice Bhimrao N. Naik, passed away today at the age of 79.Born on January 23, 1940 in Karnataka, he enrolled in the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa on October 16, 1964 after obtaining his LLB degree from Pune University. He started his practice from the District and Sessions Court, Solapur and was a Professor in Dayanand Law College, Solapur...
Delhi HC Issues Directions To Government In HRLN's PIL Seeking Prison Reforms
Delhi High Court issued directions to the Delhi Government while disposing off a series of writ petitions filed by Human Rights Law Network which pertained to the cause of prison reforms in Delhi. These petitions were moved in response to the custodial death of a prisoner named Santosh Kumar. HRLN had submitted before the court that no compensation has been paid to the deceased's family so...
Bombay HC Imposes Rs.50,000 Cost On A Doctor From Aurangabad For Video-Recording Court Proceedings [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court recently imposed a cost of Rs.50,000 on Dr.Vikram Deshmukh and seized his mobile phone along with his Aadhar card after the court clerk saw him making a video of proceedings and told the sheristedar. Justice RV Ghuge was hearing a writ petition filed by Gangabai Kappawar, a sarpanch who had been disqualified and filed a writ petition seeking relief. While the...
'Raising The Bogey Of Environment To Stall Development' : Bombay HC Dismisses PIL With Rs One Lakh Costs [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court on Monday imposed a cost of Rs.1 lakh on Abhivyakti, an NGO that filed a public interest litigation claiming that 6 hectares of land owned by City Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (CIDCO) in Sector 18-19 at Khargar, Navi Mumbai is a water body connected to the Panvel creek. A division bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Bharati...