The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday (7 January) reserved for January 11 its order on a plea against the appointment of Javeed Ahmed as the new Uttar Pradesh Police chief.
The Supreme Court was told on Thursday (7 January 2016) that 60% quota for the children of group A officers belonging to all India services (such as IAS, IPS and IFS) in the elite Sanskriti school was a “complex issue” and could only be sustained by a statutory provision, not merely by an executive decision.
In a unique and strange punishment, the Bombay High Court on Thursday directed four youth from Thane, who stand accused of molestation and attempt to murder, to sweep public roads every week for six months, in return for quashing police proceedings against them. This type of punishment is surprising since it may not be permissible under law. Moreover, dropping case for the charges of attempt to murder (which is serious case) and molestation is itself a serious issue. It is unfortunate that even a high court can propose to pass such an order.
The four accused — Ankit Jadhav, Suhas Thakur, Milind More and Amit Adhakle — had moved the Bombay High Court seeking quashing of the case of molestation and attempt to murder lodged against them in October 2015.
Police said that during the Dussehra procession in Thane last year, the four in an inebriated state misbehaved with some women and assaulted one person who intervened.
Subsequently, police in Naupada lodged a first information report, charging them with attempt to murder and molestation.
The four accused made the plea on grounds that they had amicably resolved the issue with the complainants.
A division bench comprising Justice R.V. More and Justice V.L. Achiliya said the court will quash the case in return for community service.
The court directed the four to sweep public roads in Thane for eight hours every Sunday for the next six months under the supervision of a police officer. [With inputs from IANS]
The Supreme Court on Thursday (7 January 2016) permitted SMYR Consortium LLP, which collects toll from vehicles entering the national capital for Delhi’s municipal corporations, to exit from the contract as it contended that imposition of Environment Compensation Charge had adversely impacted the toll collections and its business.
The SMYR Consortium has said that imposition of ECC by the apex court’s October 9, 2015 order and its being doubled by the court order of December 16, 2015, had resulted in nearly 35 percent fall in the vehicles entering the national capital, thereby adversely impacting its toll collections and business interest.
The Law and Technology Society of National Law School of India University, Bangalore is organizing the 4th edition of the NLS Law and Technology Legislative Analysis Competition 2015-16. This National level competition aims to continue the effort to involve students in research and analysis on pending bills that blur the interface between law and technology.
After three successful editions of this competition, they are hoping and aiming to expand their outreach even further this year.
The two bills selected for consideration in this edition are:
The deadline for the submission of the paper is 5:00 PM on March 5, 2016.
Guidelines:
How and where to submit?
The entries should be mailed to ltech.nls@gmail.com. The submissions have to be made both in MS-Word as well as PDF Format. The subject of the email should be ‘Legislative Analysis Competition: Name of the topic analyzed’. The email must also contain the Name of the participant, College name, Year of Study and Contact Number.
Prizes:
For further details/queries/clarifications you can shoot a mail to ltech.nls@gmail.com or contact Garima Singh at +91-9844943787 or Shruthi Ashok at +81-8095502428
For further details and rules and regulations, click here.
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences is inviting applications for ONE vacant post of a Research Assistant for conducting a major research project that is being sponsored by the Department of Justice. Last date to apply is 10th January 2016.
Amity Law School, Lucknow is organizing the 9th edition of the Amity National Moot Court Competition 2016. Invitation is being extended to all the law colleges in India which to be held from 26th to 28th February 2016.
The competition will be held at the Amity Law School, Amity University Lucknow campus.
Eligibility:
Students pursuing 5 years or 3 years LL.B. course are eligible to take part in the Moot Court Competition along with those participants who had obtained their degree in the year 2015-2016 from a recognized college/university of India.
Stay tuned for further information.
There is a vacancy of the posts of Professor, Associate Professor Assistant Professor and Research Associate at IFIM Law College, Bangalore. IFIM Law College is affiliated to Karnataka State Law University.
Amity Law School, Centre 2 is organizing the second edition of the Youth Parliament which is titled as Amity Mock Parliament 2016.This Competition is being held on 18th February and 19th February 2016 at the F Block, Noida Campus of Amity Law School. The Registrations are open for the Competition.
There is a job vacancy for the post of a Senior Associate and an Associate at a firm based in Bangalore named Alpha Partners.
National law University Assam Law and Policy Review is a biannual, peer reviewed Journal by that National Law University Assam, Guwahati.
Geeta Institute of Law is organizing the 6th edition of the National Moot Court Competition which is to be held on 5th and 6th March 2016. Geeta Institute of Law as a part of Geeta Group of Institutions is located at Panipat, Haryana.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Wednesday (6 January 2016) told the Delhi High Court that call drops are a likely result of “lack of investment” by telecom companies in network infrastructure like mobile towers.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (6 January 2016) asked the city government, directorate of education and the Lt. Governor to respond to a petition that has challenged the cap on upper age for admission to schools for entry level education.
The Supreme Court will hear, on February 2, market regulator SEBI ‘s plea seeking appointment of a receiver for sale of Sahara group’s assets for compliance of the apex court’s August 2012 order to return investors’ money that it had raised in 2008 and 2009.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (6 January 2016) asked the Aam Aadmi Party government whether it can limit the restriction on the plying of even- and odd-numbered vehicles in the national capital on alternate days to “a week” instead of the planned 15 days.
There is a job vacancy of five posts of Civil Judge, Junior Division and Judicial Magistrate First Class. These posts are on an adhoc and temporary basis which is for a period of 5 years. Such a candidate is on probation for the initial two years. Last date of application is 18th January 2016.
This is a certificate course being organized by the M.C. Mehta Environmental foundation. It is a one-day course which is to be held on 23rd January 2016. The last date for registration is 13th January 2016.
The Delhi High Court has released a circular for a job vacancy at the Delhi Judicial Academy for a Law Researcher. Presently, there is one vacant position. This post is for an Indian National who is born on or after 01.01.1988. There is a vacancy of one post of a Legal Researcher and the consolidated remuneration is Rs. 25,000/- p.m. for a period of one year on contract basis. The applicant must be a Law Graduate from a recognized university.
There is a vacancy of five posts of a Legal Assistant at EdCIL(India) Limited which is based in Noida. EdCIL (India) Limited, is a premier “Mini Ratna” public sector enterprise under the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The appointment is to be made on purely contractual basis.
