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Governor's Withdrawal Of Pleasure In Minister Is Not Constitutionally Valid Without Chief Minister's Advice : PDT Achary
Responding to the act of Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan withdrawing the pleasure in the Finance Minister KN Balagopal, constitutional law expert and former Secretary General of the Lok Sabha Mr. PDT Achary said that a Governor can take such a decision only on the advice of the Chief Minister. "The Governor can withdraw the pleasure only on the advice of the Chief Minister. Pleasure...
Married Woman Being Asked To Do Household Work Does Not Mean She Is Treated Like Maid Servant: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently observed that a married woman being asked to do household work does not mean that she is being treated like a maid servant. The court also observed that without description of alleged acts of the husband and in-laws, it cannot be determined whether they committed cruelty towards the wife. "If a married lady is asked to do household work definitely for...
Mumbai Consumer Forum Holds Uber Liable For Driver's Negligence Leading Passenger To Miss Her Flight
Holding the cab aggregator responsible for the driver's negligence, a Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum in Thane directed Uber India to pay a lawyer Rs. 20,000 for a missed flight to Chennai owing to delays caused by the driver. The forum held that the complainant was Uber's consumer under the Consumer Protection Act 2019 and the driver was merely an agent appointed by the cab...
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Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index [October 17 – 23, 2022]
Advocates Act, 1961; Section 32 - The enabling provision of Section 32, whereby any Court, authority or person may permit any non-advocate to appear before it or him in any particular case is difficult to be read as creating a corresponding bar in giving permission to a GPA holder of a party to represent that party as such, if the said GPA holder, during pendency of the proceedings in...
Cheque Dishonour Case Convict Agrees To Pay After 10 Yrs Litigation; Supreme Court Imposes Rs 5 Lakh Cost For Wasting Judicial Time
A party faced the ire of the Supreme Court for taking a cheque dishonour dispute to the level of apex level before agreeing to settle the matter with the complainant. The appellant had approached the Supreme Court challenging the concurrent orders of conviction passed by three courts against him for the offence of cheque dishonour under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.Before...
CCI Imposes ₹936.44 Crore Cost On Google, Says Google Play's Mandatory Billing System For Paid Apps & In-App Purchases Unfair
The Competition Commission of India on Tuesday said it has imposed a penalty of Rs. 936.44 crore on Google for abusing its dominant position with respect to its Play Store policies, apart from issuing a cease-and-desist order. The Commission also directed Google to modify its conduct within a defined timeline and restrain from indulging in anti-competitive practices.The order has been passed...
After Backlash, Pune Court Withdraws Notice Asking Women Lawyers To Not Arrange Their Hair In Court
The Pune District Court has withdrawn a notice issued by it earlier which asked women lawyers to not fix their hair in open court. The notice issued on October 20 had said that the act of women lawyers arranging their hair in open court was "disturbing the functioning of the Court".The notice received huge backlash online after Senior Advocate Indira Jaising tweeted about it."Wow now look! Who...
Calling A Girl "Item" Is Derogatory, Roadside Romeos Deserve A Heavy Hand: Mumbai Court Convicts Man For Sexually Harassing Teenager
Calling an unknown girl "item" and pulling her hair would amount to outraging her modesty punishable under Section 354 of the IPC, a special court held while sentencing a 25-year-old businessman from Mumbai to a year and a half in prison in a sexual harassment case. Justice special judge S J Ansari observed that "Item is a term used generally by boys to address girls in a...
10% Community Quota For Non-Minority, Non-Backward Classes Unconstitutional: Kerala High Court On State's School Admissions Policy
A division bench of the Kerala High Court recently upheld the decision of the Single Judge holding community-based reservation of 10 percent seats in plus one admissions of aided higher secondary schools run by managements, other than minorities and other backward classes communities, as unconstitutional. The government in July decided to split the 30 percent management quota seats in...
