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Additional Solicitor of India Atma Ram Nadkarni's Term Extended
Government has re-appointed Atma Ram Nadkarni, Senior Advocate as Additional Solicitor General of India with effect from 10.05.2019 till 30.06.2020He was first appointed as ASG in 2016. He also worked as the Advocate General of Goa. "The President is pleased to re-appoint Shri Atma Ram Nadkarni, Senior Advocate as Additional Solicitor General of India in the Supreme Court of India with...
Delhi HC Rejects PIL Seeking Steps To Restrict Misuse Of Religion By Political Leaders
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a PIL which referred to actor-politician Kamal Haasan's remark about Mahatma Gandhi's assassin being a Hindu terrorist and had sought directions to the Election Commission (EC) to "restrict" misuse of religion for poll gains. A bench of Justices G S Sistani and Jyoti Singh said the cause of action for the PIL by BJP leader Ashwini...
Designation As Senior Advocate: Delhi HC Stays Rule Of Recommendation Of 3 Senior Advocates
The Delhi High Court today stayed in the interim Rule 7 of the amended 'The High Court of Delhi Designation of Senior Advocate Rules, 2018' which provides that an advocate may be considered by the High Court for being designated as Senior Advocate on a Joint Proposal by three Senior Advocates. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Anup J Bhambhani stayed the operation of...
Express Public Regret For Your Irresponsible, Retrograde Statements: Women Lawyers Write Open Letter To BCI Chairman
15th May, 2019 To: Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra, Chairman, Bar Council of India, New Delhi. Mr. Mishra, We are members of the Bar and the legal profession. As Chairman of the Bar Council of India, we believe that you ought to demonstrate a commitment to Constitutional values including in particular that of gender equality and non-discrimination. In the circumstances, we have lately...
Complaints Against Illegal Deductions By Mobile Operators Can Be Filed In Consumer Forums: HP SCDRC [Read Order]
The Himachal Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has upheld an order of District Consumer Forum that had allowed a customer's complaint against 'illegal deduction' by Airtel.Rohit Sharma complained before the District Forum that the Airtel deducted an amount of Rs.200 in an illegal manner from his main account. It was alleged that, thereafter an amount to the tune of Rs.148...
Bombay HC Directs Maharashtra DGP To Set Up SIT To Conduct A Fresh Investigation In Alleged Fake Encounter Case [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court has directed the Director General of Police, Maharashtra to set up a Special Investigation Team in order to conduct a fresh probe into the death of one Sham Athwale who suffered from 40% disability and was killed in an alleged fake encounter.Police claimed that Athwale opened fire at them and so they had to fire back killing him in the process.A division bench of Justice...
Once Occupation Certificate Is Received, Developer Has No Justifiable Cause To Delay Conveyance In Favour Of Flat Buyers, Says Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
In a significant decision which could pave way for many homebuyers awaiting conveyance, the Bombay High Court has held that once full occupation certificate has been received by the developer, there was no justifiable cause for it not issuing any conveyance deed in favour of the purchasers of flats. The order has been passed by a bench of Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice A M Badar...
Delhi HC Paves Way For Aspiring Engineer Who Cleared Class XII In 2017 To Take JEE Advanced Exams [Read Judgment]
Criterion 4 stipulates that the candidate ought to have appeared, for the first time, in her, or his, XII Class Examination, in 2018 or 2019 whereas the petitioner had appeared in his Class XII exams in the year 2017.
Flag Code Doesn't Mandate That National Flag Should Be Hoisted On All Days On The Public Buildings: Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Order]
The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed a plea for hoisting of the National Flag every day on the public buildings. There is no mandate in the Flag Code of India that the National Flag should be hoisted on all days on the public buildings, said the bench comprising the Chief Justice SK Seth and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla. Shyam Narayan Chouksey had approached the High Court...
Can Investigating Officer Determine Sex Of A Transgender By Conducting Biological Tests? U'Khand HC Asks State
Can an investigation officer, by conducting DNA tests, determine the sex or gender of a transgender person who underwent gender reassignment surgery and refuse to accept the changed gender? the Uttarakhand High Court has asked the State to give its reply.The petitioner, in this case, had filed a complaint alleging that she was raped. She identified herself as a female and that she had...
Priyadarshini Mattoo Case: HC Grants Parole To Convict For LLM Exam
The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted three-week parole to Santosh Kumar Singh, who is serving life term for the 1996 rape and murder of law student Priyadarshini Mattoo, to write his LLM examination. Justice Mukta Gupta granted the parole to Singh for appearing in final year examination of LLM (Master of Laws). The court said Singh's examinations are scheduled to commence from May...
Air And Water Pollution: NGT Fines IOCL, Panipat Refinery Rs.17.31 Cr For Violations [Read Order]
The principal bench of National Green Tribunal at Delhi recently imposed a fine of Rs.17.31 crore on the Indian Oil Corporation Limited's (IOCL) refinery in Panipat, for violation of environmental norms by polluting water and air. The said decision was taken by a coram comprising of Chairperson Justice AK Goel, Justice SP Wangdi, Justice K Ramakrishnan and expert member Dr. Nagin...