Lack Of Knowledge And Experience Of Lawyer Not A Ground For Recalling Witnesses: Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently reiterated that the incompetence of a lawyer cannot be a ground for recalling witnesses under Section 311 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.The Court was hearing a criminal revision petition challenging an order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Gwalior, who had rejected an application for recalling a witness on the ground that the Counsel...

Can't Deny Gold Medal To Student Scoring Highest Mark For The Reason That He Could Not Attend Exam In The First Chance: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday held that the sitting for an examination by a student in the successive academic year, by reason of his inability to write the examination as per the schedule of the curriculum on account of circumstances beyond his control, shall still qualify as the student’s ‘first attempt’. The High Court also observed that the University could not deprive the student...

Modern Marriages Fixed On Facebook Bound To Fail, Observes Gujarat HC [Read Order]

Gujarat High Court Judge Justice JB Pardiwala has observed that modern marriages fixed on Facebook are bound to fail.Justice Pardiwala made this comment while hearing a petition filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code for quashing FIR filed under Sections 498A, 323, 504 read with Section 114 of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 3 and 5 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.FactsX...

Legal Scholar Prof. Ved Prakash Nanda Gets Padma Bhushan

The Government of India has announced the list of Padma awardees on Thursday.Reputed legal scholar Prof Ved Prakash Nanda has been awarded with Padma Bhushan. He is an expert in International Law. He is currently the John Evans Distinguished University Professor, University of Denver Thompson G. Marsh Professor of Law.He is also the Founding Director and Director Emeritus ,International...

‘S Durga’ Case: Kerala HC Holds That CBFC Has Power To Prohibit Public Exhibition Of Films For Re-Examination [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Kerala has held that the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has the power to re-examine a certified film, and to prohibit public exhibition of the film till such re-examination, in order to ascertain whether the film was complying with the conditions of certification. The decision was rendered in the writ petition filed by the makers of film S Durga , against the...

Prisoner Has Right To Conjugal Visits, Says Madras HC; Allows Leave To Lifer For Fertility Treatment [Read Order]

Recognising that “Conjugal visits of the spouse of the prisoners is also the right of the prisoner”, the Madras High Court has allowed a 40-year-old lifer detained at Palayamkottai Central prison to proceed on a leave for two weeks for assisting his wife in infertility treatment.Quoting from a 1978 Supreme Court judgement which said “Whether inside prison or outside, a person shall not...

God, Sex and Truth: RGV Faces Rs.5-Lakh Lawsuit From ‘Sarkar 3’ Scriptwriter Jaya Kumar [Read Petition]

While Ram Gopal Varma is gearing up for the release of his new film God, Sex and Truth, a civil suit has been instituted in  District Court, Hyderabad, alleging copyright infringement by the film’s script. The suit has been filed by Parisi Jaya Kumar. Jaya Kumar was the scriptwriter of Ram Gopal Varma’s film Sarkar 3.He alleged that the concept and idea of the film was developed by him,...

Plea In Bombay HC Challenges Vires Of The Maharashtra Court Fees (Amendment) Act, 2017 [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed in the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra Court Fees (Amendment) Act by the Advocates’ Association of Bombay High Court at Aurangabad.The petitioners have contended that under the said amendment court fees has been hiked much beyond the rates in Central Legislation of 1870.Legislative HistoryMapping...

Part Shifting From T-1 To T-2: HC Reserves Order As Airlines, Authorities Fail To Reach Settlement

The Delhi High Court was on Wednesday informed that no settlement could be arrived at between the airlines – IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir – and the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation and DIAL on the issue of part shifting of operations from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport.A bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Rekha Palli was informed that no settlement...

Attack On Advocates: Delhi HC Bar Association To Abstain From Work Tomorrow

The Delhi High Court Bar Association has resolved to abstain from work on Thursday, i.e. 25 January, as a mark of solidarity against a recent attack on two Senior Advocates- Mr. Kirti Uppal and Mr. Vikas Pahwa.As per a resolution passed by the Executive Committee of the Association, another attack had been staged against Advocate Ravi Sharma, when two of his vehicles parked in the courtyard...

Bawana Fire Tragedy: Factory Owner Sent In 5-Day Police Remand For Nabbing Co-Accused, Identifying Source Of Raw Material [Read Order]

A Delhi court on Wednesday sent Manoj Jain, the accused in Bawana fire tragedy, in five-day police custody as the investigating officer said he needs to be taken out of Delhi to places from where he sourced explosives and also to nab man named Lalit Goyal who he had named during interrogation.Metropolitan Magistrate Jitendra Pratap Singh granted Jain’s five-day custody to the police saying...

Petition In Madras HC For Fair Elections To Bar Council Of TN & Puducherry, HC To Wait For SC Decision[Read Order]

Two days after the Bar Council of India announced the schedule of elections of various state bar councils, a petition was moved before the Madras High Court on Wednesday for the appointment of judge-commissioners to supervise the elections to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.A bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Abdul Quddhose agreed that there was no doubt...