Delhi HC Tells DDA To Pay Lump Sum Compensation To Security Guard For Dismissal From Services 37 Yrs Ago [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has directed the DDA to pay a lump sum compensation of Rs. 2 lakh to a man whose services as ‘chowkidar’ (security guard) were terminated 37 years ago following a theft at its godown, while observing that the trend of judicial thought appears to have sharply swung from the theory of "reinstatement with back wages (in whole or in part)" to the theory of "lump...

Even A Hutment Costs Rs 3K Monthly Rent In Delhi: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The rental rates in Delhi are hiking and the recent remark made by the Delhi High Court reflected the same when it said that the rent of even a hutment in Delhi is Rs. 3,000 and therefore, a mesne profit of Rs. 10,000 awarded in a case cannot be called excessive.“The suit property is a property of 100 sq yard in New Delhi and when even a hutment costs Rs. 3,000 per month as rent in Delhi,...

Allahabad HC- Boycott Of The Court And Subsequent Conduct Amounts To “Criminal Contempt”: Justice Sudhir Agarwal To Chief Justice (Read Letter)

Amidst the ongoing confrontation between the Bar and the Bench at the Allahabad High Court, Justice Sudhir Agarwal, on Friday, wrote a letter to the Chief Justice, expressing his desire to initiate appropriate actions against the members of the Bar involved in the strike.Justice Agarwal opined that the conduct of the lawyers involved in the strike amounted to criminal contempt and was a...

Justice S.S.Satheesachandran Appointed As President, Kerala State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission [Read Order]

Justice S.S.Satheesachandran has been appointed as the next president of the Kerala State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.This was done pursuant to the decision arrived at the consultation  between the State Government and the Chief Justice,High Court of Kerala.Justice S.S.Satheesachandran, a former judge of the High Court of Kerala, took his law degree from Kerala Law...

MP HC Rejects Man’s Plea For CBI Probe Into Son’s Suspicious Death [Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has rejected the appeal of a man demanding a probe through the Central Bureau of Investigation or any other specialist agency into the death of his son whose body was found at Saraswati Ghat on banks of river Narmada.The ground taken by the petitioner to challenge the single judge bench order was based upon the time of death given by the doctor...

Sunanda Pushkar’s Son Moves Delhi HC Saying Swamy’s PIL A ‘Publicity Petition’

Claiming that the PIL filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and Ishkaran Bhandari seeking SIT probe into the death of his mother Sunanda Pushkar was a “publicity petition”, Shiv Menon on Saturday moved the Delhi High Court seeking impleadment in the PIL.Menon has challenged the locus standi of Swamy and Bhandari’s PIL.In the impleadment application, he said they had no locus in the...

Jharkhand HC On Ambitious Drive To Reduce NI Cases

In an initiative to reduce pending cases in courts, the Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court has asked special judges of the state to dispose of 35 per cent of pending cases related to cheque bounce by this December.Experts say it would be a landmark achievement, if the target is achieved in such short time. The task is challenging as vacations are scheduled in the courts in...

Used Car Dealers Not Liable To Pay Service Tax: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

 The High Court of Kerala has held that dealers who facilitate the exchange of used-cars with new cars, or re-sale of used cars, are not liable to pay service tax.  The ruling came in Commissioner of Central Excise vs. M/s Sai Service Station Ltd., by dismissing the appeals filed by the Department of Central Excise against the order of CETSTAT in favour of the dealer.The dealer provided...

Delhi HC Denies Compensation To Drunk Train Passenger [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, on Wednesday, refused to grant compensation to a man who had lost both his legs in an accident while boarding a train, observing that he had been intoxicated during the occurrence.The Court was hearing an Appeal filed under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 by one Mr. Abhinandan, challenging an order passed in November, 2015 by the Railway Claims...

Gujarat HC Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Shah Rukh Khan For Mishap During Film Promotion [Read Order]

Gujarat High Court on Thursday provisionally stayed the criminal proceedings initiated against Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan for the alleged culpability in triggering a melee at Vadodara Railway Station early this year while promoting his film ‘Raees’, during which a man had died of heart attack.Justice A.J. Desai stayed the summons issued to Mr. Khan by a Vadodara Court, and fixed...

Extending Right To Self-Defence To Mother Protecting Kid From Rape, Delhi HC Acquits Woman, Companion [Read Judgment]

Extending the protection of right of self-defence to a woman protecting her minor daughter from being raped, the Delhi High Court on Friday acquitted a woman and her male companion sentenced to life for murder.Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Siddharth Mridul directed the release of the woman named Madhu and her companion Virender, who were held guilty of murder of one Satender alias Nanhe,...

Jharkhand Advocate-General Binod Poddar Resigns

Jharkhand Advocate-General of Binod Poddar has resigned from his post, citing personal reasons.The Public Relation Department informed on Friday that Poddar has sent his resignation of Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das.While confirming the report, Poddar did not divulge the exact reason for taking the step.Poddar joined as Advocate General of the state on May 21, 2015. In March 2017, he...