Ayodhya Dispute: Claimant Nirmohi Akhara's Chief Mahant Bhaskar Das Passes Away

The mail litigant in the Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Madjid case in Ayodhya and Nirmohi Akhara chief Mahant Bhaskar Das passed away following a heart attack on Saturday. He was 88.Nirmohi Akhara is one of the three claimants to the disputed site in Ayodhya. It owns many temples in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.Das had suffered heart attack twice before, once in the year...

Malayalam Actress Molestation Case: Actor Kavya Madhavan Files For Anticipatory Bail Before Kerala HC [Read Petition]

Popular Malayalam Actor Kavya Madhavan has moved the Kerala High Court with an application for anticipatory bail in the case concerning the abduction and assault of another popular Malayalam actress. Her husband, Dileep, who is allegedly the mastermind behind the incident, is currently in judicial custody after his bail plea was rejected by the Court thrice.In another development the...

Appeals Concerning Kerala HC Verdict Regularizing Illegal DLF Building Posted For Final Hearing

The Supreme Court, on Friday, agreed to hear together all Appeals concerning the Kerala High Court judgment that had allowed DLF to deposit Rs. 1 crore to regularize illegal construction undertaken in violation of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms.The Bench comprising Justice Kaul and Justice Nariman agreed to hear together separate SLPs filed by Kerala State Coastal Zone...

Bombay HC Accepts Apology From Bar Associations Across Maharashtra That Abstained From Judicial Work, Warns Of Strict Action In Future [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court pronounced a judgment on Friday accepting apologies from various bar associations across the state of Maharashtra in the matter regarding abstention from judicial work demanding establishment of a bench at Pune and Kolhapur.Justice AS Oka and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai were hearing a suo-motu criminal contempt petition tagged along with a civil writ petition raising...

Haryana Judicial Exam Leak: HC Orders FIR To Be Registered In Chandigarh; Seeks Names For SIT [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday directed the Chandigarh police to register an FIR in connection with the alleged leak of Haryana Judicial Service Examination while expressly stating that the probe be carried out by the Chandigarh police only since the exam was conducted in that capital.The Registrar General of Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday announced that the...

Mumbai Metro 3: Apprehending Damage To Heritage Structures, Bombay HC Stays Tunnelling Work For Two Weeks

The Bombay High Court has granted an interim stay on the tunnelling work for Metro 3 being carried out near the 161-year-old heritage structure known as JN Petit Institute Library in the Fort area of South Mumbai.A bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice NM Jamdar was hearing a petition filed by trustees of JN Petit Institute which named the State of Maharashtra, Mumbai Metro...

More Transgenders In Lok Adalat Panels

Following in the footsteps of West Bengal’s Islampur, where transgender Joyita Mondal was recently appointed to a bench of a national Lok Adalat, the Serampore ADR Centre has made an announcement appointing Shyam Ghosh (previously Shampa) to the upcoming national Lok Adalat to be held in Hooghly. Shyam is a transgender activist who works on gender rights and HIV issues and the first transman...

Trend Of Litigants Seeking Judges’ Recusal Needs To Be Discouraged: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Taking a tough stand against the idea of litigants seeking recusals from judges alleging bias without any substantial reason, the Bombay High Court has cited judgments of the Supreme Court to elucidate why such arbitrary requests must be discouraged.A bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice PD Naik was hearing an income tax appeal tagged along with a criminal writ petition.The respondent...

Gujarat HC Comes To The Rescue Of Couple Alleging Harassment By Son And Daughter-In-Law [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court has come to the rescue of an elderly couple from Vaso village in Kheda District and has granted them interim relief against their son and daughter-in-law.According to a TOI report, the Petitioners, Mr. Shantilal Prajapati and Ms. Kamlaben Shantilal Prajapati have petitioned the High Court alleging that their son, Dharmendra has been misbehaving with them. The couple...

NUSRL Students’ Protest Enters Day Two As Security Forces Reach Dharna Spot

Agitation by students of the National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL), located in Kanke block of Ranchi, continued for the second day on Thursday even as a strong contingent of security force reached the campus in the evening in a bid to end the dharna and lockdown of the university campus.Armed with water cannons, a large number of security forces reached the spot in the evening, leading to a face-off between the students and the security forces. The officials appealed the...

Interview with Ryan School Murder Accused: Did The Television Channels Cross the Lakshman Rekha?

In the aftermath of the murder of seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur in the toilet of Ryan International School recently, many television channels carried interview with the bus conductor and the prime accused, Ashok Kumar, and concluded that he had confessed his role in the murder.   The accused is in police custody, and his so-called confession to the media would stand no legal scrutiny,...

Bombay HC Rejects Transit ABA To Pintos, Extends Protection Till Tomorrow On Condition Of Submission Of Passport [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday rejected transit anticipatory bail applications filed by founding chairman of Ryan International School Augustine Pinto, his wife Grace Pinto and their son Ryan, in connection with the murder of 7-year-old Pradhyuman in Gurugram.Appearing for the applicants, advocate Niteen Pradhan sought further protection from arrest for his clients who have already been...