5 Basic Rights The Law Guarantees Every Indian Consumer

“Consumer can be king only if he protects his rights as though it is his kingdom!”A fiercely competitive market comes with its own benefits – of having a choice and getting only the best, but also has its own share of negatives – of being taken for a ride way too often only for a few bucks!To battle this, the Indian law lays down certain regulations and guidelines for protecting...

Bombay HC Commutes Life Sentence Of Man Who ‘Wanted To Inflict Burns, Not Kill’ His Wife [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has commuted the life sentence of a man who poured kerosene on his wife, burnt her and later extinguished the fire with water, as he had not “anticipated that the act done by him would have such a proportion that his wife might die”.A bench of Justice VK Tahilramani and Justice MS Karnik was hearing an appeal filed by Hanumant Chavan, who was convicted by the...

Prisoners Have A Fundamental Right to Trade, and Profession, rules Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

An imprisoned developer wanted to sell property to the willing buyers by executing a registered sale deed. Several prayers were made before the jail authority regarding the same but it did not yield any result. The prisoner’s wife then approached the Calcutta High Court.On hearing the matter, Justice Joymalya Bagchi maintained - “Right to carry on trade and profession including right...

Third Gender Should Be Allowed To Use Public Toilet Facility Of Their Choice; Centre Issues Guidelines

In a move towards greater inclusivity of the third-gender the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has issued a Circular which says that third-gender should be allowed to use public toilet facility of their choice (men or women).The Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation under its Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) has notified Guidelines on Gender Issues in Sanitation.The...

Companies Cannot Discriminate Against LGBT Employees: US Court Of Appeals [Read Opinion]

In a ruling that is being termed as a “game changer”, the full 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago recently ruled that Companies cannot discriminate against their LGBT employees because of their sexual orientation. Delivering a ruling by a majority of 8-3, the Court observed that discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation amounts to sexual discrimination, and therefore...

SCBA XI Wins T-20 Match Against Chief Justices XI

The Supreme Court Bar Association XI won the T-20 day and night match held at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground in Delhi against the Chief Justices XI by six wickets yesterday.But the judges led by “playing captain” Justice Madan B Lokur , most of them aged between 62 and 65, showed surprising agility, energy and stamina on the field and impressed all.The lawyers won the toss and sent the judges...

Family Court Judge Sets Guinness World Record By Deciding Over 6,000 Cases

A Principal Judge of Family Court in Muzaffarnagar has set a Guinness World Record by disposing of 6,065 cases in 327 working days, reports PTIJudge Tej Bahadur Singh told reporters that the move was aimed at reducing the number of pending cases in the Court, and providing justice to the litigants. A total of 903 couples were reunited after settlement in the Family Court, he...

Mentally-Challenged Kids Cannot Be Deprived Of Their Fundamental Rights: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court, recently held that under Article 39(f) of the Constitution, it is the duty of the state to make policy for healthy development of children, and certainly towards mentally-ill and mentally-challenged children. Merely because they are mentally-ill or -Challenged, they cannot be deprived of their fundamental right under the Article 21A of the Constitution.A division bench...

A Systemic Trend In India In Awarding Death Penalty Against Marginalized Populations: Dr.Anup Surendranath [Video]

On 7 March, 2017 NALSAR Lecture Series on Constitutionalism hosted its eighth speaker, Dr. AnupSurendranath. Dr. Surendranath, a NALSAR alumnus, heads the Centre on the Death Penalty which has been credited with the seminal Death Penalty India Report, the first-ever empirical work on the administration of the death penalty in India. The topic of the lecture was closely related to his research: ‘Re-imagining Constitutional Questions on the Death Penalty’.At the outset, he cautioned that the topic...

Delhi HC Orders Transfer Of Domain Name Googlee.in To Google [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court recently upheld an arbitral award directing transfer of domain name registered as ‘Googlee’ to Google Inc., noting that the former had adopted a “slavish” imitation of Google's writing style, font, color scheme and layout.“Mr Khatri was rightly stopped in his tracks by the Arbitrator from continuing with his misadventure. He could not have hoped to get away...

Justice Shiva Kirti Singh To Be TDSAT Chairman

The government has decided to appoint former Supreme Court judge Justice Shiva Kirti Singh as the chairman of Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).Justice Singh was elevated to the Supreme Court on September 19, 2013, and retired on November 11, 2016.The TDSAT chairman seat has been vacant since June 2016, after the retirement of Justice Aftab Alam as its...

Singapore Supreme Court Upholds Compensation For “Subversion Of Genetic Affinity”[Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court of Singapore recently ruled that parents can claim compensation for subversion of their interest in “genetic affinity” with their children.“In our judgment, the Appellant’s interest in maintaining the integrity of her reproductive plans in this very specific sense – where she has made a conscious decision to have a child with her Husband to maintain...