Former Judge Of Bombay HC, Justice Bhimrao N. Naik Passes Away

Former Judge of the Bombay High Court, Justice Bhimrao N. Naik, passed away today at the age of 79.Born on January 23, 1940 in Karnataka, he enrolled in the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa on October 16, 1964 after obtaining his LLB degree from Pune University. He started his practice from the District and Sessions Court, Solapur and was a Professor in Dayanand Law College, Solapur...

Delhi HC Issues Directions To Government In HRLN's PIL Seeking Prison Reforms

Delhi High Court issued directions to the Delhi Government while disposing off a series of writ petitions filed by Human Rights Law Network which pertained to the cause of prison reforms in Delhi. These petitions were moved in response to the custodial death of a prisoner named Santosh Kumar. HRLN had submitted before the court that no compensation has been paid to the deceased's family so...

Bombay HC Imposes Rs.50,000 Cost On A Doctor From Aurangabad For Video-Recording Court Proceedings [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court recently imposed a cost of Rs.50,000 on Dr.Vikram Deshmukh and seized his mobile phone along with his Aadhar card after the court clerk saw him making a video of proceedings and told the sheristedar. Justice RV Ghuge was hearing a writ petition filed by Gangabai Kappawar, a sarpanch who had been disqualified and filed a writ petition seeking relief. While the...

Acquittal By Criminal Court Does Not Preclude Departmental Inquiry Against Delinquent Officer, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

"The two proceedings, criminal and departmental, are entirely different. "

'Raising The Bogey Of Environment To Stall Development' : Bombay HC Dismisses PIL With Rs One Lakh Costs [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court on Monday imposed a cost of Rs.1 lakh on Abhivyakti, an NGO that filed a public interest litigation claiming that 6 hectares of land owned by City Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (CIDCO) in Sector 18-19 at Khargar, Navi Mumbai is a water body connected to the Panvel creek. A division bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Bharati...

Plea In NGT Challenges The Implementation Of 'Odd Even' Scheme In Delhi [Read Petition]

A Petition has been filed in the National Green Tribunal challenging the implementation of the 'odd even scheme' under the 7 point 'Parali Pradushan Action Plan' of the AAP led Delhi Govt. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in a tweet dated 13th September had stated that the pollution in Delhi was down by 25%, and Delhi is the only city where the pollution is going down. In a following tweet, he...

Trade Mark Infringement - Delhi HC Grants Injunction In Favour Of Bennett Coleman Group Against Use of 'Miss India' & 'Mr India' [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has passed an order restraining any organisation from holding beauty pageant competitions with the title 'Miss India' or 'Mr India', or with any other title deceptively similar to them. Justice Mukta Gupta held that using such titles would amount to infringement of trademark enjoyed by the Bennett Coleman group. In the suit for infringement, the Bennett Coleman...

Augusta Westland: Special Judge Extends Ratul Puri's Police Custody Till September 19

Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar has remanded Ratul Puri to 3 days of police custody in Augusta Westland case. Puri has already spent 11 days in custody in the said VVIP Chopper Scam case. ED Counsel DP Singh had asked for an extension of 3 days by submitting before the court that some new evidence have come up from the search made on September 14 at Puri's office. The investigative body...

Deficiency In Service: NCDRC Directs Sahara To Pay Compensation, Refund To Consumer [Read Order]

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission on Friday directed the Real Estate Developer, Sahara Prime City Ltd., to refund the principal amount paid by the Complainant as consideration for purchasing a flat from them along with compensation, in view of excessive delay in granting possession. Background The Complainant, Tapasya Palawat, had booked a flat with the Developer in 2006...

Haj Pilgrimages Are Not Consumers Of Haj Committee: Reiterates NCDRC [Read Order]

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has reiterated that Haj Committee of India does not fall within the purview of Consumer Protection Act, 1986 and the Haj Pilgrimages are not its consumers.Justice V. K. Jain reiterated this settled position of law while adjudicating upon a Revision petition filed by the Haj Committee of India, through Advocates Sheikh Imran Alam...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High Court A full bench of the High Court held that in absence of a specific remedy in Employees' Service Regulations, an employer may invoke civil liability to recover the loss incurred by him due to the actions of an employee.Dismissing a petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution on account of availability of an alternate remedy, the High Court held that the...

Protection From Arrest In MCOCA Case Can Be Granted If There Is No Mens Rea : Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

In what may be the first instance wherein protection from arrest has been granted in a case registered under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, the Bombay High Court allowed a writ petition filed by one Surjitsingh Gambhir.A division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Bharati Dangre held that there was non-application of mind on part of the IG, CID who...