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Justice Gautam Patel strikes again with most sarcastic (and hard-hitting) order against adjournment culture ever written
After his Indigo-GoAir order went viral last year, Bombay high court Justice Gautam Patel has delivered another zinger, with this one dripping with even more sarcasm and innuendo, scheduling the next hearing date for 2020 (actually, for late 2020, more than three-and-a-half years from now).
Legally Explained: Why (and how) Kalikho Pul’s suicide note alleging judicial corruption is finally being (not) dealt with
The suicide note of former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister, Kalikho Pul, has landed the apex court in a bit of a dilemma, with its decision to judicially hear as a writ petition the letter written by his widow, Dangwimsai Pul, backfiring today, as we had reported.
Ex-CM Kalikho Pul suicide note: Dushyant Dave gets SC judges to drop matter, pitches for admin side hearing
The case of the suicide note of Arunachal Pradesh ex-chief minister Kalikho Pul took a dramatic turn today, with the Supreme Court closing the matter on the judicial side after senior counsel Dushyant Dave impassioned pleas for Pul’s widow, Dangwimsai Pul.
In transparency shocker, bar council meetings get blanket RTI immunity from Delhi HC judge (who is an ex-BCI counsel)
The Delhi high court has bizarrely exempted state bar councils from the statutory duty to publish their meeting minutes online, on the ground that some of these minutes may contain third party information of a confidential nature.
Although pendency hasn’t really suffered, pragmatism wins the day: Trickle of 5 new SC judges gets approved after a year
With the last batch of Supreme Court elevations having been made only in May 2016 with four new judges (who had been recommended in December 2015), the collegium’s latest recommendations of five new Supreme Court judges were cleared by the president yesterday.
SC puts stop to Jallikattu petitioner vs retd Justice KS Radhakrishnan for accepting PETA award
Justice Karnan pulls no-show in SC contempt case today
The system wasn’t built for this: Justice CS Karnan vows criminal complaint vs CJI, wants contempt stayed, doubles down on corruption allegations [READ LETTER]
After the Supreme Court slapped him with suo motu contempt charges, Calcutta high court Justice CS Karnan has written a letter dated yesterday to the Supreme Court, vowing to file a criminal case against the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and another Supreme Court judge under the SC / ST Atrocities Act for allegedly victimising him because of his caste.
Madras HC designates 16 new seniors, 12.5% are women
The Madras high court has designated 16 advocates to senior counsel, with two or 12.5% being women: G Thilakvathi and N Krishnaveni.
SCOI, please take a look and learn: Kenyan HC strikes down criminal defamation statute
Rarest of rare: SC accepts review petition of its earlier Uphaar verdict, sends 1 brother to jail for year
The Supreme Court has accepted the review petition of its controversial Uphaar fire tragedy sentencing verdict, which had seen the two accused escape without any additional jail time.
Pune University, Symbi top June 2016 AOR exam • Pass rate drops again, Symbi pass rate increases
Pune University 2008 alumnus Sahil Tagotra and Symbiosis Pune 2009 alumnus Deepayan Mandal topped the Advocate on Record (AOR) exam this year. The pass rate dropped to 24%, from nearly 30% last year.
SC 7-judge-bench trains suo motu contempt guns on one of its own again: Cal’s Justice CS Karnan stripped of judicial work [UPDATE: READ ORDER]
A seven apex court judge bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) JS Khehar, with justices Dipak Misra, J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur, PC Ghose and Kurian Joseph have today withdrawn all judicial and administrative work from Calcutta high court judge Justice CS Karnan, according to PTI.
The farce (and free publicity) of the Jolly LLB 2 lawsuits: Bombay HC orders 4 cuts that made lawyers look bad
Poor Jolly-LLB 2, albeit getting lots of free but priceless publicity from spending time in court defending cases by lawyers, of all people, will now have to make four cuts in order to satisfy a bench of the Bombay high court.
Bombay HC reads 9-year-old’s diary, concludes she had ‘sexual instincts’ in childhood, grants bail to rape accused
Namita Bhandare (@namitabhandare) tweeted: “Dear Supreme Court please take note:” Victim was ‘Used to All Dirty Things’. Bombay HC’s Ridiculous Judgment is Why Fewer Women Report Rape By Shikha Sreenivas
Markandey’s back (a bit): After apology at gunpoint, Katju J cautiously begins blogging about judiciary again
Former Supreme Court Justice Markandey Katju has begun blogging about the judiciary again, despite his run-in with the Supreme Court’s rather draconian contempt powers had left him on the ropes, giving a strategic unconditional apology (which the apex court accepted on 7 January, having asserted its dominance over its former brother judge).
SC continues patient, dogged pursuit of Subrata Sahara, starts by attaching Rs 40,000 cr Aamby Valley property
In bid to break post-NJAC appointments crisis, SC collegium recommends 9 permanent HC chief justices
Dipak Misra J cryptically recuses self from hearing BCI age limit matter, possibly due to BCI counsel nexus
Supreme Court Justice Dipak Misra recused himself yesterday from hearing the writ petition by three petitioners, including by one Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA) scholar who is an orphan, against the Bar Council of India (BCI) surprise resurrection of an age limit on studying law.
Law min thinks about making pro bono advocates database to help pick judges • Great, but why not let them apply directly?
The law ministry has asked Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman Manan Kumar Mishra in a letter to help it create a list of lawyers who are willing to act pro bono in cases, which could end up being “one of the proposed yardstick (sic) to be considered for appointment as Judges of High Courts”.