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Easier refunds, more compensation: DGCA(13.06.2016)

The Director General of Civil Aviation released proposals to ease flyers’ woes in the event of cancelled flights or when they are denied boarding. Als.....

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Paying for the pay raise(23.11.2015)

The Ministry of Finance released the Report of the Seventh Central Pay Commission, propos.....

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International Cases

Conduct of employee must be related to relationship with employer to apportion vicarious liability(02.03.2016)

The British Supreme Court, deciding claims raising questions on vicarious liability of the employer, found that the conduct of the individual has to b.....

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Government intervention okay in dire economic circumstances: ECJ(22.06.2016)

The E.....

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Judgments

District courts 'principal civil Court' in Bihar(30.07.2015)

The District Court, not the Subordinate court, have original jurisdiction in Bihar for receiving matters under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conci.....

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A written communication sent to addressee's last known place of business, habitual residence or mailing address is deemed receipt.(22.07.2016)

Co-borrower along with other signatories of the home equity agreement are jointly and severally liable to re-pay the loan amount disbursed by concerne.....

Tags : Re-payment, loan, co-borrower, liability- joint & severable



Notifications & Circulars

SEBI signs a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding with Abu Dhabi Global Markets Financial Services Regulatory Authority(24.08.2016)

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) have entered into .....

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Commerce and Industry Minister visits Sri Lanka to enhance bilateral trade and investment relations(27.09.2016)

The Commerce and Industry Minister, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman visited Sri Lanka on September 26-27, 2016 with the objective of enhancing and deepening b.....

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The Health Minister launches "Mera Aspataal / My Hospital" initiative(29.08.2016)

Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare launched the "Mera Aspataal / My Hospital" initiative at third National Summit on Good and.....

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TRAI releases paper on Set Top Box interoperability between TV services(04.04.2016)

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India may have antagonised telecom operators in the country recently with its call drop rules, now it is all set t.....

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National Commission has to exercise the jurisdiction only if State Commission or the District Forum either failed to exercise their jurisdiction or exceeded jurisdiction by acting illegally(02.08.2016)

Appellant-Society is a charitable institution running a girls hostel at Surat for the benefit of Adiwasi children. Appellant-Society purchased vitrifi.....

Tags : Defective tiles, Compensation, Liability



4th Asia Pacific Regulators Dialogue on Market Surveillance Conference held in Mumbai(29.09.2016)

Shri Rajeev Kumar Agarwal, Whole Time Member, SEBI inaugurated the two day conference of the fourth Asia Pacific Regulators Dialogue on Market Surveil.....

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There shall be no discrimination on ground of sex either directly, or indirectly by reference in particular to marital or family status(10.08.2016)

Appellant was registered at birth as a man. From 1991, Appellant began to live as a woman. Appellant applied for a state retirement pension, on the fo.....

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Blast from the Past

Raw or refined, market should know difference between goods(12.10.1962)

After the Central government levied excise duty on readymade garments and textile bearing a brand name, and sold with a price tag of over Rs. 1000, it.....

Tags : excise, manufacture, refined oil



Driving Licenses and Vehicle Registration Certificates can now be accessed through Mobile App(07.09.2016)

Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping and Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Electronics & Information Technology .....

Tags : Mobile App, Access, Driving Licenses, Registration Certificates



When a dying declaration is suspicious, it should not be acted upon without corroborative evidence(09.09.2016)

A charge sheet was filed against accused persons under Sections 302, 452 and 34 of Indian Penal Code and under Section 3 read with Section 25 of the A.....

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Doctrine of illegality bows down to public interest(20.07.2016)

A party to a contract “tainted by illegality” is not barred from recovering money paid under the contract from the other party under the law of unjust.....

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News

Jammu & Kashmir High Court Serves Notices to Eight Nominated Members of Legislative Council (MLCs)(12.08.2015)

Jammu & Kashmir High Court has served notices to all eight nominated Members of Legislative Council (MLCs) seeking their response as to why their nomi.....

Tags : Jammu & Kashmir High Court, Members of Legislative Council (MLCs),nomination



Interest and penalty not imposable where credit wrongly availed, reversed prior to utilization(08.08.2016)

Issue involved was relating to liability to pay interest on cenvat credit availed by Appellant but not utilized and reversed subsequently. In present .....

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CCI lets Wiley India off the hook(28.06.2016)

The Competition Commission of India dismissed a complaint against pre-eminent publisher of scientific, technical and medical journals, Wiley India, fo.....

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Recovery of dues owed by MPs, MLAs and political bodies(07.08.2015)

In a PIL raising issue to dues owed by Members of Parliament, Legislative Assemblies and other political entities to public utility providers and hote.....

Tags : politicians, arrears, public utilities



Fraudulent claims rule does not defeat a claim wholly good in law, even if a lie is told in support of it(20.07.2016)

Duty of utmost good faith applied not only in making of contract but in course of its performance. In facts of present case, insurance claim was relat.....

Tags : Fraudulent claims rule, Applicability, Insurer’s Liability



If goods bought or services hired or availed by a person for commercial purpose, then said person would not be consumer(16.08.2016)

Consumer complaint alleging deficiency in service on part of opposite party in respect of Builder-Buyer Agreement executed between members of associat.....

Tags : Deficiency of service, Complaint, Maintainability



Conduct of employee must be related to relationship with employer to apportion vicarious liability(02.03.2016)

The British Supreme Court, deciding claims raising questions on vicarious liability of the employer, found that the conduct of the individual has to b.....

Tags : united kingdom, supreme court, vicarious liability, employer



Oversight Committee darkens MCI future(02.05.2016)

“…That the need for major institutional changes in the regulatory oversight of the medical profession in the country is so urgent”, the concluding lin.....

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Delhi High Court Raps Police Over Prolonged Illegal Detention(12.08.2015)

Delhi High Court raps Police over prolonged illegal detention of former AAP member Yogendra Yadav and 85 others’ arrested during a farmers' protest .

Tags : Delhi High Court,illegal detention,Yogendra Yadav



Decision to represent India in a sporting event, best left to experts, interference by Court in selection criteria not called for.(11.08.2016)

Petitioner seeks quashing of action of Union of India and Sports Authority of India respectively in not selecting Petitioner for participation in Rio .....

Tags : Selection Criteria, Qualification System, Eligibility



A person who suffers damage as a result of malicious prosecution of a civil suit against him is entitled to recover that damage(20.07.2016)

Principal issue in instant appeal is relating to prosecution of civil proceedings in tort of malicious prosecution. Instant appeal is from a decision .....

Tags : Malicious prosecution, Civil suit, Damages



Patna High Court Raps Bar Council for 'Boycott' Call(31.07.2015)

Patna high court observed that the State Bar Council showed its double standards by giving a call to lawyers across the state for abstaining from cour.....

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A written communication sent to addressee's last known place of business, habitual residence or mailing address is deemed receipt.(22.07.2016)

Co-borrower along with other signatories of the home equity agreement are jointly and severally liable to re-pay the loan amount disbursed by concerne.....

Tags : Re-payment, loan, co-borrower, liability- joint & severable



Notaries and lawyers exempt from disclosure scheme in Canadian tax law(03.06.2016)

Canada’s Supreme Court held unconstitutional tax provisions relating to request for information by the Revenue Agency in the assessment of tax payable.....

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Doctrine of ex debito justitiae prevail over procedural law only where order of this Court passed without notice or where order has effect of eroding public confidence in justice delivery system(30.08.2016)

In instant writ petition, Petitioner assailed conviction order passed under Section 3 of Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (".....

Tags : Ex debito justitiae, Doctrine, Applicability



Raw or refined, market should know difference between goods(12.10.1962)

After the Central government levied excise duty on readymade garments and textile bearing a brand name, and sold with a price tag of over Rs. 1000, it.....

Tags : excise, manufacture, refined oil



Victim’s entitlement to compensation measured by reference to the law of state of accident, routes to recovery provided by Directives he or she invokes(03.08.2016)

In present case, Respondent, a United Kingdom resident, was on holiday in Greece. Walking along the verge of a road, she was struck from behind by a v.....

Tags : Compensation, Liability, Jurisdiction



Cabinet approves amendments to the HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2014(05.10.2016)

The Union Cabinet under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to introduce official amendments to the HIV and A.....

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Union Cabinet finally clears Bill prohibiting discrimination against persons with HIV/AIDS(05.10.2016)

The Union Cabinet has cleared the latest amendments in HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2014. The object of the bill is to protect and saf.....

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Applicability of TDS provisions of Section 194-I of the Income-tax Act, 1961 on lump sum lease premium paid for acquisition of long term lease(13.10.2016)

Section 194-I of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) requires that tax be deducted at source at the prescribed rates from payment of any income by way .....

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Mere presence in an unlawful assembly cannot render a person liable unless there was a common object(20.10.2016)

By present revision petition, Petitioner seeks setting aside of order passed by Additional Sessions Judge discharging Respondents from offence punisha.....

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Once the parties have approached certain court for relief under Arbitration Act at earlier stages of disputes then it is same court that, parties must return to for all other subsequent proceedings(19.10.2016)

Present application filed by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) seeking to explain delay of 296 days in filing Petition under Section 34 of A.....

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Public interest of fair trial outweigh personal interest, when there is possibility of interdicting fair trial by accused if released on bail(24.11.2016)

High Court granted bail to Respondent during pendency of trial against Respondent facing charges under Sections 376, 420/34, 366-A, 370, 370-A, 212, 1.....

Tags : Bail, Grant, Validity



India-USA Bilateral Competent Authority MAP/APA Meeting(17.11.2016)

The Bilateral Competent Authority Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) / Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) meeting between India and USA was held in Washing.....

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In a master and servant relation, master is vicariously liable for acts of omission of servant and liable to pay compensation for negligence and deficiency in service(15.11.2016)

21-year old educated son of complainant, lost his life by drowning at Boat Club, owned by Appellant, Paradeep Port Trust. Appellant has tried to shift.....

Tags : Compensation, Liability, Vicarious



Ossification test cannot be regarded as conclusive for ascertaining age of a person(30.11.2016)

Present appeals by special leave impugns judgment passed by High Court, whereby appeal filed by Appellants was dismissed affirming their conviction un.....

Tags : Age determination, Medical Opinion, Admissibility



Apology offered at time when the contemnor finds that Court is about to impose punishment, is no apology(19.12.2016)

In instant contempt appeal, Appellants are aggrieved by order passed by Single Judge holding them guilty of contempt of court and sentencing them to s.....

Tags : Contempt, Guilty, Sentence



Court shall pronounce judgment where a party failed to present written statement within time permitted or fixed by Court(14.12.2016)

Plaintiff has filed present appeal impugning an order passed by d Joint Registrar whereby applications filed by Defendants for seeking permission to f.....

Tags : Written Statement, Filing, Time period



Murder charge cannot be brought home unless there is some evidence to show that, robbery and murder occurred at same time(20.01.2017)

Accused-Appellant had been convicted by trial Court for offence punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860. He has a.....

Tags : Conviction, Provision, Applicability



Person who records dying declaration must be satisfied that deceased was in fit state of mind(19.01.2017)

In present criminal appeal, Accused-Appellant, has challenged judgment passed by Additional Sessions Judge, by which accused appellant was convicted f.....

Tags : Conviction, Dying Declaration, Credibility



In commercial matters, judicial interference is warranted only when administrative action of Government is illegal or irrational(03.01.2017)

BLS international services limited, a public limited company, involving itself in providing visa, passport, consular and attestation related services .....

Tags : Tender, Eligibility, Interference, Scope



TRAI releases Recommendations on "Applicability of e-KYC process for existing mobile subscribers as well as outstation customers"(23.01.2017)

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued its Recommendations on (i) "Verification of existing mobile subscribers through Aadhaar ba.....

Tags : Recommendations, Applicability, E-KYC process



GST Council has finalised its recommendations on almost all the issues based on consensus, says Finance Minister in his Budget Speech(01.02.2017)

The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley while presenting the General Budget 2017-18 in Parliament today said that the .....

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Madras HC Grants TN Govt. a Week's Time to File Counters to Kovan's Bail Pleas(26.11.2015)

Madras HC has given a week's time to Tamil Nadu Government to file counters to two anticipatory bail petitions filed by Tamil folk singer S Kovan.

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Prosecution under Section 182 of IPC void without following procedure prescribed under Section 195 of Cr. PC(10.01.2017)

Instant appeals arise out of criminal proceedings pending in Court of Additional Session Judge, Delhi in relation to offences registered under Section.....

Tags : Conviction, Procedure, Applicability



SC Dismisses Anil Kumar Yadav’s Plea against Allahabad HC Order(30.11.2015)

SC has dismissed UPPSC Chairperson Anil Kumar Yadav’s plea, whose appointment was held as "illegal" by the Allahabad High Court and upheld the high co.....

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Public Interest Litigation does not lie in service matters.(10.01.2017)

Instant writ petition is filed by Petitioner said to be an NGO being a trust registered under Indian Trust Act, 1882. Petitioner is “Central Bank Reti.....

Tags : Locus standi, Writ Petition, Maintainability



Petition for poor - filing made easy(16.02.2017)

Now, it is easier for the middle and relatively lower income group to avail and enjoy the legal services of the country. The Hon'ble Supreme Court of .....

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Allahabad HC to Govt.: Frame Rules to Include Divorced Daughter in Family(30.11.2015)

Allahabad HC has ordered Principal Secretary (Law) to take necessary steps within 4 months so that a “divorced daughter” can be included in definition.....

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Difference of treatment is inherent in change in law, if it were to be objectionable discrimination, it would be impossible to change law(14.12.2016)

Appellant sentenced in the Crown Court for offences of serious violence. At the time, when Appellant was sentenced, the statutory scheme for sentencin.....

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Detention in custody of under-trial prisoners for an indefinite period would amount to violation of Article 21 of Constitution(06.02.2017)

Appellant, a charge-sheeted Accused in judicial custody in connection with the infamous "Chit Fund Scam" involving the Saradha Group of Companies ("Sa.....

Tags : Bail, Rejection, Validity



Cabinet approves four GST Bills(20.03.2017)

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the following four GST related bills:

1. The Central Goods a.....

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GST Council Approved Final Draft of Central GST and Integrated GST(04.03.2017)

The all-powerful GST Council headed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley approved final draft of Central GST (C-GST) and Integrated GST (I-GST). Fur.....

Tags : Council, Approval, Implementation, GST



Delhi Juvenile Justice Rules not unconstitutional(19.11.2015)

The Delhi High Court rejected a petition calling the procedure for determining juvenility of an accused unconstitutional and in conflict with the law......

Tags : Juvenile, priority, proof, rules, variation



Amendment in notification No.25/2012-Service Tax, dated the 20th June, 2012(12.01.2017)

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government being satisfied tha.....

Tags : Notification, Amendment, Exemption, Applicability



Terms and Conditions of Policy have to be Strictly Construed to Determine Extent of Liability of Insurer(20.02.2017)

Instant revision petition has been filed against the impugned order passed by Haryana State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Appeal No. 1192/.....

Tags : Claim, Eligibility, Terms and conditions, Policy



Candidate Eligible for Appointment as Language Pandit (Telugu) as Rules did not Disqualify a Degree From Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University(22.02.2017)

In facts of present case, Appellants were directed by Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal at Hyderabad to consider the Respondent for appointment t.....

Tags : Rules, Appointment, Eligibility



Punjab and Haryana HC Issues Notice to Haryana Govt. over EWS Children Admissions in Pvt. Schools(25.08.2015)

Punjab and Haryana HC has issued notice to State Govt. regarding stay on circular issued by it on admission mechanism to be adopted in private unaided.....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana HC,EWS children Admissions



Value of medical evidence is only corroborative; it proves that, injuries could have been caused in manner alleged(25.04.2017)

Present appeal arises out of impugned judgment passed by a Division Bench of High Court of Madhya Pradesh, upholding conviction and sentence passed by.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Exemption from application of quantitative ceiling and export bans and enhancement of quantitative ceiling(19.04.2017)

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992), as amended, read with para.....

Tags : Exemption, Ceiling, Export



Supreme Court Desires a Better Deal for Ayodhya Pilgrims(10.08.2015)

Supreme Court has ordered the Uttar Pradesh Government to provide basic facilities to pilgrims thronging makeshift sanctum sanctorum of an idol of Ram.....

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Parliament passes Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016(09.03.2017)

A landmark bill called Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 benefiting women passed by Parliament. The Bill extends paid maternity leave for worki.....

Tags : Maternity leave, Extension, Bill



Legal proceedings cannot be initiated without completing assessment proceedings(14.06.2017)

In facts of present case, Appellant imported P-68 watch movement from Hong Kang and filed Bills of Entry. On basis of invoice issued by overseas suppl.....

Tags : Proceedings, Demand, Maintainability



Appeal against Single Judge order for further criminal investigation not maintainable(19.11.2015)

The Orissa High Court held that an appeal against a Single Judge judgment directing further investigation in a criminal investigation was not maintain.....

Tags : Appeal, single judge, maintainability, criminal



Income Tax Department receives Silver Award for e-filing of Income Tax Returns project in the Awards National on e-Governance 2016-2017(10.01.2017)

The Income Tax Department is proud to announce that it has been conferred the Silver Award in the National Awards on e-Governance-2016-17 for the e-fi.....

Tags : Tax-returns, e-filing, Awards National



Madras High Court Slams a Trial Court for ‘Illegal’ Conviction(12.10.2015)

Madras High Court has slammed a trial court for throwing to the winds the fundamental principles of criminal jurisprudence and “illegally” convicting .....

Tags : Madras High Court , trial court , Illegal Conviction



Plea of juvenility could be taken up by an accused at any stage of proceedings, even after disposal of case from Supreme Court(24.05.2017)

Appellant was convicted under Sections 392 and 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and was sentenced to undergo RI for seven years, fine of Rs. 5000/-.....

Tags : Juvenility, Plea, custody, Release



Bombay High Court Raps CBI in Bilkis Bano Case(18.07.2016)

Bombay High Court has rapped the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for “not being prepared” in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang rape case.

Tags : Bombay High Court, Bilkis Bano



Making of construction by spending of moneys would not make Appellant anything more than a licensee(01.05.2017)

Present Regular Second Appeal under Section 100 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) is filed by Defendant in suit impugning concurrent judgments of.....

Tags : Property, Possession, Will



Lok Sabha Passes Bills to Replace NEET Ordinances(20.07.2016)

Lok Sabha has passed The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill and The Dentists (Amendment) Bill, which seek to amend The Indian Medical Council Act.....

Tags : Lok Sabha, The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, The Dentists (Amendment) Bill



Monitoring of export obligation fulfillment under EPCG and Advance Authorization Schemes reg(02.05.2017)

I am directed to invite your attention to para 2(d) of Circular No. 5/2010-Cus dated 16.03.2010 directing initiation of action to safeguard revenue in.....

Tags : Export obligation, Fulfilment



Bombay HC Slams Fine of Rs 25,000 on a Man who Filed Plea against Illegal Structures(08.10.2015)

Bombay HC has slammed a fine of Rs 25,000 on an individual who had filed a PIL against illegal constructions in Kurla, but was himself found erecting .....

Tags : Bombay HC,fine,PIL against illegal constructions



TDS and filing of ITR in case both the parents are dead of minor(29.05.2017)

1.It has been brought to the notice of CBDT that in cases of minors whose both the parents have deceased, TDS deductors/Banks are clubbing the interes.....

Tags : Filing, Return, Minor



Rajya Sabha Passes The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill(20.07.2016)

Rajya Sabha has passed The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, which prohibits employment of children below 14 years in all occu.....

Tags : Rajya Sabha , Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill



Ministry of Skill Development invites comments/ suggestions of the public on the Sharada Prasad Committee constituted to Review, Rationalize and Optimize the Functioning of Sector Skill Councils(02.05.2017)

The Ministry of Skill Development has invited comments/ suggestions of the public on the Sharada Prasad Committee constituted to Review, Rationalize a.....

Tags : Sector Skill Councils, Functioning, Comments, Invitation



National Green Tribunal Slams Railway Ministry on Direct Discharge of Toilets on Railway Tracks(02.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (West Zone) has sought reply from Environment Directorate of Railway Ministry on issue of direct discharge through toilets on .....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Railway Ministry



Cabinet approves proposal to introduce the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill 2017(14.06.2017)

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal to introduce a Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance.....

Tags : Approval, Bill, Financial Resolution, Deposit Insurance



Conditions inserted in Notification are mandatory and cannot be held as mere procedural requirement(23.06.2017)

Appeal is against order of Commissioner (Appeals). Appellants are engaged in manufacture of corrugated cartons falling under Central Excise heading 48.....

Tags : Notification, Condition, Fulfilment



Gujarat High Court Issues Notice to Govt., EC on PIL Alleging Minister’s Fake MBA Degree(14.10.2015)

Gujarat HC has served notices to State Government, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Shankar Chaudhary and Election Commission (EC) on a.....

Tags : Gujarat HC , State Government, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare , Election Commission



Handbook, Module & Guidelines on Safe Childhood Programme for Gram Panchayats Released(05.06.2017)

A Handbook along with Module & Guidelines on protection of Child Rights at Gram Panchayat level was released jointly by National Commission for Protec.....

Tags : Guidelines, Safe Childhood, Gram Panchayats



RBI issues direction limiting customer liability in online banking(06.07.2017)

RBI has issued direction limiting liability of customers due to recent increase in customer grievances related to unauthorised transactions. Direction.....

Tags : Limited liability, Online Banking, Directions



Principle of res judicata is applicable between two stages of same litigation but issue involved must have been decided at earlier stage of same litigation(21.06.2017)

In facts of present case, Applicants before KAT were candidates, who appeared for 2011, Karnataka Gazetted Probationers' Examination. They were select.....

Tags : Application, Maintainability, Doctrine, Res judicata



Punjab and Haryana HC Directs Immediate Action Against Jalandhar ASI for Thrashing Minors(09.09.2015)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed Punjab Government to take immediate action against Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Jhilmil Singh for merciles.....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court,Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Jhilmil Singh



Ministry of Tourism releases 'Compendium on guidelines for Ayush facilities'(21.06.2017)

The Ministry of Tourism has released the 'Compendium on Guidelines for Ayush Facilities' here today. The National Medical & Wellness Tourism Board und.....

Tags : Ayush facilities, Guidelines, Release



Civil Aviation Policy: Trading lower fees for higher taxes?(15.06.2016)

The Ministry of Civil Aviation released the National .....

Tags : civil aviation, policy, airport charges, developer fee, concession, international flights



Lok Sabha Passes the Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016(28.11.2016)

After the demonetization drive of discontinuing old 500 and 1000 rupees note, the central government has introduced the Taxation Laws (Second Amendm.....

Tags : Bill, Taxation laws, Amendment



INDIA –BRAZIL SIGNED SOCIAL SECURITY AGREEMENT(16.03.2017)

India and Brazil signed a Social Security Agreement which will exempt detached workers from making social security contributions in either countries,.....

Tags : Agreement, Bilateral, Social security



Rajya Sabha Passes Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2015(11.03.2016)

Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2015, which intends to protect home buyers, bring in transparency and plug the flow of unaccounted mone.....

Tags : Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2015



For every kind of refund, time limit as prescribed under Section 11B of Central Excise Act, 1944 is applicable(30.01.2017)

In facts of present case, Appellant is a 100% EOU engaged in manufacture and export of pharmaceutical products issued with private bonded warehouse an.....

Tags : Refund, Eligibility, Time bar



No right ensure in favour of occupants on a public property, when no formal lease deed executed and permission not obtained from State Government(07.10.2016)

Appellant is aggrieved by direction of High Court to the Collector. Respondent No. 1 had filed a Writ Petition as Public Interest Litigation for issua.....

Tags : Illegal Encroachment, Removal, Direction



Major Port Authorities Bill to enhance efficiency of major ports(18.07.2017)

The Minister of State for Shipping and Road Transport & Highways, Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya informed in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sab.....

Tags : Efficiency, Ports, Enhancement, Bill



Union Cabinet amends RTE Act, 2009, extending time period for teachers to acquire prescribed minimum qualifications(21.07.2017)

In wake of requests from various states for extending deadline for teachers to acquire the prescribed minimum qualifications for appointment, Central .....

Tags : Bill, Amendment, Time, Extension, Qualification



Foreign Jobs for Indians(02.08.2017)

The exact numbers of foreign jobs for Indians in foreign countries is not available with the Ministry as many countries do not have policy to share th.....

Tags : Foreign Jobs, Indians, Availability



Testimony of an injured accused and his deposition has to be relied upon(04.08.2017)

In the facts of present case, Appellant has been charged under Section 307/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) for causing gunshot injury to PW-2 by a.....

Tags : Conviction, Legality, Evidence, Credibility



Apple loses patent battle for mobile processors but pays less than expected(16.10.2015)

A jury in Wisconsin has found Apple guilty of infringing patents owned by Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, or WARF. It awarded WARF $234 million .....

Tags : Apple, patent, lose, warf, processor, iphone, ipad, million, damages



Delhi HC to SDMC: Can’t Wait For a Fire to Break Out in Hauz Khas Village(23.08.2017)

“You cannot wait for a fire to break out (at Hauz Khas Village) and then say right to life is threatened,” the Delhi High Court told the South Delhi M.....

Tags : Delhi HC, Hauz Khas Village



NPCI Gets Final Approval From RBI To Function As Bharat Bill Payment Central Unit(28.07.2017)

In a bid to further strengthen and regulate digital payments, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), being an umbrella organisation for al.....

Tags : NPCI, Bill payment, Approval, Central Unit



A minor can bring a suit within a specified time after the termination of his minority and/or during the subsistence of his minority, through his next friend(30.08.2017)

Defendant is the Appellant against a confirming judgment. Case of the Defendant is that, the suit land is his ancestral homestead. He is in possession.....

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‘VIKALP’ – Scheme to provide accommodation to waitlisted train passengers(15.10.2015)

Ministry of Railways will commence a pilot scheme from 1.11.2015 to provide confirmed accommodation to waitlisted passengers. Run for a period of six .....

Tags : Railway, alternate, accommodation, train



Cabinet approves MoU between India and Nepal on Drug Demand Reduction and Prevention of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and precursor chemicals and related matters(23.08.2017)

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today has given its approval for signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) bet.....

Tags : MOU, Approval, MoU, Prevention, IIllicit Trafficking, Narcotic Drugs



NGT Seeks Reply from IIT-M over Tondiarpet Oil Leak Case(05.11.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed investigating team of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras to give its reply on detailed site characterisa.....

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An appeal shall lie only from the final order passed by a Court(15.09.2017)

The present writ petition has been filed challenging the order passed by the learned Financial Commissioner in Revision Petition whereby the learned F.....

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Code on Wages Bill 2017(05.09.2017)

As part of labour law reforms, the Government has undertaken the exercise of rationalisation of the 38 Labour Acts by framing 4 labour codes viz Code .....

Tags : Wages Bill, Labour law, Reforms



SC to Parliament: Enact Separate Law for Child Rape(11.01.2016)

Supreme Court has asked Parliament to enact a separate offence of 'child rape' and provide rigorous punishment to offenders.

Tags : Supreme Court , child rape



Clarification regarding taxability of custom milling of paddy(20.11.2017)

1. Representations have been received seeking clarification on whether custom milling of paddy by Rice millers for Civil Supplies Corporation is liabl.....

Tags : Taxability, Milling, Paddy



Consumer Forum Orders 3 Months Jail Term to Chennai Based Builder(02.11.2016)

Northern Chennai District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has ordered three months imprisonment for a city-based realtor, in a case in which Chennai.....

Tags : Chennai District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, builder



Online portal PENCIL launched by Union Government for effective implementation of National Child Labour Project(26.09.2017)

Child labour is a social evil which hampers development of future generation of society and deprives children of their childhood. Poverty and illitera.....

Tags : Child labour, Portal, Launch



Kingfisher Airlines to be represented by legal counsel before GRC(17.12.2015)

A borrower appearing before a Grievance Redressal Committee has the right to be represented by an advocate, the Delhi High Court has held. Proceedings.....

Tags : Kingfisher, willful defaulter, grc, advocate



Section 195(1)(b)(ii) of CrPC would be attracted only when offences enumerated therein committed with respect to document after it has been produced or given in evidence in a proceeding in any Court(03.11.2017)

Present appeal has been filed against judgment of High Court dismissing Petition which was filed by the Appellant questioning the judgment of Addition.....

Tags : Cognizance, Provision, Applicability



J&K High Court Seeks Fresh Compliance Report on Setting Up of Juvenile Justice Boards(04.02.2016)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has sought a fresh compliance report from Government with regard to setting up of Juvenile Justice Boards in the State.

Tags : Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Juvenile Justice Boards



Shri Radha Mohan Singh launches Livestock Disease Forewarning -Mobile Application (LDF-Mobile App)(27.12.2017)

Union Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh today launched Livestock Disease Forewarning -Mobile Application (LDF-Mobile A.....

