Greetings from Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai! We are pleased to announce that MNLU Mumbai is organising a unique skill based course on how to teach advocacy skills to law students. The objective of this ‘Training of Trainers’ is to impart advocacy skills to the law faculty and young advocates that comprise case analysis, witness handling, oral arguments and written advocacy so as to bridge the gap between substantive law teaching and the practice of law. The teaching methodology is ‘learning by doing’ sessions conducted through class simulations followed by a structured review by the faculty of each performance of the…
Author: Chirag Balyan
There has been a turmoil, ever since the Apex Court annulled the 99th Constitution Amendment Act, and sustained the appointment of judges in the higher judiciary through a collegium. There are numerous instances of face-off between the executive and the apex court on the issues of appointments and finalization of the memorandum of procedure. The sanctioned strength of the 24 high courts is 1,079 judges. Presently, there are only 629 judges in the High Courts. There are 450 vacant positions in different high courts (As on 01.05.2017). High Court of Allahabad (76/160) and Calcutta (37/72) has highest number of vacancies.…
Title of Report – “Amendments to Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 – Provisions Relating to Bail” Chairman – Dr. Justice BS Chauhan (Former Judge, Supreme Court of India) The necessity of reforms “Societal contexts, its relations, changing pattern of crimes, arbitrariness in exercising judicial discretion while granting bail are compelling reasons to examine the issue of bail and to chart a roadmap for further reform”, observed commission. It indicated that overcrowding of prisons may be due to inconsistency in the bail system. 67% prison population is comprised of undertrials. Important proposed amendments are: i. In Section 2(a) it proposes to…
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. It was established by the United Nations Charter in June 1945 and began its activities in April 1946. The seat of the Court is at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands). Of the six principal organs of the United Nations, it is the only one not located in New York. In the light of the decision of the Pakistan’s military court to award death sentence to Kulbhushan Jadhav (Indian ex-navy officer) in a secret trial on the charge of espionage; India approached ICJ seeking provisional measures…
Ganesh Shamrao Andekar & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra (Judgment dated 30.04.2007 in Criminal Appeal No. 547 of 2007) It is only in few cases where direct appeal is maintainable from the decision of the High Court to the Supreme Court. Section 379 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is illustrative of one such instance wherein appeal lies to the Supreme Court, “if High Court reversed an order of acquittal of accused person and convicted him and sentenced him to death or imprisonment for life or to imprisonment for a term ten years or more.” The law on the…
