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Mere Government Inefficiency Not A Ground For Delay Condonation, Reiterates SC [Read Order]
The Supreme Court has reiterated that mere government inefficiency cannot be a ground for condoning the delay.While dismissing the Special Leave Petition filed by the State of Odisha on the ground of delay, the bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice KM Joseph observed that it is for the state to 'put its own house in order'.The Government, in this SLP, had assailed a High...
Land Denotification Case : Special Court Directs Former Karnataka CM H.D Kumaraswamy To Appear Before It Oct 4
Former Chief Minister of Karnataka H D Kumaraswamy has been summoned by a special court to appear before it on October 4, in relation to an alleged land denotification case, done for peculiar gains. The special court constituted for Elected Representative issued summons to 18 others apart from Kumaraswamy. The process was issued on the complaint made by one M Mahadeva Swamy. In...
SC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Measures To Curb Violence Against Hospitals, Doctors
A group of private hospitals have moved Supreme Court seeking direction to government to take " immediate and necessary action against the perpetrators indulging in violence against medical professionals, medicare service and causing damage to the Clinical Establishments." The bench of justices N V Ramana and Ajay Rastogi on Friday issued notice and sought response from the...
The Real Point Is To Ascertain Which Contains The Truth: SC On Divergent Dying Declarations [Read Judgment]
"When there are divergent dying declarations it is not the law that the court must invariably prefer the statement which is incriminatory and must reject the statement which does not implicate the accused."
Remedies Available Under Consumer Protection Act And RERA Are Concurrent: Delhi HC [Delhi HC]
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reiterated that remedies available to home buyers under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (CPA) and Real Estate (Development and Regulation) Act, 2016 (RERA) are concurrent.BackgroundIn the petition titled "M/s M3M India Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. Dr. Dinesh Sharma & Anr." along with a batch of similar petitions, Justice Prateek Jalan was faced with the...
Unregistered Agreement Of Sale Can Be Used As An Evidence For Collateral Purpose: SC [Read Order]
The Supreme Court recently upheld a Trial Court order allowing the plaintiff to lead evidence on insufficiently stamped unregistered agreement of sale in his suit for recovery of earnest money said to be paid by him at the time executing the agreement for sale. The issue before the Apex Court was whether an unregistered agreement of sale can be seen for collateral purposes under the proviso...
Karnataka HC Issues Guidelines To Trial Courts To Provide Appropriate Compensation To Victims[Read Judgment]
Karnataka HC issues guidelines to lower courts ask them to provide appropriate compensation to victims, as per provisions of CrPC, considering the gravity of offence and paying capacity of accused. The Karnataka High Court has issued guidelines to trial court judges to follow in letter and spirit provisions under section 357 and 357 A of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and award...
PIL In Karnataka HC Challenges MHRD Circular Directing To Connect Students' Social Media Account With Colleges [Read Petition]
A public interest litigation is filed in the Karnataka High Court challenging the notification issued in July, by the Union Government, through the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), directing all Higher Education Institutes, to connect social media accounts, of all the students and teachers to their respective institution account to be created and designated as 'Social...
Punjab Killings : Plea Filed In SC For Probe Into Alleged Executions Withdrawn With Liberty To Move HC
The Public Interest Litigation filed in the Supreme Court seeking probe into alleged mass killings during the counter-insurgency period in Punjab has been withdrawn with liberty to move the Punjab and Haryana High Court.The petition filed by an NGO named Punjab Documentation and Advocacy Project (PDAP) and some individuals sought constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) or...