Paying Service Charge ‘Discretion Of Customer’, Can Deny If Unhappy: Govt.

Those disappointed with sloppy service at restaurants need not shell out those extra few notes for ‘service charge’.The Department of Consumer Affairs said the ‘service charge’ billed in the total amount along with the taxes is only ‘optional’ and the customer has the discretion to not pay it.The department has asked the state governments to sensitise the companies, hotels...

Central Govt. Again Invokes AFSPA In ‘Disturbed’ Nagaland [Read Notification]

The Central Government has yet again declared Nagaland as a ‘disturbed area’ for six months.In a notification issued on 30th December, the government invoked the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), saying the area comprising the whole of state of Nagaland is in such a disturbed and dangerous condition that the use of Armed Forces in aid of the civil power is necessary.Section 3 of...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtObserving that the Medical Council of India is the competent authority in framing regulations relating to post graduate medical admissions, the Bombay High Court dismissed a petition filed by a group of disabled students challenging a provision in the Medical Council of India Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000.In light Of Corporate Ministry notification, The...

Judge Rescues Illegally Detained Woman From Bengal Police Station

A woman Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Nadia District in West Bengal on Wednesday single handedly rescued a 22 year old woman from a Bengal Police Station, where she had been illegally detained for five days.ACJM Ms. Sanghamitra Poddar was hearing a complaint filed by the girl’s father, Mr. Godinda Biswas, who had alleged that the cops had picked up his daughter on the morning...

Bombay High Court Round Up 2016

Bombay High Court passed orders and judgments in several important cases this year. The highest court in the state laid down the law, altered legislations and in the process contributed significantly to jurisprudence in India.This year also saw two separate tenures of Chief justices, while CJ DH Waghela was appointed on February 15 this year, he retired on August 10. His tenure lasted for...

Gujarat HC Quashes Jail Term In Exchange For Donation To Religious Trust [Read Judgment]

In a curious case, the High Court of Gujarat has scrapped the jail term for an accused, on the submission that he had contributed to a religious trust.The Court was hearing an appeal filed against an order passed by the Sessions Judge, Valsad, against the appellant, Mr. Manubhai Laljibhai Ambaliya, for having raised false evidence. Mr. Ambaliya had been ordered to undergo sentence of...

President Approves Specified Bank Notes (Cessation Of Liabilities) Ordinance, 2016 [Read Ordinance]

In a press release by the PIB today, it has been announced that The President of India has approved the promulgation of the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance, 2016.The press release states that this ordinance is a follow-up to the decision taken by the Government of India to demonetize Rs.500 and Rs.1000 in circulation at the time, on November 8 this year.The...

President Promulgates Payment Of Wages Act (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 [Read Ordinance]

Further, the government can make it mandatory for employers to pay only in cheque or by crediting it into employee bank account.The President has promulgated the Payment of Wages Act (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016, which enables an employer to pay wages by crediting it into the bank account of the employee.The Ordinance was notified in the Official Gazette on Wednesday and it has already come...

Petition In Bombay HC Seeks Guidelines For Preventing False Rape Cases Post Love Affair

A petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court by a couple who were formerly in a relationship, seeking guidelines to ensure that people are not booked under false charges of rape after a love affair turns sour.The 20 year old girl, who is one of the petitioners in the case, had decided to file a complaint against her 34 year old partner(second petitioner)after she realized that he...

Delhi-Based Lawyer Rohit Tandon Arrested For Money Laundering

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Delhi-based lawyer Rohit Tandon for his alleged role in a money laundering network.A raid at his office earlier this month unearthed nearly Rs.14 crore and he was being quizzed by officials for the past one week. Arrested a day before, he will be produced before the court on Thursday.The agency suspects Tandon of being involved in conversion of...

Delhi HC Restrains 3 Copyright Societies From Issuing Licences [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has restrained three copyright societies from issuing copyright licences for playing music and songs of various artistes in the public.The Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS), the Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) and Novex Communications Pvt Ltd are the three copyright societies that have been restrained till April 24, 2017.This order was passed by Justice...

Compassionate Appointment Cannot Be Allowed If The Period Of Crisis Is Over For The Family Of Deceased Employee: Rajasthan HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Rajasthan in Uco Bank & Ors. v. Devi Kishan Harijan held that appointment on compassionate grounds cannot be allowed if the period of crisis is over for the family of the deceased employee.“In view of the various pronouncements cited above, it is apparently clear that the philosophy behind giving compassionate appointment is just to help the family in harness to get...