State Government Can Be ‘Person Interested’ In Getting Compensation Under Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition And Development) Act : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that a State Government can be said to be the ‘person interested’ in getting the compensation under Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957.In this case, some lands owned by the State Government of Odisha were acquired by the Government of India under Section 9 of the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957. The State...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- Negotiable Instruments Act

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 3 - Banker Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 - Section 3 - ‘Banker’ includes any person acting as a banker and any post office savings bank. In terms of this section, a post office savings bank is a banker under the NI Act. (Para 11) Pradeep Kumar v. Post Master General, 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 139 : (2022) 6 SCC 351 Section 8...

Not Feasible To Operate Only Low Floor Buses In State, Transport Department Tells Madras High Court

The Institute of Road Transport on Friday informed the Madras High Court that it is not technically feasible for the State Transport Undertakings to have only low-floor buses in the state.The bench of Acting Chief Justice T Raja and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy was hearing a plea filed by cross-disability rights activist Vaishnavi Jayakumar against a tender notification issued by the Tamil...

Injuries Need Not Occur Inside Police Station For Custodial Death: Bombay High Court Grants ₹15 Lakh To Victim's Mother In Police Brutality Case

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday held that for a death to be a custodial death, it doesn't matter whether the injuries occurred inside the police station or at an outpost as long as the injuries were inflicted when the deceased was in any manner in the custody of the police.The court awarded Rs. 15,29,600/- as compensation to the mother of a 23-year-old man who died after he was assaulted...

'State's Duty To Ensure Proper Disposal of Hazardous Waste': Madras High Court Directs Govt To Pay ₹10 Lakh Each To Children Injured In Explosion

The Madras High Court recently came to the rescue of two children who had suffered severe burn injuries in 2018 on account of an explosion near a water body in Sivakasi. The explosion was a result of improper dumping of wastes from the firecracker industries nearby. The children, students of class X, were playing near the waterbody at the time of explosion. Holding the State liable, Justice...

'No Prima Facie Case Of Conspiracy Or Involvement Of Foreign Powers In Nambi Narayanan's Arrest': Kerala HC In ISRO Espionage Case

The Kerala High Court on Friday, while allowing the anticipatory bail applications of former Police and Intelligence Bureau officers-including former Gujarat ADGP RB Sreekumar and former Kerala DGP Siby Mathews- in the case relating to the alleged framing of former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan in the 1994 ISRO Espionage case, observed that prosecution has failed to prima facie establish...

Judicial Officers' Pension | Special Pay Part Of Pay, Should Be Reckoned To Calculate Pension : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday held that the special pay granted to judicial officers is a part of their pay and that it is to be reckoned for the purpose of calculation of pension.The Single Judge Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman was considering a batch of petitions filed by judicial officers who are either working or have retired from service as District and Sessions Judges,...

Plea Before Supreme Court Seeks Compulsory Labelling On Fortified Rice Sacks For The Benefit Of Those Contraindicated To Consume It

A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court, inter alia, seeking compliance of Clause 7(4) of the Food Safety and Standards (Fortification of Foods) Regulations, 2018 to carry out mandated labelling on fortified rice sacks for the benefit of those (including sickle cell disease and thalassemia patients) who are contraindicated to consume the same.When the matter was taken up, on Friday,...

Supreme Court To Hear Krishna Water Dispute Matter On March 14

The Supreme Court will continue hearing the plea seeking directions to the Jal Shakti Ministry to notify the final award passed by the Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal on March 14. During the brief hearing today, a Division Bench of Justices Surya Kant and V Subramanian observed that it was busy with conducting interviews of applicants for National Company Law...

Justice Sabina Appointed As Acting Chief Justice Of Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Centre has issued a notification appointing Justice Sabina, the senior-most Judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court to perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice of the High Court with effect from January 21, 2023. The appointment has been made in consequence of the retirement of Justice Amjad Ahtesham Sayed, Chief Justice, Himachal Pradesh High Court.The notification issued...

Will Consider Setting Up A Bench Of Madras High Court In Puducherry :Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

The Law Minister on Thursday said that the Centre will consider the Union Territory of Puducherry’s demand for setting up a bench of the Madras High Court in Puducherry. The Minister was speaking at an event organized for laying the foundation stone for lawyers' chambers at the Integrated court complex in Puducherry. The Minister said that the demands will be considered positively and...

In Difficult Times Of History, Article 226 & Basic Structure Doctrine Helped People : Justice SK Kaul

“In difficult periods in our history, it is Article 226 and the basic structure doctrine that have come to the aid of society and the people at large, and I have no hesitation in saying this,” said Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul on Thursday (January 19) while hearing a petition raising the question of whether the jurisdiction of high courts is altogether excluded because of...