If Party Seeking Possession Of Immovable Property Is Aware About Sale In Favour Of A Third Party, It Must Implead The Latter As An Objector: Delhi HC

With respect to a decree for the possession of immovable property, the Delhi High Court has held that if the Decree Holders are aware of the sale in favour of the Objectors, they must implead the Objectors in the suit filed by them. A single judge bench of Justice Amit Bansal observed,"The manner in which the Decree Holders took possession of the properties from the Objectors was ex...

[Misleading Advertisement] Maharashtra Consumer Commission Orders Meta To Pay ₹25K Compensation To Facebook User

A Consumer Commission in Maharashtra recently directed Facebook India Online Services Pvt. Ltd and Meta Platforms, Ind to pay Rs. 25,000/- as compensation to a Facebook user who had purchased a pair of shoes for Rs.599/ on Facebook but the same was not delivered to him. In its order, the Gondia District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (Maharashtra) [presided over by Bhaskar B....

Provision Enabling Employee To Get Higher Gratuity Prevails Over One That Limits The Gratuity Amount: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Thursday reiterated that the provision in the Payment of Gratuity Act which enables an employee to opt for better terms of gratuity would prevail over the provision in Kerala State Co-operative Societies Act that limits the amount payable as gratuity.A Division Bench of Justice A.K Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Mohammed Nias C.P added that when two choices...

Allahabad High Court To Decide On Enforceability Of A Promise Made By The Chief Minister To The Public At Large

The Allahabad High Court is set to examine the question as to whether a promise made to the public at large by the Chief Minister of the State be made enforceable or not.The Bench of Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and Justice Narendra Kumar Johari was dealing with a plea moved by Suraj Singh And Others seeking 5 lakh compensation based on an announcement made by the Chief Minister of...

[Matrimonial Offences] Burden Lies Upon Prosecution To Prove First Marriage & Legality Of Second Marriage: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore Bench) has held that in a prosecution for matrimonial offences, the burden of proof lies upon the prosecution to prove the first marriage and also to prove the legality of the second marriage.With this, the Bench of Justice Anil Verma dismissed an appeal filed by one Kailash challenging the acquittal of the accused persons from the charges under Section...

AIADMK Headquarters Sealing: Madras High Court Directs State To File Report, Video Of Alleged Clashes

The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the State to file its report on the recent violence that broke out at the AIADMK Party Headquarters and the subsequent lock and seal that was imposed by the Revenue Department. The bench of Justice N Sathish Kumar was hearing the pleas filed by former Chief Minister O Paneerselvam and the new incumbent General Secretary Edappadi Palaniswamy...

Pune Residents Seek Criminal Case Against Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde Over Alleged Discrepancies In Election Affidavits

A complaint has been filed in Pune court accusing Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde of discrepancies in election related affidavits. The private complaint was filed by two residents of Pune. The complaint seeks registration of a criminal case against Shinde. The complaint claimed that Shinde did not disclose information about purchase of farmland in his wife's name in his...

S.202 Indian Contract Act | Agency In Which Agent Has Interest Is Neither Terminated By Insanity Nor Death Of Principal: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Punjab and Haryana High Court recently held that as per illustration (b) of Section 202 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, an agency in which the agent has an interest is neither terminated by insanity nor by the death of the principal.The bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal observed, It is evident that illustration (b) to Section 202 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, itself...

[Gujarat Slum-Dweller Eviction] Allottees Unable To Meet Payment Timeline Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Scheme May Make Request To Concerned Authorities : Supreme Court

In the plea assailing the order of the Gujarat High Court, which had denied relief to the slum dwellers evicted by the Government authorities in September 2020 from the Gandhinagar Railway Station area, the Supreme Court, on Thursday, stated that the slum dwellers eligible for rehabilitation under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Scheme, but facing difficulty in meeting the...

In Absence Of Criteria To Break A Tie, Selection Committee May Adopt Its Own Yardstick In Consonance With Article 14: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court today ruled that in cases of recruitment or drawing of seniority lists where there is neither any statutory prescription, nor any executive instructions laying down any criteria or guidelines to be followed to break the tie, the only course that is left with a Court adjudicating such matter is to look to the fairness and rationality...

Domain Name Registrars Must Create Mechanism For Trademark Owners To Seek Cancellation/ Transfer Of Objectionable Domain Names: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the Domain Name Registrars (DNRs) must create a mechanism by which any trademark owner who has an objection to the registration granted to any domain name, can approach the said DNR and seek cancellation or transfer of the same. Justice Pratibha M Singh added that the same ought to be fairly considered through the mechanism which ought to be independent...

All Procedures Followed For Bal Thackeray Memorial: BMC Tells Bombay High Court

The Mumbai civic body has informed the Bombay High Court that all procedures were followed before changing reservation of the sea facing Mayor's Bungalow to a memorial for Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray, in the Development Plan of 2034. Moreover, the plot's deletion from the 'green area' and inclusion as a 'residential area' was also in accordance with law under Section 37(1AA)...