Whether Negligence In Dam Management Caused Floods : Kerala HC Registers Suo Moto PIL To Examine

The High Court of Kerala has initiated suo moto proceedings to examine whether any negligence on the part of authorities in managing reservoir levels in dams contributed to recent floods in Kerala.Alleging that the floods were a man-made disaster, Chalakudy-resident Joseph NR had written a letter to Justice V. Chitambaresh, who placed it before the Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy...

Unitech Guilty Of Over 10-Yr Delay In Giving Possession Of Flat, NCDRC Orders To Pay Rs 58.41 Lakh To Customer [Read Order]

Holding Unitech Ltd guilty of deficiency in service for over 10-year delay in handing over possession of flat, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed it to refund the amount of Rs 58.41 lakh along with interest and pay litigation cost of Rs 10,000 to the complainant, who is now residing in the USA.Presiding member Deepa Sharma held that complainant Shakti Kumar...

Full Bench Of Allahabad HC Pulls Up State For Vacancies, Infrastructural Deficiencies In District Judiciary; Seeks Timelines

Full Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the Principal Secretary, Law as well as the Principal Secretaries in the Department of Finance or P.W.D. to remain present before it in order to formulate a time-bound program for the resolution of the issues plaguing the District Judiciary in the State.The Bench comprising Chief Justice DB Bhosale, Justice Govind Mathur and...

Madras HC Orders Probe Into Filing Of Case In SC By Dead Woman [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has ordered a probe into the filing of a petition before the Supreme Court on behalf of a woman who had passed away almost a decade before the case was filed.The direction was issued by Justice PN Prakash on a petition filed by an octogenarian, SN Kulasekaran who had purchased a vacant site through a registered sale deed in August 1969. After a trespassing attempt in...

Bihar Shelter Home Rape Case: Patna HC Directs CBI Special Director To Monitor Probe [Read Order]

The Patna High Court, which is monitoring the probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual abuses case, on Wednesday directed CBI Special Director (Rakesh Ashtana) to monitor the progress of the probe.The order was issued after the Bench comprising Chief Justice Mukesh R. Shah and Justice Ravi Ranjan noted that a lot of work still needed to be...

Suicide Of Jawan After Sting Video : Bombay HC Doubts Maintainability Of FIR Against Journalist Poonam Agarwal

The Bombay High Court has orally expressed doubts about the maintainability of criminal charges against Poonam Agarwal, Associate Editor of "The Quint", for the suicide of a jawan after a sting expose. She has approached the High Court seeking to quash the FIR registered against her alleging abetment of suicide of the jawan who was interviewed in the sting video.She had conducted a...

Kolkata Court Summons BJP President Amit Shah In Defamation Case

A city court in Kolkata on Wednesday  issued summons to BJP president Amit Shah directing him to appear on September 28 in connection with a defamation case filed by Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamool Youth Congress chief and nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Abhishek Banerjee filed the criminal defamation case before the Metropolitan Magistrate, 8th of Bankshall court here...

Kerala HC Issues Notice In PIL For Easing Customs Clearance Of Goods Imported For Flood Relief [Read Petition]

The petition states that due to lack of clarity in procedure for customs clearance, relief materials are piling up in airports, without benefit to victims. The High Court of Kerala has issued notice to respondents in a public interest litigation seeking directions to ease the procedure for customs exemption of relief materials sent from abroad for victims of the floods which wreaked havoc in...

Madras HC Directs NHAI To Provide Separate Lane For VIPs Including Judges In All Toll Plazas Across India

The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to take steps for providing a separate lane at toll plazas for VIPs, including sitting judges, across the country."It is disheartening to note that the vehicles of VIPs and sitting Judges are stopped at toll plazas... It is very unfortunate that sitting judges are also compelled to wait in the toll...

2008 Malegaon Blast Case: Special NIA Court To Frame Charges Against Purohit On Sept 5

The trial court on Wednesday rejected the plea of Lt Col Prasad Purohit, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, seeking deferring of framing of charges against him until the Bombay High Court decides his application.Special judge for National Investigation Agency (NIA) cases Vinod Padalkar scheduled the framing of charges, a process after which the trial starts, for September 5.The...

As Priest Rues Poverty In Letter To Court, U’khand HC Asks State What Financial Help Can Be Given To Priests, Maulvis, Raagis [Read Order]

Taking cognizance of a letter received from a priest ruing financial crisis faced by him and his brethren and the life of penury they are forced to lead, the Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday asked the State what financial help could it provide to maulvis, granthis/raagis and Hindu and Christian priests to enable them to make both ends meet.A bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajiv Sharma...

AIBE (12) 2018 Results Declared; Check Your Results Here

The results of the All India Bar Examination (12) 2018 exam were declared on Wednesday. The results can be checked on the official website.The All India Bar Examination (AIBE) was conducted by the Bar Council of India on the 10th of June 2018. In order to access the result, candidates need to enter their roll number and date of birth on the official website.The exam was conducted by the...