SC Direction On Expiry Of Stay Orders Applicable Only To Trial And Not Execution Proceedings : Karnataka HC [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has clarified that the Supreme Court direction in Asian Resurfacing of Road Agency Pvt Ltd v CBI regarding automatic lapse of stay orders after 6 months is applicable only to trial proceedings. The SC direction is not applicable to stay on execution proceedings granted by an appellate court.The clarification of the Court came on noticing the action of a trial court...

Playground & School On A Single Land Mandatory Requirement For Affiliation: Allahabad HC [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court recently highlighted the importance of a playground in a school and asserted that the existence of such infrastructure "distinguishes an educational institution from an education shop".In doing so, Justice Ajay Bhanot also ruled that the playground and the school building should be a part of a single composite land, observing, "In case the playground and the...

Madras HC Restrains Journalists From Linking TN CM Palaniswami To Robbery Attempt At Jayalalitha's Estate

Ex-Tehelka editor Mathew Samuel had published a video last week stating that Palaniswami was behind the 2017 robbery attempt at Kodanad Estate, which resulted in death of a security guard.

SC Acquits 65 Yr Old Man Accused Of Bigamy After Compromise With His First Wife

"As per report, the appellant and his wife have settled the matter and are living together with their children."

SC Advocate Menaka Guruswamy Features In Foreign Policy's 100 Global Thinkers List

Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, whose arguments in the Section 377 case had put the Apex Court to think about the human cost of the archaic provision, has now featured in Foreign Policy's 100 Global Thinkers list.This was the 10th annual special edition of Global Thinkers and Dr. Guruswamy was listed under the "Activism and the Arts" category. The recognition especially acknowledges the...

Jayalalithaa Cannot Be Termed A Convict In Assets Case: Madras HC

The Madras High Court Wednesday held that former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa cannot be termed a convict in a disproportionate assets case and dismissed a petition challenging the construction of a memorial to her on the ground that she was one. A division bench of Justice M Sathyanarayanan and Justice P Rajamanickam made the observation and dismissed the petition by M L...

Former HP CM Virbhadra Singh, Wife Move HC Challenging Trial Court Order In DA case

Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order to frame charges against them for allegedly amassing disproportionate assets (DA) of over Rs 10 crore. The 82-year-old Congress leader and his wife have sought quashing of the December 10, 2018 trial court order directing framing of...

Introduction Of Unit Area Method System Through NDMC Bye-laws Invalid: SC [Read Judgment]

"No doubt, in many ways, UAM is a better method in comparison with the earlier method based on annual rent… However, such a method which may be a better method can be incorporated in accordance with the law.”

Gujarat HC Quashes Circular Levying GST On DISCOMS For Bundled Services [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court has struck down a part of a circular issued in March last year by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), which had proposed levy of GST on DISCOMS for various other bundled services connected with the transmission and distribution of electricity.The bench comprising Justice Harsha Devani and Justice AP Thaker opined that since the principal supply...

New HC Building: Decide On Allotment Of Additional Land In Bandra, Bombay HC Directs State Govt [Read Judgment]

In a significant judgment, the Bombay High Court today rejected the suggestion by the state government to allot land in Goregaon, a suburban area in Mumbai, for a new high court complex. Goregaon is far away from Fort which is where the current building is located in the South Mumbai area.A division bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice MS Sonak pronounced the judgment reserved on October 31,...

BCI Writes To Modi, Raises 10 Demands For Welfare Of Advocates

The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Tuesday sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi wherein it has raised 10 demands, including insurance cover for lawyers and their families, enactment of the Advocates Protection Act, amendment of various Acts to make provision for appointment of competent advocates, and not just retired judges, as presiding officers of various tribunals etc, free...

New Coastal Regulation Zone Notification Issued By Central Government [Read Notification]

The Central Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change notified new Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms to replace the existing CRZ Notification of 2011 on January 18.The MoFCC said that the new CRZ notification, issued under Section 3 of the Environment Protection Act, 1986 seeks to "to promote sustainable development based on scientific principles taking into account the dangers...