Arbitrator's Can't Unilaterally Fix Fees At A Later Stage : Amicus Curiae Tells Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday continued the hearing on the issue of fixation of standards for fees for arbitrators.The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud, Sanjiv Khanna and Surya Kant was considering the issue regarding the mandatory nature of the 'model' fee scale for arbitrators prescribed under the Fourth Schedule of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996. In the hearing...

Plea To Ban Firecrackers : Supreme Court Posts For Final Disposal On April 26

The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to list the petitions filed seeking a ban on the sale, purchase and use of firecrackers in India on 26th April 2020 for final disposalA bench comprising Justice MR Shah and Justice Bopanna was considering the writ petition filed in 2015 by Arjun Gopal, Aarav Bhandari and Zoya Rao Bhasin, who were then aged between 6 months and 14 months, through their...

'Not Uncommon To Shift Graves When They Obstruct Development': Delhi HC On Waqf Board's Appeal Seeking Stay On Transfer Of Burial Ground To ITBP

The Delhi High Court today refused to entertain an intra-court appeal preferred by the Delhi Waqf Board, challenging a single judge order refusing to stay Centre's decision of transferring a portion of its purported property, said to be in use as a burial ground, to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla rejected...

Plea In Delhi High Court Challenges Vires Of Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022; Hearing Tomorrow

A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court challenging the vires of Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022 as being unconstitutional, illegal and void. The Act allows the collection of biometrics of prisoners. The Act received Presidential assent yesterday.A division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla will be hearing the matter tomorrow....

Gujarat High Court Frames Contempt Charges Against 64 Year Old Man For Using 'Defamatory' Language Against Justice Sonia Gokani

The Gujarat High Court has framed contempt charges against a 64-year-old man (Anand H. Goswami) for using 'defamatory language' against Justice Sonia Gokani in the year 2013. The Court found that with reference to Criminal Misc. Application No.12353 of 2012, Goswami/Respondent had, in February 2013, cast unwarranted defamatory assertion upon the character and ability of Justice Gokani.It may...

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...