Delhi HC Dismisses Vodafone’s Appeal Against TRAI’s IUC Fixing [Read Judgment]

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court has upheld an order of a Single Judge dismissing Vodafone’s plea against the consultation process adopted by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for fixing interconnection usage charges (IUCs) between cellular and fixed line operators.IUCs are charges paid by operators of telecommunication services on whom the call originates to operators...

Delhi HC Tells Civic Body To Pay Token Damages To Dussehra Effigy Makers Of Titarpur

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the South Delhi Municipal Corporation to pay token damages to eight artisans, engaged in making effigies for Dussehra, who suffered losses due to the civic body’s anti-encroachment drive at West Delhi’s Titarpur area.A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal directed SDMC to pay a token amount of Rs. 2,500 to each of the eight...

Even A Woman Of Easy Virtue Has The Right To Say ‘No’: Bombay HC [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court recently rejected an application filed by an accused convicted under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.As is the case in many instances, the accused was related to the victim.He filed an application against the said judgment of the trial court seeking suspension of sentence until the pendency of...

Paucity Of Time Not A Ground To Invoke Local Jurisdiction While Ignoring Clause Conferring Jurisdiction On Foreign Court: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Several principles relating to territorial jurisdiction have been discussed and applied by the Delhi High Court in its recent decision in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) vs Electricity Generation Incorporation (EGI) and Others. Case Background EGI is a power generation company owned by the Turkish government, and BHEL had entered into a contract with EGI for execution of works...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court recently held that formulations containing less than 135 mg of dextropropoxyphene cannot be classified as a ‘narcotic’ or a ‘narcotic drug’ within the meaning of Section 2(h) of the Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act, 1955 [M & TP Act] and hence are not liable for state excise duty.In a matter between Pratibha Industries...

Delhi HC Directs Third Party Audit Of Public Medical Institutions Under State’s Control [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to take urgent steps for auditing of public medical institutions under its control through a third party agency.The Bench comprising Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice S.P. Garg has directed the audit in order to “point out the deficiencies and shortcomings and suggest remedial measures to ensure availability of clinical, diagnostic...

Bombay HC Quashes FIR Alleging Vulgarity, Indecent Representation Of Women In Big Boss [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR filed against Colors TV channel and producers of TV show Big Boss.A bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Sadhana Jadhav was hearing a writ petition filed by Endemol India Pvt Limited sought quashing of the FIR dated October 4, 2008, filed by one Sunil K Ahire, President of the Mumbai Pradesh Youth Congress.In the said FIR, Ahire had alleged that...

High Time That Dishonest Litigation Is Severely Punished With Actual Lawyer’s Costs: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Having scorned at frivolous litigation for quite some time now, the Delhi High Court recently imposed “actual lawyer’s costs” to the tune of Rs. 2, 00,000 on the dishonest litigants.“…it is high time that a dishonest litigant and dishonest litigation in this country is severely and harshly commented upon by imposing such costs,” Justice Valmiki J. Mehta observed, while relying on...

Maintain Record Of Daily Orders, Upload Within 3 Days: Delhi HC To CIC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Information Commission to maintain record of its daily orders.“The functioning of the CIC must be transparent, and it is necessary that a record of daily proceedings be maintained. Even, if the hearing is concluded on a single date, the order sheet maintained on that day should clearly reflect that the hearing is concluded, although the decision...

Layers Of Corporate Subsidiaries Capped To Two To Check Money Laundering, Protect Investors [Read Notification]

Companies can now have only two layers of subsidiaries with the government bringing in new rules effective from September 20 putting restriction on the number of layers for corporates to check money laundering and protect investors.No company, other than banking, non-banking financial company or an insurance firm, can have more than two layers of subsidiaries.The restrictions have been put...

Madras HC Asks Govt To Appoint Law Officers Within 6 Weeks [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has expressed hope that Tamil Nadu Government will make expeditious appointment to vacant posts of law officers to enable speedy disposal of cases, while underlining that such appointments should be made within six weeks.The Madurai bench of Madras High Court comprising Justice KK Sasidharan and GR Swaminathan disposed of a PIL moved by Madurai resident R Rajaselvan...

HC Issues Directions To Delhi, Neighboring States To Check Air Pollution Though Crop Burning [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, on Friday, issued a slew of directions to the States of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, highlighting the urgency of the need to check air pollution arising out of crop burning.The Court had taken suo motu cognizance of the deteriorating air quality in the Capital and the National Capital Region (NCR). During a recent hearing, the Bench comprising...