Lalu Prasad Sentenced To 3.5-Years Imprisonment In Fodder Scam Case [Read Judgment]

Lalu’s lawyer Prabhat Kumar said they would move the high court for bail after getting order of the judgment. The time Lalu spent in jail in connection with fodder scam case would be set off against the prison term. The CBI court on Saturday sentenced RJD supremo Lalu Prasad to three-and- half-year imprisonment each under various sections of Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of...

Delhi HC Junks CBFC’s Plea To Review Its Order Directing Release Of Film ‘Mohalla Assi’ [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has decided not to review its decision directing the release of Bollywood film ‘ Mohalla Assi ’.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva dismissed the review petition moved by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) urging the court to relook into its December 11, 2012, decision by which he had directed the release of the film with appropriate viewer certificate while doing...

Gujarat HC Upholds State’s Power To Check Excessive School Fee; Junks Challenge To Self-Financed School (Regulation Of Fees) Act [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court has upheld the Gujarat Self-Financed Schools (Regulation of Fees) Act, 2017, to check excessive fee and profiteering by schools by fixing the maximum limit for pre­-primary and primary schools, secondary and higher secondary schools (general stream) and higher secondary schools (science stream) at Rs 15,000, Rs 25,000 and Rs 27,000, respectively.A bench of Chief Justice...

Consumer Forum Slaps 4 Lakh Fine On Nature Life Hospital For Patient's Death [Read Order]

The Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum at Kozhikode has slapped a fine of Rs. 4 lakh on nature cure activist and anti-vaccine propagator Mr. Jacob Vadakkanchery and Mr. Joshi M. Varghese, for the death of a patient.The patient, Mr. Vinayanandan, was a lawyer from Kozhikode, and was suffering from diabetes, peptic ulcer and kidney stone. He was admitted to the Nature Life Hospital and Remedies...

CBI Court Hears Argument On Sentencing Lalu Prasad In Fodder Scam

The Special CBI court on Friday heard argument on sentencing of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and other convicted persons in a fodder scam case (RC64A/96) through video conferencing. The defense lawyers pleaded for leniency in punishment, saying Lalu was suffering from several diseases and was also 70 years old.Lalu Prasad’s lawyer Prabhat Kumar said they mentioned before the court that Lalu...

Guidelines For Filing Vakalat: Madras HC Stays Some, Suspends One As Advocates Show Practical Difficulties [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has stayed till March 1 the procedure set out by it for filing vakalat to weed out fake advocates which called upon all advocates to mandatorily furnish their enrolment IDs and photographs while filing vakalat.A bench of Justice Huluvadi G Ramesh and Justice RMT Teeka Raman stayed the procedure set out by Justice S Vaidyanathan in November 2017, which was to come into...

Bombay HC Upholds State’s Decision To Cancel Selection Of Man For Post Of JMFC As He Was Tried For Serious Offences [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court recently dismissed a petition filed by one Mohammad Imran, who challenged the cancellation of his selection to the post of Civil Judge Junior Division and Judicial Magistrate First Class citing an unfavourable police verification report.The bench of Justice Vasanti Naik and Justice Sarang Kotwal was hearing the case.Case BackgroundThe petitioner was selected after giving...

SC To BCCI: Allow Bihar To Play Ranji Trophy

It’s a huge victory for cricket in Bihar and aspirants from the state willing to make it to the national level.The Supreme Court today ordered the BCCI to allow Bihar to play Ranji Trophy and other domestic cricket tournaments. It is going to happen after a long 14 years.Bihar last played in Ranji Trophy in 2003-04 season when Mahendar Singh Dhoni was the captain.Following infighting...

CBI Special Judge Sentences A Sweets Manufacturer To Two Years Imprisonment For Polluting Yamuna [Read Order]

In a landmark judgment upholding the ‘Polluter Pays’ principle, a CBI Special Judge of Tiz Hazari court, Delhi, Sanjay Kumar Aggarwal, on November 21, sentenced a sweets’ manufacturer, owner of Haryana Paneer Bhandar,  to two years’ imprisonment, for discharging without treatment, its entire trade effluent generated during the washing process of sweets/namkeens...

Centre Notifies The Electoral Bond Scheme To "Cleanse" Political Funding [Read Notification]

The Centre, on Tuesday, notified the Electoral Bond Scheme, in a bid to "cleanse the system of political funding in the country".The intention to introduce electoral bonds was communicated by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Budget speech on February 2 last year. Notified after a period of 11 months since then, the salient features of the scheme are: The Electoral Bond would be a...

Two Additional Judges of Himachal Pradesh HC Are Appointed As Permanent Judges [Read Notification]

President of India has appointed two Additional Judges of Himachal Pradesh High Court as permanent Judges.As per the notification issued on Thursday, Shri Justice Sandeep Sharma and Shri Justice Chander Bhushan have been appointed as permanent Judges with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective office.Read the Notification...

Three Additional Judges Appointed In Jharkhand High Court [Read Notification]

President of India has appointed Three Additional Judges in Jharkhand High Court. As per the notification issued on Thursday, Shri Rajesh Kumar, Smt Anubha Rawat Choudhary and Shri Kailash Prasad Deo has been appointed as additional Judges of High Court for a period of two years.Read the Notification...