Madras HC Hands Over Corruption Probe Against TN CM Palaniswami To CBI [Read Judgment]

The Court expressed the opinion that the enquiry had not been done in a fair manner and is nothing but a perfunctory exercise thereby, the case has to be necessarily transfered to any other independent agency not under the control of the persons in power.The Madras High Court on Friday ordered CBI investigation into the corruption allegations against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E...

Bar Council Of Delhi Writes To Arun Jaitley For Financial Assistance For Lawyers & Their Family Members In Distress Or Crisis

A fortnight after writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an annual grant of Rs. 200 crore, the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) has now written to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to look into the viability of formulating schemes for providing adequate financial assistance to lawyers and their families in distress or crisis.In the letter, BCD Chairman KC Mittal informs Mr. Jaitley that...

Retracting Offer Of Laptop For Rs 190 Costs Amazon Rs 12,000 [Read Order]

Amazon India has been told to pay Rs 10,000, besides litigation costs of Rs 2,000, to a law student for causing mental agony by retracting an offer of a laptop for Rs 190 after the complainant had placed an order for the same.The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Ganjam, Berhampur in Odisha told Amazon to pay Rs 10,000 to Supriyo Ranjan Mahapatra besides the litigation cost of Rs...

When Interpretation Of 'Text Mode Document' Turned Fate Of Kamal Nath's Plea In MP Polls Case [Read Judgment]

"What is text mode document?" - this was the question which determined the fate of Kamal Nath's plea for directions to Election Commission of India in the impending Madhya Pradesh assembly polls.Kamal Nath demanded that ECI should furnish the soft copy of draft electoral roll in 'searchable text form'. The copies furnished by the ECI to the political parties, and also uploaded in the website...

AIBOC Challenges Decision To Merge Vijaya Bank, Dena Bank, Bank Of Baroda; Delhi HC Agrees To Hear

The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear a plea of All-India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC) challenging the Centre’s proposal to merge Vijaya Bank, Dena Bank and Bank of Baroda.A bench of Justice Ravindra Bhat and Justice AK Chawla issued the notice and the petition will now come up on October 29.The AIBOC has, in its petition, challenged the process by which the decision to merge...

SC Collegium Recommends New Chief Justices For Bombay, Calcutta, Uttarakhand, Gauhati and Sikkim HCs

The Supreme Court collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice MB Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph on Tuesday recommended new Chief Justices for five high courts.Uttarakhand High Court: Justice Ramesh RanganathanThe office of the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court fell vacant consequent to the elevation of Justice KM Joseph as a Supreme Court judge. Justice...

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Justice NH Patil As Chief Justice Of Bombay HC

The Supreme Court collegium on Tuesday recommended the appointment of Justice NH Patil as the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.While making the recommendation, the collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice MB Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph pointed out that the office of the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court has been lying vacant for quite some time, since...

Delhi HC Quashes Circular That Denied Certain Treatment Facilities In Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital To Non-Delhites [Read Judgment]

‘Act of the respondent – Government of NCT of Delhi in creating a class within a class i.e., within citizens identically situated is impermissible and thereby further act of conferring benefit of medical facility to citizens on such classification is impermissible.’The Delhi High Court has quashed a circular which proposed to deny certain facilities for treatment in a government...

Order U/S.14(2) Arbitration & Conciliation Act Can Be Challenged Under Article 227: Allahabad High Court [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday ruled that an order passed under Section 14(2) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 can be challenged under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, and that Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure cannot be viewed as a bar against the court’s extraordinary supervisory jurisdiction.Justice Sunita Agarwal ruled, “The supervisory...

SC Gives Some Relief To Mumbai-Based Restaurant Faced With Demolition Order From Municipal Body [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has ordered status quo to be maintained with respect to alleged illegal shed in a 50-year-old restaurant in Mumbai’s posh locality Ville Parle (West) while directing the trial court to decide expeditiously the civil suit initiated by the restaurant against the demolition order of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai.A bench of Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and...

Full Bench Of Bombay HC Holds Former Journo Guilty Of Contempt Of Court, Sentences Him To 3 Months’ Imprisonment [Read Judgment]

A full bench of the Bombay High Court has sentenced Ketan Tirodkar, formerly a journalist, to three months’ simple imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 after finding him guilty for criminal contempt of court.The bench comprised Justice AS Oka, Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice RM Savant. The court had taken suo motu cognizance of Tirodkar’s Facebook posts. In these posts,...

Decide On Complaints Against Morphing Of Sikh Gurus’s Images On Social Media Websites: P&H HC Directs State [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday directed the State of Punjab to initiate appropriate action on the complaints regarding morphing of images of Sikh Gurus on social networking sites.The direction was issued by Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill on a petition filed by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) through Advocate Abhilaksh Grover, complaining against the “alteration...