NGT Slaps Rs 500Cr Fine On Volkswagen For Cheating Emission Tests

The National Green Tribunal on Thursday slapped a cost of Rs 500 crore as damages on German automobile major Volkswagen while holding it guilty of causing environmental damage and using cheat devices in its vehicles. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice A K Goel slapped a fine of Rs 500 on the company. The bench passed the order on a petition moved by a Delhi-based...

Delhi HC CJ Issues Advisory For All POCSO Courts To Ensure Speedy Trials

The Chief Justice of Delhi High Court has issued an advisory to all POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) courts containing a string of recommendations to ensure speedy trial in cases of child sexual abuse.The advisory has been issued on the recommendations of the Committee to Regulate and Monitor the Progress of trials under the POCSO Act, constituted after the Supreme Court...

Justice S V Bhatti Transferred To Kerala HC From Andhra Pradesh HC [Read Notification]

The President today notified the transfer of Jusice Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti from Andhra Pradesh High Court to High Court of Kerala, accepting the Supreme Court collegium's proposal.On January 15, the Collegium had proposed his transfer to Kerala HC in the interest of "better administration of justice". Upon his views being sought on the proposal, Justice Bhatti expressed...

Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu Transferred To Bombay HC From Kerala HC [Read Notification]

The President today notified the transfer of Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu from High Court of Kerala to Bombay High Court, accepting the proposal made by Supreme Court Collegium on January 11.He is directed to assume charge on or before March 20, 2019.On September 22,2017, the Collegium had recommend his reptriation to his parent High Court, the then High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for...

Shakti Mills Gangrape: Section S.376(E) IPC Is Unconstitutional: Argues Convict's Lawyer Before Bombay HC

In the confirmation hearing of death penalty awarded to Vijay Jadhav, Mohammad Qasim Shaikh and Mohammad Salim Ansari for the gangrape of an 18-year-old call centre employee in July 2013 and 22-year-old photojournalist in August 2013, advocate Yug Mohit Chaudhary argued that the government's views on Section 376(e) of the Indian Penal Code are outdated and violative of...

NGT Tells Railways To Ensure Trains Slow Down While Passing Through Elephant Corridor In Deepor Beel, Suggests Underpass As Long-Term Measure [Read Order]

Unhappy with the Railways authorities in Assam failing to take temporary measures such as reducing the speed of the train while it crosses through the elephant corridor in Deepor Beel, a wildlife sanctuary, leading to deaths of many pachyderms, and shifting the municipal solid waste plant from the area, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has reiterated that "earth is not for humans alone....

AgustaWestland : CBI Court Directs To Shift Christian Michel To Cell Meant For Undertrials [Read Order]

A Special CBI Court in New Delhi today directed to shift Chirstian Michel, the alleged middleman in AgustaWestland case, to the cell meant for undertrails from the present high security cell which is meant for convicts. The Court passed the order while considering an application by Michel to shift him from high security solitary cell to a normal cell. The CBI said that he was kept in Jail...

Justice M V Muralidaran Transferred From Madras HC To Manipur HC [Read Notification]

The President today notified the transfer of Justice M V Muralidaran from Madras High Court to Manipur High Court. On February 20, the Supreme Court collegium had reiterated the proposal to transfer him, rejecting his request to reconsider the recommendation. On January 15, the Collegium had proposed his transfer to Manipur HC in the interest of "better administration of justice". Upon...

Justice M N Bhandari Transferred From Rajasthan HC To Allahabad HC [Read Notification]

The President today notified the transfer of Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari from Rajasthan High Court to Allahabad High Court.On February 20, the Supreme Court collegium had reiterated the proposal to transfer him, rejecting his request to reconsider the recommendation. On January 15, the Collegium had proposed his transfer to Allahabad HC in the interest of "better administration of...

YouTube Takes Down Video 'Defaming' Patanjali Products After Baba Ramdev Sues Them In Delhi HC [Read Order]

“The offending video, uses extremely explicit language and is not just defamatory and derogatory towards the Plaintiff but also threatening, constitutes intimidation and seeks to encourage unknown people to harass the Plaintiffs”

Illegal Flex Boards/Hoardings/Billboards/Flags: Kerala HC Issues Ultimatum To Local Self Government Institutions [Read Order]

Taking serious note of the blatant violation and non-compliance of its previous orders, the High Court of Kerala has issued a final ultimatum to all local self-government institutions in the state. The new directions issued by the court require urgent action by officers concerned to remove all illegal flex boards/hoardings/billboards/flags within 10 days. The court also stated that failing to...

Adopt Liberal Approach While Dealing With Divorce Pleas Based On Mutual Consent: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

"We are of the considered opinion that the courts dealing with cases for dissolution of marriage based on mutual consent are bound to take a liberal attitude in waiving off such stipulation. "