civil law

Advocate-General C.P. Sudhakara Prasad has advised the State government to probe whether any of the technically qualified bidders are interested in taking up the Vizhinjam International Container Transhipment Terminal project since the top bidder Lanco Kondappally Power Limited had withdrawn from the scene. In his legal opinion on Wednesday, the Advocate-General said the government coul..

 The Madras High Court has said that the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board is bound to pay Rs.1.75 lakh (balance amount) as compensation to the family of a woman who died of electric shock nine years ago. In his order on a writ petition seeking a direction to the Chairman of the board, Chief Engineer (Personnel) and the Superintending Engineer, Gobi Electricity Distribution Circle, Erod..

  The Supreme Court decided to examine on July 20 the controversy regarding the fixation of rate for supply of natural gas by Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), belonging to Mukesh Ambani group and Reliance Natural Resources Limited (RNRL), owned by his brother Anil. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathashivam issued notices on the cross appeals and fixed J..

 The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board has no authority to levy surcharge on belated payment of electricity tax, the Madras High Court has ruled. Allowing a writ petition filed before the Madurai Bench, Justice R.S. Ramanathan held that the TNEB was entitled to collect Belated Payment Surcharge (BPSC) only on delayed payment of electricity consumption charges. The Judge said under the Tamil N..

The Madras High Court Bench here has resolved a 23-year-old dispute over the nature — public or private — of Chiriya Arachalai Vinayagar Temple at Theroor village in Agasteeswaram taluk of Kanyakumari district. Dismissing an appeal suit filed in Principal seat of the High Court at Chennai in 1998 and transferred to Madurai Bench in 2004, Justice M.M. Sundresh held that the h..

SC: No fundamental right to do trade in intoxicants The Supreme Court has ruled that nobody has the fundamental right to conduct trade or business in intoxicants and the state has the power to impose a complete ban these activities such as its manufacture, storage, export, import, sale and possession in all their manifestations. Dismissin..

Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court today ordered an interim stay of three weeks on the election of chairman of Maharashtra State Board of Wakfs, scheduled for June 20. The bench comprising Justices P V Hardas and R K Deshpande were hearing a petition filed by Mutawalli of Dargah Hazrat Syed Ahmed Sher Sawar (Jalna), Syed Jameel Ahmed, challenging the appointment of fi..

Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Natural Resources Limited today filed a caveat in the Supreme Court asking that no relief should be granted to Reliance Industries Limited of Mukesh Ambani Group without hearing the former in connection with the dispute between the two brothers. The dispute is regarding the rate of supply of natural gas to Anil Ambani’s Dadri Power Project by..

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI, Chandigarh) challenging the order of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission vide which the institute was directed to pay a compensation of Rs 2 lakhs for transmit..

Khamgaon:  In Tahasil there is A village Bhandari. There was one farming society, which is liquidated. The several farmers were the member of the same and some of them died. The farming society was alloted witht the land for the cultivation by the Government.     After the death of the members of the Society, th..

 The Madras High Court has directed the Chennai Corporation Commissioner to pay Rs 10,000 as costs to two people for putting them to hardship and causing prejudice to them. The civic body demolished their more than 120-year-old superstructure at Choolai after giving two days’ notice.  Dismissing an appeal filed by the Corporation Commiss..

Madras High Court today banned the functioning of ICFAI University, Hyderabad, and the ICFAI National College in Tamil Nadu. Allowing a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by Dr G R Medical University Senate member K Rajendran, a Division Bench comprising Justices S J Mukhopadhaya and B Rajendran held that ICFAI was functioning in Tamil Nadu without any valid lic..

 The Madras High Court stayed collection of infrastructure and amenities charges by local bodies and regulatory agencies from building developers in the state.  The amenities charge was introduced by the state government last year on all new buildings coming up in the State, as it felt construction of new building resulted in additional burden on existing infrastr..

A Consumer court has ordered private airliner IndiGo to pay Rs 20,000 as compensation to a police official after it refused to allow a criminal in his custody to board the aircraft from Mumbai to the city last year. In his order G Siddanagoud, President of the Bangalore IV Additional District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, said the authorities of the airliner were liable..

 The Delhi High Court directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) to inquire into the complaint filed by a hotelier whose restaurant is situated in Pragati Maidan, alleging the high handedness of India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) for banning the entry of cars in his premises. Justice J R Midha of the vacation bench directed the DCP to form a committee of s..