Safer Buildings: SC Notice To Centre On Proper Implementation Of National Building Code

It highlighted a report by Live Law about a CIC Order regarding the noncompliance of fire safety measures in important buildings like Parliament and Supreme Court.A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra issued notice to Centre on a PIL seeking direction for proper implementation of National Building Code for construction of any building in the country.The...

SC To Hear Plea For Free And Fair Selection Process By SSC And CBI Investigation On Paper Leaks On March 12

A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra agreed to hear on next Monday (March-12] a petition seeking CBI investigation into the alleged Staff Selection Commission (SSC) question paper leak scam and framing of rules for free and fair selection process in by SSC.Advocate M L Sharma, who filed the PIL, has mentioned before a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra...

Karti Chidambaram Moves SC For Quashing Criminal Proceedings Against Him Initiated By ED

CBI is already investigating the case, registered on May 15, 2017, and the ED has no jurisdiction to summon him for the same case, Karti said in his petitionKarti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P Chidambaram, has approached the Supreme Court by filing a fresh writ petition for the quashing of all criminal proceedings initiated against him under the Prevention of Money Laundering...

PNB Fraud: NCLT Prohibits Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi And 62 Others From Selling Their Assets [Read Order]

Amidst the ongoing investigation into the Rs. 12,600 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, Mumbai Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has restrained Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and 62 others associated with the two diamond dealers from removing, transferring or disposing of funds, assets and properties of entities and individuals.Listing down such entities, the NCLT Bench...

Delhi Bar Council Election: Lawyers Move SC Seeking More Venues For Polling

A group of practicing lawyers have approached the Supreme Court seeking its approval to have more venues for polling instead of only Delhi High Court compound to conduct the Delhi Bar Council election scheduled for March 16 and 17.A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre asked the petitioner’s counsel advocate MC Dhingra to mention it on Wednesday.He said Justice RK...

Punjab & Haryana HC Upholds Annulment Of Godman’s Marriage [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High court has upheld a trial court order annulling the marriage between a girl and a godman on the ground that consent for marriage was obtained by using the fiduciary relationship as a Godman.Justice MMS Bedi summarized the case in a long sentence (First sentence in the judgment is more than 120 words long) like this : “The present case is a tale of a man who...

Assault On Advocates In Line Of Duty: Petition In Bombay HC For Protection To Lawyers [Read Petition]

A legal practitioner has moved the Bombay High Court praying for the appointment of judicial committee to look into the cases of assault on advocates in the line of their duty while stressing the need for a law to be out in place to protect advocates and their dignity.The petition has been filed by legal practitioner Ajaykumar Waghmare, a resident of Nanded, before the Aurangabad Bench of...

"Enough Is Enough": Bombay HC Imposes Costs Of Rs. 1000 Per Day, Rs. 4.5 Lakh In Total For Delay In Complying With Court's Orders [Read Judgment]

Taking stern view of the non-compliance of its orders, the Bombay High Court last week imposed costs of Rs. 4,50,000 on a charitable trust.Imposing the costs, Justice G.S. Patel made it clear that this is how such delays and non-compliances should be dealt with, observing, "For far too long we have been used to issuing directions without consequences for default, and for far too long Courts...

Inaccurate, Selective Reporting Of Court Proceedings Can Attract Offence Of Defamation: Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Order]

The court cannot turn its blind eye towards inaccurate and selective reporting of court proceedings, it said.No offender can be permitted to publish a report which only refers to a version of the one side and completely omits that defence put up from the other side, the bench said.The Madhya Pradesh High Court, in MP Mansinghka v Dainik Pratah Kaal, has observed that inaccurate and...

Madrasa Teacher Riyas Moulavi Murder Case: Kerala HC Stays Trial As Wife Asks Why UAPA Wasn’t Invoked Against Accused

The Kerala High Court has stayed the trial in the case of Madrasa teacher Riyas Moulavi’s murder after his wife petitioned that the trial in the matter without incorporating provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) would be denial of justice to her and send a wrong message to the society.Justice B Kemal Pasha stayed the trial in the matter pending before a Sessions court...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court, on Thursday, ruled that while a judgment and order of conviction of a foreign Court against an Indian citizen can be looked into by authorities and Courts in India, such judgment would not be ipso facto binding on such authorities.Chhattisgarh High CourtThe High Court of Chhattisgarh set aside the search committee constituted for making recommendations...

Former Kerala HC Judge Justice D Sreedevi Passes away

Former Kerala High Court Judge and Former Chairperson of Kerala Women’s Commission Justice D Sreedevi passed away on Monday at 2am at Cochin.She was appointed as a Judge in Kerala High Court on 14.01.1997 and retired from service on 28.04.2001. She was the Chairperson of Kerala Women’s Commission from 21-3-2001 to 12-5-2002 and from 02-03-2007 to 01-03-2012.Justice Sreedevi was...