Tags : Mobile App, Launch, Livestock Disease



CBDT notifies rules in respect of Country-by-Country reporting and furnishing of Master File(01.11.2017)

In keeping with India's commitment to implement the recommendations of 2015 Final Report on Action 13, titled "Transfer Pricing Documentation and Coun.....

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Indian Railways launches e-Procurement and e-Tendering systems(01.02.2016)

The Ministry of Railways launched Works Module of Indian Railways E-Procurement System and Implementation of 'e-Tendering in Works Contracts'. The new.....

Tags : Railway, electronic, tender, procurement



Skill Development of Youth of Minority Communities(27.12.2017)

"The Ministry had launched following special schemes for skill development of youth belonging to minority communities:

1. "Seekho aur Kamao .....

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Imphal Court Orders Irom Sharmila’s Release From Judicial Custody(01.03.2016)

A court in Imphal has ordered release of Manipuri rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, who is on a fast for 15 years demanding repealing of Armed Forc.....

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A moral opinion howsoever strong or genuine cannot be a substitute for legal proof(04.01.2018)

The Appellant faced trial and convicted for offences punishable under Sections 498-A/302 of the Indian Penal Code,1860 (IPC) on the accusation that he.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



NGT Seeks Response from DDA, SDMC on Mobile Tower Installation(02.12.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) on a petition filed against installation of mobile towers in south Delhi has sought response from Delhi Development Auth.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal, DDA, SDMC ,Mobile Tower Installation



Government of India announces details of Bank recap and Comprehensive Reform Plan(24.01.2018)

The Government of India today unveiled details of the re-capitalisation of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) announced in October, 2017. The capital infusion.....

Tags : Bank recap, Details, Announcement



Rajya Sabha Passes Bill Seeking to Remove Anomalies in Pensionary Benefits of Judges(03.03.2016)

Rajya Sabha has passed the High Court and the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2015, seeking removal of anoma.....

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Shri Nitin Gadkari holds bilateral talks with Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Says Chabahar Port will present a win- win situation for both countries(10.01.2018)

Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation held bilateral talks .....

Tags : Bilateral talks, Ports, Business opportunities



SC Grants Custody of Child to Hindu Adoptive Father Against Biological Mother(02.03.2016)

Supreme Court, while giving priority to welfare of the child, has passed custody of him to his Hindu adoptive father by disposing a petition filed by .....

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Bail can only be granted where exceptional circumstances are demonstrated and it is otherwise appropriate to do so(09.01.2018)

In instant case, Mr Valerio's application filed for bail pending his appeal against conviction. Alternatively, the Appellant seeks an urgent appeal or.....

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Files related to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose declassified(02.03.2016)

The Indian government has declassified all available classified files on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and transferred the same to National Archives of.....

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5th Bilateral Meeting on cooperation in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine between India and Malaysia held in New Delhi(10.01.2018)

The 5th Bilateral Technical Meeting on cooperation in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine between Govt. of India and Malaysia was held today .....

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Trade mark ruling eases Lupin’s pressure(23.12.2015)

Bombay High Court granted a motion in favour of Lupin Limited, maker of ‘Nebistar’ line of medicines. It determined Lupin’s registered mark and ‘Nebis.....

Tags : Trade mark, divisibility, comparison, pronunciation



TRAI releases Draft "The Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability Per Port Transaction Charge and Dipping Charge (Amendment) Regulations, 2017"(18.12.2017)

1. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today issued Draft "The Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability Per Port Transaction Charg.....

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NCRB launches Mobile App useful for Citizens on its 33rd Inception Day(14.03.2018)

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) celebrated its 33rd Inception Day and released "Citizen Services" Mobile App. Shri Rajiv Jain, Director, IB w.....

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Cabinet HELPs enhance oil and gas production in India(10.03.2016)

The Union Cabinet approved the new Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy that aims to boost exploration and production by oil companies in Indi.....

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Discretion to grant bail has to be exercised judiciously and in a humane manner and compassionately(23.02.2018)

Present appeal has been filed against the judgment and order of High Court dismissing the Writ Petition filed by the Appellant. The main issue which n.....

Tags : Bail, Grant, Discretion



Lok Sabha Passes Election Laws (Amendment) Bill(26.02.2016)

Lok Sabha has passed a bill to grant voting rights to people who became citizens of the country following the exchange of enclaves between India and B.....

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Insolvency professional not to outsource his responsibilities(03.01.2018)

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code) read with regulations made thereunder cast specific duties and responsibilities on an insolvency profe.....

Tags : Professional, Responsibilities, Outsource



SEBI Decides to Restrain Wilful Defaulters(14.03.2016)

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has decided to restrain ‘wilful defaulters’ from accessing capital markets for raising funds from the pu.....

Tags : Securities and Exchange Board of India, Wilful Defaulters



Creche facility to come up at Parliament House, Development comes after Smt Maneka Gandhi apprised LS Speaker about the need(20.02.2018)

The Parliament House will soon be setting an example of an inclusive and supportive work environment for its women employees by establishing Crèche fa.....

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SC Imposes Provisional Fine on Erring Builders(22.01.2016)

Supreme Court has imposed provisional fine on erring builders who constructed buildings and then applied for green clearances.

Tags : Supreme Court , Erring Builders



WCD Ministry once again cautions general public against filling up fake forms in name of BBBP(19.12.2017)

The Ministry of Women & Child Development (MWCD), Government of India, since the beginning of this year, has been receiving filled up fake forms from .....

Tags : Fake forms, Filling up, Caution



Odisha HC Grants Interim Protection to Accused Servitor in Niladri Bije Fiasco(02.11.2016)

Orissa High Court has asked Puri Police not to take any coercive action against Jayakrushna Mahasuhar pertaining to non-bailable warrant issued agains.....

Tags : Orissa High Court, Niladri Bije, Puri Servitor



India Japan Cooperation in Rail Safety(27.09.2017)

Taking the technical cooperation in Rail Safety ahead, a team/ Mission of Safety experts from Japan concluded its second visit early this month. This .....

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Supreme Court Grants Stay in Priya Pilliai Defamation Case(10.08.2015)

Supreme Court has put a stay on trial court proceedings in a defamation case filed against Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai and two others.

Tags : Supreme Court, Priya Pillai



Decrease in number of out of school children substantially(27.03.2018)

Census 2011 has reported that 8.4 crore children do not go to school in the age group of 5 - 17 years. However, under the Right of Children to Free an.....

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Clarification regarding taxability of consortium members(07.03.2016)

The Central Board of Direct Taxes moved to dispel ambiguities behind treatment of consortiums as an ‘Association of Persons’ for the purposes of taxat.....

Tags : Association of persons, consortium, taxability



Union Cabinet approves the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018(28.02.2018)

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister has approved the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018 for introdu.....

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Not requiring wilful defaulters to snitch on themselves(25.01.1995)

Wilful default - alleging the debtor to have failed paying his or her debts despite the presence of funds - a last resort it may be for the lender, re.....

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Once application for bail is decided by a Judge, successive application for bail, if it is filed, has to be decided by the very same Judge, if the Honourable Judge is available(23.02.2018)

Present is an application under Section 439(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC). The Applicant is challenging grant of bail in favour of.....

Tags : Bail, Grant, Validity



Union cabinet clears National Medical Commission bill, 2017 to replace Medical Council of India(15.12.2017)

The Cabinet has approved the draft of National Medical Commission Bill, 2017, in order to ensure transparency. The National Commission for Indian Syst.....

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SC to Centre and States: Frame Rules for Adoption of Children(15.03.2016)

Supreme Court has asked Centre and States to frame rules and regulations under the new legislation meant to regulate inter-country and intra-country a.....

Tags : Supreme Court , Adoption of Children



Relevant Court to make the application for a summons is Supreme Court of Western Australia in its General Division and not the Court of Appeal division(01.03.2018)

Present is an application by the Respondent for leave pursuant to Order 10 Rule 7 of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1971 (WA) (Rules) to serve a 'mean.....

Tags : Means Inquiry, Application, Maintainability



Delhi HC Refuses to Intervene with WFI’s Decision on the 74kg Rio Olympics Berth(17.05.2016)

Delhi HC, while hearing plea filed by Indian Wrestler Sushil Kumar regarding the 74kg Rio Olympics berth, has refused to intervene in the matter and a.....

Tags : Delhi HC, Wrestling Federation of India, Sushil Kumar



National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) holds consultation on Preventive Strategy on Child Sexual Abuse(26.04.2018)

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) held a Consultation on development of Preventive Strategy on Child Sexual Abuse today. .....

Tags : Child abuse, Consultation, Prevention



Parliament Approves The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2013(16.03.2016)

The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2013, has been approved by Parliament.

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Aviation Multi Skill Development Centre at Chandigarh launched - a CSR Initiative of AAI to support skill Development for jobs in Aviation Center(27.02.2018)

A first-of-its-kind Aviation Multi Skill Development Centre (MSDC), a CSR initiative of Airports Authority of India (AAI) was inaugurated in Chandigar.....

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Lok Sabha Passes The Aadhaar Bill 2016(11.03.2016)

Lok Sabha has passed the Aadhaar Bill 2016, which seeks to give legal sanction to the unique identification number programme or Aadhaar as a single wi.....

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Cabinet approves India-Morocco Cooperation Agreement in Railway Sector(20.02.2018)

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval to the Cooperation Agreement between India and.....

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Kerala’s attempt to regulate hartals, legislate world peace next(05.02.2016)

Public comment on Kerala’s Regulation of Hartal Bill, 2015 remained di.....

Tags : Kerala, hartal, bill, 2016, strike, labour



10 Cities selected for pilot project of Multi-Modal Electric Public Transport under FAME India(27.12.2017)

The Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Shri Anant Geete has announced today that the Government is providing Rs 437 crore subsidy to .....

Tags : Pilot project, Cities, Selection



Pakistan’s Hindu Marriage Act returns(28.03.2016)

Pakistani National Assembly’s Law and Justice Standing Committee recently approved the (31.01.2018)

1. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today issued "The Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability Per Port Transaction Charge and .....

Tags : Mobile Number, Portability, Release



TRAI seeks review of voice mail, audiotex and UMS licences(14.06.2016)

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India introduced a paper discussing the need to licence provision of Shipbreaking Code 2013 to address disposa.....

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No straightjacket formula can be laid for grant or refusal of anticipatory bail and application for anticipatory bail is to be decided on basis of available facts in each case(17.04.2018)

Present anticipatory bail application under Section 438 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) is preferred by the Petitioner apprehending her arr.....

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Madras HC: Science Graduates are Entitled to Post of Tamil Pundit(04.12.2015)

Madras High Court has held that graduates in basic sciences are also entitled to be appointed as Tamil Pundit in government aided higher secondary sch.....

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Benefit of any alternate hypothesis which is reasonably discernible from record must necessarily be given to the accused(25.01.2018)

The Appellant seeks to assail the judgment rendered by the learned Ad-hoc Additional Sessions Judge, by and under which, the Appellant is convicted fo.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Rajasthan Passes Bills to Ease Land Acquisition(08.04.2016)

Rajasthan has passed the Rajasthan Urban Land (Certification Of Titles) Bill, 2016 and Rajasthan Land Pooling Schemes Bill, giving a landmark legislat.....

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Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2018 passed by Parliament(22.03.2018)

The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2018 has been passed by parliament today. The bill ensures harmony amongst employees in the private sector a.....

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Lok Sabha Passes The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2016(27.07.2016)

Lok Sabha has passed the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2016.

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RBI directs daily reporting of individual transactions by banks under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS)(12.04.2018)

In order to improve monitoring and to ensure compliance with the LRS limits, RBI has decided to put in place a daily reporting system by authorised de.....

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Amendment in export policy of edible oils(06.08.2015)

The government notified exemptions from prohibition on export of edible oils.

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Smooth roll out of e-Way Bill system from today(01.04.2018)

As per decision of the GST Council, e-Way Bill system became mandatory from today i.e. 01st April, 2018 for all inter-State movement of goods. The imp.....

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Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia, issues guidelines(09.03.2018)

The Supreme Court while holding that right to live with dignity is a fundamental right has allowed passive euthanasia for terminally-ill patients. The.....

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Supreme Court: More Works, Hence More Rooms For CM Akhilesh Yadav(31.01.2017)

Supreme Court, while justifying allotment of two official residences for Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, has said “As his w.....

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“Light Motor Vehicle" would include a transport vehicle as per the weight(06.03.2018)

The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal allowed a claim for compensation filed by the third Respondent. The claim arose from the death of the husband of th.....

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Petitioner who is not a party to agreement containing an arbitration clause cannot be party to arbitration proceedings between the parties to arbitration agreement(07.02.2018)

The grievance projected by the Petitioner in instant petition is that, while the arbitration proceedings between Respondent Nos. 2 and 4 were going on.....

Tags : Impleadment, Maintainability, Privity, Contract



Delhi HC to Maxx Mobile: Inform Us on Steps Taken to Stop Use of Dhoni’s Name on Endorsements(22.04.2016)

Delhi HC has asked Chief of Maxx Mobile to inform it about steps taken on the order refraining them from selling any product having endorsement of Ind.....

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Central Government Approves the Commercial Courts and Commercial Division of High Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2018(07.03.2018)

The Union Cabinet has approved the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2018 for .....

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Patent filing figures and trends(20.07.2016)

The Minister for Science and Technology, Y.S. Chowdary, released figures for patent filings in the country.

The number of patents filed in .....

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Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi launches Handbook on legal processes for Police in respect of Crime against Children(19.06.2018)

Union Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD), Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi launched the "Handbook on legal processes for Police in respect of Crim.....

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Gujarat HC Stays Trial Against Ex-Minister Sanghani in Rs 440-Crore Fisheries Scam(15.09.2015)

Gujarat High Court has stayed corruption case trial against former minister Dilip Sanghani which was being heard by an anti-corruption court in Gandhi.....

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No successive application for bail can be allowed/entertained unless and until there has been a change in circumstances of case(23.07.2018)

By order of the learned Principal Sessions Judge, an application for the grant of bail in favour of the Applicant came to be rejected. The order of th.....

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‘Make in India’ eased for FDI in single brand retail(20.06.2016)

The Central government took further steps liberalising norms for foreign direct investment in single brand retail.

Aside from more sectors .....

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No Court shall initiate any proceedings for contempt, either on its own motion or otherwise, after expiry of prescribed period(18.04.2018)

The present Contempt Petition is filed, seeking implementation of the order dated 15th September, 2011. The present Contempt Petition has been filed a.....

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FCC’s ‘Open Internet’ upheld; dissenting judge scathing in remarks(14.06.2016)

A United States Court of Appeals gave further credence to a Federal Communications Commission move in February 2016 to (09.04.2018)

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) convened an Open House Discussion on Consultation Paper on "Making ICT Accessible for Persons with Di.....

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Madras HC Notices TN Govt., Coca Cola and Others(23.06.2016)

Madras HC has issued notice to Tamil Nadu Government, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd and others on a PIL seeking to prohibit sale of beverages .....

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In ceiling proceedings, it is the duty of land owner to show which portion of his land is exempt from ceiling proceeding(25.04.2018)

In facts of present case, Satwarao, predecessor-in-interest of the Appellant, held huge tracts of land but did not file return under the Ceiling Act. .....

Tags : Ceiling, Revenue entries, Validity



Delhi HC Put Stay on Liquidation of AN Buildwell Projects(17.08.2016)

Delhi HC, while providing relief to more than 1,700 buyers who have invested in two projects of AN Buildwell, commercial Spire Edge in Manesar and gro.....

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CENVAT credit on GTA service is not eligible from factory to buyer's premises and eligible only upto place of removal which is factory gate(09.07.2018)

The Appellants are manufacturers of radiators and parts and are availing the facility of CENVAT credit of duty paid on inputs and service tax paid for.....

Tags : Credit, Eligibility, Demand, Confirmation



Patent Office Rejects AcelRX's Application for Nanotab Sufentanil(18.09.2015)

Indian Patent Office has refused patent application of US-based AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc, for a nanotab sufentanil,which is supposed to be adminis.....

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Accused is not conferred with any right to claim test identification parade(02.08.2018)

In instant case, the Accused pleaded not guilty and claimed to have been implicated falsely, therefore, wanted to be tried. At the trial, the prosecut.....

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Desperate father misleading British court denied relief(20.05.2016)

A person having obtained a favourable order from a foreign court cannot claim its benefit if the same was obtained by defrauding that court.

.....

Tags : family, high court, united kingdom, fraud, children, welfare



Shri Ashwini Lohani launches "Guidebook for Creating a Child Friendly and Protective Environment for Children in Contact with Railways'(16.05.2018)

A "Guidebook for Creating a Child Friendly and Protective Environment for Children in Contact with Railways', developed by National Commission for pro.....

Tags : Guidebook, Launch, Protective Environment, Railway Stations



CCI imposes Penalty on Kerala Film Exhibitors Federation and its two office Bearers for Contravening Competition Law(08.09.2015)

The Competition Commission of India found Kerala Film Exhibitors Federation, an association of theatre owners, to be conducting activities in contrave.....

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If document which ought to be produced in Court is not produced at that time, then it cannot be produced later on without leave of Court(03.08.2018)

The instant Civil Revision Petition filed is against the order passed by the Trial Court. Petitioners are the Defendants in the Suit filed by the Plai.....

Tags : Document, Production, Admissibility



Prominent Hotels Ltd. suit for injunction against eviction not maintainable(11.09.2015)

Setting aside the judgment of the trial court, the Delhi High Court pronounced Prominent Hotels’ suit for declaration and injunction against the NDMC .....

Tags : Hotel, eviction, lease, maintainability, suit



Candidate has no right to insist that, vacancy in the Government service should be filled up immediately on its becoming available(08.08.2018)

In present batch of writ petitions, challenge has been thrown to the Advertisement Notification No. Pers-A400/2006/7503-403 dated 30th December, 2016 .....

Tags : Posts, Recruitment, Eligibility



Order of acquittal passed by first Appellate Court cannot be reversed, merely because re-appreciation of evidence leads to another possible view, unless view taken for acquittal is manifestly illegal(24.05.2018)

Aggrieved by the Judgment passed by the learned Fast Track Court Judge, the State has preferred present appeal. By the impugned Judgment and Order, th.....

Tags : Acquittal, Validity, Evidence, Credibility



Gujarat HC to ‘Sanyasi’: Serve Society but First Look After Wife(12.09.2016)

Gujarat HC has advised a person, who had left his job and turned to spirituality and social work, to strive to earn something so that he could pay mai.....

Tags : Gujarat HC , sanyasi, family



Cabinet approves determination of Fair and Remunerative Price payable by Sugar Mills for 2018-19 sugar season - A Farmer Friendly Step(18.07.2018)

Keeping in view the interest of sugarcane farmers, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved.....

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Only recovery of tainted money is not sufficient for conviction, rather prosecution has to prove the demand, acceptance and illegal gratification(30.08.2018)

Sole Appellant has preferred present appeal against the judgment and order by which the Appellant has been convicted under Section 5(2) read with Sect.....

Tags : Illegal Gratification, Conviction, Legality



More Forms for e-ITR, more security(04.04.2016)

The Central Board of Direct Taxes announced the electronic filling and filing of Forms 1 and 4S for income tax returns. Furthering the shift to electr.....

Tags : Income tax, electronic filing, 2016



Health Ministry grants approval for admission under Disabilities Quota "Historic decision": J. P. Nadda(21.03.2018)

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has granted approval to amend the regulation for admission to PG medical courses in order to expand the scop.....

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Centre Sets Stock-Holding Limits for Sugar Mills(12.09.2016)

Central Government has imposed stock-holding limits on sugar mills and said sugar mills should not hold stocks in excess of 37 per cent of their total.....

Tags : Central Government , Sugar Mills



Lok Sabha passes Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2017(23.07.2018)

In order to reduce undue delay in final resolution of cheque dishonour cases and to provide relief to payees of dishonoured cheques, Parliament has pa.....

Tags : Bill, Amendment, Cheque bounce, Compensation



Paperless tax assessment expanded to Hyderabad and Kolkata(25.05.2016)

Scheme for e-assessment for income tax has been extended to include Hyderabad and Kolkata for Financial Year 2016-2017.

The ‘paperless’ sch.....

Tags : paperless, email, income tax, scrutiny



Roll out of e-Way Bill system for intra-State movement of goods in the States of Assam and Rajasthan(14.05.2018)

As per the decision of the GST Council, e-Way Bill system for inter-State movement of goods has been rolled out from 01st April, 2018. As on 13th May,.....

Tags : E-Way Bill, Roll out, Intra-State, Goods, Movement



Bombay HC to FTIL: File Amended Writ in NSEL Merger Case(18.03.2016)

Bombay HC has directed Financial Technologies India Ltd (FTIL) to file an amended writ petition in matter related to merger of company with National S.....

Tags : Bombay HC, FTIL, NSEL



New Facilities for UAN- Aadhar Linking Introduces By EPFO(27.02.2018)

Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has introduced UAN-Aadhaar linking facility for the convenience of members using EPFO Link in UMANG Mobi.....

Tags : New Facilities, UAN- Aadhar Linking, Introduction



Guidelines Prescribing Modalities for Persons with Disabilities to Show Respect to The National Anthem(25.01.2017)

In pursuance of the order of Hon'ble Supreme Court dated 09.12.2016 in the matter of Writ Petition (Civil) No. 855 of 2016, the Central Government has.....

Tags : Modalities, Persons with disabilities, Respect, National Anthem



Madras High Court Refuses to Legalise Red Hills Building(12.03.2018)

Madras High Court has said that if unauthorised illegal constructions are allowed to be regularised, law abiding citizens will also be encouraged to v.....

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Madras HC Irks Over Filmmakers 'Corrupting' Young Minds(05.09.2016)

Madras HC has irked over filmmakers "corrupting the minds of the youth" by using vulgar words in songs and by projecting more violence in films, inste.....

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Release of user-centric views of TRAI website and unified Mobile-apps(08.08.2018)

TRAI has been striving to make the information available to the stakeholders in a transparent and easily accessible way. TRAI's website. is accessed b.....

Tags : User-centric views, Release, Unified Mobile-apps



Bombay High Court :It is an Era of Intolerance(18.11.2015)

Bombay HC on PIL filed by Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan against restricting entry of women right inside inner precincts of dargah, which houses tomb.....

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Cabinet apprised of the MoU between India and Republic of Korea on the cooperation in the field of railways(29.08.2018)

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has been apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the cooperation between R.....

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State Government is liable to make the payment of electricity and water bills in respect of hotels/accommodations, occupied by security forces(31.08.2018)

The simple and short grievance of the petitioners in these petitions is that, although their hotels came to be occupied by the security forces from 19.....

Tags : Charges, Payment, Liability



Tribunal could only correct clerical or arithmetical errors after adjudication(08.08.2016)

In present case, Appellant claimed occupancy rights in the land by filing an application in Form 7 under Karnataka Land Reforms Rules, 1974 and invoki.....

Tags : Land, Occupancy rights, Amendment, Permissibility



Once Court has refused to entertain review petition and same is dismissed, there is no question of any merger and aggrieved person has to challenge main order and not order dismissing review petition(04.07.2018)

Present petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India impugns the order of the Court of the Civil Judge dismissing application filed by the .....

Tags : Review, Maintainability, Material irregularity



Passing ice cream off as biscuits and other ways to test court patience(11.04.2016)

The Bombay High Court rejected an application alleging trade mark infringement by Parle for use of the mark, ‘Londonderry’.

Putting aside .....

Tags : trade mark, phonetic, vendibility, class of goods



Stay of Proceedings in Trial, Civil or Criminal, to Automatically Lapse in Six Months: Supreme Court(29.03.2018)

Supreme Court has held that stay of proceedings in a pending trial, whether civil or criminal, will automatically lapse after six months unless extend.....

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Shrikant Purohit’s Bail Plea, Asks Him to Move Trial Court(10.06.2016)

Bombay High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Lt Col Shrikant Purohit, one of the main accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, against the trial.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Shrikant Purohi, Bail



Roll out of e-Way Bill system for intra-State movement of goods in the Maharashtra, Manipur and Union Territories (without legislature)(24.05.2018)

As per the decision of the GST Council, e-Way Bill system for inter-State movement of goods has been rolled out from 1st April, 2018. As on 23rd May, .....

Tags : Roll out, E-Way Bill, Movement, Goods



No Civil Court can exercise jurisdiction to entertain any suit or proceeding in respect of any matter which a DRT or DRAT is empowered(17.05.2018)

The judgment of the High Court is assailed in instant appeal, whereby the High Court without formally setting aside the order passed by the Debts Reco.....

Tags : Civil court, Jurisdiction, Bar



Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi launches National Scholarship Portal Mobile App(13.09.2018)

Union Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi launched the country's first "National Scholarship Portal Mobile App" (NSP Mobile App) he.....

Tags : Scholarship Portal, Mobile App, Launch



Court must not go deep into merits of matter while considering an application for bail(18.09.2018)

The two instant appeals have been preferred by the State of Orissa and the de-facto informant in FIR registered at Police Station in Orissa State agai.....

Tags : Bail, Grant, Legality



Plaintiff should plead and prove his readiness and willingness as a condition precedent for obtaining relief of grant of specific performance(13.09.2018)

The Plaintiff filed a suit for specific performance of contract. The trial Court concluded that, no agreement to sell had been executed between the pa.....

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Ensuring a life of dignity for prisoners(05.02.2016)

The Supreme Court passed an order calling for the improvement in prisoners’ conditions incarcerated in jails across the country. The Court was of the .....

Tags : Overcrowding, jails, living conditions



Lok Sabha Passes Bill Criminalizing Triple Talaq(28.12.2017)

The Minister of Law and Justice, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad tabled The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 in Lok Sabha. The bill .....

Tags : Triple talaq, Bill, Cognizable offence



Delhi HC Applauds NHAI, East Corporation Joint Project to Use Garbage for Road-Widening(02.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has backed a joint project of NHAI and East Corporation to use mounds of garbage spewing poisonous gases in Ghazipur landfill site fo.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, NHAI, Ghazipur, landfill site, Road-Widening



Three Years’ Imprisonment to Those Who Resorts to Triple Talaq, Bill May be Introduced in Winter Session(04.12.2017)

The Central Government is likely to introduce a Bill to end triple talaq in the forthcoming winter session of Parliament. This comes in the backdrop o.....

Tags : Triple Talaq, Three Years jail



Supreme Court Announces New Norms for Arbitration Proceedings(08.12.2015)

Supreme Court has announced new norms for hearing arbitration petitions in view of the Arbitration and Conciliation Amendment Ordinance, which came in.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Arbitration and Conciliation Amendment Ordinance



Section 151 A of the Representation of the People Act 1951 mandates ECI to fill casual vacancies(09.10.2018)

It is understood that some newspapers have reported that the Commission on the one hand announced the bye elections to fill the three casual vacancies.....

Tags : Casual vacancy, Filling of



Is DT’s acquisition more curse than boon for PVR(04.05.2016)

PVR group assuaged the Competition Commission’s fears that its proposed takeover of DT cinemas would have an appreciable adverse effect on competition.....

Tags : Takeover, competition, film theatre, pvr



Meaningless PILs Will Be Costly: Madras High Court(19.02.2018)

Madras High Court, while dismissing a PIL filed by social activist Traffic Ramaswamy has warned that in future, exemplary costs will be imposed for fr.....

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TRAI Releases Telecom Consumers Protection (Eighth Amendment) Regulations, 2015(07.08.2015)

TRAI released Regulations to protect the interest of consumers using wireless data service. The same originated on TRAI receiving complaints from cons.....

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Cabinet Gives Nod to the Protection of Human Rights (Amendments) Bill, 2018(04.04.2018)

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister has given its approval to the Protection of Human Rights (Amendments) Bill, 2018 for better protection and.....

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Statute

Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 effective 15 January 2015(13.01.2016)

The Ministry of Women and Child Development notified 15th January, 2015 as the .....

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When consent to affiliation is subject to approval from Central Government, request for continuance of provisional affiliation cannot be granted(12.11.2018)

The request of the First Respondent for continuance of provisional affiliation for admission of students in Bachelor of Homeopathy Medicine and Surger.....

Tags : Provisional affiliation, Continuation, Grant



Hyderabad HC Raps Telangana Govt. over Brick Kiln Murder(15.12.2015)

Hyderabad High Court has sought to know from Telangana Government as to what action it has taken on owner and supervisors of a brick kiln in Karimnaga.....

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Waiver of imprisonment in lieu of payment of additional compensation is permissible, though under exceptional circumstances(10.10.2018)

In present matter, the original complainant instituted a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 ('Act') against the Petit.....

Tags : Liability, Discharge, Sentence, Legality



Lower eligibility limit for OBC student applying to M. Phil Programme ordered(19.01.2016)

Jawaharlal Nehru University’s policy of requiring OBC students meeting the same threshold to qualify for its M. Phil Programme as general category stu.....

Tags : Higher education, reservation, obc, eligibility



TRAI conducts "Regional Workshop on Capacity Building of Consumer Advocacy Groups" at Hyderabad, Telangana(17.12.2018)

1. One of important objectives of TRAI is to safeguard consumer interests and create consumer awareness. Towards this objective, TRAI has instituted a.....

