Consumer Forum awards compensation of Rs. 50, 000 to law student for deficiency of services offered by University

A law student was recently awarded a compensation of Rs. 50,000 by the North Goa Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, for the failure on the part of CJM University, Meghalaya to conduct the examination of the course in 2013 after the student had paid the fees.The Forum also directed a refund of Rs. 46,800 that the complainant, Mr. Vishal Gaonkar, had paid for the Course. In addition, Rs. 20,000...

Petition filed in Madras HC demanding framing of Rules for appointment of Law Officers; notice issued [Read Petition]

The High Court of Madras has issued notice on a Petition praying for formulation of rules and guidelines for appointment of Law Officers in a transparent and objective manner, by the State of Tamil Nadu and Union Territory Puducherry.The Petition, filed by Advocate V. Vasanthakumar, contends, “I respectfully submit that Law Officers should be law knowing person and not political leader...

Road Blockage by Election Campaign: Kerala HC to consider Justice Kemal Pasha 's Letter as PIL [Read Letter]

In connection with the road blockage caused by culmination of election propaganda celebration, a sitting Judge of the Kerala High Court ,Justice Kemal Pasha, has written a letter to Mr Ashok Menon, Registrar General of the Kerala High Court, requesting whether the same could be placed before the division bench to be considered as a Public Interest Litigation.In his letter, Justice Pasha,...

22 Ordinances in 2 Years

Here is the list of 22 Ordinances promulgated by the President of India since the Narendra Modi Government came in to power. The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016. The Dentists (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016. The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation), Second Ordinance, 2016. The Uttarakhand Appropriation (Vote on Account) Ordinance, 2016. The Enemy Property (Amendment...

AP Advocate General Mr. Parankusam Venugopal resigns

The Advocate General of Andhra Pradesh Mr. Paramkusam Venugopal has resigned. According to the sources, Venugopal was asked by the State Government to quit the post as the Chief Minister was not happy with his performance.The State Government’s failure, to effectively present its arguments in various cases before the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, has triggered Chief Minister N Chandrababu...

SC Gender Sensitisation Committee frames guidelines for conducting sexual harassment inquiry

Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee of the Supreme Court of India has framed Guidelines for conducting Inquiry by the Internal Sub-Committee on sexual harassments complaints. The guidelines requires the GSICC to constitute a three member, with a majority being women to be constituted to conduct fact finding enquiry. After the fact finding inquiry is concluded by the...

NGT bans plying of diesel vehicles over 10 years across corporation areas in Kerala State [Read Order]

The special circuit bench of National Green Tribunal(NGT) at Ernakulam has today issued an order banning the use of diesel vehicles in the corporation areas of the Kerala state which are over 10 years old. The ban applies to vehicles plying in cities of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kochi, Thrissur, Calicut and Kannur respectively.The interim order was passed by a bench headed by Justice...

NGT demands details of groundwater use by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for washing of metro trains [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal recently demanded a reply from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), regarding the permission for extraction of ground water that is used for washing metro trains. The NGT Bench comprising Judicial Member Mr. U.D. Salvi and Expert Member Mr. Ranjan Chatterjee also demanded to know other details regarding the use of ground water and the duration of such use.NGT...

Calcutta HC commutes death sentence awarded to man who raped and killed 8 year old girl [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court has commuted the death sentence awarded by Trial Court to a person convicted for rape and murder of an Eight year old girl, by modifying the conviction from Section 302 IPC to Section 304 (II) IPC and sentenced him to ten years imprisonment.Division Bench comprising of Justices Nadira Patherya and Debi Prosad Dey allowed the appeal in part and answered the death...

Dismissal of woman for marrying a married colleague without knowing the fact of first marriage is too harsh a punishment: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court recently set aside the dismissal of a woman police constable from service for marrying her colleague, a married constable. “The petitioner has no knowledge regarding the second marriage of her husband at the time of solemnization of the marriage and at this belated stage, the punishment of dismissal from service is too harsh and disproportionate to the conduct of...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Delhi High CourtDelhi High Court on tuesday held that  since the consent of a girl below the age of 16 years is immaterial, the same cannot be treated as a mitigating circumstance so as to award a sentence lesser than 7 years rigorous imprisonment.The High Court observed that, utmost care and transparency should be observed in the selection of the recipient of awards like Dronacharya Awards...

Start Rain water harvesting in all Government buildings in the state: Jharkhand HC

The High Court of Jharkhand, in a land mark order, has asked the State to start, rain water harvesting project throughout the State, at least in all the Government Buildings.The High Court bench comprising of Chief Justice Virender Singh and Justice Shree Chandrashekhar issued the order in a Suo motu Public interest litigation.The Bench said “At least in all the Government Buildings, rain...