#MeToo: Actor Alok Nath, Wife File Defamation Complaint Against Vinta Nanda

Actor Alok Nath and his wife Ashu Saturday filed a complaint in a local court seeking defamation proceedings to be initiated against writer-director Vinta Nanda for accusing him of rape.In the complaint filed before the Andheri metropolitan magistrate, Nath and his wife sought a direction to the suburban Amboli police station to take cognizance of the letter sent by them in which they...

Judge’s Wife, Son Shot At By Personal Security Guard In Gurugram

The wife and 18-year-old son of a judge were reportedly shot at by his personal security officer in Gurugram today afternoon.The incident took place at a busy market place in sector 49, where the wife and son of additional sessions judge Krishan Kant Sharma had gone shopping. According to reports, they were both rushed to a hospital where they are currently in “critical”...

Insurance Claim Can’t Be Denied On Ground Of Common Lifetstyle Diseases But Insurer Should Not Hide Info, Says NCDRC [Read Order]

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) had held that insurance claim cannot be denied on the ground of common lifestyle diseases such as diabetes or hypertension but that does not give right to the insured to suppress information in respect of such diseases.The commission also reiterated that suppression of any information relating to pre-existing disease if it has...

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...