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West Bengal Post-Poll Violence - Persons Prevented From Returning To Homes May Lodge Complaint With Legal Services Authority : Calcutta High Court
A 5-Judges Bench of the Calcutta High Court has ordered that any person in West Bengal, who is being prevented from returning to his/her home on account of West Bengal post poll violence, may lodge a complaint with the State Legal Services Authority. The Court said that such people will be at liberty to send their complaints to the official Email ID of the authority. It further...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Life Convict Asaram Bapu's Plea To Suspend Sentence For Medical Treatment
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in a plea filed by self-styled godman and life convict, Asaram Bapu, challenging the Rajasthan High Court's order wherein his petition seeking temporary suspension of sentences to pursue medical treatment was dismissed.A Bench of Justices BR Gavai and Krishna Murari heard Senior Advocate Sidharth Luthra's submissions on behalf of the Petitioner...
'If A Man & Woman Are In A Room, Man Makes A Request & Woman Complies, Do We Need To Say Anything More' : Supreme Court In Plea Against Bail To Varun Hiremath In Rape Case
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the petition challenging the Delhi High Court's order granting pre-arrest bail to TV journalist Varun Hiremath accused of raping a 22 year old woman in Delhi.A vacation bench comprising Justices Navin Sinha and Ajay Rastogi dismissed the petition filed by the complainant in the rape case.Senior Advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan, appearing for the...
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Anticipatory Bail Granted To Journalist Varun Hiremath In Rape case
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the petition challenging the Delhi High Court's order granting pre-arrest bail to Mumbai TV journalist Varun Hiremath accused of raping a 22 year old woman in National Capital, in connection with the FIR lodged in Chanakyapuri Police Station.A vacation bench comprising Justices Navin Sinha and Ajay Rastogi dismissed the petition filed by the complainant...
"Court May Pass Many Judgments, But Parliament Can Say We Would Not Accept Because It Is Not In The Interest Of People"; AG KK Venugopal To SC In Tribunal Case
"If the Union of India losing a case can become the subject matter of legislation, that will become the order of the day!", the Supreme Court remarked on Thursday, asking how the government could have "knocked down" the basis of its order by bringing in an ordinance.The bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ravindra Bhat was hearing the Madras Bar Association's challenge to the...
'Security Deposit Limited To 2 Months For Residence; Enhanced Rent After Tenancy Period' : Key Features Of Draft Model Tenancy Act
The Union Cabinet, on Wednesday, approved the Model Tenancy Act.Now, this Model Act will be circulated to all States / Union Territories for adaptation by way of enacting fresh legislation or amending existing rental laws suitably. According to the Government, Model Tenancy Act aims at creating a vibrant, sustainable and inclusive rental housing market in the country."It will enable creation...
Trial Courts Have To Clearly Specify Whether Sentences Would Run Concurrently Or Consecutively: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the Trial Courts, while awarding multiple punishments of imprisonment, have to specify in clear terms as to whether the sentences would run concurrently or consecutively. Any omission to carry out this obligation causes unnecessary and avoidable prejudice to the parties, the bench comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Aniruddha Bose observed.The...
'Keep Faith In Us' : Bombay High Court Takes Objection To Lawyer's Article Criticizing Handling Of Stan Swamy Bail Case
The Bombay High Court, while hearing a plea for interim medical bail for DU Associate Professor Hany Babu, took an exception to a recent editorial written by a lawyer criticizing the Court's handling of the bail plea of octegenarian Father Stan Swamy. Both Hany Babu and Stan Swamy are undertrials in the Bhima Koregaon case. The court witnessed dramatic scenes on Thursday after Justice...
Supreme Court Rejects Plea To Constitute Committees To Hold Preliminary Inquiries Before Lodging Sedition Cases Against Senior Journalists
In its judgment quashing sedition case against Journalist Vinod Dua, the Supreme Court rejected the plea to direct the State Governments to constitute committees to conduct preliminary inquiry before FIRs are registered against senior journalists.That would amount to encroachment upon the field reserved for the legislature, the bench comprising Justices UU Lalit and Vineet Saran...
CBSE Certificates - 'Students May Fail To Notice Errors Due To Young Age & Inadvertence' : Supreme Court Calls For 'Different Approach' In Time-Limit For Changes/Corrections
The Supreme Court has observed that there should be a "different approach" by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in its time-limit for accepting requests from students for corrections or changes in the certificates.A realistic time for permitting corrections is very important, the Court observed. A 3-judge bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, BR Gavai and...
Embargo In CBSE Byelaws On Change Of Name "Post Publication Of Examination Results" Unreasonable: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the provision in the CBSE byelaw which permit the change of name of the student only on the basis of court orders obtained before the publication of results as "excessively restrictive".The Court held that the embargo on accepting court orders and gazette publications after the publication of results as an unreasonable restrictions on the exercise of rights...