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...

Learners Licence Valid And Motorcyclist Holding The Same Need Not Be Accompanied By An Instructor:KarnatakaHC [Read Judgment]

"Central Motor Vehicle Rules strictly contemplates accompanying of an instructor in a motor vehicle, but excludes the motorcycle.

Wrong Details Of Wife In Divorce Petition: Karnataka HC Overturns Divorce Decree Granted To Husband [Read Judgment]

The Karnataka High Court has overturned a divorce decree granted ex-parte to a husband and remanded the matter back to the family court for fresh consideration, after it was found that husband gave wrong address details of the wife, so that she could not be called upon to file her reply to his divorce petition. The wife argued before the high court that "Since the appellant's parental house...