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...

Demand Notice U/s 138 NI Act Need Not Be Sent Through An Advocate: Tripura HC [Read Judgment]

"It is the payee or the holder who will make the demand in writing."

Flat Purchasers Can't Be Made To Wait For 'Inordinate' Time Period For Possession, Reaffirms NCDRC

Placing reliance on the decision of Supreme Court in Kolkata West International City Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Devasis Rudra (Civil Appeal NO. 3182 of 2019), in which the Hon'ble Supreme Court has observed that the flat purchasers cannot be made to wait for inordinate period of time hoping to seek possession, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) reaffirmed to the same effect in...

SC Relief To Man Who Killed His Daughter Amidst Quarrel Over Placing A Bulb [Read Judgment]

"The entire occurrence was in a spur of moment. There was quarrel between the father and daughter as to where the bulb is to be put on."

Bank Employee Working In Its Legal Branch Ineligible To Become A Judge: Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]

"The contemplation of the 'allied departments' when mentioned in the context of the word 'courts', it cannot mean to apply any and sundry department."

Police Attack On Howrah Lawyers: Court Premises Are To Be Insulated From All Sorts Of Intrusions, Says Cal HC, Seeks Response From Govt, Cops

Taking suo motu cognizance of the brutal police assault on lawyers in Howrah following a row with the Howrah municipal corporation staff over parking, the Calcutta High Court today said "The Court premises are locations which are to be insulated from all sorts of intrusions, except as authorised by law" and that "the society cannot afford to exclude the existence of courts within the...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On A Petition Against Writing-off NPAs & Waiving-off Loans By Banks [Read Petition]

Delhi High Court has issued notice today to the government in a plea before it for ensuring that the banks stop practice of technical writing-off of Non Performing Assets (NPAs) and to restrain political parties from offering loan waiving schemes or other monetary schemes in their election manifestos and also to not permit the Central and state governments to reduce or waive off loans as same...

Delhi HC Sets Aside Centre's Move To Restrict Basmati Rice Cultivation To Seven States [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has set aside the Centre's decision to restrict production of Basmati rice only to the Indo-Gangetic plains in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and parts of Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir under the garb of maintaining the quality and purity of the seeds. Justice Vibhu Bakhru set aside two Office Memorandums (OMs) dated May 29, 2008 and February...

Delhi HC Invites Application For Designation As Senior Advocate [Read Notification]

Delhi High Court has invited the application for conferment of designation as Senior Advocate."The applications seeking conferment of designation as Senior Advocate are accordingly invited from eligible practicing advocates as provided in Rule (5) of the High Court of Delhi Designation of Senior Advocate Rules, 2018, in the prescribed proforma annexed to the aforesaid Rules with a...