Litigant Complains To Rohini Court Distt Judge After Being Served Stale Food In Court Cafeteria

A lady doctor has made a written complaint to the district judge of Rohini court after being served stale food at the canteen in the court complex which made her sick with food poisoning, hyperacidity and severe stomachache.Parul Sharma, a doctor who runs rehabilitation centre and special school in north west Delhi, has been pursuing a case wherein she has sought police action in a fake...

Purchaser Of Land Subsequent To Initiation Of Acquisition Proceedings Can't Challenge It, At Best Can Claim Compensation, Reiterates Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Additional District Magistrate, Ghazipur, to decide within two months the claim of compensation made by a man whose land had been acquired for the purpose of national highways while reiterating that a person who purchases a land subsequent to initiation of acquisition proceedings has no locus to challenge the said proceedings.A bench of Justice...

Prof GS Bajpai Receives Kumarappa Reckless Award-2018 for Excellence in Criminology & Criminal Justice

In recognition of his significant contribution to research, teaching and administration in the field of criminal justice, Prof GS Bajpai, Registrar of National Law University, Delhi, has been conferred with the ISC-Kumarappa Reckless award, the highest honour and award of the Indian Society of Criminology (ISC), affiliated with the International Society of Criminology, Paris.This is the...

Formulate Action Plan To Make Pavements In DU Disabled Friendly: Delhi HC To Civic Bodies [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed civic bodies to ensure continuity of tactile pavement markings so that safe passage for visually impaired persons is guaranteed.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar was hearing a Petition filed by a Delhi University (DU) student Mr. Himanshu Goswami, who has highlighted the difficulties faced by visually...

Application For Execution Of Arbitral Award Pending Before District Judge Isn’t Transferable To Commercial Court: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]

Even if the word ‘application’ is mentioned in sub-section (2) of Section 15, it would mean an original application and not an application for execution of the award which is preferred after the award has been delivered, the Bench said.The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that an application for execution of an arbitral award pending before the district judge is not transferable to...

Delhi HC Refuses Interim Protection For 20 AAP MLA's Disqualified By Election Commission

In a major development, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday sent a recommendation to the President for disqualification of 20 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs for holding office of profit which sent them scurrying for interim protection from the Delhi High Court which also refused to grant relief but expressed its displeasure over their conduct for the past two years during the pendency of...

State Bar Council Not Empowered To Interfere With Bar Association Elections: Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that State Bar Councils cannot interfere with the election process or election of a Bar Association.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla ruled, "From a bare reading of the various provisions of the Act (Advocates Act, 1961) it is graphically clear that there is no provision either under the Act or under...

Allahabad HC Imposes Costs of Rs. 5000 On PMO And Law Ministry For Delay In Filing Response To A PIL [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has imposed Rs. 5,000 as costs on the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Law Ministry for its delay in filing response to a PIL.The Bench comprising Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Justice Abdul Moin passed the order on a Petition filed by one Mr. Sunil Kandu, who has contended that the Centre considers only 10 reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) out of...

Marital Rape Already Criminalized As Cruelty Under Section 498A IPC: Delhi Govt. To HC

The Delhi Government, on Thursday, contended before the Delhi High Court that the act of marital rape has already been criminalized as cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and hence, there was no need for creating a new offence penalizing the same.Section 498A criminalizes a situation where a married woman is subjected to cruelty by her husband or his relatives. Cruelty...

Sohrabuddin Trial: Bombay HC Issues Notice On Journalists’ Pleas Against Media Gag Order

The Bombay High Court has issued notice in the petitions filed by journalists against the order by special CBI judge SJ Sharma prohibiting the media from reporting on the alleged fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, Tulsiram Prajapati and Kausar Bi.Justice Revati Mohite Dere has clubbed two petitions that have identical prayers. The first petition was filed by a group of nine...

SC Has An "Inconsistent Jurisprudential Position" On Questions Of Individual Autonomy: Dr. Menaka Guruswamy [Video]

While delivering a lecture at the NALSAR University of Law, human rights advocate and constitutional lawyer Dr. Menaka Guruswamy asserted that the Supreme Court has had an "inconsistent jurisprudential position" when it came to questions of individual autonomy.Delivering a lecture titled ‘Crafting Methods and Contemporary Lessons: Constitutionalism Alive’, Ms. Guruswamy began by looking...

Bombay HC Quashes State RERA Order Denying Compensation To Home Buyer Couple Aggrieved By Delayed Possession

RERA told to decide the matter afreshProviding some relief to a home buyer couple already aggrieved by delayed possession, the Bombay High Court has set aside the order passed by the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA), by which it had denied compensation to them while holding that six-year delay on part of the builder was justifiable on grounds of administrative...