SC Directs Registration Of All Childcare Institutes Before Year-end [Read Judgment]

If the officers of the state do not ensure that minimum standards of care are followed in the childcare institutions, they could well be guilty of negligence, also perhaps of a violation of the human rights of children, the bench observed.The Supreme Court in Re: Exploitation of Children in Orphanages in the State of Tamil Nadu has issued some significant directives to the Central and...

President Promulgates Banking Regulations Amendment Ordinance To Tackle NPAs [Read The Text]

President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday promulgated the Banking Regulations Amendment Ordinance, in a bid to tackle the NPA crisis facing public sector banks.The Ordinance endows the Central Government with the power to authorize the RBI to issue directions to any banking company to initiate insolvency in respect of a default under the provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code....

Delhi HC Allows Service Of Summons Via WhatsApp, Text message and Email [Read Order]

The High Court of Delhi recently joined ranks with several Courts around the country that are experimenting with the usage of technology in judicial proceedings. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw has recently allowed the Plaintiff to serve the summons on one of the defendants through Whatsapp, text message and email.“The plaintiffs are permitted to serve the defendant No.9 Ashok Kumar Agarwal by...

Gujarat Riot Rape And Murder Case: Bombay HC Dismisses Appeal By 11 Convicts, Sets Aside Acquittal Of Gujarat Cops [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed the appeal filed by 11 convicts who were sentenced to life by a trial court in 2008, after being held guilty of gang-raping a five-month pregnant girl and killing seven of her family members in the post-Godhra riots of 2002.Apart from this, the CBI’s plea for enhancement of sentence for three of the accused was rejected.The CBI had sought...

Investigate Whether Nirmal Baba’s Programs Encourage Superstition: Allahabad HC To I&B Ministry [Read Judgment]

Lucknow Bench of the High Court of Allahabad on Monday directed the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to look into allegations that programs of self-proclaimed spiritual guru Nirmal Baba, being broadcast on TV channels, encourage superstitions among viewers.The Bench, comprising Justice A.P. Sahi and Justice Sanjay Harkauli was hearing a Petition filed by Advocate K. Saran,...

Word ‘Payable’ In Section 40(A) (Ia) Of Income Tax Act Also Covers Amount Actually ‘Paid’: SC [Read Judgment]

It would also cover the situations where the amount is already paid but no advance tax was deducted thereupon, the bench said.The Supreme Court, in Palam Gas Service vs Commissioner of Income Tax, has held that though the word used in Section 40(a) (ia) of the Income Tax Act, is 'payable',   it would also cover the situations where the amount is already paid, but no advance tax was...

Azaan, Not Loudspeakers, Integral Part Of Islam, Says P & H HC While Rejecting Plea Against Sonu Nigam [Read Judgment]

This petition is a cheap mode of attaining publicity by making a well-known singer scapegoat in the name of religion, the court said.A plea seeking registration of FIR against Sonu Nigam for his tweets against using loudspeakers for azaan was dismissed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, observing that the use of microphones and loudspeakers are not an integral part of azaan.Dismissing...

SC Issues Guidelines For Listing Of Urgent Matters During Vacations [Read Circular]

Supreme Court has issued a circular laying down “norms/guidelines” for listing of urgent matters during the summer vacations from 11 May to 2 July.No matter, it says, shall be considered for listing unless it is accompanied by an affidavit sufficient to indicate urgency. Such affidavit shall contain “all material facts necessary for the formation of opinion about its urgency”,...

I Won't Submit To Any Examination,Says Karnan.J, He Can’t Be Compulsorily Tested: Jaising [Read More Reactions]

A Seven Judge Constitution Bench of Supreme Court of India on Monday ordered the medical examination of Justice Karnan, who is facing contempt proceedings. The Bench has found that he is not in a position to defend him now.Reacting to this Justice Karnan has reportedly said;“Am I mentally unstable? Who is the Supreme Court to judge that I have a mental illness? The seven judges looking at...

Jawan's Suicide: Bombay HC Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Journalist Poonam Agarwal [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has granted pre-arrest bail to Poonam Agarwal, the journalist who conducted a sting operation to expose the alleged malaise and practices followed by some of the superior officers in the Indian Army, by misusing the Sahayak System”.After the sting was published online, it went viral, following this one of the retired jawans, Roy Mathew, committed suicide on March...

Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act, 2016 Comes Into ‘Full’ Force

The Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act, 2016, has come into full force from Monday, with the implementation of Sections 3-19, 40, 59-70, 79 and 80. While the Act had come into force on May 1, 2016, only 69 sections were notified at that time.Ahead of the Act coming into force, the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation had formulated and circulated Model Real...

Bombay HC Stays Cancellation Of Admission Of 5 Doctors to PG Medical Courses In A Rare Sunday Sitting [Read Order]

In a rare instance, a division bench of the Bombay High Court sat on a Sunday to hear a writ petition filed by 5 Doctors whose admission to the respective PG Medical courses was cancelled following a Government Resolution issued on April 27 by the State Government.The Government Resolution was found to be arbitrary and unreasonable by the bench of Justices SS Kemkar and AM Badar and a stay...