Sucheta, Author at SCC Times

APPOINTMENTS

September 22, 2014 Shri Justice Bansi Lal Bhat, Additional Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, appointed as the Judge of the same

Supreme Court

Decree of divorce does not absolve the husband from liability under the Domestic Violence Act

Supreme Court: Deciding a case of domestic violence, where the decree of divorce had been obtained subsequently, the Court held that an

Appointments & Transfers

APPOINTMENTS

On September 2, 2014, Shri Justice Adavalli Rajasheker Reddy, Shri Justice Ponugoti Naveen Rao, Shri Justice Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti, Shri Justice Akula

Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

All Kerala Maria Philip Memorial Debate Competition- Finals

Reported by Haaris Moosa The 30th of September 2014 saw the war of words. The Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (X.I.M.E.)

Supreme Court

Disposal of case in 9 days by Session’s Judge attracts condemnation of Supreme Court

Supreme Court: While deciding the instant case where the Trial Court disposed off the case hurriedly within the time period of 9

High Courts

Directed the Parliament or State Legislature to legislate law on family planning

Allahabad High Court: Considering the plight of children who are either orphan or disowned by their guardians due to some financial disability

Environmental Law

Strictures passed by NGT for illegal felling of trees at ecologically sensitive area of Western Ghats for a toll booth

National Green Tribunal: While deprecating the highhanded activities of erring officials of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), RTO, Tehasildar and

High Courts

Court directs CBI to investigate an alleged custodial violence involving custodial rape

Madras High Court: In a significant decision regarding alleged brutal custodial rape and violence committed by the policemen of Udumalpet Police Station,

Supreme Court

High Courts to exercise inherent power under S. 482 CrPC with caution in commercial litigations appearing to be civil in nature

Supreme Court: In a significant decision regarding the issue of exercise of inherent power of the High Courts under Section 482 CrPC

High Courts

Differential educational criteria for obtaining LPG dealership are not arbitrary under Art. 19 (1)(g)

Punjab and Haryana High Court: While deciding the question that whether the differential eligibility criteria of being a graduate for obtaining allotment

Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Strictures passed by NGT for illegal felling of trees at ecologically sensitive area of Western Ghats for a toll booth

National Green Tribunal: While deprecating the highhanded activities of erring officials of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), RTO, Tehasildar and

SCC Weekly

Cases Reported in 2014 SCC Vol. 8 September 21, 2014 Part 2

Constitution of India — Art. 14 — Underclassification Inclusion of all under-18s into a class called “juveniles” under Juvenile Justice (Care and

Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Insurance claim for stolen Tractor denied due to delay in lodging FIR

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): On account of delay in lodging FIR and intimation to Insurance Company, NCDRC has dismissed a

High Courts

Fixation of 50% seats for Keralite candidates in medical/P.G. Super Speciality Course, 2014 is not unconstitutional

Kerala High Court: Considering the acute shortage of specialities in State of Kerala, a bench comprising of A.M. Mustaque, J dismissed the

Others

RMLNLU – Placement Statistics of 2014 batch

Reported by Mehak Gupta With a consistent rise in the offers received by students, the recruitment results of the University are heartening.

High Courts

Self-righteousness and self-importance blurs the distinction between an “assertion” and “evidence”

Delhi High Court: In a recent fiasco a former Research and Analytical Wing (RAW) officer claimed that orders of a Bench of

High Courts

IIPM cannot use the words MBA/BBA for courses not recognised by UGC& AICTE

Delhi High Court: In a milestone judgment deciding the fate of lakhs of students who were being duped by the famous Management Institute

Hot Off The Press

Law Students of University of Delhi barred from enrolling as Advocates

BCI has announced that law students enrolled after 2010-11 in Delhi University are not eligible for enrollment as Advocates due to the

Supreme Court

National Tax Tribunal Act, 2005 unconstitutional

Supreme Court: Deciding the fate of the National Tax Tribunal, the constitutional bench of R.M. Lodha, CJ and J.S. Khehar, J. Chelameswar,

High Courts

No person in India can be compelled to declare his religion

Bombay High Court: In a landmark judgment, a bench comprising of A.S. Oka and A.S. Chandurkar, JJ declared that by virtue of