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Madras HC Has Stopped The Practice Of Treating Cases As 'Part Heard' [Read Judgment]
“In case the parties are of the view that it would be in the interest of both sides to continue to hear and decide a particular matter by a learned Judge who heard it earlier, notwithstanding the change of roster, it is open to them to submit a joint application to the Hon'ble Chief Justice for posting before the very same learned Judge.”
Mentally Ill Victims Of Sexual Assault Require More Protection By The Society; Bombay HC Denies Relief To Man Convicted U/S.377 [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court has denied relief to a man convicted under Sections 377 and 387 of the IPC and sentenced to seven years in prison for committing unnatural sexual intercourse on a 32-year-old mentally ill man. Justice Mridula Bhatkar was hearing the criminal revision application filed by Ramchandra Yadav, who has already undergone 4.5 years of his sentence. The court noted that a...
SC Permits Delhi Police To Arrest Amrapali Group CMD And Two Directors
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Delhi Police to arrest Amrapali Group Chairman and Managing Director Anil Sharma and two directors, Shiv Priya and Ajay Kumar.The bench comprising Justice Arun Mishra and Justice UU Lalit passed the order on ana applicationfiled by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Economic Offences Wing, Delhi PoliceAllowing the application, the court clarified,...
Cabinet Approves The Proposal To Extend 10% EWS Quota To Jammu And Kashmir
The Union Cabinet, on Thursday approved the proposal of Jammu &Kashmir Government regarding amendment to the Constitution (Application to Jammu & Kashmir) Order, 1954 by way of the Constitution (Application to Jammu & Kashmir) Amendment Order, 2019. As per the Government press release, it will serve the purpose of application of relevant provisions of the Constitution of India,...
BHEL Vs UPRVUNL: Delhi HC Appoints Former CJI Dipak Misra As Sole Arbitrator [Read Order]
While holding that in situations where parties to an agreement do not insist on an exclusive jurisdiction clause or by their conduct waive such condition, it cannot be said that the court other than the one in which exclusive jurisdiction has been vested would be without jurisdiction, the Delhi High Court has appointed former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra as the sole arbitrator...
Two New Judges Appointed In Gujarat High Court
The Centre today notified the appointments to two advocates, Bhargav Dhirenbhai Karia and Sangeetha Kamalsingh Vishen, as judges of Gujarat High Court.Their names were recommended by the High Court collegium in December 2016.Last December, the SC collegium forwarded their proposals to the centre, along with the name of advocate Megha Bhupendra Jani.However, Megha Jani later withdrew her...
Delhi HC Dismisses Jairam Ramesh's Challenge To Amendments In PMLA Through Money Bill [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition moved by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh challenging the amendments made to the anti-money laundering law since 2015 enacted via Finance Acts as 'Money Bills. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V Kameswar Rao dismissed Ramesh's petition seeking to declare and set aside sections 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150 and 151 of...
Amended SC-ST Act Does Not Limit Court's Jurisdiction To Grant Anticipatory Bail In Cases Where No Offence Is Made Out: Calcutta HC
“To insist that the Court should shut its eyes and mechanically accept the ipse dixit of a police officer with regard to registration of an FIR under the Act without examining whether uncontroverted allegations disclose ingredients of such offence – a sine qua non for registration of FIR – is not the purpose of the said amendment”
Disciplinary Action Against CBSE School Teacher Cannot Be Challenged In Writ Petition : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]
A judicial review of the action challenged by a party can be had by resort to the writ jurisdiction only if there is a public law element and not to enforce a contract of personal service, said the Court.