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NALSA To Hold Four Lok Adalats In 2019
The National Legal Services Authority has decided to hold four national Lok Adalats in 2019.They will be held on second saturdays in the months of March, July, September and December. The decision was taken by Justice A K Sikri, judge of the Supreme Court of India, who is the Executive Chairman of NALSA. Justice Sikri took charge as Executive Chairman on NALSA on December 31,2018.National...
Charging Exorbitant Fee Can Lead To Termination Of Arbitrator's Mandate : Rajasthan HC [Read Judgment]
If the events during the conduct of proceedings before the arbitrator leads to a doubt in the mind of a party regarding prejudice against it, the said situation would fall within de facto inability of the arbitrator to perform his functions.
Anti-Defection Law: Legislator Is The Servant, Not A Slave Of The People, Can't Take Away Their Right To Resign; Bombay HC Imposes Costs On Goa-Based Party [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court recently imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, an old Goa-based political party, while dismissing its petition challenging the decision of the Speaker, Goa Assembly, to accept the resignation of two MLAs from the Congress who later joined the ruling BJP.Last month, a division bench of Justice RM Borde and Justice Prithviraj Chavan in Goa...
HC Reserves Order On Lalu's Bail Pleas In Fodder Scam Cases
The Jharkhand High Court on Friday reserved its order on bail petitions of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad in fodder scam cases related to fraudulent withdrawal of money from Dumka, Deoghar and Chaibasa treasuries. Lalu is serving prison terms after being convicted in all three cases. The hearing on the bail pleas was undertaken before the court of Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh. Appearing on behalf...
Cross-Gender Massages Are Not Prohibited In Spa: Madras HC Slams Cops [Read Order]
“A health spa, where cross - gender massages is a worldwide phenomenon, there is no legal prohibition and to borrow the wordings of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, except the majoritarian impulses rooted in moralistic tradition which is attempting to impinge upon individual autonomy”
Social Media Monitoring: Centre Says It's 'Listening' & 'Collating' Publicly Available Information
“As regards the monitoring of social media contents, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry is also listening to all the information that is being provided and written by the people and taking that information to the various Ministries.”
Acquittal In Criminal Case Not Sufficient To Infer Judgeship Candidate's Good Character: MP HC Reiterates [Read Order]
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to interfere with the decision of the high court scrutiny committee to reject the candidature for judgeship of two candidates because they had been tried in two criminal cases.The judgment was passed by a Bench comprising Chief Justice SK Seth and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla, on two petitions filed by Deep Narayan Tiwari and Nand Kishore...
Bombay HC Directs State And Civic Body To Grant Interim Compensation To Parents Of 5-Yr-Old Who Died After Stray Dog Attack [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court recently directed the State of Maharashtra and the Municipal Corporation in Sangli, Maharashtra, to compensate the parents of a 5-year-old boy Tejas, who succumbed to his injuries after being attacked and bitten by a group of 5-6 stray dogs.Tejas had gone to watch a cricket match with his father and on their way back home, he was bitten. Tejas's father could not save him...
Sabarimala : Police Should Not Give Special Protection To Individuals Including Women Pilgrims, Say HC Appointed Observers [Read Report]
Police should not give special protection and escort to individuals including women visiting Sabarimala as it causes hardship to other pilgrims, opined the team of observers appointed by the High Court of Kerala. The observers suggested that protection should be limited only to special dignitaries, who are entitled to protection as per protocol, and to individuals who have obtained orders of...