'An Important Issue Of Consumer Protection': Supreme Court Emphasise On The Need To Frame Model Builder-Buyer Agreement Under RERA, Asks ASG To Assist The Court

Noting that it is a "very important issue of public interest", the Supreme Court on Monday asked ASG K. M. Nataraj to assist the Court on the issue of the need for the framing of a model agreement for builder-buyers under the RERA.The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud and A. S. Bopanna was hearing a string of petitions under Article 32 raising the grievances of flat-purchasers that in...

Anti-CAA Protests In UP-"These Notices Will Basically Go In View Of The New Act": Supreme Court On Notices To Recover Public Loss From Protestors

In connection with a plea seeking quashing of notices sent to alleged protestors by district administration in UP for recovering losses caused by damage to public properties during anti-CAA agitations in the state, the Supreme Court on Monday orally observed that in view of the new legislative regime in UP on the subject, these notices can no longer be acted upon.The Uttar Pradesh assembly...

"Let No One Repeat Tragic Last Words 'I Can't Breathe' Like George Floyd": Delhi High Court On Police Assault

The Delhi High Court recently made significant observations on incidents of police brutality, saying that the same is violative of citizens' rights and may often lead to untoward incidents.Justice Najmi Waziri, hearing the case of two men assaulted by the officers of Delhi Police, also made a reference to the unfortunate case of African American man, George Floyd, who was killed last...

Conviction Based On Disclosure Statement Can Be Sustained Only When Resultant Recovery Is Unimpeachable: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that to convict an accused exclusively on the basis of his disclosure statement and the resultant recovery of inculpatory material, the recovery should be unimpeachable and not be shrouded with elements of doubt.In this case, the High Court of Punjab and Haryana had upheld the Trial Court judgment which convicted an accused ­Bijender @ Mandar under Sections 392 and...

'Not A Desirable Position' : Supreme Court On Consent Requests Of CBI Pending Before States [Full Courtroom Exchange]

The Supreme Court on Monday (8th November) observed that it was "not a desirable position" that several CBI cases have hit a roadblock due to the pendency of requests for specific sanctions before State Governments which have withdrawn their general consent for the investigation by the central agency.A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh made this observation after...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice Regarding Urgent Listing Of Pending/ Fresh Matters

The Karnataka High Court has issued a notice informing the procedure for urgent listing of matters, whether fresh or pending.It is informed that if in a pending matter the advocates/ party in person intend to get the matter listed in view of urgency, an application accompanied by an affidavit narrating the urgency shall be filed in the counter. The notice issued on Monday states, "The...

Why Petrol & Diesel Excluded From GST? Kerala High Court Seeks GST Council's Response

The Kerala High Court on Monday directed the GST council to explain why petrol and diesel were not included within the ambit of Goods and Services Tax (GST). A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly asked the GST council to file a statement in this regard within ten days. The Court was adjudicating upon a petition filed by Kerala...

'No Question Of Threatening UP Woman Who Converted To Islam': UP Police Tells Delhi High Court In Protection Plea

The Uttar Pradesh Police has refuted before the Delhi High Court, the allegations of harassment levelled against it by a Hindu woman from Shahjahanpur, who had converted to Islam.It has submitted before Justice Rekha Palli that neither the agency has registered any case against the woman or her family under the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, 2020, nor the woman herself...

Investigation Is Progressing: NTA Informs Kerala High Court In Alleged NEET- OMR Scam

The National Testing Agency (NTA), on Monday informed the Kerala High Court that it has initiated a probe into the alleged incident of manipulation in the NEET-UG OMR sheet. Justice N Nagaresh after recording the same directed NTA to file its report soon. The matter will be taken up again on November 16. When the petition came up for hearing, Advocate S Nirmal appearing for...

"Pattern Of False Implication In Chargesheet, Cooked Up Witnesses": Umar Khalid's Lawyer In Bail Hearing In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case

Seeking bail in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case involving charges under UAPA, student activist Umar Khalid's lawyer today argued before a Delhi Court that the statements of 'cooked up witnesses' showed a pattern of 'false implication' in the chargesheet as well as FIR 59/2020.Senior Advocate Trideep Pais argued before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat that one of the...

"Prime Facie Case Made Out": Mumbai Court Issues Process Against State Minister Nawab Malik On BJP Leader's Criminal Defamation Complaint

The Metropolitan Magistrate Court at Sewree, Mumbai, has issued process against Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik on a criminal defamation complaint filed by BJP leader Mohit Bharatiya alias Kamboj. Bharatiya alleged that during various press conferences, Malik defamed him and his brother-in- law Rishabh Sachdev to forward the agenda that the Narcotics Control Bureau was...

High Court Directs Centre, DMRC To Consider Plea For Regulation Of Yulu E-Bikes Plying On Delhi Streets

The Delhi High Court today asked Centre, Delhi Government and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to consider as representation a PIL seeking to regulate the use of 'Yulu Bikes' in the national capital.Launched in 2018, Yulu Bikes are rental e-bikes to provide last mile connectivity to metro riders. These are available outside several metro stations in Delhi and are rented online.The...