Bar, Bench & Litigation
Government servants banned from GMail, external email for security reasons
The Department of Electronics and Information Technology, filed an affidavit with the Delhi high court that the Committee of Secretaries (CoS) convened to ban the use of external email services for government staff to ensure security [The Hindu]
16-year chambers waitlist drives Deepak Khosla to park chambers-bus outside of court
12 April SC Lok Adalat postponed, TBC
The second national lok adalat in the Supreme Court, which was scheduled for 12 April 2014, has been postponed, with the new date to be announced shortly [SC notification]
DHCBA meets today under Rajiv Khosla: Reverse DVD harassment, publicise ‘suspicious judgments’, free lawyer parking, valets & more...
Sahara promises SC it will pay everything by 2015
Sahara says it will pay Rs 2,500 crore in three days, three instalments of Rs 3,500 cr each at the end of June, Sept and Dec, and Rs 7,000 crore by 31 March 2015. The new proposal totals Rs 20,000, which would be Rs 3,000 crore more than its earlier proposal, as the company’s chief Subrata Roy is st...
Supreme Court tells 'nauseating' BCCI chief N Srinivasan to step down (or else)
The Supreme Court has told the cricket body’s boss N Srinivasan to step down as board chief so that the IPL betting and match-fixing could be investigated properly, with Justice AK Patnaik saying it was “nauseating” that he continued and would have to go if cricket were to be cleaned: “Why is Sriniv...
SC won't cancel Unitech 2G accused's bail, despite CBI recording of him trying to influence prosecutor
Justice HL Dattu said that it was not appropriate at this stage to interfere with the bail the court granted in November 2011 for Sanjay Chandra, despite the Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) approaching the court claiming Chandra was “materially interfering” and trying to influence the investig...
SC re-throws spanner into government Aadhar Card works: Not mandatory!
A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Justice BS Chauhan reiterated that the government must not imply that Aadhar cards are mandatory to take advantage of any government services. “I received lot of letters which say Aadhar card is mandatory despite court orders. One letter said his marriage is n...
Bangalore judges to be given 40 iPhones worth Rs 16 lakh
The Karnataka high court in Bangalore has floated a tender to buy 40 Apple iPhone 5Cs for its judges to use. While the smartphones are the lowest end phones that the US-based company makes, they still retail for around Rs 40,000 each (and ironically are not compatible with two recently-launched Andr...
4 reasons to become a judge: Justice Mohit Shah on recruitment drive
Bombay high court chief justice Mohit S Shah, at a Maharashtra bar council event to promote lawyers to join the judiciary, said that being a judge had many benefits: 1. It’s interesting. 2. It’s challenging. 3. Enjoying the independent nature of the work. 4. The honour judges enjoy in society. [ TOI...
Learned counsel ML Sharma wins two 'Nirbhaya' gang-rapists' 15-day gallows reprieve in SC
A Supreme Court bench stayed the execution of two of the four men convicted for the rape and murder of a woman, dubbed Nirbhaya by the media, in December 2012.
Bar Association's Patiala House Holi Milan party a ‘sleaze show’
The New Delhi Bar Association’s “Holi Milan” celebrations inside Delhi’s Patiala House district court complex turned into a “show of flesh” when some male advocates joined hired dance girls performing on stage as part of the ceremony, reported The Hindu , no less. Union law minister Kapil Sibal, who...
Neha Mehta wins Talwars the right in Bombay HC to watch movie allegedly about Aarushi murder
SC stands firm: After RamJet’s ‘inconvenience’, Dhawan talks ‘respect’, Sahara-Subrata locked up till 25 March since no written payment promise
A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice KS Radhakrishnan today rejected the appeal for the bail of jailed Sahara boss Subrata Roy, pending the next hearing on 25 March 2014.
SC announces subjects & process for 12 May summer court vacation hearings
The Supreme Court has issued the guidelines to govern hearings during the court’s summer vacations from 12 May to 29 June 2014. On its website, the court wrote that any “pending and ready” cases falling within 30 announced categories, could be taken up by the vacation bench after application to the ...
SC: Lower courts must hear criminal trials v lawmakers day-to-day in a year
A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice RM Lodha said today that lower courts would have to complete criminal trials against lawmakers within a year, by holding day-to-day-hearings, or explain to the respective high court’s chief justice why they weren’t able to meet the deadline [The Hindu]
Rajiv Khosla wins fiery Delhi High Court Bar Association election
Ex-Delhi Bar Association president Rajiv Khosla has won the Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) elections, according to authoritative sources on Twitter . Advocate Dushyant K Mahant tweeted that Khosla won with 2,074 votes as against 936 votes won by DK Sharma, who was the closest contender. Pr...
BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra’s term to end next month: One in running to replace
Sr Adv Dushyant Dave writes CJI, alleges SC case 'snatching', violation of 'judicial propriety and decorum'
Senior advocate Dushyant Dave wrote to the Chief Justice of India questioning the propriety of a Supreme Court two-judge bench headed by justice CK Prasad which took away a matter listed before a three-judge bench, and decided the matter itself, reported the Times of India yesterday. Prasad and just...
SC considers suo motu contempt action against shirtless, Sahara-ink-throwing advocate, serial protestor
The Supreme Court Justice RM Lodha has taken suo motu cognisance against advocate Manoj Sharma, who threw ink at the Sahara chief Subrata Roy on the Supreme Court premises on Monday [ Economic Times ]. Lodha instructed the attorney general to find out the facts of the case today. The next hearing is...