Augusta Westland: Special Judge Extends Ratul Puri's Police Custody Till September 19

Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar has remanded Ratul Puri to 3 days of police custody in Augusta Westland case. Puri has already spent 11 days in custody in the said VVIP Chopper Scam case. ED Counsel DP Singh had asked for an extension of 3 days by submitting before the court that some new evidence have come up from the search made on September 14 at Puri's office. The investigative body...

Deficiency In Service: NCDRC Directs Sahara To Pay Compensation, Refund To Consumer [Read Order]

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission on Friday directed the Real Estate Developer, Sahara Prime City Ltd., to refund the principal amount paid by the Complainant as consideration for purchasing a flat from them along with compensation, in view of excessive delay in granting possession. Background The Complainant, Tapasya Palawat, had booked a flat with the Developer in 2006...

Haj Pilgrimages Are Not Consumers Of Haj Committee: Reiterates NCDRC [Read Order]

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has reiterated that Haj Committee of India does not fall within the purview of Consumer Protection Act, 1986 and the Haj Pilgrimages are not its consumers.Justice V. K. Jain reiterated this settled position of law while adjudicating upon a Revision petition filed by the Haj Committee of India, through Advocates Sheikh Imran Alam...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High Court A full bench of the High Court held that in absence of a specific remedy in Employees' Service Regulations, an employer may invoke civil liability to recover the loss incurred by him due to the actions of an employee.Dismissing a petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution on account of availability of an alternate remedy, the High Court held that the...

Protection From Arrest In MCOCA Case Can Be Granted If There Is No Mens Rea : Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

In what may be the first instance wherein protection from arrest has been granted in a case registered under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, the Bombay High Court allowed a writ petition filed by one Surjitsingh Gambhir.A division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Bharati Dangre held that there was non-application of mind on part of the IG, CID who...

Cancelling Mining Lease: HC Cautions Authorities To Adopt Fairplay & Adhere To Prescribed Procedure [Read Judgment]

Granting a big relief to a sand miner, the Allahabad High Court quashed an order of the District Magistrate of Prayagraj, canceling the mining lease and blacklisting the Petitioner sand miner, which was passed without granting an opportunity of hearing. Background The petition was filed by one Sunil Rajak, represented by Senior Advocate Anoop Trivedi with Advocate Abhinav...

PIL In Karnataka HC To Restraint Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Foundation From Collecting Money From Public For 'Cauvery Calling' Project

Public interest litigation filed by in the Karnataka High Court seeks directions to Isha Foundation, headed by Guruji Jaggi Vasudev, not to collect any funds from the public for the 'Cauvery calling project', in the interest of equity and justice. The petition filed by advocate A V Amarnathan is likely to be heard in Tuesday. As per the petition, the foundation is planning to plant...

Centre Constitutes Committee Of Experts To Suggest Data Governance Framework [Read Notification]

The Central Govt. has decided to constitute a Committee of Experts under the Chairmanship of Shri Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-founder of Infosys, to deliberate upon Data Governance Framework. An Office Memorandum in this behalf was released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Friday. The Committee shall study various issues relating to Non-Personal Data and shall...

Calcutta HC Judge Recuses From Case In Which His Facebook Friend Lawyer Appeared

Justice Protik Prakash Banerjee recently recused from a case after a party in person urged that if a Judge has a friend on Facebook who is a member of the Bar that is a reason for him to rescue from the case.If that is the view of the petitioner it will not be proper for me to take up this matter, said Justice Banerjee after releasing the case on personal grounds.. The judge was hearing a...

Use Of Automatic Facial Recognition Technology By Police Is Lawful : UK Court[Read Judgment]

The High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, Cardiff (United Kingdom) has held that use of Automated Facial Recognition Technology (AFRT) in the form of a pilot project known as "AFR Locate" by the South Wales Police (SWP) in Cardiff was lawful, although it involved invasion on the right to privacy.This is the first instance where any court in the world had considered the use of AFRT...

Sex-Dolls That Are Child-Like Violate Penal Provision Banning Child Abuse: Norwegian Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court of Norway has passed a judgment interpreting the position of law on sex dolls. The highest court of the country has held that sex dolls that represent child-like qualities amount to violation of the penal code as they amount to sexualisation of children. Section 311 of the Norwegian Penal Code lays down the law banning sexualisation of children. It says that...

NGT Directs Jharkhand Govt. To Take Action Against Operation Of Illegal Mines And Stone Crushers

The NGT has directed the state authorities of Jharkhand to take action against the damage being caused to the hills of Raj Mahal (Sahebganj Dist.), Jharkhand by illegal mining and operation of stone crushers. The NGT, Eastern Zone Bench (EZ) initiated proceedings in the matter, based on a letter sent by one Ramchandra Chaurasia....