Jama Masjid Precinct Redevelopment: Delhi High Court Asks Shahjanabad Corporation To File Status Report

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a status report from the Shahjanabad Redevelopment Corporation with respect to project for re-development of city's Jama Masjid area.The Division Bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla sought to know in how much time the Detailed Project Report (DPR) shall be prepared by the newly appointed project consultant....

"Member Of Disciplined Force Expected To Control Mind & Passion" : SC Upholds SSB Constable's Removal For Entering Women Barracks At Night

The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed the penalty of removal from service imposed on a Head Constable from the Sashastra Seema Bal(SSB) - a Central Armed Police Force guarding border - for entering the women barracks at midnight.The punishment of "removal from service" was imposed on him for "violation of good order and discipline" by entering the Mahila Barack at midnight. He was charged...

'Redact Names In Pleadings, File Affidavits In Sealed Covers' : Calcutta HC Issues Directions To Ensure Anonymity Of Victims Of Sexual Offences In Court Records

The Calcutta High Court on Monday issued practice directions in order to ensure that the identity of victims of sexual offences including minor victims under the POCSO Act are not disclosed in the pleadings and other records of the Court.The directions were issued while adjudicating upon an appeal filed challenging an order of conviction under Section 6 of the POCSO Act wherein the appellant...

Climate Change: Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response On Steps Taken To Meet International Obligations

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a status report from the Central government, detailing the steps taken by it to meet the commitments made before the 2021 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held at Glasgow in the United Kingdom (COP 26). A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla directed the Centre to file the report...

Allahabad High Court Judge Recuses From Hearing Ex-MLA Mukhtar Ansari's Chargesheet Quashing Plea In Funds Misappropriation Case

Justice Rajiv Gupta of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday recused himself from hearing a petition filed by former MLA Mukhtar Ansari (presently in jail) seeking to quash a chargesheet filed against him by the Uttar Pradesh police in connection with a case of misappropriation of MLA Funds fund in the year 2012-13. "The case stands released. Put up before another Bench after seeking...

Kerala High Court Asks District Judge To Inspect & Submit Report On Trivandrum Mental Health Centre After Reports Claim Inhuman Conditions

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday took notice of the concerns raised regarding the alleged alarming and inhuman condition of the patients in the Thiruvananthapuram Mental Health Centre. Justice Sathish Ninan has sought a report from the Thiruvananthapuram District Judge, who is also the Chairman of the Monitoring Committee of the Mental Health Centre in the district on the functioning of the...

Doctors Cannot Be Held Liable For Medical Negligence Merely Because They Could Not Save The Patient : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that merely because doctors could not save the patient, he/she cannot be held liable for medical negligence."The doctors are expected to take reasonable care, but no professional can assure that the patient will come back home after overcoming the crisis" the bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka observed.The court added that the liability would only...

Mere Ignorance Of Law With Respect To Compulsory Audit Under Section 44AB Is Not A Reasonable Cause For Deleting Penalty: ITAT Hyderabad

The Hyderabad Bench of ITAT, consisting of members S.S. Godara (Judicial Member) and A. Mohan Alankamony (Accountant Member), has ruled that mere ignorance of law with respect to the provisions of Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act for compulsory audit of accounts, cannot be said to be a reasonable cause under Section 273B for deleting the penalty imposed on the Assessee for failure to...

Law Intern Allegedly Assaulted At Law Firm: Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash FIR

The Karnataka High Court recently refused to quash a case registered by the police against an Advocate under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act, 2000, on a complaint filed by a Law Intern. A single judge bench of Justice V.Srishananda said, "Who is the aggressor party, what exactly that transpired are all subject matter of the investigation and...

The Assessing Officer And Inspecting Person Need Not Be Same Person Under The Electricity Act: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court bench of Justice Devashis Baruah has held that Section 126 of the Electricity Act, 2003 empowers the Assessing Officer as designated to carry out the provisional assessment and pass the order of provisional assessment.The petitioner/assessee is a consumer of electricity with a contracted demand of 1001 KVA. A technical inspection of the petitioner's electrical...

Supreme Court Agrees To Urgently Hear Plea To Clear Wage Arrears Of MGNREGA Workers

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to allow urgent listing of plea filed seeking directions to redress the situation of workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) in the country. The petitioner is arguing that the pending wages of the MNREGA workers are piling up along with negative balances in funds of most of the states.An application has...

Daughter Living With Grandparents Does Not Absolve Father's Responsibility To Provide Maintenance: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that a father cannot deny his responsibility to maintain his wife and daughter even if he has to take care of his parents. It thus upheld a Family Court order directing him to give maintenance to the wife and daughter.A Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna added that merely because the daughter is living with her maternal grandparents,...