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...

Advocate Moves Kerala HC For Exemption From Wearing Black Coat In Lower Courts In Summer [Read Petition]

An advocate has approached the High Court of Kerala by way of a writ petition after a District Judge refused to hear him for not wearing black coat while appearing in a case.Advocate Deepak J M, the petitioner, was wearing a white shirt with black tie and black trousers while appearing for a client in a case. This attire was objected to by Additional District Judge-I, Thiruvananthpauram...

UK Court Denies Bail To Nirav Modi For Second Time

Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, wanted by India for PNB bank fraud case, has been denied bail by a court in United Kingdom for the second time, reports the Economic Times."Strongly opposing grant of bail to fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) today told the UK Court that Nirav had threatened a former employee, a witness in the bank fraud case,...

Bombay HC Issues Notice To ECI In PIL Seeking Stay On Release Of Biopic On Narendra Modi

The Bombay High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) seeking its reply to a PIL filed by Satish Sugriv Gaikwad, national president of the Republican Party of India (I) seeking a stay on the release of the movie PM Narendra Modi.Advocates Ganesh Gupta and Tohsif Shaikh appear on behalf of Gaikwad. They mentioned the matter before the bench of Chief Justice...

Pansare-Dabholkar Murders: What Is Maharashtra CM Doing, Asks Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court on Thursday questioned the Chief Minister of Maharashtra over the slow progress in the probe regarding the murder of Govind Pansare, a CPI member and activist who was shot by assailants riding a motorcycle on February 16, 2015. "What is the Chief Minister doing? You hold 11 portfolios, including Home but do not seem to find time to take stock of the case and...

"Is This How We Honour A Martyr?", Observes P&H HC While Granting Compensation To Legal Heirs Of Freedom Fighter Whose Land Was Confiscated By British Govt

"While on one hand, the Government of India is erecting National War Memorial, at the cost of rupee 150 crores to honour the martyrs of Indian Armed Forces, on the other the real plight of the family of a martyr, who only out of love for the motherland proudly gave his life for freedom of country, is reflected in the present case."

Bombay HC Sets Aside Process Issued Against Tata Trustee Venkatraman In Shapoorji's Defamation Complaint [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday set aside process issued against R Venkatraman, managing trustee of Tata Trusts, in a defamation complaint filed by Shapoorji Pallonji and Company Pvt Ltd under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ballard Pier had issued process against Venkatraman in an order dated October 11, 2018. Venkatraman had filed a...

Foot Over-bridge Collapse: Why Don't You Work With Each Other To Take Stock of Matter, Bombay HC Asks Rlys, BMC

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday questioned the BMC and Central Railways as to why the two agencies do not coordinate with each other and work together. A division bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice Nitin Jamdar questioned both the BMC and Central railways regarding the recent foot-overbridge collapse near CST station in Mumbai that killed six people and injured 31. On...

Delhi Prison Rules-2018 Passed Sans LG Nod, Against Interest Of Inmates & Jail Cadre, Advocate Petitions Delhi HC

An advocate moved the Delhi High Court on Wednesday praying that the Delhi Prison Rules, 2018 be struck down for having been passed by the Delhi government without the approval of the Lieutenant Governor. Advocate Amit Sahni has challenged the Delhi Prison Rules (DPR) 2018, passed by the Delhi government under the Delhi Prison Act. He said the rules do not have the approval of the LG, which...

Widespread Corruption In Judiciary; Corrupt Judicial Offices Are To Be Declared As Anti-Nationals, Says Madras HC Judge [Read Order]

"Corruption becomes way of life which is deep-rooted almost in all levels."

Sessions Court Can't Award A Sentence In Between 'Life Imprisonment' And 'Death Sentence' For Murder : Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]

The Karnataka High Court has held that a Sessions Court can only award either life imprisonment or death sentence in a murder case, and has no power to inflict any punishment in between these two punishments. The Division bench comprising Justice K.N. Phaneendra and Justice K. Natarajan was considering a criminal appeal against a Trial Court judgment in which the accused were sentenced...

Advocate Challenges Restriction On Legal Representation; Delhi HC Issues Notice

The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the Centre, the Bar Council of India and others on a petition challenging the constitutionality of Section 17 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act which prohibits legal representation for any party before the Maintenance Tribunal. A bench headed by Chief Justice Rajendra Menon issued notices on the petition moved...