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'As Officers Of Court, Advocates Should Advise Clients Properly': SC Mulls Action Against Lawyers For Filing Multiple Cases To Defeat Eviction Order
Stating that "as officers of the Court, they have a higher responsibility to advise the clients properly", the Supreme Court on Wednesday took a serious view of advocates who, after its order upholding eviction in a matter, advised the filing of multiple proceedings in different courts to "defeat" its order.The bench of Justices S. K. Kaul and M. M. Sundresh was hearing an SLP against a March...
Bombay High Court Directs District Committee To Decide On Alleged Unauthorised Construction Of Mosque In Two Weeks
The Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court has directed a District Committee to decide the fate of an alleged unauthorised mosque in Jalna within two weeks. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta & Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge passed this order in a 2018 public interest litigation filed by an organisation called Arya Samaj Jalna, through its...
"Delhi Police Charge Sheeted Him In A Casual Manner": Court Acquits Man For Lack Of Evidence In Delhi Riots Case
A Delhi Court has acquitted a man namely Rohit in a case registered in connection with 2020 riots for lack of evidence observing that the city police chargesheeted him in a 'casual manner'. Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala acquitted Rohit against whom charges were framed in August last year under sec. 143, 147, 148, 427, 454, 380, 435, 436 and 149 of Indian Penal Code.The case...
Employees Can't Be Held Responsible If Employer Grants Terminal Benefits In Excess Of Their Entitlement: Gujarat High Court Quashes Recovery Order
The Gujarat High Court has set aside an order of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation directing recovery of Rs. 63,878 from its former employee on the ground that the terminal benefits were wrongly granted to him at a higher pay-scale than he was entitled to.Justice Biren Vaishnav relied on several decisions of the High Court where it was held that when employees are paid excess amount,...
![[Order XXII Rule 3 CPC] Delay In Filing Application For Substitution Of Legal Heirs Must Be Sufficiently Explained: Delhi High Court](https://www.livelaw.in/h-upload/2022/03/15/500x300_412177-390552-delhi-high-court.jpg "[Order XXII Rule 3 CPC] Delay In Filing Application For Substitution Of Legal Heirs Must Be Sufficiently Explained: Delhi High Court")
[Order XXII Rule 3 CPC] Delay In Filing Application For Substitution Of Legal Heirs Must Be Sufficiently Explained: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that applications under Order XXII Rule 3 of CPC for substitution of legal heirs, or under Order XXII Rule 9 of the Code for setting aside abatement of proceedings must be considered liberally. However, the delay in moving such applications must be sufficiently justified. A single bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar further stated that any such delay must meet...
Survivor Objects To Dileep Impleading In Her Plea Before Kerala High Court Seeking Fair Investigation In Actor Assault Case
The survivor in the 2017 actor sexual assault case has filed an objection before the Kerala High Court against the impleading petition filed by actor Dileep in her plea where she raised serious allegations against the State and the trial court judge, suspecting foul play in the ongoing investigation in the case.In her objection, the survivor has contended that the plea was filed to prevent...
Bombay High Court Directs National ART & Surrogacy Board To Decide Lawyer Couple's Plea For Transfer Of Cryo-Preserved Embryo
The Bombay High Court has directed the National Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Board to expeditiously decide a Mumbai based couple's plea to transfer their cryo-preserved embryos from a hospital to an IVF clinic. This will be the first case to be decided by the National Board, counsel for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. The lawyer-couple approached the...
Can SC Issue Directions On Administrative Side To High Courts ? Supreme Court Agrees To Consider 'Larger Issue' Raised By Attorney General
Can Supreme Court issue directions on administrative side to the High Courts ?The Supreme Court said it will examine this 'larger issue' raised by the Attorney General KK Venugopal.Earlier, the Apex Court had issued certain directions to 'tackle the problem with respect to delay in deciding the matters related to commercial disputes in the State of Uttar Pradesh. During last hearing, the...
Journalist Conducts 'Reality Check' By Procuring COVID E-Passes In Name Of Donald Trump, Amitabh Bachchan: HP High Court Quashes FIR
The Himachal Pradesh High Court today quashed a criminal case against a Zee News Journalist registered under various sections of IPC and IT Act for conducting a 'reality check' on e-pass registration for inter-State movement by procuring COVID E-passes in the name of Donald Trump and Amitabh Bachan.The Bench of Justice Vivek Singh Thakur observed that since Journalist Aman Kumar...