[Delhi Air Pollution] A Robust Mechanism Needs To Be Planned: NGT Tells Officials [Read Order]

National Green Tribunal on Tuesday urged the Joint Secretary, MoEF&CC, Chief Secretary, Delhi, and Member Secretary, CPCB to identify the causes and to have advance planned strategies to control Air Pollution Levels in and around Delhi. Principal Bench of Chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel, on Monday had asked officials to personally remain present today, and apprise on the status...

Maximum Autonomy Should Be Given To Private Unaided Schools For Their Own Administration: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has reiterated the position of law that maximum autonomy should be given in the administration of private unaided institutions as presence of Government interference in the Administration of such Institutions will undermine their independence. In the present appeal, the appellant had challenged the order of the Single Bench of the High Court which had held...

Section 144 CPC [Restitution] Not Attracted When There Is No Variation Or Reversal Of A Decree Or Order, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

"The principle of doctrine of restitution is that on the reversal of a decree, the law imposes an obligation on the party to the suit who received the benefit of the decree to make restitution to the other party for what he has lost. "

Karnataka HC Increases Compensation To Youth Who Lost Genitals In Road Accident [Read Judgment]

Karnataka High Court has come to the aid of a 21-youth who lost his genitals, in an accident. The court increased the compensation to RS 24 lakh from the Rs 2,70,000, awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal. A division bench of Justice S N Satyanarayana and Justice P G M Patil, agreed with the arguments made by advocate Girish Bhat, appointed by the court to assist in the...

Those Misbehaving With Women In Temple Premises Cannot Be Said To Be Believers In God, Says SC [Read Order]

"When such an act is performed in the Temple, it is very disrespectful to Shri Jagannath and the Sanskruti."

Rajasthan HC Issues Directions For Environment & Traffic Management In Jodhpur [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court on Monday passed a series of directions in order to ensure proper management of environment and traffic in the rapidly developing city of Jodhpur. In a plea of contempt filed by one Ravi Lodha, for non compliance of orders issued by a division bench of the high court to the State of Rajasthan, Municipal Corporation, Jodhpur and Indian Railways in 2007,...

Non-disclosure Of Criminal Cases: Summons Issued Against Devendra Fadnavis By Magistrate Court

A Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) has issued summons against Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra in the previous government, and asked him to remain present in Court on December 4 in relation to a case filed by Advocate Satish Uke alleging that Fadnavis failed to disclose a couple of pending criminal cases against him while filing his nomination papers for the 2014...

Hooliganism & Violence Has No Place In The Bar: BCI Asks All Delhi Bar Associations To Withdraw Abstinence Of Work & Cease Violence

Taking a stern view of the violence spread across the district courts in Delhi and the continued abstinence from court work, the Bar Council of India asked the leaders of all the Bar Associations to recall the resolution for abstinence from work and to restore peace in the court premises. In a letter addressed to the Coordination Committee of the Bar Associations of Delhi and to all...

NEET Has Benefitted Only Students Who Spend Lakhs On Coaching Classes: Madras HC

Opining that NEET, instead of giving the expected good results, has benefited only students who spend lakhs of rupees on coaching classes and put rural students at a disadvantage, the Madras High Court on Monday advised the Centre, which framed the rules, to take note of it. The division bench, comprising Justices N Kirubakaran and P Velmurugan, stated this when hearing a PIL...

Disqualification Of Directors Under Section 164(2) Of The Companies Act: Delhi HC Interprets The Law [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has clarified the position of law in disqualification of directors under section 164(2) of the Companies Act. Under the said section, directors of companies that have defaulted on filing financial returns for 3 consecutive years are disqualified from being appointed as directors for 5 years. While ruling upon the retrospective applicability of section 164(2),...

Palarivattom Flyover Scam : Kerala HC Grants Bail To All Accused [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail in Palarivattom Flyover scam case to T O Sooraj, former Secretary to Kerala Public Works Department, Sumeet Goyal, Managing Director of RDS Projects(contractor) and M T Thankachan, former Additional General Manager of Roads and Bridges Development Corporation of Kerala. The Court had earlier denied bail to the three accused while granting bail...

NGT Seeks Status Report On Implementation Of GRAP To Reduce Air Pollution In And Around Delhi [Read Order]

Taking cognizance of deterioration of air quality in and around Delhi, National Green Tribunal has asked the Chief Secretary, Delhi, Chairman, DPCC, Member Secretary, CPCB and the concerned Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to remain present on Tuesday, to examine the status of implementation of Graded Response Action Plant (GRAP) and other...