'Similarly Placed Employees Discriminated' : Supreme Court Directs Regularization Of Worker Who Served For 30 Years

The Supreme Court recently granted the relief of regularization to a woman engaged as "water woman" (sweeper) with the Posts and Telegraph Department, Gujarat, who served the Department for over 30 years but was not regularized, even though another similarly placed woman employee was conferred the benefit.Opining that the Department discriminated between two similarly placed employees, a bench...

Failure To Maintain Separate Register Of Members: RoC Chennai Fines Subam Benefit Fund Nidhi Limited And Director Rs. 3.5 Lakh

The Registrar of Companies, Chennai, has imposed a penalty of Rs. 3.5 lakh on Subam Benefit Fund Nidhi Limited and its director for failing to maintain separate registers for its members and for not keeping the required registers at the company's registered office. Section 88 of the Companies Act, 2013 mandates that companies must maintain certain registers, including the register...

Use Of Artificial Yellow Colouring 'Tartrazine' In Permitted Food Items Not Offence Of Adulteration : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court in its recent order has held that the use of artificial yellow food coloring- Tartrazine in food items like Dal Moong Dhuli cannot penalized as an offence under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (PFA Act). The bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and NK Singh held the conviction of the appellant as erroneous, since the use of Tartrazine was permitted under the...

Consumer Protection Act - Dominant Purpose To Be Looked Into To Ascertain Whether Transaction Was Commercial: Supreme Court

While dealing with the issue whether a real estate company that purchased a flat for the personal use of its Director is a "consumer" under Section 2(7) of the Consumer Protection Act, the Supreme Court recently reiterated that deciding the intended use of the purchased goods (personal or commercial) would depend on the facts and circumstances of each case."It is the dominant intention of...

Supreme Court Warns States/UTs Which Haven't Given Information On Open Prisons

The Supreme Court on August 20 directed the State Government and Union Territories to provide complete information on the functioning of Open Correctional Institutions within four weeks in a batch of petitions filed by human rights activist Suhas Chakma flagging the issues of congestion of prisons, rehabilitation of prisoners and regarding legal aid in prisoners. As for the issue of...

HC Can't Quash Cheque Dishonour Complaint Invoking S.482 CrPC When Complainant Hasn't Consented For Compounding: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court (on July 23) reiterated that dishonour of cheque cases can be compounded under Section 147 (Offence to be compoundable) of the Negotiable Instruments Act (N.I. Act) only with the consent of a complainant. In the present case, the High Court had compounded the offence, even though the appellants/ complainant had not consented, by invoking its inherent power...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up (19 August-24 August, 2024)

Live Law has got you covered with all the latest updates of this last week. This includes the orders passed by the Supreme Court in RG Kar Hospital Rape & Murder case, the judgment passed "In Re: Right to Privacy of Adolescents” and much more. This digest aims to inform you about the latest judgments, orders, and Public Interest Litigations (PILs) filed in the Supreme Court during...

Young Citizens Yearn For Good Governance : Justice Sanjiv Khanna

Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court, highlighting that more than 65% of India's population is below 35 years old, said on Sunday that the young citizens yearn for good governance."In my opinion, the young citizens, the torchbearers, seek more than just basic norms and rights. They yearn for good governance," Justice Khanna said speaking at the the concluding ceremony of...

"Vertical Reservation" & "Horizontal Reservation" Explained Based On Supreme Court Judgments

There are two types of mechanisms used for providing the benefit of reservations to the reserved classes i.e., Vertical Reservation and Horizontal Reservation. Explaining the concept of Vertical and Horizontal Reservation, the Supreme Court in Indra Sawhney's case held that when a reservation is made in favor of Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and other backward classes...

Hit-And-Run Cases | Supreme Court To Consider Cashless Treatment For Road Accident Victims & Online Transfer Of Compensation Amounts

In a plea raising concerns about road safety, the Supreme Court is set to consider the issue of cashless treatment to victims of road accidents as well as formulation of a mechanism so that the General Insurance Corporation of India can make online transfers of compensation to the accounts of persons held entitled.The order has been passed by a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and AG...

CARE Ratings Ltd Settles with SEBI for Rs 13.05 Lakh over Regulatory Violations

CARE Ratings Ltd has settled a case with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) concerning alleged breaches of regulatory guidelines. The settlement involves the payment of Rs 13.05 lakh. The SEBI initiated these proceedings under Section 15HB of the SEBI Act, 1992 following alleged violations of specific provisions related to the monitoring and review of ratings by...

SEBI Imposes ₹7 Lakh Penalty On Anand Rathi Share And Stock Broker Limited For Trading Terminal Compliance Failures

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) imposed a penalty of Rs 7 lakh on Anand Rathi Share and Stock Broker Limited for failing to properly inspect the trading terminals of its authorised persons. SEBI's inspection revealed that the trading terminals were not at the locations reported to the exchanges by the stockbroker. The terminal allocated to authorised person...