State To Widely Publicise RERA Act To Prevent Criminalisation Of Property Disputes: Orissa HC Holds Investor Protection Laws Inapplicable To Builder-Buyer Relations [Read Judgment]

The Orissa High Court last week asserted that the State Government will do well to give wide publicity to the provisions of the RERA Act, 2016 in order to "enable the lay and laity to seek refuge under the appropriate law" and "injunct any unnecessary litigations" arising out of builder-buyer relations. Observing that the State will do well to ensure that the Regulatory Authority...

[Case On Violation Of Election Code Of Conduct] Karnataka HC Stays Summons Against Yediyurappa [Read Petition]

The Karnataka High Court while reserving its order on the petition filed by Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa has stayed the summons issued to him by a district court at Gokak. Yediyurappa has moved the court seeking to quash a complaint dated 26.11.2019, registered against him for offences under Section 123 (3) of the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951 and under Section 171 (F)...

Institution Of 2 Bail Petitions Arising Out Of The Same FIR By The Same Petitioner Is A Matter Of Serious Concern', HP HC Issues Slew Of Directions [Read Order]

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday (31st August) expressed its concern over the case of the institution of two bail petitions arising out of the same FIR by the same petitioner.The bench of Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua also directed the Registrar General of the court to try and evolve software wherein filing of more than one bail petition in this Court by the same petitioner during...

Gunjan Saxena - The Kargil Girl: Delhi HC Refuses To Grant Injunction In A Plea Moved By Centre

Delhi High Court has refused to provide injunction against the movie Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl in a plea moved by Central Government claiming that the said movie has wrongfully depicted the Indian Air Force in bad light. While refusing to grant relief, the Single Bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher noted that the movie has already been on the Netflix platform for long and it is...

Maratha Reservation : SC Urged To Tag Matter With Petitions Challenging EWS Reservation

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (1 September) heard arguments with respect to reference to an 11-Judge Bench of the issue pertaining to whether the State had the power to exceed the 50% reservation cap, as dictated by a 9-Judge Bench in the case of Indra Sawhney.A Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and S. Ravindra Bhat heard the matter as Senior Advocates Mukul Rohatgi,...

Karnataka HC To Examine Scheme Framed By Karnataka State Bar Council For Distributing Rs 5 Crores Among Needy Advocates

The Karnataka High Court has said it will examine the scheme formulated by the Karnataka State Bar Council for distributing the amount of Rs 5 crore, received from the State government, to needy advocates.A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ashok S Kinagi said "We direct Karntaka State Bar Council to place a copy of the scheme framed on August 26, on record of this...

Benefit Under Section 436-A Of CrPC Can Be Extended To Undertrials Only, Not Those Challenging Conviction: Bombay HC (Full Bench) [Read Judgment]

A full bench of the Bombay High Court has held that the benefit under Section 436-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure can be extended to an undertrial prisoner only, not a convict who has challenged his conviction under Section 374 of CrPC. Chief Justice Dipankar Datta, Justice RK Deshpande and Justice SB Shukre at the Nagpur bench answered a question posed to them by a division bench of...

Delhi University Can't Expect Students To Physically Come And Collect Their Degree Certificates: Delhi HC

'What's wrong with the Delhi University… Why are you forcing them to make a physical appearance? This will defeat the whole purpose of issuing a digital degree certificate', the Court said.

When Can Magistrate Order Investigation U/S 156(3): J&K HC Orders Training For All Magistrates In J&K, Ladakh UTs [Read Judgment]

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court on Monday (31st August) ruled that once a Magistrate takes cognizance of an offence, he is, thereafter, precluded from ordering an investigation under Section 156(3) of the Code.While taking serious note of the abuse of process of law by a Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, the bench of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey also directed the Director, Judicial Academy...

Karnataka HC Reserves Judgment On Pleas Challenging 25% Domicile Reservation In NLSIU

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday reserved its order on a batch of petitions challenging the 25 percent domicile reservation at the National Law School of India University for students of Karnataka. A bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice Ravi V Hosmani will be pronouncing the order. Senior Advocate K G Raghavan appearing for a law aspirant had submitted that...

Covid 19: Allahabad HC Prohibits Serving Of Hookahs In Restaurants/Cafes Until Further Orders [Read Order]

"The Pandemic is spreading like wild fire despite harsh lockdowns and is threatening the existence of human life. The situation is very grim. We are standing in a forest of darkness and do not know what tomorrow holds." As a preventive measure against the spread of Corona virus, the Allahabad High Court has prohibited the serving of Hookah/s in restaurants, cafes etc., in the State of...

Rape Is Violation Of Victim's Fundamental Right Under Article 21: Gauhati HC [Read Judgment]

Rape tantamount to a serious blow to the supreme honour of a woman and is a crime against the entire society as well.