The Registrar General or in-charge of the Madras High Court, M. Jothiamaran issued a new and elaborate Code of Conduct for the judicial officers in suppression of the older codes issued in the years 2006, 2009 and 2010. These codes instruct the judicial officers of the courts of Tamil Nadu Read more
The Bar Association of Gauhati High Court to protest the decision of shifting the court The Gauhati High Court Bar Association (GHCBA) has decided to protest against Assam government’s plan to shift the High Court of Guwahati to Rangmahal in North Guwahati from its current location. The sit-in protest is Read more
Keywords: – Handsets, Court, Judicial Officers, Anganwadi. During a recent hearing involving Anganwadi workers, the Bombay High Court briefly acknowledged the challenges faced by district and subordinate court judges who are required to work in remote and isolated areas. The Court even mentioned that some judicial officers have to conduct Read more
The Supreme Court has held that the decision to allot additional shares under the Companies Act cannot be set aside solely on the basis that the promoters of the company have also benefited from the allotment. The court emphasized that the allotment of shares should be evaluated based on whether Read more
The CPI(M) filed a suit with the Calcutta High Court alleging that a Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate had submitted his candidature while away from home for the Bengal Panchayat elections. Mohinuddin Gazi allegedly submitted his application from Saudi Arabia when he was there doing the Haj, according to the petitioner. Read more
A fresh bench of the Bombay High Court will begin hearing the appeal filed by former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba and four other individuals against their conviction in a case involving Maoist connections on July 17. According to the court website, the plea will be heard in its Read more
Keywords – Supreme Court, Sessions Court, murder, conviction, acquittal, benefit of doubt The Supreme Court had acquitted a father son duo who were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case for 27 years by the Sessions as well as the High Court. The court had acquitted on Read more
In a petition for the quashing of the criminal case filed against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh, and Supriya Shrinate in a copyright infringement case for the alleged unauthorised use of music from the movie KGF Chapter 2 during the Bharat Jodo Yatra campaign [Jairam Ramesh v State of Read more
The central organisation looking into the 2015 Sheena Bora murder case has been instructed by a special CBI court in Mumbai to accelerate the trial against the three defendants. The decision was made by Special CBI Judge SP Naik Nimbalkar while he was hearing a request made by the main Read more
Keywords – Online offence, victim, personal photos, videos . The Kerala High Court has administered the Directors General of Police to take steps to remove online images and details of a woman who has been the victim of offenses under the immoral traffic act. The petitioner had approached the High Read more
