How A Typographical Error In A Delhi HC Judgment Helped A Murder Convict? [Read Judgment]

A ‘typographical’ error in Judgment of Delhi High Court reportedly helped a double murder convict abscond.On 24th December, 2016, the Bench G.S. Sistani and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, partly allowing the appeal by the convict had said “we modify the order on sentence to the period already undergone by the appellant i.e. 16 years and 10 months”. The Bench had also said:...

Bombay HC Quashes FIR Against Depressed Woman For Attempting To Murder Her Newborn [Read Judgment]

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR registered against Savita, a 25-year-old woman from Osmanabad who attempted to murder her 3-month-old son in 2015, as she was suffering from postpartum depression.A division bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice KK Sonwane was hearing an application filed by Savita under Section 482 of the IPC.According to the...

Division Bench Of Delhi HC Also Denies Swaraj India The Common Symbol [Read Judgment]

The Division Bench of Delhi High Court in Swaraj India vs State Election Commission and Another while deciding an interim application held that “that any interim direction for grant of a common election symbol to the appellant would gravely hinder, impede, and could stall the election process set in motion by issue of Notification dated 22nd March, 2017”The Appellant Swaraj India being...

Companies Balance Sheet Fy 2016-17: Disclose Receipts & Payments In Rs. 1000 & 500 Currency Notes, Says Notification [Read Notifications]

The Central Government through Notification No. 244/ 2017 dated March 30, 2017 amends Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013.Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013 provides for “General instructions for preparation of Balance Sheet and Statement of Profit and Loss of a Company”The Amendment to the Schedule III requires a Company to disclose the details of specified bank notes (Rs. 500...

Information Utilities Regulations, 2017 Notified [Read Notification]

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India has notified the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Information Utilities) Regulations, 2017.The object of the Information Utility Regulation is to provide for registration and regulation of information utilities. The Information Utility Regulation will be effective from April 1, 2017.The role of an information utility is to store...

Gratuity Is A Constitutional Right That Can’t Be Taken Away From Employee: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Judgment]

Gratuity is a property within the meaning of Article 300-A of the Constitution of India, the Bench said.The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that gratuity is a property within the meaning of Article 300-A of the Constitution of India and as such, it is a constitutional right which cannot be taken away except by the authority of law.A bench comprising Justice Sanjay K Agrawal and Justice...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court asked Uttar Pradesh state to ensure that guidelines are followed by the ‘anti-Romeo’ squads and law is followed.Bombay High CourtA day ahead of the BCI’s call for nationwide protest against the Law Commission’s suggestions for significant amendments to the Advocate’s Act 1961, the Bombay High Court on Thursday disposed of a PIL...

Centre Invites Comments On Draft RTI Rules, 2017 [Read Rules With RTI Activist's Comments ]

In a recent circular, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training has invited comments on the draft RTI Rules, 2017. These Rules would replace RTI Rules, 2012.Suggestions from concerned stakeholders may be sent by 15th April, 2017, via email to Ms. Preeti Khanna, Under Secretary (RTI), North Block, at usrti-dopt@nic.in.The Rules add...

Objective To Introduce Online Admission System Can’t Be Overlooked: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, in Neeraj Kumar & others vs Venkateshwar Global School & Others, has held that “the stand of the Directorate of Education on the objective to introduce online system, to ensure fair, uniform, and transparent admissions under EWS/DG category, can’t be overlooked”.The writ petitioners had sought admission for their children for academic session 2016-2017.The...

MP HC Dismisses A PIL Filed By "Busy Body" [Read Order]

A division bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has declined to invoke writ jurisdiction to grant relief in a PIL terming the petitioner as a “busy body” not having a concern with the litigants who were allegedly beaten up by some advocates in the high court premises.The incident occurred outside the court room number 17 of the high court where some litigants were allegedly beaten...

“Data On Delayed Hearings In Delhi HC Show Alarming Proportion Of Adjournments”, Says Vidhi Centre For Legal Policy [Read Report]

Pervasive delay in courts is one of the biggest problems facing ordinary citizens. In India, delay tends to be blamed on judicial vacancies, and reforms focus on long-term measures to increase the number of judges. A new study by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, however, links delay to existing inefficiencies in court functioning, which can and must be addressed in the short-term.In...

Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2016 Comes Into Force From Today [Read Notifications]

The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2016 comes into force from today, i.e. April 1, 2017. However, the provisions relating to permission required to work from home (Section 3(5) of the Act), will come into effect from July 1, 2017.The Act had received the assent of the President on March 27, 2017 and it was notified in the official gazette on 28th March.But Section 2 of the Amendment...