Can Builders Be Arrested For Failing To Hand Over Flats? NCDRC Says Yes [Read Order]

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has upheld an order of the state commission, which had ordered the arrest of officials of a real estate for failing to hand over flats or make refunds on time.In the instant case, in spite of the proclamation published against the director and general manager of the company under Section 82 CrPC, they did not appear before the...

Bombay HC Gives Interim Relief To Kapil Sharma On Building Demolition [Read Petition]

The Bombay High Court on Monday ordered an interim stay on a notice issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) dated April 28, 2016, that directed demolition of portions of an 18-storey building, in which comedian Kapil Sharma owns a flat, in Goregaon.Sharma, who had challenged the said order, stated in his petition that he had not carried out any unauthorised construction at...

Mumbai RTI Activist Bhupendra Vira Shot Point Blank

In yet another brutal attack on an RTI activist in Maharashtra, Bhupendra Vira was shot dead at his residence in Santacruz, Mumbai, on late Saturday night. Although the identity of the assailant is yet to be verified, but it is largely being alleged that he was targeted for taking on the land mafia.The 72-year old activist, who had waged a battle against unauthorised structures and...

Court Cannot Take Cognizance Of Offence Chapter Under IV Of The Drugs And Cosmetics Act On The Basis Of Police Report: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court in Rajendra  vs. State Of Maharashtra, has held that the cognisance of offences punishable under Chapter IV of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940,  cannot be taken on the basis of the charge sheet filed by the police under section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).Quashing proceedings against one Rajendra, Justice S.S. Shinde and Justice Sangitrao S....

Parliamentary Standing Committee To Examine Inordinate Delay In Appointments To SC And HCs

The Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice has reportedly decided to look into the inordinate delay in appointments being made to the Supreme Court and to various High Courts of the country.The process would include the Law Ministry presenting its position on the issue before the Parliamentary panel.Besides, the Panel has decided to examine the functioning of...

Rajasthan HC directs Govt. To Amend Rules To Ensure Hassle-free Issue Of Birth Certificate To Single Mothers

In a progressive judgment reaffirming the rights of single mothers, the Rajasthan High Court directed the state government to amend existing rules and provide necessary guidelines to ensure painless issuance of birth certificate to single mothers. “To ward off denial of Birth Certificate to the single parent or unwed mother or woman, a direction is, hereby, issued to the State of Rajasthan...

US SC Restricts Scope Of ‘Victim Impact’ Evidence In Death Penalty

Vacating the judgment of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals which had affirmed the death sentence of a convict in a triple murder case, the Supreme Court of the United States has reiterated that it has not overruled a decision that bars victims’ family members from recommending a death sentence.It said a capital sentencing jury considering victim impact evidence that does not...

CIC Raps UGC For Not Disclosing Course Details Sought As Genuine Academic Queries [Read Order]

The CIC held that the UGC being an academic regulatory has statutory duty to inform/educate the people about the courses/degrees and their validity. It was agreed by the CIC that any conclusion without reading the enactments of the RTI and UGC together would lead to undue denial that amounts to abdication of UGC’s duty to inform, which was prescribed by two statutes that being its...

Marshall Islands Loses Battle Against Nuclear Giants India, UK, Pak

A tiny island nation might have lost the battle against nuclear ‘giants’, but it could be an inspiration for some to fight for a safe world free from nuclear weapons.Marshall Islands’, a small island country in the Pacific, fight against three nuclear powers - Britain, India and Pakistan - for their non-cooperation in nuclear disarmament, in the International Court of Justice got nipped...

Delhi HC Directs Delhi Judicial Academy To Educate Judges On Juvenile Law [Read Judgment]

"The Registry is directed to send a copy of this order to the Director (Academics), Delhi Judicial Academy for designing a refresher course on juvenile justice and compiling the material for it. This design shall be sent to every District Judge, who if possible, would organise and implement the training at the District Court Complexes for expediency and to save the time of the judges",...

Quacks Can’t Escape Legal Tangle After Cheating, Misleading People: Madras HC [Read Order]

Taking a definitive stand on quackery, the Madras High Court dismissed the petition to quash criminal proceedings against one such individual alleged of quackery and ruled that returning money back to patients does not absolve the quack from the offence of fraud and cheating.The single judge bench of Justice PN Prakash dismissed the petition to quash criminal proceedings against one Vijay...

E-Courts Project: Judges To Get Unique Identification Numbers To Track Performance And Update Judgments

As a part of the ongoing implementation of the second phase of the e-Courts project, the Government has decided to allocate unique identification numbers to all Judges in the country, to aid the Supreme Court in tracking their performance and making their judgments available on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG).The NJDG would consist of details such as the quality of judgments, number...