Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi Dispute: Mathura Mosque Committee Files Objection Against Court's Amin 'Survey' Order

The Shahi Idgah Mosque Committee on Monday filed an application before the Mathura Court objecting to the Court's last month's order for a 'survey' of the mosque premises in connection with the Sri Krishna Janmasthan-Shahi Idgah dispute case. In its order, Civil Judge III Sonika Verma had directed the Civil Court Amin (also known as court officers) to visit and survey the disputed site and...

‘Attended Classes Sporadically, Minimum Attendance Criteria Can’t Be Glossed Over’: Delhi High Court To Law Student

The Delhi High Court has refused to grant any interim relief to a third year law student, who was debarred from appearing in V-semester examinations by Campus Law Centre, Delhi University."The father of the Petitioner, who is present during the hearing, has expressed his dismay and urges the Court to take a lenient view considering the fact that the decision of the University would...

Lawyer Cannot Be Compelled To Disclose Communication With Client As It Is Privileged: Bombay HC Quashes Witness Summons To Senior Advocate

Communications between lawyer and client are privileged and a lawyer cannot be compelled to confirm such a communication in a trial even if it is already disclosed to the trial court by another party, the Bombay High Court held while setting aside a witness summons to a lawyer.“Therefore, even though the communication dated 11th January, 2004 between Petitioner and his client Shri...

Persons Extracting Groundwater For Consumer Supply Are Bound To Obtain Statutory Registration: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that persons engaged in the business of extracting groundwater and supplying it to consumers through tanker lorries are 'users of ground water' as defined under Section 2(1)(h) of the Kerala Ground Water (Control and Regulation) Act, 2002 and are bound to obtain registration under Section 9 of the Act, irrespective of whether the areas where they operate...

Owner Of Property Must Follow ‘Manner Provided By Law’ To Dispossess Even An Unauthorized Occupant: Uttarakhand High Court

The Uttarakhand High Court has reiterated that a tenant can be dispossessed of a property only after following due procedure of law and therefore, owner of the property cannot forcibly take away his possession in any manner other than as provided by law. While dismissing the petition filed by the owners, a Single Judge Bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari added: “Although, it...

No GST Payable On Afforestation Carried Out By Charitable Organisation: Gujarat AAR

The Gujarat Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that the afforestation carried out by the charitable organisation is exempt from GST.The two-member bench of Amit Kumar Mishra and Milind Kavatkar observed that the activities of mangrove plantations are covered under charitable activity. The applicant is registered under Section 12AA of the Income-tax Act, 1961, as a charitable trust,...

Introduce Biometric System For Employees' Attendance In CSC's Office, Ensure Case Files Reach HC By 10 AM: Allahabad HC To UP Govt

Taking exception to the delay in the arrival of files to the Courts from the office of the Chief Standing Counsel, the Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the Principal Secretary (Law) & LR, UP Govt to introduce the biometric system in the office of CSC, Allahabad within two weeks so as to ensure that the office employees reach in time. The bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal...

Law Doesn’t Permit Husband To Take Away Wife's Household Articles, Jewellery Without Her Consent And Knowledge: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the law does not permit a husband to take away the wife's household articles including jewellery without her consent and knowledge. Observing that no person can be allowed to take law in his own hands with an excuse that the parties are litigating, Justice Amit Mahajan observed:“Only because a complaint of wife in relation to istridhan is pending, does...

Facial Recognition System Does Not Trace Public Movement Through CCTVs, No Mass Surveillance: Hyderabad Police Tells High Court

Hyderabad City Police Commissioner CV Anand has informed the Telangana High Court that ‘Facial Recognition System’ is a standalone tool used to prevent and detect crimes for public safety. The tool is primarily used for identifying suspected terrorist, habitual offenders, dreaded criminals, missing persons, unidentified dead bodies, etc. It is not linked to CCTV cameras installed...

Orissa High Court Monthly Digest: December 2022

Nominal Index Jaga Sarabu v. State of Orissa & Anr., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 157 Bijaya Manjari Satpathy v. State of Orissa & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 158 Project Officer, Bharatpur Open Cast Project of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. v. Darsani Kumar Sahoo & Anr., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 159 Kalandi Charan Barik v. State of Odisha & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 160 JB v. State...

Training, Coaching Services Does Not Come Under ‘Educational Institution’, No GST Exemption Available: Kerala AAR

The Kerala Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has ruled that training and coaching services do not come under the definition of "educational institution" to claim GST exemption.The two-member bench of S.L. Sreeparvathy and Abraham Renn S has observed that institutions providing services by way of education as a part of the curriculum for obtaining a qualification recognised by any law for...

Bombay High Court Slams Maharashtra Govt For Using ‘Defunct’ Standards To Test Baby Powder, Trashes COVID Excuse

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday slammed Maharashtra Government’s Food and Administration Department (FDA) for allegedly using defunct standards and taking over 2.5 years for any action against Johnson and Johnson if it believed the baby powder was harmful. “You are supposedly the torch bearers and champions of public health… I will assume the reverse side. That a baby product...