Home Buyers Can Demand Interest On Refund Even After Accepting Refund Without Protest: NCDRC [Read Order]

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) recently allowed a disgruntled home-buyer to claim interest on the refund amount received by him post the builder’s inability to deliver possession of the booked flat, despite the fact that he had earlier accepted the refund amount without any protest on the lack of interest.The NCDRC was hearing an appeal filed by a...

Women In Cinema Collective Petitions Kerala HC For Redressal Mechanism Against Sexual Harassment In Malayalam Actors' Body [Read Petition]

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the High Court of Kerala by Women in Cinema Collective(WCC) for establishment of grievance redressal mechanism in Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (A.M.M.A), the body of Malayalam movie actors.The petition alleges that the actors' body has not constituted Internal Complaints Committee as mandated by the Supreme Court in Vishaka case, which...

‘Rarest Of Rare’ Test Still Applies: Madhya Pradesh HC Commutes Death Penalty Awarded Within 46 Days By The Trial Court In A Rape Case [Read Judgment]

‘The test for awarding the death sentence in the case of woman under 12 years of age shall be still the same which has been laid down in the various judgments prior to the amendment i.e. ‘rarest of rare case’.The Madhya Pradesh High Court commuted death penalty awarded to a man accused of raping a seven year old.The trial court had completed the trial within 46 days and delivered...

Even Dead Persons Have Got A Right Of Privacy And Their Souls Should Not Be Disturbed: Madras HC Rejects Plea Of A Woman Who Claimed To Be Jayalalithaa’s Daughter [Read Order]

‘If the said relief is granted, it will not only open the Pandora's box, but also the coffin of Late Ms.J.Jayalalithaa.’The Madras High Court has dismissed plea by a lady named Amrutha seeking to conduct a DNA Test to ascertain that she is the daughter of former Chief Minister, Late J. Jayalalithaa.Invoking ‘Puranas’, Justice S. Vaidyanathan observed that even dead persons have got...

Home Buyers Can Seek Higher Compensation Than Token Amount Specified In Contract For Delayed Delivery Of Possession: NCDRC [Read Order]

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has ruled that builders cannot shield themselves behind the clause in the builder-buyer agreement to pay Rs. 5 per sq. feet per month as compensation for delay in handing over flats for an “unreasonable” period and that the buyers have the option to seek higher compensation after taking possession of the property, or seek refund...

No Judge Other Than A HC Judge Is Empowered To Delegate The Duty Of Examining And Impounding Any Instrument: Karnataka HC [Read Order]

‘No Judge other than a Judge of the High Court is empowered to delegate the duty of examining and impounding any instrument under Section 33 of the Act to any other person or officer.’The Karnataka High Court has held that no judge other than a judge of the high court is empowered to delegate the duty of examining and impounding any instrument under Section 33 of the Karnataka Stamp Act,...

Self-Styled Godman Rampal Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Two Murders

Self-styled godman Rampal was on Tuesday reportedly sentenced to life imprisonment by a sessions court in Haryana's Hisar in connection with two murder cases.Rampal and the other convicts have also been fined with Rs. 1 lakh each, after being found guilty of offences under Sections 302 (punishment for murder), 343 (wrongful confinement for three or more days) and 120 B (punishment of...

Madras HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Uniform Rate Of Food Items In Different Hotels, Restaurants, Fast Foods And Graded Hotels [Read Order]

“There is no constitutional or statutory right, to demand that there should be uniform rate of food items, (vegetarian and non-vegetarian) in different hotels, restaurants, fast foods and graded hotels”The Madras High Court has recently dismissed a public interest litigation seeking uniform rates of food items (vegetarian and non-vegetarian) in different hotels, restaurants, fast foods...

NGT Fines Delhi Govt Rs 50 Crore For Not Taking Action Against Illegal Steel Pickling Units

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Tuesday fined the Delhi government Rs 50 crore for not taking action against steel pickling units in residential areas as they fall under the prohibited list of industrial activity.A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel rapped the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for not closing the industrial units despite its specific directions.The...

Bombay HC Quashes Molestation Case Against Ness Wadia After Mutual Settlement With Complainant Preity Zinta [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court recently allowed a petition filed by Ness Wadia seeking quashing of a FIR registered with Marine Drive Police Station for an offence punishable under sections 354, 504, 506 and 509 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 at the instance of actress and former fiancée Preity Zinta.A division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Bharati Dangre agreed to quash the FIR...

‘This Is An Instance Where There Is No Proof That Moulavi Had Died’: Kerala HC Acquits Accused In Chekannur Maulavi ‘Murder’ Case [Read Judgment]

“May be he is murdered, but what is the material adduced by the prosecution to prove the said fact is the question.”The Kerala High Court on Monday acquitted the accused who was convicted by the trial court in Chekannur Maulavi ‘murder’ case.BackgroundChekannur P. K. Mohammed Abul Hassan Maulavi, a progressive Islamic scholar, went missing since 29th July 1993. One year later, an FIR...

Patna HC Quashes Order Making NEET Compulsory For Admission To AYUSH Courses [Read Order]

The Patna High Court last week quashed a press communique issued by the State government, prescribing that admissions to Ayurvedic, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH) courses shall only be allowed through National Eligibility-cum- Entrance Test (NEET).The judgement was delivered by Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh, while hearing a petition filed by the Association...