Former Bombay HC CJ Manjula Chellur Appointed As APTEL Chairperson

Former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, Justice Manjula Chellur has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) for a period of three years or until further orders.The notification appointing her states: “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal for appointment of Justice (Smt) Manjula Chellur, Retired Chief...

All Live-in Relationships Are Not Covered Under Provisions Of Domestic Violence Act: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

" It is only those relationships which qualify to be the relationship in the nature of marriage which are governed by that provision. In order to constitute such a relationship, a legal marriage between the two must be possible.”The Bombay High Court has held that in order to claim any relief under the provisions of the Domestic Violence Act, relations between the woman and her partner must...

Modify Court Marriage Check List To Promote Inter-Religion Marriages Instead Of Hampering Them: Punjab & Haryana HC To State [Read Judgment]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Haryana Government to suitably amend the Court Marriage Check List (CMCL), which lists down sixteen conditions to be complied with by couples seeking to tie the knot under the Special Marriage Act, 1954.Opining that the current list hampers interfaith marriages instead of promoting them, Justice Rajiv Narain Raina directed, “Is is suggested...

Delhi HC Grants Rs.20 Lakhs To Christian Louboutin For Trademark Infringement of "Red Sole" [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has awarded punitive damages of Rs. Twenty Lakhs to famous French designer company Christian Louboutin for infringement of trademark of its world famous ‘Red Sole’ design . ‘Red Sole' is a signature design by Christian Louboutin for high-end stilettos, which has shiny, red-lacquered soles and has found favour with a lot of celebrities. The distribution of its...

Ten Years Old Diesel Vehicles Shall Not Ply In Delhi, NCR, Non BS-IV Vehicles Not To Be Registered, Holds NGT [Read Order]

Ten years old commercial diesel vehicles shall not ply in the Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR), the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has held.New diesel vehicles which are not BS-IV(Bharat Stage emission norms) or which are not needed for essential services (such as Ambulances, Fire services, petroleum, food carriers, sewer cleaning machines and LPG trucks)food shall also not be...

SC Slaps Cost Of Rs 75L On Litigant For Re-filing Delay Of Over 1,000 Days In An Arbitration Matter Before Madras HC [Read Order]

In an arbitration matter pending before the Madras High Court, the Supreme Court imposed a cost of Rs. 75 lakh on a litigant whose application for condonation of representation delay of more than thousand days was allowed by the division bench.R Krishnamurthy had preferred applications under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, to set aside an arbitration award, with...

Ryan Student’s Death By Drowning: Delhi Court Says Manager, Teacher, Others To Be Tried For Culpable Homicide Not Amounting To Murder [Read Order]

Over two and half years after a six-year-old student named Devansh drowned in a water tank in Ryan International School in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj, a Delhi court has held that case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder is made out against the accused—Francis Thomas, Ryan International Group’s northern India region head, principal Sandhya Sabu, teacher Meenakshi Kapoor,...

NCLT Bench Constituted At Kochi

A bench of National Company Law Tribunal has been constituted at Kochi, as per a central government notification. The notification issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs in exercise of powers conferred under Section 419(1) of the Companies Act 2013, amended an earlier notification dated 01.06.2016, and set up Kochi bench for the State of Kerala and Union territory of...

Death for Child Rape : Lok Sabha Passes Criminal Law Amendment Bill [Read Bill]

On Monday, July 30, the Lok Sabha passed Criminal Law(Amendment) Bill making rape of girl below the age of twelve years an offence punishable with death. The Bill seeks to amend provisions of Indian Penal Code(IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure, Evidence Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). It replaced the Ordinance promulgated by the Central Government during April...

Absurd Rule On Keeping Drugs Without Medical Prescription Will Create Injustice To Social Fabric Of Punjab & Haryana: HC [Read Judgment]

HC says amendment be made to curb the easy supply of drugs under garb of sub Rule 2 of Rule 66 of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances RulesCalling sub Rule 2 of Rule 66 of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Rules, 1985 “absurd” for letting a person possess 100 units of psychotropic substance at a time for medicinal use, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has...

Vashu Bhagnani’s Production House Moves SC, Seeks Stay On Aishwarya-Starrer ‘Fanney Khan’

Just three days before the release of much-awaited Bollywood film Fanney Khan starring Anil Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai, producer Vashu Bhagnani’s Pooja Entertainment and Films Ltd has moved the Supreme Court saying he has been cheated in respect of film’s distribution rights which were surreptitiously given to Super Cassettes (T- Series) and that the film’s release be stayed pending...

Bombay HC Quashes Order Sentencing Accused To 20 Yrs For Raping Minor Girl As Accused Was Juvenile At The Time Of Incident [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently quashed and set aside a judgment and order of a Special POCSO Judge convicting a man accused of raping a minor girl suffering from mental retardation. The court reasoned that the accused, who is 22 years old now, was a juvenile at the time of the incident.Justice AM Badar was hearing an appeal filed by the accused against his conviction under Sections 376(2)(g),...