Supreme Court Weekly Round Up: July 25 To July 30, 2022

Supreme Court Judgments Forest Department Cannot Itself Impose Damages Invoking Section 33 Wildlife Protection Act: Supreme Court Case Details: State of Uttar Pradesh vs Anand Engineering College 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 626 | SLP(C) 10084-85/2022 The Supreme Court observed that a forest department cannot impose damages under Section 33 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. For that...

Six Persons Arrested For Allegedly Offering Namaz At Lulu Mall In Lucknow Granted Bail By Local Court

Six persons who were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police for allegedly offering namaz in Lucknow Lulu Mall have been granted bail on Thursday by a local Court in Lucknow.The Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow granted bail to Accused Mohammad Adil, Mohammad Sayeed, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Atif, Mohammad Rehan, and Mohammad Luqman on the condition of furnishing a personal...

Cases Valued Below ₹10 Lakhs Pending Before Commercial Courts Need Not Be Transferred Despite Increase In Pecuniary Limit: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday held that cases pending before commercial courts in the State as on 18.03.2022 which have a pecuniary value less than Rs.10 lakh shall continue before the commercial courts.Justice A. Badharudeen observed that a transfer of such pending cases was not necessary since the Government Order increasing the pecuniary limit of commercial courts did not communicate...

Sec 24(1) RFCTLARR Act- Land Acquisition Proceedings Get "Initiated" From Publication Of Sec 4(1) Notification Under 1894 Act : Supreme Court

In a judgment delivered on Thursday (28 July 2022), the Supreme Court explained the meaning of 'Initiation' for the purpose of Section 24(1) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.The proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, shall be treated as initiated on publication of a notification under Section 4(1)...

Kerala Court Pulls Up State Police For Not Registering FIR On Complaints of Illegal Mining Against Company Engaged In NH Widening Work

The Nedumkanam Magistrate Court in Kerala recently pulled up the State Police for not registering a case based on a complaint alleging illegal mining and granite theft worth crores by those engaged in widening of National Highways in Kerala and has directed the SHO, Shanthanpuram, to register the FIR on the complaint filed by the petitioner. The petition points out that the project to widen...

Refer Motor Accident Claims Which Can Be Compromised To Lok Adalat : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, directed compromisable insurance claims from the High Court and the Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal (MACT) which adds up to one lakh fifty five thousand cases to be placed before the Lok Adalat that is proposed to be held on 13th August, 2022 for appropriate orders. It also encouraged pre-discussions amongst the organisers of the Lok Adalats, the High...

NALSA Plans To Have Legal Aid Defence Counsel System In All Districts : Justice UU Lalit

Mr. Justice U.U. Lalit, judge of the Supreme Court and the Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority delivered the welcome address at the 1st All India District Legal Services Authorities Meet organized by the NALSA. The meet was on implementation of unified business process across the country for providing effective legal aid to marginalised & poor people. While...

Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, directed status quo on the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP), including land acquisition process with respect to the said project. The KLIP, at present envisages to provide irrigation facilities by diverting 3 TMC of water per day from inter-state River Godavari till State of Telangana exhausts the entirety of its annual entitlement of...

Carriage by Air Act 'Expressly Excludes' Provisions Of Limitation Act : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held the Rule 30 of the Second Schedule to Carriage by Air Act, 1972 expressly excludes the applicability of the Limitation Act,1963.The bench comprising Justices KM Joseph and PS Narasimha dismissed an appeal against Bombay High Court judgment which held that a suit filed by a proprietary firm against British Airways is barred by limitation. Rule 30Rule 30 of the Air Act...

Unitech Case - Nobody Has Been Authorised To Collect Money From Homebuyers For Providing Hearing Updates: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday clarified that neither it nor the Government-appointed Board of Directors of Unitech has authorized any person to act as an intermediary to collect any charges from the Company's home buyers or any other person for providing an update with regard to the court proceedings.A Division Bench comprising of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah further observed that...

Section 482 CrPC - High Court Can Recall Judgment/Order Which Was Passed Without Hearing A Person Prejudically Affected By It: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a High Court has inherent power under Section 482 CrPC to recall a judgment/order which was passed without hearing a person prejudicially affected by it.In this case, the allegation against the accused was that they had cheated the deceased of Rs.2,35,73,200/- and thus the deceased, who was in acute financial crunch, was constrained to take his own life....

'Vicious Character Attacks Not Journalistic Freedom' : Delhi High Court Directs Mint To Take Down Article Against Gaurav Taneja

Granting ad-interim relief to Youtuber Gaurav Taneja, popularly known as 'Flying Beast', the Delhi High Court has directed Mint Newspaper to take down an article published by it on May 8, 2022, which had alleged defamatory statements against him.The article in question titled "Shouldn't brands stop supporting sordid influencers?" was published after Taneja had posted a picture on Twitter...