Tags : Workshop, Capacity Building, Consumer Advocacy Groups



Supreme Court: Child-Sex Offenders are Animals, Deserve No Leniency(27.10.2015)

Supreme Court while taking a note of increasing sexual offences against minors, has taken a stern view of the crime and said that those who sexually a.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Child-sex offenders



When there is omission to put material evidence to Accused by Trial Court, prosecution cannot be said to be guilty of not adducing or suppressing such evidence(28.09.2018)

The Appellant assails his conviction by the High Court under Section 376(2)(f) of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) sentencing him to ten years rigorous i.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Parliament Passes Negotiable Instruments Bill, 2015(07.12.2015)

Parliament passes the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015, which deals with cheque bounce cases. The Bill sought to amend the Negotiable Ins.....

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India - Russia annual bilateral summit held in October, 2018(05.10.2018)

Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi and President of the Russian Federation Mr. Vladimir V. Putin met for the 19th edition of the Annual Bilater.....

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Include acid attack victims on disability list(07.12.2015)

The Supreme Court awarded Rs. 13 lakhs to two victims of acid attacks and ordered the State of Bihar to take full responsibility for their treatment a.....

Tags : Acid attack, compensation, disability list



Punishment to be awarded for a crime must not be irrelevant but it should conform to and be consistent with atrocity and brutality which the crime has been perpetrated(09.10.2018)

Present jail appeal has been preferred by Accused Appellant against judgment and order passed by Sessions Judge convicting and sentencing Appellant fo.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2015(31.12.2015)

Approved by the Rajya Sabha earlier in the year, The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 201.....

Tags : Social justice, transgender, bill 2015, reservation



Passages in the Code of Practice cannot replace the statutory words, they do provide helpful advice as to the relatively low threshold of disadvantage(17.12.2018)

Mr Williams was employed by the second Respondent (“the University”) from 12 June 2000 until he retired for ill-health reasons with effect from 30 Jun.....

Tags : Inability, Work, Unfavourable treatment



Trade mark ruling eases Lupin’s pressure(23.12.2015)

Bombay High Court granted a motion in favour of Lupin Limited, maker of ‘Nebistar’ line of medicines. It determined Lupin’s registered mark and ‘Nebis.....

Tags : Trade mark, divisibility, comparison, pronunciation



Explanation about quality and price of Fertilizers by Shri Rao Inderjit Singh(18.12.2018)

Minister of State for Planning (IC) and Chemicals & Fertilizers, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, in a written reply to a question on quality and prices of fe.....

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Jammu and Kashmir HC approves suo moto accountability(01.02.2016)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court ruled the State’s Accountability Commission, a body receiving complaints against public functionaries, capable of beginni.....

Tags : Accountability commission, suo moto, proceedings



Government announces setting up of National Medical Devices Promotion Council(14.12.2018)

In order to promote medical device sector, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, announced setting up of a Nation.....

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NGT: Unsafe Water Packaging Units to Stay Closed(01.02.2016)

National Green Tribunal (NGT), while taking action on a petition to assess safety of drinking water in packaging units in 2013, has ordered that water.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal, Tamil Nadu



Newly Amended Triple Talaq Bill Passed In Lok Sabha(27.12.2018)

The Lok Sabha has passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2018 in short ‘triple talaq’ bill in the ongoing winter session. T.....

Tags : Triple talaq, Bill, Amendment



Presumption under Section 113B of Evidence Act can be drawn only where ingredients of Section 304B of IPC are fulfilled(21.12.2016)

In facts of present case, FIR under Section 304B/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), was registered on basis of statement made by complainant. After .....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Where there is an exclusionary Clause in an insurance policy, burden lies on insurer to establish that exclusion is attracted(07.12.2018)

Present appeals arise from a judgment of a Division Bench of the High Court. The High Court has affirmed the decision of the Commission by which an in.....

Tags : Insurer, Liability, Exemption



Duty to secure rights calls for a more proactive role than requirement to respect rights(08.02.2017)

In fact of present case, Appellant lived with his partner for ten years before December 2009. On Christmas Eve, they became engaged. Sadly, Lenny McMu.....

Tags : Scheme, Pension, Eligibility



Signal chip unveils India's first indigenous semiconductor chips for 4G/LTE and 5G NR modems, Places India on the global map for its silicon-chip technology(27.02.2019)

Secretary, Telecom, Mrs. Aruna Sundararajan said that Data Security is the paramount concern in the World today and India cannot remain secure in term.....

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Court Directs Realty Firm MD to Surrender(20.10.2016)

A Delhi court while dismissing anticipatory bail of Punit Beriwala, MD of Vipul Infrastructure Developers, has ordered him to surrender in the crimina.....

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An illiterate widow, unaware of her rights, is entitled to family pension and delay to enforce that right does not impede her claim(17.10.2018)

Present application is filed for quashing of impugned Order and for a declaration that, the undertaking/consent (for adjusting the amount of alleged r.....

Tags : Family pension, Grant, Right



Haryana Assembly Passes Jat Reservation Bill(29.03.2016)

Haryana Assembly has passed the Haryana Backward Classes (Reservation in Services and Admission in Educational Institutions) Bill, 2016 and the Haryan.....

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A person should not be kept in jail ordinarily, if a trial for non-bailable offence which is triable by Magistrate, is not concluded within a period of sixty days from date fixed for evidence(06.02.2019)

Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) against the order passed by the learned Sessions Judg.....

Tags : Bail, Grant of, Revision, Maintainability



Cow Vigilantism: Supreme Court Issues Notice to Centre, 6 States(07.04.2017)

Supreme Court has issued notice to sought response of the Centre and six states, including Rajasthan, following a petition seeking a ban on cow vigila.....

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Right of private defence does not extend to inflict more harm than it is necessary in exercise of right of private defence(01.04.2019)

The challenge in the present appeals is to a judgment maintaining conviction of the Appellant for an offence under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code, 1.....

Tags : Conviction, Private defence, Applicability



Supreme Court Acquits ‘Killer Thiayagu’ of Murder Charges(20.01.2017)

Supreme Court has acquitted ‘Killer Thiayagu’ of murder charges, reversing concurrent findings of Trial Court and Madras High Court which had held him.....

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Man in possession of stolen goods soon after theft is either thief or received goods knowing them to be stolen, unless he can account for his possession(14.01.2019)

The present revision is against the judgment of conviction by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, by which the applicant ('accused') came to be convi.....

Tags : Conviction, Legality, Evidence, Credibility



Joint Venture Agreement signed between Ministry of Railways and Government of Chhattisgarh for "Formation of Joint Venture Companies"(04.08.2016)

A Joint Venture Agreement was signed between Ministry of Railways and State Government of Chhattisgarh for "Formation of Joint Venture Company" in the.....

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Government Servant is Not Eligible to Make Will of Family Pension: Chhattisgarh HC(29.04.2019)

Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a government servant is not eligible to make a will of family pension but also said that will of provident fund,.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Five Bills(12.05.2016)

Rajya Sabha has passed Finance Bill, 2016, The Appropriation (No 2) Bill, 2016, The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, The Rajendra Central Agricul.....

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Bombay HC to Police: No Coercive Action Against Kapil in Illegal Construction Case(24.03.2017)

Bombay High Court has restrained city police from taking any coercive action against actor Kapil Sharma, based on FIR registered against him alleging .....

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Court can impose a condition ordering payment of part of decree amount while exercising power under Order IX Rule 13 of CPC(06.03.2019)

The challenge involved in present appeal is that, the Family Court was not justified in having ordered payment of part of the decree amount, when his .....

Tags : Maintenance, Liability, Interim Measure



Rajya Sabha Passes Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Amendment) Bill, 2016(29.07.2016)

Rajya Sabha has passed Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Amendment) Bill, 2016, doing away with time limit for public servants to furnish details of their assets.....

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Government Drives Big Bang Reforms in Oil and Gas Sector(20.02.2019)

Decision incorporates recommendations made by Committee on Enhancing Domestic Oil and Gas Exploration

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Mini.....

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No bail for those behind money circulation schemes(23.09.2003)

Ponzi schemes have the benefit of being complex in implementation, but easy in description. Such was one scheme run by ‘Job Work Com. Private Limited’.....

Tags : Pyramid scheme, bail, custody



Can't Allow Anticipatory Bail Just Because Arrest Would Tarnish Applicants' Reputation: Gujarat HC(11.02.2019)

Gujarat High Court has granted anticipatory bail to social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand in Rs. 1.4 crore alleged fund embezzle.....

Tags : Gujarat High Court, Anticipatory Bail



RBI: Retail Investors can Access G-Sec Market(29.07.2016)

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that retail investors can access Government Securities (G-Sec) market, in a seamless manner from August 16.

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Court shall regard welfare of child as most important consideration in relation to adoption(23.01.2019)

In present case, the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust (Appellant) sought an order pursuant to the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order, 1987 th.....

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AB InBev Receives CCI’s Nod(03.02.2016)

AB InBev has received approval of Competition Commission of India (CCI) to acquire its close rival SABMiller for about 71 billion pounds.

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Ensuring Hygienic and Quality Food in Indian Railways(27.12.2018)

To maintain hygiene and quality, only potable drinking water is used for cooking of food on Indian Railways. Further, in its endeavour to provide hygi.....

Tags : Food, Quality, Indian Railways



Bombay HC Reverses Collector’s Decision to Seal Cambata Building to Recover Labour Dues(20.01.2017)

Bombay High Court has reversed City Collector’s move to seal Churchgate's Cambata Building, which houses iconic Eros cinema to recover labour dues and.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Churchgate's Cambata Building, Eros cinema



WAQF properties will be utilized for Socio-Economic Empowerment of the needy sections of the society – Report of Committee on WAQF properties lease rule(17.01.2019)

Union Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said here that the Central Government under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri N.....

Tags : WAQF properties, Utilization, Empowerment, Needy sections



President proclaims powers under Article 356 in Arunachal Pradesh(26.01.2016)

The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, proclaimed powers of government, legislature and governor of the State of Arunachal Pradesh. The Government .....

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Writ court cannot sit as an appellate authority over decision taken by competent authority(17.12.2018)

The present writ petition has been preferred primarily praying for issuance of a writ of or in the nature of Mandamus directing the Respondents to for.....

Tags : Willful defaulter, Declaration, Validity



Karnataka HC: Lokayukta SIT Can Probe Only Referred Illegal Mining Cases(12.01.2017)

Karnataka High Court has said that Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Karnataka Lokayukta, constituted to probe illegal mining cases, can investigate.....

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Review is permissible if there is a discovery of a new or important facts or evidence, which was not within applicant's knowledge(18.01.2019)

Present Review Application, filed by the applicant of the OA No. 17/2018, is directed against the order of present Tribunal dismissing the Original Ap.....

Tags : Review, Permissibility, Valid ground



Madras HC Upholds State Human Rights Commission’s Orders(14.12.2015)

Madras High Court has upheld order of Tamil Nadu Human Rights Commission directing a woman Sub Inspector to pay a compensation of Rs 15,000 to an empl.....

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RBI issues guidelines to facilitate money transfer through pre-paid instruments (PPI)(16.10.2018)

RBI has issued consolidated guidelines aiming to facilitate payments among prepaid instruments (PPI) such as mobile wallets. As per the road-map laid .....

Tags : Guidelines, Issuance, Interoperability



Rajya Sabha Passes Mental Healthcare Bill, 2013(09.08.2016)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Mental Health Care Bill 2013, which provides for protection and promotion of rights of persons with mental illness during t.....

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In absence of domestic relationship between parties as on date of filing of complaint, proceedings under DV Act were not maintainable(18.04.2019)

The present revision is against the judgment by which the application of the applicant came to be rejected. The said judgment was challenged before th.....

Tags : DV Act, Application, Maintainability



SC Raps Govt. for Outsourcing Sterilisation Drives to NGOs(30.03.2016)

SC has deprecated practice of sterilisation drives being outsourced by Governments to NGOs, which conduct such operations in a reckless and unhygienic.....

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Manufacturing of Mobile Handsets(11.02.2019)

One hundred twenty-seven units are manufacturing mobile handsets in the country and all of them are operating from the Domestic Tariff Area (DTA). As .....

Tags : Manufacturing, Mobile Handsets



Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Bill, 2015(01.02.2016)

Gujarat’s Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Bill, 2015, passed by the State’s legislative assembly has been returned, for the third time, by a .....

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Loss of earning capacity must be determined at 100 percent for entitlement to compensation(17.12.2018)

Present appeal has been filed challenging the award of the Commissioner. The contention of the Appellant is that, the loss of employment suffered by h.....

Tags : Disability, Compensation, Grant



Bombay HC Seeks Government’s Stand on Child Adoption(21.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra government to clarify whether it would adopt model rules framed by Centre on child adoption or it intends to b.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Child Adoption , model rules



Leave to appeal is required for each ground of appeal(24.12.2018)

The Appellant applies for leave to appeal against his conviction in the Children's Court of Western Australia of one count of burglary and one count o.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Courts shall have jurisdiction to try all suits of civil nature excepting suits of which their cognizance is either expressly or impliedly barred(15.03.2019)

In facts of present case, the dispute relates to 4/5th share in the suit land. The suit land was subjected to ceiling proceedings under the Haryana Ce.....

Tags : Suit, Maintainability, Jurisdiction



Commissioner, Service Tax cannot delve into correctness of Cenvat(30.10.2014)

On a perusal of sample debit notes, the nature of the service clarified by the Service Tax registration number, the Tribunal found in favour of the Ap.....

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Cabinet approves Bilateral Investment Treaty between India and Cambodia to boost investment(27.07.2016)

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) between India and Cambodia. The Tre.....

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COMPANY - IL&FS, Arms can be Declared NPAs Only After Tribunal's Nod: NCLAT(26.02.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has ruled that accounts of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) and its subsiadaries co.....

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Supreme Court Backs Tatas on Taj Mansingh Hotel Lease(13.01.2017)

Supreme Court went after New Delhi Municipal Council for summarily rejecting a plea by Tatas to extend 33 year old lease of their hospitality wing ove.....

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CBDT identifies non-filers through Non-filers Monitoring System (NMS) by using Data Analytics and request the Non-filers to assess their tax liability for AY 2018-2019(22.01.2019)

The Non-filers Monitoring System (NMS) aims to identify and monitor persons who enter into high value transactions and have potential tax liabilities .....

Tags : Non-filers, Identification, Tax liability



Allahabad High Court Directs Authorities to Explore Possibility of Multilevel Parking in Noida(11.04.2017)

Allahabad High Court has asked Chief Executive Oficer, Noida Authority, to appear before it and apprise about possibility of a multilevel parking in e.....

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Supreme Court directs political parties to furnish donations details received through electoral bonds(12.04.2019)

In a verdict on the legality of the electoral bonds scheme, Supreme Court has declined to stay Electoral Bond Scheme ahead of 2019 general elections. .....

Tags : Electoral bonds, Details, Submission



Government Passes Uttarakhand Budget Bill in Lok Sabha(10.05.2016)

Uttarakhand Budget and Appropriation Bill has been passed in the Lok Sabha, justifying the move on the grounds that it was a "constitutional necessity.....

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Bombay HC Seeks Details of Children in State Prisons(24.03.2017)

Bombay High Court has asked State to reply on how many children are there in its 32 prisons and how much amount has been spent to establish anganwadis.....

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Gravity alone cannot be decisive ground to deny bail, rather competing factors are required to be balanced by Court while exercising its discretion(08.03.2019)

Bail Petitioner has approached present Court in the instant proceedings filed under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC), praying th.....

Tags : Bail, Grant, Discretion



NGT: Builders Liable to Face Consequences for Polluting Ambient Air(18.11.2016)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has said that it is builders and not construction workers who will have to face "consequences" for polluting ambient air.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal, Builders , polluting ambient air



“The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill - 2019” passed by Lok Sabha(08.01.2019)

In order to strengthen justice delivery system, the Lok Sabha passed “The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill - 2019”. The Bill has b.....

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CCI Junks Complaint against E-Retailers(29.07.2016)

Competition Commission of India (CCI) has junked complaint alleging unfair trade practices by 23 online retailers and sellers on e-commerce websites.

Tags : Competition Commission of India , E-Retailers



Statement to police is not a substantive piece of evidence; same cannot form the basis of conviction(14.02.2019)

In facts of present case, on the basis of the FIR registered, police investigated the case. The necessary witnesses were examined by police under Sect.....

Tags : Conviction, Legality, Evidence, Credibility



Bombay HC: Explore Technology to Detect Foreign Objects on Rail Tracks(20.03.2017)

Bombay High Court has suggested Railways and Maharashtra Government to explore if there is any technology to detect presence of foreign objects on rai.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Foreign Objects, Rail Tracks



Telecom Regulatory Authority of India released a Report on 'Mobile Network QoS on Delhi Airport and Dhaula Kuan'(05.03.2019)

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today released a Report on 'Mobile Network QoS on Delhi Airport and Dhaula Kuan'. Full text of the report.....

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Hyderabad HC: Prior Notice Mandatory before Demolition(03.10.2016)

Hyderabad HC, while appreciating State’s intention to remove illegal encroachments on nalas, tank beds and storm water drains in Greater Hyderabad, ha.....

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A provision enacted in Special Act to protect persons belonging to SC and ST and a bar imposed in granting bail cannot be easily brushed aside(13.06.2019)

The Appellant challenges the order passed by Additional Sessions Judge, rejecting the application for anticipatory bail on the ground that, it was bar.....

Tags : Bar, Anticipatory Bail, Legality



Cabinet approves Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019 to curb illicit deposit taking activities(10.07.2019)

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister has approved the banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019. The bill will replace the bannin.....

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Supreme Court Seeks MCI’s Clarification Over Power to Fix Age Limit For MBBS Admission(28.02.2017)

Supreme Court has asked Medical Council of India (MCI) to clarify if it had power to fix an upper age limit of 25 years for admission to MBBS/BDS cour.....

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Words used in advertisement should be given a literal meaning and same is to be considered strictly(05.02.2019)

Present appeal was filed against the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court by which the Division Bench has dismissed the said appeal an.....

Tags : Termination, Eligibility criteria, Validity



Kerala HC Terms UGC’s NET Criteria ‘Unconstitutional’(06.01.2017)

Kerala High Court has declared unconstitutional the University Grants Commissions‘s (UGC) National Eligibility Test criterion that top 15 per cent of .....

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Owner of a vehicle who transfers it to another person is liable to pay compensation in case of an accident unless sale is reflected in Regional Transport Authority (RTA) records(14.12.2018)

Present appeal challenges the judgment passed by the High Court. The Appellant, original owner of a Santro Car sold said vehicle to Saveta Sharma, fir.....

Tags : Compensation, Accident, Liability



Place of arbitration determines law applicable to arbitration and related matters(10.03.2017)

Appellant-Imax Corporation has challenged interim order passed by High Court of Judicature at Bombay, by which High Court held that, petition under Se.....

Tags : Award, Jurisdiction, Maintainability



'Centre for Disability Sports' to be set up at Gwalior(03.03.2019)

A 'Centre for Disability Sports 'will be set up at Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. The proposal regarding setting up of it has been approved by the Governm.....

Tags : Disability Sports, Centre, Gwalior



Detaining suspect illegally outside ‘official duties’ of police(05.07.2016)

Police officials cannot be said to be acting “in the discharge of official duties” when they illegally detain a suspect longer than is claimed by them.....

Tags : criminal, police, sanction, illegal detention



Holistic Approach Required for Kids Who are in Need of Care: Bombay HC(22.04.2019)

Bombay High Court has observed that a holistic approach needs to be adopted so that children in need of care and protection are not only identified bu.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Children in Need of Care, Holistic Approach



22nd Meeting of the FSDC Sub-Committee - Mumbai(14.03.2019)

A meeting of the Sub-Committee of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was held today in Mumbai. Shri Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Res.....

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Bombay HC Seeks Detailed Defunct Textile Mill Workers’ Rehab Schemes(21.01.2016)

Bombay HC, while hearing a petition filed by Girni Kamgar Sanghatana, which had sought rehabilitation for mill workers, has ordered State Government t.....

Tags : Bombay HC, Defunct Textile Mill Workers’ Rehab Schemes



CBDT issues clarification on eligibility of small Start-ups to avail tax holiday(22.08.2019)

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has clarified that, small start-ups with turnover upto Rs. 25 crore will continue to get the promised tax hol.....

Tags : Tax Holiday, Eligibility, Small Start-ups, Clarification



Lok Sabha Passes Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill 2016, Fines Raised by 5 Times(11.04.2017)

Lok Sabha has passed Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to reduce crashes, deaths and injuries on roads and bring reforms in road transport .....

Tags : Lok Sabha, Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill 2016



There is no bar or prohibition on payment of equal pay despite difference as regards duties and responsibilities but it depends upon wisdom of State Government(02.04.2019)

By the instant writ petition, the Petitioners have prayed for issuing a writ of mandamus to maintain a parity of pay between the AYUSH doctors and the.....

Tags : Pay scale, Parity, Maintainability



Delhi HC: Rights of Juveniles are completely Non-Negotiable(14.10.2016)

Delhi High Court, while expressing pain over the way a Sessions Court dealt with a murder case in which a juvenile was "incarcerated" for over nine ye.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Juveniles



Clarification regarding applicability of Notification No. 45/2017-Customs dated 30.06.2017 on goods which were exported earlier for exhibition purpose/consignment basis(24.07.2019)

1. Representations have been received for clarifying the issue of applicability of Notification no. 45/2017-Customs on the re-import of goods which ha.....

Tags : Clarification, Applicability, Notification



Bombay HC Suggests Family Courts to be Sympathetic While Deciding on Custody of Child(21.01.2016)

Bombay HC has suggested that family courts have to sympathetically consider the financial, physical, mental stress while awarding custody of child to .....

Tags : Bombay HC, Custody of Child



Court can refuse bail pending sentence where Applicant has been convicted of a serious offence that is very likely to result in a sentence of immediate imprisonment for a significant term(22.08.2019)

The Applicant is a 33 year old man who was found guilty for possession of methylamphetamine with intent to sell or supply, contrary to Section 6(1)(a).....

Tags : Serious offences, Bail, Grant



More Bills to add to Parliament's backlog(05.12.2015)

The government introduced an additional 11 Bills to Parliament: four in the Lok Sabha and seven bound for the Rajya Sabha. The Bills are in addition t.....

Tags : Parliament, backlog, introduction, bills



Bail can only be granted, if the Court is satisfied that, there are exceptional reasons for not keeping Appellant in custody(01.08.2019)

Application filed on 24 June 2019, for bail pending an appeal against sentence, pursuant to clause 4A of point C of schedule 1 of the Bail Act 1982. I.....

Tags : Bail, Grant, Exceptional reasons



Only Employer and not the Court can decide the eligibility criteria required by candidate to be satisfied for being appointed to post(20.12.2016)

By present writ petition, Petitioner seeks the relief of employment with Respondent no.2/Food Corporation of India/employer to post of Assistant Grade.....

Tags : Appointment, Criteria, Privilege, Employer



Supreme Court: Forests in Alagar Hills does not Belong to Deity(07.11.2019)

Supreme Court has set aside the Madras High Court judgment which ruled that the entire forest area in Alagar hills belongs to the deity of Arulmigu Ka.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Alagar Hills



Mental Health Care Bill Passed in Lok Sabha(28.03.2017)

Mental Health Care Bill, 2013, aimed at decriminalizing attempted suicide and defining mental illness in a broader and more inclusive way has been pas.....

Tags : Mental Health Care Bill, Lok Sabha



Minor irregularity/omission by Investigation Officer need not necessarily lead to rejection of prosecution version(13.03.2019)

The present appeal has been preferred against the judgment passed by Addl. Sessions Judge convicting and sentencing the Appellant-Girand under Sectio.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Supreme Court: Can't Ignore Hissar Jail Superintendent’s Plea, Just Because He is Jail Superintendent(05.05.2017)

Supreme Court, while observing that “just because he is jail superintendent, we can’t ignore his side”, has ordered a probe into Hissar Jail Superint.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Hissar Jail Superintendent



Witness cannot be said to be an "interested" witness merely by virtue of being a relative of victim(26.04.2019)

Present appeal is directed against the judgment passed by the High Court whereby the Division Bench of the High Court dismissed the appeal preferred b.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Bombay HC Stays State’s Order Allowing to Hunt Certain Wild Animals(13.10.2016)

Bombay HC has stayed State Government order granting deemed permission to farmers to kill Wild Boars and Nilgais damaging crops.

Tags : Bombay HC, Wild Boars, Nilgais



Rajya Sabha passes RTI Amendment Bill, 2019(25.07.2019)

The RTI Amendment Bill, 2019 was passed by the Rajya Sabha by a voice vote amid high drama, after being passed in Lok Sabha recently. The Bill seeks t.....

Tags : RTI, Bill, Amendment



Passenger to be compensated for theft even in non-identification of railway employee(26.02.2016)

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ruled that the Indian Railways is liable to compensate a passenger for the loss suffered on accoun.....

Tags : railways, employee, theft, vicarious liability



Delhi High Court Says "No" to Use of Solar Control Black Films in Cars(22.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has said that it would not allow the use of solar control black films in cars, which have been banned due to security reasons.

Tags : Delhi High Court, Cars, Black Films



Rajya Sabha Passes Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill, 2019(20.11.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill scraps the provision in the Jallianwala Bagh National M.....

Tags : Rajya Sabha, Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill, 2019



Facility for Exchange of Soiled/ Mutilated/ Imperfect Notes(14.07.2016)

The Reserve Bank of India notified that up to 20 soiled notes, worth no more than Rs. 5000, can be exchanged free of charge at non-chest branches bank.....

Tags : currency, soiled, mutilated, over the counter, exchange



Supreme Court to Centre, States: Complete Registration of Child Care Institutions Before Year End(08.05.2017)

Supreme Court has asked Central, State Governments to ensure that process of registration of all child care institutions is completed before the end o.....

Tags : Supreme Court , Child Care Institutions



When findings of trial court and High Court are shown to be perverse, the Supreme Court would certainly interfere with same(07.05.2019)

Present appeal arises out of the judgment passed by the High Court by which the High Court affirmed the conviction of Appellant-Accused No. 1 under Se.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Bombay HC Ratifies Film Star Parveen Babi’s Will 11 Years After Her Death(21.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has ratified will of film star Parveen Babi, almost 12 years after her death, paving way for most of her assets to be diverted towar.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Parveen Babi, Will



Landmark Consumer Protection Bill, 2019 gets Parliamentary approval(06.08.2019)

Consumer Protection Bill, 2019 would ease the overall process of consumer grievance redressal: Shri Ramvilas Paswan

The Parliament today gave.....

Tags : Consumer Protection, Bill, Parliamentary approval



Ensure Women Employees Get Child Care Leave: MP High Court(28.12.2017)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed Chief Secretary of the state government to issue directions to all concerned to ensure that women employees get.....

Tags : MP High Court, Child Care



Where there is an existence of dispute prior to issuance of Demand Notice, Adjudicating Authority must reject the application(22.11.2019)

Present appeal is arising out of the impugned order passed by the Adjudicating Authority (National Company Law Tribunal, Division Bench), admitting th.....

Tags : Dispute, Existence, Application, Maintainability



Delhi HC Notices BCI over Attendance Norms Relaxation in Delhi University(26.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has sought an explanation from Bar Council of India (BCI) for its alleged action in writing to Delhi University’s Law Faculty to rela.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Bar Council of India, Delhi University



Affidavit For Admission/Denial Of Documents In Commercial Suits Must Filed Within 45 Days(31.10.2019)

Present appeal filed by the plaintiff challenging the order of the learned Joint Registrar in CS (COMM) 1261/2018, whereby the learned Joint Registrar.....

Tags : Replication, Filing, Right



Madras HC Sets Aside Order Disqualifying Panchayat President(14.10.2016)

Madras High Court has set aside an order issued by Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC) disqualifying a Panchayat president, on ground that th.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Tamil Nadu State Election Commission



India and Kazakhstan agree to boost Defence and Military Technical Cooperation(04.10.2018)

Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman was on a three-day visit to Astana, Kazakhstan from October 02, 2018 at the invitation of Minister of Defence of .....

Tags : Defence, Military Cooperation, Agreement



Bombay High Court: Father Duty-Bound to Maintain His Minor Child(26.07.2017)

Bombay High Court has said that a father cannot run away from his responsibilities nor can he be allowed to skip his obligation to maintain his son or.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Minor Child



Bail cannot be granted, if it appears considering the antecedents of Applicant, that by taking advantage of anticipatory bail order, he will flee from justice(06.07.2019)

In present case, learned Senior Advocate for the Applicant apprehends imminent arrest in view of the lodgment of First Information Report for alleged.....

Tags : Anticipatory Bail, Grounds, Entitlement



Delhi High Court Follows Suit, Orders Service of Summon via Whatsapp, Text Message, Email(05.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has allowed plaintiff in a case to serve summons on one of the defendants through Whatsapp, text message and email.

