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High Court Bound To Follow Rules: Kerala HC Quashes 'Arbitrary' Selection Process Of Temporary Munsiff-Magistrates [Read Judgment]
"The High Court as any other institution was bound to follow the Rules and the Administrative Committee shall not sit in appeal over the decisions taken on the judicial side.”
Repeal Of Sedition & Criminal Defamation; 33% Women Reservation; Anti Discrimination Law Etc : Congress Manifesto Promises Major Legal Reforms
The Election Manifesto of the Indian National Congress titled "We will deliver" promises major legal reforms. Some of the highlights are :SC as Constitutional Court; Establishment of Court of AppealsIt promises to amend the Constitution to make the Supreme Court a Constitutional Court that will hear and decide cases involving the interpretation of the Constitution and other cases of...
Madras HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Separate Election Manifesto For Each Constituency [Read Judgment]
The Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to Election Commission of India to mandate all the contesting candidates for Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assembly Election, to submit a separate Election Manifesto, specially designed for his or her contesting constituency. According to Advocate B.Ramkumar Adityan, every contesting candidate has to declare before...
Calcutta HC To Consider Validity Of Formation Of CBI And DSPE Act [Read Order]
The Calcutta High Court is set to consider the validity of Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Justice Protik Prakash Banerjee noted that these questions arise in the cases before him. What is the effect of an order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court which stays the operation of a final order of a Division Bench of a High Court...
EC Will Deal With Biopic On PM Narendra Modi, Says Bombay HC; Refuses To Stay Release
The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to stay the release of a biopic on PM Narendra Modi and said that the Election Commission has already taken note of the film and issued a notice to the makers and hence, the court need not interfere. A division bench of Chief Justice NH Patil and Justice NM Jamdar was hearing a PIL filed Satish Sugriv Gaikwad, president of the Republican Party...
SC Collegium Remits Name Of Judicial Officer Proposed For Elevation To Karnataka HC [Read Resolution]
The Supreme Court Collegium has remitted the proposal for appointment of Judicial officer Dr. Shashikala Moody Anandappa Urankar, as Judge of the Karnataka High Court. On the basis of material on record and having regard to all relevant factors, the Collegium is of the considered view that the proposal for elevation of Dr. (Smt.) Shashikala Moody Anandappa Urankar, Judicial...
SC Collegium Sends Back Name Of A Lawyer Proposed By Delhi HC Collegium For Elevation, Defers Another Name [Read Resolution]
The Supreme Court Collegium has remitted the name of one lawyer who was proposed for elevation to the High Court. While the name of Advocate Krishnendu Datta was remitted to High Court, the Collegium comprising of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice SA Bobde and Justice NV Ramana deferred the proposal to elevate Advocate Saurabh Kirpal. These names were proposed by the Collegium of...
SC Collegium Recommends 4 Lawyers As Patna HC Judges, 2 Judicial Officers For Elevation To Rajasthan HC [Read Resolutions]
The Supreme Court collegium has recommended Advocates Anjani Kumar Sharan, Anil Kumar Sinha, Prabhat Kumar Singh and Partha Sarthy for appointment as Patna High Court Judges. The Collegium comprising of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice SA Bobde and Justice NV Ramana has also recommended two Judicial officers Abhay Chaturvedi and Narendra Singh Dhaddha as Rajasthan High...
Jharkhand HC Commutes Death Sentence In Two Minors' Rape & Murder Cases [Read Judgments]
The Jharkhand High Court, last week, commuted death penalty awarded to accused in two different rape and murder cases. One was in the case of Mathura Yadav who was convicted for rape and murder of a girl aged about seven year old. Another was Kashi Nath Singh convicted for rape and murder of a fourteen year old girl. The bench comprising Justice HC Mishra and Justice...
High Courts Weekly Round Up
Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court sentenced Additional Chief Secretary Mahesh Kumar Gupta till rising of the court, holding him guilty of contempt of court. Bombay High Court The Nagpur Bench of the High Court refused to suspend the sentence of Professor G N Saibaba, who is undergoing life imprisonment in Nagpur central prison after his...