SC Collegium Recommends 4 Lawyers As Patna HC Judges, 2 Judicial Officers For Elevation To Rajasthan HC [Read Resolutions]

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended Advocates Anjani Kumar Sharan, Anil Kumar Sinha, Prabhat Kumar Singh and Partha Sarthy for appointment as Patna High Court Judges. The Collegium comprising of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice SA Bobde and Justice NV Ramana has also recommended two Judicial officers Abhay Chaturvedi and Narendra Singh Dhaddha as Rajasthan High...

Jharkhand HC Commutes Death Sentence In Two Minors' Rape & Murder Cases [Read Judgments]

The Jharkhand High Court, last week, commuted death penalty awarded to accused in two different rape and murder cases. One was in the case of Mathura Yadav who was convicted for rape and murder of a girl aged about seven year old. Another was Kashi Nath Singh convicted for rape and murder of a fourteen year old girl. The bench comprising Justice HC Mishra and Justice...

High Courts Weekly Round Up

Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court sentenced Additional Chief Secretary Mahesh Kumar Gupta till rising of the court, holding him guilty of contempt of court. Bombay High Court The Nagpur Bench of the High Court refused to suspend the sentence of Professor G N Saibaba, who is undergoing life imprisonment in Nagpur central prison after his...

FIR Delay May Be Condoned If Complainant Appears To Be Reliable And Without Motive : SC [Read Judgment]

"If the delay is satisfactorily explained, the Court will decide the matter on merits without giving much importance to such delay."

Robert Vadra Gets Anticipatory Bail In Money Laundering Case

A Delhi court Monday granted anticipatory bail to Robert Vadra in a money laundering case. Special Judge Arvind Kumar granted the relief to Vadra on furnishing a personal bond of Rs five lakh and a surety of like amount. The court said Vadra will not leave the country without prior permission. It also imposed certain conditions on him and said he shall not tamper with any...

Activist Claims Delhi's Forest Dept Remains In Bad Shape, NGT Tells Chief Secy To Submit Compliance Report [Read Order]

Even as Delhi suffers from choking air pollution, its Forest Department continues to remain short-staffed as a consequence of which the shrinking green cover in Delhi is not being properly looked after. And with the Delhi government failing to abide by the orders of the National Green Tribunal passed in the year 2015 asking it to enhance the strength of the forest department, the...

Justice Pradeep Nandrajog Appointed As Chief Justice Of Bombay HC

The Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court Justice Pradeep Nandrajog has been transferred to Bombay High Court as its Chief Justice.President of India has directed him to assume charge of office of the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court now occupied by Justice Naresh Harishchandra Patil, after the latter retires on 6th April.It was only a couple of days before, the Supreme Court...

Mere Use Of Filthy/Abusive Language During Political Speech Not Criminal Intimidation: Tripura HC [Read Judgment]

"These are mere political speeches with so many irrelevant deliberations; nothing concrete."

Will Pay Maintenance To Wife And Daughter From Congress's NYAY Scheme, Actor Tells Family Court

A television actor has told a local family court that he will pay maintenance to his estranged wife and daughter with the money he gets from the Congress' proposed minimum income guarantee scheme, Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY). On March 12, the family court had ordered Anand Sharma (38) to pay an interim monthly maintenance amount of Rs 4,500 to his wife and their 12-year-old daughter, who...

Calcutta HC Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Amit Shah For 'Defamatory' Speech [Read Order]

"No individual or identifiable group is alleged to have been defamed.”

Political Ads: Bombay HC Directs ECI To Decide On 3-Hr Response Time For Removal Of Flagged Content On Social Media During Elections [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Friday accepted the voluntary code of ethics developed by the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and submitted by the Election Commission of India to be followed as an interim arrangement during the upcoming general elections. A division bench of Chief Justice NH Patil and Justice NM Jamdar has been hearing the PIL filed by advocate Sagar...

HC Direct Delhi Govt To Renovate Room For Brain Fingerprinting Facility in FSL, Rohini, Within Six Months [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Public Works Department of the Delhi government to complete within six weeks renovation of a single room in FSL, Rohini, for making functional the brain-fingerprinting facility even as the agency claimed it will take 3-4 months.A bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani ordered that the work be completed in six weeks.The court said...