Madras Bar Association Cancels Lecture On Article 370 Due To Objection From BJP Legal Wing

A lecture scheduled by the Madras Bar Association on Article 370 of the Constitution of India had to be cancelled due to the objection taken by the legal wing of the Bharatiya Janatha Party(BJP), reports the Times of India.Senior Advocate K M Vijayan of Madras High Court was supposed to deliver a lecture on the topic during the lunch break on August 14 as part of the Bar Association's...

Delhi HC Removes Requirement Of Joint Proposal By Three Senior Advocates To Apply For Senior Designation [Read Notice]

The Full Court of High Court of Delhi has passed a resolution to remove the pre-requisite of joint proposal by three senior advocates for a lawyer to apply for Senior designation. This step has come in the light of an order, earlier passed by a division bench of the high court, which stayed the operation of Rule 7 of the High Court of Delhi Designation of Senior Advocate Rules 2018 to the...

Karnataka HC Seeks Scheme From State/BBMP On Restoring 19 Disappeared Lakes In City

The Karnataka High Court has directed State government and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to in a month's time come out with a comprehensive scheme to either restore 19 disappeared lakes or create artificial lakes to compensate for the loss. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Mohammad Nawaz while hearing a public interest litigation filed by Citizen...

Bombay HC Acquits Two Convicted Of Kidnapping And Murdering A 12-Year-Old Boy For Lack Of Evidence [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court today acquitted Imtiyaz Shaikh, who was sentenced to death by the sessions court and Azad, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping and killing a 12-year-old boy in 2012, due to lack of evidence. Division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice Swapna Joshi held that the prosecution had failed to prove the guilt of the accused. Court also concluded...

Will Not Obstruct Entry Of Litigants: P&H Bar Association Tells HC[Read Order]

Following the notice issued by a full bench of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana yesterday in a suo moto action was taken against the Bar Association of Punjab and Haryana High Court, the President and the Secretary of the Bar informed the court today that they shall cease to restrict lawful entry of litigants in the court. The matter titled "Court on its own motion v. State...

Magistrate Cannot Direct Investigation U/s 156(3) CrPC After Taking Cognizance And Ordering Enquiry, Reiterates Madras HC [Read Order]

The Court below has completely lost sight of rudimentary principles of law, said the Madras High Court recently while quashing a Magistrate's order directing investigation under Section 156 (3) Cr.P.C. after having taken cognizance of the complaint and after ordering for an enquiry under Section 202 of Cr.P.C. (N.Amsaveni vs. R.Loganathan)Justice N. Anand Venkatesh observed that such a...

Deceased Bachelor's Age Is The Basis For Computing Multiplier In Motor Accident Claims, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

"The issue with respect to whether the Multiplier to be applied in the case of a bachelor, should be computed on the basis of the age of the deceased, or the age of the parents, is no longer res integra."

AgustaWestland : CBI Court Issues Notice On Bail Application Moved By Christian Michel

The accused in the Agusta Westland case, Chirstian James Michel, has moved the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court seeking regular bail under Section 437/439 of CrPC read with section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.Special CBI Judge, Arvind Kumar on Wednesday, issued notices to the CBI and Directorate of Enforcement (ED), agencies that are investigating...

Kerala HC Slams Police For Shoddy Probe In Sriram Venkatraman IAS Rash Driving Case; Refuses To Cancel Bail [Read Order]

The Court observed that the police should have immediately conducted the medical examination of the accused as per the procedure under MV Act.

Certificate Issued By Institutions Incompetent To Confer 'Degrees' Cannot Be Granted Equivalence To 'Degree': SC [Read Judgment]

"The concerned employer may attach due importance to such Certificates while considering the worth and ability of the concerned candidates but to say that the Certificates are equivalent to a degree and as such all the candidates who hold such Certificates are entitled to derive the advantages which a degree holder can, is completely a different issue."

NCDRC Directs Builder To Refund Rs 68 Lakhs To Homebuyers For 2 Years Delay In Delivery Of Flat

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) invoked the principle of restitutio in integrum as it directed real estate major Super tech Limited to refund the entire amount to an aggrieved homebuyer along with 12 per cent interest. A bench of President Justice R K Agrawal and Member M Shreesha directed Supertech Limited to refund Rs 68,03,954 to a Dwarka-based couple...

Pehlu Khan Lynching Case : Trial Court Acquits All 6 Accused

An Alwar court on Wednesday acquitted all six accused in the lynching of Pehlu Khan, allegedly killed two years ago by a mob that set upon him while he was transporting cows. The Additional Judicial Magistrate acquitted the six men, giving them benefit of the doubt, according to a lawyer. Pehlu Khan (55), his two sons and a few others were transporting cows when they were allegedly...