Home-Buyer Cannot Be Expected To Wait Indefinitely For Delivery Of Possession Of Flat: NCDRC [Read Order]

In an order that would come to the rescue of several home-buyers, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has observed that on the failure of the builder to deliver the possession of a flat within the stipulated time, the buyer cannot be made to wait indefinitely.Taking note of the compensation clauses in the builder-buyer agreement, the Commission considered it a case where...

2 Yrs After She Lost Her Unborn Child,School Teacher Takes On Delhi Govt For Better Hospitals

Madhubala, a school teacher, and her husband were a happy couple in 2015, as they prepared to welcome their first child after five years of marriage.On December 14, 2015, a 9-month-pregnant Madhubala was admitted to Delhi government’s Guru Teg Bahadur hospital in Shahdara. The family was excited to welcome a new member.However, that was not to be. 27-year-old Madhubala recounts how she...

Defacing Delhi For DUSU Polls: Delhi HC Tells Prez Rocky Tuseed, DU, Others To Decide Clean-Up Plan

DUSU office-bearers and candidates who lost the recent DUSU polls appeared before the Delhi High Court on Monday and apologised for the defacement of public property caused during the campaigning for DUSU polls.DUSU president Rocky Tuseed and others apologised before Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal, who has been critical of the defacement caused to public property and had questioned...

NGT Says Big NO To Dharna, Protests At Jantar Mantar; Asks Protesters To Shift To Ram Leela Maidan [Read Judgment]

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Delhi Government, New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and Police Commissioner to immediately stop all activities of dharna, protest, agitations, assembling of people, public speeches, using of loud speakers, etc., at Jantar Mantar road.The tribunal, on a plea by residents of Jantar Mantar Road, also directed the NDMC to remove all...

Registration Of FIR Can’t Be Treated As Gospel Truth, Says Bombay HC; Rescues Student From Expulsion [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently held that the registration of FIR cannot be regarded as gospel truth and be a reason for expelling a student, as it is against principles of natural justice. A bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice SK Shinde was hearing a petition filed by a 21-year-old student of Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering College affiliated to Narsee...

Bombay HC Grants Wife Guardianship Of Husband In Comatose Condition [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has issued a writ of mandamus declaring one Philomena Lobo as the guardian for her husband Leo Lobo, who is in a comatose condition.Apart from this, a bench of Justice SS Kemkar and Justice GS Kulkarni directed all respondent banks, financial institutes to operate or deal with the financial affairs of Leo Lobo.In support of her case, the petitioner (Philomena) submitted...

The Wire To Challenge The 'Gag Order' Against Article On Jay Amit Shah

"It goes without saying that this attempt to gag The Wire will not go unchallenged”, said the Wire Team in a press release. The online news portal 'The Wire', which published an article against BJP President Amit Shah's son Jay Amit Shah, on Monday received a communication from an Ahmadabad based lawyer  Milan S. Bhatt which states as follows;"Pending hearing and final disposal of...

Jharkhand HC Allows Termination Of 23-Week Fetus Of Minor [Read Judgment]

Jharkhand High Court has permitted the termination of a 23-week fetus of a minor girl who was raped in Jamshedpur in Jharkhand. The court directed the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) Ranchi to take steps for termination of the pregnancy while adding that the procedure must be completed taking every precautionary steps.Representing the minor girl the mother had prayed for...

Sikkim HC upholds Constitutionality of Section 6 of Delhi Special Police Establishment Act [Read Judgment]

The Sikkim High Court has recently held that the Section 6 of Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, as constitutional and valid,It also observed that the Parliament is competent to enact such a provision as stated under Entry 80 of List I-Union List, prescribing power to grant consent for the concerned State Government, to enable a member of DSPE to exercise powers and jurisdiction in any...

Detention Order Cannot Be Quashed Solely For Not Mentioning Period Of Detention: Karnataka HC (FB) [Read Judgment]

The Full Bench of Karnataka High Court has ruled that an order of detention under Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drugs Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and SlumGrabbers Act, 1985 cannot be quashed per se for the reason that it does not mention the period of detention.In the absence of such a specification, Section 13 of the Act would...

Doctors Shouldn’t Be Apprehensive Of Litigation If They Work In Good Faith : Justice Devan Ramachandran

Speaking at the annual conference of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Kerala State Branch, Justice Devan Ramachandran opined that doctors should not always be apprehensive of unnecessary litigation consequences, provided they act in good faith in the interest of patients. He was delivering his inaugural address on Sunday in Kochi on the topic ‘Medicine & Law: An Update’ in...

Order Of Maintenance Awarded Under Domestic Violence Act Cannot Be Substituted By Maintenance Under S.125 of CrPC [Read Judgment]

While examining a short question of whether the order of maintenance passed in the proceedings filed under Section 125 of CrPC is to be followed, or, whether the order of maintenance passed in the proceedings filed under Domestic Violence Act, is to be followed, the Bombay High Court has held that both stand independently of each other.Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi was hearing counter...