civil law

A compensation of Rs 60 lakh has been awarded to the parents of an accident victim by the Lok Adalat. Chief Justice of the Madras High Court H L Gokhale yesterday, handed over the cheques totaling Rs 60 lakh to the parents of a person who died in a road accident at Ulundurpet in Villupuram district in January last year. The motor vehicle accident case w..

The supreme court had sought to redress the grievance of several aged in-laws who had been harassed by their daughters-in-law over their property.Sympathy or sentiment can be invoked only i..

Delhi HC - Daughter in Law cannot claim share in in-laws property Delhi High Court has held that the old parents whose relations with their son and daughter-in law turn sour have every right to show them the door and the daughter-in law cannot claim any right to stay in their house claiming to be having a legal right to live in the matrimonial home. Justice S N Dhingra observed yesterday, ''..

 The Supreme Court has directed that the courts in the country should not encourage and regularise the transactions, conducted during the pendency of the case in connection with the suit property. A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat, Lokeshwar Singh Panta and P Sathasivam while partly allowing an appeal against the Karnataka High Court judgment, dated June 15 and 17, 2006, noted, &l..

The Delhi State Consumer Commission has directed Citibank to pay Rs 50,000 as compensation to a consumer for harassment and agony caused to him by including him in the defaulters list.The Outgoing Chairman of the State Consumer Commission Mr J D Kapoor said that despite being no proof of any transaction, the bank continuously harassed the consumer and sent huge bills ..

The Karnataka High Court today directed Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) not to cut any tree in the famous Lalbagh Garden Area without permission from the Tree Authority. The order was passed on a PIL seeking directions for changing the alignment of Metro Rail as it would pass through Lalbagh under the existing plan. Justices N K Patil and V Jagan..

A city court today adjourned the bail plea of A S Bindra, industrialist and father of Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra, in the case of cheating a finance company and a private bank of crores of rupees. Bindra took loans of Rs 9 crore from the Indus Bank and the App..

The Supreme Court has held that while calculating the amount of compensation in an accident case the Dearness Allowances and House Rent Allowances of the victim should also be included in his income. A Bench comprising Justices S B Sinha and Dr Mukundkam Sharma while sending the accident claim case to the trial court said ‘DA, in our opinion, should form part of income..

Dear members, in the news article submitted below, the Govt was imposed Rs. 1 lac cost by SC.  (This fact can be utilised for seeking costs). INDIA BUSINESS WORLD - 1st May To 15th May - 2009   NO CHANCE OF SERVICE TAX ON LOTTERY, RULES SUPREME COURT THE Supreme Court has..

Coming down heavily on public servants who collude with unscrupulous elements to defraud the state exchequer of huge amounts by deliberately delaying appeals in superior courts, the Supreme Court has imposed an exemplary cost of Rs 10 lakh on State of Karnataka while condoning the delay o..

SC: False promises can invite legal action The Supreme Court indicated that legal action can be taken against political parties or elected representatives for not keeping their promises made in the election manifestos to the public during elections. The bench comprising Chief Justice KG Balakrisnan and Justices Arijit Pasayat and P Sathasivam ,however, declined to entertain petition ..

THE Delhi High Court has ruled that commercial renting of premises will not attract service tax, in a move that will cheer India Inc fighting a slowdown but leave the central government about Rs 8,000 crore poorer every year. The Centre will challenge the order in the Supreme Court, said a government official who did not wish to be identified. Renting of immovable prop..

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The Supreme Court awarded a compensation of Rs 10 per square metre to those farmers whose land was acquired for construction of twin city near Mumbai about four decades ago. After tiring and expensive litigation of about 39 years, a bench comprising Justices S B Sinha and Cyriac Joseph awarded the compensation to farmers of 96 villages whose land was acquired vide notification dated May 21, 197..

Giving relief to the consenting young couples who want to solomonise their marriage without the consent of their parents, the Delhi High Court directed the Marriage Officers (SDM) to do away with the mandatory condition of sending the notices to their parents. The Court while directing the Marriage Officers (the Sub Divisional Magistrates) to do away with the mandatory rules to send the notices..