Tags : Delhi High Court, Whatsapp, Text Message, Email



Matter which essentially involves disputes of civil nature should not be allowed to be subject matter of a criminal offence(26.04.2019)

Through the instant petition filed under Section 561-A of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC), Petitioner seeks quashment of complaint filed by Re.....

Tags : Proceedings, Quashment, Civil dispute



NGT Declares Vilappilsala Plant as Illegal(05.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has declared that solid waste management plant at Vilappilsala as illegal and hence to be demolished. Also directed that.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,Vilappilsala Plant



Fixing of any eligibility criteria is within the exclusive domain of Legislature(04.06.2019)

Petitioner applied for the posts of Librarian which were notified vide Advertisement Notification by Respondent No. 2. While notifying these posts, th.....

Tags : Appointment, Eligibility criteria, Age limit



Gujarat HC: Legislations Does Not Authorizes Grant of Temporary Licenses to Advocates(26.12.2016)

Gujarat High Court has held that there is no provision for grant of temporary certificate by Bar Council for practising as an advocate.

Tags : Gujarat HC, Advocates, Bar Council, Temporary Licenses



Application to initiate insolvency proceedings is maintainable only when Applicant is a financial creditor under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).(23.10.2019)

The Appellant filed the present appeal aggrieved by the order of the Adjudicating Authority National Company Law Tribunal, whereby the Adjudicating Au.....

Tags : Nature of claim, Application, Maintainability



Rajya Sabha Passes Indian Forest Bill, Excludes 'Bamboo' from 'Tree' Category(28.12.2017)

Rajya Sabha has passed Indian Forest (Amendment) Bill, 2017, which excludes bamboo from the definition of "tree".

Tags : Rajya Sabha, Indian Forest Bill



A party to an arbitration proceeding can challenge the arbitral award as soon as he receives it(25.11.2019)

The challenge in present petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, is to an award/interim award dated May 18, 2019 pass.....

Tags : Arbitral award, Maintainability, Time period



India and Britain signed three Bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements(18.11.2016)

India and Britain signed three more bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (in short ‘APAs’) to reduce litigation between both countries arising out of.....

Tags : Agreement, Bilateral, Advance Pricing



Uttarakhand High Court Bans Use of Chilli Powder to Shoo Away Elephant Herds(17.10.2019)

Uttarakhand High Court has prohibited the use of chilli powder either in the form of wires or balls or any other cruel means to stop elephants from cr.....

Tags : Uttarakhand High Court, Chilli Powder



Parliament Passes Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill 2015(23.12.2015)

Parliament has passed the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill 2015 with the passage of the bill in the Rajya Sabha.

Tags : Parliament, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill 2015



SC Rejects Asaram Bapu’s Bail Plea in Rape Case(21.11.2016)

Supreme Court has rejected bail to rape accused Asaram Bapu and extended his custody till November 28.

Tags : Supreme Court, Asaram Bapu, Rape Case, Bail



Parties to a probate action cannot simply consent to a solemn form grant in respect of a will without offering of sufficient evidence for Court’s satisfaction(15.10.2019)

In the present probate action, the last will and testament of the late Anka Cvitan (the deceased), who died on 1 September 2013 is sought to be proved.....

Tags : Will, Probate, Grant



Government Repeals Article 370 of the Constitution in respect of Jammu and Kashmir(05.08.2019)

The Central Government announced a historic decision by introducing Bill for repeal of provisions under Article 370 of the Constitution of India grant.....

Tags : Article 370, Repeal, Bill



Credit Cards for Fishermen(02.07.2019)

The Government of India has extended the facility of Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to fisheries and animal husbandry farmers to help them meet their working.....

Tags : Credit Cards, Facility, Fishermen



Bombay HC Grants Interim Relief to 12 FTII Students from Arrest(28.10.2015)

Bombay HC has granted a conditional interim relief to 12 Film and Television Institute of India students facing arrest over August 17 gherao of the in.....

Tags : Bombay HC, Film and Television Institute of India



Delhi HC Asks Centre to Examine Feasibility of Making Law on Illegal Trafficking(04.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has asked Centre to examine feasibility of making a law to check illegal trafficking of manpower for jobs abroad, including on foreig.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, illegal trafficking



Eligibility Criteria for availing of DPD Scheme by Importers(05.09.2019)

1. CBIC has taken various steps which have had the impact of reducing the dwell time as well as bringing down the logistics cost of EXIM clearances. O.....

Tags : Eligibility Criteria, DPD Scheme, Availment



SC Grants Bail to a Criminal Lawyer Accused of Rape Charges(29.08.2016)

SC has granted anticipatory bail to a lawyer, Nilesh Ghanekar, who has been accused of rape by a former assistant.

Tags : SC , Nilesh Ghanekar



Amendment to Section 148 of Negotiable Instruments Act applies retrospectively(29.05.2019)

In a recent decision, the Supreme Court, while hearing a case namely Surinder Singh Deswal @ S.S. Deswal & Ors. v. Virender Gandhi held that, Section .....

Tags : Enactment, Amendment, Applicability



Punjab and Haryana HC: Child’s Passport can Carry Stepfather’s Name(25.11.2016)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a child's passport can carry stepfather's name without a declaration by a court appointing him as a legal .....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, child, passport, stepfather



Supreme Court to Hear Aadhaar Pleas After Concluding Delhi-Centre Matter(29.11.2017)

Supreme Court to Hear Aadhaar Pleas After Concluding Delhi-Centre Matter

Tags : The Centre, meanwhile, informed the bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra that it was willing to extend up to March 31 next year the deadline fixed for mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various schemes.



Pre-existing dispute is not a bar for rejecting application filed by a financial creditor under Section 7 rules NCLAT(01.10.2019)

In a recent Judgment rendered by National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), it has been held that, the pendency of a suit in relating to a dispu.....

Tags : Dispute, Pendency, Application, Maintainability



Delhi HC Says Arrest of French National in Chilean Senator Murder Case was Illegal(22.09.2015)

Delhi High Court has held that arrest of Marie Emmanuelle Verhoeven (56), a French national, in the alleged murder case of a Chilean senator, was ille.....

Tags : Delhi High Court,Chilean Senator Murder Case



Taxability of the service of access to a road or bridge in the period 8-11-2016 to 1-12-2016(21.05.2019)

I am directed to draw your attention to a representation from the Construction Federation of India wherein they have stated that due to the demonetisa.....

Tags : Taxability, Service, Access to a road or bridge



GST Council Signs Off on GST Model Law(23.12.2016)

Centre and States has cleared Model GST Law in 7th GST Council Meeting chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

Tags : GST Council, Model GST Law



PFRDA permits Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) to enrol under National Pension System at par with Non-Resident Indians(30.10.2019)

In a significant decision aiming to enhance pension coverage, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has now permitted Overseas Cit.....

Tags : OCI, Eligibility, NPS



Prevention of Tampering of the Mobile Device Equipment Identification Number, Rules, 2017(28.08.2017)

G.S.R.1068(E).--In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (k) of sub- section (2) of section 7 read with section 25 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1.....

Tags : Tampering, Mobile Device Prevention



NCLAT Expresses Displeasure Over Delay in IL&FS Resolution(09.08.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has expressed its displeasure over the slow progress by the Government and IL&FS in the resolution of .....

Tags : NCLAT, IL&FS



Exercise of powers under Article 227 of Constitution is not affected in any manner by presence of alternate remedy but the power is to be exercised sparingly(11.11.2019)

The brief facts as noted, is that the Petitioner herein had filed a suit for permanent injunction against the Respondent in claiming right title and i.....

Tags : Jurisdiction, Application, Maintainability



JJB on Noida Rape Case: Let the Teen be Tried as Adult(19.08.2016)

Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) has recommended that the juvenile, accused of kidnapping his 17-year-old “girlfriend” and raping her, along with two othe.....

Tags : Juvenile Justice Board, Teen



E-filing of Income Tax Returns registers an increase of 19%(06.05.2019)

There have been some incorrect reports in media pertaining to reduction in numbers of Income Tax Returns(ITR) e-filed during Financial Year(F.Y.) 2018.....

Tags : E-filing, Income Tax, Returns



Delhi High Court to Revise Norms on Protecting Identity of Child Victims, Juveniles(18.07.2016)

Guidelines to protect the identity of minors involved in criminal cases, laid down by a committee appointed by the Delhi High Court, are set to be rev.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Child Victims



Madras High Court: Even a Beggar with Acceptable Residential Proof Can Stand as Surety(08.05.2017)

Madras High Court has held that demanding production of property documents or RC book or any other document to show proof of property, either movable .....

Tags : Madras High Court, surety bond, bail bond



Departmental proceedings shall be deemed to be instituted on date on which statement of charges is issued to Government servant or pensioner(03.05.2019)

The Petitioner assails the order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal. The Petitioner had assailed the initiation of departmental proceedings.....

Tags : Departmental proceedings, Time limit, Applicability



Court turns into literature school granting Kanhaiya bail(02.03.2016)

The Delhi High Court hymned a few verses answering the conundrum "why the colour of peace is eluding the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University". It .....

Tags : Kanhaiya kumar, sedition, bail



No Curbs on Exempting Students from Tamil Exam, Rules Madras High Court(22.01.2018)

Madras High Court has held that the State government cannot be heard to claim it would exempt schoolchildren from taking the examination in Tamil lang.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Tamil



DCW Counsellor Death Case: Delhi High Court Refuses Bail to Father-In-Law(20.11.2019)

Delhi High Court has refused bail to the father-in-law of the deceased i.e the Delhi Commission of Women rape counsellor who was found hanging at her .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Bail



Amendment in First Schedule to Indian Veterinary Council Act, 1984(20.01.2020)

WHEREAS a request has been received from ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh for inclusion of the Bachelor o.....

Tags : Amendments, Indian Veterinary Council Act, 1984



Implementation of automated clearance on pilot basis(27.01.2020)

Sir/Madam

Kind reference is invited to the 1st proviso to Section 47(1) of the Customs Act 1962. The said section along with the proviso re.....

Tags : Automated Clearance, Pilot Basis



Refund shall be effected on production of necessary documents of evidences(27.06.2017)

Present appeal is against impugned order dated 11.1.2016 passed by Commissioner of Customs (A) whereby Commissioner (A) set aside the Order-in-Origina.....

Tags : Refund, Eligibility, Document, Production



Bombay HC Suggests Civic Body to Publicise Details of Shopkeepers and Helpline(28.05.2020)

Bombay High Court has made suggestions to the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation to facilitate easier access of the details of shopkeepers and 24-hour h.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Details of Shopkeepers and Helpline



Issues once decided cannot be repeatedly re-ventilated and reconsidered(08.11.2016)

In present case, application by birth mother that, decision which was reached by Honorable Judge Singleton QC in August 2015 as to with whom this chil.....

Tags : Child, Custody, Application



Existence of a sufficient cause for permitting Defendant to file written statement is imperative for granting extension of time(10.10.2019)

Present petition under Article 227 of Constitution of India, 1950 takes exception to an order passed by the learned Judge, whereby the learned Judge a.....

Tags : Written statement, Filing of, Delay



CIC to Ministry of Law & Justice: Disclose Status of MoP for Judges, Judicial Accountability Bill(04.05.2017)

Central Information Commission (CIC) has expressed anguish over lack of transparency and accountability in process of appointment of Judges and direct.....

Tags : Central Information Commission, Judicial Accountability Bill



Courts cannot lay down conditions of eligibility in respect of employment rules of Supreme Court(03.05.2019)

The Supreme Court in its recent Judgment has expressed that, the essential qualifications for appointment to a post are for the employer to decide and.....

Tags : Eligibility, Employment, Condition



Delhi High Court Ends 11 PILs on Illegal Buildings(21.09.2018)

Delhi High Court has disposed PILs pointing out that once an action plan has been drawn to prevent further illegal constructions and removing the exis.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Illegal Constructions



An unregistered agreement cannot be a ground for invoking provisions of Section 40A(2)(b) of the IT Act in absence of requirement of law(23.07.2020)

The Assessee Company was engaged in business of manufacturing and trading of ignition coils for motor vehicle engines. For the year under consideratio.....

Tags : Additions, Provision, Applicability



Consent of Charity Commissioner is necessary for institution of suit of nature specified in Section 50 of MPT Act(12.06.2017)

Challenge in present appeal is to impugned orders made by City Civil Court at Bombay rejecting plaint in Appellant's Suit under Order 7 Rule 11(d) of .....

Tags : Suit, Maintainability, Adequate remedy



Homes built for sale to be treated the same way as homes built for lease(21.06.2019)

The Respondent, Xantha Properties 18 (Pty) Ltd, carries on business in the building construction industry. It embarked upon the construction of a prop.....

Tags : Provision, Applicability, Enrolment fee



President Gives Nod to SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act and others(08.01.2016)

President has given nod to Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act; Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Ac.....

Tags : Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act; Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act; Commercial Courts,Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Act; Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015



Clarification in respect of anti-dumping duty on imports of color coated aluminium foil from China PR(22.11.2017)

The Designated Authority vide notification No. 14/06/2015- DGAD dated 10th March, 2017, notified its final findings recommending imposition of anti-du.....

Tags : Duty, Imports, Aluminium foil



KHC: Person Arrested Authorized to Move for Bail Though he was not Produced Before Magistrate(26.09.2019)

Karnataka High Court(KHC) has directed a Magistrate to entertain a bail plea and pass appropriate orders as per law. The Court observed that it goes w.....

Tags : KHC, Bail



Bombay HC: No Need to ‘Recall’ Witnesses in Bilkis Bano Gang Rape Case(23.09.2016)

Bombay HC has rejected plea made by defence team to recall two witnesses, including a child witness, then merely 8 years old and a CBI Officer to test.....

Tags : Bombay HC , Bilkis Bano Gang Rape Case



If Investigating Officer conducts search, then, he must record the reason for doing so within seventy-two hours of the search(08.06.2020)

The instant appeal has been preferred against the judgment passed by the Special Judge under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 .....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Delhi HC Seeks CVC’s Response over CIL Appointments(19.01.2016)

Delhi High Court has sought response of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) on a plea challenging the appointment of eight General Managers in Coal.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Central Vigilance Commission



When the recovery is suspicious, non-production of seal is to be considered to hold the Accused innocent(05.11.2018)

The present appeal is maintained by the Appellant laying challenge to judgment passed by the trial Court, whereby the Accused was convicted for the c.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



SC Refuses Bail to Teen Accused of Killing Minor in Gurugram School in 2017(03.09.2020)

Supreme Court has refused to grant bail to a teenager accused of killing a 7-year old boy at a Gurugram school in 2017.

Tags : Supreme Court, Bail to Teen Accused of Killing Minor



Draft Regional Connectivity Scheme(01.07.2016)

The Ministry of Civil Aviation released the Draft Regional Co.....

Tags : civil aviation, policy, regional connectivity



Child in Conflict with Law Can Apply for Anticipatory Bail U/S 438 CrPC: Kerala High Court(11.06.2018)

Kerala High Court has held that a child in conflict with law can very well apply for anticipatory bail as there is nothing in the Juvenile Justice (JJ.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Juvenile



Lok Sabha Passes Finance Bill, 2020 without Discussion amid Coronavirus Pandemic(27.03.2020)

Lok Sabha has passed the Finance Bill, 2020 with amendments as political parties agreed to clear the Central Government’s financial and tax proposals .....

Tags : Finance Bill, Amendment, Passing of



Court remonstrates apathy against disabled persons(12.05.2016)

The Supreme Court emphatically denounced the actions of a Spicejet airline crew of deboarding a woman, Jeeja Ghosh, suffering from cerebral palsy “in .....

Tags : cerebral palsy, airline, de-board, humiliation



Once an employee takes voluntary retirement under a VRS Scheme, he cannot claim benefits with respect to past services(20.03.2017)

By filing present writ petition, Petitioner prays for grant of second Time Bound Promotion Scale (TBPS) dated 23rd July, 1997. However, Petitioner too.....

Tags : Promotion, Eligibility, VRS



AAR Tamil Nadu: Branch Eligible for Input Tax Credit for Goods and Services Tax Paid by Head Office(13.01.2020)

Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling, Tamil Nadu has held that the Input Tax Credit of tax paid by Head office for the furtherance of business would.....

Tags : AAR Tamil Nadu, Input Tax Credit



GSFC Books Patent for Gujcon Nylon Products(10.11.2015)

State-run Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd has received a process patent for its Gujcon products range under Nylon-6 that will improve qualit.....

Tags : Gujcon Nylon Products Patent, Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd



Bombay HC to State Govt: Pay Rs. 2 lakh Compensation for Illegal Detention(17.07.2017)

Bombay High Court has directed State of Maharashtra to pay at least Rs. 2 lakh as compensation to one Ranjit Singh Gill for keeping him in jail, three.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Illegal Detention



Mere delay in forwarding FIR to Magistrate is not a ground to acquit accused(26.05.2020)

The Appellant has challenged the judgment by the Allahabad High Court, confirming his conviction under section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian .....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Mere handing over of currency notes not illegal gratification(12.04.2016)

Merely handing over money to a government official is insufficient to establish illegal gratification in the absence of proof of demand, the Supreme C.....

Tags : Illegal gratification, proof of demand



Wild Elephant Shouldn't be Put to Any Discomfort: Madras HC Tells Forest Department(05.02.2019)

Madras High Court has sought response from Tamil Nadu's principal conservator of forests by February 11 to a plea seeking a direction to prevent autho.....

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Accused is not eligible for grant of anticipatory bail, when accused fails to join investigation on false pretexts or sham/farce excuses despite being given opportunities(11.12.2019)

The Petitioner has filed the present application under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) for the grant of anticipatory bail. .....

Tags : Anticipatory bail, Grant, Gravity, Accusations



Punjab and Haryana HC: Terminally Ill Can’t be Denied Insurance Claim(25.05.2016)

Punjab and Haryana HC has ruled that family of a terminally-ill person, who decides to stop treatment against medical advice and dies, cannot be denie.....

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Take Action Against Officials Responsible for Illegal Constructions: Supreme Court(10.05.2018)

Supreme Court has suggested that the Himachal Pradesh Government should take action against those officials who were posted in Kasauli when illegal co.....

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Reporting of Large Exposures to Central Repository of Information on Large Credits (CRILC) - UCBs(16.01.2020)

1. Attention is drawn to RBI Circular DOR (PCB). BPD.Cir.No.7/13.05.000/2019-20 dated December 27, 2019 on "Reporting of Large Exposures to Central Re.....

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Telangana and AP High Court upholds amendments to mining law(11.09.2015)

The Telangana and Andhra Pradesh High Court rejected petitions that the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015 was unreas.....

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Tripura HC Stays Cancellation of Registration of ‘Daily Deshar Katha” 40 Year Old CPI(M) Newspaper(12.10.2018)

Tripura High Court has stayed the cancellation of registration of newspaper “Daily Deshar Katha”, which has been the mouthpiece of CPI(M) in Tripura f.....

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Kerala HC: Anticipatory Bail Cannot be Granted Merely Because 'Nothing was Recovered' from Accused(06.08.2020)

Kerala High Court has held that anticipatory bail cannot be granted in an Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 case merely because 'no.....

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Delhi HC Grants Bail to Man Facing Dowry Charge 21 Years after Marriage(13.10.2016)

Delhi HC has granted anticipatory bail to a husband facing prosecution for alleged dowry harassment 21 years after marriage.

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Export of Cardamom(24.07.2019)

The Government of Saudi Arabia and Japan have not banned import of cardamom from India. However, Saudi Arabia Food & Drug Authority (SFDA) had detaine.....

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SC: Hindu Widow Can Be Manager of Joint Family(18.12.2015)

Supreme Court while deciding a property dispute between cousins of a family in Uttar Pradesh in a suit filed in 1978 in favour of mother who bought pr.....

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Madras High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Regulations on Filing and Withdrawal of PILs(29.10.2018)

Madras High Court has dismissed public interest litigation filed by a ‘magazine editor’ who sought regulations on filing and registration of PILs and .....

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If the witnesses are otherwise trustworthy, past enmity by itself will not discredit any testimony(09.10.2020)

Present Appeal has been preferred by 5 accused, challenging the judgment whereby, the Madhya Pradesh High Court, approved the conviction of the appell.....

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Juvenile at time of offence exempt from sentence(07.08.2015)

The Supreme Court released a person imprisoned for 10 years, after he was declared a juvenile at the time of the offence. The Petitioner had failed to.....

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Kerala HC Says 'No' to Plea Seeking Scientific Guidelines For Deciding Child-Custody Petitions(09.04.2018)

Kerala High Court has rejected a plea of ‘estranged’ husbands to lay down scientific guidelines to family courts for an objective assessment of the we.....

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Parliament passes International Financial Services Centre Authority Bill, 2019 to regulate IFSCs(11.12.2019)

International Financial Services Centre Authority Bill, 2019 passed in winter session of Parliament to set up an authority for regulating the financia.....

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Calcutta HC Scraps Management Fetters on IndianOil Officers(22.06.2016)

Calcutta HC has put an end to agreement signed by management of State-run refiner IndianOil with its officers' association to put fetters on executive.....

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Madras High Court: Caste Alone Not Enough to Treat Murder As 'Honour Killing'(01.05.2018)

Madras High Court has observed that a murder cannot be termed as honour killing merely because caste of the accused and deceased was a contributing fa.....

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GST Taxpayers can file their GSTR-3B Returns in a Staggered Manner(22.01.2020)

Considering the difficulties faced by trade and industry in filing of returns, the government has decided to introduce several measures to ease the pr.....

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No place other than municipal market shall be used as a market place unless such place has been licensed as a market by Municipal Commissioner(06.06.2017)

Present writ petition is filed for a direction upon corporation authorities to take steps for demolition of illegal construction and stoppage of illeg.....

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Income Tax Department introduces a new utility for banks, post offices to check TDS rate on high value cash withdrawals(12.07.2020)

The Income Tax Department has facilitated a new functionality for Banks and Post offices through which they can ascertain the TDS applicability rates .....

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Supreme Court: Scrupulously Follow New Law on Rights of Persons with Disabilities(26.04.2017)

Supreme Court has directed all States and Union Territories to ‘scrupulously’ follow the new law prescribed under Rights of Persons with Disabilities .....

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RBI announces special liquidity facility for mutual funds(27.04.2020)

In order to ease liquidity pressures on mutual funds (MFs), RBI decides to open a special liquidity facility for mutual funds of ₹ 50,000 crore. Due t.....

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Madras HC Seeks State’s Report on Tamil Nadu CM's Health(04.10.2016)

Madras HC has asked Tamil Nadu Additional Advocate General to get instructions from State Government with regard to health condition of Chief Minister.....

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Ground of patent illegality is available under the statute for setting aside a domestic award, if decision of arbitrator is perverse(22.05.2020)

In the facts of present case, learned sole arbitrator has passed the arbitral award dated 29th March, 2016 in respect of Package-I holding. Similar De.....

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Madras HC Seeks Status Report on Action Taken to Eradicate Mosquitoes(04.01.2017)

Madras high court has directed Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary and Health Secretary to file a report on action taken to eradicate mosquitoes.

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HC can’t Go Beyond Decree of Trial Court While Dismissing Appeal in Absence of Cross Appeal: SC(18.12.2018)

Supreme Court has observed that, while dismissing an appeal filed by a defendant, the high court could not pass any further order beyond the judgment .....

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Default bail granted erroneously can be cancelled by high court under Section 439(2) of Cr.PC(20.11.2020)

Present appeals have been filed against the common judgment of the High Court in Criminal Petition filed by the Respondent before the High Court. By t.....

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SC Asks Centre to Put in Place National Action Plan to Combat Drug Abuse Amongst Children(14.12.2016)

Supreme Court has asked Centre to formulate a National Action Plan to combat drug abuse amongst children.

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A long delay can be condoned if witness has no motive for falsely implicating Accused(27.11.2018)

Present appeal arose out of the judgment passed by the High Court by which the High Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the Appellant herein there.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Tribunal’s order cannot be directly challenged in the Supreme Court(15.10.2019)

In facts of present matter, the State of Chhattisgarh enacted the Chhattisgarh Rent Control Act, 2011. Under this Act, in the hierarchy of adjudicatin.....

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When a statutory form is created by law for redressal of grievance, a writ petition cannot be entertained ignoring the statutory dispensation(01.01.2021)

The instant petition has been filed for the issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950 directin.....

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SC Paves Way to Common Entrance Test for Medical Courses, Sets Aside its 2013 Order(11.04.2016)

Supreme Court has paved the way for implementation of National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) for medical courses across the country and set aside i.....

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20% Posts Reserved For Course Completed Act Apprentices' Who Were Engaged in Railway Establishments(20.03.2018)

Following is the text of Statement by Union Minister of Railways Shri Piyush Goyal in context of Students Agitation in Mumbai this morning:-

.....

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Tamil Nadu Special Court Rejects Karti Chidambaram's Discharge Plea in Tax Evasion Case(08.01.2020)

Tamil Nadu Special Court has dismissed a discharge petition filed by Congress MP Karti Chidambaram and his wife Srinidhi in connection with a tax evas.....

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Bombay HC Warns Of Contempt Action Against Commissioners of Every District in State(11.01.2016)

Bombay High Court has warned of contempt action against Commissioners of Civic Bodies and Councils of every district in Maharashtra if they fail to fi.....

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Exemption of all cases of combinations under Section 5 of the Competition Act, 2002 involving the Central Public Sector Enterprises operating in the Oil and Gas Sectors(22.11.2017)

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of Section 54 of the Competition Act, 2002 (12 of 2003) (herein after referred to as the Act), the C.....

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Liberalised Family Pension is payable only to family members of Armed Forces personnel who have died in action(23.09.2019)

In present matter, Naib Subedar Umed Singh was enrolled in the Army. On 19th December, 2001, he was posted at the International Border in Operation Pa.....

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Madras HC Stays Kovan's Custodial Interrogation(09.11.2015)

Madras High Court has stayed custodial interrogation of Tamil folk singer Kovan who was facing sedition charges for allegedly criticising Tamil Nadu C.....

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Cabinet approves introduction of the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 2017(20.09.2017)

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for introduction of the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 2017 in P.....

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Bombay HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance of Non-Availability of Ventilators and Oxygenated Beds(14.09.2020)

Bombay High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of issues faced by the general public due to non-availability of ventilators and oxygenated beds for C.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016(10.03.2016)

Lok Sabha has passed the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016, which amends the Enemy Property Act, 1968.

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Madras HC Junks Plea to Detain Vessels in Chennai Oil Spill Case(06.02.2017)

Madras HC, while wondering under what law could Court order detention of two ships that collided off Ennore Port resulting in a major oil spill into t.....

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Socio-economic offences constitute a class apart and need to be visited with a different approach in the matter of bail(20.03.2019)

Present is an application under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) praying for bail of Petitioner, who has been in detention in co.....

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Karnataka HC Directs SWR to Examine Complaint on Illegal Operation of Special Train(13.02.2017)

Karnataka High Court has directed General Manager, South Western Railway (SWR), to hold a meeting to examine a complaint on illegal operation of a spe.....

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The motive part loses its significance, when there is trustworthy evidence of witnesses as to commission of an offence(31.01.2020)

Present appeal is directed against judgment and order of sentence passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, whereby the learned Sessions Judge .....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Bombay HC Restrains BMC, Mumbai Rail From Razing Trees(10.02.2017)

Bombay High Court has restrained BMC and Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd from cutting trees for Metro-III line between SEEPZ, Andheri and Colaba.

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CIVIL - Bombay HC Raps Anil Ambani Firms for 'Attempt to Mislead'(22.02.2019)

Bombay High Court has described arguments of Reliance group companies regarding alleging misconduct on part of Edelweiss group companies in sale of pl.....

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Promotion of candidate takes effect from date of minimum period of eligibility(08.03.2021)

The prayer of the Petitioners in present petitions is that, they should be promoted to the post of Professor from the post of Associate Professor with.....

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Report on measures for improved monitoring of CSR released(19.10.2015)

A High Level Panel constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has released a report suggesting measures for monitoring the progress of implement.....

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Additional documents can be filed only with the leave of the Court(24.08.2017)

Plaintiff filed the present suit seeking a decree for a sum of Rs 1,48,39,218/- along with interest pendent lite and future. Pursuant to completion of.....

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Applicability of the provisions of sub-clause (i) of clause (c) of sub-section (1) of Section 10 of Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited(23.09.2020)

Whereas, sub-clause (i) of clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949) (hereinafter referred to as th.....

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Bombay HC Denies Bail to Ex-Chief Minister Narayan Rane’s Son(18.05.2016)

Bombay HC has denied to grant pre-arrest bail to Ex-Congress MP Nilesh Rane, son of Ex-Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane, in a case of alleged a.....

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Applicability of provisions of Para 2.20 of HBP, 2015-20 on Advance Authorisations issued under 2009-2014, FTP(25.04.2018)

1. This office has received a request for clarification regarding the date of applicability of provisions of para 2.20(d) of HBP 2015-20 on the Advanc.....

