Supersession: Justice HG Ramesh Declines Offer Of Madras Chief Justice-ship, Justice Indira Banerjee New Madras CJ

Disappointed by the elevation of his junior to the Supreme Court, Karnataka High Court judge Justice HG Ramesh has turned down the offer to be appointed as the Madras High Court Chief Justice, reports ETPost the vacancy left by promotion of Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, the Supreme Court collegium had recommended appointment of Justice Ramesh to the post. The...

Delhi Bar Council Extends Deadline For Submission Of Documents For Verification Drive [Read Notice]

The Bar Council of Delhi has extended the date for submission of educational certificates until further notice.As a result of some inconsistencies in the recording of documents, the council has postponed the submission deadline, which shall be intimated as soon as the issues are resolved.In pursuance of the verification drive, the Bar Council had issued a notice requesting advocates to...

Courts Aren’t Monarchs Or Dictators To Impose Punishment At Whims And Fancies: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

Choked with emotion or driven by local sentiments, out of mere surmise or suspicion, a court of law cannot afford to convict an accused, the bench said.The courts of law cannot assume the role of a monarch or dictator so as to impose any punishment on anyone at their whims and fancies even in the absence of any legal evidence, remarked the Madras High Court while acquitting a man convicted by...

Allahabad HC Transfers Jawahar Bagh Massacre Probe To CBI [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court has transferred probe into the Jawahar Bagh massacre to the CBI, citing a flawed and unscientific investigation on part of the state government.A bench of Chief Justice DB Bhosale and Justice Yashwant Verma was hearing a Writ Petition filed by Vijay Singh Tomar seeking transfer of investigation to the CBI in the Jawahar Bagh massacre that killed 28 persons. Background...

MP HC Decline To Stall Land Acquisition For Nuclear Power Project [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has declined to stall the land acquisition process in village Kunda for the Nuclear Power Project in Mandla district.The court dismissed a PIL filed by the Gram Sabha of village Kunda challenging the land acquisition process taking ground it was not consulted as the area is a notified scheduled area and the acquisition proceedings are going on illegally.A...

Notice Under Sec 21 Must Before Referring Disputes To Arbitration: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, in a recent judgment delivered by Justice S Muralidhar, has clarified and settled that Section 21 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act 1996, is mandatory to be complied with before reference of disputes to arbitration.The court laid down the object and purpose of issuing the notice under Section 21 holding that the Section is not limited only for the purpose...

Bombay HC Quashes Govt Circular On Marathi Knowledge For Auto Permit

The Bombay High Court has struck down a circular by the state government wherein knowledge of Marathi language was made a pre-condition for granting auto rickshaw permits, holding it illegal.The said circular was issued in February 2016 and was to be made applicable from November 2016.The applicants for an auto permit were to be interviewed in order to prove their knowledge of Marathi. Those...

SC Notice To Maharashtra Govt On Plea By Bar Dancers Challenging New Law

The supreme court today issued notice to the Maharashtra government on a petition filed by women dancers, waitresses, singers and other performers working in bars and hotels in state under the umbrella of ‘Bharatiya Bar girls Union challenging the constitutional validity of a 2016 state law imposing various restrictions on dance bars.A bench headed by justice Dipak Misra has asked...

MP HC Asks Investigation Agency To Follow Mandate of SC In Probe Against IAS Officer In ICDS Scam [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed a letter sent by the Madhya Pradesh Government to the Union Government seeking permission to prosecute a senior IAS officer in a corruption case on finding the investigation agency did not conducted the probe ‘afresh’ as directed by the Supreme Court.The investigation agency – Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of State government registered an FIR...

Cooperative Banks Not Exempted From RTI Act: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has held that co-operative institutions “need to supply” information under RTI Act, since it is a “public authority” established under the Cooperative Societies Act.The bench of Justice TL Nalwade and Justice Sangitrao Patil pronounced the judgment on February 13 after hearing all parties in a writ petition filed by the Jalgaon Jillha...

No Infringement If Defendant Uses Registered Trade Mark As Corporate Name In Respect Of Dissimilar Goods: Bombay HC (FB) [Read Judgment]

“Sub-Section (4) applies in “trade mark versus mark” situation. Sub-Section (5) applies to a “trade mark versus trade/corporate/business name”, the Bench said.Can the owner of a well-known trade mark like Mercedes Benz sustain an infringement claim against an ice cream manufacturer thar uses it as its corporate or trading name? This doubt was expressed by a single bench of Bombay...

JP Morgan’s Software COIN To Cover 3.6 Lakh Hours Of Lawyer’s Work In Seconds

With rapid advances towards a techno-driven society, the legal fraternity is up for some serious competition with business-making and financial-planning software.At JP Morgan, a programme called COIN is rounding off the tedious task of analysing financial deals within seconds, something that consumed thousands of hours of legal teams.The software, called COIN for Contract Intelligence,...