How many Government Orders can a citizen actually read? Only 82,657 of the 1,99,115 issued since June 2014 were publicly available, the State told the Assembly; now a Telangana High Court plea seeks publication of 1.16 lakh unpublished Government Orders, which the petitioner says the State has kept out of the public domain despite earlier […]
The Delhi High Court has rejected the ‘agony of the moment’ defence of a driver who swerved to avoid a stray dog, holding that drivers must anticipate such road hazards and that an insurer is bound under a package policy. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has held that the agony of the moment principle […]
“Merely recording the submissions of the parties” is not enough: the Supreme Court has set aside three Patna High Court bail orders in a murder case in which video footage of the incident and the statements identifying the accused went unconsidered. New Delhi: Three Patna High Court bail orders in a 2024 murder case from […]
An agreement to sell confers no title without a registered sale deed, the Supreme Court has reiterated while upholding the dismissal of a 1975 suit for possession of a Friends Colony plot in Delhi. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the legal heirs of a 1950s allottee, holding that an agreement […]
Messages that the suspension order never mentioned could not be used to defend it, the Central Administrative Tribunal has ruled, setting aside the suspension of an EPFO officer and his shift to Chennai. Chandigarh: Reasons that appear nowhere in an order cannot be added later to save it. On that footing, the Chandigarh Bench of […]
The Madras High Court has allowed termination of pregnancy beyond 24 weeks, holding that a mother has the right to decide whether to bring into the world a child who will not lead a normal life. Chennai: The Madras High Court has quashed a government women’s hospital’s refusal to approve the termination of a pregnancy […]
Does a killing planned by gangsters stop being an accident for an insurer? Not necessarily: murder by gangsters can be accidental death for insurance claims, the Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has held, and LIC must pay the double accident benefit under four policies. Chandigarh: A District Commission order has been set aside by […]
The statute says “use”, not “possess”: Fake ISI Mark Possession Not An Offence Without Proof Of Use, the Kerala High Court has held, since Sections 11 and 12 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 punish the use of a mark and not its mere possession. Ernakulam: An appeal by the Bureau of Indian […]
Disputed WhatsApp Message Cannot Sustain Conviction, the Supreme Court has held, acquitting a Chhattisgarh man of murder in a case resting wholly on circumstantial evidence. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside the murder conviction of a Chhattisgarh man, holding that a WhatsApp message whose author and basis were never established by evidence could […]