Doctors Must Explain The Risk Of Suggested Treatment To Patients: Orissa HC [Read Judgment]

Doctors should shoulder their responsibility with all care and caution, rise to the occasion, believe in hard work and discipline and behave with all sensibility.The Orissa High Court has, in a medical negligence case, observed that it is the duty of a doctor to explain his patient or relatives chances of success and the risk of failure of the suggested treatment and inform them about...

Bombay HC Holds Lawyer Guilty Of Criminal Contempt, Forfeits Rs 1 Lakh & More [Read Judgment]

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has held advocate Satish Uke guilty of criminal contempt and directed him to forfeit Rs.1 lakh of the Rs 2 lakh he had deposited as security with its registry, along with charges for video recording of proceedings in the court.The bench of Justice Prasanna Varale and Justice ZA Haq was hearing a suo-motu criminal contempt petition against Uke. In...

Mere Name Of A Trust Can’t Be Taken As Determinative Of Its Character: SC [Read Order]

The nature of the trust should be examined, the Bench observed.The Supreme Court, in Senathi Na. Venkitasalapathi Ayyer & Sons Private Trust vs. Indhumathi, has observed that mere description or the name of a trust could not be taken as determinative of the character of the trust without examining the nature of the trust.A bench comprising Justice AK Goel and Justice UU Lalit made...

Spike In Award Of Death Sentences: Says Centre For Death Penalty In Annual Statistical Report For 2016 [Read Report]

A considerable spike in death sentence cases was witnessed last year, as per the annual statistical report of the Centre for Death Penalty for 2016.The report reflected on the rising trajectory of death sentences, with 136 cases in sessions courts as compared to 70 in 2015.The report pointed out that despite the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court cautioning against award of death...

No Relief For Agitating Ola, Uber Drivers In Delhi

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sent striking Ola, Uber taxi drivers to settle their disputes through mediation and directed them to end their agitation.The matter was listed before Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and it was clear from the minute the hearing began that the court was not very sympathetic towards drivers continuing the strike.At one point, Justice Endlaw said, "You can't go on...

PILs Not Maintainable In Service Matters: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Delhi on Monday remarked that PILs cannot be filed in service matters, while dismissing a Petition filed by a non-legal entity on behalf of employees.“It is a person who has a locus standi who can approach the Court and not someone else on his behalf, more so in service matters law where it is the law that Public Interest Litigation cannot be filed,” Justice Valmiki J....

Bombay HC Asks State Police To ‘Apply Their Mind’ After Officer Names Mentally Handicapped Person As Accused [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has asked the Director General of Police, Maharashtra, to issue guidelines to all police stations calling upon them to “apply their mind”.The above direction came while a bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai was hearing a writ petition seeking the quashing of an FIR registered for offences punishable under Sections 498 A, 323, 504, 506 and 406 read...

Man Acquitted From Charges Of POCSO For Doubt Over Age Of Victim [Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has exonerated an appellant from the charges under provisions of Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act given the prosecution failed to prove the prosecutrix was minor at the time of incident.While the court maintained conviction of the appellant for offences punishable under section 354 of Indian Penal Code.The appellant was convicted for attempt...

Tata Sons, NTT Docomo Agree To Settle $1.17-Bn Arbitration Dispute

The dispute between Indian corporate giant Tata Sons and Japanese company NTT Docomo seems to have come to an end.Both of the companies have filed consent terms for prospective settlement of the arbitration dispute.Darius Khambatta and Kapil Sibal appeared for Tata and NTT Docomo, respectively.Tata Sons stated that it would withdraw all objections to enforcement of the arbitration agreement...

“List the matter Very Low on Board in 2020”, Justice GS Patel of Bombay HC Does It Again [Read Order]

Justice GS Patel of the Bombay High Court made some severely sarcastic remarks in an order dated February 22 while hearing a commercial suit filed by Gillette India.According to the order, plaintiff’s counsel Nimay Dave sought “several weeks’ time” to file a “substantial rejoinder” since the defendant’s reply was substantial. The matter was sought to be adjourned till April...

HC Quashes Complaint Against Doctor In Bilaspur Sterilization Deaths Case [Read Judgment]

The Chhattisgarh High Court recently quashed the proceedings initiated against Dr. R.K. Gupta, who had been the prime accused in the Bilaspur botched sterilization case in Bilaspur.The Court observed that the prosecution lacked the State Government’s sanction, which is necessary to prosecute a public servant, in light of Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. “For the...

Maratha Reservation: Bombay HC Defers Hearing To Mar. 29

The Bombay High Court has deferred the final hearing in the matter regarding the Maharashtra government’s decision to reserve a quota in government jobs and seats in education institutions for the Maratha community to March 29.A division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice GS Kulkarni was hearing a batch of PILs and writ petitions that were filed after the state...