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Raj Kumar Makkad (Adv P & H High Court Chandigarh)     14 February 2010

Legal Briefs from the Supreme Courts

 

  1. Ban imposed on all building and construction activities in the upcoming Noida park, which is being developed as a memorial for dalit leader, Kanshi Ram and U.P. Chief Minister, Mayawati
  2. Delay in lodging FIR cannot be the ground for quashing the charge of rape
  3. Dying units at Karur and Tirupur, which cater to the huge forex earning garment export industry in Tamil Nadu, to pay for cleaning the River Noyyal and other water bodies massively polluted by discharge from their factories
  4. In a contract of pawn the property pledged should be actually or constructively delivered to the pawnee and pawnee has only a special property in the pledge but the general property remains with the pawner and wholly reverts to him on discharge of debt
  5. In cases involving rival political factions or group enmities, it is not unusual to rope in persons other than who are actually involved, in such cases, court should guard against the danger of convicting innocent persons and scrutinise evidence carefully and, if arises, benefit should be given to the accused
  6. Notice issued to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Orissa Government on a plea filed by environmentalists seeking a halt to work on the Dhamra Port, promoted by Tata Steel and L&T, citing threat to the endangered Olive Ridley turtles
  7. Notice issued to Union Government, Gujarat Government and CBI in Ishrat Jahan case
  8. Plan for Gorakhpur Zoo, sanctioned
  9. Power to award interest at all stages vests with the arbitrator
  10. Rights and benefits which have already been earned or acquired under the existing rules cannot be taken away by amending the rules with retrospective effect
  11. Section 120 of the Finance Act, 2000 makes sub-section (2-B) of Section 9 of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 effective right from the very first date of commencement of 1956 Act
  12. The Court should decline amendments if a fresh suit on the amended claims would be barred by limitation on the date of application
  13. The question whether there is valid adoption or not pertains to the status and legal character of an individual, which falls within the purview of Section 34 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963
  14. When a person signs a document, there is a presumption, unless there is proof of force or fraud, that he has read the document properly and understood it and only then he has affixed his signatures thereon, otherwise no signature on a document can ever be accepted


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