RANJIT GIRI

Introduction ection 498-A  was introduced in the year 1983 to protect married women from being subjected to cruelty by the husband or his relatives. A punishment extending to 3 years and fine has been prescribed. The expression “cruelty” has been defined in wide terms so as to include inflicting physical or mental harm to the body or health of the woman and indulging in acts of harassment with a view to coerce her or her relations to meet any unlawful demand for any property or valuable security. Harassment for dowry falls within the sweep of latter limb of the section. Creating a situation driving the woman to commit suicide is also one of the ingredients of “cruelty”. Penal Code, 1860 Section 498-A :  Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty —  Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be...

The Supreme Court has requested all the High Courts to register Suo motu Public Interest Litigations regarding the filling up of the large number of vacancies in the different posts in the police forces in the respective states. The bench comprising the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Sanjiv Khanna directed the registry to transfer records pertaining to a writ petition filed in this regard to respective High Courts. The writ petition was filed by Manish Kumar in 2013, contending that the law and order situation has deteriorated on account of the existence of large number of vacancies, in the police service at all levels. Thereafter, upon directions of the court, many states have filed affidavit and status reports on the matter. Later the writ petition was amended, and now prays for following reliefs: Direction to all the States & Union Territories to constitute Police Commission to deal with allegation of police action, redressal of grievan...

Developer had promised to handover possession within 24 months from the date of signing of the agreement – Despite period of two years being over there was no substantial pro-gress and as such, the Developer was deficient in rendering service –  It  was  agreed  that  wherever compensation was to be awarded, it should be in the form of interest @ 9% and the governing principles be as under:- (a) In all Refund cases, the award of interest @ 9% would be payable in respect of deposits from the day they were made till the date of refund. (b) In cases where, upon transfer, a subsequent purchaser had stepped into the shoes of the original allottee and had prayed for Refund, the reckoning date for computing the interest be from the date of his transfer in respect of all the amounts that were deposited by the original allottee and if any subsequent deposits were made by the transferee, from the dates of such deposits; (c) In cases where Possession was so...

___________________________________________ Justice AK Sikri, who is currently the Executive Chairman of NALSA is retiring on March 6, 2019. Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi is the Patron in Chief. Justice SA Bobde will be the senior most judge of the Supreme Court after Justice Sikri retires. As per section 3(2) of Legal Service Authorities Act, the Chief Justice of India shall be the Patron-in-Chief. and a serving or retired Judge of the Supreme Court nominated by the President, in consultation with the Chief Justice of India, shall be the Executive Chairman. Objectives of NALSA are 1) To legally empower the marginalized and excluded groups of the society by providing effective legal representation, legal literacy and awareness and bridging the gap between the legally available benefits and the entitled beneficiaries.​ 2) To strengthen the system of Lok Adalats and other Alternate Dispute Resolution mechanisms in order to provide for informal, quick, inexpensive and effec...

05 March 19. A bench headed by Justice AK Sikri came down heavily on the shoddy investigation and the prosecution in the matter and directed the Chief Secretary of the state to initiate an inquiry to bring erring police officers to book. New Delhi: In a severe indictment of the Maharashtra government, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered it to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to six men who were falsely implicated in a murder case and sentenced to death. A bench headed by Justice AK Sikri came down heavily on the shoddy investigation and the prosecution in the matter and directed the Chief Secretary of the state to initiate an inquiry to bring erring police officers to book. Ankush Maruti Shinde, Rajyappa Shinde, Raju Mhasu Shinde and three others were held guilty of gang rape and killing five members of a family during a robbery in June 2003. Of the six accused in the case, the trial court in Nasik sentenced Ankush, Rajyappa and Raju to death, and the Bombay High Court also co...