A Liberal Chief Justice During A Majoritarian Rule : Challenges Before Justice DY Chandrachud As CJI

Justice Chandrachud will be heading the Indian judiciary at a time when the country is facing several challenges.

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...

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The Pune District Court has withdrawn a notice issued by it earlier which asked women lawyers to not fix their hair in open court.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...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Reduces Rape Convict's Sentence Considering He Had Left Minor Victim Alive

Note: The Court modified the judgment on October 27 and said the remark "he was kind enough to leave the prosecutrix alive" was an inadvertent mistake.

Don't Make Fresh Nominations To Replace Members Whose Nomination In Kerala University Senate Has Been Withdrawn: High Court To Governor

In a development related to the appointment of Kerala University's new Vice Chancellor, the High Court on Friday interdicted the state Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, who is the Chancellor of the varsity, from nominating any new members to its Senate in place of the 15 members, who have been removed by him in his capacity as the Chancellor. The interim order was passed by Justice...

Take Suo Motu Action Against Hate Speech Crimes Without Waiting For Complaint : Supreme Court To Delhi, Uttarakhand, UP Police

Observing that the "there cannot be fraternity unless different religious communities are available to live in harmony", the Supreme Court on Friday issued a set of interim directions in a plea to curb hate speeches in the country.A bench comprising Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy directed the Governments of NCT of Delhi, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh to file a report before the...

"Where Have We Reached In The Name Of Religion? Article 51A Speaks Of Scientific Temper" : Supreme Court On Hate Speeches

"This is the 21st century! Where have we reached in the name of religion?", the Supreme Court lamented on Friday while hearing a plea against hate-speechesThe bench comprising Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy was considering a petition seeking the urgent intervention to stop the growing menace of targeting and terrorizing the Muslim community in India. "Article 51A says we should develop...