Country’s sixth child friendly Court inaugurated in Hyderabad

The city of Hyderabad on Wednesday got its first child-friendly Courtroom. After Goa and Delhi, Telangana has become the third state to have a child friendly Court.It was jointly inaugurated by Acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan of High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad and Director General of Telangana Police Anurag Sharma at the Nampally Criminal Courts Complex. It was presided by T...

Admission brochure or prospectus has a force of law: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Punjab and Haryana recently reiterated the principle that an admission brochure or prospectus has a force of law and needs to be strictly adhered to. “Accordingly, respondents cannot be held liable for any deficiency in service and the petitioner was not entitled for refund in terms of the above Clause of Prospectus. It has time and again been held by six Full Bench...

Petition filed in Delhi HC alleging charging of excess Tax by restaurants in Delhi, notice issued [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice in a Writ Petition contending that restaurants in the capital are charging tax in excess of what is prescribed under the law.The Petition, filed by Anish Agarwal and Avi Tandon, graduates of National Law University, Jodhpur, demands that steps be taken against restaurants charging Value Added Tax and Service Tax in excess of legal stipulations....

PIL filed in Delhi HC against attendance policy of Amity Law School

Against the attendance policy of Amity Law School, a Public Interest Litigation has been filed in Delhi High Court.The petitioner, Sri. Divyadeep Chaturvedi, who is a lawyer, contended in his petition, that the institute has "arbitrarily departed" from stipulated requirement of having 75 per cent aggregate attendance in all courses and was insisting upon 75 per cent in each subject. The...

Past Cruelty, once condoned cannot be relied upon to seek Divorce: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has recently held that if by resuming cohabitation the spouse claiming victim of cruelty forgives the other spouse who commits the cruelty, the alleged act of past cruelty cannot be relied upon to seek divorce on account of the cruelty unless they are revived by subsequent acts of cruelty.Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Pratibha Rani has dismissed an appeal filed by...

NGT orders Delta Group to pay environmental compensation of 100 crores; Adani Group to pay 5 Crores [Read Judgment]

In an interesting and landmark judgment, National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench at New Delhi, in case titled Samir Mehta v Union of India ordered Delta group (including its Panama based holding company & 2 Qatar based subsidiaries)today to pay a compensation of Rs 100 Crores &the Adani Group to pay 5 crores to the Government of India through Ministry of Shipping.The bench...

Eminent Law professor Dr. VS Mani passes away

Eminent Law professor Dr. Venkateshwara Subramaniam Mani, has passed away today.Prof. Mani, who has been an expert in the field of public international law, was the founder Director of Gujarat National Law University and the Seedling School of Law and Governance, Jaipur National University, Rajasthan.He had appeared before the International Court of Justice as agent and counsel on...

One Stop Centres starts functioning in Delhi Courts to provide legal aid to victims of sexual offences

One Stop Centres, a dedicated comfortable area located within court premises where victims of sexual offences can come for appropriate legal help and advice, have been operationalized in Delhi Courts.One Stop Centres has been established in order to facilitate the best humane, psychological and medical treatment to the victims of crime both during investigation, trial and even thereafter....

Systemic Corruption and growing population hinders India’s development: NHRC Head Justice H.L. Dattu

Deep seated organized political and systemic corruption and growing population are major hindrance to the development of the country, said former Chief Justice of India and National Human Rights Commission Chairperson, Justice H.L. Dattu.Justice Dattu was inaugurating a two day National Seminar on 'Good governance, development and human rights', organized by the Commission in collaboration...

Cousin of the deceased has no right to file an appeal under Section 372 CrPC: Patna HC [Read Judgment]

The Patna High Court in KALENDAR KUMAR @ KALENDRA KUMAR VS. STATE OF BIHAR, has observed that Cousin of a deceased cannot be said to be an aggrieved party and he has no right to file an appeal under Section 372 of Code of Criminal Procedure.Division Bench comprising of Justices Navaniti Prasad Singh and Nilu Agrawal made this observation in an Appeal filed by cousin brother of the deceased...

Joint petition for dissolution of marriage cannot be dismissed for want of reasons for separation: Madras HC(DB) [Read Judgment]

It is not the intention of the legislature to deny divorce, in spite of parties taking a conscious decision to part ways, the Court said.The Madras High Court in A.C.Mathivanan vs. B.Sathyabama has, set aside a Family Court judgment which had dismissed a Joint petition for divorce on the ground the parties have not mentioned the reasons for their separation.Setting aside the Judgment of...

SC upholds Kerala HC ruling on distinction between “Loss to the Estate” and “Loss of Estate” [Read Judgment]

A subtle but fundamental distinction between “Loss of Estate” and “Loss to the Estate” was discussed in Omana P.K. and others v. Francis Edwin and others (2011 (4) KLT 952). This Judgment was challenged before the Apex Court, which has now dismissed the Appeal.The question raised in this case, was whether a certain sum which the dependants received as compensation for untimely death...