Breaking- Supreme Court Upholds Centre's Plan For The Central Vista Project by 2:1 Majority, Justice Khanna Dissents

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the Central Government's plan for construction of the Central Vista project and the government's proposal to construct a new Parliament in Lutyen's Delhi.

A Bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna pronounced the judgement, with Justices Khanwilkar and Maheshwari forming the majority, and with Justice Khanna pronouncing...

Medical Negligence- Tripura High Court Orders Govt. To Pay Rs.10 Lakhs Compensation To Mother Of Deceased Lawyer

A division bench of Tripura High Court consisting of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice SG Chattopadhyay on Monday ordered the State of Tripura to pay a compensation of Rs. 10,00,000 in a case of death of an advocate namely Bhaskar Debroy after it was found that the he died due to medical negligence of GBP hospital. BACKGROUND OF THE CASE A PIL was filed by Mr. Pulak Saha,...

Kerala High Court Allows Medical Termination Of 26 Weeks Pregnancy Of Minor Rape Victim

Kerala High Court on Monday allowed for the medical termination of a 26 weeks pregnant minor rape victim. The court recorded that continuation of pregnancy is contrary to the safety and interests of the victim, who is only 15 years old . Justice P V Asha of held that as per section 5 of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, it is allowed to terminate pregnancy beyond...

If Women Organizations Complain About Illegal Sale of Liquor, All The More Necessary For State To Act Expeditiously: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently said if an organization of women makes a complaint about illegal sale of liquor, the State Government and its officers will have to act very expeditiously, considering the rights of women. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice S Vioshwajith Shetty in its order dated December 1, 2020, noted "It is the duty of the State Government...

TRP Scam: Mumbai Court Denies Bail To BARC's ex-CEO Partho Dasgupta

A local court on Monday rejected the bail plea of Partho Dasgupta, former CEO of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), who was arrested in the alleged manipulation of TRP (Television Rating Points) scam.Dasgupta had filed an application seeking bail on December 30 after the court remanded him to judicial custody.On Monday, a court of metropolitan magistrate in Mumbai rejected...

No Hair Growth As Promised In Advertisement : Consumer Court Penalizes Brand Ambassador For False Claim

Anoop Menon admitted before the forum that he has never used the Dhathri product and that he has only used the hair oil prepared by his mother.

Delhi High Court Allows Adult Hindu Girl To Return With Parents Who Left Home With Muslim Man

"Her parents ensured that they will not force her to marry any other person whom she would not like to marry otherwise"

Need Safeguards For Members Of Internal Complaint Committees; PIL Before Bombay HC Seeks Changes To The POSH Act

A public interest litigation has been filed before the Bombay High Court by lawyer Abha Singh and Janaki Chaudhary, a social worker seeking changes to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.Petitioners contend that they have encountered 'various deficiencies' in functioning of the said act which defeat its stated objectives. The Act...

Supreme Court To Pronounce Judgment In Petitions Challenging Central Vista Project Tomorrow

The Supreme Court will deliver its judgment tomorrow in a batch of writ petitions challenging challenging the Central Vista project.The cause list suggests that Justices AM Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna will deliver the judgments. The bench, also comprising Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, will deliver the judgment at 10.30 am.The court had, on November 5, 2020, reserved judgment on these batch...

'Has Trappings of Ministers' Office': Karnataka High Court Declares Parliamentary Secretaries Act As Unconstitutional

The Karnataka High Court on Monday struck down the Karnataka Parliamentary Secretaries Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1963 (as amended in the year 1999) as void ab initio, being ultra vires the Constitution of India. A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Abhay S. Okay and Justice SR Krishna Kumar held that the State Legislature of Karnataka had...

Rejection Of Permanent Commission Has To Be Challenged In Armed Forces Tribunal, Centre Tells SC

Once an application seeking permanent commission has been duly considered on merit as per the verdict in the Annie Nagaraja case and has been rejected after that, such officer has to challenge the rejection in the Armed Forces Tribunal and not directly before the Supreme Court under Article 32, submitted the Centre before the top court on Monday. A vacation bench headed by Justice Indira...

Names Of Persons Declared As Absconding Accused Can Be Published In Social Media: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has recently observed that there is no harm in the publishing of the names of persons declared as absconding accused (as are statutory allowed to be published vide Punjab Police Rules, 1934), in the social media. The Bench of Justice Amol Rattan Singh observed thus while perusing the relevant provisions of the Punjab Police Rules, with regard to...