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Kerala High Court Stays Loan Recovery Proceedings Against Wayanad Landslide Victims
The Kerala High Court has ordered that all recovery proceedings against Wayanad landslide victims be kept in abeyance until the writ petition initiated after the large-scale landslide that hit Wayanad on July 30, 2024 is disposed of.The division bench of Dr. Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Jobin Sebastian issued the interim order after criticising the Central Government for...
Mere Agreement To Sell With Option To Lease Does Not End Landlord-Tenant Relationship: Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that when an agreement to sell has the option to either sell or lease the property, the landlord tenant relationship continues to exist.The Court clarified that according to Section 54 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 “Agreement to Sell does not create any title in favour of the purchaser as it is only an Agreement to Sell but not sale or...
Supreme Court Acquits Man Convicted For Murdering Mother, Says Suicide Can't Be Ruled Out
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 8) acquitted a man who was convicted for a murder of his mother (matricide), after noting that the entire case rests upon the circumstantial evidence and the prosecution failed to prove the guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. A bench of Justices KV Viswanathan and K Vinod Chandran found that the appellant-accused was falsely implicated as the...
Criminal Court Cannot Review Or Recall Its Judgment Except To Correct Clerical Errors : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reiterated that a High Court exercising criminal jurisdiction cannot recall or review its own judicial order under the guise of inherent powers, except to correct a purely clerical or accidental error. Setting aside the Rajasthan High Court's direction transferring investigation to the CBI in a mining-related dispute, the Court held that the recall of an earlier order...
Lawyers Carry 'Pen-Down' Protest March In Cuttack Against Murder Of Advocate Pitabash Panda
A pen-down protest march was carried out in Cuttack on Wednesday (October 8) by lawyers who are members of various bar bodies in the city including the Odisha High Court Bar Association (OHCBA), protesting against the brutal murder of Advocate Pitabash Panda.Advocate Panda was shot dead by two unknown miscreants on Monday near his house in Berhampur. Though he was immediately taken to the...
Plea In Kerala High Court Claims Travancore Devaswom Board Funded Global Ayyappa Sangamam, Seeks Action Against Commissioner
A petition has been filed before the Kerala High Court claiming that the Global Ayyappa Sangamam was funded by the Travancore Devaswom Board, in contravention of its affidavit claiming that event would be primarily through voluntary contributions.For context, TDB had filed the affidavit in response to a batch of petitions alleging that the event was a political and commercial one, veiled as...
Supreme Court To Frame Standard For Conduct Of Public Hearings Before Electricity Regulatory Commissions
The Supreme Court recently indicated that it will examine and declare a standard by which public hearings could be conducted by Electricity Regulatory Commissions across the country.A bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar made the observation in an appeal by the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission against the Kerala High Court's direction to...
HP High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Accidentally Shooting Another Person, Believing Him To Be A Wild Animal
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has granted bail to the prime co-accused in the accidental shooting of another person, believing him to be a wild animal, and reiterated that the same amounts to death caused by negligence under Section 106 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita and not the offence of murder under Section 103 BNS.Justice Rakesh Kainthla remarked that: “…they did not intend to cause...
Your Roads Can't Stand One Monsoon But Toxic Waste Facility Won't Leak? MP High Court Slams State
While hearing a 2004 PIL for cleaning up of toxic waste from the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy site, the Madhya Pradesh High Court today strongly criticised the State's decision to build a toxic waste containment site merely 500 meters away from a habitable zone.Expressing scepticism about the containment site's structural integrity to withstand any natural disasters, the court orally expressed;...
Additional Legal Adviser Vacancy At Department Of Legal Affairs, Ministry Of Law And Justice
The Union Public Service Commission invites online application for the post of Additional Legal Adviser in Department of Legal Affairs at Ministry of Law and Justice.Name of the Post: Additional Legal AdviserNo. of Post: 02 (Two) Age Limit: 50 Years Pay Scale: As per 7th CPC Level 13 (Rs.1,18,500-2,14,100) in Pay Matrix (Total emoluments excluding HRA&TA at the time of initial appointment will be RS. 1,18,500 plus DA as applicable per month) Essential Qualification and Experience ...