Bombay HC Orders Recovery Of Transit Rent For Tenants From Developer Through Sale Of His Properties [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has ordered attachment of properties of a developer who failed to pay transit rent to almost 100 tenants while the building concerned was being redeveloped.A bench of Justice SS Kemkar and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai directed Maharashtra government to take necessary steps to recover the outstanding transit rent from the landlord and developer Vilas Gaonkar, who sought...

Madras HC Extends Stay On Floor Test Or Notification For Election To 18 TN Assembly Seats [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered that no floor test be conducted in the State Assembly or any election notification be issued for the 18 seats that fell vacant after the disqualification of MLAs by the Speaker when they expressed lack of faith in Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.Justice M Duraiswamy issued the order after discussion and with consent of counsel of all...

Live Reporting And Tweeting Of Court Proceedings : Delhi HC Sends Questionnaire To Journalists Inviting Suggestions

The Delhi High Court has now invited inputs from all accredited journalists covering its proceedings on whether accreditation be made mandatory for court reporting and if accreditation should make way for journalists to carry phone/ electronic communication device to the court or to engage in live text messaging/ communication/ online publications from the court.A questionnaire has been sent...

Ageing Postman’s Long Legal Battle To Get Centre’s Health Services In ‘Uncovered’ Village Near Delhi

“ Postman ”, The word conjures up the image of a friendly-looking man riding a bicycle and delivering letters at various addresses doing the rounds of his designated area.Hari Prakash, 57, is also one such postman . However, after his official labour, he has been doing rounds of courts and tribunals for availing access to the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS).Hari Prakash lives...

Blue Whale Menace: Madras HC Tells Centre To Ask Russia To Block Links & Take Action Against Culprits [Read Order]

Shocked at the menace of blue whale reaching the sleepy hamlet of Vilachery in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court has delved into great depths to counter what it called the “lurking dangers in the digital world”, while directing the Centre to use its diplomatic relationship with Russia to block the URLs/links related to Blue Whale game and seek penal action against the culprits on behalf...

Jharkhand Leads In Having Solar-powered Courts

Jharkhand leads among other states in country when it comes to having solar-powered courts. The first district court with solar power plants was inaugurated by Prime Minister NarendraModi two years ago. Since then, Jharkhand High Court and Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (JREDA) have set up the solar power plants in three more courts.The drive to ensure uninterrupted clean and...

Employee Entitled To Gratuity Over & Above Statutory Limit If Gratuity Insurance Availed Of By Employer Yields Higher Amount: Kerala HC (FB) [Read Judgment]

Whether an employee can claim higher amount of gratuity in excess of the statutory minimum fixed by the Payment of Gratuity Act, in cases where the gratuity insurance schemes availed of by the employer yields higher returns - this issue was referred to the full bench of Kerala High Court, and the full bench answered in the affirmative.The Full Bench of Justices  V. Chitambaresh, Shaji P...

Bombay HC Recalls Order Appointing Retd Justice VM Kanade As Arbitrator Since Contract Clearly Said ‘No Arbitration Allowed’

In a matter between Pratibha Industries vs Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), the Bombay High Court has recalled an earlier order passed on June 27, 2017, appointing Justice VM Kanade (retd) as sole arbitrator disposing off an arbitration petition.Justice KR Shriram passed the judgment allowing the recall sought in a notice of motion filed by the MCGM.Case BackgroundAn...

Law Graduate Pursuing LL.M Or LL.D To Be Treated In Actual Practice: Jammu And Kashmir HC [Read Order]

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir has ruled that a law graduate pursuing higher studies in the field of law would be treated in actual practice.“A law graduate when enrolled on the rolls of Bar Council has to be treated in actual practice or treated to have standing at Bar as long as he remains connected with legal profession only which include higher studies in law i.e. LL.M or...

Formulations With Less Than 135 Mg Of Dextropropoxyphene Can’t Be Classified As Narcotic, Not Liable For State Excise Duty: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The 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.The division bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice Riyaz...

IDIA’s Annual Awards and Conference on “Law, Leadership and Creativity”

IDIA Charitable Trust (an organisation working towards empowerment of the underprivileged through legal education) recently held it’s IDIA Annual Awards Ceremony and Conference on 15-16 September 2017 in New Delhi. The session rounded off with a CHAMPS training session for IDIA scholars and team leaders on the 17th.IDIA Annual Awards 2017Each year, the IDIA Charitable Trust hands out awards...

19 Additional Judges Appointed In Allahabad HC, Six In Calcutta HC [Read Notifications]

President has appointed 19 Additional Judges in Allahabad High Court .They are; S/Shri (i) Rajiv Joshi, (ii) Rahul Chaturvedi, (iii) Salil Kumar Rai (iv) Jayant Banerji (v) Rajesh Singh Chauhan, (vi) Irshad Ali, (vii) Saral Srivastava, (viii) Jahangir Jamshed Munir (ix) Rajiv Gupta, (x) Siddharth, (xi) Ajit Kumar, (xii) Rajnish Kumar, (xiii) Abdul Moin, (xiv) Dinesh Kumar Singh, (xv)...