Consumer Courts Can Direct Builders To Give Refund & Compensation To Homebuyers For Failure To Deliver Apartments : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that Consumer Courts can grant relief to flatbuyers who are aggrieved with the delay in delivery of the apartment as per the agreement.Consumer Courts have the power to direct refund and compensation to a consumer for the deficiency in not delivering the apartment as per the terms of Agreement, the Court held."A consumer invoking the jurisdiction of the Commission...

Ad Hoc Payment Made As Per Interim Orders Does Not Form Part Of "Wages" Under Payment Of Wages Act: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that ad hoc payment made pursuant to the interim orders passed by Court does not form part of "wages" within the meaning of the expression under Section 2(s) of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 for the purpose of calculating gratuity.A party who is in enjoyment of an interim order, is bound to lose the benefit of such interim order when the ultimate outcome...

Delhi Court Asks CBI Director To Apologize To Aakar Patel Acknowledging Lapse On Part Of His Subordinates

Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday ordered the Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to tender a written apology to former Amnesty International India Chief Aakar Patel, who was restrained from boarding a US-bound flight from Bengaluru airport on Wednesday, owing to a Look Out Circular issued by the agency.Finding that the issuance of LOC was a "deliberate act" of...

Aakar Patel Gets Relief From Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court, CBI Told To Withdraw Look Out Circular

A Delhi Court on Thursday granted relief to former Amnesty International India Chief Aakar Patel, who has challenged the Look Out Circular issued against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pawan Kumar pronounced the order after reserving it earlier today. He directed CBI to immediately withdraw the Look Out Circular issued against...

Raise Judicial Officers' Pension As Per 2012 Order : Superme Court Directs States In Retired Judges Association's Plea

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday(April 5), directed all States to comply with the direction issued by it in 2012 to enhance the pension of retired judicial officers. The States have been asked to submit a compliance report within 4 weeks.A Bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao, B.R. Gavai and Aniruddha Bose, was hearing a plea filed by the All India Retired Judges Association, which sought...

Mullaperyiar Dam Case : Supreme Court Rejects Kerala's Plea To Change Suprevisory Committee Head

In the Mullaperiyar dam case, the Supreme Court on Thursday turned down a plea made by the State of Kearla to replace the present Chairman of the Supervisory Committee, which was constituted by the Supreme Court in 2014 to monitor the safety arrangemnets of the 126-year old dam.A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Abhay S Oka and CT Ravikumar was against changing the composition of...

'Mine' Under Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act Vests In Central Government, Irrespective Of Who Owns It : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that if any land fell within the expression 'mine' under the Section 2(h) of the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973 it would stand transferred to and vest in the Central Government under Section 3(1), irrespective of who owns the said land. "The focus of Section 2(h) read with Section 3(1) is on the property and not on who the owner of the property...

Supreme Court Releases Theft Case Convicts On Probation On Good Conduct

While refusing to interfere with the order of conviction of persons undergoing imprisonment for the offence of theft, the Supreme Court on Monday directed their release on probation of good conduct.A Bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Bela M Trivedi issued the direction having regard to the sentence of 3 months imprisonment imposed by the courts on the appellants for the...

"If We Hear All Political Issues, What Are Political Representatives Elected For?" CJI Ramana

While remarking that petitions are being filed for 'everything under the sun', the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Thursday expressed displeasure towards petitions on political issues being filed before the court instead of relief being sought from the Government.After a request for urgent listing of a PIL seeking deportation of illegal immigrants was made by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay,...

NEET-PG Counselling : Supreme Court Refuses To Allow Students Who Surrenderd State Quota Seats To Attend Mop Up Rounds; Permits Them To Rejoin State Seats

In the NEET-PG 2021 Counselling matter, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a plea by students, who had resigned from the seats allotted in the Round-2 of State Quota Counselling, seeking permission to attend the Mop-Up rounds.However, the Court has allowed such students to rejoin the State seats from which they initially resigned by April 9 5 PM.A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud,...

Monthly Digest Of Tax Cases- March 2022

Supreme Court 1. Supreme Court Rules Tata Steel Has Locus Standi To Challenge Denial Of Input Tax Credit To Its Unit Case Title: Tata Steel Ltd Versus The State Of Jharkhand And Ors. A Bench of Supreme Court, consisting of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Bela M. Trivedi, remanded a matter back to Jharkhand High Court for a fresh decision on Tata Steel's writ petition against the...

Madras High Court Upholds The Validity Of State Law Providing 7.5% Reservation For Govt School Students In Medical Examinations

The Madras High Court on Thursday upheld the validity of the State Law which provides for 7.5 percent reservation of seats in Medical Colleges for government school student. The judgment was passed by the bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy in a batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Tamil Nadu Admission to...