Five New High Court Judges Appointed

President of India has appointed (i) Shri Lanusungkum Jamir, (ii) Shri Manash Ranjan Pathak, (iv) Shri Hitesh Kumar Sarma and (v) Shri Mir Alfaz Ali, as Additional Judges of the Gauhati High Court.Shri Prakash Chandra Jaiswal is appointed as an Additional Judge of the Patna High...

Bombay HC Grants Bail To 93 Yr Old Who Allegedly Duped Man Of Rs 22 Lakh Posing As Lawyer [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has granted bail to Balasaheb Choudhary, who claims to be 93 years old and has been accused of cheating a man of Rs 22.5 lakh by posing as a lawyer.The complainant, Rameshchandra Bafna, who himself is 73 years old, knew Chaudhary as someone who worked at the Income Tax Department.Assuming that Chaudhary was an advocate, Bafna engaged him in a couple of cases and paid up...

Unmarried 2nd Daughter Eligible For Family Pension Upon Disqualification Of The 1st: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court, in the case of SP Jothi vs the Accountant General & Anr, has held that family pension may be transferred to unmarried second daughter upon the disqualification of the first daughter.In this case, SP Jothi, a 68-year-old woman, was claiming her deceased father’s family pension. Upon the death of her mother, her elder sister was receiving the pension. The elder...

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Proposes To Introduce E-Hearing From June [Read Notification]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has proposed to introduce e-hearing facility from June, 2017. The facility will enable stakeholders to present their case, during the hearing, through soft-copies of the pleadings.A stakeholders/advocates interaction has been organized for the purpose on 22 May, at 15.00 hours. Those interested in participating in the discussion are required...

Salary Accounts With Employer’s Official Bank Not Mandatory: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court, in the case of TM Dinesh Kumar & Ors vs Malabar Cancer Centre & Ors, held that all employees need not have salary accounts with the official bank of the employer and that the official bank can transfer the salaries of the employees to the existing accounts of employees in other banks.Justice PV Asha further noted that the employees cannot be compelled to open...

Delhi Judge Accepts Whatsapp Blue Double Tick As Receipt Proof Of Notice

Senior Civil Judge cum Rent Controller (North) Sidharth Mathur in Rohini Court recently accepted Whatsapp blue double-tick as receipt proof of notice on the Respondents.The case concerned an Appeal filed by a Model Town resident, seeking an injunction against his son and daughter-in-law, her parents and her friend from “trespassing into the suit property”. During the hearing, the Court...

I Want To Show He (Jaitely) Is A Crook: Jethmalani, Jaitely Warns Of  Claiming ‘Aggravated Damages’

Jaitley asks whether Kejriwal told him to use the word: Senior counsel says yes, but instructing counsel says ‘no’.The Jethmalini vs Jaitley battle has become more chaotic as the cross-examination continued on Wednesday in Delhi High Court.Most of the questions revolved around an article written by senior advocate Ram Jethmalani, which appeared in The Indian Express, containing...

Vexatious Criminal Proceeding Can Be Quashed Even Post-Cognizance: Patna HC [Read Judgment]

The Patna High Court, in the case of Dr. Syed Mohhammad Azfar vs The State Of Bihar & Anr, shed light on the wide-ranging powers of the High Court under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code and noted that even those complaints of which the Magistrate has taken cognizance of, but are of a private and vexatious nature, can be quashed by the High Court.In this case, an appeal had...

Bombay HC Dismisses Lawyer’s Plea Challenging Contempt Of Courts Act [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, filed by Advocate Satish Uke who in February was held guilty of criminal contempt and sentenced to two months in prison and asked to pay a sum of Rs. 1 lakh.The Nagpur bench of the high court had pronounced this order on Feb. 28, after beginning dictation a day...

MP HC Directs The State To Finish Construction Of Karopani Tank Meant For Black Bucks Conservation [Read Order]

The MP High Court has directed the State government to grant sanction for completion of Karopani water tank within two months and thereafter the work shall be completed as expeditiously as possible.The Karopani tank is under construction and was meant for preservation of the black bucks that are in large number in the area surrounding the tank is situated in tribal dominated Dindori...

Cabinet Okays Signing Of Multilateral Convention To Implement Tax Treaty-Related Measures

The Union Cabinet has given its approval for the signing of multilateral convention to implement tax treaty-related measures to prevent base erosion and profit shifting.A product of OECD/ G20 BEPS Project, this convention is aimed at tackling base erosion and profit shifting through tax planning strategies that exploit gaps and mismatches in tax rules to artificially shift profits to low...

Pan-India Implementation Of Maternity Benefit Program Approved By Cabinet

The Union Cabinet has given ex-post facto approval to pan-India implementation of Maternity Benefit Program which has been extended to all districts of the country w.e.f. 01.01.2017.The Program will provide compensation for the wage loss in terms of cash incentives so that the women can take adequate rest before and after delivery and not be deprived of proper nutrition.All pregnant women...