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Bombay HC Directs State Govt To Pay Rs.10 Lakh To Parents For Negligent Investigation Into The Death Of Their Daughter [Read Judgment]
In an unprecedented ruling, the Bombay High Court has directed State government to pay Rs.10 lakh to parents of a minor girl for negligent investigation. The girl went missing and subsequently her body was found by the police on January 2, 2012.Division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice PD Naik partly allowed the appeal filed by accused Nazir Javed Khan who was convicted under...
NCDRC Directs Mercedes Benz To Pay Rs 2 Lakh To Customer As Compensation For Defects In Vehicle [Read Order]
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission directed Mercedes Benz to pay Rs. 2 lakh to its customer as compensation for defects in the Mercedes vehicle he had purchased from them. NCDRC did not interfere with the order of the State Commission which had passed directions on similar lines. Prince Bansal, the purchaser, faced difficulties driving the car right from the time of...
'Zen Not A Generic Word In Relation To Mobiles' ; Delhi HC Restrains Asus From Using 'Zen' 'Zenfone' In Their Products [Read Interim Order]
The Delhi High Court has passed an interim order restraining mobile and laptop manufacturing company Asus Technology from using the mark "ZEN", "ZENFONE" and other similar terms while selling mobile phones and other products. Justice Manmohan passed the order in a suit filed by Telecare Network India Pvt Ltd, which claimed to have been continuously using the mark ZEN and ZEN MOBILE for...
Dr Anup Surendranath Appointed To The Advisory Council Of The Bonavero Institute Of Human Rights, University of Oxford
Dr. Anup Surendranath, Executive Director of Project 39A and Assistant Professor of Law at NLU Delhi, has been appointed to the Advisory Council of the 'Bonavero Institute of Human Rights' at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. He is the only member from Asia to be on this 15-member council, comprising senior judges from the UK and leading human rights lawyers from different parts of...
Use Of Plastic Bottles & Multilayered Plastic Packages (Tetra Packing): NGT Asks FSSAI To Constitute Committee For Determination Of The Subject Of Restriction [Read Order]
To see if any further regulatory provisions are required on the subject of restrictions on the packaging by use of plastic material, after the steps already are taken, and if so to what extent, National Green Tribunal asked for examination by an Expert Committee comprising of the representatives of Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS),...
Will Publication Harming Governor's Reputation By Itself Amount To Offence U/s 124 IPC? Madras HC Stays Criminal Proceedings Against 'Nakeeran' Gopal [Read Order]
"This is the first case after independence wherein the Court has been called upon to consider whether a publication by itself will have the effect of overawing his Excellency the Governor to prevent him from exercising his lawful powers and duties"
Medical Negligence: Delhi State Commission Awards Rs. 25 Lakh To Woman As Compensation [Read Judgment]
Delhi State Commission Consumer Court awarded Rs. 25 lakh damage to a woman who became a victim of medical negligence and lost her first baby after a hospital wrongly advised her to plan family alongside prescription of heavy TB medicine. Background When 28-year-old Swapnil Mishra complained of heavy pain during her period and checked in with Pushpanjali Healthcare in...
Will Single Act Of Unchastity Disentitle Wife From Claiming Maintenance? Kerala HC Asks Family Court To Reconsider Wife's Plea [Read Order]
The Kerala High Court, in a recent order, took note of a dictum laid down in a 1999 judgment that a single act of unchastity or a few lapses of virtue will not disentitle a wife from claiming maintenance from her husband under Sec.125 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Justice Alexander Thomas set aside the order of a family court which had dismissed the plea of a woman seeking...
Madhya Pradesh HC Stays Suspension Of Sanskrit Professor Who Predicted 300 Seats For BJP [Read Order]
The Madhya Pradesh High Court granted interim relief to a Sanskrit Professor who was suspended for violating model code of conduct. Dr. Raju Musalgaonkar, the head of the Sanskrit department at Vikram University, was suspended after he posted on social media that BJP would secure around 300 seats. Justice Vivek Rusia, after hearing the application for urgent hearing during summer vacation,...
Kerala HC Expresses Displeasure Over Delayed Finalization Of Coastal Zone Management Plans; Asks Central Body To Take Measures [Read Order]
Expressing displeasure over the delayed preparation of the Coastal Zone Management Plan(CZMP) for Kerala under the earlier Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notifications, the High Court of Kerala has directed the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management under the Central Ministry of Environment and Forests to file an affidavit detailing the steps required for finalizing the CZMP for...