Exclusive; Building Scam: NUALS EC released 3.5 Crore to Contractors just 4 Days before Interim order by CTO staying all kind of payments till rectification of quality defects at the cost of contractor and final inquiry report

National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) Executive Council, had released Rs.3.5 Crore to the Contractors who undertook the Construction of new Building in the campus while an inquiry ordered by the Chancellor (Chief Justice of Kerala) is in progress .It was on 22nd of this month, the Executive Council decided to release Rs.3.5 Crore [Out of 4.5 Crore total due] to the Contractor....

Supreme Court set aside orders on restriction of tobacco products in hotels and said the condition is bad in as much as it does not allow the licensee to keep or sell or provide any tobacco or tobacco related products in the licensed premises

A bench of the Supreme Court of India decided a batch of matters concerned with the Municipal Corporations of various cities implementing the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply & Distribution) Act, 2003. The Supreme Court set aside orders on restriction of tobacco products in hotels. The apex court...

Gujarat HC upholds marriage of minor girl under Muslim Personal Law [Read the Judgment]

Upholding the marriage of a minor Muslim girl, Justice J.B. Pardiwala of the Gujarat High Court observed that, "According to the personal Law of Muslims, the girl no sooner she attains the puberty or completed 15 years, whichever is earlier, is competent to get married without the consent of her parents."The petitioners who were the original accused sought to invoke the inherent powers of...

Tough to accept that there is no conflict of interest, Supreme Court tells N Srinivasan

"Taking all circumstances in account, it is very difficult to accept your contention that there is no conflict of interest. You being MD of India Cements, India Cements owning CSK, an official of CSK involved in betting and you heading the BCCI," said the Supreme Court.The Bench comprising of Justice TS Thakur and Justice Kalifulla told the same to Senior Advocate Kapil Sibbal who was...

CIC upholds non-disclosure of information on investigation against RIL by SEBI [Read the Order]

A Full Bench decision of the Central Information Commission dated 28th November 2014 declined the disclosure of information on alleged short selling of shares of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) in November 2007 reported to involve rupees 513 crores of losses to the investors on account of insider trading by RIL and another rupees 1000 crores on account of price manipulation by...

Uber Cabs must pay- literally! Criminal and Civil remedies

Shiv Kumar Yadav, the man who was driving the Uber Cab was arrested yesterday in his home town Mathura. It is said that he is a repeat offender. In 2011 he was in jail for allegations of rape. The police is checking to see if he was acquitted in the case as he claims.Uber Cabs has said they will fully cooperate with the investigation. They also issued a statement:"We became aware of the...

Supreme Court dismisses challenge to amendment to Representation of People Act which allows jailed politicians to contest elections

An Apex Court Bench headed by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu on Friday, dismissed a petition filed against Delhi High Court’s order in February which upheld the Constitutional validity of an amendment to the Representation of People Act that allowed people jailed before conviction to contest elections.The Delhi High Court had reasoned, “Extending curtailment of the right to vote of a person...

No exam on Sanskrit in Kendriya Vidyalayas this session, Supreme Court calls it “good solution”

“In order to make sure no stress is caused to the students due to introduction of Sanskrit mid-session, the government has decided to dispense with the exam for Sanskrit this year. There will be no exam and hence no question of stress arises,” submitted the Attorney General for India Mukul Rohtagi to the Supreme Court in a case filed against introduction of Sanskrit in Kendriya Vidyalayas...

Petition demands guidelines preventing mental and physical abuse in education institutions; SC issues notice to Centre and States

A Supreme Court Bench comprising of Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu and Justice A.K. Sikri has demanded an explanation from the Centre and the State Governments with respect to lack of stringent guidelines to prevent sexual abuse of children in the school premises throughout the country, in view of the rising incidents of such abuse. Notices were hence issued to the Centre and the...

Execution of Surinder Koli Would be a Travesty of Justice: Plea for Mercy from Women’s Groups, Lawyers, Academics, Students and Activists

In a letter addressed to the President of India, signed by 98 concerned women and Women’s Groups, an appeal has been made to stay the execution of Nithari killer, Surinder Koli, asserting that his execution would be “travesty of justice”. The letter states, “It is relevant to point out that Koli is Dalit, poor, and had access only to very poorly paid legal aid. These facts placed him in...

Supreme Court says ‘a legal solution has to be arrived at’ as Government expresses helplessness over search engine results

Senior Advocate Sanjay Parikh, appearing for the petitioner Sabu Mathew George raised the issue of search engines showing results in violation of the legal provisions contained in the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, in the Supreme Court today.He submitted that, Google India, Yahoo India and Microsoft Corporation (I) Pvt. Ltd., are...

Delhi HC dismisses Supreme Court Registrar's Appeal against CIC order to give information relating to Cases in which Judgments were reserved after final Arguments [Read the Judgment]

In a landmark Judgment Delhi High Court dismissed an Appeal filed by Supreme Court Registrar against an order by Central Information Commission directing the Supreme Court Registry to furnish information regarding pending cases which had been heard and orders were reserved. In the impugned order the CIC had also directed that if the information sought was centrally not available, the...