Service charge on restaurant bill totally voluntary, cannot forcibly impose it on customer: Kolkata Consumer Commission
Written By – Radhika Recently, Kolkata Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ordered a restaurant to return the service charge it received from a customer along with a compensation amount and held that restaurants cannot forcibly impose service charge on a customer. The summary of
[Virtual Hearings] May have to ban lawyers appearing through mobile phones: CJI NV Ramana
Written By – Dakshita Dubey Recently in a virtual hearing set up the Supreme Court bench, comprising of CJI NV Ramanna, expressed their frustration on lawyers attending Court Proceedings through their mobile phones, which makes them prone to network glitches and wastes time
LAW AND POVERTY
As per a 2011 study, 62% of Mumbai's population lives in slums. In fact, the largest slum in Asia, Dharavi is in Mumbai. Dharavi which occupied about 175 hectares of land has a population of 0.35 million
KNOW WHAT IS – RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN
Written By – Shruti Bharti With the tremendous proliferation of the internet, legislators across the globe have to confront the threat to privacy arising out of it. A subset of the right to privacy known as “the right to be forgotten” has lately
Law School Internships
By SLC Team Online Internship Opportunity with NITI Aayog: Apply by Jan 10 How to Apply? The interested applicants may apply online only on the website of NITI Aayog by the 10th of January, 2022. The application can only be made six months
[Juvenile Justice] Delhi High Court seeks data of children sent from adult jails to care homes
By Team SLC The Delhi High Court has granted a spate of orders for the execution of rehabilitative initiatives for adolescents in trouble with the law who are in or have recently left care institutions in the city. A bench of Justices Siddharth
Mere Refusal To Marry After Sexual Relations Not Offence of Cheating : Bombay High Court
By – Aishwarya Justice Anuja Prabhudessai observed that in the instance case the couple had indulged in sexual relations for over three years; the woman’s testimony did not indicate that she was under a misconception of a promise of marriage nor was there
Juhi Chawla Moves Delhi High Court Challenging Order Dismissing Her Suit Against 5G Roll Out With 20 Lakhs Cost
By Vihan In a surprising turn of events, the famous case titled as Juhi Chawla and Ors. v. Science and Engineering Research Board and Ors. has again caught attention. Bollywood actress and environmentalist Juhi chawla moved to Delhi HC today challenging the decision
Delhi High Court upholds sodomy conviction of father-uncle duo, sentences them to life
By – Arshita Anand The Delhi High Court affirmed a father-uncle duo’s conviction for sodomising one of the accused’s juvenile daughter, but overturned their conviction for gang rape on the grounds that there was no penile-vaginal penetration, a condition for rape under the
Gujarat High Court to decide Constitutionality of IPC exemption under Section 375 to marital rape
By – Neha Virmani The division bench of High court of Gujarat comprising of Justice J.B Pardiwala and Niral R Mehta heard a challenge writ plea where the petitioner raised the issue of Constitutional validity of Exception 2 of Section 375 which deals
