In yet another major step to save the time of the Supreme Court, lawyers and the litigants and streamline the justice delivery system, Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Friday bifurcated the functioning of the forest bench that deals with the environment and related matters. Presiding over the forest bench, Chief Justice Kapadia said that the bench [ Read More ]
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Legal NewsEqual monetary relief for accident victims, rules courtThe Delhi High Court Friday set aside the order of the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal granting excessive monetary relief to a foreign woman, ruling the victim’s social status or colour of skin is immaterial while deciding the compensation for injury in a road accident. ‘The court cannot award small amounts on account of pain and [ Read More ] Kerala High Court pulled up for exceeding jurisdictionThe Supreme Court Friday wondered how Kerala High Court could pass an order, on visitation rights for a father over his daughter, that was beyond its jurisdiction. “How could it be enforced as the mother who is having the custody of the child is residing in Dubai?” asked the apex court bench of Justice Aftab [ Read More ] Judge recuses himself from hearing Pacheco’s caseHigh court judge Justice Nelson A Britto has once again denied taking up the petition for anticipatory bail for NCP MLA Mickky Pacheco. When the bail applications came up for hearing today, Justice Britto said “not before me”. The counsels for the petitioners will now have to make a new application before the Chief Justice [ Read More ] Minority institutions can’t be forced to implement teachers’ quota: CourtThe state cannot compel minority institutions to reserve teaching posts for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), the Supreme Court has said. The court said that the actions of the state in discharge of its ‘duties, functions and governance’ should be ‘within constitutional framework’. The provision of law or a circular, the court said, [ Read More ] Nitish Kumar to face CBI probe on graft complaintBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and 46 others will face a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe that was ordered by the Patna High Court on Thursday into alleged financial irregularities involving Rs 11,412 crore. After hearing a public suit on the issue, a division bench of Chief Justice RM Doshit and Justice SK Katariyar [ Read More ] Maharashtra plan to enact anti-defamation law opposedA group of prominent citizens Thursday expressed strong concern over Maharashtra’s plan to enact a law to prevent defamation of iconic figures, terming it an attempt to gag the freedom of expression. The Citizens’ Initiative for Peace (CIP) said here that the proposed law by the state government would impose new gags and restrictions on [ Read More ] Fast track court scheme extended by a yearThe central government Thursday extended by a year its decade-old fast track court scheme under which it provides funds to states for speedy disposal of criminal cases. The decision to grant a year-long extension to the scheme was taken in a meeting of the cabinet committee on economic affairs chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, [ Read More ] Court rejects Lalit Modi’s plea to stay BCCI actionThe Bombay High Court Thursday rejected suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi’s plea to stay the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) disciplinary proceedings against him. The court, however, said that the “BCCI disciplinary panel should keep Modi’s objections in mind”. Modi’s attorney Mehmood Abdi ducked answering any questions on the [ Read More ] No contempt proceedings against Sibal: apex courtThe Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal for criticising judicial functioning in 1995. An apex court bench of Justices J.M. Panchal and A.K. Patnaik said Sibal’s message in a souvenir had been quoted out of context. The court said the [ Read More ] |
