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Land Acquisition| Applying 2-year limitation period as per Section 11A of 1894 Act for passing award in pending cases under Section 24(1)(a) of the 2013 Act impractical: SC

Supreme Court: In an important ruling on Land Acquisition and Requisition law, the bench of AM Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna*, JJ has

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Bom HC | In absence of documentary evidence, can monthly income of deceased be determined as notional income for purpose of determining compensation under MV Act? Explained

Bombay High Court: Noting that the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Member did not properly determine just and proper compensation, V.M. Deshpande, J.,

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MV Act| Tribunals, Courts must recognize actual needs; award just compensation to help restore dignity of claimant with permanent disability: SC

Supreme Court: Reminding the Courts that the Motor Vehicles Act is in the nature of social welfare legislation and its provisions make

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[MV Act] Jhar HC | If the deceased is a child of tender age, how is the amount of compensation dealt with in motor accidents cases?

Jharkhand High Court: Ananda Sen, J., dismissed and held that the amount which has been awarded by the Tribunal with the interest

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J&K and Ladakh HC | Teenager dies due to electrocution; HC grants 3 lakhs compensation holding State strictly liable for negligence in maintaining transmission lines

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Sanjeev Kumar, J., applied the principle of strict liability to grant compensation to the petitioners

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Del HC | Husband is bound to compensate wife who, after spending on children, may hardly be left with anything to maintain herself

Delhi High Court: Expressing that husband must also carry the financial burden of making certain that his children are capable of attaining

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Ker HC | “No matter how old she may be, sometimes a girl just needs her mom.” HC holds a married daughter and maternal parents are entitled to claim compensation under MV Act

Kerala High Court: C.S. Dias, J., held that a married daughter and parents of the deceased woman are legal representative under the

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Arbitral Award and Patent Illegality: Del HC’s decision focusing on methodology adopted by Arbitral Tribunal for calculating arbitral award on finding error in Surveyor’s report

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Rajiv Shakdher and Talwant Singh, JJ., while addressing a matter with regard to the arbitral

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Gau HC | Parties agreeing to rate of Compensation at argument stage, Tribunal granting compensation accordingly, held, the judgment will be a consent decree

Gauhati High Court: Rumi Kumari Phukan, J., held that if the amount of compensation has already been agreed in a compensation claim,

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Ori HC | Discretion not to be exercised in blanket form which may otherwise lead to improper exercise of such power and will frustrate object of grant of compensation under Railway Accidents and Untoward Incidents (Compensation) Amendment Rules, 2020

Orissa High Court: K. R Mohapatra J. allowed the appeals and directed to disburse the awarded amount by liquidating the fixed deposits,

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

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Model receives haircut not as per her instructions and then faces medical negligence due to a treatment provided by Salon on her scalp | Leads to losing job, model assignment and mental trauma: Salon at ITC Maurya, guilty or not? NCDRC’s striking decision

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): Expressing that “Women are emotionally attached to their hair” Justice R.K. Agarwal (President) and S.M. Kantikar

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NCDRC refuses refund, punitive damages to consumer for defective phone purchased from Amazon Sellers: Read why

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): Discussing a matter wherein allegedly a defective mobile phone was received From Amazon sellers, Bench of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

If public transportation has to survive and compete with private players, they have to improve system and their working culture | Read SC’s opinion on liability of railways towards passengers for delayed train arrival

Supreme Court: While addressing the matter wherein a passenger suffered loss and agony due to delay in the arrival of train, M.R

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SC allows reduction in sentence under S. 498-A IPC if husband pays Rs 3 lakh compensation to wife, children

Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ. agreed to reduce the sentence of the appellant−husband convicted

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Due to employer’s negligence, an employee suffered 100% disability | Read how Del HC emphasises on principle of res ipsa loquitur and strict liability to pronounce decision

Delhi High Court: Anup Jairam Bhambhani, J., emphasizing the principle of res ipsa loquitur and placing a detailed explanation on the same

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Supreme Court directs NOIDA to pay Rs 36 crore compensation in a land acquisition dispute for illegally taking over excess land

Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising of Rohinton Fali Nariman and B.R. Gavai, JJ., settled a decade-old land-acquisition dispute by directing NOIDA

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Bom HC | Right to Property under Art. 300 A – A Human and Constitutional Right? Court decides in a dispute of construction of National Highway [Land Owners v. State]

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of S.V. Gangapurwala and Shrikant D. Kulkarni, JJ., expressed that, In a welfare State, statutory authorities

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COVID-19| NDMA to come up with uniform guidelines for ex gratia assistance on account of lives lost due to Covid-19 within 6 weeks [Read SC directions]

Supreme Court: After the Court was approached seeking direction to the Government to provide notified ex-gratia monitory compensation of Rs.4,00,000/- to the

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Can writ under Art. 226 Constitution of India be filed for grant of compensation under public law for infringement of fundamental right? Chh HC answers

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K Agrawal, J., allowed the petition and granted compensation for infringement of right to a speedy trial under

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Italian marines allegedly kill two Indian fishermen in 2012! Here’s why Supreme Court has closed all proceedings against them

In 2012, two fishermen were killed while fishing off the coast of Kerala after allegedly two Italian Military Naval officials fired at them from a passing ship.