Delhi Kirana Shop Owner imprisoned under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act [Read the Judgment]

A small kirana shop owner in New Delhi has been sentenced to 3 months imprisonment under Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 by a Supreme Court bench comprising of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice B.S. Chauhan.The accused was running a small kirana shop in Delhi. Officials from the Food Adulteration Department, in 1993, detected salt as an adulterant in 450 gram of red chilli powder...

Australian Woman Crippled in India 32 years ago finally awarded Damages by the Delhi High Court [Read the Judgment]

An Australian woman, who was rendered a quadriplegic due to an injury at an ITDC hotel in Delhi 35 years ago, has been granted compensation to the tune of Rs 6.5 crore by a bench of Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice Sudershan Kumar Misra of the Delhi High Court, on Friday.The Appellant Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) had challenged the judgment of a single bench of the Delhi...

Law Intern Harassment case: MoEF won’t take any action against Justice Kumar

The Government has backed off from taking any steps against the Justice Swatanter Kumar, the Chairman of National Green Tribunal, asserting that it cannot take any action in case of the sexual harassment charges pressed against him by a law intern, stating that the alleged misbehavior, if any, was committed during his tenure as a Supreme Court judge. The ministry reportedly said that even...

SC agrees to hear on Tuesday a fresh plea against the imminent eviction of residents of illegal flats in Campa Cola society in Mumbai

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a fresh plea against Campa Cola Society residents' imminent eviction and demolition. The apex court will hear the plea on Tuesday (2.6.2014).Campa Cola Compound is an apartment complex in the southern part of Worli in South Mumbai. The apartment  in question, consist of 35 illegal floors with 96 illegal flats, was  built without BMC permission and were...

Delhi High Court paves way for Investigation against Zee Editors

Justice Sunil Gaur on Thursday dismissed the petition filed by Sudhir Chaudhary, editor and business head of Zee News, challenging an order passed by Additional Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma and paved way for the Delhi Police to investigate further charges against Sudhir Sharma and Subhash Chandra. The Police was asked to file a final report.In this petition, quashing of order of 6th...

SC signals for the sale or transfer of property owned by the Sahara group

In a fresh proposal filed by Sahara group chief Subrata Roy, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed to lift the ban on the sale or transfer of property owned by the Sahara group. The court under an earlier order froze the assets. This unfreezing would help Sahara to comply with the Rs. 10,000-crore bail condition. Earlier the apex court ruled that 10,000-crore should be furnished as Rs....

Repair the roads after laying down Optical Fibre Cables; Allahabad HC to Reliance [Read the Judgment]

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court, comprising of Justice Imtiyaz Murtaza and Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, on Wednesday upheld a Government Order permitting Reliance Jio Infocom Limited to lay down optical fibre cable, asking the authorities to strictly adhere to the precautions listed in the order so that the damaged caused is immediately restored.The writ petition was filed...

SC Upholds the conviction of a Lawyer for Contempt of Court for making false allegation against Allahabad High Court Judges [Read the Judgment]

The Supreme Court of India has upheld the conviction of Uttar Pradesh lawyer Bal Kishan Giri for contempt of Court for his "wild and scandalous" accusations against Judges of the Allahabad High Court and several other judicial officers in the case Bal KishanGiri vs.State of U.P. The Allahabad High Court had convicted the lawyer for contempt of court under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971...

Ordinance to amend TRAI Act to Appoint Nripendra Misra as PM's Principal Secretary [Read the Amendment]

The Union Government has promulgated an ordinance, making amendment to the TRAI Act, 1997, so as to facilitate the appointment of former TRAI Chairman and senior bureaucrat Nripendra Misra as the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This Act forbade its Chairman and members from taking up any job in the Central or State Governments after leaving Office. This appointment will be...

Supreme Court upholds Plea by Reliance and BG Group; Allows Arbitration in London

A Supreme Court Bench of Justice S.S. Nijjar and Justice A.K. Sikri today, set aside the Delhi High Court order and allowed Reliance Industries Ltd. to go ahead with the arbitration in London over the row with the Centre on the Panna, Mukta and Tapti oil and gas fields. The dispute exists over reimbursement of royalties and taxes in the gas fields.According to an ET report, the Supreme Court...

Six acquitted in the Akshardham Temple attack case demand compensation

The Supreme Court this month acquitted all six accused in the 2002 Akshardham temple attack in Gujarat.  A Bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice V. Gopala Gowda held that the prosecution was unsuccessful in ascertaining their guilt beyond reasonable doubt hence, justified absolution from all the charges.The convicts, who were sentenced to death earlier, have now claimed...

Law Commission Consultation Paper demands Assessment of Need for Capital Punishment [Read the Consultation Paper]

The Consultation paper released by the Law Commission on Friday has mandated the reassessment of the need for death penalty. The paper titled: "The issue of death penalty, its place in a modern criminal justice system, alternatives to the same and the socio-legal costs implicit in retaining the penalty need urgent examination,", adding that in recent years, the Supreme Court has accepted...