Supreme Court's Suo Motu Limitation Extension Ended On February 28; Limitation Period Starts Running From Today (March 1)

The latest order of suo motu limitation extension passed by the Supremes Court in view of the Omicron surge has ended with effect from February 28.This means that limitation will resume running from today, March 1.In view of the recent surge in the COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant, the Supreme Court on 10.01.2022 had extended the limitation period for filing cases in courts...

Complaint Filed Against Make My Trip Before Chief Commissioner Under Disabilities Act For Being Inaccessible To Visually Challenged Users

A complaint has been filed before the Court of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities against Make My Trip alleging that its website is inaccessible to persons suffering from blindness and is therefore in gross violation of several provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. The complaint has been filed by one Amena Kanchwala who is a person with blindness...

Bombay High Court Pulls Up District Officials For Destroying Farmers' Crops For Mahashivratri Celebrations

The Bombay High Court, in an order passed last week, restrained local State and Civic body officials in Kolhapur district from using any part of the field of a farmer for the festival of Mahashivratri on which the farmer had grown soyabean crop. A division bench of Justices SJ Kathawalla and MN Jadhav also recorded a statement made by the Collector of Kolhapur as an undertaking to...

Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: February 2022 [Citations: 44 - 81]

The digest contains all the important judgments and orders pertaining to Rajasthan for the month of February 2022, covered by LiveLaw. Judgments/ Orders 1. Workmen's Compensation Commissioner Last Authority For Deciding Claim On 'Facts'; Appeal Lies Only On 'Substantial Question Of Law': Rajasthan HC Case Title: Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd., Kota v. Shyam...

Bombay High Court To Hear Nawab Malik's Plea Against ED Arrest Tomorrow

The Bombay High on Tuesday granted urgent circulation to Nawab Malik, Maharashtra Minorities Development Minister in his plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case. A bench of Justice SS Shinde and NR Borkar granted circulation and directed that the matter be placed before an appropriate bench tomorrow. The matter was mentioned by...

Section 138 NI Act Complaints Filed During Limitation Extension Period Not Premature : Gurugram Bar Seeks Supremes Court's Clarification

The Gurugram District Bar Association has moved the Supreme Court of India seeking clarification regarding interpretation of court's orders suspending period of limitation qua the proviso (b) and (c) to the section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881,An application has been filed by the Association in the suo moto case regarding extension of limitation.The Association has sought...

Criminal Appeal Pending In HC Since 2012; Convict Undergoes 17 Years Sentence; Supreme Court Grants Bail

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to an accused who had already undergone (more than 17 years) sentence during the pendency of criminal appeal before the High Court.The bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana, Justices AS Bopanna and Hima Kohli while granting bail in Ritu Pal v. State of Uttar Pradesh in their order said, "Taking into consideration the fact that the petitioner has...

Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Govt's Counter Affidavit On Siddique Kappan Bail Plea By March 14

The Allahabad High Court has sought the response of the Uttar Pradesh Government on the bail plea filed by Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan in connection with the Sedition, UAPA case registered against him in the alleged Hathras conspiracy case and which is pending before the NIA Court in Lucknow.The Bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan has listed the case for next hearing on March 14 and...

Alleged Violence During Contai Municipality Polls: Calcutta HC Refuses To Stay Counting Of Votes, Orders Preservation Of CCTV Footage

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday sought response from the State Election Commission (SEC) and the State government in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition moved by BJP leader Soumendu Adhikari alleging that large scale violence and rigging of votes had taken place in the recently concluded Contai Municipality elections. Elections to 108 municipalities in the State including the...

Sale Deed Shall Operate From Date of Execution If No Registration Thereof Had Been Made & Not From Time of Its Registration: Rajasthan HC

The Jaipur bench of Rajasthan High Court, while relying on Sections 23, 47 and 74 of Registration Act, 1908, reiterated that registration of sale deed shall operate from the time from which it would have commenced to operate if no registration thereof had been required or made, and not from the time of its registration. Essentially, petitioner applied for selection...

Punishment Of Removal From Service For Unauthorized Absence Of 5 Days Is Very Harsh: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court recently noted that the punishment of removal from service for the charges of unauthorized absence (merely 5 days in this case) was very harsh. The Writ Petition had been filed seeking a Writ of Certiorari to quash the order of removal from service and consequently to direct the petitioner to discharge his duties along with continuity of service,...

Procedure U/S 203 CrPC Duly Followed: Gujarat High Court Refuses To Quash Trial Court Order Dismissing Private Complaint

Affirming the Trial Court's decision of dismissing a private complaint on the ground that the dispute was of civil nature, the Gujarat High Court has observed that the Trial Court had duly followed the procedure under Section 203 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The Bench comprising Justice Vipul Pancholi was hearing a petition under Art 227 wherein the Petitioner had...