Nashik Municipal Corporation Failed To Follow Procedure While Categorising Unauthorised Religious Structures: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has directed the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) to carry out afresh the exercise of categorising unauthorised religious structures that were constructed prior to September 29, 2009 in the city.The direction was issued by a bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice MS Karnik, which noted that the procedure being followed by NMC was in contravention of the...

Father Of Brain Dead Child Moves Madras HC For Euthanasia, Gets Introduced To Therapy Which Improves Boy’s Condition [Read Order]

The father of a brain dead child recently approached the Madras High Court seeking euthanasia for his son who has been in a persistent vegetative state for the past ten years. Little did he know that this would actually lead him to a technique that would finally help his son.The petitioner’s son is suffering from Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE), a type of brain damage that occurs when...

Madras HC Notice To TN Govt On PIL Seeking Effective Implementation Of DV Act For Timely Justice

TN records maximum number of DV complaintsThe Madras High Court has issued notice on a PIL seeking effective implementation of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act).The PIL has been filed by Sudha Ramalingam, an advocate, who is also a former national vice-president of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties.In the PIL, the petitioner, who has 40 years of...

Karnataka HC Refuses Relief To Student Who Couldn’t Complete LL.B Course In 7 Years [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court recently denied relief to a student who had failed to complete his three-year LL.B Course within the prescribed period of seven years.The order was passed by Justice R. Devdas on a petition filed by one Anand, who is a student of the three years LL.B course in JSS Sakri Law College, Dharwad. He had enrolled in the year 2011 and had now approached the court challenging...

Delhi HC Dismisses Abbott’s Plea Against CCI Enquiry Into Alleged Price Cartelisation [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court recently dismissed a petition filed by US drugmaker Abbott that wanted to stall a probe by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into allegations of price cartelisation over a key diabetes drug.The order was passed by Justice Vibhu Bakhru.Abbott had challenged an order passed in July last year by the CCI under Section 26 (1) of the Competition Act, 2002, whereby...

Book On Interface Of Law & Genetics Released By Justice Chelameswar

“Indian judiciary found it difficult to resolve conflict between two legal principles – the principle of “master of roster” and that “no one shall be a judge in one’s own cause’. How it will resolve new-age conflicts, one needs to wait and see”, said Justice Chelameswar."There exists a gap between the mind of the inventor and the mind of a lawmaker. Law does not often keep...

Aeronautical Study Of Any Structure To Assess Risk To Aviation Safety Doesn’t Call For Prior Demolition: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

A request for aeronautical study of a structure to determine if it would adversely affect the operation of aeroplanes has to be considered on a case-to-case basis and there is no rule or policy which says that aeronautical study cannot be undertaken unless the excess height of the structure as against the permissible limit is demolished, the Delhi High Court has held.Justice Vibhu Bakhru said...

IBC: Pendency Of Case U/S 138 & 141 NI Act Amounts To Admission Of Debt, Not Existence Of Dispute: NCLAT

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has held that pendency of proceedings under Section 138/441 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 cannot be considered as a dispute pending before a court of law, and hence, cannot be used as a reason for rejection of an application under Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.A bench comprising Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya...

Sohrabuddin Trial: Amit Shah, Vanzara, Pandiyan, Dinesh Were Principal Conspirators, Chief IO Tells Spl CBI Court As Prosecution Concludes Examination Of Witnesses

The prosecution informed the special CBI court on Thursday that examination of all the witnesses has been concluded after examining the second Chief Investigating Officer of the case. Out of the 210 witnesses that have been examined, 92 have turned hostile.Sandeep Tamgadge, a 2001 batch IPS officer, was the second Chief Investigating Officer in the case after first CIO Amitabh...

Madras HC Acquits Man Of Rape Charges; Blames “Faulty Investigation” & Directs Training Of Investigation Officers [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court recently acquitted a man, who was sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment by a lower court in a rape case and primarily blamed the “faulty investigation” for the same.Justice MV Muralidharan, therefore, directed the Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu to peruse the judgment and arrange for training sessions for all investigation officers throughout the state...

Is This Fair Comment That You Attribute Motive To The Judiciary? Delhi HC Asks In The Contempt Case Against S. Gurumurthy

The Delhi High Court Thursday expressed anguish over the comments made by an editor of a Chennai-based news magazine against a sitting high court judge and said the case concerns the judicial system.A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and I S Mehta said journalistic licence does not give a person the right to make unsavoury allegations."We are all in for free press but don't attribute motive...

Pansare-Dabholkar Murders: Make Sincere Efforts And Take Concrete Steps To Trace Accused & Conclude Your Probe, Says Bombay HC To CBI, State CID

The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation and State CID to make sincere efforts to trace the accused in the murders of anti-superstition crusader Narendra Dabholkar and CPI member Govind Pansare.A division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice BH Dangre continues to push the investigating agencies in doing more to ensure that all the accused in the...