Uphaar Tragedy- Should Ansal Brothers Be Out During Pendency Of Appeal When A Court Has Already Found Them Guilty?: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday continued the hearing in the plea filed by real estate barons Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal, seeking suspension of their seven-year jail terms in the evidence tampering case in connection with the Uphaar fire tragedy that happened in the year 1997.During the course of the hearing, the Bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad stressed that the instant case related...

Supreme Court Reserves Judgement On 12 BJP MLAs Plea Challenging Maharashtra Assembly's Resolution To Suspend Them For 1 Year

The Supreme Court today reserved judgement in batch of petitions by 12 BJP MLA's who were suspended from Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for a period of 1 year challenging the resolution dated July 5, 2021 passed by the Legislative Assembly.The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar while reserving judgement asked the parties to submit their written statements in...

'Greatest Agony Of Parent Is To Lose Child During Lifetime': Karnataka HC Enhances Compensation For Death Of 2Yrs Old In Motor Accident

Observing that the amount awarded to the parents is the compensation for loss of love, affection, care and companionship of the deceased child, the Karnataka High Court recently enhanced the compensation granted by the Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal (MACT) to a couple who lost their 2-year old daughter in an accident. Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar modified the order dated August...

Borrower Can't Claim Loan Moratorium As A Right Based On RBI's Circular Of March 2020 : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently set aside the directionsissued to Reserve Bank of India by a single judge bench of the High Court directing it to monitor the implementation of Covid-19 package announced on March 27, 20202, by which RBI had allowed Banks to declare a three-month moratorium on all term loans, outstanding as on March 1, 2020.The High Court also held that the RBI's circular...

Restriction On Fishing Under Rule 17(7) Of TN Marine Fishing Regulation Rules Not Illegal Or Discriminatory: Madras High Court

A plea filed by Poompuhar Traditional Fishermen challenging Rule 17(7) of the amended Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation Rules, 1983, was dismissed by Madras High Court. The first bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice P.D Audikesavalu observed that the restrictions imposed on the use of fishing gear, especially the ban on fishing by pair trawling or...

In Judicial Review Proceedings, Courts Are Concerned With Decision-Making Process And Not The Decision Itself: Supreme Court

In judicial review proceedings, the Courts are concerned with the decision-making process and not the decision itself, the Supreme Court observed in a judgment today.In this case, the appellant, a head constable, had approached the High Court seeking retrospective promotion with effect from 21.01.2004. His grievance was that he should have been promoted in the year 2004 itself and that the...

'Funds Released To Dead Persons': Calcutta HC Directs Conduct Of Enquiry Within 3 Months Into Alleged Misappropriation Of Govt Scheme Funds

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the District Magistrate, South 24 Parganas to conduct an enquiry into the alleged misappropriation of funds allocated under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana scheme and pass a reasoned order within a period of 3 months. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj was adjudicating upon a Public Interest...

OBC Quota In Local Body Polls : Supreme Court Directs Maharashtra Govt To Submit Data On OBCs To State Commission

The Supreme Court today asked the State of Maharashtra to submit the data and information available with the State concerning Other Backward Classes with the Maharashtra State Backward Classes Commission.The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar also said that the Committee may submit the interim report if so advised to the concerned authorities within 2 weeks...

NEET PG Admisssions : Supreme Court Directs Tamil Nadu Govt To Allot Students To CMC Vellore From Merit List Of Christian Students

The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday directed the State of Tamil Nadu to allot students for PG admissions to Christian Medical College Vellore for the academic year 2021-22 from the NEET merit list of students belonging to the Christian minority after counselling is conducted by the State Selection Committee. The Bench has clarified that the interim order has been passed in peculiar facts...

Rajasthan High Court Stays Constructions Within 1 Km Of Kumbhalgarh Forest Reserve

The Rajasthan High Court has stayed all construction activities being undertaken within a distance of 1000 meters from the boundary of the Kumbhalgarh Forest Reserve.The bench of Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Vinod Kumar Bharwani has also clarified that the Principal Secretary, Department of Tourism and District Collector, Rajsamand and Pali shall be personally responsible for...

COVID-19: Allahabad High Court Extends All Interim Orders Passed By It & Courts Subordinate To It Till Feb 28

Restoring a suo moto case registered in the year 2020, the Allahabad High Court last week extended the life of all interim orders passed by the High Court and courts subordinate to it, including the Tribunals till February 28, 2022, in light of the Covid-19 situation in the State of Uttar Pradesh."Recently, a new variant of COVID – 19 virus has drastically increased in the number of...

Noted Criminal Lawyer Shrikant Shivade Dies At 67

Prominent criminal trial lawyer Shrikant Shivade passed away at a private hospital in Mumbai earlier today. He had represented actor Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run case before the trial court and several other celebrities. The 67-year-old was admitted to the hospital two weeks ago after his condition deteriorated, a lawyer who had assisted him on several cases said while speaking...