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Evidence of official witnesses cannot be distrusted and disbelieved, merely on account of their official status(06.01.2020)

Present Criminal Appeal is filed by the sole Accused, aggrieved by the judgment passed in Criminal Appeal by the High Court. The Appellant herein was .....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



When employee was found guilty of corruption by criminal court, then, unless said conviction was set aside, action of employer in dismissing employee from service cannot be faulted(06.12.2019)

The Petitioner was serving in the Bharat Coking Coal Limited. A show cause notice was issued to him on 24th June, 2017 on the allegation that, while h.....

Tags : Illegal Gratification, Dismissal, Legality



CIC Seeks Report on Undertrial Prisoners Who Have Completed Half of Their Maximum Sentence(02.09.2015)

Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Home Ministry to ask authorities of country's jails to make list of undertrial prisoners, who have c.....

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CBEC Releases Draft Notification Amending Bill of Entry and Bill of Export Regulations(20.06.2017)

Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has released draft notification amending Bill of Entry Regulations, 1976 and Bill of Export Regulations, 19.....

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Bicycles-Retro Reflective Devices (Quality Control) Order, 2020(09.07.2020)

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 16 read with section 17 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of .....

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Delhi High Court: Where’s the Blind Student Who Missed Test?(12.07.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked DU to furnish before it list of candidates who have applied for a MPhil course in which a blind student could not appear du.....

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Finance Minister launches facility of Instant PAN through Aadhaar based e-KYC(28.05.2020)

Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs formally launched the facility for instant allotment of PAN (on near to real time basis). The facility .....

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FTII announces course in Film Criticism and the Art of Review(10.04.2019)

Breaking yet another new ground, Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Pune has announced, for the first time, a course in Film Criticism and .....

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US Supreme Court Drops Microsoft Email Fight With New Law in Place(18.04.2018)

U.S. Supreme Court has dropped a high-profile case over government access to emails stored overseas after both sides said a new federal law stripped t.....

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Delhi Court Seeks Report on Jamia Millia Police Brutality(23.01.2020)

Delhi Court has asked Jamia Nagar Police Station to file an action taken report on a complaint filed by Jamia Millia Islamia alleging unauthorized ent.....

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Separate prosecution for offence under Customs Act for smuggling of gold and offence under Section 16 of UAPA maintainable(01.02.2021)

The petitioners have filed this petition under Section 483 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) for quashing of FIR filed under Section 16 of Un.....

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PIL cannot be filed in service matters(27.02.2017)

Instant writ petition is filed by a non-legal person and which is Forum of Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes Legislators and Parliamentarians. Petiti.....

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Delhi High Court Declines PIL for Restoring Earlier Status of Dilli Haat(06.12.2019)

Delhi High Court has observed that change is inevitable while dismissing a Public Interest Litigation which sought that stalls at Dilli Haat to be all.....

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SC Denies to Stay Culling of Nilgai, Wild Boar, Monkey(20.06.2016)

SC has denied to stay Centre's notification allowing culling of nilgai, wild boar in Bihar, monkey in Himachal Pradesh. It also declined to stay killi.....

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Regularising of Illegal Structures Will Result In Time Bomb: Delhi High Court(25.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has said that with the AAP government "pushing for" regularising illegal constructions and the civic bodies allowing such buildings t.....

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For a document to constitute a Will, it is necessary that there be cogent evidence that the document embodied the deceased's testamentary intentions(23.01.2020)

The plaintiff, Daniel John Crisp, asks the Court to declare that, the document dated 21 May 2009 signed by the deceased constitutes the last will of t.....

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Bombay High Court Slams Railways Over Women's Safety(18.11.2019)

Bombay High Court slammed the Railways by observing that “women do not feel assured that they are safe in the compartments reserved only for them", an.....

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High Court and Court of Appeal have discretion to the award of costs, subject to the rules of Court(04.12.2020)

Present appeal raises a question concerning the role of the Supreme Court in relation to the principles governing the award of costs in lower Courts. .....

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SC to State Bar Councils: Complete Lawyers’ Verification by June 30(18.05.2016)

Supreme Court has asked all state bar councils to make an effort to conclude verification of all advocates registered with them by June 30.

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Roll-out of e-Way Bill system for Intra-State movement of goods in the States / Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Puducherry from 25th April, 2018(23.04.2018)

As per the decision of the GST Council, e-Way Bill system for Inter-State movement of goods has been rolled-out from 01st April, 2018. As on 20th Apri.....

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CBDT grants relaxation in eligibility conditions for filing of Income-tax Return Form-1 (Sahaj) and Form-4 (Sugam) for Assessment Year 2020-2021(09.01.2020)

In order to ensure that the e-filing utility for filing of return for assessment year (A.Y) 2020-21 is available as on 1st April, 2020, the Income-tax.....

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Delhi HC Restrains Intex from Selling Aqua Smartphone, Accessories in Local Market(28.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has barred mobile phone maker 'Intex' from selling its Aqua brand handsets and its accessories in local market, taking note of a trad.....

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Accused is obliged to furnish explanation under Section 313 of CrPC with regard to circumstances under which deceased met an unnatural death inside the house(07.11.2019)

The Appellant, husband of the deceased, is aggrieved by his conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) affirmed by the High Cou.....

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Report on measures for improved monitoring of CSR released(01.01.1900)

A High Level Panel constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has released a report suggesting measures for monitoring the progress of implement.....

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Supreme Court Asks Dilip Kumar to Deposit Rs 20 Crore to Settle Property Dispute(01.09.2017)

Supreme Court has asked thespian superstar Dilip Kumar to deposit Rs 20 crore with its registry as part payment to a Mumbai-based real estate firm wit.....

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RBI Working Paper No. 10/2020: Are Food Prices Really Flexible? Evidence from India(23.09.2020)

The Reserve Bank of India today placed on its website a Working Paper titled "Are Food Prices Really Flexible? Evidence from India" under the Reserve .....

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Delhi HC Slams Police Over Missing Children(07.02.2017)

Delhi High Court, while criticizing Delhi Police for its poor show in tracing missing children and “wasting its manpower” in PCR vans, has sought to k.....

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CIVIL - SC Strikes Down Rule 5A of Bihar Civil Service(Judicial Branch)(Recruitment) Rules(21.02.2019)

Supreme Court has struck down Rule 5A of Bihar Civil Service(Judicial Branch)(Recruitment) Rules 1995, as per which only 10% of the candidates who app.....

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Bombay HC Reprimands Municipal Corporation for Failure to Comply with Order on Illegal Constructions(15.03.2021)

Bombay High Court has reprimanded eight municipal corporations and the Maharashtra State's Urban Development Department (UDD) for their failure to com.....

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A statement recorded under Section 67 of the NDPS Act cannot be used as a confessional statement in the trial of an offence under the NDPS Act(18.03.2021)

Petitioner has been accused of having committed offences under Sections 22(C), 23(C) & 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDP.....

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Delhi HC Extends Protection from Arrest to Jarnail Singh's till December 15(06.10.2015)

Delhi High Court has extended interim protection from arrest granted to AAP MLA Jarnail Singh, till December 15. He has been accused of assaulting an .....

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New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Bill, 2019 gets Cabinet’s nod(12.06.2019)

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister approves New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Bill, 2019 (NDIAC) to achieve aim of making India a hu.....

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Delhi HC Notices Central Board of Film Certification over Appeal Against Film Certificate(24.10.2016)

Delhi High Court has said there appeared to be no provision in Cinematograph Act to allow a third party to appeal against certification granted to a f.....

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An error which is not self-evident and has to be detected by exercise of scrutiny at length cannot be said to be an error apparent on face of record(07.08.2019)

The Petitioner being a Defendant in a suit for eviction filed an application for mandatory injunction restraining the Plaintiff/landlord from surrende.....

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Bombay High Court Directs SEBI to Inquire Role of FTIL in NSEL Payment Fraud(13.08.2015)

Bombay High Court has directed Security and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) to inquire role of Financial Technologies India Limited(FTIL) in Rs. 5574 cr.....

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Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) - Extension of timeline(09.05.2017)

The Reserve Bank of India has decided to extend the last date, from May 31, 2017 to December 31, 2017, for entities undertaking billing business under.....

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Kerala HC Constitutes Special Bench to Hear Bail Applications Through Video Conferencing(07.04.2020)

Kerala High Court has constituted a Special Bench to hear Bail Applications. The Court has started hearing bail applications from 6th April, 2020 thro.....

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Government Sets-Up Tax Policy Research Unit and Tax Policy Council(03.02.2016)

Government has set-up Tax Policy Research Unit and Tax Policy Council to bring consistency, multidisciplinary inputs, and coherence in Tax Policy.

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Juvenile's Identity Not To Be Disclosed At Any Time: Delhi High Court(02.01.2018)

Delhi High Court has held that identity of a person, against whom a criminal case was lodged when he was a minor, should not be disclosed at any stage.....

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In order to succeed in tort of negligence, it is essential to establish a negligent breach of duty, causation and loss(20.11.2019)

In facts of present case, Mr. Thomas Arthur Watkins lived near Tredegar in South Wales. He was employed by the National Coal Board (later British Coal.....

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Former MD of Omaxe Gets NCLT Nod to Inspect Omaxe Records(21.11.2018)

National Company Law Tribunal has directed Guild Builders, the holding company of Omaxe, to allow former Omaxe MD Sunil Goel to inspect the records/re.....

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While granting default bail/statutory bail under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, condition of deposit of amount cannot be imposed(15.10.2020)

The original accused has preferred the present appeals, feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned order, by which the High Court has releas.....

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Bombay High Court Scraps 97 of 99 Allotments Under Urban Land Ceiling Norms(16.03.2017)

Bombay High Court has scrapped 97 of 99 allotments made between 1990 and 2007 of land declared surplus under Urban Land Ceiling Act (ULCA) in Nagpur.

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Supreme Court: If One Dies Getting On or Off Train, Railways Must Pay Compensation(10.05.2018)

Supreme Court has ruled that the railways would be liable to pay compensation to passengers in case of death or injury while boarding and de-boarding .....

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Central Government notifies Companies (CSR) Rules, 2021(22.01.2021)

The Central Government amends the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014. These rules may be called the Companies (Corporate S.....

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Punjab and Haryana High Court Notices Punjab Government over Illegal Constructions near Golden Temple(26.10.2016)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed Punjab Government to submit a report as to what action has been taken against erring officials who have bee.....

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Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Malegaon Blast Accused Major Ramesh Upadhyay(27.09.2017)

Bombay High Court has granted bail to retired Army Major Ramesh Upadhyay in the 2008 Malegaon blast case on the grounds of parity.

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Where harm is caused by a domesticated animal, responsibility for that harm rests with the owner of the animal and not the injured party(11.09.2020)

An appeal by Mr. van Meyeren against a finding by the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court, that he was liable to compensate Cloete for injuries su.....

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Madras HC: Recalling of Warrant without Presence of Accused Depends on Facts(20.06.2016)

Madras HC has said that Courts can entertain petitions to recall Non-Bailable Warrants (NBWs) without insisting on presence of people against whom the.....

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Tariffs of various Telecom Service Providers made available on TRAI website / portal(16.04.2018)

As per TRAI act 1997, transparency is an important mandate of TRAI. Presently, Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) offer tariffs at their websites. To en.....

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Central Government Notifies National Startup Advisory Council(21.01.2020)

The Central Government has notified the structure of the National Startup Advisory Council. The Council will advise the Government on measures needed .....

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Supreme Court Orders FTIL to Transfer its Shares in IEX to Escrow Account(18.08.2015)

Supreme Court has ordered Financial Technologies India (FTIL) to transfer all its shares in India Energy Exchange (IEX) to an escrow account.

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#OneNationOneTax: Consensus Builds in Srinagar Meet on July 1 GST Rollout(19.05.2017)

GST Council has decided tax rates for 1211 items of goods and services, of which 7% will be exempted, 14% will fall in the 5% slab, 17% in the 12% sla.....

Tags : GST, Rates, GST Council



Karnataka HC Dismisses PIL Challenging Issue of Average Consumption Electricity Bills(13.04.2020)

Karnataka High Court has dismissed a Petition filed challenging a Government circular, directing electricity supply companies to issue average consump.....

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Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty) Rules, 2017 amended to boost trade facilitation(18.05.2021)

The Finance Minister had in her Budget Speech announced that, the Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty) Rules, 2017 (IGCR, 2017) woul.....

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Warranting appeal from decision of a Single Judge(10.09.1952)

Whether a High Court can sit in appeal against an order passed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by a Single Judge of the same court has .....

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Supreme Court: Law is Same for Everyone, Including Foreigners(24.01.2018)

Supreme Court has set aside an order of the Punjab & Haryana High Court granting bail to a British national in an alleged murder case, observing there.....

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Calcutta HC: Exercise of Power of Privilege by State Legislature is Open to Judicial Review(05.02.2020)

Calcutta High Court has quashed an order passed by the Speaker of West Bengal Legislative Assembly imposing a punishment on a person for allegedly vio.....

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Madras HC Says Certificate Issued by VAO, Along with Other Supporting Docs is Enough to Get Pension(04.12.2015)

Madras HC while allowing petition filed by 2nd wife of a Govt.engineer who died in 2012, has said that certificate issued by a Village Administrative .....

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Supreme Court: Monitoring Panel Does Not Mean Other Agencies Will Not Work(01.02.2018)

Supreme Court has said that the mandate given to its monitoring committee to oversee the implementation of laws relating to sealing of illegal premise.....

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Streamlining export data to include District level details in Shipping Bills(05.02.2020)

1. Reference is invited to Notification No. 33/2019-Cus (NT) dated 25.04.2019 vide which the Shipping Bill (Electronic Integrated Declaration and Pape.....

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SC Rules, In Case of Heinous Crime, Onus Is on 'Juveniles' to Prove They're Under 18(13.05.2016)

SC has ruled that a juvenile accused of heinous crime would be tried as an adult if the court found documents produced to support that he/she was belo.....

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Four GST Bills Tabled in Lok Sabha, Landmark Development For Biggest Tax Reforms in Independent India(27.03.2017)

Central GST Bill, Integrated GST Bill, Union Territory GST Bill, and GST (Compensation to States) Bill has been introduced in Lok Sabha.

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P & H HC Directs AICTE to Re-Compute Result of Validation Exam for Candidates of Distance B Tech(13.01.2020)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed All India Council for Technical Education to re-compute the results for a validation test conducted in resp.....

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Anticipatory bail is a statutory right in consonance with the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution(26.11.2021)

The Petitioner has approached present Court by way of the instant application under Section 438 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) seeking an.....

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President Nods for Two More Bills(11.08.2016)

President has given assent to Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016 and National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (A.....

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Existing grandfathered unlisted NCDs(28.04.2020)

1. SEBI vide Circular SEBI/HO/IMD/DF2/CIR/P/2019/104 dated October 01, 2019 has allowed the existing unlisted NCDs to be grandfathered till maturity, .....

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Karnataka HC Extends Deadline for Door-to-Door Survey on Eligible Children for School Admission(07.06.2021)

Karnataka High Court has extended till 15th July, 2021, the deadline to complete the door-to-door survey to identify children eligible for school admi.....

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NGT Appoints Panel to Watch Srivaikuntam Dam Desilting(11.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench has appointed a five-member committee to monitor desilting of Srivaikuntam dam in Thoothukudi.

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Maintenance of CRR/SLR on Foreign Currency Assets/Liabilities- Reference rate for INR/USD and exchange rate of other major currencies(02.08.2018)

Please refer to our circular DBOD.No.Ret.BC.113/12.01.001/2011-12 dated June 29, 2012 on Maintenance of CRR on FCNR(B) Scheme advising banks to be gui.....

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Patna HC Issues Directions to State on Availability of Covid Treatment Facilities(23.04.2021)

Patna High Court has taken serious note of the paucity of oxygen in the State, which is an essential medical requirement for treatment of COVID-19 pat.....

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Madras HC Issues Notice to TN on Plea for Cancelling Bail to MBBS Students(20.07.2016)

Madras HC issued notice to Tamil Nadu Government on petition seeking cancellation of bail granted by a lower court to two MBBS students, who had throw.....

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Cabinet approves cooperation between Indian and Japan on Railway Safety(03.05.2017)

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval to the signing the Memorandum of Cooperation (.....

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SEBI Norms in Place till May 28(21.04.2020)

Securities and Exchange Board of India has said its directions issued on 20th March, 2020 to curb market volatility will continue till 28th, May 2020......

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Cadre review and formation of the 'Indian Skill Development Service'(07.10.2015)

The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Modi, approved the formation of a Group ‘A’ service of the technical cadre of the Ministry of Skill Development.....

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ITAT Chennai: Activities of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association are Not ‘Commercial’(08.06.2017)

ITAT Chennai has held that activities of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association are not “Commercial” in nature and hence exemption to assessee under section 1.....

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Relaxation from the applicability of SEBI Circular dated October 10, 2017 on non-compliance with the Minimum Public Shareholding requirements(14.05.2020)

1. SEBI circular No. CFD/CMD/CIR/P/2017/115 dated October 10, 2017 lays down the procedure to be followed by the recognized stock exchanges/depositori.....

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Hospira Books Indian Patent for ‘An Improved Process for the Preparation of Cilastatin’(19.10.2015)

US-based Hospira, now a subsidiary of pharma major Pfizer Inc, has secured an Indian patent for an improved process for preparation of Cilastatin -par.....

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Union Cabinet approves new Metro Rail Policy(16.08.2017)

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today approved a new Metro Rail Policy that seeks to enable realization of growing metr.....

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Refund claim cannot be entertained unless order of assessment is modified(18.09.2019)

Present appeals have been preferred by the Assessees as well as by the Union of India aggrieved by the judgment and order passed by the High Courts an.....

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SC: Landowner Can Seek Compensation from Builder under Consumer Protection Act(25.07.2016)

SC has held that a landowner who signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a builder to develop apartments on his land is a consumer and can dema.....

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Constitution of Committee for Standardization and Indigenization in Metro Rail Systems(26.06.2018)

1. Transport infrastructure is one of the most important factors for a country's progress. With rapid Industrialization, Urbanization, Globalization a.....

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MHA clarifies Misplaced Apprehensions of Industry Associations regarding Legal liability on Company CEOs, if employees found COVID-19 positive(23.04.2020)

No Separate/Fresh Permissions required from Authorities for Industries already permitted to operate prior to 15.04.2020, in areas falling outside Cont.....

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Delhi HC Allows Bail Petition in High Profile Sex Racket Case(13.10.2016)

Delhi HC has granted bail to a man, arrested in a high-profile sex racket case allegedly involving a cocktail of defence personnel, government servant.....

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SC Grants 60 Day Deadline to Centre to Set Up Courts in Every District for Child Abuse Cases(26.07.2019)

Supreme Court has ordered the Central Government to set up in 60 days exclusive courts in every district of the country to deal with cases related to .....

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SC Dismisses PIL Seeking Direction to Allow Homeopathic Treatment for Mild Cases of COVID-19(21.08.2020)

Supreme Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by two homeopathic physicians, seeking directions to the Central Government to pe.....

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Protection under Section 197 of the CrPC is not be available to public servant prosecuted under Section 48 of Water Act(13.07.2021)

Present appeal challenges the order passed by the High Court. Sandur Gram Panchayat, Sandur, Karnataka and the Appellant, who at the relevant time was.....

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NGT Stays Implementation of DDA’s Unified By-Laws for Delhi(13.10.2016)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has put brakes on implementation of Delhi Development Authority’s (DDA) ‘Unified Building Bye-Laws’ that sought to merge.....

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Policy for Non-Performing Civil Servants(24.07.2019)

The provisions of Fundamental Rules (FR) 56(j), Rule 48 of Central Civil Services (CCS) (Pension) Rules, 1972 and Rule 16(3) (Amended) of All India Se.....

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Central Government hereby declares the services of Bank Note Paper Mill India Private Limited, Mysore, Karnataka to be a public utility service for the purposes of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947(18.08.2020)

Whereas the Central Government is satisfied that the public interest so requires that the services in the Bank Note Paper Mill India Private Limited, .....

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CBDT signs 20 Unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements with Indian taxpayers(30.08.2016)

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) entered into twenty (20) Unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs). The Eurozone is facing a mounting cris.....

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No Compulsion to Include Any Particular Community in Council of Ministers: T&AP High Court(17.08.2018)

Telangana and Andhra Pradesh High Court has rejected a plea seeking the appointment of women ministers in Telangana, observing that there is no consti.....

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It is mandatory to provide an opportunity to applicant for rectifying defects of application in terms of Section 9(5)(ii)(a) of IBC(19.04.2021)

Present appeal emanates from the Order passed by the Adjudicating Authority in Company Petition, whereby the Application filed by Appellant under Sect.....

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Written statement is not liable to be struck off the record, if sufficient cause is shown for delay(20.03.2020)

Present is an application filed by the Plaintiffs under Order VIII Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 [CPC] for a direction that, the written.....

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NGT Directs Fresh Survey of All Major Building Sites Across Delhi-NCR(03.12.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered fresh inspections at all major building sites across Delhi-NCR, including Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad an.....

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Kerala HC Says 'No' to Advocate's Plea Against Exclusion From Bar Council Electoral Roll(01.02.2018)

Kerala High Court has dismissed plea of a senior advocate challenging his exclusion from the final electoral roll of Bar Council of Kerala.

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Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Bill, 2020 introduced in Lok Sabha(05.02.2020)

The Minister of Finance introduced the Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Bill, 2020 on February 5, 2020, a mechanism for resolving tax disputes pending in v.....

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NGT Raps Oil Companies Over Data on Diesel Trucks(27.02.2017)

National Green Tribunal has rapped public sector oil companies for not submitting status report on their 10-year old diesel trucks used for transporti.....

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CIVIL - Madhya Pradesh HC Asks State to Provide Treatment to Autistic Children at State Cost(11.03.2019)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed Principal Secretary and Health Department and the District Magistrate Khargone to make endeavor to provide des.....

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Integrated Single Window Filming mechanism created across railway premises by Ministry of Railways and Ministry of I&B(01.11.2021)

To ease filming in Railways, Film Facilitation Office (FFO) set up in National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) and Ministry of Railways have integ.....

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Amendments to the Arbitration and Conciliation Bill, 2015(26.08.2015)

The Union Cabinet approved amendments to the Arbitration and Conciliation Bill, 2015. The changes include having to disclose in writing the existence .....

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Carry Forward of un-availed Cenvat Credit in respect of assignment of right to use any natural resource under GST(14.06.2017)

Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 provide that credit of Service Tax paid in a Financial Year, on the onetime charges payable in full upfront or in installmen.....

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Dispute as to inheritance of shares is a civil dispute cannot be decided in proceedings under Section 241/242 of Companies Act, 2013(06.07.2020)

Present appeals have been preferred against the judgment passed by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, (‘the NCLAT’) in Company Ap.....

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Protecting ‘morality’: Sparks in the wrong powder keg(30.03.1989)

The Central Board of Film Certification’s trimming of movies to conform to the ‘morals of society’ may occasionally lead to ‘silent’, blurry and somew.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019(27.06.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill seeks to allow trusts to set up units in special economic zones by am.....

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Allahabad HC Refuses to Grant Anticipatory Bail to Teacher for Posting Objectionable Post(26.05.2021)

Allahabad High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to a senior teacher in a college and a Head of Department who is accused of putting an obj.....

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Clarification in respect of option under Section 115BAC of the Income-tax Act, 1961(13.04.2020)

1. Section 115BAC of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act), inserted by the Finance Act, 2020 wef the assessment year 2021-22, inter alia, provides that .....

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Bombay HC Sets Panel to Inquire Building Height Violations Near Aerodrome, Domestic Airport(02.11.2015)

Bombay HC has appointed a committee to look into allegations of violations of building and height regulations around Juhu aerodrome and the domestic a.....

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Madras HC Warns State Government of Judicial Intervention on Appointment of TNCPCR’s Chief(07.11.2016)

Madras High Court has observed that "process has not been followed" on appointment of Kalyani Mathivanan as chairperson of Tamil Nadu Commission for P.....

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Any petition to challenge the date of birth mentioned in the service book at the fag end of service is not maintainable(28.08.2020)

Present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950 has been filed against the order by which the Petitioner has been retired from s.....

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When there is a time gap between an occurrence and the trial, it is impossible for police/Investigating Officer to recall minute details(18.06.2020)

Present appeal is against a common judgment and order passed by a Division Bench of the High Court dismissing Criminal Appeal filed by the Appellant, .....

Tags : Conviction, evidence, credibility



Madras HC Irks over Delay in Decision on Tamil as Compulsory Subject(17.11.2015)

Madras HC has observed that competent authority has to expeditiously take decision on exempting minority institutions from Government Order making Tam.....

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Remove Corrupt Vigilance Officials: Madras High Court(31.08.2018)

Madras High Court has directed the Commissioner of Greater Chennai Corporation to transfer all the officials presently serving in the vigilance cell o.....

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Government of India provides advance information on vaccine doses supply availability till 15th June 2021 to States and UTs(19.05.2021)

States advised to prepare a district-wise, COVID Vaccination Centre (CVC) wise plan for administration of COVID vaccines in advance and publicise it.<.....

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Court derides lack of legislation on rehabilitation for sexual assault victims(03.11.2015)

In a case involving the rape of a minor and birth of a child as a consequence, the Allahabad High Court, taking note of the physical and mental trauma.....

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SC Orders CBI Investigation in 62 Cases Manipur Extra Judicial Killings(14.07.2017)

Supreme Court has directed CBI to constitute a Special Investigation Team and to investigate the alleged extra judicial killings in Manipur.

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Central Government hereby declares the services engaged in the coal industry to be a public utility service for the purposes of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947(27.05.2020)

Whereas the Central Government is satisfied that public interest so requires that the services engaged in the coal industry, which is covered under it.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Maritime Admiralty Bill(26.07.2017)

Rajya Sabha gave its nod to a bill that seeks to upgrade the law related to maritime claims, arrest and detention of ships and extends jurisdiction of.....

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Rehabilitation of Bonded Labour(10.07.2019)

The Government of India has implemented a Central Sector Scheme for Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourer, 2016 for providing rehabilitation assistance to.....

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Delhi HC Slams NDMC Over Tender Process For Cricket Coaching(13.02.2017)

Delhi High Court has pulled up New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) over “illogical and irrational” manner in which it granted contract for cricket coac.....

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Compensation or damages assessed for personal injuries should be substantial to compensate injured for deprivation suffered by injured throughout his/her life(05.02.2020)

In present case, Kajal was a bright young girl. She used to attend school, play with her friends and lead a normal life like any other child. Unfortun.....

Tags : Compensation, Enhancement, Eligibility



P&H High Court Declines to Interfere with Non-Bailable Warrant Issued by GST Authorities(15.03.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has declined to pass interim orders staying non bailable warrant issued by competent authorities under Central Goods and.....

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A maintenance order had the same legal consequences which flowed from an order made in a civil action(21.01.2022)

The appeal stemmed from the judgment of the High Court, the court made a declaratory order to the effect that the maintenance obligations contained in.....

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RBI publicises exchange of notes and coins(18.07.2016)

The Reserve Bank of India issued a master circular reiterating facilities for exchange of notes and coins, and broadening the use of currency not in t.....

Tags : soiled, mutilated, currency, exchange



Bombay High Court: Detect Specific Learning Disabilities in Students(11.05.2017)

Bombay High Court voicing concern over sufferings of students with learning disability, has directed all schools affiliated with various boards across.....

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Karnataka HC Rejects Plea for Making Public Personal Details of Persons Who Contacted COVID-19(23.04.2020)

Karnataka High Court has rejected the plea filed seeking directions to the State and Central Government to make public details of those persons who ha.....

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Karnataka HC Directs Centre to Increase Daily Oxygen Quota for Karnataka(06.05.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the Government of India to immediately increase the cap on allocation of liquid medical oxygen to the state of Karna.....

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GSTN unveils excel template for to help taxpayers perform easy data entry offline before uploading on the GST portal(02.07.2017)

Goods and Services Network (GSTN) has unveiled a simple excel based template that will facilitate the taxpayers in preparing and filing their monthly .....

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Delhi HC Issues Directions to Ensure Proper Facilities for Persons Residing in Night Shelters(29.05.2020)

Delhi High Court has passed a series of directions to Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), and the .....

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Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Against Mahesh Sharma in Kailash Hospital Land Scam(02.11.2015)

Supreme Court has dismissed a petition against Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma challenging his acquittal from Kailash Hospital land scam case.

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Secretary, DEA inaugurates the Workshop on the involvement of Multilateral Agencies in developing the capacity of Finance Departments of the States and Union Territories(11.09.2017)

Shri Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India inaugurated here today the familiariza.....

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J&K HC: Fake or Invalid Driving Licenses Not Valid Defenses to Avoid Liability of Insurer(08.09.2020)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has observed that mere absence, fake or invalid driving license or disqualification of the driver to drive at the relevan.....

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Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016(07.03.2016)

The Union Government introduced the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of.....

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Complaint cannot barred by limitation, where there is case of continuing cause of action(10.01.2018)

Instant first appeal has been filed under Section 19, read with Section 21(a)(ii) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 against the impugned order, pas.....

