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Consumer Can't Be Made To Suffer For Delay In Issuance Of Occupancy Certificate : NCDRC Directs Supertech To Refund The Amount With 10% Interest
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) had held that a consumer cannot be made to suffer for any delay in the issuance of Occupancy Certificate to the builder due to some deviations or deficiencies in the project. Justice VK Jain also reiterated that in case there was an order restraining the builder from extracting groundwater for construction purposes, it was for...
Former HC CJ Justice Subhashan Reddy Passes Away
Justice Subhashan Reddy, 76, passed away today morning at Hyderabad. He was a judge of High Court of Andhra Pradesh and later served as Chief Justices of High Courts of Kerala and Madras.He was the Chairperson on the AP State Human Rights Commission and also acted as the Lok Ayuktha after retirement.He was born at Bagh Amberpet in Hyderabad Urban Taluk on 2-03-1943, and educated at Sultan...
SC Collegium Recommends Advocate Dinesh Pathak As Judge of Allahabad High Court [Read Resolution]
Supreme Court Collegium has recommended Advocate Dinesh Pathak of Allahabad High Court as judge in its resolution passed on 30th April. His name as deferred by the collegium as per the report/comments from the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court on certain unconfirmed inputs. Resolution noted that " ......The fresh inputs received from the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court...
Govt Should Take Steps To Include Column For Transgenders In Online Form For Name Change In Official Gazette: Bombay HC
While hearing a petition filed by a 29-year-old transgender, the Bombay High Court has observed that the state government should take steps to include a column for transgenders in the online application form for change of name in the official gazette. A division bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice MS Sanklecha noted that considering the wide range of issues raised in the petition, it should...
Bombay HC Acquits Man Sentenced To Death For Double Murder [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court today acquitted one Ramdas Shinde, who was sentenced to death after being convicted by the Sessions Judge, Nashik under Section 302 of IPC for murder of a 34-year-old woman and her 6-year-old son.A division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice PD Naik held that the material placed on record by the prosecution was insufficient to rule out the involvement of...
Justice P.R. Ramachandra Menon Appointed As New Chief Justice Of Chhattisgarh HC [Read Notification]
The President of India has appointed Kerala High Court Judge Justice P.R. Ramachandra Menon as Chief Justice Of Chhattisgarh High Court.On April, 8 the Supreme Court Collegium has recompensed the Government to appoint him as Chief Justice. "Office of the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court has fallen vacant recently, consequent upon resignation of Mr. Justice A.K. Tripathi,...
Justice Ravindra Bhat Appointed As New Chief Justice Of Rajasthan HC
President of India has appointed Delhi High Court Judge Justice Ravindra Bhat as Chief Justice Of Rajasthan High Court.On April 8, the Supreme Collegium has recommended to the Government to appoint him as Chief Justice Of Rajasthan High Court. "Office of the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court has recently fallen vacant, consequent upon transfer of Mr. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog,...
Asaram's Bapu's Son Narayan Sai Gets Life Imprisonment In Rape Case
A sessions court at Surat on Tuesday sentenced Narayan Sai, the son of jailed self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, to life imprisonment in a rape case filed against him by a former woman devotee in 2013. Additional Sessions Judge P S Gadhvi handed down the sentence to Sai and asked him to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the victim. Besides Sai, lodged at the Lajpore Jail here since...
Breaking: Registered Trade Union Can File Insolvency Petition As Operational Creditor On Behalf Of Its Members: SC [Read Judgment]
"Looked at from any angle, there is no doubt that a registered trade union which is formed for the purpose of regulating the relations between workmen and their employer can maintain a petition as an operational creditor on behalf of its members."
Manager Of A Nationalized Bank Though A Public Servant Can't Claim Protection U/S 197 CrPC: SC [Read Judgment]
"We having come to the conclusion that appellant being not a public servant removable from his office saved by or with the sanction of the Government, sanction under Section 197 Cr.P.C. was not applicable. "
Lieutenant Governor Has No Right To Interfere In The Daily Affairs Of The Elected Government Of Puducherry, Rules Madras HC
The Lieutenant Governor (LG) does not have the right to interfere in the daily affairs of the elected government of Puducherry, the Madras High Court has ruled.Kiran Bedi is the present Lieutenant Governor for the Union Territory while the Chief Minister is V. Narayanasami.According to the report in The News Minute, Justice R. Mahadevan, while disposing of a petition filed by Puducherry...