legal-updates

DELHI HC – THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE MONEY CANNOT BE THE ONLY CRITERIA FOR CANCELLING A CONTRACT – While granting petitions challenging NHAI’s decision to solicit new bids for the collection of user fees at two toll plazas, the Delhi High Court ruled that the possibility of receiving more money from a public contract could […]

The Supreme Court has stated that the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s decision in the case of Javed v. State of Haryana, which concluded that a Muslim girl can engage into a valid and lawful marriage at the age of 15 in accordance with personal law, should not be treated as a precedent. NATIONAL COMMISSION

PATNA HC – RECORDS SUO MOTO CASE AGAINST ATTORNEY ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO RAPE LAW INTERN – Niranjan Kumar, an attorney, is accused of attempting to rape a law student intern inside his office last month. The Patna High Court has filed a suo motu case against him. COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION ON THE

GAUHATI HC – UNDERTRIAL CANNOT USE PRIVATE HOSPITAL CARE WHEN THE SAME IS AVAILABLE IN GOVT HOSPITAL – The Gauhati High Court ruled that an individual’s fundamental right to seek medical care cannot be understood to include the ability to receive pre-trial treatment at a private hospital of his choosing when such care is accessible

NCDRC: FEES SHOULD BE PAID VIA ONLINE MODE – By circular dated January 9, 2023, the National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) mandated that all payments for fees and other transactions be made online only. NCDRC – REFUND THE FULL AMOUNT TO DLF UNIVERSALS FOR THE DELAY IN TURNING OVER POSSESSION, SAYS NCDRC – The

THE HC OF KERALA – BEING POOR IS NOT A CRIME – The Kerala High Court ruled that assisting parents sell goods on the street is not child labour and ordered the release of two youngsters who had been taken to a shelter home for suspected forced child labour. PAPPU BAWARIYA AND ANOTHER V DISTRICT

HC – HUSBAND’S REMARRIAGE ISN’T A REASON TO DOUBT THE DIVORCE SETTLEMENT BECAUSE IT CAME EARLIER KAR. HC – The divorce agreement reached by the couple after their differences were resolved in court and a divorce judgement was given, according to the Karnataka High Court, is not subject to challenge because of the former husband’s

GAUHATI HC TO STATE: COMPENSATE PERSONS IMPACTED BY UNLAWFUL BULLDOZER ACTION – In suo moto proceedings, the Gauhati High Court ordered the Assam government to make the proper arrangements for compensating those who were harmed by the unlawful conduct of the police officials. IN RE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS, PIL (SUO MOTO)/3/2022 HC: PROJECTS

UTTARAKHAND HC: THE OWNER IS REQUIRED TO DISPOSE OF EVEN AN UNAUTHORIZED OCCUPANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAW. – According to the Uttarakhand High Court, even an unlawful occupant of a property can only be removed from it in the ways permitted by law, despite the fact that it is a well-established

DELHI HC TO STATE: PROVIDE BPL HIV+ PEOPLE WITH FREE FOOD AND MEDICAL TREATMENT – The Delhi High Court has ordered the Delhi Government to provide free food and medical care to HIV positive people who live below the poverty line (BPL) and cannot afford it, and to strictly enforce the 2017 HIV and AIDS