Calcutta HC Directs District Registrar To Ensure Supply Of Legible Copies When Application Is Made For Certified Copies Of Registered Documents

The Calcutta High Court has recently directed the District Registrar to ensure that legible copies are always provided when certified copies of a registered document is applied for otherwise the intervention of the Court will always be required for the supply of such legible copies. In the instant case, the petitioner had applied for obtaining the certified copy of a sale deed however the copy...

Bombay High Court Restrains Mumbai Civic Body From Taking Demolition Action Against Narayan Rane's Building

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday restrained Mumbai's civic body from taking action against the bungalow in which Union Minister Narayan Rane lives with his family till an application to regularise the alterations is decided and for three weeks thereafter. A division bench of Justices AA Sayyed and Abhay Ahuja disposed of the plea filed by the company that owns the bungalow -...

Insurance Policy Condition Barring Filing Of Claim After Specified Time Period Void Contrary To Section 28 Contract Act : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that a condition in the insurance policy which bars the filing of the claim after the specified time period is contrary to Section 28 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 ("Act") and thus void.The observation was made by the bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and V Ramasubramanian while dismissing a special leave petition filed by the Oriental Insurance Company...

Kerala High Court Reserves Order On Plea Seeking CBI Probe In RSS Worker's Murder

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on the preliminary objections raised in the plea seeking to hand over the investigation involving Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker Sanjith's murder, who was hacked to death in November last year, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).A Single Bench of Justice K. Haripal noted that it had already expressed its view that this is...

Supreme Court Directs Faridabad Authorities To Help Railways Evict Encroachers; Refuses To Extend Deadline For Evicted Slum Dwellers To Apply Under PMAY

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to extend the timeline granted to slum dwellers who got evicted from railway land in Surat to apply for alternate accommodation under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).Noting that the timeline was upto March 31st, 2022, the bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and AS Oka in its order noted that earlier it had shown indulgence by directing the Surat...

Supreme Court Allows Registration Of BS-VI Diesel Vehicles Used For Public Utility & Essential Services

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the registration of BS-VI light and heavy diesel vehicles used for public utility and essential services. The Court directed that the authorities should not insist on Court orders for the registration of vehicles in this category."We are of the considered view that the registration can be permitted for BS-VI light and heavy diesel vehicles used for...

Diesel Price Hike For Bulk Purchasers: Kerala High Court Denies Interim Relief To KSRTC

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday refused to grant interim relief on the plea moved by Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) challenging the decision of State-owned Oil Marketing Companies to increase the price of diesel sold to the Corporation, which is allegedly much higher than the market price.Justice N. Nagaresh directed the Oil Marketing Companies to file a statement explaining...

'Legislative Proceedings Immune From Court's Scrutiny': WB Speaker Questions Maintainability Of Plea Against Dismissal Of Mukul Roy's Disqualification

The Calcutta High Court on Monday took on record the affidavits-in-opposition filed by West Bengal Legislative Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee, TMC MLA Mukul Roy and the Secretary, West Bengal Legislative Assembly in a writ petition filed by West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari challenging the West Bengal Speaker's decision to reject the petition seeking disqualification of Mukul...

Mullaperiyar Dam Case : Supreme Court To Start Final Hearing Tomorrow

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to Wednesday a batch of writ petitions raising safety concerns about the Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala, on the request of the state of Tamil Nadu.The writ petition are filed by certain petitioners from Kerala.The bench headed by Justice A. M. Khanwilkar recorded, "As requested by Mr. Naphade (Senior Advocate Shekhar Naphade for the state of Tamil Nadu),...

Examine Feasibility Of Enacting A Law For Regulating Activities Of 'Private Detectives': Delhi High Court To Centre

The Delhi High Court today disposed of a PIL seeking regulation of activities of private detectives and their agencies. While refusing to issue guidelines in the subject matter, the Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla observed, "It is not for the court to direct framing of law. No mandamus in this regard can be issued."It however directed the...

'DGHS Conducts NEET-SS Counselling' : Tamil Nadu Seeks Correction Of Supreme Court Order Allowing 50% Quota For In-Service Doctors In Super Speciality Courses

On Tuesday, Additional Advocate General for the State of Tamil Nadu, Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari sought correction in the order of the Supreme Court allowing the State of Tamil Nadu to implement 50% reservation for in-service doctors in super speciality courses in NEET-SS admissions for the academic year 2021-2022. On 16.03.2022, relying on the Constitution Bench judgment in Tamil Nadu...

Candidature Can't Be Cancelled For 'Minor Errors': MP High Court Restores Job Offer Of Woman Who Entered Wrong Date Of Birth In Application

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench recently directed a Government Bank to reverse its decision of cancelling the candidature of a successful candidate for the post of Office Assistant (Multi purpose) due to typographical error in date of birth, and to further issue appointment order in her favour. Justice Pranay Verma observed,"It is not the case of respondent itself that...