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Landowners Who Agree To Compensation Settlement Can't Later Claim Statutory Benefits : Supreme Court
Landowners who voluntarily enter into a compensation agreement under the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997 (“Act”) cannot later invoke statutory provisions to claim additional benefits such as interest, observed the Supreme Court. “a contract voluntarily entered into between the parties, shall not be disturbed by taking recourse to the statutory...
I Am Truly Secular, I Believe In All Religions & Practice Buddhism : CJI BR Gavai
Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai on Thursday said that he was a truly secular person and believed in all religions, and was a practitioner of Buddhism.He also said that the long-pending chamber allotment issue was resolved within “two or three meetings” after he, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Maheshwari joined the chamber allotment committee. He said that the matter had...
Delimitation Of Wards Can't Be Done Based On Individual Grievances Under 2015 Civic Election Rules: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that electoral ward boundaries cannot be redrawn merely because a single individual is dissatisfied with population distribution.The Court further remarked that delimitation is primarily an administrative exercise involving complex geographic, demographic and boundary-based considerations. The Court reiterated Rule 4 of the Himachal Pradesh...
Criminal Liability Not 'Purchasable Commodity', Death By Negligence Case Can't Be Quashed On Compromise: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has cautioned against the “probable erosion of judicial integrity” where criminal proceedings involving serious offences—particularly those under Section 304-A IPC/Section 106 BNS (Causing death by negligence)—are sought to be quashed solely on the basis of compromise between the accused and the victim's family.Justice Sumeet Goel observed that...
'Grave Societal Threat': Delhi High Court Cancels Bail Of Women Booked For Inter-State Child Trafficking
The Delhi High Court has cancelled the bail granted to two women allegedly involved in large-scale inter-state child trafficking racket, facilitating sale and purchase of new-born infants for monetary gain.Justice Ajay Digpaul observed,“The offences alleged are of grave and heinous nature, involving trafficking of new-born children, which not only endangers the rights and dignity of the...
Security Deposit Is Not Operational Debt; Non-Refund Cannot Trigger CIRP: NCLT Delhi
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Delhi has recently ruled that the non-refund of a contractual security deposit meant only as collateral cannot be treated as operational debt and cannot be used to initiate corporate insolvency proceedings. A coram of Judicial Member Mahendra Khandelwal and Technical Member Anu Jagmohan Singh said the security deposit paid in this case “as...
Essential Commodities Act | Failure To Examine Available Independent Witnesses Casts Doubt On Fairness Of Investigation: Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court recently observed that the non-examination of independent witnesses, when they are admittedly present, casts doubt on the fairness and transparency of the investigation.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Prasenjit Biswas made these observations while hearing an appeal against a conviction delivered by a Special EC Court. The appellant had been convicted under...
Inter-Faith Relationship: MP High Court Rejects Family's Plea For Daughter's Custody, Says She's An Adult With Her Own Free Will
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Tuesday (November 18), dismissed a habeas corpus petition by maternal uncle of a Hindu woman, observing that she was a major, was not in wrongful confinement and was living with respondent no 4 (a muslim man) out of her own free will. The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf observed;"Corpus is a major. She states that she...
MP Amritpal Singh Moves P&H High Court Seeking Parole To Attend Parliament Winter Session
Punjab MP Amritpal Singh has approached the Punjab & Haryana High Court seeking parole to enable him to attend the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament, contending that his continued detention prevents him from fulfilling his constitutional duties as an elected representative.Amritpal Singh is currently detained in Dibrugarh Jail under the National Security Act (NSA), he has invoked...
J&K&L High Court Puts Govt On Final Notice, Grants 4 Weeks To Decide On Ex-Legislators Occupying Govt Quarters Despite Demitting Office
Aiming a fast tracking action on the long pending issue of Government accommodations occupied by high-profile political figures, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has granted the Estates Department a last and final extension of four weeks to act on the recommendations of the Designated Committee relating to the official quarters of former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and...