Elected Bar Association Office Bearers Cannot Contest Consecutively : Madras High Court Issues Directions To End Monopoly In Bar Elections

"There shall be a prohibition for the elected office bearers of the Bar/Advocate Associations in the State to contest in the following/next election and they can contest in the alternate elections only"

"If Display Of Affection Between LGBT Partners Isn't Indecent, It Can't Be Bogged Down By Majority Perception:" Allahabad High Court Reinstates LGBT Member In Service

The Allahabad High Court last week quashed the order of the cancellation of the appointment of the petitioner (one Pramod Kumar Sharma) on account of a viral video of the petitioner. The Bench of Justice Sunita Agarwal noted that in the Counter Affidavit (filed by the officer who had passed the order of cancellation) sexual orientation of the petitioner was stated to be...

UPSC Extra Chance For Last Attempt Candidates : Supreme Court Reserves Judgment [LIVE UPDATES]

The Supreme Court is hearing a petition seeking extra chance in UPSC exams for those civil service aspirants who exhausted their last attempt in October...

"No One Including Media Should Be Above Scrutiny":Newslaundry Responds to Times Group's Rs 100 Cr Defamation Suit

Reader funded News Laundry Media Private Limited has told the Bombay High Court that no one should be above scrutiny, especially the media, in its reply to a Rs 100 crore defamation suit filed against them by Bennett, Coleman and Company Ltd (BCCL), known as the 'Times Group.' "It is unfortunate that an organisation like BCCL, which has had a glorious history of standing up for the...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-51]

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Bail Application Of Gautam Navlakha In Bhima Koregaon Case- Read Order

The Bombay High Court on Monday rejected the bail application of senior journalist and activist - Gautam Navlakha - an accused in the Elgar Parishad – Maoist links case. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and MS Karnik passed the order on a criminal appeal filed by Navlakha against an order of the special court, which rejected his application for default bail in June, last year....

Covid-19: Students Of AKTU Move Supreme Court Against Decision To Conduct Semester End Examinations Via Offline Mode

Citing health risk amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, a group of students has moved the Supreme Court against the decision of the Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), UP, to conduct semester examinations in offline mode. The petition has been filed by the students of NIT, Noida; Apeejay Institute of Technology, Noida and Greater Noida Institute of Technology, seeking quashing of...

Neckbands & Broadbands : Of Lawyers Attending VC Hearings From Non-Office Spaces

The act of an advocate representing from a car or similar non-office space is mostly done out of compulsion than disrespect.

Delhi Riots- "His Picture Speaks Volumes About His Conduct On That Day": Delhi Court Denies Bail To Shahrukh Pathan, Who Pointed Gun At Cop

"The accused is alleged to have participated in the riots and has been duly identified. His picture speaks volumes about the involvement and the conduct of the accused on the said day."

Can Adverse Inference Be Drawn From Silence Of Accused ?

Jurisprudentially, section 313 of the Cr.P.C.[1] envisages rules of natural justice.[2] In this regard, the Apex court has held that section 313 is not merely a notion of audi alteram partem[3] or a statutory right but also a Constitutional right to a fair trial under article 21 of the Constitution.[4] However, practically, this section gains much more significance due to rampant...

'No Allegations Whatsoever': Supreme Court Quashes FIR Against Man Accused Of Abducting Woman Who Later Married The Main Accused

The Supreme Court quashed criminal proceedings against a man accused of abducting a woman who later married the main accused.In this case, the mother of the girl filed a complaint in the year 2013 alleging that one Vikram Roop Rai and the accused Vishwas Bhandari kidnapped her daughter by alluring her for the purpose of marriage. Later the girl married Rai who was acquitted by the Trial Court...

'Reckless Statements Demeaning Another Religious Faith Will Only Sow Seeds Of Hatred' : Madras High Court Warns Evangelist While Quashing FIR

While quashing FIRs registered against Christian evangelist Mohan C Lazarus for hurting religious sentiments, the Madras High Court made certain significant observations regarding the need to maintain respect and tolerance for other religious faiths in a pluralistic society.A single bench of Justice Anand Venkatesh quashed the FIRs against Lazarus, the founder of 'Jesus Redeems...