All Consumer Complaints Filed Before CPA 2019 Should Be Heard By Fora As Per Pecuniary Jurisdiction Under CPA 1986 : Supreme Court[Read Judgment]

No need to transfer previously filed cases to the new fora under the 2019 Act.

UP Panchayat Polls- "Consider 2015 And Not 1995 As 'Base Year' For Reserving Seats, Hold Elections By May 25": Allahabad High Court

It is clear that the provisions of the impugned Government Order dated 11th February 2021 would have the effect of exceeding the prescribed vertical limit of reservation of 50 percent, which cannot be permitted: Allahabad HC

"Huge Political Influence"- Sachin Waze's Brother Files Habeas Corpus Plea In Bombay High Court Against His Arrest In Ambani House Explosives Scare

Suspended Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze, through his brother, Sudharm has filed a habeas corpus petition in the Bombay High Court calling his arrest by the National Investigating Agency "illegal," and seeking his immediate release from custody. Waze was arrested by the National Investigating Agency on Saturday, in connection with his involvement in the explosives-laden...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Prashant Bhushan Plea To Allow Advocate Members Of Organizations To Appear Before Court In Organization's Pro-Bono Public Interest Cases

The Delhi High Court today issued notice to the Bar Council of India and Bar Council of Delhi on a plea by Advocate Prashant Bhushan challenging the validity of Rule 8 of the Standards of Professional Conduct and Etiquette ('Rule 8') framed by the Bar Council of India under Section 49(1)(c) of the Advocates Act, 1961.Bhushan has moved court seeking the quashing of a specific complaint...

Safoora Zargar's Arrest & Detention Was To Curb Her Dissent: UN Human Rights Council's Working Group Against Arbitrary Detentions

The UN Human Rights Council's Working Group against Arbitrary Detentions (WGAD) has adopted an opinion criticizing the arbitrary arrest and detention of student activist Safoora Zargar during the anti-CAA protests in Delhi in April 2020. The Group has come to a finding that Safoora's detention for alleged involvement in delivering speeches at peaceful protests against...

BREAKING: 'NCC Act Cannot Preclude Operation Of Transgender Rights Act'-Kerala HC Holds Transwoman Entitled To Enrol In NCC

In a path-breaking judgment, the Kerala High Court on Monday allowed a petition moved by transwoman Hina Haneefa seeking her admission into the National Cadet Corps (NCC)."The petitioner shall be allowed to apply for enrolment into NCC in the senior girls division, as per her self-perceived gender identity", ruled a single bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman, allowing Hina Haneefa's plea.The...

The Bench, The Bar, And The Balance

The irritated judge warned the counsel, "If you argue for another minute, I will impose a cost of Rs. 1000/-". The lawyer stopped, turned around to whisper to his client, and then said: "Your Lordship may impose a cost of Rs. 20,000/-", and continued to argue. I am not sure, who the judge was. I am not sure who the lawyer was. This corridor legend has its versions in almost all...

Action Should Be Taken Against Investigating Officer Who Leaks Private Data Of Accused To Third Parties : Karnataka High Court

In a significant verdict, the Karnataka High Court has held that an investigating officer has no right to disclose the private date seized from the smartphones or electronic gadgets of an accused to a third party, without the written permission of the concerned court.An investigating officer who leaks such private data to third party should be proceeded against for dereliction of duty...

Karnataka High Court Issues Guidelines For Search Of Smartphones, Laptops, Electronic Gadgets, Email Accounts Etc

The Karnataka High Court has issued guidelines to be followed by investigating officers regarding the manner of carrying out a search and/or for preservations of the evidence gathered during the said search in respect of smartphone, electronic equipment or email account. A single bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj said "It would be in the interest of all the stakeholders...

'Disturbed That Investigation Is Not Even Complete' : Bombay HC To CBI, SIT On Dhabolkar-Pansare Murder Cases

The Bombay High Court has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation and the State Special Investigation Team (SIT) when will they complete their probe into the murders of communist leader, Govind Pansare and anti-superstition crusader Narendra Dabholkar, respectively. A division bench of Justices JJ Shinde and Manish Pitale asked for status reports after it was informed that the trial...

Important Judgments Of Justice Indu Malhotra

Justice Indu Malhotra, the first woman Judge to be elevated directly from the Bar and the seventh woman Judge to be appointed at the Supreme Court, is set to retire on March 13, 2021. Appointed as a Supreme Court Judge on April 27, 2018, Justice Malhotra also holds the distinction of being the second woman to ever be designated a Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court....

Justice Indu Malhotra: The Breaker Of Glass Ceilings

It was a morning in 2007, an article caught my attention. 'Lady lawyer pierces glass ceiling' said the Times of India. That 'lady lawyer' was Indu Malhotra and she was only the second woman ever in the history of the Supreme Court to be designated a Senior Advocate. The other had been Justice Leila Seth in 1977, who had retired as a Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. By contrast...