MP HC Declines To Issue Order To Set Up Dispensary For Legal Fraternity [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has declined to issue any direction to set up a dispensary on the court premises or specialised hospitals at the divisional headquarters (revenue) for the legal fraternity across the state.Deputy Advocate General Samdarshi Tiwari said: “As of now, the national ambulance service is available on dedicated number 108.”He informed such a facility of ambulance...

Rajiv Gandhi Assassin Robert Pious Seeks Euthanasia

A convict, Robert Pious, who has served 26 years in prison after being convicted for former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, has requested the Puzhal Prison authorities for mercy killing.According to another news report, Pious wrote in the letter to the prison authorities that that he has lost all purpose in life as his family does not visit him in the prison anymore, and...

Bombay HC Upholds Constitutional Validity Of Mandatory Pre-Deposit Under Section 129E Of Customs Act [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 129 E of the Indian Customs Act, 1962, that makes pre-deposit mandatory for filing an appeal before the tribunal or the Commissioner (Appeals) concerned.A bench of Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice GS Kulkarni pronounced this judgment on Monday, two weeks after it was reserved.Case BackgroundThe petitioners, Haresh Vora...

Two Journalists Get Jail Term After Karnataka Assembly Unanimously Resolve To Punish Them

Karnataka Assembly Speaker KB Koliwad has reportedly sentenced two journalists to one-year imprisonment, with a fine of Rs 10,000, after the Assembly passed a unanimous resolution to punish them for writing defamatory articles against legislators."The State Assembly has decided to punish the two journalists of Kannada tabloids for publishing defamatory articles against legislators," the...

7 Key Highlights Of SEBI Board Meeting: Rules For Investment In Distressed Firms Relaxed

The SEBI Board met in Mumbai on Wednesday and took the following decisions: Restructuring in distressed companies Presently, relaxations from preferential issue requirements under SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009, and from open offer obligations under SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011, are available for...

Kerala HC Closes Suo Moto Proceedings On Demonetisation Impact On Subordinate Courts [Read Judgment]

Asks courts to follow Centre’s directive in this regard.In view of a Central Government notification, the Kerala High Court has closed a suo moto proceeding initiated by it to fix modalities and to deal with the unforeseen situation that was faced by subordinate courts in the State of Kerala pursuant to the recent demonetisation move.The suo moto proceedings were initiated after it was...

No Parent Would Risk Daughter’s Honor By Filing False Rape Cases To Settle Minor Scores: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Delhi recently refused to set aside the conviction and sentence awarded to a man for raping a 5 year old girl, rejecting his contention that he was falsely implicated by the parents of the minor girl to settle scores with him“It is pertinent to note that it has come in the evidence that appellant was residing in the house of prosecutrix and was having cordial relations...

Let People Know About Changes In Law, Give Due Publicity: Kerala HC Tells Govt [Read Judgment]

Issuance of Gazette notification is of no avail unless people know of it, the court said.How many of us read the Gazette publications by the government to know changes in law? Most do not.Perhaps by identifying the said reality, the Kerala High Court has observed that issuance of Gazette notification is of no avail and due publicity is required to be given in various newspapers of...

All States/UTs Except Jammu and Kashmir Approved State GST Act: Finance Ministry

Ministry of Finance, in a press release stated that all the States and Union Territories (having assemblies), except the State of Jammu & Kashmir, have approved the State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) Act.“The State of Kerala issued an Ordinance today approving State GST Act while the State of West Bengal had issued an Ordinance in this regard on 15th June, 2017. Now only one State is...

Aadhaar Mandatory For TB Patients To Get Cash Assistance Under Government Scheme [Read Notification]

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in the exercise of its powers under Section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies) Act 2016, has notified that Aadhaar is necessary as an identity proof for availing of conditional cash assistance under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP).The Ministry administers centrally-sponsored RNTCP using...

“Lapses In Prosecution Too Frequent For Comfort”: Delhi HC Raps Public Prosecutor And ASJ [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Delhi recently came down heavily on the Public Prosecutor and the Additional Sessions Judge for the manner in which witnesses were examined and the trial was conducted in a robbery case.The Court was hearing a bunch of appeals challenging the conviction and sentence awarded to the Appellants for offences punishable under Sections 392 (punishment for robbery), 394...

Madras HC Denies Relief Of Restitution Of Conjugal Rights To Husband Who Remarried During Pendency Of Suit [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Madras recently refused to grant the relief of restitution of conjugal rights to a man who had remarried during the pendency of the suit.“In the circumstances, it could not be unreasonable to hold that after the plaintiff-husband contracted second marriage, the appellant wife is reasonable and justifiable in staying away from her husband. This Court while bearing in mind,...