Submit Educational Qualification Certificates For Verification Drive By 6th March: Bar Council Of Delhi [Read Notice]

Vide a notice issued on Thursday, Bar Council of Delhi has directed Advocates to submit copies of the requisite Educational Certificates to their office, on or before 6th March, 2017.This is in furtherance of the verification drive commenced by the Council, in terms of Certificate and Place of Practice (Verification) Rules, 2015. These Rules had, however, not laid down any stipulation for...

Victims Of Political Murder Are From Rank And File; Leaders Remain Safe And Secure: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Annihilation of political opponents has become an order of the day, ignoring the fact that divergent political ideologies are natural in a democratic polity with a multiparty system, said the Court.“Victims (martyrs, as the parties may call them for political gain) of the spate of political murders are from the rank and file. Those who in the higher echelons masterminding and...

Former Lokayukta Moves MPHC To Fix Family Pension For His Wife [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court granted two weeks time to Madhya Pradesh former Lokayukta and retired Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court Ripusudan Dayal to file reply towards the Madhya Pradesh Government submission that family pension can be fixed only on demise of the pensioner.The retired Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court Ripusudan Dayal was appointed as the Lokayukta Madhya Pradesh...

CIC Tells Govt, Authorities To Create Awareness That Aadhaar Is Not Must For Marriage Registration [Read Order]

The Chief Information Commission has directed the government and marriage registration authorities to give widespread publicity through various media that Aadhaar is not mandatory for the purpose of marriage registration scheme.Disposing of a second appeal, Chief Information Commissioner Prof M Sridhar Acharyulu also directed the authority to make necessary changes for online application...

No Statutory Prohibition On More Than One Bar Association In One Court: Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that there is nothing in statute, rule or regulation that prohibits recognition of a bar association in one court or one place, where already a bar association is functioning after recognition by the State Bar Council.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice HP Singh was recently considering a petition filed by the High...

22 Years Later, Bombay HC Sets Aside Acquittal of Man in Wife’s Murder [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has set aside a 22-year-old judgement of the Additional Sessions Judge, Satara acquitting one Ramchandra Lokhande who was accused under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code.The division bench of Justices VK Tahilramani and Revati Mohite Dere have convicted Lokhande under charges of murder and causing disappearance of evidence and sentenced him to suffer...

POCSO Victims Compensation Fund To Be Set Up

The Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Ms. Maneka Gandhi has reportedly decided to set up a POCSO Victims Compensation Fund to provide financial support to children who are victims of sexual crimes.The announcement was made as a response to a letter seeking her attention to the plight of a three-year old, who was allegedly sexually assaulted and found abandoned at a...

Bombay HC Directs Razing of Illegal Structures on Land Reserved for Minority Community [ Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has directed the state government to remove the illegal structures that have been constructed on land reserved for minority community within six months.The bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice GS Kulkarni was hearing a PIL filed by Rehbar Foundation. The petitioners have brought to the attention of the court a notification issued by the state government in...

Bombay HC Asks State To Look For Space For Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission

The Bombay High Court today asked the state government to look for larger premises for the State Human Rights Commission.The bench of Justices VM Kanade and PR Bora were hearing a PIL filed by Naresh Gosavi pointing out problems faced by the State Human Rights Commission. Problems like inadequate staff and lack of funds for making the statutory body fully functional.Senior counsel...

Allahabad HC Upholds Detention Under NSA For ‘Cow Slaughter’ Provocation [Read Judgment]

Slaughter of cow hurts the sentiments of the Hindus which affects public order because it is likely to incite communal tension, hence, it is not merely a case of law and order but that of public order, the court said.Upholding a detention order passed against a person under the National Security Act for allegedly slaughtering cows, the Allahabad High Court has observed that slaughter of cow...

Remain ‘Alive’ While Recording Evidence, Tripura HC Tells Trial Judges [Read Judgment]

Trial judge should not remain silent but should control a criminal case by actively participating therein to find out the truth, the court said.The first bench of Tripura High Court has directed all trial judges in the state to “remain alive” at the time of recording evidence and to actively participate in the process and to control the criminal trial by such active participation to find...

Orissa HC Restrains Media From Reporting On Lady Cop’s Alleged Harassment On Court Premises [Read Judgment]

If the reputation of the lawyer community is at stake, it would definitely amount to the reputation of the judiciary as a whole being at stake, the court said.The Orissa High Court has restrained the media from further publishing or highlighting allegations pertaining to an incident which happened on the high court premises on February 7, in which a lady police officer was allegedly...