By Kumkum Chadha While the country celebrated the inauguration of the Chenab Railway Bridge with much fanfare, the woman behind its engineering stayed away. Dr G Madhavi Latha, a geo-technical expert and professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, was in Madrid, Spain, far from the limelight. Despite playing a pivotal role in…
Following a huge backlash over summons issued to two Senior Advocates in relation to their legal opinions to a client, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has come up with a circular prohibiting its officials from issuing summons to lawyers in connection with their legal opinions. The circular said that no summons should be issued to any…
The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered the takedown of a YouTube channel, which was operating in the name of anchor and Managing Editor (Special Projects) of Aaj Tak, Anjana Om Kashyap. The single-judge Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh directed Google to take down the page within 48 hours. It further ordered the disclosure…
The Bombay High Court on Thursday upheld Regulation 17(3)(D)(2) of the Development Control and Promotion Regulations, (DCPR) 2034, which provided rehabilitation for slum dwellers on encroached lands reserved as ‘open spaces’ under the DCPR 2034. The Division Bench of Justice Amit Borkar and Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan observed that in a city where inequality was visible…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday withdrew the summons issued to Senior Advocate Pratap Venugopal over a legal opinion rendered in his professional capacity. The move followed a strong-worded letter written by the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) to Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai, asking him to uphold the independence of the Bar…
The Supreme Court on Thursday closed a PIL seeking release of Tamil feature film Thug Life in Karnataka. The Bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Manmohan recorded in its order the submission of the State of Karnataka that it did not impose any ban on the movie. It further assured the Court that it…
The three-member panel formed to investigate the alleged recovery of unaccounted cash from the residence of Justice Yashwant Varma has concluded in its 64-page report that there was sufficient substance to initiate proceedings for the removal of the former Delhi High Court judge. After conducting a thorough investigation for more than 10 days through several…
Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai has said that the Indian Constitution was not just a document for governance, but a revolutionary statement that played a major role in advancing socio-economic justice for its citizens. Speaking at the Milan Court of Appeal, the CJI said on Wednesday that social and economic democracy was the…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim protection from arrest to Kerala-based journalist Nandakumar TP in connection with an alleged defamatory video uploaded on his YouTube channel ‘Crime Online’ targeting a prominent woman politician. The partial court working days Bench of Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Prasanna B Varale held that in the event of Nandakumar’s…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed its strong resentment against the Madras High Court verdict, which ordered the Tamil Nadu Policee to arrest Additional Director General of Police (ADG) HM Jayaram in connection with the kidnapping of a minor. The Bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Manmohan further took strong exception to the suspension…