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Delhi Court Orders Action Against Cops For Filing False Report Against Accused, Supervisory Lapse In Bullet Firing Case
A Delhi Court has ordered against the Delhi Police officials for supervisory lapse and filing a false report against a man accused of firing bullet shot outside the house of the complainant. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Tushar Gupta of Karkardooma Courts denied bail to the accused- Mustakeem but issued notice to the Joint Commissioner of Police to take appropriate action against the...
Railways Failure To Halt Overcrowding By Ticketless Persons Is Contributory Negligence, Liable For Genuine Passenger's Death: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the Railway's failure to prevent ticketless and unauthorised persons from boarding a train amounts to contributory negligence, rendering it liable to compensate the dependents of a bona fide passenger who died due to overcrowding. The bench of Justice Himanshu Joshi observed; "The Railways is obligated under Sections 123(c) and 124A of the Railways...
Delhi High Court Constitutes Committee To Oversee Operation Of Crowd Funding Platform For Rare Diseases Treatment
The Delhi High Court has constituted a Committee to supervise and oversee the operation of Union Government's crowd funding digital platform for treatment of people with rare diseases.Justice Sachin Datta directed that the Committee shall take adequate steps to spread awareness regarding the existence and objective of the platform. The Court said that the aim should be to encourage...
Challenge To Transfer Order Becomes Unsustainable Once Employee Joins The Transferred Post: Chhattisgarh HC
A Division bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad held that challenge to a transfer order is generally not maintainable after the employee has joined the transferred post. Background Facts The Lecturer (History) was serving at Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Abhanpur. He was declared surplus...
Godrej Can't Forfeit 10% On Booking Cancellation; MahaRERA Ruling
Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (“Authority”) bench comprising Mahesh Pathak (Member I), held that a builder can forfeit only 2% of the total sale consideration if the Homebuyer cancels the booking. Accordingly, Authority found Godrej Properties claim to forfeit 10% of the total sale consideration to be unjustified. Background Facts Homebuyer (Complainant) booked a...
Orissa High Court Seeks Explanation From Berhampur SP For Linking Pending Election Case To Advocate Pitabash Panda's Murder
The Orissa High Court on Friday (October 31) expressed serious dissatisfaction over a press-statement made by Dr. Saravana Vivek M., Superintendent of Police (SP), Berhampur linking a pending election petition against the sitting Berhampur MLA to the murder of Member of Odisha State Bar Council (OSBC) Advocate Pitabash Panda.A Single Bench of Justice Sashikanta Mishra was hearing an...
Direct Insurers To Make Policy Documents Available In Vernacular Languages: Kerala Consumer Forum Recommends To IRDAI
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Ernakulam (Kerala) has made a recommendation to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) to issue an advisory to all insurers to make insurance policy documents available in vernacular language of the proposer.The Bench of D.B. Binu (President), V. Ramachandran and Sreevidhia T.N. passed the order while considering...
Orissa High Court Denies Bail To Raja Chakra & Another In Alleged Fraud Of ₹175 Crores Linked To Gandhamardan Mines
The Orissa High Court on Friday (October 31) denied bail to youth leader of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Soumya Sankar Chakra alias Raja Chakra and another man accused of misappropriating Rs. 175 crores by receiving disproportionately high payment for commercial transactions made with a society created for undertaking developmental works around Gandhamardan mine affected areas.Considering gravity of...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Rape Case Under POCSO Act Noting Victim Is 'Happily' Married With Accused
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed a rape case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act after noting that the victim is now happily married to the accused.Justice Kirti Singh said, “the considered view that since the petitioner and the prosecutrix-respondent…are now happily married, continuing with the criminal proceedings will cause...
Plea In Supreme Court Questions MP Prison Law As Discriminatory Against Denotified Tribes Due To Vague Definition Of Habitual Offenders
The Supreme Court today(October 31) allowed an intervention filed by the Criminal Justice and Police Accountability Project, arguing that the State of Madhya Pradesh has violated the 2024 Sukanya Shantha judgment through its Madhya Pradesh Sudharatmak Sevayen Evam Bandigrah Adhiniyam, 2024, in the suo moto matter concerning discrimination inside prisons in India. As per the intervenor, the...
