Supreme Court Pulls Up Tamil Nadu for repeatedly seeking adjournments in a long-pending dispute over compensation for business and property losses caused by the 1996 communal riots in Thoothukudi, and has listed the matter again for Tuesday. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday (October 26) expressed strong displeasure at the Tamil Nadu government’s conduct […]
No injury report, no money? Not any more: the Allahabad High Court has struck down the injury report condition for POCSO survivors’ compensation, holding that a welfare scheme cannot refuse relief to a child who declined an internal medical examination simply because the paper does not exist. Prayagraj: A minor survivor’s claim for Rs 3 […]
Rs 5 lakh within two weeks, strict action against a sub-inspector, and a remand Magistrate’s conduct sent to the High Court’s Administrative Committee: that is the Bombay High Court’s answer to an arrest made before the notice the law required, followed by a remand without reasons. Mumbai: The August 2017 arrest of a man on […]
Allahabad High Court stays compensation direction against the Uttar Pradesh Government in the case of two adult sisters who said they were confined by their father after embracing Islam, while leaving their release undisturbed. Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has stayed, until further orders, a Single Judge’s direction requiring the State of Uttar Pradesh to […]
Rs 8,000 a month was too little for a student who had cleared the Common Proficiency Test, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has held, raising the compensation for CA student Dawood Hussain’s family from Rs 8.80 lakh to Rs 25.38 lakh. Amaravati: Enhancing the compensation for CA student Dawood Hussain’s family, the Andhra Pradesh High […]
Gauhati High Court Awards ₹5 Lakh Compensation For Death During Illegal Police Custody, holding that a 2012 arrest in Assam did not comply with the statutory safeguards under the Code of Criminal Procedure. Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court has directed the State of Assam to pay ₹5 lakh as compensation to the family of a […]
Sixty days separated the date bail should have freed a tea garden worker from the day he actually walked out of jail. The Calcutta High Court has now ordered Rs 5.36 lakh compensation for that stretch, holding that it had no basis in law. Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has awarded Rs 5.36 lakh compensation, […]