Tags : Complaint, Maintainability, Possession



Delhi High Court:Detailed Order is not Essential under Sec 228 of CrPC if there is Prima Facie Ground(20.11.2019)

Delhi High Court has ruled that the order of the trial court on charge need not be a lengthy or a detailed one. Such an order should only indicate tha.....

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Madras HC Directs to Frame Laws to Ensure Immediate Deportation of Illegal Immigrants(28.09.2021)

Madras High Court has directed the Ministry of Home Affairs to frame appropriate laws within 3 months with regards to illegal immigrants who repeatedl.....

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Indian Railways Issues Letter of Award for Setting Up of Diesel Locomotive to GE Global Sourcing India Pvt. Limited(09.11.2015)

Indian Railways awarded GE Global Sourcing India Private Limited a Letter of Award to set up a Diesel Locomotive Factory in Bihar. In furtherance to i.....

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No GST is applicable on free food supplied in anna kshetras run by religious institutions(11.07.2017)

There are media reports suggesting that GST applies on free food supplied in anna kshetras run by religious institutions. This is completely untrue. N.....

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The acknowledgment in the form of letters/OTS/Settlement terms made by 'Corporate Debtor' before expiry of period of limitation results in a fresh period of limitation(22.05.2020)

The limited question involved in present appeal is whether the application under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ("I&B Code") fi.....

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Madras HC: Injury Need Not be Physical Always(01.08.2016)

Madras HC, while clarifying that injury doesn’t always need to be physical, has held that parents of a minor girl who was allegedly abducted and marri.....

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Panic Button becomes available to women with launch of ERSS and pan-India Emergency number 112(19.02.2019)

Investigation Tracking System for Sexual Offences (ITSSO) and Safe City Implementation Monitoring Portal also launched Rs. 78.86 crores announced to s.....

Tags : Panic Button, Availability, Women



Cabinet approves deepening and optimization of inner harbour facilities(30.12.2020)

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the project 'Deepening and Optimization of Inner H.....

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It is not for the Courts to substitute a Scheme or add or subtract from the terms thereof in judicial review(08.01.2020)

In facts of present case, Jagdish Raj, husband of Respondent No. 1 and father of Respondent No. 2, was appointed as a Clerk-cum-Shroff in the Appellan.....

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Fact of family’s sustenance for long-time is sufficient to deny compassionate appointment(20.12.2019)

In present case, Petitioner seeks quashing of order passed by Respondent No. 2 vide which her case for compassionate appointment was rejected. The hu.....

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Requirement of customer due diligence and need for maintenance of records(06.12.2016)

It has been reported that, of late, a lot of customers are approaching banks for re-activation of dormant accounts. In this regard, we invite attentio.....

Tags : Diligence, Record maintenance, Requirement



RBI releases framework for authorisation of pan-India Umbrella Entity for Retail Payments(18.08.2020)

Reserve Bank has today placed on its website, the 'framework for authorisation of pan-India Umbrella Entity for Retail Payments'. The framework has be.....

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NGT Raps Councillor for Cutting Trees(02.11.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped a Municipal Councillor from South Delhi after South Corporation accused him of cutting trees illegally. NGT h.....

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Gujarat HC: Property Cannot be Straightway Given to Complainant Under Domestic Violence Act(07.11.2016)

Gujarat High Court has held that a property owned by a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) and any suit property cannot be straightaway given to an aggrieved.....

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For determining pecuniary jurisdiction, value of the goods or services paid as consideration alone has to be taken(28.08.2020)

In facts of present case, on 2 June, 2016, Complainant had taken Insurance Coverage from National Insurance Company Limited, under its Standard Fire a.....

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Central Government hereby rescinds the notification No. 89/2009-Customs, dated the 31st August, 2009(18.08.2015)

The Central government rescinded its notification dated 31.08.2009 which imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of 'Flexible Slabstock Polyol', origina.....

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Supreme Court: Lokpal Bill A Workable Legislation, No Need To Keep It Pending(27.04.2017)

Supreme Court, while strongly pushing for appointment of a Lokpal, has said that existing Lokpal bill is a workable piece of legislation and there was.....

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SC: Bar to File Separate Suit Challenging Compromise Decree Applies to Stranger Also(07.05.2020)

Supreme Court has held that the bar under Order 23 Rule 3A of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 to challenge a decree passed on a compromise in a sepa.....

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Customer due diligence for transactions in virtual currencies(31.05.2021)

1. It has come to our attention through media reports that certain banks/ regulated entities have cautioned their customers against dealing in virtual.....

Tags : Customer, due diligence, Transactions



Apprehension of death due to COVID a valid ground for Anticipatory Bail(25.05.2021)

The State of Uttar Pradesh had moved the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Allahabad High Court wherein anticipatory bail was granted on the .....

Tags : Anticipatory bail, apprehension of death, Covid 19



Madras HC Seeks Centre Explanation Over TN Drought Relief Fund(09.02.2017)

Madras High Court has directed Centre to explain by March 9 steps it had taken with respect to a plea made by State government to sanction ?39,565 cro.....

Tags : Madras High Court, National Disaster Response Fund, Tamil Nadu



CIVIL - Madras HC Seeks External Affairs Ministry’s Response on Indian Sailors Missing in Russian Waters(21.02.2019)

Madras High Court has sought response of external affairs ministry on steps it has taken to find missing Indian sailors in Russian waters.

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Orissa HC Directs DM to Submit Report on Conditions of Jails(15.03.2021)

Orissa High Court has directed the District Magistrates of various districts to make a surprise visit to the jails within their jurisdiction and submi.....

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No interference is warranted invoking writ jurisdiction of present Court, when a statutory remedy of appeal is available(15.03.2021)

The Petitioner has filed present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950 seeking a writ of certiorari to quash proceedings .....

Tags : Proceedings, Alternative remedy, Availability



Union Budget 2017-18: Key Updates(01.02.2017)

#Surcharge of 10% on individuals earning between Rs 50 lakh to Rs 1 crore. #Foreign investors will not have to pay tax after cashing out of offshore .....

Tags : Budget 2017-18, Union Budget, Rail Budget, Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister



Supreme Court Postpones Elections For Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh For 3 Months(19.03.2018)

Supreme Court has postponed the elections for the State Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh for a period of three months.

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Statement recorded under Section 161 of CrPC can be used only to prove the contradictions and/or omissions(02.03.2020)

Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment passed by the High Court by which the High Court has confirmed the conviction of the App.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Draft Equal Opportunity Commission Bill Re-Circulated for Inter-Ministerial Consultations(16.03.2017)

Based on the Expert Group Report and examination by the Government, the draft Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) Bill has been re-circulated for inter.....

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Government of India and ADB sign $926 Million Loan Agreement for Mumbai Metro Rail Project(01.03.2019)

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $926 Million Loan Agreement today to operationalize two lines for the Mumbai Met.....

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Rajasthan HC Directs State to Ensure Installation of Smart Television in Institutions for Children(01.02.2021)

Rajasthan High Court has directed the state government to ensure that smart television screens were installed in all the institutions and pre-recorder.....

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Minor defect in investigation on part of Investigating Officer does not take away prosecution case(23.06.2017)

Instant appeal is against judgment passed by Additional District & Sessions Judge, Fast Track 1st Court, convicting Appellant for offence punishable u.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Provisions of Limitation Act would apply mutatis mutandis to proceedings under IBC in NCLT/NCLAT(05.04.2021)

Present Appeal has been filed by the Appellant-Mr. Thomas George who is director of the suspended Board of the Corporate Debtor Mathstraman Manufactur.....

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SC Pulls Up TN Govt. for Ordering GAIL to Change Pipeline Alignment(03.02.2016)

Supreme Court has pulled up Jayalalithaa Government in Tamil Nadu for ordering GAIL India to change alignment of a major gas pipeline to appease agita.....

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Launching of Pencil Portal to Eliminate Child Labour(27.12.2017)

Government has developed an online portal PENCIL (Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour) which was launched on 26.9.2017. The purpose.....

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Lok Sabha passes the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019(27.11.2019)

As per original Act, SPG cover solely meant for security of the Prime Minister; Amendment to make SPG more efficient in securing PM: Shri Amit Shah Th.....

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Govt Exempts Bonds of Indian Railway Finance Corporation from Income Tax(14.08.2017)

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified that Bonds of Indian Railway Finance Corporation will be exempted from Income Tax under section 54EC.....

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Telangana High Court Seeks Reply from State Government on Errum Manzil Issue(31.07.2019)

Telangana High Court has taken into consideration for examination the previous order of the court passed in the year 2015 directing the State Governme.....

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Evidence of witnesses cannot be disbelieved on basis of minor contradiction(06.07.2021)

Present appeal is filed against judgment and order passed by the High Court, by which the High Court has dismissed the said appeal preferred by the Ap.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



CIC Rules: “Disclosing Assets of Official’s Spouse Not Permissible under RTI”(04.10.2016)

Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that demanding asset details of spouse and dependents of government officials under Right to Informatio.....

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TDS provisions under Section 194H of IT Act is not applicable on sale of recharge vouchers and pre-paid vouchers to sole distributors(18.05.2020)

Present cross appeals filed by the Revenue as well as the assessee are directed against the common order of the learned Commissioner of Income Tax (Ap.....

Tags : Levy, TDS provisions, Applicability



Model Juvenile Justice Rules encompass 49 Forms(25.05.2016)

Draft Model Rules under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 were released by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.<.....

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Supreme Court Slaps Rs.1-Lakh Fine On Google, Others for Not Replying to Notice on Child Pornography(22.05.2018)

Supreme Court has imposed costs of Rs. 1 lakh each on Yahoo, Facebook Ireland, Facebook India, Google India, Google Inc., Microsoft and Whats App for .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Child Pornography



NCLT, Mumbai Orders to Restore E-way Bill Facility for Taxpayers Undergoing Insolvency Proceedings(26.02.2020)

National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai has ordered to restore the e-way bill facility for taxpayers undergoing insolvency proceedings.

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SC: SLP Filed Only Against Review Order Not Maintainable(10.03.2021)

Supreme Court has reiterated that Special leave Petitions filed only against the order of the High Court in Review Petition is not maintainable.

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If borrower is aggrieved by any of the actions of the private bank, borrower has to avail the remedy under the SARFAESI Act and no writ petition is maintainable(12.01.2022)

The original Respondent - the Assets Reconstructing Company (ARC) has preferred the present appeals against the impugned order passed by the High Cour.....

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An assessee is bound within four corners of the statute and the period of limitation prescribed in Excise Act and Rules in refund claims before the Departmental Authorities(16.03.2021)

The Applicant was engaged in manufacturing of "Galvanized Transmission & Communication Tower Parts". The Appellant filed a refund claim amounting to R.....

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Bombay HC issues directions for construction of toilets(23.12.2015)

On a PIL regarding toilet facilities for ‘women walking on the streets’, the Bombay High Court ordered all municipal corporations to formulate compreh.....

Tags : Women, toilets, Maharashtra, committee



SC Issues Notice on Plea for Cross-Verification of VVPAT Trails in At least 30% Polling Stations(08.01.2019)

Supreme Court has sought response from Election Commission of India on a petition demanding counting and cross verification of Voter Verifiable Paper .....

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Cabinet approves the proposal of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to sign Bilateral Memorandum of Understanding between India and Luxembourg(09.12.2020)

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for the proposal of Securities & Exchange Board of India (S.....

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Delhi HC: Child Born As a Result of Sexual Offences Entitled to Compensation(14.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has held that a child born out of rape is clearly a victim of offence and entitled to compensation.

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Delhi High Court Rejects Vedanta’s Plea To Export Crude From Barmer Oilfield(29.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has rejected Vedanta Ltd.’s plea to allow it to export crude oil from its Barmer field in Rajasthan, saying “there was no merit in th.....

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Liability appearing in the Balance Sheet tantamount to acknowledgement of debt(02.09.2021)

In facts of present case, an amount of Rs. 6,03,90,079 was disallowed under Section 41(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (IT Act) and added to the total .....

Tags : Assessment, Addition, Liability



Karnataka High Court: Gravity of Offence not Decisive Ground to Refuse Bail(18.11.2019)

Karnataka High Court has while granting bail to an accused charged of kidnapping and rape of a minor girl who later committed suicide said that gravit.....

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In a case of revocable Trust, the provisions of Section 61 to 63 of IT Act were applicable and the assessee could not be assessed as AOP(15.09.2021)

Assessee is a Trust created by Asset Reconstruction Company India Ltd. (ARCIL) for the purpose of liquidating/recovering/realizing the non-performing .....

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Budget: It’s that time of 2016(22.02.2016)

The Parliament’s 2016 Budget Session may prove a misnomer yet what with 16 Bills waiting in the wings and another two to be introduced. Amongst the ne.....

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Now Aadhaar Must for Filing PILs: Madras High Court(11.01.2018)

Madras High Court has directed its registry to collect the litigants' Aadhaar card copy along with other documents at the time of filing the PILs.

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Provision of hostel facilities to nurses so as to facilitate better medical care is a positive duty enjoined upon hospital and cannot be linked to any commercial activity(14.11.2019)

In present matter, the Appellant’s case is that Respondent No. 1/Opposite Party No. 1 had developed two buildings ‘Madhuvan’ with thirty two ‘1 BHK’ f.....

Tags : Complaint, Maintainability, Transaction, Nature



Delhi HC Restrains Publishers from Creating Audio Books from Novels of Anil Mohan(07.12.2020)

Delhi High Court has restrained publishers from creating audio books from Anil Mohan Bhardwaj novels in which he claimed that he has subsisting valid .....

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A private company running on commercial lines is not entitled to exemptions under Section 10 Income Tax Act(20.11.2020)

The Appellant, City Power Soc Limited (City Power), is a state-owned company that is wholly owned by the City of Johannesburg (the City). In 2014, it .....

Tags : Assessments, Exemption, Applicability



LCI 268th Report on Bail Provisions: Reduce Incarceration Period for Unconvicted Undertrials(25.05.2017)

Law Commission of India in its 268th report related to bail system, made significant suggestions to change bail provisions keeping in mind that poor p.....

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Calcutta HC Directs Police to Return Mobile Phone/SIM Card Seized From Doctor(02.04.2020)

Calcutta High Court has directed the Police to return mobile phone and SIM card seized from a doctor who criticized the Government in Social Media for.....

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There must be existence of a proximate and live link between the effect of cruelty based on dowry demand and the death concerned(17.12.2021)

The Appellant are aggrieved by the common judgment passed by the High Court upholding the judgment of conviction under Sections 304B and 201 read with.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Bombay HC Takes Note of Railways Death(16.02.2016)

Bombay HC has said that Railways should address deaths of commuters travelling by local trains on a “war footing” as people are dying every single day.....

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PILs can’t be Used as Tool to Take Vengeance: Karnataka High Court(22.11.2018)

Karnataka High Court has remarked that Public Interest Litigation cannot be used as a tool to wreck vengeance, while dismissing a PIL filed by a lady .....

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Conviction Can Be Based On Sole Testimony Of Victim If Reliable And Trustworthy(14.10.2020)

The Appellant – original accused has preferred the present appeal, feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order passed by t.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Civil Courts in West Bengal have authority to entertain tenant's application for repair of premises(19.08.2015)

The West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997 does not exclude jurisdiction of the Civil Court in an application to facilitate urgent repair work. A civi.....

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Calcutta High Court Allows Railways to Use Own Force for Eviction Drive(14.06.2018)

Calcutta High Court has allowed the Railways to carry out eviction of encroachers at New Jalpaiguri and Siliguri stations, and directed the West Benga.....

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Bombay HC on Plea Alleging Trade Unionist Illegally Quarantined Due to Animosity with Cop(11.05.2020)

Bombay High Court has observed that prima facie it appears that the President of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) was deliberately and malafid.....

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Kerala High Court Issues Guidelines for Where Persons Accused of Offences Pleads Guilty(10.06.2021)

Kerala High Court has issued guidelines to be adhered to in cases where persons accused of offences plead guilty and such directions include, explanat.....

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High Court would have jurisdiction over matters specified in Section 62(2) of Competition Act, 1998, unless such jurisdiction was specifically and expressly ousted(08.04.2021)

Present is an appeal against a decision of the High Court, in terms of which it dismissed an application under Rule 30 of the Uniform Rules , brought .....

Tags : Provision, Applicability, Jurisdiction



SC Dismisses Plea to Apply 30% Domicile Reservation to 2019-20 Academic Year(11.09.2020)

Supreme Court has approved the decision of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Kolkata to not apply the benefit of 30%.....

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Gujarat HC: No Need to Examine Scribe to Prove Execution of a Will(20.08.2021)

Gujarat High Court has held that in view of the provisions of Section 68 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, there is no need to examine the scribe of a.....

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An application by a client for cost assessment must be made within 12 months after the bill is given(28.06.2022)

Present is an application for an extension of time within which to have bills of costs rendered by the applicant's practitioner assessed pursuant to S.....

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Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill, 2015(30.11.2015)

The Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill, 2015, set to be introduced in the Parliament’s Winter Session, 2015, proposes much needed updates to the Dru.....

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Appellate Court cannot interfere with order of acquittal if the view taken by Trial Court is reasonable and findings recorded by it are not manifestly erroneous or contrary to the evidence on record(09.01.2018)

The Superintendent of Police, Central Bureau of Investigation, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Jammu, has filed this appeal against the judgment of acquittal .....

Tags : Illegal gratification, Acquittal, Validity



Gauhati HC Directs Centre to Decide on Representations Seeking Time Extension for Filing GSTR Forms(05.02.2020)

Gauhati High Court has directed the Union of India to decide within a week the representations filed by All India Federation of Tax Practitioners and .....

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Bombay HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Chartered Accountant Who Allegedly Submitted Bogus Surety(18.11.2021)

Bombay High Court has granted Anticipatory Bail to Chartered Accountants (CA) who has allegedly submitted a bogus surety.

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NGT Directs EDMC to Approach Expert Committee over Land Allotment to Develop Sanitary Landfills(06.12.2016)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) to approach a high powered expert committee for its plea seeking al.....

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Convincing evidence on recoveries given by Investigating Officer could not be rejected merely because panch witness had turned hostile(26.08.2019)

By present revision application, the Applicant (original accused) has challenged judgments and orders of two Courts below, whereby he stood convicted .....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Earlier assault can bolster suspicion of murder, but is not sufficient by itself to conclude guilt of accused(15.04.2015)

In a case where the Appellant was accused of the murder of his wife, the Court held that a prior incident of assault against the wife 'stands alone' a.....

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#GST: Council Finalizes GST Rates For 1,211 Items, Items of Daily Use to Attract Lower Tax Rate(19.05.2017)

GST Council has finalized tax rates for over 1,200 items, wherein a consensus was drawn to exempt or lower taxes on several items of daily use.

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Delhi HC Allows Release of Under Trial Prisoners on Bail Upon Furnishing of Personal Bond(13.04.2020)

Delhi High Court has agreed with the decision of the High Powered Committee to do away with sureties and release the under trial prisoners on bail upo.....

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Involuntary act of principal debtor, leading to loss of security, would not absolve a guarantor of its liability(21.05.2021)

The common question which arises in present cases concerns the vires and validity of a notification dated 15th November, 2019 issued by the Central Go.....

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CIC dismisses appeal seeking up-to-date government email addresses(16.12.2015)

The Central Information Commission dismissed an appeal seeking email addresses of all governments, public authorities and organisations maintained by .....

Tags : Rti, email addresses, outdated, security, privacy



Supreme Court Allows Centre to Relocate Forces from Darjeeling to Gujarat(28.11.2017)

Supreme Court has permitted Centre to withdraw four of the eight companies of the Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) from strife-torn Darjeeling.....

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Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Man Arrested for Smuggling(30.09.2019)

Bombay High Court has ruled that exotic animals do not come under the specification of ‘Prohibited Goods’ under Section 135(i)(c ) of the Customs Act,.....

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Karnataka HC Issues Notice for Non-Provision of Facilities for Persons with Disabilities and Senior C(26.08.2021)

Karnataka High Court has issued notice to the Union government and Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL) on a public interest litigation petition com.....

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Supreme Court Annuls BCI Order Capping Age Limit For Law Courses(06.03.2017)

Supreme Court has stayed an order issued by Bar Council of India (BCI) fixing an age limit of 45 years for three-year LLB degree courses and 22 years .....

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NCLT Grants Gail India Status of Operational Creditor in Alok Industries Case(14.02.2019)

National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has accepted Gail India Ltd's plea to be treated as operational creditor in the textile player Alok Industries' i.....

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RBI cautions against unauthorised Digital Lending Platforms/Mobile Apps(23.12.2020)

There have been reports about individuals/small businesses falling prey to growing number of unauthorised digital lending platforms/Mobile Apps on pro.....

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Motion for injunction against 'Manjhi – The Mountain Man' dismissed by Bombay High Court(20.08.2015)

The Court dismissed a motion for injunction against the film, 'Manjhi – The Mountain Man', for infringing copyright vested in the Plaintiffs' script. .....

Tags : Film, injunction, prior awareness



Bombay HC: Civil Court Has Power to Summon Witness While Conducting Inquiry Under CrPC(03.05.2017)

Bombay High Court has ruled that a Civil Court has power to call a witness under Section 311 of Code of Criminal Procedure while conducting an inquiry.....

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Delhi HC Extends Interim Bail Granted to Undertrial Prisoners for 45 Days(11.05.2020)

Delhi High Court has extended the interim bail granted to Under Trial Prisoners (UTP) for 45 days in light of the continuing COVID19 pandemic on the r.....

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SC Directs State to Ensure No Break in Education of Children Orphaned by Pandemic(09.06.2021)

Supreme Court has directed State Governments and Union Territories to ensure that there is no break in the education of children who have become orpha.....

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Supreme Court to Railways: Don’t Compromise With Safety, Human Life is Precious(10.08.2015)

Supreme Court has slammed railways for unmanned railway crossings which take heavy toll of human lives and asked Government that why it was introducin.....

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Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) signs another Bilateral Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) with subsidiary of a Japanese Company(07.03.2017)

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has entered into a bilateral Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) with rollback provision with a Japanese subsidia.....

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Central Government hereby declares the services engaged in the industry of defence establishments to be a public utility service for the purposes of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947(18.12.2019)

Whereas the Central Government is satisfied that the public interest so requires that the services engaged in the industry of defence establishments, .....

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Gravity alone cannot be a decisive ground to deny bail, rather competing factors are required to be balanced by Court while exercising its discretion(21.05.2018)

By way of instant petition filed under Section 438 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC), prayer has been made on behalf of the Petitioners for g.....

Tags : Bail, Grant, Conditions



Identify Illegal Shrines in Nashik: Bombay High Court Tells Civic Body(21.11.2018)

Bombay High Court has directed the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) to carry out a fresh exercise of identifying unauthorised religious structures i.....

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SC Upholds Patna HC Order Directing Husband to Pay Wife as Condition for Anticipatory Bail(19.10.2020)

Supreme Court has dismissed a husband plea against the Patna High Court direction to pay Rs. 20,000 to his wife monthly as a condition for grant of an.....

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Madras HC Issues Directions to State for Rehabilitation of Victims and Families(14.09.2021)

Madras High Court has issued a host of directions to the State government for the rehabilitation of the victims and their families of the 2018 inciden.....

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Liability to deduct tax under Section 195 of IT Act arises only when the "sum" being paid is chargeable to tax under the IT Act(20.07.2022)

The Assessee had entered into an agreement with GSI Engine B.V., {a tax resident of Netherland, having its head office at Netherland} qua an aircraft .....

Tags : Tax, Provision, Applicability



NGT Directs Shipping Firm to Pay Rs 100 Cr in Damages for Oil Spill(24.08.2016)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed a Panama-based shipping company and its two Qatar-based sister concerns to pay up Rs 100 crore as damages f.....

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NCLAT: IL&FS Group Companies Labeled Green Allowed to Start Servicing Debt(30.05.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has observed that if the Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) companies placed under th.....

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CBIC provides facilitation for exporters having IGST refund issues(22.02.2021)

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has extended the time limit for sanction of pending IGST refunds in such cases where records ha.....

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Supreme Court Directs Home Ministry to Audit Jail Expenses(23.02.2017)

Supreme Court, while unearthing “huge discrepancy” in jail accounts, has asked Home Ministry to take assistance of the Comptroller and Auditor-General.....

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CRIMINAL - Accused Not Entitled to Bail Solely on Ground That She is a Woman: Himachal Pradesh HC(11.03.2019)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has observed that an accused is not entitled to bail solely on ground that she is a woman and said that it is discretion .....

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Evidence recorded in a criminal trial against any accused is confined to the culpability of that accused only(29.10.2021)

In facts of present case, trial Court vide separate judgments and orders under Sections 132, 135(1)(a)(ii) read with 135A of the Customs Act 1962, had.....

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Bombay HC: Harness Whatsapp to receive child rights complaints(02.05.2016)

Hearing a PIL for women lawyers being given priority appointments as Special Public Prosecutors under the Protection of Child Rights Act, the Bombay H.....

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Supreme Court: Accused Cannot Be Re-arrested by Ignoring Bail Order(10.05.2018)

Supreme Court has observed that it is not permissible to simply re-arrest the accused, by adding another offence, ignoring the bail order in force at .....

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India and Finland ink MoU to enhance bilateral defence cooperation(15.01.2020)

Defence Secretary, Dr. Ajay Kumar and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence of Finland Mr. Jukka Juusti signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) .....

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ITAT, Mumbai: Activities Undertaken by Builders Association Not Trade, Commerce or Business(16.03.2021)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai has allowed the exemption under section 11(1)(a) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 as activities undertaken by .....

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Clarification regarding applicability of Social Welfare Surcharge on goods exempted from basic and other customs duties/cesses(01.02.2022)

1. References have been received seeking clarification on the issue of applicability of Social Welfare Surcharge (SWS) on goods that are exempted from.....

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Maternity Bill, 2016 Receives Prez Assent(29.03.2017)

Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 which entitles women working in organised sector to paid maternity leave of 26 weeks, up from 12 weeks has re.....

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Decisions taken by the GST Council in the 34 the meeting held on 19th March, 2019 regarding GST rate on real estate sector(19.03.2019)

GST Council in the 34th meeting held on 19th March, 2019 at New Delhi discussed the operational details for implementation of the recommendations made.....

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Delhi Court Grants Bail to CC Thampi in Money Laundering Case(30.01.2020)

Delhi Court has granted bail to CC Thampi in a money laundering case related to Robert Vadra for allegedly acquiring assets abroad in an illegal manne.....

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Central Government hereby declares the services in the Bank Note Paper Mill India Private Limited, Mysore, Karnataka to be a public utility service for the purposes of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947(11.02.2021)

Whereas the Central Government is satisfied that the public interest so requires that the services in the Bank Note Paper Mill India Private Limited, .....

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Bombay HC to Western Railway: Bear Baby’s Medical Costs(28.10.2015)

Bombay High Court has ordered Western Railway to bear medical expenses of a one-month old child who was found abandoned in a train at Virar railway st.....

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Calcutta HC Dismisses CBI’s Plea for Cancellation of Bail to Madan Mitra in Saradha Scam(04.11.2016)

Calcutta High Court has rejected CBI's prayer for cancellation of bail to Trinamool Congress Leader Madan Mitra, an accused in Multi-crore Saradha Chi.....

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Anticipatory bail cannot be granted in economic offence cases as it hampers effective investigation(05.09.2019)

Present appeal relates to the alleged irregularities in Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance given to the INX Media for receiving forei.....

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Interest on delayed GST payment will now be calculated on net tax liability(15.02.2020)

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) released a statement clarifying that, interest payable on delayed payment of GST will be calcul.....

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SC Asks Petitioner Seeking Directions to Include Details of Candidates on EVMs to Send Copy to AG(19.03.2021)

Supreme Court has asked a petitioner seeking directions to include the photograph, age and qualifications of contesting candidates in Electronic Votin.....

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Supreme Court Refuses to Expedite Hearing of PILs Against Tainted Politicians(05.04.2017)

Supreme Court while refusing to expedite hearing on PILs filed against tainted politicians has said that it was not possible to set up a Constitution .....

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Delhi High Court Refuses Mahout’s Plea Seeking Release of Elephant from Alleged Illegal Detention(22.01.2020)

Delhi High Court has refused to entertain the mahout’s Plea seeking the release of an elephant from alleged illegal detention. The Court stated that k.....

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AAR, Karnataka: 18% GST to Apply on Support Services for Research on Epilepsy(08.02.2021)

Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR), Karnataka has ruled that 18% Goods and Services Tax is applicable on support services for research on the Preventio.....

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Details of infrastructure available for testing of samples related to hazardous goods by Revenue Laboratories(23.12.2021)

1. Reference is invited to Instruction No. 17/2020-Customs dated 10.08.2020 wherein CBIC had started a Special Drive on 11.08.2020 to dispose off uncl.....

