U’khand HC Directs State To Pay Rs 1.90 Cr To Widow Of Doc Killed On Duty [Read Judgment]

Court says it is not that only police officers are killed on dutyHolding that “doctors also risk their lives while performing their duties”, the Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to pay a compensation of over Rs 1.9 crore to the wife of the doctor who was shot dead while attending to patients at the Community Health Centre in Jaspur on April 20, 2016.A bench...

1988 Road Rage Case: SC Grants Leave To File Review Petition Against Sentence Awarded To Navjot Singh Sidhu

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted leave to file a review petition against the quantum of sentence awarded to cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu in a 30-year-old road rage case.The Bench comprising Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice SK Kaul issued notice to Mr. Sidhu but clarified that it would be restricted to the quantum of sentence imposed on him.The Apex Court had, in May...

On The Day DUSU Goes To Polls, Delhi HC Asks Police To Act Within A Week Against Those Indulging In Defacement Of Public Property

As Delhi University polls for its Students’ Union on Wednesday, the Delhi High Court has asked the police to take stringent action within a week on a status report which says that the defacement of public property in the run-up to the DUSU polls have been a little less this year but the candidates have resorted to illegal hoardings in defiance of court’s order and pamphlets can be seen...

Antrix-Devas Case: Former Addl Secy Moves Court Accusing CBI IO Of Perjury, Contempt Of Court

Veena Rao, former Additional Secretary in Department of Space and one of the accused in the Antrix-Devas case, has moved Special CBI court seeking inquiry against the CBI’s investigating officer (IO) for committing perjury and contempt of court by making false statements about the duration of her posting in the department and also misleading court regarding documents said to have been...

Act To End Discrimination Of HIV/AIDS Victims Notified By Centre One Year After Its Passing

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has notified the 'Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus and Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome(Prevention and Control) Act 2017' in the official gazette on September 10. The Act, which seeks to provide equality of opportunities and end discrimination of HIV/AIDS victims, was passed by the Parliament a year ago, in April 2017.As per Section 1(3) of the Act,...

PIL Against Daily Change In Fuel Prices: Delhi HC Not Keen On Interfering In Govt’s Policy Decision, Asks Centre To Decide Representation In 4 Weeks [Read Petition]

Observing that there were larger economic issues involved when it comes to fuel prices, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday said it cannot ask the government to fix the price but directed it to decide the representation of a Delhi-based designer who has filed a PIL seeking direction to the government to fix fair price of petrol and diesel in accordance with the Essential Commodities Act.A bench...

'Subsequent’ Purchaser Pendente Lite Has No Right To Equities To Get Impleaded In Partition Suit: Jharkhand HC [Read Order]

“The limited right of a purchaser pendente lite, or the first purchaser, from a co-sharer to get equities worked out in his favour gets exhausted with his impleadment in the suit and a further alienation of the same property by the purchaser or the purchaser pendente lite does not create a fresh equity or revive the same right in the second purchaser.”The Jharkhand High Court has held that...

Magistrate Can Order Further Probe Even After Taking Cognizance Of Charge Sheet, Says Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

Can a judicial magistrate order further investigation under Section 173(8) of the Criminal Procedure Code after taking cognizance on charge sheet?The Calcutta High Court has held that a magistrate has ample power to direct further investigation after submission of the charge sheet by the police even when cognizance has been taken on the charge sheet.Justice Shivakant Prasad, while deciding...

Third Parties To Arbitration Proceeding Entitled To Appeal If They Are Affected By Arbitrator’s Decision: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

In a landmark judgment, the Bombay High Court has held that a third party to an arbitration proceeding has the right to maintain an appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, if they are affected by an order passed by an arbitrator under Section 17 of the said Act.Justice RD Dhanuka heard a batch of 13 petitions filed under section 37 of the Arbitration...

Bar Council Of Kerala Invites Applications From Lawyers For Claiming Flood Relief Amount From BCI’s 25 Lakh Donation

The Bar Council of Kerala has invited applications from lawyers for claiming relief amount for the damage caused by the floods in the State.The notification was issued in view of the Bar Council of India having sanctioned Rs. 25 Lakhs for flood-affected state lawyers. I, therefore,e requests lawyers to file applications along with supporting evidence for damages sustained.The applications...

Extension of Limitation Period For Reassessment By Amendment Cannot Have Automatic Retrospective Operation To Affect Concluded Assessments: Kerala HC [ Read Judgment]

"The right accrued to an assessee, after the expiry of the period of limitation, not to be assessed or re-assessed can be meddled with only by an amendment, expressed or implied to be retrospective"In a significant judgment in taxation laws, the High Court of Kerala held that assessments under the Kerala Value Added Tax Act 2003 cannot be re-opened beyond the period of limitation...

Over 1.12L Trees Axed In 13 Yrs, One Tree Every Hr: Complying With CIC Order, Delhi Govt Uploads Info On Tree Felling [Read Order]

Complying with the directions of the Central Information Commission (CIC) and the Delhi High Court, the AAP government has uploaded on its website information about number of trees felled or pruned from year 2005-17, which shows that 1,12,169 trees were axed in the past 13 years, with 24 trees a day making it one tree felled every hour.The information is available on the government’s...