Legal
The Supreme Court today maintained its stay on a Delhi High Court order that sought to restrain the Centre from recovering service tax on renting property for commercial use. A bench comprising Justices Mukundakam Sharma and A R Dave said that the apex court’s interim order of January 13 will continue till further orders. The [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday gave two months to the government to re-examine and reconsider amendments brought out to the Country and Town Planning Act pertaining to the Akrama-Sakrama scheme. It adjourned the hearing of a batch of PILs challenging the Akrama-Sakrama policy brought out by the state government in 2007. The next hearing [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to submit a report on its land acquisitions for forming layouts. Justice DV Shylendra Kumar while hearing a batch of petitions pointing out the lapses in acquiring land for Nadaprabhu Kempe Gowda Layout, asked BDA to submit report on its land acquisitions. The [...] Continue Reading »
The Gurgaon district administration’s decision to begin, starting Monday, a demolition drive against 12,287 properties falling within the restricted 1,000-yard (900 m) radius from the boundary of the IAF ammunition depot resulted in massive protests in the area. Gurgaon residents protest against the Administration’s plan to demolish their colonies. The Administration, however, claimed that these [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the six-member committee to submit its report by February 28, 2011. The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice A S Bopanna had constituted the committee while hearing a batch of public interest litigation seeking directions to the government for preservation and restoration of lakes [...] Continue Reading »
The apex court has asked the builder to restore the green stretch adjoining the Gorai creek to its original state within 60 days. Upholding the contempt petition filed by the Mumbai’s suburban collector, the SC also ordered the builder to remove excess debris dumped on the mangrove patch. The Supreme Court, on Monday, took note [...] Continue Reading »
Teachers are not slaves. Their job is to teach- Bombay High Court The Bombay high court ordered the state to stop forcing teachers from private unaided schools into census duty. The judges were hearing a petition challenging a state order that directed all schools, including private unaided schools, in Maharashtra to keep their “teachers away [...] Continue Reading »
Karnataka high court issues notices to chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, state unit BJP head KS Eshwarappa, chief secretary SV Ranganath, home secretary Shiva Kumar and DGP Ajai Kumar Singh over bandh. The PIL filed by city-based advocate V Bopanna, contended that the bandh was illegal. The Karnataka high court ordered issue of notices to chief [...] Continue Reading »
According to a Supreme Court verdict in 2010, a developer of a housing complex cannot charge members for parking space. The ruling said the developers cannot sell open spaces and stilt areas in their buildings as these are meant for common use and form part of the flats. I-T officials who raided the Lodha Group [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi: A trial court has asked the Animal Welfare Board to provide ” designated feeding spots” for the stray dogs near a locality in the Palam area. The court’s order came while deciding an unlikely dispute among the residents of Vijay Nagar, Palam area, over feeding of stray dogs. Claiming that act of one [...] Continue Reading »