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Gujarat HC Seeks Details on Illuminated Hoardings Placed on City Streets(02.12.2015)

Gujarat HC has sought details about illuminated hoardings placed on city streets whose glares affect vision of vehicle drivers temporarily blinding th.....

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Supreme Court: Properly Implement 'Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act' Within 3 Months(29.01.2018)

Supreme Court has granted three months’ time to all States and Union Territories to implement the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016, the am.....

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Delhi High Court Convicts 'Barely 17 Years Old Boy' for Rape as He Fails to Claim Juvenility(05.02.2020)

Delhi High Court has convicted and sentenced a minor boy under the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 20.....

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Telangana HC: E-Copies of Bail Orders Sufficient for Release; Certified Copies Not Necessary(22.11.2021)

Telangana High Court has dispensed with the requirement of certified copies of bail orders observing that the indefeasible fundamental right of an acc.....

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RBI launches retail Central Bank Digital Currency(29.11.2022)

The Reserve Bank announces the launch of the first pilot for retail digital Rupee (e₹-R) on December 01, 2022. The first pilot in the Digital Rupee - .....

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Delhi High Court Seeks Centre’s Response on Uniform Syllabus for Children(01.06.2016)

Delhi High Court has sought response from the Ministry of HRD and Ministry of Law on a plea seeking uniform education syllabus for all children aged 6.....

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Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board Pulls Plug on Sterlite Plant(25.05.2018)

Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has ordered the closure of the Vedanta-Sterlite copper factory in Thoothukudi.

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Delhi High Court: Facilitating Land and Other Related Activities to Attract Service Tax(27.02.2020)

Delhi High Court has held that the changeability of the activity on facilitating land and other related activities to attract service tax under the he.....

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Parliament Passes Arbitration & Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 for Automatic Stay on Awards(11.03.2021)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 by voice vote. It seeks to amend the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, .....

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Failure of a builder to obtain occupation certificate is a deficiency in service under Consumer Protection Act, 1986(11.01.2022)

The appeal arises from a judgment and order of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission. The complaint was filed by the Appellant for refun.....

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Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2016(30.05.2016)

The Ministry of Women and Child Development released the draft

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President Approves GST Bill(08.09.2016)

President Pranab Mukherjee has signed the Government's flagship Goods and Services Tax or GST Bill.

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Rajya Sabha Passes Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019(02.07.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019, as a result of which the President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir has be.....

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Mandatory filing/issuance of a Registration Cum Membership Certificate (RCMC) /Registration Certificate (RC) through the DGFT common digital platform from 01.04.2022(24.02.2022)

1. Reference is invited to Trade Notice No. 27 dated 30.11.2021. In this regard, it is informed that the electronic platform to facilitate electronic .....

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Cabinet apprised of the MoU between India and Switzerland on Technical Cooperation in Rail Sector(04.10.2017)

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding between Ministry of Railways, Gover.....

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J&K HC Revives PIL to Ensure Dignity & Equality to Persons with Disabilities(08.10.2020)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has revived a Public Interest Litigation seeking necessary directions under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, .....

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Foreign Direct Investment - Reporting under FDI Scheme on the e-Biz platform(21.08.2015)

The Reserve Bank of India enabled online filing of the 'Foreign Currency Transfer of Shares' returns for reporting transfer of shares, convertible deb.....

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Delhi High Court Notices Centre over Poor Food on Trains(04.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked Centre to respond to a petition seeking hygienic and quality food at railway kitchens, eateries and trains.

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Kerala HC Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Children Below 7 Yrs of Age, Accused of Rape(11.05.2020)

Kerala High Court has stayed all the criminal proceedings and has directed the concerned authorities to forthwith put the case where three children, b.....

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Uttarakhand HC Orders State to Conduct Door-to-Door Surveillance of Covid-19 Cases(10.06.2021)

Uttarakhand High Court has ordered the State Government to conduct door-to-door surveillance across 13 districts of the state, especially in remote vi.....

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Bombay HC: Can't Compute Compensation on Basis of 45% Permanent Disability in Motor Accident Claim(20.04.2022)

Bombay High court has held that the Motor Accident Tribunal has committed an error in accepting the claimant’s permanent disability of a motor acciden.....

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Format for Business Responsibility Report(04.11.2015)

The Securities and Exchange Board of India released a ‘Suggested Format for Business Responsibility Report’ pursuant to the SEBI (Listing Obligations .....

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Delhi High Court Refuses Bail to Honeypreet, Asks Her to Surrender(27.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has dismissed an anticipatory bail petition filed by Honeypreet Insan, a confidant of jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim.

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To prove the case under NDPS Act, ownership of the vehicle is not required to be established(10.09.2020)

Original accused no.1 has preferred the present appeal against impugned Judgment passed by the High Court by which the High Court has dismissed the sa.....

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No Filings to be Accepted on Original Side Without Proper Pagination: Bombay High Court(08.03.2018)

Bombay High Court has directed officers on the original side of the High Court not to accept any filings in any matter, unless the pages are properly .....

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Competition Commission of India Dismisses Unfair Practices Complaint Against Eastern Railway(03.03.2020)

Competition Commission of India has dismissed a complaint of unfair business practices made against Eastern Railway by Abhiraj Associates Pvt. Ltd., n.....

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Supreme Court : PILs Cannot be Thrown Out Only Because Petitioner Belongs to Rival Political Party(30.03.2021)

Supreme Court has observed that a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) cannot be thrown out only because the petitioner belongs to a rival political party.....

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MSME units are together capable of constituting a complete supply chain(20.01.2022)

There is tremendous potential for Indian engineering MSMEs to be integrated into the Global Value Chain due to their manufacturing cost advantage, sai.....

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CIC: Can't Disclose All Government Email IDs(04.01.2016)

Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that email IDs of all government officials cannot be provided under the Right to Information Act as it .....

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Madras High Court Orders Arrest of Tamil Nadu Higher Education Secretary(08.01.2019)

Madras High Court has ordered the arrest of Tamil Nadu's Higher Education Secretary Mangatram Sharma in a contempt of court case.

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If an earlier application was rejected by a lower Court, the upper Court can always entertain the successive bail application(09.12.2020)

In present case, FIR for offences under Sections 8/20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) came to be registered by .....

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Bail decision must enter the cumulative effect of the variety of circumstances justifying the grant or refusal of bail(24.11.2020)

In present matter, based on a complaint, the police arrested the Petitioner in FIR registered under Section 304, 201 read with Section 34 of Indian Pe.....

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Payment made by hospital to consultant doctors requires deduction of tax at source under Section 194J of IT Act(12.07.2021)

The revenue is aggrieved by findings of Learned Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeal) [CIT(A)] that, the payment made by assessee hospital to certain co.....

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Equal chance should be given to the parties to contest the litigation before the Court(27.05.2022)

The precise grievance of the Appellant (Corporate Debtor) is that, they had filed their Reply on 12th August, 2021 within the time provided by the Tri.....

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Cenvat cannot be denied, when records are not held to be untrue or falsified(13.12.2019)

The brief facts of the case are that, the Appellant are engaged in manufacture of Alloy Steel Castings. They were issued show cause notices that, they.....

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Delhi HC: Projects in Vicinity of Airports in City Needs Global Aviation Body Clearance(14.04.2017)

Delhi HC has directed MoCA and AAI to refer to International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) case of three builders seeking an aeronautical survey .....

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If acknowledgement is made before expiry of period of limitation, then a fresh period of limitation shall be computed from time, when acknowledgement was signed(14.02.2020)

Present two Appeals emanates from the common order passed by the Adjudicating Authority/National Company Law Tribunal, whereby the Application filed b.....

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Period of limitation for filing objections has to be reckoned from date on which signed copy of award was made available to parties(02.03.2021)

The present Civil Appeal arises from a Petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 by the Appellant to challenge the.....

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Maharashtra, the First State to Grant 180 Days Maternity Leave in Surrogacy Cases(21.01.2016)

Maharashtra Government has sanctioned a special childcare leave provision for its women employees who have had a child through a surrogate.

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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear 'Infructuous' Plea Against Dismissal of Chidambaram’s Anticipatory Bail(26.08.2019)

Supreme Court has refused to entertain Chidambaram’s petition challenging the dismissal of anticipatory bail in a corruption case lodged by the CBI in.....

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A confession by an accused shall not be admissible as evidence against his or her co-accused(09.07.2021)

The issue before the Supreme Court was whether the evidence of a single witness was reliable and acceptable considering that the witness was declared .....

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CCI Finds Indian Railways to be Abusing Dominance, Orders Investigation(14.11.2018)

Competition Commission of India has made finding that practice of Railways to round off base price to next higher multiple of 5 for tickets booked onl.....

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NLU-D Announces Date for Holding AILET 2020(31.08.2020)

National University, Delhi (NLUD-D) has announced that the All India Law Entrance Test 2020 (AILET 2020) shall be held on September 26, 2020 from 11 a.....

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Pawnor, if not otherwise liable for the debt as a borrower or as a guarantor, does not merely from the act of pledging, become liable to pawnee, for anything more than the value of goods pledged(20.07.2021)

The legal question arising for consideration, in present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is, whether by virtue of Sectio.....

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SC: French Woman In Tihar Jail Will Be Extradited To Chile(28.04.2016)

SC has rejected a French woman's challenge against extradition to Chile, where she is wanted over the assassination of a key supporter of General Augu.....

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Supreme Court:Make 'Bail a Rule' and 'Jail an Exception'(08.02.2018)

Supreme Court, while expressing concern over the fact that the jail instead of bail has become a norm in criminal jurisprudence, has urged the judges .....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Recycling of Ships Bill, 2019(10.12.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Recycling of Ships Bill, 2019 which will pave the way for safer environment in which ships are recycled in India. The Bill .....

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Superior Court can interfere in an order of bail to prevent the miscarriage of justice on basis of gravity of the offence, conduct of the accused and societal impact(04.10.2021)

The challenge laid is to an order passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana whereby anticipatory bail has been granted to Respondent No.2 (‘Respo.....

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Supreme Court Slams Bengal Government For Not Filing Response to PIL(20.02.2017)

Supreme Court has rapped West Bengal Government for not filing its response to a PIL pertaining to waste disposal in rivers.

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CIVIL - Delhi HC Pulls Up DCPCR for Not Taking Issue of Missing Children Seriously(06.03.2019)

Delhi High Court has taken to task the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) for not taking seriously the issue of children going mi.....

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Council’s disciplinary functions are not limited to instances relating to criminal conviction; it is the Council’s duty to act against conduct that is improper, unethical(15.01.2021)

In present matter, on 25 November 2014, the Respondent, Dr. David Grieve, appeared before the professional conduct committee (the committee) of the fi.....

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Draft Environment Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015(07.10.2015)

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is inviting comments on its new Bill amending the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and the Na.....

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Road to GST: 24 States Pass State GST Bill While 7 Yet to Pass(07.06.2017)

Twenty Four States have passed State GST (SGST) Bill till 5th June, 2017 while 7 States viz. Meghalaya, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Jammu &.....

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SC Seeks Centre's Response on Plea for Suitable Quarantine Facilities for Frontline Medical Workers(18.05.2020)

Supreme Court has sought instructions from the Centre on the issue of access to suitable accommodation and quarantine facilities for medical workers w.....

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Gauhati HC Seeks Details of Female Foreigners Staying in Jails with Children Below 6 Years(17.05.2021)

Gauhati High Court has directed the State Government to give details of the mothers, declared as foreigners, who are presently in jails with their chi.....

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NGT Put Stay on Construction Activities Near Tamhini Wildlife Sanctuary(18.11.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has put stay on any construction work within 10 km of Tamhini Wildlife Sanctuary and Eco-Sensitive Zone until pendency o.....

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New E-Com module for SEIS, ANF 3B to be available from 20.09.2018 for application(29.08.2018)

This Directorate has notified the form ANF 3B, vide Public Notice 15/2015-20 dated 28.06.2018. Vide Trade Notice 22/2018-19, dated 30.07.2018 all the .....

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NCLAT Directs Partial Temporary Relaxation on Physical Filing Due to Surge in Covid 19 Cases(25.05.2021)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has directed partial temporary relaxation in physical filing as per its earlier Standard Operating Procedure d.....

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CESTAT, Bangalore Quashes Demand of Service Tax for Promotion of IPL Team(06.04.2022)

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has held that the promotional activities by Anil Kumblein, former Indian skipper to carr.....

Tags : Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, promotional activities, Anil Kumblein, advertising, Business Auxilliary Services, no service tax



Jammu & Kashmir Acting DGP Dilbag Singh to Continue in Office, Says Supreme Court(20.09.2018)

Supreme Court has said that newly appointed acting Director General of Police (DGP) of Jammu and Kashmir shall continue in office till Union Public Se.....

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SC/ST Act guarantees a right to a victim or dependents to participate in any proceedings(21.07.2020)

Criminal Petition is filed under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) praying to release the Petitioner on bail in case registered f.....

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RBI releases the Financial Stability Report, July 2021(01.07.2021)

The Reserve Bank released the 23rd issue of the Financial Stability Report (FSR), which reflects the collective assessment of the Sub-Committee of the.....

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Delhi HC Rejects Bail Plea of 15 ISIS Suspects(05.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has dismissed bail pleas filed by 15 suspected ISIS operatives who were arrested from various parts of country by the NIA for alleged.....

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Take Action on Sewage Disposal Issue in Villages: P&H HC to State(10.12.2018)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed Punjab Government to take a policy decision regarding need to ensure proper disposal of sewage in villages .....

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When the test identification parades are held in police presence, statements made by the identifiers to a police officer fall within the ban of Section 162 of CrPC(29.10.2020)

The present Appeal challenges the judgment of the High Court, whereby the Criminal Appeal was disposed of upholding the conviction of the Appellant in.....

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CIVIL - Kerala HC Issues Ultimatum to Local Self Government Institutions Regarding Illegal Flex Boards(06.03.2019)

Kerala High Court has issued a final ultimatum to all local self-government institutions in state and issued directions to take urgent action to remov.....

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Section 12(5) r/w Seventh Schedule of Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996, which deals with ineligibility of a person to be appointed as Arbitrator, is mandatory and non-derogable provision(20.01.2021)

The Appellant No. 1 / HARSAC, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Haryana is the nodal agency for Geographic Information System (“GIS”.....

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Extending the Single Window Interface for Facilitation of Trade (SWIFT) to Exports(04.01.2017)

Kind reference is invited to Board's Circulars No. 03/2016 dated 03.02.2016 and No. 09/2015 dated 31.03.2015 regarding the Indian Customs Single Windo.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019(28.11.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which will now protect the Prime Minister and members of his immediate family.....

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Registration of the assessee trust cannot be rejected merely on basis that it is for the benefit of a restricted group of employees of the Company(21.10.2021)

In facts of present case, International Centre for research on Women Ltd. ('ICRW') is a non-profit organisation with the object of promoting social an.....

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SC Gives Six Weeks Protection from Arrest to Expelled AIADMK MP Sasikala Pushpa(26.08.2016)

Supreme Court has extended expelled AIADMK MP Sasikala Pushpa’s protection from arrest for six weeks, while asking the Tamil Nadu government why they .....

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Gauhati High Court Declines Bail to Accused Who Allegedly Posted Derogatory Photo of PM on Facebook(30.05.2019)

Gauhati High Court has rejected a bail application filed by a person accused of posting an obscene photo of the Prime Minister of India on his Faceboo.....

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An independent building can have a number of residential units and it will not lose the character of one residential house(24.02.2021)

The appeal filed by the assessee is directed against the order passed by Learned Commissioner of Income Tax [CIT(A)], Bengaluru and it relates to the .....

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SC Drops Contempt Proceedings Against Delhi and Tamil Nadu Governments(29.04.2016)

SC has dropped contempt proceedings against Delhi and Tamil Nadu Governments for allegedly misusing public money for “glorifying“ Arvind Kejriwal and .....

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Bombay High Court?Raps State Government for Violating Order on Children’s Homes(09.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has rapped the state government for its apathetic approach towards the improvement of children's homes in the state.

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Lok Sabha Passes Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019(10.12.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill seeks to make it easier for non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Af.....

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Treatment of additional liability on account of enhancement in family pension of employees of banks(04.10.2021)

1. The Indian Banks' Association (IBA) has approached us for the amortisation of the increased expenditure resulting from the revision in family pensi.....

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Entry into Reserve Forest Area Prohibited by Madras High Court(20.09.2018)

Madras High Court has prohibited any person including members of the Nilgiris Wildlife and Environment Association from entering into the reserve fore.....

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Profits of the foreign enterprise are taxable only where the said enterprise carries on its core business through a permanent establishment(22.07.2020)

Present appeal by the Department revisits the question as to the taxability of income attributable to a “permanent establishment” set up in a fixed pl.....

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Online filing of AEO T2 and AEO T3 applications: Launch of version 2.0 of web-application for filing, real-time monitoring, and digital certification(01.07.2021)

1. The AEO application processing for AEO T1 on the web-based portal www.aeoindia.gov.in has been functional since December 2018. To take this endeavo.....

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Valid extradition treaty between India and Chile; MEA lambasted for lax attitude(28.04.2016)

India and Chile have subsisting between them a valid extradition treaty, under the Extradition Act 1962, the Supreme Court held.

The Court.....

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Supreme Court: Use Technology for Welfare of Children(15.02.2018)

Supreme Court, while stressing the need for use of technology in Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) and Child Welfare Committees (CWCs), has expressed its.....

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NGT Directs UPPCB to Submit Report on Impact of Brick Kilns on Air Quality in Hapur(11.12.2019)

National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board to submit report on the impact of brick kilns on the ambient air qualit.....

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Madras HC Directs State to Conduct Periodical Inspections of Children's Homes(18.10.2021)

Madras High Court has directed the concerned State authorities to conduct periodical inspections of Children's Homes in order to regulate the living c.....

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Protection under Anticipatory Bail is not time bound and life of Anticipatory Bail does not end when the Accused is summoned by Court(29.01.2020)

In the present case, the issues were referred in lieu of the conflicting decisions of different Benches to the Supreme Court to decide whether the pro.....

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Kerala HC Quashes Sessions Court Order Imposing Time Limit on Siby Mathews' Pre-Arrest Bail(16.11.2021)

Kerala High Court has set aside the 60 days time limit imposed on the pre-arrest bail granted by the Sessions Court to former DGP Siby Mathews, the fo.....

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Rajasthan HC Directs State to Connect all Central, District Jails with Video-Conferencing Facility(21.12.2016)

Rajasthan High Court has directed State Government to connect all Central and District Jails in State with video-conferencing facility by February 28 .....

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Prohibition on import of milk and milk products from China(24.12.2018)

In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of FT (D&R) Act, 1992, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, as amend.....

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Bar Council of India Decides to Conduct AIBE XVI on October 31(16.09.2021)

Bar Council of India has decided to conduct the next All India Bar Examination (AIBE XVI) on October 31 and the date for registration for AIBE-16 is e.....

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Allahabad High Court : Rape Borned Child has Right over Assaulter’s Property(05.11.2015)

Allahabad High Court has ruled that a child born out of rape will have inheritance rights over property of assaulter, the “biological father”.

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In case of a Society, the will of majority of the members of Society is supreme(15.09.2017)

By present writ petition, the Petitioner-Educational Institution seeks quashing of communication dated 19th August, 2016, sent by Divisional Joint Reg.....

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J&K HC Directs Authority to Obtain Report from Deputy Commissioners Within 6 Weeks(11.09.2020)

Jammu & Kashmir High Court has directed the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh to obtain a report from all the Deputy Commissioners of.....

Tags : Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Illegal Religious Encroachments



Karnataka HC Issues Guidelines on CWCs When Child Being Surrendered(20.08.2021)

Karnataka High Court has issued guidelines on how the Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) will have to proceed to hold inquiry and counselling when parent.....

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While exercising the power under Order VII Rule 11 of CPC, the Court has to see the averments made in the plaint and documents relied upon by the Plaintiff(05.07.2022)

The present revision petition has been filed challenging the impugned order whereby the application under Order VII Rule 11 of Code of Civil Procedure.....

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Bombay HC to Ex-Royal: Deposit Rs 8cr for Stay on Alimony(23.08.2016)

Bombay HC has directed the scion of a former royal family from Punjab to deposit around Rs 8 crore if he wants a stay on a family court's order direct.....

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Delhi High Court Seeks Centre’s Response on Making ‘Two Child Norm’ as a Criteria for Government Jobs(29.05.2019)

Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to give its stand on a petition seeking to set ‘two child norm’ as a criteria for government jobs, aids and subs.....

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Three Patents filed by NMPB, MoA as part of sponsored research projects(24.02.2021)

The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of AYUSH has initiated a special drive to identify the patentable projects which were / are spons.....

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Productivity Linked Bonus for Railway Employees(07.10.2015)

The Cabinet approved Production Linked Bonus (PLB) for Railway Employees. As in previous years, 78 days’ wages will be paid considering the good finan.....

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Bombay HC Upholds Vires of S. 28 A(1) of Maharashtra Civil Courts Act, 1869(09.06.2017)

Bombay High Court has upheld the vires of Section 28 A(1) of Maharashtra Civil Courts Act, 1869 that states about high court’s power to invest civil .....

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Secondary evidence can be permitted to be produced where party establishes factual foundation(13.05.2020)

Present appeal is directed against the judgment passed by the High Court whereby the High Court confirmed the order passed by the Civil Judge in appli.....

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In cases pertaining to heinous offences, especially those of non-bailable offences, bails should be granted in a judicious manner(10.05.2021)

The present petition has been preferred by the Petitioner seeking bail in FIR under Sections 323, 341 and 354 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and Sec.....

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Madras HC: Tahsildars Authorized to Issue Legal Heirship Certificates to Class II Heirs(16.12.2016)

Madras High Court has held that Tahsildars can issue legal heirship certificates to Class II legal heirs, such as brothers and sisters.

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Extension of time limit for furnishing the details of outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017(09.10.2019)

In exercise of the powers conferred by the second proviso to sub-section (1) of section 37 read with section 168 of the Central Goods and Services Tax.....

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SC Issues Notice in Plea Challenging NGT Order Refusing To Stop Illegal Felling Of 500 Trees(07.09.2021)

Supreme Court has issued notice in an appeal filed by the Naharpur Residents Welfare Association challenging the order passed by the Principal Bench, .....

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SC: Credible & Plausible Grounds to Believe Accused is Not Guilty Required to Grant Bail(20.07.2022)

Supreme Court has held that the expression ‘reasonable grounds’ used in Section 37(1)(b) under NDPS Act would mean credible, plausible grounds for the.....

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Cabinet approves Exemption from applicability of DPE Guidelines to India Ports Global Limited(26.02.2020)

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved the exemption of the India Ports Global Ltd. (IPGL) from the DPE Gui.....

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Supreme Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to Man Accused of Rape(30.03.2021)

Supreme Court has granted anticipatory bail to Jude Lobo, a Goa-based restaurateur, Jude Lobo, who is named as an accused in an FIR lodged by a Delhi-.....

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Bombay HC Irks over Violations of Transport Rules and Malpractices in Transportation of School Kids(26.10.2015)

Bombay HC while taking serious note of violations of transport rules and malpractices in transportation of school children, has issued detailed direct.....

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NCLT Allows MCA to Supercede IL&FS Board(03.10.2018)

NCLT has allowed MCA to supercede IL&FS board with six new directors after the government moved a petition to remove the previous board of directors.

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Delhi HC Cautions Against Misuse of COVID-19 Related Liberal Bails(29.09.2020)

Delhi High Court has said it might revoke COVID bail, cautioning against misuse of its COVID 19-related liberal bail and parole orders aimed at decong.....

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Interse placement of candidates selected through LCE must be based on merit and not on the basis of seniority(12.08.2021)

The Petitioners are Members of the Higher Judicial Services working as District Judges in the State of Madhya Pradesh. They were appointed to the High.....

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Limitation Act is applicable to arbitration proceedings initiated under Section 18(3) MSMED Act(29.06.2021)

Appeals are against impugned judgment by which the High Court, while referring to various provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (19.....

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Supreme Court to Govt: Verify All Unverified Pre-Paid Mobile Phone Subscribers(06.02.2017)

Supreme Court has suggested Government to verify all unverified pre-paid mobile phone subscribers to ensure that such numbers are not misused for cri.....

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CONTEMPT OF COURT - Ericsson case: SC Holds Anil Ambani Guilty of Contempt, Asks Him to Pay Rs. 453 cr or Face Jail(20.02.2019)

Supreme Court has held Reliance Group chairman and its two directors guilty of contempt for willfully not paying Rs. 550 crore to Ericsson and asked A.....

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ITAT, Ahmedabad Imposes Penalty on Assessee for Delay in Filing Appeal and Non-Appearance(18.02.2020)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Ahmedabad has imposed a penalty of Rs. 5000 on an Assessee on the grounds of a delay of 358 days in filing an ap.....

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Consumer complaints filed before coming into effect of Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (CPA, 2019) should continue in the fora in which they were filed as per pecuniary jurisdiction(16.03.2021)

The Appellants instituted a consumer case before the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission on 18 June 2020. The consumer case was instituted.....

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Delhi High Court Terms Child Sexual Abuse an 'Epidemic'(05.10.2015)

Delhi HC while refusing dismissal of FIR lodged against accused alleged for sexually abusing a child, has termed child sexual abuse as an "epidemic" a.....

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Criminal Procedure Code (Uttar Pradesh Amendment) Bill, 2018 Re-introduced in Uttar Pradesh(13.06.2019)

Uttar Pradesh Government has re-introduced the provision of anticipatory bail after almost 43 years. This has paved the way for the Accused to get adv.....

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Extension of date for mandatory electronic filing of non-preferential certificate of origin(24.01.2022)

1. In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice 24/2021-22 dated 15.11.2021, Trade Notice 42/2020-2021 dated 19.02.2021, 48/2020-2021 dated 25.03.2021,.....

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Bank loans for the educated unemployed(29.11.2016)

Applicants including educated unemployed persons whose proposals are found bankable in accordance with the norms laid down by the concerned bank obtai.....

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Madhya Pradesh High Court Serves Notice on State Government Over Wildlife Board(29.08.2019)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued a notice to the State Government over the constitution of the Wildlife Board after an animal rights activist file.....

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Karnataka HC Temporarily Restrains Makers of 'Wild Karnataka' Documentary(19.07.2021)

Karnataka High Court has restrained the makers of the documentary 'Wild Karnataka' from dealing with the film in any manner. The Court has issued the .....

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Madras HC: TET Won’t Apply to Minority Institutions(26.08.2016)

Madras High Court has made it clear that the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) stipulated by the National Council for Teachers Education cannot be made .....

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Delhi High Court Issues Notice in PIL Challenging Exorbitant Fees for Competitive Exams(30.05.2019)

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a PIL seeking "equal opportunity to enter workforce" and regularization of "exorbitant fee" and GST charged for .....

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In a case based on circumstantial evidence, circumstances must be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused and inconsistent with the innocence(23.02.2021)

The accused Appellant was charged for offence under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) for the murder of his own wife while she was at the a.....

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Stop Giving Electricity to Buildings that Violate Plan: Madras High Court(20.11.2018)

Madras High Court has said that authorities must disconnect electricity connection of such buildings that are built in violations of approved plans.

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Bombay HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Man Accused of Outraging Modesty of Woman(16.10.2020)

Bombay High Court granted anticipatory bail to a man accused of outraging the modesty of a woman who worked in his office as an Assistant. The Court h.....

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Madras High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking a Ban on Chanting of Mantras in Tamil in Temples(13.09.2021)

Madras High Court has rejected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to be issued to the Tamil Nadu government to withdraw the 'Annai .....

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Unless the disability is attributable to or aggravated by military service and is more than 20%, the entitlement to disability pension does not arise(18.07.2022)

The Appellants, Union of India and three others, have taken an exception to the judgment and order of the Armed Forces Tribunal. By the impugned judgm.....

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Madras HC Cancels Civic Polls Notification(05.10.2016)

Madras HC has set aside notification for civic polls issued by Tamil Nadu State Election Commission and directed Commission to issue fresh notificatio.....

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Himachal Pradesh HC: Anticipatory Bail Not to Preclude Accused from Surrendering Before Court(26.05.2020)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that mere non-application of the provision for anticipatory bail to offenders accused under the Scheduled Castes .....

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P&H HC: Extramarital Relationship Not Grounds for Denying Custody of Child(01.06.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that an extramarital relationship of a mother by itself is no ground to deny her the custody of her child in ca.....

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Cenvat Credit in respect of Courier Service is admissible(06.04.2022)

The facts of the case is that, during the disputed period i.e. April 2015 to June 2017, the Appellant had availed Cenvat credit on the basis of invoic.....

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Insolvency and Bankruptcy Bill, 2015(09.11.2015)

The Ministry of Finance has placed the draft Insolvency and Bankruptcy Bill, 2015 on its website and is receiving comments on it till 19 November 2015.....

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Delhi High Court to Government: Formulate Training Module for Child Welfare panel(27.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government to formulate a training module of functioning for the Child Welfare Committee jointly with the Delhi J.....

