SC Collegium Reiterates Recommendation For Elevation Of Two Advocates To Gauhati High Court [Read Resolution]

The Supreme Court Collegium has reiterated the recommendation for appointment of two Advocates— Sanjay Kumar Medhi and Nani Tagia— as judges of the Gauhati High Court.At the outset, the Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice MB Lokur mentioned that Justice Gogoi had not participated in the proceedings relating to Advocate...

SC Collegium Recommends 18 Additional Judges In 5 High Courts To Be Made Permanent

The Supreme Court Collegium, through several resolutions passed on 8 August, recommended 18 Additional Justices in five High Courts to be made permanent.The Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice MB Lokur recommended the following Additional Judges for permanent judgeship:Allahabad High Court Justice Mahboob Ali Justice Rang Nath Pandey...

SC Upholds NGT Order Imposing Damages Of Rs. 100 Crore On Real Estate Developer For Violating Environmental Clearance [Read Judgment]

Upholding a National Green Tribunal Order, the Supreme Court imposed damages of Rs.100 crores or 10% of the project cost, whichever is higher, on Goel Ganga Developers India Pvt. Ltd. for raising construction in violation of the Environmental Clearance.The bench comprising of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta also upheld the fine imposed upon the PMC and the direction given to...

Delhi HC Junks PIL Seeking Cancellation of CPI(M) Registration [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition which had sought cancellation of registration of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). The bench comprising the then Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Harishankar observed that the writ-petitioner had failed to disclose his engagement and political interest in the matter, and was guilty of suppression of material facts.The  PIL...

Delhi HC Gives Centre 4 Weeks To File Affidavit On Bias Against Married Persons In JAG Deptt

Questioning how marriage can have an adverse impact on a person’s ability to become an officer in the Judge Advocate General department of the Indian Army, the Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Centre to file a comprehensive affidavit in response to a petition alleging institutionalised discrimination against married women from entering JAG department.The high court gave the Centre...

Probe “Fake Institutions” Solemnising “Illegal Marriages” Without Parents’ Consent: Punjab & Haryana HC To Police [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently directed the police to investigate “illegal marriages” being solemnised by fake institutions, and register FIRs against them if needed, to “send a meaningful message in the society”.The order was issued by Justice Ramendra Jain, who opined that it was time to “curb down such menace by ordering to close down such fake and self-...

PIL In Gujarat HC Seeks Permanent Backward Classes Commission [Read Petition]

A PIL has been moved before the Gujarat High Court demanding establishment of a permanent Gujarat State Backward Classes Commission while stating that the state has failed to do so even as 28 years have passed since the Supreme Court verdict in Indira Sawhney case wherein it was held that as per the provisions of the Constitution of India Backward Classes should be a permanent body.The PIL...

No Discrimination If HIV Positive Sub-Inspector Is Denied Promotion For Not Satisfying Medical Fitness Criteria: Uttarakhand HC [Read Judgment]

The Uttarakhand High Court recently refused to come to the rescue of an HIV positive Assistant Sub Inspector in matters of promotion, noting that he did not satisfy the fitness criteria and hence, was not being discriminated against.The observation was made by Justice Alok Singh while hearing a petition filed by an Assistant Sub Inspector (General Duty) in Shashastra Seema Bal. While...

SC Modifies NGT Order; Only Buses and Coaches Plying At Airport Need To Be Converted To CNG [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, on Monday, modified the National Green Tribunal order that directed conversion of all vehicles plying at the IGI airport to CNG mode, by confining it to ‘buses and coaches’ only.NGT had passed several directives in many applications seeking various reliefs against noise pollution that is caused due to takeoffs and landing of aircraft at Indira Gandhi...

Advocate Files False Affidavit, Gets Slapped With 2 Lakh As Costs By Uttarakhand HC [Read Judgment]

The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday imposed Rs. 2 lakhs as costs on a litigant who made false averments in an affidavit filed by him in the Court.Taking a stern view of the incident, Justice Lok Pal Singh asserted that swearing to a false affidavit amounts to perjury, as an affidavit is evidence within the meaning of Section 191 (giving false evidence) of the Indian Penal Code. The...

Dissolution Deed Of Partnership Firm Which Merely Allocates Properties To Partners Does Not Confer Title In Immovable Property : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

"The registration of a valid deed of conveyance of immovable property would be the medium through which the transfer of immovable property can be effected to the individual partners of the dissolved Firm"- observed the CourtThe High Court of Kerala has held that a dissolution deed, that merely allocates items of immovable properties to a partner proportionate to his share in the assets of...

RERA Applicable To Long Term ‘Lease Agreements’ In Which Substantial Investment Is Made By Lessee As Consideration: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The object of the RERA cannot be to exclude such persons, who have invested huge amount in the Real Estate Project, may be under the 'Agreement of Lease' and taken such apartment on the lease of '999 years', which transaction is, in reality, the transaction of sale.’The Bombay High Court has held that provisions of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, would apply in case...