Sucheta, Author at SCC Times

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

Foreign Courts

Bank should repay undisclosed conversion charges

Supreme Court of Canada:While maintaining a class action taken against a bank which failed to disclose the conversion charges in its cardholder

Supreme Court

Suo Motu writ petition instituted in case relating to harassment and physical abuse of Chhattisgarh Advocate

Supreme Court: In a dramatic yet moving prayer made by an advocate from Chhattisgarh, who, just when the bench of R.M. Lodha,

High Courts

Mere prior incidence of psychiatric treatment not enough to prove legal insanity

Bombay High Court: Rejecting the plea of insanity, a division bench comprising of VM Kanade and PD Kode, JJ confirmed death penalty

Treaties/Conventions/International Agreements

MoUs/Agreements/Actions Plans signed between India and China

MoU signed for opening a New Route for Indian Pilgrimage (Kailash Mansarovar Yatra) to the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People`s Republic

Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Insurance company cannot be held liable in case of theft of vehicle occurred due to negligence of driver

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): If theft of a vehicle takes place due to negligence of driver, insurance company cannot be

Supreme Court

Institutions with alleged defects as per MCI directed to admit students to 2014-15 MBBS Course

Supreme Court: Considering the urgency of the matter relating to admission of students to private medical institutions, a three judge bench of

Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Bank entitled to choose between the guarantor and the borrower for recovery of dues

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): “It is the choice of the bank to recover the money either from the guarantor or