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No Enrollment Fee Above Rs 750 Rs : Kerala High Court To Bar Council In Interim Order
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday passed an interim order holding that the Bar Council is not entitled to collect an enrolment fee of more than Rs.750/- prescribed under law, while enrolling prospective advocates.Justice Shaji P Chaly passed the said order in view of the decision of the High Court in Koshy T. v. Bar Council of Kerala, Ernakulam and Another (2017 KHC 553) which had held...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends 10 Additional Judges Of Allahabad High Court To Be Made Permanent
The Supreme Court Collegium today recommended making 10 Additional Judges of the Allahabad High Court as the Permanent judges of the High Court. The names that are recommended are as follows:1. Justice Chandra Kumar Rai, 2. Justice Krishan Pahal, 3. Justice Sameer Jain, 4. Justice Ashutosh Srivastava, 5. Justice Subhash Vidyarthi, 6. Justice Brij Raj Singh, 7. Justice Shree...
Punjab And Haryana High Court Grants Bail To 65 Y/O Man Who Allegedly Called Lord Valmiki A 'Dacoit' & 'Thief'
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently granted bail to a 65-year-old man who allegedly referred to Lord Valmiki as a 'Dacoit' and 'Thief'. The bench of Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi granted bail to Krishan Dev Dubey booked under Section 295A IPC after it noted that he is a first-time offender and has been in custody since 23.01.2022 and that his further incarceration is not required.The...
Allahabad HC Quashes Case Against Salman Khurshid For Alleged 'Rishte Mein Unke Baap' Remark Against Yogi Adityanath
The Allahabad High Court has quashed a criminal case registered against Congress leader Salman Khurshid for allegedly making an indecent remark against the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath.During the electioneering for Lok Sabha Election 2019, while referring to Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Congress leader Khurshid had allegedly said: “Rishte me ham unke...
RTI | Delhi High Court To Hear Pleas Seeking Copies Of Documents Relating To Collegium Recommendations On April 12
The Delhi High Court is set to consider the question as to whether information relating to recommendations made by Supreme Court Collegium can be disclosed under Right to Information Act, 2005.Justice Prathiba M Singh listed for hearing on April 12 a batch of three petitions seeking information in respect of Collegium recommendations. One of the pleas have been filed by one Dr. Vinod Surana...
Kerala Court Remands CM's Former Principal Secretary M. Sivasankar To ED Custody In LIFE Mission Case
The Ernakulam District and Sessions court, has on Tuesday, remanded the former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala, M. Sivasankar, to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for a period of 5 days (until 2:30 pm on Monday, February 20) in connection with the LIFE Mission case.LIFE(Livelihood, Inclusion and Financial Empowerment) Mission' is a housing project mooted by...
Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Allahabad HC Grants Interim Bail To 8 Accused In View Of SC's Order Granting 8 Weeks Bail To Ashish Mishra
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to 8 accused in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri Violence case till March 20 on the ground of parity with the co-accused Ashish Mishra (who was granted 8 weeks interim bail by the Supreme Court last month). The bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan passed this order on the application moved by 8 accused namely, Nandan Singh Bisht,...
KFC Has No Exclusive Right In Word ‘Chicken’ But Trademark Registry Can Consider Its Application For ‘Chicken Zinger’: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has said though American fast food restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has no exclusive right on the word “Chicken”, the trademark registry can consider its application for registration of mark “Chicken Zinger” in Class 29.Justice Sanjeev Narula was hearing an appeal moved by Kentucky Fried Chicken International Holdings challenging an order dated...
Allegation Of 'Consent On Pretext Of Marriage’ Gets Shattered When Woman Continues Relationship With Man Even After His Marriage: P&H High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court, while upholding an order of acquittal passed by trial court in a rape case, said that the allegation of commission of rape on the pretext of marriage loses significance if the woman continues to be in a sexual relationship with the man even after his marriage with some other woman. A division bench of Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Kuldeep...
Bank Managers Can't Be Prosecuted For Acting On Mandate Of Locker Holder To Change Joint Access: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against two Bank managers for changing the access of a locker, purportedly on the application of one of the joint holders.A single judge bench of Justice V Srishananda said that no intention of criminality can be attributed to Bank managers for merely acting on the mandate of the customer.Ramchandra and Gururaj Deshpande...
Take Action Against Domain Name Registrars For Not Complying With IT Rules: Delhi High Court To IT Ministry
The Delhi High Court has directed the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Department of Telecommunications to take action in accordance with Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 against domain name registrars (DNRs) who are not complying with the Rules. Justice Prathiba M Singh observed that stringent steps are required...
S.311 CrPC | Error Different From Lacuna, Courts Should Be Magnanimous In Allowing Errors By Parties In Trial To Be Corrected : Kerala High Court
The Kerala High on Monday held that principles of fair trial demands that no party be denied the opportunity to correct its errors and that courts must be magnanimous in allowing such mistakes to be corrected. A single bench of Justice K Babu observed that an error or omission on the part of a party to trial is not to be confused with lacuna. While a lacuna points to an intrinsic weakness in...