Bombay HC Can Proceed To Decide Validity Of Consumer Protection Rules : Supreme Court Clarifies

The Supreme Court recently clarified that the suo motu case taken by it to deal with the vacancies in Consumer Commissions is not an impediment to the Bombay High Court in deciding a challenge to the Consumer Protection Rules 2020 framed by the Central Government.A petition has been filed before the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) by Advocate Dr.Mahindra Limaye challenging the provisions...

In A Democratic Setup, The Will Of The Majority Has To Prevail: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed in a judgment that "in a democratic set up, the will of the majority has to prevail".A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai made this observation in the case Sau Sangeeta w/o Sunil Shinde v. The State of Maharashtra & Or related to the approval of the group leader of a party in Panchayat Samiti elections.The Court was considering an...

Unacceptable In Modern Democratic Society: Kerala High Court Directs Police Force To Treat Citizens With Respect, Warns Against Use Of Derogatory Language

The Kerala High Court recently observed that instances of allegations about the police disrespecting the citizens were arriving at its doors with alarming regularity and therefore issued certain general directions in its judgment.Therefore, it was ordered that the use of disrespectful words to address citizens cannot be tolerated or permitted and directed the State Police Chief to file a...

Municipality Heads Will Be Personally Liable If Any Manual Scavenging Activity Is Detected: Madras High Court

In a bid to eradicate the evil of manual scavenging which has claimed several lives in the past, the Madras High Court on Wednesday observed that Municipality Heads will be personally liable in case any person is found to be indulging in manually cleaning the sewers.It also directed the heads of corporations and municipalities to file a written undertakings to the effect that no manual...

Magistrates Cannot Extend Time To Complete Investigation In UAPA Cases: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that magistrates would not be competent to extend the time to complete investigations in UAPA cases.The only competent authority to consider such request would be "the Court" as specified in the proviso in Section 43-D (2)(b) of the UAPA, the bench of Justices Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and Belam M Trivedi heldIn this case, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhopal...

University's Education Services, Including Affiliation Or Other Allied Services To Students, Exempt From Service Tax : Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has ruled that the services provided by a University, including affiliation of colleges and other allied services given to students, are exempted from levy of Service Tax under the Finance Act 1994.A single bench of Justice R Suresh Kumar gave this ruling in a writ petition filed by Madurai Kamaraj University challenging an order passed by the tax authorities...

Breaking: Bombay High Court Dismisses Kangana Ranaut's Plea To Quash Defamation Case Proceedings Initiated By Javed Akhtar

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to quash the defamation proceedings against actor Kangana Ranaut initiated on lyricist Javed Akhtar's complaint. The court reserved orders on Ranaut plea on September 1. Akhtar has accused Ranaut of damaging his "immaculate reputation" by dragging his name in actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death in her interview with Republic TV...

Mutation Entry Does Not Confer Any Right, Title Or Interest In Favour Of Any Person: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that mutation entry in the revenue record is only for fiscal purposes and does not confer any right, title or interest in favour of a person."If there is any dispute with respect to the title and more particularly when the mutation entry is sought to be made on the basis of the will, the party who is claiming title/right on the basis of the will has to approach...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-81]

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Railways Liable To Pay Compensation For Late Arrival Of Trains If Delay Is Not Explained Or Justifiable: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, on Monday, held that until and unless the railways provide evidence and explain the late arrival of a train to establish and prove that delay occurred because of the reasons beyond their control, they would be liable to pay compensation for such delay."Therefore, unless and until the evidence is laid explaining the delay and it is established and proved that delay...

'ED Director Can Be Appointed For A Period Of More Than 2 Years' :Supreme Court Upholds Extension Of ED Director SK Mishra's Tenure

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to interfere with the extension of tenure given to the Director of Enforcement Directorate Sanjay Kumar Mishra. The Court refused to interfere with the order passed by the Union Government on November 13, 2020 which retrospectively amended the appointment order of the present ED Director to give him one more year in office. He had attained the age...

Supreme Court Not Meant Only For People Living Near Delhi; Madras HC Judge Justice Kirubakaran Urges Centre To Amend Constitution To Set Up Regional Benches

"Location of Courts and Tribunals in New Delhi alone, without having Regional Benches, causes injustice to the people living in far flung places away from New Delhi," observed Justice N. Kirubakaran of the Madras High Court recently. Statistically, Justice Kirubakaran said, only those Courts having close geographical proximity to the Supreme Court have been filing cases or appeals...