Month: October 2019

Madras High Court Upholds Conviction Of Child Rapist, Says Court Should Always Believe The Child Victim’s Statement.

Source – indiatimes.com The Madras High Court has upheld the 10-year rigorous imprisonment for a man who was accused of raping a five-year-old girl, more than eight years ago. The bench headed by Justice S Vaidyanathan noted that “in cases of rape victims, the Court has to believe what is reported by the child. There

Supreme Court to hear plea on Akil Kureshi.

Source – telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Friday an appeal of the Gujarat High Court Advocates’ Association seeking a directive to the Centre to implement the collegium’s decision to elevate Justice Akil Kureshi, a Bombay High Court judge, as Chief Justice of Tripura High Court. The collegium, headed by Chief Justice

INX Media case: Supreme Court to decide on Chidambaram’s bail plea on October 22.

Source – thehindu.com A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court, led by Justice R. Banumathi, will pronounce on October 22 its decision on the former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s petition for regular bail in the CBI part of the INX Media case. The court had heard extensive arguments from Mr. Chidambaram’s lawyers and Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta,

HC quashes revised PT results.

Source – dailypioneer.com In a major decision, the Jharkhand High Court on Monday asked the Jharkhand Public Service Commission to revise the Preliminary Test (PT) results of the 6th Combined Civil Services examination held in the year 2016. As per the court orders only 6,103 aspirants clearing the PT in the first PT results published