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Slum Development Schemes To Rehabilitate Encroachers On Same Land A Mockery Of Public Trust Doctrine; Must Be Done Away With: Bombay HC
Municipal authorities cannot be "pawns at the hands of land mafia and elected representatives," and encourage encroachment of public land for extraneous reasons, the Bombay High Court observed in a landmark judgement on illegal construction and building collapses in Maharashtra. The bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni criticised the Slum Rehabilitation Policy...
Building Collapse - Take Penal Action Against Municipal Officers Allowing Unauthorized Constructions : Bombay High Court Issues Guidelines
Alarmed and deeply pained by incidents of collapse of buildings resulting in loss of lives, the Bombay High Court issued a slew of direction in a suo motu PIL initiated in September 2020 after 38 people lost their lives in a building collapse in the satellite town of Bhiwandi outside Mumbai. Noting the "chaotic" existing pattern of mushrooming slums and illegal constructions in every...
Idea That Intellectual Property Is An Elitist Field Of Law Is Completely Misplaced : Justice Prathiba M Singh
Speaking at the National Seminar on Adjudication of IPR Disputes in India, Justice Prathiba M Singh, judge of the Delhi High Court, said on Saturday that it is a misplaced notion that intellectual property is an elitist field of law."The idea that intellectual property is an elitist field of law is completely misplaced. More than 80% of trademarks which are registered in our country belong...
Bombay High Court Directs RBI To Replace Maharashtra Resident's Demonetized Notes Worth ₹1.6L With New & Valid Currency
The Bombay High Court recently directed the Reserve Bank of India to replace a man's demonetized notes worth Rs 1.6 lakh with new and valid currency notes. The division bench comprising Justice Gautam Patel and Justice Madhav Jamdar passed the order in the petition filed by Kishor Sohoni, who had deposited the said amount, in cash, with the police station, pursuant to Court orders, prior...
Should Temples Be Under Govt Control? Aren't Activists Justified In Arguing Govt Should Exercise Same Control Over Mosques & Churches? Madras HC Asks
The Madras High Court has quashed two FIRs against temple activist Rangarajan Narasimhan for allegedly posting defamatory social media posts about the Srirangam Temple administration (Srirangam Lord Ranganathaswamy Temple).While quashing the FIRs, Justice G.R Swaminathan observed that Section 199 CrPC places a bar on the registration of an FIR for defamation. The court underscored that...
Properties Given As Dowry To Be Included In Partition Suit Instituted By Daughter Under Hindu Succession Act: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that the properties which had been given as dowry or otherwise at the time of marriage of the daughter, would be amenable for partition and the same will have to be included in a suit for partition, instituted by the daughter. A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj said,"In a suit for partition, the properties which had been given as dowry...
Breaking: Admin Of WhatsApp Group Not Vicariously Liable For Objectionable Post By Group Member: Kerala High Court
In a noteworthy decision, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday has ruled that the admin of a WhatsApp group cannot be held vicariously liable if a member of the group posts objectionable content in the group. Justice Kauser Edappagath observed that this was so because vicarious liability in criminal law can only be fastened when a statute prescribes so."A vicarious criminal liability can...
Only 313 Arrests Under PMLA In 20 Years; Strict Safeguards Are There : Solicitor General Tells Supreme Court
Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta on Wednesday urged that in view of the international conventions for tackling money laundering to which India is party, the consequent 'peer reviews' and the implications of non-compliance, the Supreme Court perhaps may not want to apply while deciding the validity of the PMLA the traditional standards which it employs in analysing the constitutionality...
Hijab Row - Order Banning Religious Dress Applies To Degree Colleges & PU Colleges Where Uniform Is Prescribed; Applies Only To Students : Karnataka High Court Clarifies
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday clarified that that the interim order passed by it on February 10, which prohibited wearing of religious dresses by students in classrooms, will apply to both degree colleges and Pre-University (PU) Colleges, where uniform has been prescribed.The Court also clarified that its order applies only to students and not teachers.A Full Bench comprising...
Supreme Court Dismisses PIL To Cancel Offline Board Exams Of Class 10 & 12 Of CBSE, ICSE and State Boards; Says 'Such Petitions Give False Hopes To Students'
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation which sought cancellation of offline exams for Classes 10 and 12 to be conducted by all State Boards, CBSE and ICSE.The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar dismissed the petition observing that it was "ill-advised and premature" as the authorities are yet to take decision regarding the conduct...
Class 10 & 12 Exams-Supreme Court Hearing On Plea To Cancel Physical Exams Of State Boards, CBSE & ICSE- LIVE UPDATES
Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice Khanwilkar will hear a writ petition which seeks the cancellation of physical exams for Class 10 and 12 to be conducted by all State Boards, CBSE, ICSE and NIOS.The present writ petition, filed by child rights activist Anubha Shrivastava Sahai, seeks directions to the State Boards, CBSE, ICSE, NIOS who are going to conduct board exams for 10th and 12th...