Special CBI Court Convicts Lalu Prasad In 4th Fodder Scam; Jagannath Mishra, 11 Others Acquitted

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad on Monday was convicted in a fodder scam case related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crores from Dumka treasury in Jharkhand. Bihar’s former chief minister Jagannath Mishra and a host of other politicians were acquitted in the case.The special judge for CBI case Shiv Pal Singh announced the verdict in the case in Ranchi civil court. This is the fourth fodder...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Chhattisgarh High CourtThe Chhattisgarh High Court recently held that the moment manufacturing process begins in an industry, the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 would be applicable, and therefore, the provisions of the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 (BOCW Act) would cease to operate in a factory.The ratio that...

‘I Believe It Is Primarily My Responsibility To Rectify It’ : Justice GS Patel Rectifies His ‘Per Incuriam’ Order By A Suo Motu Review [Read Judgment]

I should not, I think, permit anyone to even inadvertently fall prey to the mischief that I decried. Last, having realized the error, I believe it is primarily my responsibility to rectify it, the Judge said.Justice Gautam Patel, suo motto reviewed his order he delivered in January, last year after he realized that it was an error and a particular Rule has been overlooked by him.The Judge...

Regulator Abetting Corruption In Insurance Business Can’t Be Tolerated, Says SAT; Directs IRDAI To Look Into Complaint Of UK Broker Firm [Read Order]

IRDAI member guilty of abetting corruption, dereliction of duty, says SATHolding a non-life member of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) responsible for aiding and abetting corruption in the insurance business, the Securities Appellate Tribunal has directed the regulator to relook into the complaint of a United Kingdom-based broker firm alleging demand and receipt...

Avoid Casual Arrests Of Boy's Relatives In Elopement Cases: Madras HC [Read Order]

The Madras High Court, on Thursday, warned against the casual arrest of parents and relatives of boys in elopement cases involving underage couples, opining that this would amount to a "social wrong" at the hands of the Police.The Bench comprising Justice C.T. Selvam and Justice N. Sathish Kumar was dealing with a case concerning the eloping of a 17-year-old girl with a 19-year-old boy. It...

SC Paves Way For Housing, Commercial, Redevelopment Projects In Mumbai With Rider Of Proper Disposal As Pre-Condition [Read Order]

Paving the way for hundreds of residential and commercial projects in Mumbai which had come to a halt following the Bombay High Court ban on new construction due to poor disposal of construction and demolition waste, the Supreme Court on Thursday permitted construction activity with a rider that builders/ developers would be employing adequate safeguards to prevent dust particles dispersing...

Delhi HC Stays Closure Of 38 Temporary Night Shelters [Read Order & Petition]

Coming to the aid of hundreds of homeless persons in the city, the Delhi High Court on Friday granted an interim stay on the closure of 38-night shelters in Delhi.In an urgent in-chamber hearing on a petition moved by social activist Sunil Kumar Aledia, a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar directed the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), which...

Advocate Sends Representation To Delhi HC ACJ Gita Mittal Against State Filing Writ Under Art 226, Seeks Amendment To HC Rules

An advocate and a professor of Law have made a representation to the Delhi High Court Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal seeking amendment to the Delhi High Court Rules relating to regulation of proceedings for issue of Writs under Article 226 of the Constitution of India and stressing that states should not be allowed to challenge Tribunal’s order under Article 226 as a routine and should...

Once Manufacturing Starts, Factories Act Would Apply Instead Of The Building And Other Construction Workers Act: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Judgment]

The Chhattisgarh High Court recently held that the moment manufacturing process begins in an industry, the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 would be applicable, and therefore, the provisions of the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 (BOCW Act) would cease to operate in a factory."...the moment the manufacturing process...

Maintenance Tribunal Empowered To Order Eviction Of Legal Heir If Parents Are Ill-Treated: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Providing solace to lonely senior citizen couples fighting legal battle with their ill-treating sons and daughters-in-law who refuse to vacate parents’ house despite court orders, a division bench of the Delhi High Court has held that maintenance tribunal has the jurisdiction to pass an order of eviction under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act,...

Remembering Justice Bharuka (June 15, 1941- March 15, 2018)

Former Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka Dr Justice GC Bharuka passed away in New Delhi in the early hours of Thursday.He was born on 15.06.1941. After completing his studies, he started law practice in 1968 from Patna High Court. He was designated a senior advocate in 1984, elevated to the bench in 1990 and later transferred as a judge of the Karnataka High Court in...

Banking & Insurance Shouldn’t Be Mixed; Man Moves Delhi HC, Narrates How Wife Was Forced To Take Insurance Policy For Getting Loan [Read Petition]

A widower and father of two has moved the Delhi High Court praying for a declaration that insurance business conducted by banks is illegal and unconstitutional and stressing that banking should be done by banking professionals while insurance business should be carried out by insurance professionals for healthy co-existence of both the institutions and in the best interest of the...