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Bombay High Court Asks DGP To Consider Man's Complaint About Cop & Women Lawyers Running 'False Rape Cases' Racket
Observing that even genuine cases of rape get affected because of 'false rape cases', the Bombay High Court on Wednesday ordered the Director General of Police (DGP), Maharashtra to consider the representation of a Navi Mumbai-based man, who has sought an enquiry against a police officer, who has been 'instrumental' in lodging false rape cases against 'innocent men' at the behest of...
Delhi High Court Orders Take Down Of YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh's 'Defamatory' Video On Sadhguru, Isha Foundation
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the take down of YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh's recent, allegedly defamatory YouTube video on Isha Foundation and its founder spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.The video titled “Sadhguru EXPOSED: What's happening in Jaggi Vasudev's Ashram” was uploaded by Singh on his YouTube channel on February 24 and he shared it on his 'X' page...
No Civil Judges Appointed In Bengal Since 2021 Batch, Qualified Candidates Left In Endless Limbo Over Non-Appoinment
Qualified candidates of the West Bengal Judicial Services Examination 2022 (WBJS) have been left in an endless limbo over non-appointment to Civil Judge (Junior Division) posts since the exams were conducted in 2023. While the preliminary examination for the 2022 batch was held in March 2023, the mains exam was conducted in May 2023, followed by the interviews of the successful candidates...
SCBA Election Reforms | Justice Nageswara Rao Invites Suggestions From Supreme Court Bar
The Committee headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao, former Supreme Court Judge, has invited suggestions from the members of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) regarding the reforms in the SCBA bye-laws, particularly the provisions dealing with elections.Suggestions are solicited from the members of the Supreme Court bar on the following issues:Eligibility conditions for contesting elections...
Allahabad HC Directs ASI To Undertake Whitewashing Of Sambhal's Jama Mosque Within 1 Week; Masjid Committee To Bear Costs
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to carry out the whitewashing of the Sambhal Jama Masjid within one week, in accordance with the agreement signed in 1927 between the mosque management committee and the ASI. The ASI has been asked to carry out whitewashing on those parts where whitewashing is required. The court has also directed the...
Motor Accident Claims | 'Legal Representative' Is One Who Suffers Loss; Need Not Be Spouse, Child Or Parent Of Deceased : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently ruled that the term 'legal representative' under the Motor Vehicle Act should not be given a narrow interpretation to exclude those persons as claimants who were dependent on the deceased's incomeThe Court said that if the claimants were dependent on the deceased's income, then they shall be granted compensation. A "legal representative" is one, who suffers on...
Maharashtra Slum Act | 'Censused Slums' Also 'Slums', No Separate Notification Needed For Redevelopment : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently observed that once a slum area is declared as 'censused slum' i.e., the slums located on land belonging to government or municipal undertaking, than such slums are automatically eligible for redevelopment under the Slum Act without the need for a separate notification under the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance, and Redevelopment) Act, 1971...
Lawyer Has No Right To Record Proceedings: Kerala HC Mulls Contempt Action Against Adv Nedumpura For Circulating Court Clippings On WhatsApp
The Kerala High Court has held that lawyers being permitted to enter the Court proceedings through video conferencing does not mean that they can record and circulate court proceedings.Stating thus, Justice P. Gopinath took exception to Advocate Mathews Nedumpura's conduct in recording and circulating court proceedings through WhatsApp. The bench observed that such action prima facie...
'Prime Facie Cognizable Offence Committed' : Delhi Court Orders FIR In Complaint Against Arvind Kejriwal & Others Over Illegal Hoardings
A Delhi Court on Tuesday directed registration of FIR in a complaint against Aam Aadmi Party supremo and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other individuals under the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act. ACJM Neha Mittal of Rouse Avenue Courts directed the concerned SHO to immediately register the FIR under Section 3 of the enactment which deals with the penalty for...
Litigation More Rewarding Than Corporate Career In Long Run; Wrong To Think First Generation Lawyers Can't Succeed: Justice Oka
Supreme Court Judge, Justice AS Oka today (March 11) spoke extensively on the importance of pursuing the traditional practice of litigation over corporate law and the need to dispel the stereotype that practice in constitutional courts is 'superior' to having a practice in district or trial courts. Justice Oka was speaking at a lecture organised by the National Law University And...
Resolve Issue Of Rental Accommodation Of CRPF Personnel Posted In Delhi : Supreme Court Tells Union Govt
The Supreme Court recently directed the Union to resolve the issue of rental accommodation for CRPF Personnel stationed temporarily in Delhi within a reasonable time. The Court specified that unless the same is not done, it would necessarily issue directions under Article 142 Jurisdiction. The bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing a plea relating to the issue of...
