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1984 Sikh Riots: SC Declines Urgent Hearing Of Sajjan Kumar's Bail Plea
In the 1984 anti- Sikh riots case, the Supreme Court bench headed by Justice SA Bobde on Monday decided to give final hearing on the appeal and other applications including bail plea of convict Sajjan Kumar for during Apex Court's summer break in May, 2020. The bench declined the submission Kumar's counsel Sr Advocate Vikas Singh for atleast hearing of bail plea before the summer vacation...
She Can Live As Per Her Wish: SC Directs Release Of Teenager Housed In Nari Niketan Against Her Wishes [Read Order]
The Supreme Court has directed Nari Niketan in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh to release a girl detained there against her wishes.A man claiming to be her husband had approached the Allahabad High Court by filing a habeas corpus petition contending that his wife, who is an adult, has been detained in Nari Niketan against her wishes. He produced a medical certificate to prove that she is...
High Courts Weekly Round Up
Allahabad High Court Dismissing the Writ Petition filed by a bank employee, the High Court held that the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is not an investigating agency in disciplinary proceeding leveled against employees of the bank.Quashed the charge-sheet and criminal proceedings leveled against the Applicant girl, for use of unfair means in UPSC examination, stating that...
Buyers Can't Be Compelled To Accept Delayed Possession Of Flats: Reiterates NCDRC [Read Order]
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed Pioneer Urban Land & Infrastructure Ltd., the Opposite Party (OP), to refund the principal amount paid by the Complainants, as consideration for purchasing a flat from them and has held that buyers cannot be forced to accept delayed possession of property. Facts The Complainants had booked a high end residential...
NLSIU Alumnus Prof. Sudhir Krishnaswamy To Serve As The New VC Of NLSIU
Prof. Sudhir Krishnaswamy has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of National Law School of India University, Bangalore by the NLSIU Executive Council.On July 10, 2019, a Committee was constituted by the NLSIU Executive Council, under the Chairmanship of Supreme Court Judge, Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde. Other members of the committee included retired SC Judge, Justice V. Gopala...
Complaint Filed Against Aditya Birla Group in Varanasi Consumer Forum for Charging For Carry Bag
The Aditya Birla Group (Pantaloons Division) has been slapped with a consumer complaint filed against it for indulging in unfair trade practice by charging the consumer for carry bag bearing its advertisement, before the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum at Varanasi. The Complainant, who is a customer of Pantaloons from Varanasi has objected to the practice of charging the consumers for...
What Is The Period Of Limitation For Filling Complaint U/S 12 & 18 Of DV Act: Allahabad HC Judge Refers Matter To A Larger Bench [Read Order]
Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh, vide order dated 02.08.2019, has referred a matter under Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (the Act) to be adjudicated by a larger bench of the Court. The issue involved therein was that what should be the period of limitation for filling a complaint under Sections 12 and 18 of the Act. Section 12 of the Act prescribes that an application may be filed before the...
BCI To Decide Whether Advocates Should Remain 'On Their Legs' While Addressing Courts
Should the Advocates remain on their legs while addressing the Court? The 'Full House' of Bar Council of India might take a decision in this regard.Hariom Jindal, an advocate practicing in district courts in Ludhiana, had approached the National Human Rights Commission against this practice highlighting the fact that there is no rule mandating advocates to remain standing while appearing in...
Vidhi's Panel Discussion On Infrastructure Of India's District Courts: Key Highlights
Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy organised a panel discussion to launch its Building Courts: Surveying The The infrastructure of India's District Courts which highlights the state of infrastructure at various district court complexes across the country. The report provides a ranking of all the States and Union Territories based on the following nine parameters: Getting There, Navigation,...
'Temple Is Not A Commercial Establishment':Employees Entitled To Gratuity Under Special Law Not General Act: Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]
The Karnataka High Court has held that a temple employee in the state will be entitled to gratuity benefits under the Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowment Act, which is a special law enacted in the state and not under the Payments of Gratuity Act, which is a general law. A full bench comprising of Justice B V Nagarathna, Justice K N Phaneendra and Justice B A...
Decisions Of Vice-Chancellor Are Quasi-Judicial Orders, Adjudicating Valuable Rights Of The Parties: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]
The Allahabad HC on Thursday directed a Bareilly based University to amend the seniority list of its lecturer after 26 years and also held that decisions of Vice-Chancellor and Chancellor of the University were quasi-judicial orders, adjudicating valuable rights of the parties, and as such doctrine of the merger was applicable to them. The undisputed facts of the case were that...
'Do Not Allow Foreign Law Firms To Operate In SEZs' : Bar Council Of Delhi Writes To PM [Read Letter]
The Bar Council of Delhi (the Council) has written a letter to the Prime Minister raising objections against the permissions granted to foreign law firms to open their offices in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in India. The council submitted that the objection with regard to opening or operation of foreign law firms in India is not a fresh one and all the bodies of lawyers across India,...