Madras HC Suggests Mandatory Trial Court Experience, AOR Exams To Qualify For HC Practice [Read Order]

"The legal profession is not a child's play. The rights of the people who are approaching the Advocates, are involved."

Give Him A Chance To Reform: HC Reinstates 'Alcoholic' Clerk Suspended By School After He Agrees To Undergo De-Addiction Treatment

"Law will take its own course, but this Court cannot ignore the possibility of Aby Thankachan getting rid of his habits."

Advocates-On-Record Examination, 2019 Notified [Read Notification]

The Supreme Court of India has announced that the next examination for Advocates-on-Record [AoR Examination] will be held on 3rd, 4th, 7th and 8th of June, 2019. Venue of the examination will be the Supreme Court of India Premises. All advocates who will be completing one year's continuous training on or before April 30, 2019, are eligible to appear for the examination. The last date for...

Rights Of Minorities Should Be Protected: Islamabad HC Forms Committee To Probe Alleged Forced Conversion Of Two Hindu Girls

"Two girls- Reena, Raveena and their husbands had filed petition before the High Court seeking protection. In the petition they stated that they were born in a Hindu family of Ghotki, Sindh and converted because they were "impressed by Islamic teachings". "

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...

Indian Woman Would Rather Suffer Silently Than Falsely Implicate Someone In A Rape Case, Says Tripura HC [Read Judgment]

"A statement of rape is extremely humiliating experience for a woman and unless she is a victim of sexual assault, she would ordinarily not blame anyone for the alleged crime."

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...

MP HC Commutes Death Penalty To A Youth Who Killed His Mother Because She Woke Him Up [Read Judgment]

"He was mentally defective and the said defect impaired his capacity to appreciate criminality of his conduct."

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...