Fixation Of Minimum Value Does Not Disable A Land Owner From Getting The Actual Market Value If The Same Is Above The Minimum Value: Chhattisgarh HC

The division bench of the High Court of Chhattisgarh, Chief Justice P R Ramachandra Menon and Justice Parth Prateem Sahu, while dealing with an appeal regarding land acquisition said that, the minimum value insisted to be reckoned for the stamp duty payable under the Stamp Act need not necessarily reflect the actual market value always. The court added, it does not mean that a...

Bombay HC Imposes Rs.10K Cost On Litigants For Forged Thumb Impression On Vakalatnama [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court recently imposed a cost of Rs.10,000 on three petitioners in a case seeking quashing of an order passed by an Additional Collector (Encroachment/Eviction) as they were unable to explain a 'forged' thumb impression that was embossed on behalf of the fourth petitioner on the vakalatnama praying for withdrawal of their writ petition. Division bench of Justice Ujjal...

Environmental Laws Are Required To Be Strictly Implemented In Today's World: Patna HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Patna led by Justice Ahsauddin Ammanullah, while delivering an oral judgement said the environmental laws in spite of being substantive law, are required to be strictly implemented in today's world and non confirming to these laws is leading to irreversibly drastic and grave evil consequences on nature and that no slackness can be afforded or permitted on this...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On A Plea Claiming Child Labour Angle In Anaj Mandi Case

Delhi High Court has issued notice to Delhi Government, Central Government, Police Commissioner and Bihar Government in a plea asking the authorities to investigate the angle of child labour in the Anaj Mandi case. The petition claims that there's a credible reason to believe that an attempt to cover up the fact that this is a gross case of child labour is underway at the part of...

LTC Scam: Delhi HC Quashes FIR Against Madani, Imposes Costs OF 5 Lacs [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings for corruption and criminal conspiracy against former Rajya Sabha MP Mahmood Asad Madani. The Single Bench of Justice Suresh Kait held that the Petitioner had no mens rea to commit the crime of conspiracy under section 120B. Moreover, though access amount has been claimed but that is due to inadvertence on the part of P.A. of...

Sessions Court In Bangalore Orders Deposition Of Victims Via Video Conferencing In A Bonded Labour Case

In what may be a first in bonded labour cases in the country or at least in the State of Karnataka, a Sessions Court in Anekal, Bengaluru Urban district allowed recording of evidence of three victims in a case of labour trafficking and bonded labour through video conferencing from their (victim's) home district Balangir, Odisha. Additional District and Sessions Judge, Syed Balegur...

Delhi HC Asks Police To Provide Protection To JNU VC And Registrar, Directs No Protests Within 100 Meters Of Admin Block [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Police to ensure that the functioning of the administrative block of the JNU is not locked down by the protesting students. Police is also directed to provide protection to the Vice-Chancellor and Registrar for entering the administrative block. The Single Bench of Justice Pratibha Singh noted that JNU being a functional University, the lockdown of...

Bombay HC Upholds Life Sentence For Gangster Arun Gawali In The Murder Of Shiv Sena Corporator [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court on Monday upheld the conviction of gangster Arun Gawali in the murder of Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsednakar and life imprisonment awarded to him by Special MCOCA Court.Gawali was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and various sections of the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999 and sentenced to life.A division bench of Justice...

"Dangerous Situation"- Deployment Of Armed Forces Urgent In HC And District Courts: Jammu And Kashmir HC

"Urgent steps need to be taken to ensure security of all Courts in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh. Equally imperative is the assurance of free access to courts of all citizens at all times"

Bombay HC To Decide Whether IBC Can Be Invoked Against Govt. Owned Companies [Read Order]

In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court last week stayed proceedings before the National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai in a company petition filed by a retired employee of Hindustan Antibiotics, the first public sector drug manufacturing company set up by the Government of India.A division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice RI Chagla were hearing an interim application moved...

MJ Akbar Defamation Case: Judge Requests Media To Refrain From Making "Personal Remarks" About Lawyers Involved

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja on Wednesday asked the media to refrain from making any "personal remarks" about the lawyers appearing in the MJ Akbar's criminal defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani. The oral request was made in pursuance of a complaint moved by Akbar's counsel Geeta Luthra, who had objected to certain parts of The Wire story covering...

File Reply On Plea Seeking To Transfer Rape Case Against Nityanand To A Court In Bengaluru : Karnataka HC [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has sought response from the State Government, on a plea filed by a former aide of absconding accused Swamy Nithyananda @ Rajashekaran Nithyananda Dhyanapeeta, wanting to transfer the alleged rape case being heard by a court in Ramanagara to any court in Bengaluru. The petition filed by Lenin Karuppan in his plea has raised apprehensions that a fair...