[Inordinate Delay In Giving Possession] NCDRC Directs Gurgaon Based Real Estate Developer To Refund 12 Crore To Homebuyers [Read Orders]

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission on Monday directed Gurgaon based developer, Three C Shelters Pvt. Ltd. to refund approximately Rs. 12 crore to homebuyers, in view of "inordinate delay" in giving possession at its Greenopolis Project in Gurgaon. "In these complaint cases, the possession was due in 2015-2016, however, even the construction is not complete,"...

Telangana HC Directs Urgent Judicial Training Of Officers Discharging Adjudicatory/Quasi-Judicial Functions Under Revenue, Labour, Tax, Cooperatives, Agency, Land Transfer Laws [Read Order]

The Telangana High Court has directed the Government to urgently take necessary concrete proactive steps for imparting training to the Officers of various departments, like the Cooperative Department, Revenue Department, Labour Department and Commercial Tax Department etc., who discharge quasi judicial functions to avoid procedural irregularities and for proper dispensation of justice while...

2000 Women Lawyers Write To Union Home Minister Seeking Aid For 'Financially Drained Advocates' [Read Letter]

Deeply affected by the financial stress that the lawyer's community is facing due to restricted functioning of courts, over 2000 women Lawyers from across the country have sent a letter to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking aid for "financially drained Advocates". The women lawyers have urged the Home Minister to exercise his powers under the Disaster Management Act and...

Being Member Of Social Media Group Where Objectionable Content Posted Makes One Accomplice To Offence: P & H HC [Read Order]

In a significant observation, the Punjab and Haryana High Court last week opined that the fact that one is a member of the social media group where an objectionable video was circulated makes him/her an accomplice to the offence. Justice Suvir Sehgal was hearing an application for anticipatory bail in a FIR under Sections 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage...

J&K HC Notifies Scheme For Internship & E-Internship For Law Students [Read Scheme]

Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Justice Gita Mittal has issued an administrative order, notifying the scheme for engagement of law students as law interns in the High Court. The Scheme for Internship and e-internships in the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir has been notified to provide students with the "valuable experience of observing the practical working of...

Repeated Adjournments For 'Pronouncement of Judgment' Won't Be Permissible Even During The Lockdown: Delhi HC [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has reiterated that the lockdown ought not to affect pronouncement of judgments/ orders by the trial courts where arguments have been heard and the orders have been reserved. The Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh further observed that repeated adjournments `FOR ORDERS' or for `Pronouncement of judgment' would not be permissible even during the...

'Online Gambling Trapping Youth' :Madras HC Asks State Govt To Regulate Virtual Games Of Poker, Rummy, Etc. [Read Order]

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday stressed upon the urgent need to address and regulate "online games" such as rummy, bridge, nap, poker, etc. that are luring unemployed youth to bet their money. "Not only in the State of Tamil Nadu, but also in the entire Country, such online games…are mushrooming and there are so many advertisements appearing in almost...

Parity Cannot Be The Sole Ground For Granting Bail: Allahabad HC [Read Order]

In a significant decision, the Allahabad High Court has held that "parity" with the co-accused cannot be the sole ground for granting bail and that each bail application has to be decided on the basis of its own merits. The observation was made by single-Judge bench of Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari while disposing of the bail plea of one Gajendra Singh, accused of open firing on...

Inter-Religious Marriages : Following Complaints Of Misuse, Kerala Govt Stops Publication Of Notice Of Marriage In Website

"The move is on account of many complaints received by the Government that this facility is being misused by some groups for communal propaganda. "

J&K HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance On Pendency Of Criminal Cases In UT Due To Non Presentation Of Challans; Seeks Information On System Of Monitoring Of Investigation In FIRs [Read Order]

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has pulled up local investigation agencies in the UT for "sleeping over" criminal cases registered years ago, including cases containing serious allegation under the Prevention of Corruption Act, J&K Ranbir Penal Code, etc. "FIRs registered under RPC or other statutes, in which for more than a decade, challans have not been presented. In some of...

Accused Cannot Be Kept In Custody Only On A 'Hunch' That He Will Impede Trial Or To Send A Message To Society : Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has stated that the personal liberty of an accused person cannot be curtailed by denying him bail merely on the basis of the investigation agency's "hunch" that he will interfere with administration of justice. "Nowhere is it the law that an accused, yet to be tried, is to be kept in custody only on a hunch or a presumption that he will prejudice or impede trial;...

Merely Inciting Feelings Of One Community Without Any Reference To Any Other Community Cannot Attract Section 153A IPC: Kerala HC [Read Order]

"Real intention to incite one group or community against another is absolutely essential."