district magistrate Archives

Whether power of Maintenance Tribunal under Senior Citizen Act is circumscribed to ordering of monthly allowance? Ker HC elaborates

Kerala High Court: In a matter, wherein a senior citizen has approached the Court with her grievance with respect to her son,

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Confiscation of Truck loaded with cow progeny despite acquittal in criminal proceedings amounts to arbitrary deprivation of property

Supreme Court: In a case where the District Magistrate had directed confiscation of a Truck under the M.P. Prohibition of Cow Slaughter

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Advocate an officer of the Court; May be appointed by CMM/DM to assist in execution of order passed under Section 14(1) of SARFAESI: SC

Supreme Court: Holding Advocates to be officers of the Court, the bench of AM Khanwilkar* and CT Ravikumar, JJ t has held

Case Briefs High Courts

Once a document gets registered, can it be cancelled as per the Registration Act, 1908? Del HC answers

Delhi High Court: Yashwant Varma, J., held that once a document comes to be duly registered, it becomes a fait accompli. In

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Law of preventive detention is an exception to fundamental right to personal liberty under Art. 21 of Constitution and therefore has to be strictly construed; Court allows petition challenging preventive detention

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Sheel Nagu and Anand Pathak, JJ., allowed a petition which was filed challenging the

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Is the District Magistrate under obligation to provide protection to senior citizens being harassed by their children? HC explains

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Pankaj Mithal and Saurabh Lavania, JJ., directed the District Magistrate to provide protection to senior citizens

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Does the remedy under Section 14 of SARFAESI Act becomes redundant if DM is unable to take possession of secured assets within time limit? Read what SC says

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta* and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has upheld Kerala High Court’s decision holding

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Procedure prescribed under law to be followed strictly while cancelling license; Cancellation set aside where Inspection Committee improperly constituted

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Sinha and Ajit Kumar, JJ. set aside the impugned order since it was passed

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | DM held competent authority for taking cognizance of ‘offence’ under S. 14-A of U.P. Industrial Dispute Act

Uttaranchal High Court: Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. entertained a writ petition where the petitioner, a workman was aggrieved by the order of the

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NGT | Authorities concerned directed to furnish action report within a month for the ‘Unscientific dumping of solid waste’

National Green Tribunal (NGT): The Bench comprising of Adarsh Kumar Goel, Chairperson; S.P. Wangdi and K. Ramakrishnan, Judicial Members, Dr Nagin Nanda, Executive

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

Use of loudspeaker or public address system prohibited from 10 pm to 6 am

Under Rule 5 of the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000 use of loudspeakers/public address system is restricted in the following