Page 12 - Court Cases

SC upholds Bombay HC order quashing property tax opposed by developers

Real estate developers say they paid exorbitant amounts to municipality as Land Under Construction Tax

E-Gaming Federation to challenge Tamil Nadu ordinance banning online gaming

Regarding rummy and poker as games of chance violates Supreme Court and Madras High Court judgments which overturned the law banning online games

Centre defends Universal Code of Pharma Marketing Practices in apex court

The government further added that it is working on providing statutory backing to the UCPMP code and "it is a time-consuming process, which cannot be completed in haste"

We cannot make judges work like machines: Rijiju on pending cases

With the pendency of cases in various courts rising, Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday pitched for striking a balance to address the burden on judges as well as people's struggle to get access to judiciary, and said "we cannot make judges work like machines". Rijiju said the pendency of cases in various courts is about to cross 4.8 crores. He was speaking at the inaugural session of a Delhi University conclave -- Indianisation of Legal System and Education. The two-day conclave has been organised jointly by the Faculty of Law and the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). "On the one hand, we are talking about the modern legal system, which is based on accountability, transparency, and fairness and on the other hand, we are saying that the common people of our country are finding it more difficult in getting access to justice," the minister said. "When I took over as the minister for law and justice (in 2021), the pendency of cases in various courts in Ind

BS Number Wise: India's justice system picks up some speed, shows data

Dedicated commercial courts can serve as an example for reducing pendency

Special court rejects CBI closure report on Karnataka IAS officer's death

A special court has rejected the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) closure report on the mysterious death of Karnataka cadre IAS officer Anurag Tiwari

SC trashes 13,147 old cases in one stroke to unclog justice delivery system

In a big step towards unclogging the top judiciary burdened with humongous pendency of cases, the Supreme Court has, in one massive sweep, binned 13,147 old "diarized but unregistered" cases, including one filed more than three decades ago. An order issued by Registrar Judicial-1 Chirag Bhanu Singh on Thursday said all these cases were filed more than eight years ago but the defects pointed out by the Registry to the respective counsel or petitioners in-person were not "cured". The cases got the diary numbers prior to the year 2014, and the list included a case filed way back in 1987. These petitions just sat idly in the Registry, adding to the ever growing pendency. As per the data uploaded on the Supreme Court website, there were as many as 70,310 pendig cases as on September 1, 2022. These included 51,839 miscellaneous matters and 18,471 related to regular hearing. The order by the Supreme Court registrar said the parties to the cases seemingly do not intend to prosecute the ..

5-judge SC bench to hear from Sept 13 pleas on 10% quota to EWS candidates

Constitution amendment in 2019 allows people from Economically Weaker Sections to avail themselves of reservation in jobs and educational institutions

'Wholly unwarranted', says SC on Rajasthan HC land possession case dealing

The Supreme Court has termed as "wholly unwarranted" the manner in which the Rajasthan High Court dealt with a matter relating to possession of land to the widow of an ex-Sepoy of the Indian Army whose foot was amputated due to a mine blast in the 1965 India-Pakistan war. The apex court observed that the high court had gone "out of the way" to order possession of land which was never proceeded with a letter of allotment in favour of the wife of the ex-serviceman, who died in July 1998. A bench of Justice Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath set aside the order passed by the high court in the matter. "The manner in which the matter has been dealt with by the high court under the guise of help to a disabled ex-serviceman is wholly unwarranted," the bench said in its verdict delivered on Tuesday. The man, while serving as a Sepoy in the Army, had suffered an injury on the right leg due to the mine blast which led to amputation of his foot and he was thereafter invalidated out of service. The

No Sebi nod needed: Adani Group counters NDTV promoters' defence

VCPL said the contentions raised by RRPR Holdings in a letter are baseless, legally untenable and devoid of merit.

UU Lalit promises year-round constitution bench, reforms in case listing

Justice Lalit said he intends to make listing of cases clear and transparent, clear regime for mentioning urgent matters before respective benches, one Constitution bench functioning throughout year

Chief Justice N V Ramana leaves behind a 6.1% increase in pending cases

Analysis of appointment orders shows that during his 16-month term, Justice Ramana made 241 appointments to the high courts, against the 243 appointments made by Justice Bobde in his 18 months as CJI

Time taken to resolve commercial cases in India down nearly 50%: Report

Even though India's overall ranking in 'Ease of doing business' had improved from 142 in 2014 to 63 in 2020, on the 'enforcement of contracts' it improved marginally from 186 in 2014 to 163 in 2020

Over 7.4 mn cases settled during third National Lok Adalat today: NALSA

Rajasthan and Maharashtra became the first states to use end-to-end digital platforms during the third National Lok Adalat of the year on Saturday

Twitter gets a win over Elon Musk with trial fast-tracked for October

The ruling marks the first victory for Twitter in a case in which many legal experts say Musk will be the underdog

Air India offers to compensate staff facing eviction from housing colonies

Unions move Bombay HC to challenge the proposed ejection from colonies in Mumbai

More than 40 million cases pending in lower courts: Govt tells Parliament

Addressing the issue of increasing the retirement age of judges in the apex and high courts, the Union Minister for Law and Justice said that there is no proposal to do so currently

Delhi HC allows Vivo to operate accounts frozen by ED in tax evasion probe

Vivo can operate its bank accounts to the extent that a balance of Rs 250 crore is maintained in its accounts at all times, the court said

Zee News anchor Rohit Ranjan gets relief from SC in fake news case

The Supreme Court granted relief to Zee News anchor Rohit Ranjan, protecting him against multiple FIRs him over an alleged doctored video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's speech

SC grants interim bail to Alt News' Zubair for five days in UP case

The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to Alt News' co-founder Mohammad Zubair