Madhya Pradesh High Court Seeks State's Response In PIL For Effective Implementation Of Motor Vehicle Laws

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has sought response of the State Government in a public interest litigation seeking effective implementation of the Motor Vehicle laws in the State. Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Pranay Verma issued notice on the plea filed by a law student, Hrishikesh Jaiswal and directed the respondent authorities to file reply within six weeks. The plea raises three questions...

'Date Of Repudiation Of Claim The Cordial Knot To Determine Limitation, Mere Requests For Reconsideration Won't Grant A Fresh Lease Of Limitation': Madras High Court

Once a claim has been expressly rejected by the opposite party, further requests to reconsider the same by the other party will not stop the running of limitation, the Madras High Court has held while passing a summary judgement dismissing the money suit filed by Shriram EPC Ltd. While dismissing the suit on Tuesday, a single-judge Bench of Justice G. Jayachandran underlined that,...

State To Make Corrections In Website To Enable Uploading Of Sale Deeds Without Insisting On 11E Sketch: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to make necessary changes/ corrections in the website https://kaverionline.karnataka.gov.in to enable uploading of registered sale deeds by the registering authorities even in the absence of '11E' sketch (Survey Sketch of land issued by the Survey Department) without insisting for production of the same. A single judge bench...

"Husband Viewed Wife As Cash Cow On Getting Job With Delhi Police": Delhi HC Dissolves Marriage On Ground Of Cruelty

The Delhi High Court has dissolved marriage between a couple by decree of divorce on the ground of cruelty observing that the husband had viewed his wife as a cash cow on getting a job with Delhi Police without any emotional ties.Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh was dealing with an appeal filed by a wife challenging the Family Court order after observing neither of the grounds...

Prathiba M. Singh Cambridge LL.M. Scholarship 2021- Award Ceremony: Register Now [November 8]

Two students, Ashirbad Nayak of NLU Odisha and Nikhil Purohit of NLSIU Bangalore, have been selected this year for the Prathiba M. Singh Cambridge LL.M. Scholarship 2021. A virtual award ceremony is being organised via Zoom to honour these students on Monday, November 8, at 8.30 pm (IST). The scholarship, instituted in 2013, was the first endeavour under the "Sardar Manmohan Singh Charitable Trust" that was set up to support meritorious students who wanted to pursue higher education....

Article 136 Interference Not Called For Merely Because A Different View About High Court's Judgment Is Possible : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reiterated that intervention under Article 136 of the Constitution is not called for merely because a different view about the High Court's judgment is possible.A bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and S Ravindra Bhat made this observation while dismissing an appeal challenging a judgment of the Kerala High Court in a case related to vesting of private forests...

Sameer Wankhede Not To Probe Aryan Khan Drugs Case, NCB Transfers Total 6 Cases From Mumbai NCB To SIT

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has transferred the probe into the Cruise Ship Drugs Case, in which Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan has been named as an accused, from the Mumbai unit of NCB to a Special Investigation Team (SIT). The order for the transfer of cases has been issued by NCB Director General (DG) S N Pradhan."A Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising officers from...

Centre Seeks Stakeholders' Comments On Draft Mediation Bill, 2021 [Read The Draft Bill]

The Ministry of Law and Justice on Friday placed the Draft Mediation Bill, 2021 in public domain, seeking feedback and suggestions from all stakeholders. The Bill proposes to bring about a standalone law on Mediation on issues of domestic and international mediation as India is a signatory to the Singapore Convention on Mediation. The Bill also takes into contemplation the international...

Unauthorised Flagposts And Statues: Karnataka High Court Directs Authorities To Conduct Enquiry On Related Complaints

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Chief Commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to enquire into complaints made to it about unauthorised statutes and flag posts which are causing any inconvenience to the public or creating any traffic hazard. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum gave the direction while disposing...

Lack Of Aadhaar Linkage No Reason To Deny Benefits Under Food Security Act : Bombay High Court

Noting that several tribals were denied supplies under the Public Distribution System due to the non-linking of their Aadhar Cards, even as the fortunates eagerly awaited Diwali, the Bombay High Court ordered the Tehsildar of Murbad to distribute supplies to nearly 90 tribals by November 4. In an interim order, Justices Prasanna Varale and Madhav Jamdar observed no logic, reason...

Kalkaji Temple : Delhi High Court Seeks Delhi Govt's Status Report On Removal Of Encroachments, Management Of Devotees

The Delhi High Court has sought status report from the Delhi Government on the aspect of removal of encroachments and management of devotees in the Kalkaji temple complex. The development came after Justice Pratibha M Singh was apprised that the police was not providing complete cooperation regarding the removal of encroachments and management of the devotees."Accordingly, let today's order...

50-Yr-Old Married Woman In Live-In Relation With 30-Yr-Old Man: P&H High Court Orders Threat Assessment For Couple

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently ordered protection to a 50-year-old married woman and her live-in partner, a 30-year-old man noting that every person, more so, a major, has the right to live his / her life with a person of his / her choice at any rate.Stressing that the protection of life and liberty is a basic feature of the Constitution of India, the Bench of Justice Vikas...