'Suffered Unnecessary Ignominy And Harassment': Calcutta HC Orders WBSEDCL To Pay Rs 6 Lakhs Compensation To Consumer For Unauthorised Disconnection Of Electricity Supply

The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company (WBSEDCL) to pay an amount to the tune of Rs.6,07,000 to a consumer for unauthorised disconnection of electricity supply due to which the consumer had suffered unnecessary harassment. Calling the conduct of WBSEDCL as 'deplorable', Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya observed, "In cases such as...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Brigadier's Plea Seeking Promotion As Major General In JAG Dept Of Army

On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to entertain a petition seeking direction to the Centre and the Military Secretariat to grant him promotion to the post of Major General, which is the highest post in Judge Advocate General's ("JAG") Department in the Indian Army. Refusing to exercise Article 32 of the Constitution of India in the matter, a Bench comprising Justices M.R. Shah and...

Can't Exercise Inherent Power U/S 482 CrPC In Routine Manner: Gauhati High Court Denies Relief To Person Declared Foreigner On Admission Of Guilt

The Gauhati High Court has held that its inherent power under section 482 CrPC is not to be exercised in a routine manner and it is only to prevent gross miscarriage of justice or secure the ends of justice.The Court thus refused to interfere with an order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, declaring the petitioner to be a foreigner, following admission of guilt."The petitioner on being...

Local Court Grants Bail To Yati Narsinghanand In Haridwar Dharam Sansad Case

The Uttarakhand Court (at Haridwar) has granted bail to Yati Narsinghanand, who heads the powerful Dasna Devi temple in Uttar Pradesh, in a case registered against him for his alleged 'Hate Speech' delivered at the Haridwar Dharm Sansad which took place last month.The Additional District and Sessions Judge Bharat Bhushan Pandey granted him bail as it noted the offences alleged to have...

Marital Rape Exception: Delhi High Court Grants Two Weeks Time To Centre For Deciding Its Stand

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted two weeks' time to the Central Government to decide and clarify its stand in a bunch of pleas challenging the exception of Marital rape under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code.The development came after Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta referred to the recent additional affidavit filed by the Centre wherein it had reiterated the request to...

Delhi High Court Issues Practice Directions Regarding Early Hearing Applications In Company Matters

The Delhi High Court has issued certain practice directions as to how early hearing applications in respect of company matters will be considered by the Court. The said practice directions have been issued pursuant to the order dated November 26, 2021 passed in "Re-MIS JVG Finance Ltd."According to the practice directions, in any application seeking early hearing of the company matter,...

Concerted Efforts By State Departments Necessary To Restore Temple Properties & Recover Monetary Loss: Madras High Court

Shocked with the allegations about illegalities and frauds related to temple properties, the Madras High Court has held that the state should undertake immediate measures to prevent the looting of temples.A single-judge bench of Justice S.M Subramaniam opined that the continuation of such large scale illegalities would mean that the HR & CE Department has failed in its duty under the...

Judicial Interference Necessary When Principles Of Natural Justice Are Ignored In Determining Citizenship: Gujarat High Court

While inquiring into a Habeas Corpus petition filed by the Petitioner seeking the release of her son from Special Operational Group, the Gujarat High Court has remarked,"the least that is expected of the person who has been given such wide and vital powers of recommending the deportation of a person on the basis that he is not an Indian national, is to avail an opportunity of hearing...

'Can't Allow Public To Die Like This': Karnataka HC Directs BBMP To Submit Plan For Automatic Pothole Filling Machines

The Karnataka High Court on Monday sought for an explanation from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) as to what arrangement was made for using another technology in place of the Automatic Pothole Filling machines, in case they were not ready to renew the contract of a private agency, which was providing the same. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi...

MediaOne Ban: Kerala High Court To Pronounce Judgment Tomorrow

The Kerala High Court on Monday reserved its judgement in the petition filed by Popular Malayalam news channel MediaOne seeking to set aside an order issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting revoking its license.Justice N Nagaresh conveyed that he will pronounce the judgment tomorrow morning in open court after perusing the files. Meanwhile the interim order deferring the...

Encroachment Over Public Land Can't Be Retained Citing Right To Shelter: Gujarat High Court

While dismissing a PIL seeking to restrain the Railway authority from evicting slum dwellers until rehabilitation, the Gujarat High Court has held that the right to shelter is not a ground to continue encroachment on a public land.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh Shastri recalled the observations made by a previous Bench in this regard: "The...

Nehru Place Fire Incident | 'Abuse Of Process Of Law': Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain Manushi Sangathan's Plea Challenging Mock Drill Report

The Delhi High Court today refused to entertain the writ petition filed by Manushi Sangathan, an organization representing 67 hawkers and vendors, challenging the mock drill report submitted by Delhi Fire Service in the suo moto case registered last year following a fire incident at a building in the Nehru Place market.The Bench comprising of Justice Manmohan and Justice Navin Chawla, which...