SC Asks Centre To Ensure Protection To The Parents of Boy Killed By Manipur CM’s Son In Road Rage

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Deepak Gupta, on Tuesday, August 22, asked the Additional Solicitor General, Pinky Anand, to interact with Vikram Sahgal, Inspector General of Police, Manipur and Nagaland Sector, Central Reserve Police Force, Imphal to ensure that the order of the Court directing security/protection to the parents of the boy, killed in a road rage case...

Dubai Court Verdict Not Binding In India, If Both Parties Are Hindus Of Indian Domicile: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently set aside an order dated February 22, 2016, of the family court of Bandra which dismissed a petition for divorce filed by one Shilpa Sachdev, stating that the same was barred by principles of res judicata as a Dubai court had already granted divorce on the ground of desertion.A bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai set aside the family...

Bihar and Jharkhand Settle Their 13-Year Old Non-Dispute Over Delhi’s Bihar Niwas, Thanks To SC’s Prodding

On Tuesday, August 22, the Supreme Court bench of Justices Madan B.Lokur and Deepak Gupta, gave its stamp of approval to the agreement reached between Bihar and Jharkhand over apportioning one of the Bihar Government’s guest houses, Bihar Niwas, and Bihar Bhawan in the Capital, following the creation of separate state of Jharkhand in 2000.As directed by the Supreme Court earlier, the Union...

How To Conduct Inquiry In To Sexual Harassment At Work Place Complaints: Delhi HC Explains [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has ordered the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) to complete the inquiry into complaints of sexual harassment against Ashok Kumar Singh, a teaching staff at Dyal Singh Evening College, within three months, while strictly abiding by the principles of natural justice by allowing the accused to cross-examine the witnesses through a questionnaire so that the identity of...

Uttar Pradesh Gets Two e-Courts

In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project, the Digital India initiative, two paperless e-Courts began functioning in Uttar Pradesh from Monday.While one e-Court will function from Allahabad, under the aegis of Justice Anjani Kumar, the second has been established at Lucknow, and will be presided over by Justice Vivek Chaudhary.According to Justice Dilip Gupta, Chairman of...

All Thanks To The ‘Benevolent’ Justice Vazifdar, Justice Saron Takes Charge As Acting Chief Justice Of Punjab And Haryana High Court [Read Notification]

Senior-most Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Surinder Singh Saron took charge of the Court as the Acting Chief Justice from Monday.A notification by the Ministry of Law and Justice stated that Justice Saron would perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court from 21 August to 29 August.The appointment was made, after Chief Justice...

MP HC Serves Notices On Plea For Probe Into Domicile Of Candidates Admitted To Medical, Dental Courses [Read Petition]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday served notices on a petition seeking direction to trace and cancel admission of candidates who belonged to other states allegedly deceitfully secured admission on the seats of state quota by furnishing wrong information of their domicile.The issue pertains to the admissions of MBBS and BDS courses through National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - NEET UG...

In A First, Delhi HC Orders DU To Conduct MPhil Exam For Visually Impaired Who Missed Train [Read Judgment]

In a first, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Delhi University to conduct within ten days an entrance examination for the visually challenged youth who missed taking the M Phil Sanskrit entrance test as he could not board the only railway coach reserved for disabled persons.A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar had taken up the matter suo motu after...

Ideology Has Taken The Place Of Idealism These Days: Gopal Subramanium

Ideology has taken the place of idealism these days: Thus senior advocate and former Solicitor General of India Gopal Subramanium began his lecture on ‘Public Interest Litigation’ at the High Court of Kerala recently.The lecture was part of the Lecture Series held by the court on the occasion of its diamond jubilee celebrations.Contextualising the talk in the backdrop of rising trends...

Delhi HC Tells Centre To Allow Brothers Pursue Higher Studies In US Without J-1 Visa [Read Order]

Clearing the roadblock for two brothers who aspired to pursue higher education from a foreign university but for visa tussle, the Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to process their application for disbursement of scholarship without insisting on them obtaining a J-1 visa, which provides for a mandatory two-year home country stay on completion of the course.Justice Vibhu Bakhru asked...

Bombay HC Denies Relief To Law Student Who Sought Transfer To Aided Institution From Unaided One [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has denied relief to one Utsav Sodha, a law student who cleared his first-year examinations from Pravin Gandhi College (unaided) and sought admission to Government Law College (aided) in the second year.Once the petitioner law student applied for the said transfer to GLC, his application was forwarded to the Directorate of Higher Education. Since the same was pending,...

MP HC Allows Plea Against Life Term By Condoning 277-Day Delay [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has allowed an application filed by a person for condonation of delay in filing appeal against the life imprisonment awarded to him in a murder case.The court found there is a delay of 277 days in filing the appeal.While hearing an application, a division bench comprising Justice SK Gangele and Justice Rajeev Kumar Dubey said: “The Trial Court awarded sentence...