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Supreme Court Seeks Virtual Assistance Of NCDRC President In Plea Seeking Enhanced E-filing Procedure At Consumer Fora
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 9) issued notice in a petition seeking efficient E-filing facilities at the National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC)and State Commissions. The Court also requested NCDRC President, Justice AP Sahi to assist the Court through online presence on the next hearing.The counsel for the petitioner stated that it is a mandatory requirement to...
Power Of Attorney Impliedly Revoked When Principal Acts Independent Of Agency With Knowledge To Agent & Third Parties : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 9) observed that there would be an implied revocation of Power of Attorney (“POA”) granted to the agent if the act of Principal choosing to act for himself is known to an agent and third person."In a case where the principal chooses to act for himself, particularly to the agent's knowledge and a person to be affected, then it can be held that Section 207...
Have Social Media Intermediaries Taken Down Ads Of Medicines For Which Licenses Were Suspended? Supreme Court Asks Patanjali
During the hearing of the misleading ads case pending against it, the Supreme Court today asked Patanjali whether pursuant to its notice, intermediaries and social-media platforms have taken down ads relating to the 14 Ayurvedic medicines for which licenses were suspended by Uttarakhand State Licensing Authorities.The bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Sandeep Mehta was dealing with an...
Can Local Bodies Collect Additional Fee To Collect Sanitary Waste? Supreme Court Seeks States' Responses
The Supreme Court today (July 09) has given the States one last opportunity to file their counter affidavit in a PIL challenging the collection of an additional fee by local bodies for disposing of sanitary wastes. The Court noted that while the States of Goa, Chhattisgarh, Kerela, Tripura, Assam and Punjab, Madhya Pradesh have filed their counter affidavits, other States shall do the...
J&K Will Come Under NHRC; All Other Statutory Commissions Restored There: Union Tells Supreme Court
The Union today (July 9) informed the Supreme Court that apart from the Human Rights Commission, 6 major statutory commissions have been appointed in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh. Now that J&K was a Union Territory, it would come under the jurisdiction of the National Human Rights Commission, the Union said.The bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices...
Delhi LG's Secretariat Has No Record Of LG's Visit To CAPFIMS : DDA VC Tells Supreme Court In Tree Felling Contempt Case
In the contempt case over the illegal felling of trees in Delhi's ridge forest, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Vice Chairman Subhasish Panda has informed the Supreme Court that the office of Lieutenant Governor (LG) has no records of the visit to the LG to the CAPFIMS (Central Armed Police Form Institute Of Medical Science), New Delhi on February 3, 2024. It may be noted that the...
Media Organizations Raise Concerns About Self-Declaration Form Mandated For Advertisements; Supreme Court Asks Centre To Discuss
In the context of a direction issued earlier in the Patanjali misleading ads case putting restraints on advertising agencies, the Supreme Court today clarified that its intention is not to cause harassment to anybody. Rather, the focus is on particular sectors and aspects, and if anything has been misinterpreted, the same would be clarified.The observation came from a bench of Justices Hima...
Dara Singh, Convict In Graham Staines Murder Case, Moves Supreme Court Seeking Remission Of Life Sentence
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 9) issued notice to the State of Odisha on a petition filed by Dara Singh seeking remission of the life sentence awarded to him for the murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons in 1999.A bench comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti issued notice on the writ petition filed by Singh, who said that he has served more than 24...
'BNSS Removed Discriminatory Provision' : Supreme Court Closes Challenge To CrPC Section Which Says Only Male Family Members Can Accept Summons
The Supreme Court on Tuesday(July 9) closed a petition challenging a gender discriminatory provision in the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 taking note of the fact that the statute's replacement, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita(BNSS) 2023, has removed the provision.The petition challenged Section 64 of the Code of Criminal Procedure on the ground that the said section discriminated...
'You Should Think 100 Times Before Filing Such Petitions': Supreme Court Refuses To Recall Rs 1 Lakh Cost Imposed On Serial Litigant
The Supreme Court today (on July 09) refused to recall the cost of rupees one lakh imposed on Lucknow-based lawyer Ashok Pandey for filing the petition that challenged the restoration of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha membership. The Division Bench of Justices B.R Gavai and KV Viswanathan reprimanded the petitioner for filing such petitions and said, “You should think...
Principle Of Res-Judicata Applicable Between Co-Defendants If There Exists Conflict Of Interest Between Them : Supreme Court
Observing that the principle of res judicata is applicable not only between the plaintiff and the defendants but also between the co-defendants, the Supreme Court held that the condition precedent to make the principle of res judicata applicable between the co-defendants is that there must be a conflict of interest between the co-defendants. The bench comprising Justices Abhay S. Oka and...