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S. 96(3) CPC- Bar On Appeal Against Compromise Decree Not Applicable Where Court Declines To Record Some Part Of Compromise: Allahabad HC
Dismissing a petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution on account of availability of an alternate remedy, the Allahabad High Court has held that the bar against appeal from a compromise decree shall not apply in cases where the court records some part of the compromise while declines to record the remaining part. The petition was filed by Sri Ram Krishna Vivekanand Shishu...
Delhi HC Dismisses PlL Seeking Mandatory Requirement Of OTP For Transactions On International Websites
Delhi High Court dismissed the writ petition seeking directions to be issued to the central government to make requirement of One Time Password (OTP) mandatory for transactions made on international websites. The Petitioner Amit Sahni had submitted in his petition that mandating the requirement of OTP for transactions made on international websites would prevent instances of...
Issue Orders Against Illegal Charging Of Cancellation Fees On Air Tickets: Chandigarh Consumer Forum To Ministry Civil Aviation [Read Order]
The Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum at Chandigarh has asked the Ministry Of Civil Aviation to consider the issue of illegal charging of amount by airlines on cancellation and/or modification of tickets by passengers. "…unfortunately the airlines have indulged in charging heavy fares taking benefit of helplessness on the part of needy individuals…The Airlines have high bargaining...
Special Judge Extends Ratul Puri's Police Custody Till September 16 In Augusta Westland Case
CBI Special Judge Arvind Kumar has extended Ratul Puri's police custody for 5 more days in the Augusta Westland Scam case. Puri has already completed 14 days of police custody prior to the present extension. DP Singh, Counsel for Enforcement Directorate in the present matter, submitted before the court that certain documents, including hand written notes and emails, have been recovered from...
P Chidambaram Moves Delhi HC to Challenge Judicial Custody In INX Media Case
P Chidambaram has moved an application under section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, before the Delhi High Court, in order to challenge the CBI court's order dated 05.09.2019 which subjected him to a judicial custody of 14 days. The Application puts forward the following grounds to set aside the order of the trial court: Trial court failed to appreciate that it...
Unnao Case: 'In-Camera' Proceedings To Record Rape Survivor's Statement Begins At AIIMS
'In-camera' proceedings commenced on Wednesday at AIIMS here, where a temporary court has been set up for recording the Unnao rape survivor's statement in the case of alleged sexual assault by expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in 2017. The woman's statement is being recorded by District Judge Dharmesh Sharma. 'In-camera' proceedings are not open to the public and...
Bar Council Of Delhi Stays Its Notice Barring Practice of 4,778 Advocates
The Bar Council of Delhi has requested the courts and tribunals in Delhi to not prohibit the 4,788 advocates from practicing, who were earlier alleged to have failed the All India Bar Exam (AIBE). In a letter issued in this behalf today, the Secretary of the Bar Council said "Kindly refer to our letter…dated 26.08.2019 regarding a list of 4,778 Advocates, who were said to have...
NGT Imposes Cost Of 5 Cr. On Mumbai Industrial Development Corporation For Polluting Water Body
The Principal Bench of NGT has imposed a cost of 5 crores on Mumbai Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) for causing pollution, by discharging industrial effluents, in the Taloja industrial area on the outskirts of Mumbai. The NGT was hearing a plea filed by Arvind Pundalik Mhatre, for action against the alleged discharge of untreated industrial effluents in a water...
Kashmiri Student' Plea Against J&K Lockdown: Karnataka HC Tells Centre To Provide Details Of All Petitions Pending In SC
The Karnataka High Court on September 9, granted time till September 13, to the Union Government to give details of petitions pending for hearing before the Supreme Court in regards to the alleged communication blackout in Jammu and Kashmir, post the abrogation of Article 370. Justice Alok Aradhe which is hearing a petition filed by a 23-year-old Syed Peerzada Suheel Ahmad, resident...
NGT Directs CPCB To Implement Mechanism For Plastic Waste Management, Check Import Of Hazardous Waste [Read Order]
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench has directed the CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board) to implement a proper mechanism for plastic waste management, on a plea filed by petitioner Amit Jain.The NGT was considering a remedial action against cheap waste paper and the import and export of waste for firing of brick kilns. As per Amit Jain, almost 900,000 tons of hazardous waste...
Bombay HC Slams Goa Police For Posing With A Mother Accused Of Abandoning Her New-Born
The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court came down heavily on certain Police officials for posing in front of the media with a mother arrested for allegedly abandoning her new-born child. The division bench of Justices M. S. Sonak and N. D. Sardessai had taken suo motu cognizance of the newspaper article, published in a Marathi daily 'Tarun Bharat', which featured the photograph. "The...
Punjab & Haryana HC Refuses To Stay Ban On TV Serial 'Ram Siya Ke Luv Kush' [Read Order]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to stay the ban on telecast of TV serial 'Ram Siya Ke Luv Kush'.Various District Magistrates in Punjab had banned the telecast of the TV Serial by Color TV on the ground that there is a large population of SC/Valmiki community in the Districts and resentment is prevalent amongst them over the screening of the serial. The allegation is that the...