SC Declines To Interfere With NCDRC Order On ‘Surf Excel’ Scholarship Advertisement Case [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, in Maharaj Singh v Hindustan Lever Ltd (Hindustan Unilever Ltd) in Special Leave Petition (Civil) Diary No(s). 36072/2017, has declined to interfere with the reversal order passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) wherein it had rejected claims made by claimants, who alleged that HUL was running a fraudulent scholarship scheme under the Surf...

Ashok Menon, Annie John,Narayana Pisharadi Appointed As Additional Judges Of Kerala HC

President has appointed Ashok Menon, Annie John and Narayana Pisharadi as Additional Judges of Kerala High Court.Mr.Ashok Menon is now working as the Registrar General of High Court. Mr. Narayana Pisharadi is the Registrar (Vigilance). Mrs. Annie John is presently working as Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thrissur.The Collegium has recommended the names for appointment in the first...

Junaid Khan Lynching Case: Punjab & Haryana HC Dismisses Father's Plea For CBI Probe [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court, on Monday, dismissed a Petition seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the brutal lynching 16-year-old boy, Junaid Khan, in June this year."During the course of hearing, complainant has not been able to show that there are serious flaws in the investigation which would lead to the conclusion that same is shoddy or tainted....

Sale Of Land For Mukesh Ambani's House 'Antilia' Illegal, Against Provisions Of Wakf Act: Maharashtra State Board Of Wakfs [Read Affidavit]

The sale of land on which Mukesh Ambani’s home Antilia is built was illegal and against the provisions of the Wakf Act, the acting CEO of Maharashtra State Board of Wakfs has stated in an affidavit before the Bombay High Court.The affidavit was filed after a bench headed by Chief Justice Manjula Chellur directed the State Board of Waqfs in an order dated July 21, 2017, to clarify their...

Cab Driver Allegedly Attempts To Abduct Woman Judicial Officer In Delhi; HC Expresses Concern

The Delhi High Court, on Monday, expressed grave concern over the safety and security of woman judicial officers of the subordinate judiciary, after it was apprised of the alleged attempt to abduct a woman judicial officer.High Court Registrar General Dinesh Kumar Sharma reportedly told PTI that the cab driver allegedly change the route when the woman Judge was travelling from Rajinder Nagar...

2011 I-T Dept Circular On Not To File Appeals Before HC Where Tax Impact Is Less Than Rs.10 Lakh Applies To Pending Matters Also: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, in Director Of Income Tax vs SRMB Dairy Farming (P) Ltd, has clarified that the Income Tax administrative circular, providing for appeals not to be filed before the high court(s) where the tax impact was less than Rs. 10 lakh, would apply even to pending matters, but subject to the two caveats provided in CIT Central-III vs Surya Herbal Ltd.The Income Tax department had...

SC Dismisses Plea By Bengaluru Woman Claiming To Be Jayalalithaa’s Daughter

A Supreme Court division bench, led by Justice Madan B Lokur, has dismissed a plea filed by a woman claiming to be the biological daughter of the late Jayalalithaa, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, saying the petition under Article 32 cannot be maintained.The court however, allowed 37-year-old Amrutha alias Manjula, presently residing in Bangalore, to move the high court.The petitioner...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtAllahabad High Court prohibited the media from reporting the proceedings in the 2008 Gorakhpur hate speech case, in which Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is the prime accused.Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by a man claiming to have participated in the Quit India Movement of 1942 recognised by the State of Maharashtra as a...

Bombay HC Imposes Rs.50,000 Costs On Petitioner Offering To Pay As Much To Prove Bona Fide [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has imposed Rs. 50,000 as cost on a petitioner who owns a paan beedi shop in Chinchpokali, Mumbai.The court expressed apprehension regarding the petitioner’s bona fides after he offered to deposit Rs. 50,000 to prove the same despite having a total annual income of Rs. 2,20,000.The bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice MS Sonak dismissed the petition...

Insurer Can’t Raise Defence Of Victim’s Negligence In Proceedings Under Sec. 163A MV Act: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, in United India Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Sunil Kumar & Anr, has held that, in a proceeding under Section 163A of the Motor Vehicles Act, it is not open for the insurer to raise any defence of negligence on the part of the victim.A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi was answering a reference to it by the division bench wherein it...

Judge Loya's Death: Former Bombay HC Judge Seeks SIT Probe To Assure Subordinate Judges That "They Are Not Orphans"

Former Bombay High Court Judge, Justice (Retd.) B.H. Marlapalle has written to Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, Justice Manjula Chellur, seeking an SIT probe into allegations of foul play in the death of Brijgopal Harkishan Loya, the Special CBI Judge presiding over the trial of BJP President Amit Shah and several Gujarat Police Officers in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter...

Latur Bar Association Seeks CBI Probe Into Suspicious Death Of Judge Handling Sohrabuddin Case

The Latur Bar Association on Friday passed a resolution demanding  a court-monitored CBI inquiry into allegations of foul play in the death of Brijgopal Harkishan Loya, the Special CBI Judge presiding over the trial of BJP President Amit Shah and several Gujarat Police Officers in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case.The Association resolved:"The suspicious circumstances in which death of...