Compound Interest In Nature Of Penal Interest; No Justification For Charging It Once RBI Has Allowed Loan Moratorium : SC

The Supreme Court has observed that there is no justification for charging compound interest or penal interest during the period of loan moratorium which was allowed by the Reserve Bank of India from March 1 to August 31 last year on account of the COVID19 pandemic.The Court observed that compound interest is chargeable on wilful or deliberate default by the borrower to pay the due...

Plea In Bombay High Court Seeks Independent Probe In To Corruption Allegations Against Home Minister Anil Deshmukh And Param Bir Singh

In light of the corruption allegations recently surfaced against Home Minister of Maharashtra, Anil Deshmukh, a writ petition has been filed before the Bombay High Court seeking an investigation into the matter by CBI, ED or any other independent agency.The Plea also seeks the investigation in to the role played by Mr.Param Bir Singh Ex-police commissioner of Mumbai and presently...

Teachers Caring For Their Self- Interests Alone & Not The Interest Of Their Pupils A 'Lamentable State Of Affairs': Himachal Pradesh High Court

Underscoring that it is the duty of the teacher to take care of pupil(s) as a careful parent would take care of its children, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday (22nd March) rebuked a Petitioner, a School Principal who challenged his transfer on the ground that he had crossed the age of 55 years. The Bench of Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Chander Bhusan Barowalia...

SOP On Hybrid Hearing- "If Your Lordships Feel That Judges Are Above The Law, We Will Have To Take The Law In Our Hands":SCBA President Tells SC

On the issue of the SOP formulated for the hybrid system of hearings, the Supreme Court on Tuesday closed the proceedings in the writ petition filed by the SCBA, noting that the matter cannot be dealt with on the judicial side of the court.The bench of Justices S. K. Kaul and R. Subhash Reddy recorded that the Coordination Committee had held meetings on February 3, February 4 and February...

Supreme Court Stays Cases In High Courts On OTT Content Regulation

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed proceedings of cases pertaining to regulation of content on online media streaming platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hotstar etc pending before the High Courts.A three-judge Bench led by Justice Chandrachud issued the direction while hearing Central Government's transfer petition seeking transfer of cases pending in different High Courts...

Ryan School Murder Case: Gurugram Court Dismisses Bail Plea Of Student Accused

A District and Sessions Court in Gurugram on Monday dismissed the bail plea filed by then 11th standard student, a juvenile in conflict with law and a prime accused in the 2017 Ryan School Murder Case. Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sahrawat while denying the bail plea observed that the present application for bail was not maintainable in view of the Supreme Court order dated 19th November...

Delhi High Court Directs Setting Up Of Rare Diseases Fund, Committee & Notification Of Policy

The Delhi High Court today directed the Centre to set up a Rare Diseases Committee, a Rare Diseases Fund and to finalise and notify the National Health Policy for Rare Diseases on or before March 31, 2021 taking into account the court's directions from today's order.The Rare Diseases Committee, which has been designated as the nodal agency and primary manager of the Rare Diseases Fund, will...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Pleas For Compensation Of Victims Of Wrongful Prosecution

The Supreme Court has issued notice on a PIL filed by advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, seeking directions to the Centre to frame Guidelines for compensation to victims of Wrongful Prosecution. The plea also seeks implement of the recommendations of Law Commission Report No-277 on Miscarriage of Justice. The Bench headed by justice UU Lalit has also tagged...

Ten Additional Judges Of Allahabad High Court Made Permanent

The Central Government on Tuesday (23rd March) appointed 10 Additional Judge of the Allahabad High Court as permanent Judges of the High Court.They are:Justice Ali ZaminJustice Vipin Chandra DixitJustice Shekhar Kumar YadavJustice Ravi Nath TilhariJustice Deepak Verma Justice Gautam ChowdharyJustice Shamim AhmedJustice Dinesh PathakJustice Manish Kumar, andJustice Samit GopalThe Notification...

Howsoever Erroneous Rejection Of Nomination Is, Judicial Intervention Not Contemplated At Intermediate Stage Of Election: Kerala High Court

Additionally, voicing its concern over the allegations of differential treatment of candidates across constituencies, the Court expressed that the treatment if true would be "grossly discriminatory".

Same-Sex Couple's Protection Plea- "Society Still Grappling To Come To Terms With Same-Sex Orientation": Madras HC Directs In-Camera Hearing

While hearing a protection plea filed by a same-sex couple, the Madras High Court on Monday (22nd March) expressed its desire to hear the parties in-camera in view of the sensitivity involved in the matter and thus posted the matter for hearing on March 29. Significantly, the Bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh observed, "The case in hand requires to be dealt with more sensitivity...

ED Vs. Kerala Police- Enforcement Directorate Assails Kerala Police's FIR Against ED Officials, Moves Kerala High Court

The Enforcement Directorate has moved the Kerala High Court against the State Police's FIR filed against the agency. The matter was mentioned before a bench of Justice VG Arun on Tuesday. The Kerala Police lodged a First Information Report against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging that officers of the agency coerced key accused in the gold smuggling and dollar smuggling cases...