Whether elevation for judgeship in the High Court has to be considered collectively by the High Court Collegium or whether the Chief Justice acting individually can reconsider the same? SC answers the issue in the Writ Petition filed by the two seniormost District and Sessions Judges serving in the State of Himachal Pradesh. The Court observed that “The process of judicial appointments to a superior court is not the prerogative of a single individual. Instead, it is a collaborative and p...

Child not a movable property: Supreme Court in a child custody matter of a 2 and a 1/2 year old child allows maternal aunt to retain the custody. When the Court deals with the issue of Habeas Corpus regarding a minor, the Court cannot treat the child as a movable property and transfer custody without even considering the impact of the disturbance of the custody on the child. Such issues cannot be decided mechanically. The Court has to act based on humanitarian considerations. After all, the Co...

Supreme Court explores whether the term "owner" in the Motor Vehicles Act should be restricted solely to the registered owner. The definition of “owner” of a vehicle in the Motor Vehicles Act should not be confined only to the registered owner. SC finds that an expansive interpretation is possible. Section 166 of the M.V. Act enumerates the persons who may file an application for compensation before the Claims Tribunal, omits to specify person(s) against whom the applica...

Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Adjudicating Procedure) Regulations, 2024 Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission Thiruvananthapuram Notification Published in Kerala Gazette Extra No. 2831 Dt. 3.9.2024 by Notfn. No. 3102/Con.Engg/2023/KSERC dated 13th August, 2024 In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 26 and 27 of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 (Central Act 52 of 2001), Section 27A of the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Central Act 19 of 2022), ...

Kerala Co-operative Revival Fund Scheme, 2024 GOVERNMENT OF KERALA NOTIFICATION Co-operation (B) Department Published in Kerala Gazette Extra No. 2763 Dt. 30.8.2024 by I G.O.(P)No.168/2024/Co-op Dt. 29.8.2024 S. R. O. No. 759/2024 For text 'click here'