Chamber Of A Judge Is Also A Public Office, HC Judge Pulls Up Registrar For Not Installing CCTV Cameras In His Chambers

"Chamber of a Hon'ble Judge is also a "public office" and there cannot be any other interpretation other than this.

When Erudition Meets Imagination : Farewell To Justice Naidu

It is not a common occurrence in a High Court to have a puisne judge from another state. Therefore, it was with great amusement that the High Court bar dealt with the news that a judge from Andhra Pradesh High Court was assuming charge in the Kerala High Court. Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu had a reputation which preceded him, and even before he assumed office on 30.06.2014, the 'background search' conducted by inquisitive members of bar revealed that he was a scholarly judge who had authored...

JAG- Right To Marry Not A Fundamental Right, No Proof That Life Would Be Miserable Without Marriage: Army Tells Delhi HC

“Right to marry cannot be right to life under Article 21. There is no where written or proved that life of person would be miserable or unhealthy without marriage.”

Lawyering, For Women, Is Not A Cake Walk!

"A lot of sacrifices go into the making of the Woman who you see in court tackling cases, clients, family, social pursuits with ease and elan. Multi-tasking is indeed to be learnt from Lady Lawyers."

Secrecy Unlimited : Official Secrets Act Threatening Press Freedom

Official Secrets Act has become an instrument of oppression at the hands of the establishment to witch-hunt those who dare to ask uncomfortable questions

On Women's Day, Meghalaya HC Sentenced Two Women Journalists To Sit In The Corner Of Court Room For 'Contempt Of Court'

Sit in the corner of the Court room till the rising of the Court and pay a fine of Rupees Two Lakhs, ordered Meghalaya High Court while holding that the two women journalists of Shillong Times, Patricia Mukhim and Shoba Chaudhuri have committed 'contempt of court'. Irony is that the order has been passed on a day celebrated as 'Women's day'. If the payment of fine is defaulted, the...

The Indian Women Who Fought Their Way Into the Legal Profession

India, a newspaper published by the Indian News Agency from London, Bombay and Poona city reported on September 1, 1916, that the 'latest attempt on the part of a woman to break her birth's invidious bar and get within the defences of a strictly guarded profession was made by a Bengali lady at the end of July.' The citadel that was sought to be breached was the impenetrable legal profession, and the 'Bengali lady' was Miss Regina Guha, of Jewish Bengali ancestry, who after completing her MA in...

Delhi HC Stays Appointment Of Custodian Of The Undertakings Of New Delhi International Arbitration Centre [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has stayed the order appointing Dr. Rajiv Mani, Joint Secretary & Legal Advisor, Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice as the custodian of the undertakings of the International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution. The bench comprising the Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V Kameswar Rao issued this order in a petition...

Women's Day : Perpetuating Gender Stereotypes Leads To Sex Based Discrimination

Any ground of discrimination, direct or indirect, which is founded on a particular understanding of the role of the sex, would be hit by Article 15, which prohibits sex based discriminations.

Gujarat HC Dismisses Ex-IPS Officer Sanjeev Bhat's Bail Application In 2-Decade-Old Drug Seizure case [Read Order]

"The expertise mastered under the law for having enjoyed different positions as a Senior Police Officer in IPS cadre could result into tyranny for the witnesses who are all his juniors and subvergence of the criminal justice system."

NGT Slaps Rs 500Cr Fine On Volkswagen For Cheating Emission Tests

The National Green Tribunal on Thursday slapped a cost of Rs 500 crore as damages on German automobile major Volkswagen while holding it guilty of causing environmental damage and using cheat devices in its vehicles. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice A K Goel slapped a fine of Rs 500 on the company. The bench passed the order on a petition moved by a Delhi-based...

Ignoring Seniority In Appointment Of Judges: A Principle For Convenience

The trinity of fairness, transparency and accountability form the bedrock of an effective and independent judicial system. Likewise, legal reasoning, justifiability and confirming to judicial ethics remains the hallmarks of judicial decisions, judicial appointments as well as judicial behaviour. Constitutionally speaking, this hexagon of judicial character shall remain entrenched in every decision concerning appointments of judges at all levels of judicial hierarchy. There cannot be...