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Delhi Judicial Service 2018: Aspirants Question Belated Answer Keys, No-Objection Clause
Almost a fortnight after the results of the Delhi Judicial Service Preliminary Examination-2018 were declared, six DJS aspirants, including a civil judge from Madhya Pradesh, have moved the Delhi High Court seeking recomputation of marks after removing demonstrably erroneous questions and inviting objections to the questions and answer key published "belatedly".The plea came up for hearing...
NCLT Directs Police Assistance To Resolution Professional After Corporate Debtor Hinders CIRP
In a rather uncommon development in IBC driven resolution process, the Mumbai bench of National Company Law Tribunal has directed the Police Commissioner, Ahmedabad to provide police assistance to a Resolution Professional who complained about ex-director of the corporate debtor abusing her and creating hindrance in the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process. A bench of Member Justice V...
"Apology Not Bonafide", Bombay HC Rejects Apology Offered By Lawyer Who Was Punished For Contempt [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court, Nagpur bench, rejected the apology offered by lawyer Satish Uke, who was punished for contempt of court for filing a petition with "wild and unsubstantiated allegations" against sitting judges and practising lawyers. "The point is whether the apology tendered by the contemnor is unconditional and can be accepted in the facts of the case. The answer would be an...
Delhi Court Summons Journalist Priya Ramani In MJ Akbar's Defamation Case [Read Order]
A Delhi court Tuesday summoned scribe Priya Ramani as an accused in a defamation case filed by former Union minister M J Akbar after she levelled allegations of sexual misconduct against him in the #MeToo campaign. The court directed Ramani to appear before it on February 25 after noting that the allegations made against Akbar were "prima facie defamatory" and he had denied all the...
Petition In Delhi HC Seeks CBI Or SIT Probe Into Allegations Of Sexual Abuse Involving Catholic Priests
A PIL was filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday claiming that a nun's complaint of alleged sexual abuse by a Catholic priest was ignored by the Church here and sought a thorough investigation by the CBI or a SIT into all such allegations of sexual abuse involving clergy. The plea is listed for hearing on Tuesday before a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K...
MP HC Confirms Death For Teacher Who Raped Minor [Read Judgment]
This is probably the first case where a High court confirmed a death sentence under Section 376(AB) of the Indian Penal Code, which provides for death penalty for rapists of girls below 12 years of age. This provision was inserted into IPC last year, through Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2018. Death penalty awarded in two such cases, were commuted by the High Court last year.
Do Not Stop Rescue Operations For Trapped Meghalaya Miners: SC [Read The Status Report]
Even as it was informed that two bodies have been detected by the Navy in the past week, the Supreme Court on Monday urged the Centre and the government of Meghalaya to persist with the rescue operations in respect of the 15 miners trapped in the 370-foot-deep flooded coal mine in the state since December 13 last year. Senior Counsel Anand Grover, for petitioner-advocate Aditya N....
False Rape Accusation Causes Equal Distress & Humiliation To The Accused: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court recently set aside the conviction of a 45-year old man accused of raping a woman multiple times. In doing so, Justice AM Badar spoke about the impact of false implications in rape cases and observed, "At the same time, if the prosecutrix is an adult and full of understanding, the court is required to ascertain whether her evidence is reliable and trustworthy. In a case...