Online Classes: Rajasthan HC Says Schools Cannot Be Deprived Of Tuition Fees; Allows Them To Collect 70% Tuition Fees In 3 Installments [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court has made a prima facie observation that schools cannot be deprived of tuition fees from students with respect to online classes.At the same time, the Court noted that the operational costs of the school at present were less when compared to normal times. Accordingly, a single bench passed an interim order allowing schools to take 70% of tuition fees from students...

Harper Collins Moves Delhi HC Against Order Restraining Publication Of Book On Asaram Bapu's Rape Case On Plea By Co-Convict

HarperCollins Publishers India Pvt. Ltd. has moved the Delhi High Court against a District Court order (Patiala House), restraining publication of a book titled "Gunning for the Godman: The True Story Behind Asaram Bapu's Conviction". The company represented by Obhan & Associates has contended that while passing the impugned order, the trial court fell into "serious error" in...

Power Of Courts To Debar An Advocate From Practising For Contempt Of Court [Explainer]

In the context of the contempt verdict passed by the Supreme Court against Advocate Prashant Bhushan, several readers had asked doubts about the power of the courts to debar an advocate from practising.In that case, the Supreme Court imposed a substantive sentence of fine of Rupee One and held that on default to pay the fine, Bhushan will have to undergo imprisonment for three months and will...

[NLAT] Myth Of Zero Year & Five CLAT Postponements

We live in post truth era and therefore facts do not matter anymore. We keep on saying that India's Covid-19 management is the best in the world yet the fact is that today we have second highest number of Covid-19 positive cases in the world and for last two weeks have been registering world's highest number of positive cases and deaths per day. We have been asserting that our economy won't be affected by Covid-19 and is doing well yet today we are the worst performing economy in the...

Sub-Classification And Reservation

In State ofPunjab v. Davinder Singh (27 August 2020), a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Arun Mishra recently referred E.V. Chinnaiah v. State of AP, (2005) 1 SCC 394, to a larger bench for reconsideration. In Chinnaiah, the court had held that governments cannot introduce a special sub-quota, within the SC and ST quota, in favor a few castes or tribes who are more backward than others on the list. Davinder Singh's judgment now disagrees with this view but raises...

Gujarat Court Removes Narendra Modi As Defendant In Suit Seeking Damages For Deaths In 2002 Riots [Read Order]

A civil court in Gujarat on Saturday struck off the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the first defendant in a civil suit seeking damages for the killing of three British citizens during the 2002 riots.Principal Civil Judge of Prantij in Sabarkantha district allowed the application filed by lawyer S S Shah on behalf of Mr.Modi to strike off his name, after noting that he was neither...

'How S.124A Is Added?,Is It A Cruel Hand Of The State, Which Is Running Over?', U'khand HC Asks While Granting Interim Bail to Journalist In A Sedition Case

The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday (03rd September) posed a series of detailed and serious questions for the State Government to answer by way of filing a counter-affidavit and granted interim bail to the applicant until the instant bail application is decided.The bench of Justice Ravindra Maithani was hearing the plea of one Rajesh Sharma who was seeking bail in FIR No. 265 of 2020,...

Pecuniary Jurisdiction Of Consumer Fora To Be Determined By Value Of Goods/ Services 'Paid' As Consideration: NCDRC [Read Order]

In a significant order, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has held that for determining the pecuniary jurisdiction of Consumer fora, the value of the goods/ services "paid" as consideration alone has to be taken and not the value of the goods/ services "purchased". The order has been passed by a bench of Justice RK Agrawal (President) and Dr. SM...

Chief Justice Govind Mathur, Who Quashed Kafeel Khan's Detention, Has A Consistent Record Of Upholding Fundamental Rights

With the resounding verdict against the preventive detention of Dr. Kafeel Khan, which was greeted with jubilation by all those who stand for civil liberties and rule of law, Chief Justice Govind Mathur of the Allahabad High Court marked himself as an unfailing defender of the citizens' fundamental rights.In fact, Kafeel Khan's judgment is the last in the latest in the series of several recent judicial interventions made by Chief Justice Mathur whereby executive actions were questioned on the...

Delhi Court Stays Publication Of Book On Asaram Bapu's Rape Case On Plea By Co-Convict [Read Order]

The Court said that the publication of the book could cause irreparable harm to the reputation of the plaintiff.

LiveLaw Invites You On A Webinar On "Rationality, Religion And Constitution " By Justice B.N. Shrikrishna & Mr. Javed Akhtar

LiveLaw is organising a webinar on September 6,2020 at 5:00 pm.Justice B.N. Shrikrishna & Mr. Javed Akhtar (Poet, Lyricist )will speak on "Rationality, Religion And Constitution ". The session will be moderated by Avani Bansal (Advocate, Supreme Court of India).The Details of the webinar are as follows:Zoom ID: https://zoom.us/j/95066469533?pwd=bU1qODBpaTFFR2tyTXl1aDZEamM4Zz09Meeting ID:...

Remediless, Should A Judicial Order Violate Your Fundamental Rights?

The Supreme Court found a police officer, M.S. Ahlawat, guilty of forgery and of making false statements at different stages in a matter.[1] The Court proceeded to convict and sentence Ahlawat by its order of 17 January 1996 to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a term of one year for the offence under Section 193 IPC and for a term of six months under Article 129 of the Constitution for contempt of court. The sentences were directed to run concurrently. Ahlawat underwent the sentence...