DND Flyway: No Stay For HC Order: SC Orders CAG Audit Of Toll Company Accounts [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today directed the CAG to audit the accounts of the Noida Toll Bridge Company to ascertain if they have already recovered the cost and reasonable profit from the Delhi-Noida DND flyway.Justice L Nageswara Rao writing the order for the bench said the Allahabad High Court order making the flyway free for commuters will also continue.The CAG has been directed to submit the...

Soumya Case: I Will Advise The Bench To Restore The Death Penalty On Govindachamy: Justice Katju

Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Markandey Katju will be appearing in the Supreme court at 2 pm today before the bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi to participate in the proceedings of the Soumya case. The bench is hearing a review petition filed by Soumya’s mother against the judgement of the apex court acquitting Govindaswamy of murder charges.In an order on October 17, the apex...

Lokayukta’s Appointment Doesn’t Amount To Employment: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court in a landmark judgment has answered two interesting questions of law, firstly whether the appointment of Lokayukta for the State of Haryana amounted to “employment” and secondly whether the office of Lokayukta Haryana came under “the Government of State of Haryana” and the appointment would be hit by the prohibition under Section 11 of the Armed...

Demonetisation: Litigants Can File Cases Without Paying Court Fee In Andhra Pradesh, Telengana For Time Being [Read Circular]

In a huge relief to litigants, the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad has issued a circular to address the ‘emergency situation’ arising out of the decision of the Central Government cancelling legal tender character of Rs.500 and Rs.1000 notes, in which it has directed all the Courts to entertain suits and appeal and all other cases, even if they are filed without affixing the...

Karnataka HC Upholds Govt Rules To Regulate Ola, Uber; Supports Ban On Surge Pricing [Read Judgment]

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday upheld rules framed by the state government to regulate fares by taxi aggregators such as Ola and Uber, which includes a ban on surge pricing by these platforms.Dismissing Uber India’s challenge to constitutionality of the rules governing its operation, the high court declared the Karnataka On-demand Transportation Technology Aggregators Rules, 2016,...

Bombay HC Fines Dairy Farm Owner 1 Lakh For Mala Fide Petition [Read Judgment]

In another instance of the judiciary exercising it’s powers to curb mala fide litigation, a division bench of the Bombay High Court headed by Chief Justice Manjula Chellur has fined a petitioner Rs. 1 lakh. The petitioner had sought for Maharashtra Keeping and Movement of Cattle in Urban Areas (Control) Act, 1976 to be declared unconstitutional and ultra vires to Part IX-A of the...

Madras HC Dismisses Petition Challenging Demonitisation, SC To Hear Petitions On Nov 15 [Read Judgment]

Further litigation has surfaced in light of the centre’s decision to demonetise 500 and thousand rupee currency notes from the midnight of November 8. The Madurai bench of the Madras HC today dismissed a petition filed by M Seeni Ahmed, who sought directions to the central government to reverse it’s own decision which would make 500 and thousand rupee notes legal tender again. The...

Significant Increase In Direct And Indirect Tax Collections From April To October Says The Finance Ministry

According to the Ministry of Finance, during the period of April 2016 to October 2016 direct tax collections in the country stood at 3.77 lakh crore rupees, which means it has seen an increase of 10.6% from the previous year collections in the corresponding period. This also means that 44.5% of the Budget Estimates of direct taxes for the financial year of 2016-17 has been achieved.The...

CIC Must Record Reason While Reversing Orders Of Lower Authorities: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has quashed an order passed by the Central Information Commissioner and stated that while reversing orders of lower authorities, the CIC must record appropriate reasons for the decision.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva allowed the writ petition against CIC order dated 04.06.2015, and observed, ‘In the present case, there is no finding returned by the Central Information...

Section 311 Of CrPC Can’t Be Used To Substitute A Witness: Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kamlesh Diwakar vs. State of MP, has rejected an application filed under Section 311 of CrPC by the complainant to substitute the witness.In the case, applicant Kamlesh was facing charges under IPC for kidnapping and murder of a boy named Vikram. The boy had gone to his school on 13.08.2015 at 11 am, but thereafter did not come back.A missing report was...

Mos Rathore Given A Uninhabitable Flat By A Builder? SC Panel To Inspect

A Supreme Court-appointed panel comprising of two lawyers will inspect the facilities at the flat of Minister of State Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in Parsvanath Developers’ Exotica project in Gurgaon in the wake of his complaint that the house given after a long legal battle was “uninhabitable”.Rathore had booked a flat in Parsvnath's Exotica project in Gurgaon in 2006 and paid around...

Delhi Smog: NGT Bans Construction Activities For One Week [Read Order]

In view of the unwavering smog in Delhi-NCR, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday issued definitive directions to the authorities and listed the matter for hearing. Along with other measures, the tribunal has called a ban on construction and related activities in the region for next one week.The tribunal pulled up Delhi Government and neighbouring states for not taking timely...