Jharkhand HC Grants Bail To Five On Condition That They Serve In A Hospital [Read Order]

The Jharkhand High Court has granted provisional bail to five accused persons in a case (No. 272/17) related to attack on a marriage party on the condition that they perform social service to give some solace to the persons injured in the incident.Eight persons, including a five-year-old girl, were injured when members of a community allegedly attacked the marriage party in the Sadar...

Women Outnumber Men In Kerala Munsiff-Magistrate Selection

The gross under-representation of women in Indian Judiciary has been a matter of grave concern. While women participation is on the rise in almost all sectors in India, the same is not with judiciary.The statistics present a worrying picture of drastically low participation of women in judiciary. To illustrate, out of 229 judges appointed at the Supreme Court of India till 2015, only six...

Rights Of Mediaperson Not Higher Than That Of Common Man, Responsibilities Are: Delhi court [Read Judgment]

Observing that the rights of press persons are not higher than that of the common man but the responsibilities are higher, a Delhi court has said press does not enjoy any special privileges to comment, criticize or even to investigate the facts of any case.Additional District Judge Raj Kapoor said so while deciding a suit for damages filed by a north Delhi resident, a stock broker, against...

After HC Wrath, HP Chief Secy Asks All Govt Employees To Dress Sober, Exude Professionalism [Read Notice]

Having earned High Court’s disapproval over the informal attire of government officials and litigants appearing in court, the Chief secretary of Himachal Pradesh has issued an advisory directing all government servants to dress formally while attending courts specifically and office, in general, so as to reflect a sense of professionalism.“I am directed to say that Hon'ble High Court...

Lawyers And Litigants-In-Person Will Now Be Informed Of Defects In Cases Via Email: Delhi HC [Read Notice]

The Delhi High Court, on Friday, notified that lawyers and litigants-in-person will now be provided with details of the defects in their filed cases via e-mail, in addition to the SMS alerts which are currently sent out.The decision, it said, has been taken by Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal, on recommendation of the Information Technology Committee.In order to avail of this facility,...

Bombay HC Quashes FIR In Rape Case, Imposes Rs. 50,000 Cost On Petitioner For Using Court For Private Dispute [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently quashed an FIR filed under Section 376 (2) of the Indian Penal Code on the condition that the petitioner-accused pays cost of Rs. 50,000 for burdening the court machinery in order to settle a private dispute.A bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Sarang Kotwal directed the authorities that the amount be used towards treatment of advanced and...

Delhi HC Interim Relief To Chief Secy Threatened With Contempt Proceedings

The Delhi High Court on Saturday restrained the Delhi government and the Committee of Petitions from taking any action against Delhi Chief Secretary MM Kutty, who alleged that he was being threatened with contempt proceedings for “evasive and unsatisfactory” report in connection with de-silting of drains in the city.A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C...

Delhi HC Upholds NCERT’s Decision On Bids For Supply Of Educational Kits [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has refused to quash the orders issued by NCERT on the bids invited for supply of Educational Kits through Central Public Procurement e-tender system.The order was issued by Justice Vibhu Bakhru on a Petition challenging the rejection of the bids on the tender which was issued by NCERT in December last year.The bids submitted by the Petitioners were rejected at the...

Examine Need For Guidelines For Appointment Of UPSC Chairman And Members: Delhi HC To Centre [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to examine the necessity of laying down guidelines for appointment of the Chairman and members of the Union Public Service Commission.The direction was issued by a Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar, in a Petition filed one Mr. Satish Kumar Singh, who had challenged the appointment of Mr. Deepak...

HP HC Slams Woman Govt Employee For Appearing Before It In ‘Multi-Coloured Check Shirt & Jeans’ [Read Order]

Immensely displeased with a lady government servant appearing before it in a ‘multi-coloured check shirt and jeans’, a division bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court set down to express its displeasure while reiterating that all “litigants, more particularly, government officers and officials should be dressed, if not formally, at least appropriately or else they may start dressing...

Judge Alleging Wrongful Transfers Ends Dharna Outside Madhya Pradesh High Court

Additional District Judge R.K. Sriwas, who had staged a dharna outside the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur for the last two days against his ‘wrongful’ transfers, ended his protest on Thursday.“I have ended my sit-in. But it doesn't mean my fight for justice has ended… If some disciplinary action is taken against me, I will restart my protest and knock on the Supreme...

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