Chandigarh resident Dinesh Prasad Raturi, submitted before Consumer Forum that he had purchased a pair of shoes on February 5 from a Bata store located in Sector 22D. The store charged him Rs. 402 which also included the charges for the paper bag and claimed that by charging him for the bag, Bata was also
Travesty to Injustice: Protest at RGNUL Patiala This article has been written to highlight about the callous, corrupt and inefficient administration at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab in Patiala, against whom the student have been protesting against since last 24 hours. All this incident happens back to 13th of March, 2019 at around 8:30
A very appealing public interest litigation, seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to frame guidelines with respect to disclosure of the information regarding the status of the promises made in the election manifestos either by the political parties or the candidates contesting elections before the next election and include the same in the
“It also becomes the duty of a good judge to encourage junior lawyers in open court if he has argued well. Say that they have done their best! That gives a lot of encouragement. I got that kind of encouragement I when had entered the profession so I always tried to pass it on” :
Preventing the citizens from moving or taking the vehicle on the road, a trader from opening his shop, a worker from going to his work and bring the state to stand still is the violation of principles of democracy adopted by the constitution. Entire business of commercial establishments are affected. Amid protests over the Sabarimala
A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court on Friday, seeking direction to the press and electronic media to use ‘respectful words on the martyrdom of soldiers.’ This petition comes a day after the ghastly terror attack took place in Pulwama. The petition seeks use of ‘Shaheed’ or ‘Martyr’ in place of ‘killed or died’ for a soldier who
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was argued by Advocate Naman Kamboj (Managing Partner Litigo Law Chambers & Management head indianlegalsolution.com) in High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital on 13th February for seeking the indulgence of the Hon’ble High Court in the ‘Uttarakhand Hooch Tragedy’ -where more than 100 people died due to consumption of home-made
Refusal of conjugal rights (sexual intercourse) by wife after 16 years of marriage cannot be construed as cruelty, said the Madras high court dismissing a petition by a man from Erode who moved the court seeking the divorce, alleging matrimonial cruelty by his wife. The court also chided the man for refusing to gratefully acknowledge the changes associated with ageing and
The Madras high court has held that the system of negative marking in the competitive examination has to be done away with, in as much as the same perforce requires reconsideration. The judge said the very system of awarding negative marks is improper and against principles of fairness, equality and equity. Students, who take part
A plea challenging the bill to provide 10 per cent reservation to general category poor in jobs and education was Thursday filed in the Supreme Court. The PIL says that the economic criteria cannot be a base for reservation and that the amendment breaches the 50% upper cap fixed by SC. The petition, filed by Youth For
“Women are exempted from payment of court fees. The language of the notification is clear & explicit. The word ‘woman’ has not been pre-fixed by any adjective. It takes with its sweep the woman of any status or nationality.” The Orissa High Court has clarified that all women, regardless of nationality or status, are eligible
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE ACCUSED OF DISREGARDING MADRAS HIGH COURT ORDERS- JUDGES CONVINCED THAT HE IS GUILTY OF CONTEMPT OF COURT. Author: Shrestha Banerjee, National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam. The Madras High court issued statutory notice to S .Gopinathan, a metropolitan magistrate in the city of Madras who was accused of contempt of court. High court justices
A sessions court judge was allegedly assaulted by an assistant prosecutor in court premises here in Maharashtra on Wednesday, a police official said. The incident took place around noon outside a lift on the seventh floor of the district sessions court, he said. Senior civil judge K R Deshpande alleged that assistant public prosecutor D
The recent order of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs authorizing ten security and intelligence agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt information has been challenged in the Supreme Court. The order, issued on December 20, has been challenged by Advocate ML Sharma as being illegal, unconstitutional and contrary to public interest. One of the grounds of the challenge
“An Executive Magistrate has no role to play in directing the police to register an F.I.R. on basis of a private complaint lodged before him.” – SC The question as to whether an executive magistrate is competent to direct police personnel to register an FIR as per the Code of Civil Procedure was considered by a bench of Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman and Navin
