Deny Minimum Support Price To Farmers Indulging In Stubble Burning : NGT [Read Order]

Taking note of the alarming levels of air pollution caused by the practise of burning of crop residue, rampant among farmers in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi, the National Green Tribunal ordered to deny the benefit of Minimum Support Price to farmers who continue to follow the practise.The order was passed on Monday by the NGT Principal Bench at New Delhi presided by...

'Govt Bound To Protect Right Of Women To Pray At Sabarimala', Govt Tells High Court [Read Statement]

The Kerala Government has filed a statement denying the allegations that it was interfering with the day to day functions of Devaswom Board in relation to Sabarimala temple."The security of pilgrims is the concern of the Government and it was being scrupulously undertaken by the Government", stated the statement filed through State Attorney K V Sohan."Every year,crores of rupees is sanctioned...

“A Tea Seller And A Judge”: A Young Railway Judge’s Beautiful Retelling Of His Struggle With Morality And Law

“For legal authority was there; but moral authority I had none,my nation’s law had somewhat failed, and poverty had won!”~ Bharat Chugh, “A tea seller and a judge”.Plenty a texts have been written on the need for imbibing morality in law, and extricating judges from the shackles of blindly and strictly adhering to the law of the land without infusing any life into it. Most these...

Bombay HC Finds No Merit In PILs Based On News Report Alleging LED Lights Scam [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently dismissed a couple of PILs based on an article that appeared in The Times of India on June 21, 2018, with the headline: “LED lamps cost Rs 3,400 in market, NMC pays Rs 9,900”.It was suggested in the story that a scam had taken place in the procurement of light-emitting diode (LED) lights by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) under the Rs 470-crore Smart...

U’khand HC Asks Govt To Improve Overall Conditions Of Journalists [Read Order]

“The pen is mightier than the sword”.So said the English author, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, in 1839.And the Uttarakhand High Court was reminded of this adage as it directed the Centre and the state government to take various measures to improve the overall conditions of journalists while also suggesting to the state to provide them reservation in government housing schemes.A bench of Justice...

U’khand HC Asks Centre To Decide In 6 Mths On Nicotine, Tar Content Labelling On Tobacco Products [Read Judgment]

Provision making it mandatory lying dormant for 12 yrsObserving that law should not be permitted to remain dormant without any public interest, the Uttarakhand High Court on Monday directed the Centre to consider within six months whether the Section 7(5) of The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003, which makes it mandatory for manufacturers to indicate nicotine and tar content...

Evaded Tax Cannot Be Estimated In Penalty Proceedings : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

A division bench of Kerala High Court comprising of Justices K Vinod Chandran and Ashok Menon held in State of Kerala v. JoemonRajan that intelligence officers cannot attempt to quantify taxable turnover likely to be evaded by making estimation for the purpose of invoking the provision for penalty.In the aforesaid case, the respondents were metal crusher units. Intelligence officers had...

Law Is To Be Administered On the Basis Of Standards Of People Living In Society : Justice Nageswara Rao [Video]

"Law is to be administered on the basis of standards of people living in society", commented Justice L. Nageshara Rao while delivering a lecture on 'due process of law' at Ernakulam on Saturday as part of Continuing Legal Education Program organized by the Kerala High Court Advocates Association. Justice Rao was speaking in the context of the debate whether Courts transgress their limits...

Sabarimala Is A ‘Secular Temple’, Can’t Restrict Entry Of Non-Hindus: Kerala Govt Tells HC [Read Affidavit]

“Several Christians and Muslims are devotees of Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple and conduct pilgrimage at Sabarimala every year.”Opposing the plea seeking prohibition of entry of non-Hindus in Sabarimala temple, the Kerala Government has stated before the Kerala High Court that Sabarimala is a secular temple and entry of devotees cannot be restricted on the ground of religion.TG Mohandas, a...

Akbar's Reputation Destroyed Due To Priya Ramani's Allegation, His Former Colleague Tells Delhi Court

A former woman colleague of ex-Union Minister M J Akbar, who has filed a criminal defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani, told a Delhi court on Monday that his reputation has been "destroyed" and "damaged irreparably" due to allegations of sexual misconduct.Joyeeta Basu, the editor of Sunday Guardian, who appeared as a witness to support Akbar's case, told Additional Chief...

Mining: Environmental Clearance Can’t Have Any Retrospective Effect, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

‘If the life of the environmental clearance is curtailed due to operation of the law, then so be it.’While considering the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) report on illegalities involved in the mining lease of Sarda Mines Private Limited (SMPL), the Supreme Court reiterated that environmental clearance cannot have any retrospective effect and it is operational from the date it...

Flipkart, Amazon Not Dominant Players In E-Commerce Market : Competition Commission [Read Order]

"It does not appear that any one player in the market is commanding any dominant position at this stage of evolution of market.", the CCI observed.Holding that Flipkart and Amazon are not acting in violation of Competition Act, the Competition Commission of India rejected a complaint filed by All India Online Vendors Association alleging abuse of market dominance by the e-commerce...