Gujarat HC Follows SC’s Example, will Work During Vacations

The Judges of the High Court of Gujarat have decided to work for one week during the summer vacations, striving to reduce the burden of old cases that have been pending for years. Chief Justice R.S. Reddy reportedly conveyed the news to the Bar Association’s President Mr. Asim Pandya, and sought cooperation from the lawyers. Mr. Pandya has now invited names of Advocates willing to work...

Mentally-Challenged Kids Cannot Be Deprived Of Their Fundamental Rights: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court, recently held that under Article 39(f) of the Constitution, it is the duty of the state to make policy for healthy development of children, and certainly towards mentally-ill and mentally-challenged children. Merely because they are mentally-ill or -Challenged, they cannot be deprived of their fundamental right under the Article 21A of the Constitution.A division bench...

MP HC Convicts A Professor In Contempt Case [Read Order]

A division bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has sentenced a professor to three months simple imprisonment for failing to furnish proof to support his allegations of corruption against certain judges of high court in a contempt case.The court suspended the conviction for three weeks to enable the contemnor Lavit Rawtani a Professor of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT)...

Husband Not Liable For Cheque Issued By Wife: Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court, in Harshad Manubhai Malavaiya vs State Of Gujarat, held that husband is not liable for a cheque issued by the wife in her personal capacity.In the instant matter, Justice JB Pardiwala examined the question whether the petitioner can be made vicariously liable under Section 138 for the cheque dishonoured which were issued by his wife in personal capacity.Relying on...

Central Motor Vehicles Rules: Madras HC Strikes Down Levy Of Additional Fee [Read Judgment]

The Motor Vehicles Act and the Central Motor Vehicles Rules at present only contain a provision authorising the levy of a fee and nothing more, the court said.The Madras High Court has struck down a notification issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India, which called for imposition of additional fee in the nature of a fine or penalty over and above the...

No HC Relief To Zee In Copyright Case Against Sony On Kids’ Talent Show [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has refused to grant any relief to Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd and dismissed the notice of motion in a commercial suit filed against Sony Pictures, alleging copyright infringement.According to the plaintiffs, Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited illicitly copied Zee’s popular show India’s Best Dramebaaz, a televised talent hunt for child actors in 5 to...

A Systemic Trend In India In Awarding Death Penalty Against Marginalized Populations: Dr.Anup Surendranath [Video]

On 7 March, 2017 NALSAR Lecture Series on Constitutionalism hosted its eighth speaker, Dr. AnupSurendranath. Dr. Surendranath, a NALSAR alumnus, heads the Centre on the Death Penalty which has been credited with the seminal Death Penalty India Report, the first-ever empirical work on the administration of the death penalty in India. The topic of the lecture was closely related to his research: ‘Re-imagining Constitutional Questions on the Death Penalty’.At the outset, he cautioned that the topic...

Taxation (Amendment) Bill, 2017 Passed By Lok Sabha

With the expected roll out of GST on July 1, 2017 a new indirect tax regime will be born. The various current indirect taxes levied on sale of goods or supply of services by the Central or Sate Government will be subsumed into GST. Therefore, to make the Customs Act & Excise Act compliant with GST, Lok Sabha on 6th April 2017 has passed The Taxation (Amendment) Bill, 2017.With the...

Consumers Affairs Department Signs MOU With 230 Companies For Quick Redressal Consumer Complaints

The Department of Consumer Affairs has launched a project named The National Consumer Helpline (NCH). The project will be executed through the Indian Institute of Public Administration(IIPA), New Delhi who in-turn has signed a MOU with 230 Companies under the convergence programme and is aiming for quick redressal of the grievances/complaints of the consumers.According to the written...

Madras HC Asks Govt To Extend Crop Loan Waiver Scheme To All Farmers [Read Judgment]

Denial of benefit of waiver of crop loans to farmers who had cultivated lands exceeding 5 acres is a clear discrimination violating Article 14 of the Constitution, the Bench said.In a big relief to farmers in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court has asked the government to extend the crop loan waiver scheme to all farmers, including those whose land holding is more than 5 acres.A bench...

Department Of Revenue Claims Success In Fight Against Black Money

Department of Revenue claimed that it has been fighting successful crusade against black money with the help of concerted & co-ordinated actions of Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs).In the coming days the department promises intense action tax money launderers & tax evaders who will in turn have to pay a heavy cost for their deviant behaviour. In order to plug the loopholes and...

Delhi HC Orders Transfer Of Domain Name Googlee.in To Google [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court recently upheld an arbitral award directing transfer of domain name registered as ‘Googlee’ to Google Inc., noting that the former had adopted a “slavish” imitation of Google's writing style, font, color scheme and layout.“Mr Khatri was rightly stopped in his tracks by the Arbitrator from continuing with his misadventure. He could not have hoped to get away...