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Sourav Ganguly's Plea To Execute Award : Bombay High Court Imposes Costs On Percept Group For Not Providing Accurate Information
The Bombay High Court has said that officials of Percept Group are prima facie attempting to mislead the court in a petition filed by BCCI president Sourav Ganguly seeking Rs 36 crore payable to him according to a 2018-19 arbitral award. The court has asked the respondents, Percept Talent Management and Percept D Mark (India) Limited, to bear the day's legal expenses for not...
NCDRC Awards 2 Crore Compensation To Model For Mental Trauma And Job Loss Due To Bad Haircut, Hair Treatment
In a significant judgment, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal (NCDRC) has recently awarded Rs 2 crore compensation to a woman who had suffered mental trauma and whose career prospects had been adversely affected due to a bad haircut and hair treatment owing to the negligence of a salon at a 5 star hotel in 2018. The Bench took into consideration that the complainant Aashna Roy was a...
Delay In Filling Up Vacancies: 'Maharashtra Human Rights Commission Has Become A Defunct Body'- Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court granted the Maharashtra Government one last chance to fill up vacancies in the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission while hearing a PIL that showed 50% of the posts are vacant. "It is disheartening to note that the Maharashtra Human Rights Commission is a defunct body, at present," a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni...
Plea In High Court Seeks Modification Of Delhi Govt's Order Completely Banning Sale, Use Of Firecrackers Amid Diwali, Asks For Graded Regulations Instead
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking modification of Delhi Government's order imposing a complete ban on storage, sale and use of firecrackers during Diwali festival. The petition also seeks a direction on the Government to consider 'Graded Regulations' instead of a complete ban.Filed through Advocates Gautam Jha, Pankaj Kumar and Sweta Jha, the plea also seeks directions on...
Proviso To Section 15(1) Of JJ Act- "Assistance Of Experienced Psychologists Or Psycho-Social Workers Or Other Experts Is Mandatory": MPHC
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday held that it is mandatory for Juvenile Justice Board to take the assistance of experienced psychologists or psycho-social workers or other experts while conducting a preliminary assessment with regard to a child's (in conflict with the law) mental and physical capacity to commit a heinous offence.The Bench of Justice Shailendra Shukla has held that for...
Abject Incompetence Of Prosecution: Kerala High Court Initiates Suo Motu Case To Probe Appointment Of Prosecutors
The Kerala High Court in its judgment delivered on Thursday in a criminal appeal case observed that it has raised a suo motu case regarding the ineptitude of the Prosecutors in several cases, resulting in the offenders walking away scot-free. A Division Bench comprising Justice K.Vinod Chandran and Justice Ziyad Rahman was dealing with an appeal filed by a priest challenging the sentence...
Which God Would Accept Offerings Of Such A Priest? Kerala High Court Laments Over Pujari Repeatedly Raping Young Girl
While hearing a criminal appeal preferred by a priest accused of sexually assaulting a young girl, the Kerala High Court on Thursday voiced its concern over the pitiful fate of women abandoned by their husbands, particularly of the helpless children."When a man abandons his wife and children, roving vultures wait to prey on not only the abandoned woman, but also the helpless children. In...
High Court Directs Delhi Government To Appoint New Director To IHBAS 'At The Earliest'
The Delhi High Court today directed the Delhi Government to appoint, as expeditiously as possible, a new Director to head the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS)."We expect that recruitment will be completed at the earliest," observed a Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh while adjourning the plea against extension of tenure granted to...
'Effective Steps Already Taken': High Court Disposes Of PIL For Proper Solid Waste Management Pursuant To Kerala Floods
The Kerala High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the concerned authorities to initiate immediate action for proper solid waste management, subsequent to the devastating floods in the State.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly noted that the respondents had "already taken all possible effective steps" for...
Delhi Riots: Following Court's Strictures, Delhi Police Commissioner Constitutes Special Cell For Monitoring Investigations
The Delhi Police Commissioner, Rakesh Asthana has constituted a 'Special Investigation Cell' for the purpose of expediting and streamlining the process of investigation into the North East Delhi Riots cases. The development comes pursuant to the recent observations made by a Delhi Court regarding police's failure to take appropriate measures for prosecution of such cases.The Cell shall...
Manika Batra v. TT Federation: Delhi High Court Temporarily Stays Federation's Rules On Attending National Coaching Camp
The Delhi High Court on Thursday temporarily stayed till October 28, the Rules framed by the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) which makes attending of National Coaching Camp compulsory for being selected for international events.Justice Rekha Palli took note of the submissions made by the Central Government that it will conduct an independent enquiry into the allegations put forth...