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To Serve Judiciary Is Not Less Than Call Of Military Service, Says Justice Arun Mishra
"Contempt is a weapon like Brahmasatra to be used sparingly to remain effective. At the same time, a Judge has to guard the dignity of the Court and take action in contempt and in case of necessity to impose appropriate exemplary punishment too. "
Madras HC Orders Closure Of Liquor Shops Across The State On Martyr's Day [Read Order]
"As a mark of respect to the Father of the Nation, we direct the State of Tamil Nadu to declare tomorrow, the 30 January, 2019 as a 'Dry Day' by closing all the liquor shops across the State including the Bar, attached to Hotels of all categories, clubs and all other places, where liquor is sold/served, taking into account the fact that it is the assassination day of Mahatma Gandhi.”
Rajasthan HC Rejects 'Maintenance' For A Wife Who Blocked Her Husband's Enrollment As A Lawyer
“Only inference the Court can draw would be that the Senior with whom the respondent works would give him some stipend and not a junior fee because the respondent cannot appear in Courts. The stipend would be meager.”
Plea Filed In Karnataka HC Challenging Conferment Of Senior Designation On 18 Advocates [Read Petition]
A petition has been filed in the Karnataka High Court challenging the notification passed by it on November 16 last year conferring senior designation on eighteen advocates.The petition has been filed by four advocates—Mr. Puttige R. Ramesh, Mr. Bhat Ganesh Krishna, Mr. M.H. Sawkar and Mr. B.L. Acharya.The high court had, on June 8, 2018, notified The High Court of Karnataka (Designation...
Cannot Direct ECI To Use Maha Bar Council List Of Advocates To Prepare Electoral Roll: Bombay HC [Read Order]
Asserting that people cannot be compulsorily made voters, the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court recently refused to direct the Election Commission of India (ECI) to use the list of advocates prepared by the Bar Council of Maharashtra for preparing the list of voters for Graduate Constituency of Maharashtra Legislative Council. The order was passed by a bench comprising Justice...
Suman Bodani Becomes The First Female Hindu Civil Judge of Pakistan
Ms. Suman Pawan Bodani has become the first Hindu woman to be appointed as a civil judge in Pakistan. She secured 54th rank in the merit list and will serve in her native district of Qambar-Shahdadkot. As per reports, Ms. Bodani passed her LLB. examination from Hyderabad and did her masters in law from Karachi's Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST)....
HC Order 'Flies In The Face of CPC': SC Expresses 'Surprise' [Read Order]
The Supreme Court last week expressed surprise over an ex-parte ad-interim order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court and observed that it flies in the face of the Code of Civil Procedure. In a writ petition moved by TTL Holidays, the high court, on the very same day, passed an order against Air India Limited directing it to continue with a particular...
Guj HC Quashes Rape Charges Against Ex-Husband For Maintaining Sexual Relations After Alleged 'Divorce'[Read Judgment]
The Gujarat High Court recently quashed rape charges levelled by a woman against her ex-husband who allegedly cohabited with her even after the dissolution of their marriage by keeping her in dark about their divorce.The order was passed by Justice AS Supehia on a petition filed by the husband under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1974. He had demanded quashing of the...
Madras HC Dismisses Plea Against TRAI Regulations For DTH, Cable Services [Read Judgment]
The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) March, 2017 regulations and tariff order relating to fixation of charges for free and pay television channels. A division bench comprising justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad also upheld the January 31 deadline fixed by the TRAI for the implementation of...
Gauhati HC Quashes Mizoram Govt's Three Month Long Liquor Prohibition [Read Judgment]
The Aizawl Bench of the Gauhati High Court on Tuesday quashed the order of the Mizoram government declaring dry days from January 15, 2019 to March 15, 2019.The judgment was passed by Justice Michael Zothankhuma on petitions filed by bonded warehouses and retail liquor vendors.The petitioners had challenged the Office Order dated January 14, 2019 issued under Section 11 of the Mizoram...
Wife Entitled To 'Residence Order' Only If She Establishes Domestic Violence: SC [Read Order]
“Unless it is satisfactorily established that domestic violence has taken place neither any protection order under Section 18 nor any residence order under Section 19 nor any order for monetary relief under Section 20 nor any compensation order under Section 22 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 should be passed.” (Calcutta HC)