Uber Rape Case: Delhi HC Confirms Rapist Driver’s Imprisonment For Rest Of His Life [Read Judgment]

HC says despite stringent provisions added to IPC, rapes are on the riseThe Delhi High Court has affirmed the sentence of imprisonment for rest of life to Shiv Kumar Yadav, the Uber cab driver who had raped a 25-year-old executive in his cab in December 2014, while holding that he had previous involvement in rape cases and did not appear to have learnt anything from those experiences.A bench...

Citizens’ Fundamental Rights Cannot Be Held Hostage To Inordinately Long Inquiry Conducted By Passport Authorities: Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reiterated that denial of passport or its non-renewal without assigning reasons as listed under the Passports Act, 1967 infringes the fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution of India.The judgment was delivered by Justice Vibhu Bakhru, on a petition filed by one Jasvinder Singh Chauhan praying for the renewal of his passport and issuance of a...

Original Owners Of Land Where Mumbai Int’l Airport Is Built Challenge The 55-Yr-Old Acquisition; Bombay HC Imposes Cost [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently dismissed a writ petition filed by original owners of lands acquired for the purpose of building the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport and imposed a cost of Rs 10,000 on them for challenging the said acquisition on untenable grounds.A division bench of Justice AA Sayed and Justice SC Gupte was hearing the petition challenging the said...

SCBA-XI Beat Chief Justice-XI In Annual Cricket Match [Video]

The Bar and the Bench have plenty of face-offs in the courtroom but this time around the battle was on the fields when Chief Justice of India-XI (Chief Justice-XI) took on Supreme Court Bar Association-XI (SCBA-XI) in the annual cricket match but lost to the latter by six wickets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnNEWFfi0Tg&feature=youtu.beIn a high-octane and entertaining cricket...

CIC Can Order Disciplinary Action Only Against CPIO, Not The Appellate Authority, Holds Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has held that the Central Information Commission (CIC) has no power to recommend disciplinary action against the appellate authority under the penal provisions of the RTI Act as the same can be enforced only against the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO).A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V.K. Rao held that, “…the CPIO being custodian of...

SC Collegium Recommends Four Names For Elevation To Bombay High Court[Read Resolution]

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended four names for elevation to Bombay High Court. The names of four judicial officers, S.M. Modak,  N.J. Jamadar,  V.G.Joshi, and  R.G. Avachat were recommended. The recommendation is as per resolution taken on September 11.It was stated their suitability was ascertained on consultation with SC judges who were conversant with the affairs of...

SC Collegium Recommends Four Names For Elevation To Calcutta High Court [ Read Resolution]

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended four names for elevation to Calcutta High Court. The names of Advocate  Sandipan Ganguly, and Judicial Officers Bibek Chaudhuri,  Madhumati Mitra, and  Subhasis Dasgupta, were recommended by the Collegium. The recommendation was made as per resolution taken on September 11.It was stated their suitability was ascertained on consultation with...

Judicial Officers Acquiring PG Qualification During Service Also Entitled To Benefit Of Advance Increments : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

'There is no justification for treating persons who have acquired Post Graduate Degrees while in service differently from persons who were possessing such Post Graduate Degrees at the time of recruitment for the purpose of denial of the benefit of advance increments' the HC held.The High Court of Kerala has frowned upon the distinction made by Government between judicial officers...

NCDRC Orders Postal Dept. To Pay Rs 24.8 Lakh To Brothers Who Lost Saving Scheme Certificates

Commission says the Department should at least pay the maturity value after having not succeeded in the several rounds of litigationReiterating from its 2002 judgment that in a sovereign democratic and transparent society, the postal department cannot say that an investor in Indira Vikas Patra (IVP) forfeits the right to get the money back just because he loses the receipt or is stolen away...

Punjab & Haryana HC Orders Litigants To Pay Costs To Kerala Flood Relief Fund; Lakhs To Pour In

As God’s own country, Kerala struggles to get back up after being raved by floods, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has been ordering several litigants to deposit money in the Kerala Chief Minister’s flood relief fund as costs.Over 55 such orders have been passed by Justice Ramendra Jain since 20 August, imposing costs of Rs. 10,000 on several such litigants, and directing them to pay...

Contract Clause Giving Option Of Arbitration Or Court Adjudication; Choice Of Party Prevails, Holds SC [Read Judgment]

When a clause in the contract gives an option to parties to go for arbitration or prefer adjudication by courts, whether it can be regarded as an arbitration clause which stipulates that the disputes shall be referred to arbitration?This question has been considered in Zhejiang Bonly Elevator Guide Rail Manufacture Co. Ltd. Vs. Jade Elevator Components, by the bench comprising of the...

Guj HC Bans Idol Immersion In Tapi, Other Rivers On All Festivals [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court has banned idol immersion in river Tapi which passes through Surat and other natural rivers in the State while directing the authorities concerned to ensure that immersion of idols is prohibited not only during Ganesh Visarjan, but also on other similar festivals, including Durga Puja, Janmashtami, Moharam etc.In passing the order, a bench of Chief Justice R Subhash...