A round-up of legal news from across the country..1.Bombay High Court allows hike in school fees.A division bench of Justice Anoop Mohta and Justice Ahmad Sayed, in an interim order, has allowed all private unaided schools to hike their fees by 15% for the academic year 2016-17. The court clarified that this hike would be subject to the final verdict, while hearing petitions challenging the Maharashtra Educational Institutions(Regulation of Fee) Act..The petition will be next heard on January 18, 2016..2.Bombay High Court stays proposed increase of Mumbai Metro fares.The Bombay High Court put a stay on the proposed fare hike for Mumbai metro.The Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd.(MMOPL) had announced a fare hike of Rs.5 on the Versova-Ghatkopar line. MMRDA’s lawyer,senior counsel Aspi Chenoy submitted that the fare was fixed after an agreement between MMRDA and MMOPL and it was estimated that the operator would have to bear losses for first eight years and profits will only come in the ninth year..The matter will now be heard on January 29, 2016..3. Moneylenders adopt cruel methods for recovery: NALSAR study.According to a TOI report, a recent study conducted by NALSAR University revealed that private lenders (including NBFC’s) resort to heinous methods for recovering money..4. PIL in Delhi High Court seeks repercussions for Award wapsi.A division bench of G Rohini and Jayant Nath issued notice in a PIL filed by Hajid Mohammad Majid Qureshi. The petition states that those returning awards for political reasons should not only return the prize money, but also the royalties that they may have earned..5. CBI court cannot order CBI investigation says Delhi High Court.The Delhi High Court recently held that a special CBI court cannot direct the agency to investigate any complaint. Sidharth Mridul J. was hearing a criminal writ petition filed by the CBI against an order passed by CBI Special court. According to ET, the special court had ordered an investigation by the CBI into the alleged disproportionate assets of former RAW chief A.K Verma.
A round-up of legal news from across the country..1.Bombay High Court allows hike in school fees.A division bench of Justice Anoop Mohta and Justice Ahmad Sayed, in an interim order, has allowed all private unaided schools to hike their fees by 15% for the academic year 2016-17. The court clarified that this hike would be subject to the final verdict, while hearing petitions challenging the Maharashtra Educational Institutions(Regulation of Fee) Act..The petition will be next heard on January 18, 2016..2.Bombay High Court stays proposed increase of Mumbai Metro fares.The Bombay High Court put a stay on the proposed fare hike for Mumbai metro.The Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd.(MMOPL) had announced a fare hike of Rs.5 on the Versova-Ghatkopar line. MMRDA’s lawyer,senior counsel Aspi Chenoy submitted that the fare was fixed after an agreement between MMRDA and MMOPL and it was estimated that the operator would have to bear losses for first eight years and profits will only come in the ninth year..The matter will now be heard on January 29, 2016..3. Moneylenders adopt cruel methods for recovery: NALSAR study.According to a TOI report, a recent study conducted by NALSAR University revealed that private lenders (including NBFC’s) resort to heinous methods for recovering money..4. PIL in Delhi High Court seeks repercussions for Award wapsi.A division bench of G Rohini and Jayant Nath issued notice in a PIL filed by Hajid Mohammad Majid Qureshi. The petition states that those returning awards for political reasons should not only return the prize money, but also the royalties that they may have earned..5. CBI court cannot order CBI investigation says Delhi High Court.The Delhi High Court recently held that a special CBI court cannot direct the agency to investigate any complaint. Sidharth Mridul J. was hearing a criminal writ petition filed by the CBI against an order passed by CBI Special court. According to ET, the special court had ordered an investigation by the CBI into the alleged disproportionate assets of former RAW chief A.K Verma.