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Party can claim maintenance from the estate of husband under Section 19 of Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 only after demonstrating that she is unable to maintain herself(07.09.2020)

The Petitioner was blessed with two sons. Late Bhupinder was married to Respondent no. 1 on 12th December, 2004 and died on 21st May, 2015. Respondent.....

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While granting bail, the Court has to keep in mind not only the nature of the accusations, but the severity of the punishment(16.08.2021)

Present is a petition under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) for grant of regular bail in Sessions Case registered at Narcotics .....

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A provision of subordinate legislation which results in a breach of a Convention right must be disregarded, if it is possible to do so without affecting the statutory scheme(13.11.2019)

On 9 November 2016, present Court handed down judgment in the series of cases collectively reported as R (Carmichael) v Secretary of State for Work an.....

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Where no minimum sentence is prescribed, accused is entitled to default bail if charge-sheet not filed in 60 days(04.12.2020)

Accused had moved a petition under Section 167(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) to release him, on the ground that, 60 days period having.....

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Supreme Court Cancels Wrongful Suspension of Woman Police Officer(14.09.2015)

Supreme Court has dismissed appeal by Tamil Nadu Government against an order that said Tamil Nadu Government had "wrongfully suspended" Ms Sathiya Pri.....

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Central Board of Direct Taxes signs 2 Unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements with Indian taxpayers taking the number of APAs signed in the current Financial Year to four(22.05.2017)

The progress of the APA Scheme strengthens the Government's commitment to foster a non-adversarial tax regime. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT.....

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SC: Person Who Takes Benefit of a Portion of Will Cannot Challenge Remaining Portion(06.04.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that a person who takes benefit of a portion of the Will cannot challenge the remaining portion of the Will.

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State cannot enrich itself unjustly, when no duty was liable to be paid by Appellant(16.08.2021)

The Appellant is engaged a manufacture of Galvanized Transmission and Communication Tower Plants. A refund claim for an amount of Rs.2,01,262 was file.....

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Supreme Court Rules, Income from Palace Rents Not Taxable Under IT Law(06.12.2016)

Supreme Court has held that income earned by erstwhile rulers of a princely state or their heirs by renting out a portion of residential palace was no.....

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P & H High Court Directs Railway to Give Rs. 8 Lakh to Family of Man Killed After Falling from Train(29.08.2019)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed Railway to pay Rs 8 lakh to the heirs of the victim of an ‘Untoward Railway Incident’ as compensation along.....

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Karnataka HC Sets Deadline for Government to Set Up Civil Service Board(20.07.2021)

Karnataka High Court has set a deadline of two months for the government to set up a Civil Service Board (CSB) for recommending transfer and posting o.....

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DGFT relaxes provision of the submission of a "Bill of Export" for supplies made to the SEZ units(07.06.2022)

Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has relaxed the provision of the submission of a "Bill of Export" for supplies made to the SEZ units in ca.....

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Madras High Court Quashes Admission Notification Issued by Tamil Nadu Ambedkar Law University(13.08.2015)

Madras HC has quashed Tamil Nadu Ambedkar Law University's admission notification which does not prescribe any age limit and directed it to issue a fr.....

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FIR is not a substantive piece of evidence; it can be used only for purposes of corroboration or contradiction of maker only(08.05.2017)

Aggrieved by nil award passed by learned Member, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, present appeal is preferred by appellant-claimants. Appellant claimed.....

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Employer of an independent contractor is not liable for negligence or other torts committed by contractor in the course of execution of work(01.04.2020)

In present appeal, the Supreme Court is asked to decide whether Barclays Bank is vicariously liable for sexual assaults allegedly committed between 19.....

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Chhattisgarh High Court: No Service Charges For Property Held by South Eastern Railway(25.05.2017)

Chhattisgarh High Court has said that property of South Eastern Railway is exempted from payment of Service Charges by virtue of provisions contained .....

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SC Takes Suo Moto Case on Risk of COVID-19 Infection in Children Protection Homes(02.04.2020)

Supreme Court has taken a suo moto case on the conditions of children protection homes across the country in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

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RBI releases the Financial Stability Report: December 2021(29.12.2021)

Today, the Reserve Bank released the 24th issue of the Financial Stability Report (FSR), which reflects the collective assessment of the Sub-Committee.....

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Notice by NGT to 66 Offenders Dumping Waste on Railway Tracks(05.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal has issued notice to 66 offenders who were caught dumping waste on railway tracks in the national capital and also refused to .....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill and Dentist (Amendment) Bill(02.08.2016)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2016, and the Dentist (Amendment) Bill, 2016, seeking to amend the Indian Medical .....

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CIVIL - Madras HC Issues Ultimatum to External Affairs Ministry Regarding Sailors Missing in Russian Waters(28.02.2019)

Madras High Court has warned secretary to external affairs ministry to submit a report on efforts taken to rescue missing Indian sailors in Russian wa.....

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Gujarat High Court Asks CBDT to Decide on Extension of Deadline by January 12(11.01.2021)

Gujarat High Court has directed Central Board of Direct Taxation (CBDT) to take a decision by 12th January, 2021 on the extension of filing of Income .....

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DGFT Notifies Date for Electronic Filing of RCMC or RC through Common Digital Platform(01.12.2021)

Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued the Trade Notice in respect of the Electronic filing of Registration Cum Membership Certificate (R.....

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J&K&L HC: School Records Have Priority Over Village Records While Determining Claims for Juvenility(21.11.2022)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that in order to ascertain the claims of juvenility, courts should give priority to the certificate i.....

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Allahabad HC: Entering into New Relationship Without Divorce Not to Deprive from Custody(04.01.2021)

Allahabad High Court has observed that the fact that the mother enters into a new relationship allegedly without obtaining divorce from her husband, m.....

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Writ of mandamus cannot be issued directing the competent authority to grant relaxation in qualifying service(22.11.2021)

Appellant impugned judgment passed by the Division Bench of the High Court by which the Division Bench of the High Court has dismissed the Special App.....

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SC Issues Notice on Plea Against Illegal Encroachments on Eco-Fragile Floodplains of River Ganga(03.02.2021)

Supreme Court has issued notice in an appeal filed against a National Green Tribunal Order which dismissed the plea filed against vast-scale illegal c.....

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Mere passage of time cannot be a ground for grant of bail under NDPS Act(31.10.2022)

The present bail application has been filed by the Petitioner seeking regular bail in FIR under Sections 21/29/61/85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychot.....

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Delhi HC Directs Police to Submit Compliance Report in Plea Seeking Rehabilitation of Victims(02.03.2020)

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Police to submit a report within 3 weeks highlighting the actions taken by police in compliance of the Court's pre.....

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Parliament passes ‘National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development Bill, 2021’(23.03.2021)

Parliament passes “National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development Bill, 2021” (NBFID Bill) to establish a National Bank for Financing Infr.....

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Cabinet apprised of the MoU between India and Indonesia on Technical Cooperation in the field of Railways sector(27.06.2018)

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has been apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Indonesia .....

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Insufficiently stamped agreement cannot be acted upon by court(10.04.2019)

Present appeal arises out of a sub-contract given by the Appellant to the Respondent in respect of work. Disputes arose between parties, and on 2nd Ja.....

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No superior Court in hierarchical jurisdiction can issue such direction/mandamus to any subordinate Court commanding them to pass a particular order(14.12.2017)

Present appeal is filed by the Complainant against the final judgment passed by the High Court of Judicature whereby the High Court partly allowed the.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Bill, 2019(28.11.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Bill, 2019. The Bill seeks to merge the two union terr.....

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Modalities for filing of placement memorandum through a Merchant Banker(21.10.2021)

1. AlFs shall launch scheme(s) subject to filing of placement memorandum with SEBI through a SEBI registered Merchant Banker. In this regard, SEBI (Al.....

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Bombay HC Irks Over Railways for Not Educating Passenger and for Uncomfortable Journeys(03.12.2015)

Bombay HC has expressing serious displeasure over online video of a person falling off a train on Central Railway and said, "Nobody offered him (decea.....

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Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notices to Three States for Failing to Check Cow Vigilantism(30.01.2018)

Supreme Court has issued contempt notices to three states - Rajasthan, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh - for allegedly failing to stop incidents of cow vig.....

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Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Peter Mukerjea in Sheena Bora Murder Case(07.02.2020)

Bombay High Court has granted bail to former media baron Peter Mukerjea, arrested in the Sheena Bora killing case, observing that prima facie there wa.....

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Magnitude of the offence cannot be the only criterion for denying bail(16.11.2021)

Present petitions under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) have been filed for grant of bail to the petitioners in FIR registered .....

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Filing of Revised Income Tax Returns by the Tax Payers Post De-Monetisation of Currency(14.12.2016)

Under the existing provisions of Section 139(5) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 ('Act'), Revised Return can only be filed if any person, who has filed a r.....

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Calcutta HC: Application u/s 9 Of A&C Act Can be Filed Where Part of Cause of Action has Arisen(14.10.2020)

Calcutta High Court has observed that an application under section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 can be filed where a part of the ca.....

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Madras HC Stays Order Related to Levy of GST on Flat, Villa Maintenance Charges(10.09.2021)

Madras High Court has stayed a Single Judge Order on levy of Goods and Service Tax on flat, villa maintenance charges. Flat or villa owners paying mor.....

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Mere fact that majority debenture holders have not initiated any application under Section 7 of IBC, shall not preclude financial creditor to initiate the same(01.02.2023)

Present Appeal has been filed against the Order by which order, the Adjudicating Authority has admitted Section 7 Application filed by the Financial C.....

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Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Bill, 2017 Gets President Nod(13.04.2017)

Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Bill, 2017 that aims to compensate States for loss of revenue due to implementation of GST has receive.....

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Gujarat High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to Accused of Alleged Misappropriation of File(20.02.2020)

Gujarat High Court has granted the anticipatory bail to accused of alleged misappropriation of files with Goods and Services Tax Department.

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Dying declaration cannot be disbelieved on mere basis that parents and relatives of deceased were present in hospital while recording it(03.03.2021)

Present appeal has been filed by the Accused aggrieved by the judgment and order passed by the High Court whereby, his conviction and order of sentenc.....

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Online Filing System for Alternative Investment Funds(31.07.2017)

1. In a constant endeavor to facilitate ease of operations in terms of applying for registration, reporting and various compliances under SEBI (Altern.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Finance (No.2) Bill, 2019(24.07.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Finance (No.2) Bill, 2019 without much discussions amid Opposition walkout.

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Allahabad HC Directs State Election Commission to Ensure Free and Fair Elections(02.07.2021)

Allahabad High Court has directed the State Election Commission of Uttar Pradesh to ensure free and fair elections to be conducted of Zila Panchayat C.....

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SC: Subsequent Parties Entitled To Seek Declaration that Land Acquisition Proceedings Have Lapsed(05.05.2017)

Supreme Court has held that subsequent purchaser, assignee, successor in interest, power of attorney, etc., are all persons who are interested in comp.....

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When two views are possible, the Appellate Court should not reverse a judgment of acquittal, merely because another view was possible(29.04.2019)

The State has instituted the present petition seeking grant of leave to assail the judgment in Session Case arising out of FIR under Sections 376 of I.....

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Madras HC Issues Notice to Centre, TN over Alleged Illegal and Unauthorised Operation of Toll Plazas(17.12.2015)

Madras HC has issued notice to Centre and Tamil Nadu Governments on a PIL seeking a CBI inquiry into illegal and unauthorised operation of toll plazas.....

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Two Child Norm Valid for Contesting Panchayat Polls Even if Third Given for Adoption: Supreme Court(25.10.2018)

Supreme Court has ruled that birth of a third child would automatically disqualify a person from contesting panchayat polls and from holding the post .....

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42nd GST Council Meeting recommends eight major changes(05.10.2020)

The 42nd GST Council met on 5th October, 2020 under the Chairmanship of Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister. The meeting was also attended by U.....

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Cabinet approves the new Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit between India and Bhutan(27.10.2016)

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has approved an Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit between India and Bhuta.....

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NCLAT Stays Formation of HDIL Committee of Creditors(04.09.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in a partial relief to listed realty developer Housing Development & Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL) has sta.....

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MP HC: Mother Who Nurtured Child in Womb is Certainly Entitled to His Custody(21.09.2020)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that the welfare of a child is of paramount importance and that the mother/petitioner, who has nurtured the chi.....

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Allahabad HC: Subsequent Filing of Chargesheet Can't Defeat Right of Accused for Default Bail(04.07.2022)

Allahabad High Court has held that an accused gets an indefeasible right to 'default bail' if he makes an application after the maximum period for inv.....

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Entry into Reserve Forest Area Prohibited by Madras High Court(20.09.2018)

Madras High Court has prohibited any person including members of the Nilgiris Wildlife and Environment Association from entering into the reserve fore.....

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CBIC and CBDT sign MoU to facilitate smoother bilateral exchange of data(21.07.2020)

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (C.....

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Punjab and Haryana HC: Neutral Authority Should Watch Rehab Centres(07.12.2015)

Punjab and Haryana HC has asked Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to explore if they were ready to appoint separate authority for independent monitoring .....

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To Incentivise Domestic Value Addition And Make In India, Customs Duty Increased On Mobile Phones And TV Parts, Measure Will Help Promote Creation Of More Jobs, Customs Duty On Raw Cashew Halved(01.02.2018)

In the first General Budget 2018-19 after the roll-out of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri.....

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Bombay HC Grants Bail to Person Alleged of Availing Inadmissible ITC(18.02.2021)

Bombay High Court granted the bail to Daulat Samirmal Mehta who allegedly availed inadmissible Input Tax Credit to the extent of Rs.191.66 crores.

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Karnataka High Court: KIAD Act Must Conform to Provisions of Centre's 2013 Land Acquisition Act(21.04.2017)

Karnataka High Court has ruled that Section 24 of Centre's Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 that deals with compensation, w.....

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CESTAT, Delhi: Service Tax Can’t be Levied for Independent Buildings Having One Residential Unit(23.03.2020)

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Delhi has ruled that Service Tax cannot be levied under Construction of Complexes or Resi.....

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SC Dismisses Appeals of Maharashtra Govt, Anil Deshmukh Against CBI Enquiry(09.04.2021)

Supreme Court has dismissed the petitions filed by Maharashtra Government and its former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh challenging the Bombay High Court.....

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Income Tax Department launches 'AIS for Taxpayer' Mobile App(22.03.2023)

The Income Tax Department has launched a Mobile app, namely, 'AIS for Taxpayer' to facilitate taxpayers to view their information as available in the .....

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NCLT Orders Insolvency Proceedings Against Empee Distilleries(12.11.2018)

National Company Law Tribunal has ordered starting of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process against liquor manufacturing company Empee Distilleries.....

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Orissa High Court Stresses Filing of Chargesheet Within Statutory 180 Days(31.08.2020)

Orissa High Court has stressed upon filing of charge-sheet against accused held under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 within .....

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Extension of Date for Mandatory electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO) through the Common Digital Platform to 01st Oct 2021(19.07.2021)

1. In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice 42/2020-2021 dated 19.02.2021 and 48/2020-2021 dated 25.03.2021, it is informed that the electronic pla.....

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Orissa HC: State Vigilance Department Can't be Completely Exempted from RTI Act(22.06.2022)

Orissa High Court has held that the State Vigilance Department cannot be completely exempted from Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 and directed th.....

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Orissa HC: Revision Petition Not Maintainable Against District Court Appellate/Revisional Order(19.04.2022)

Orissa High Court has held that a revision petition under Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure Code,1908 is not maintainable before the High Co.....

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Acknowledgement of the debt for the purpose of extension of limitation has to be made during the period of three years(26.04.2023)

Present appeal is filed by the Suspended Director of the Corporate Debtor (D.P. Agro Mills Pvt. Ltd) against the order passed by the Adjudicating Auth.....

Tags : Time period, Application, Maintainability



SEBI signs a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding with The European Securities and Markets Authority(20.07.2017)

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The European Securities and Markets Author.....

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Delhi High Court: Builders to Face Separate Trials on Victims’ Complaints(11.07.2019)

Delhi High Court has rejected a plea by the police that only a single FIR is required in cases where all investors/depositors were cheated in pursuan.....

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Madras HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Youth from Arrest for Sharing Child Pornographic Content(18.06.2021)

Madras High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a youth who apprehended arrest for sharing child pornographic content, observing that the menace of.....

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Rajasthan HC: Engagement of Child Not Offence U/S 11 Of Child Marriage Act(29.04.2022)

Rajasthan High Court has observed that Section 11 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 makes it abundantly clear that organizing marriage is.....

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Railway to pay for deaths of ‘roof riders’(05.07.2016)

The Supreme Court awarded compensation to kin of deceased who died while riding on the roof of train carriages.

The tragedy occurred when h.....

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No 'Insulting' Reference to Bhindranwale in Class 9 Books: Bombay HC(19.04.2019)

Bombay High Court has dismissed a plea which had alleged that Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who was considered a "saint" by many in Sikh community, was .....

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Bombay HC Directs CBI to Conduct Inquiry Into Corruption Allegations Against Anil Deshmukh(05.04.2021)

Bombay High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to conduct preliminary inquiry in to corruption allegations against Maharashtra Hom.....

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SC Approves Govt e-KYC Plan for Mobile Users Verification(07.02.2017)

Supreme Court has approved Government‘s plan to record identification details of mobile subscribers through an e-KYC (Know Your Customer) mechanism li.....

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CONTEMPT OF COURT - Ericsson Case: SC Holds Anil Ambani Guilty of Contempt, Asks Him to Pay Rs. 453 cr or Face Jail(20.02.2019)

Supreme Court has held Reliance Group chairman and its two directors guilty of contempt for willfully not paying Rs. 550 crore to Ericsson and asked A.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Anil Ambani, Erricson Case



Supreme Court: Parental Responsibility Does Not End with Breakdown of Marriage(19.02.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that the parental responsibility of the couple does not end even if there is a breakdown of a marriage. The Court further o.....

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A person ineligible under Section 29A of IBC would not be permitted to propose a compromise or arrangement under Section 230 of the Companies Act, 2013(15.03.2021)

In present case, by its judgment, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal held that, a person who is ineligible under Section 29A of the Insolvenc.....

Tags : Compromise, Proposal, Eligibility



Compact Disc is a ‘document’ under Section 294 CrPC(24.11.2015)

The Supreme Court ruled that a Compact Disc (CD) is a document under Section 294 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and courts were not required .....

Tags : proof, recording, admissibility, compact disc, document



Bombay HC Gives 120 Days to State For Raising Police Cell to Check Illegal Construction(17.01.2017)

Bombay High Court, while expressing its displeasure at the fact that over 400 illegal buildings have come up in Navi Mumbai since its July 2015 order .....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Illegal Construction, Special Police Cell



Kerala High Court: Father's Pension Benefits Not Exempt from Attachment(05.02.2020)

Kerala High Court has held that a father's pensionary benefits are not immune from attachment towards payment of maintenance to children.

Tags : Kerala High Court, Father's Pension Benefits, Maintenance of Children



Delhi HC Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Aiding Escape Of High Risk UTP From Judicial Custody(17.11.2021)

Delhi High Court has denied bail to a man accused of aiding the escape of a high-risk undertrial prisoner from lawful judicial custody.

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Delhi High Court (Amendment) Bill, 2015 Passed by Parliament(06.08.2015)

Parliament has passed a bill which aims to reduce the workload of the Delhi High Court by enhancing the pecuniary jurisdiction of civil suits from the.....

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Supreme Court Transfers Sushant Rohilla Suicide Case to Delhi HC(07.03.2017)

Supreme Court has transferred alleged suicide case of Amity University’s law student Sushant Rohilla to Delhi High Court.

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CIVIL - Officials Turned Blind Eye to Illegal Acts of Builders: SC(01.03.2019)

Supreme Court has blamed Noida and Greater Noida authorities for creating "havoc" in real estate by turning a blind eye to illegal activities of build.....

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A demand notice delivered by an Advocate duly instructed by the Operational Creditor is a valid demand notice for purposes of initiation of CIRP(08.01.2021)

In present case, Application filed by the Appellant- Operational Creditor under Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ("I&B Code") cam.....

Tags : Application, Maintainability, Demand notice



Delhi HC Orders Release of Adult Woman Married of Her Own Free Will from Children Welfare Home(04.01.2021)

Delhi High Court has directed the release of a married woman who was lodged in Rose Udaan Care Children's Home for Girls, Delhi after her father lodge.....

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Section 5 of Limitation Act shall not be applicable to the appeal against the order of Recovery Officer(24.11.2021)

The original respondent has preferred the present appeal dissatisfied with the impugned judgment passed by the High Court by which the High Court has .....

Tags : Applicability, Provision, Delay, Condonation



Madras HC Orders for Clean Toilets in Stations(12.02.2016)

Madras HC has ordered Southern Railways to take necessary steps to provide functional , clean toilets and quality drinking water in all suburban railw.....

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Madras HC Asks for Strict Action Against Milk Adulterators(13.12.2018)

Madras High Court has pulled up the authorities for their failure to take stringent action against adulterators and in preventing milk adulteration an.....

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Delhi HC Transfers Barkha Dutt's Criminal Case Against Kapil Sibal to Special Court for MP/ MLA(18.11.2020)

Delhi High Court has allowed a petition filed by senior journalist Barkha Dutt seeking to transfer her criminal complaint against Analog Media, owned .....

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Vicarious liability as a principle cannot be applied to a case of contempt(26.10.2021)

The present appeal has been filed against the order of the High Court finding the Appellants guilty of willful disobedience of the order passed in Wri.....

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Use of email based communication for paperless Assessment Proceedings(19.10.2015)

Central Board of Direct Taxation has begun a pilot program of using email to correspond with taxpayers. The project is expected to be run in non-corpo.....

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Illegal Hoardings/Flex Boards: Kerala HC Expresses Disappointment Over Authorities(05.10.2018)

High Court of Kerala has expressed deep anguish and dissatisfaction on the failure of authorities in implementing the earlier order of the court on il.....

Tags : Kerela High Court, Illegal Hoardings/Flex Boards



Calcutta HC Refuses to Interfere with Single Bench Order on 30% Domicile Reservation(01.10.2020)

Calcutta High Court has refused to interfere in the Single Bench order which refused to grant interim relief in a writ petition challenging the consti.....

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Empty packaging material of cenvatable input is not liable for payment either as excise duty or as cenvat credit(24.06.2022)

The issue involved in the present case is that whether the Appellant is required to pay an amount of 6% in terms of 6(3) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2.....

Tags : Cenvatable input, Payment, Liability



Punjab & Haryana HC Stays Demolition of Women’s Hostel in Civil Lines(17.01.2017)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked Gurgaon Administration not to demolish a working women’s hostel situated in civil lines area of city.

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Civil Lines



Imposing High Cash Security as Bail Condition is Virtual Denial of Bail: Karnataka HC(21.01.2019)

Karnataka High Court has observed that insistence on high cash security as condition for bail would amount to discrimination and denial of bail itself.....

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NGT Directs Gurugram Municipal Corp to Clear Waste at Bandhwari Landfill(22.11.2019)

National Green Tribunal has directed the Gurugram Municipal Corporation to clear 25 lakh tonnes of legacy waste at Bandhwari landfill within six month.....

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Madras HC Quashes Criminal Defamation Complaint Against Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan(29.09.2021)

Madras High Court has quashed a criminal defamation case against Tamilisai Soundararajan, now Governor of Telangana holding additional charge as Lieut.....

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Apex co-operative society providing financial accommodation to its members entitled to benefit of deduction under Section 80P of the IT Act(14.09.2023)

Present appeals arise out of analogous proceedings against the Appellant/Assessee, and, impugn the judgment passed by the Kerala High Court; the order.....

Tags : Deduction, Benefit, Eligibility



Bombay HC Puts on Hold BMC Notice to Raze Illegal Structure in Kapil Sharma’s Flat(18.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has granted interim stay on a notice issued by BMC in April this year directing razing of an illegal structure allegedly constructed.....

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Delhi High Court Declines to Entertain PIL by Petitioner who was Blacklisted by Supreme Court(17.09.2019)

Delhi High Court has declined to entertain a writ petition filed by a Petitioner blacklisted by the Supreme Court from filing any matter in "public in.....

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Uploading of e-BRC by 15.09.2021 for shipping bills with LEO upto 31.03.2020 on which RoSCTL scrip has been claimed from DGFT RAs(04.08.2021)

1. Attention of the trade and industry members is brought to the Para 4.96 (d) of Public Notice 58 dated 29.01.2020 wherein it has been stipulated tha.....

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Delhi HC Quashes FIR against Minister in Extortion Case(24.10.2016)

Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR in an alleged extortion case against Delhi Food and Civil Supplies Minister Imran Hussain and four of his associat.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, FIR, Delhi Food and Civil Supplies Minister



Monitoring of prices regarding fixation of ceiling price of the orthopaedic Knee Implants(13.08.2019)

In continuation to the notifications issued by National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemical and Fert.....

Tags : Monitoring, Ceiling price, Fixation



Uttarakhand HC Issues Notice on PIL Challenging Validity of Bar Council of Uttarakhand Rules(30.07.2021)

Uttarakhand High Court has issued notice to the Bar Council of Uttarakhand, the Bar Council of India, the Union and the State government on a Public I.....

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Madras HC Dismisses Petition Seeking Enquiry Into Water Users Association Elections(09.06.2022)

Madras High Court has dismissed a petition filed for formation of an Investigation Team under the head of a retired High Court Judge for inquiring int.....

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High Court reinforces importance of wearing helmet while riding two-wheeler(08.06.2015)

The Madras High Court directed the government to take several proactive steps in tackling death and injury caused in accidents due to two-wheeler ride.....

Tags : Two wheeler, helmet, visibility, free



Delhi HC to MCI: Put In Place the Sentencing Guidelines For Delinquent Doctors(24.08.2018)

Delhi HC has asked Medical Council of India (MCI) to frame a policy with regard to punishment to be accorded to delinquent doctors for infractions com.....

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Group Insurance Service is admissible for Cenvat Credit(16.04.2021)

The issue involved in the present case is that whether the Appellant is entitled for the Cenvat Credit in respect of Group Insurance Services for insu.....

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NGT Issues Contempt Notice against UP Govt. over Ethanol Production(14.09.2016)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued contempt notices to Uttar Pradesh Government and other authorities on a plea seeking action against illegal m.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal, Uttar Pradesh Government, sugar mills , Ethanol Production



Supreme Court: Every Person With Mental Illness Shall Have a Right to Live With Dignity(03.06.2019)

Supreme Court has barred the execution of a person if he develops a mental illness and loses cognitive power during post-conviction imprisonment in a.....

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Examination of independent witnesses is not an indispensable requirement and non-examination is not necessarily fatal to the prosecution case(06.05.2021)

The original accused has preferred the present appeal dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court, by which the High Co.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Delhi HC Upholds CIC Order Denying Information to Husband About Complaints Filed by Estranged Wife(31.08.2021)

Delhi High Court has upheld an order passed by Central Information Commission denying information to a husband about complaints lodged by his estrange.....

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Depositing unutilized amount in special account is only a procedural matter, non-compliance thereof cannot result in negating deductions claimed under Section 54 of IT Act(20.09.2023)

In the assessment order, the Assessing Officer made addition of Long Term Capital Gain of Rs.90,72,800 upon sale of house property. The assessee has c.....

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Lowered education loan criteria for SC/ST students to be decided by RBI and Government(13.10.2015)

Kerala High Court dismissed petitions against the decision of the State Bank of Travancore to not grant the petitioners educational loans for failing .....

Tags : Education, loan, lower, eligibility, scheduled caste



Bombay High Court Refuses to Accept Govt’s Stand on Silence Zones(24.08.2017)

Bombay High Court, while rejecting State Government’s stand that silence zones do not exist in state as of now, has said that its 2016 order declaring.....

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Karnataka HC Quashes Case Against 5 Thailand Nationals(24.09.2020)

Karnataka High Court has quashed the case against 5 Thailand nationals who were arrayed as an accused for the offence punishable under section 14(b) o.....

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Karnataka HC Directs State to Submit Details About Instances of Criminal Cases Against MPs(12.08.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to submit details about instances of criminal cases registered against serving and former membe.....

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Del HC to State: Ensure Sufficient Number of Short/Long Stay Homes for Mentally Ill Inmates(27.06.2023)

Delhi High Court while has directed State to ensure sufficient number of Short Stay Homes and Long Stay Homes for people with mental illness who do no.....

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Supreme Court Extends Time For Making Crèche Facility Functional To 30 April(07.03.2018)

Supreme Court has extended the time for making the crèche facility functional in its premises from 1 March to 30 April.

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Delhi High Court Seeks Centre’s Reply on Petitions Seeking Uniform Civil Code(03.03.2020)

Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the Central Government to file a response within three weeks on a batch of Petitions seeking to enforce a unif.....

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Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman launches Central Scrutiny Centre and IEPFA's Mobile App to leverage digital solutions to achieve Prime Minister's vision of 'Digitally empowered India'(25.03.2021)

Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman here today virtually launched Central Scrutiny Centre (CSC) and Investor Educat.....

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Provisions of unjust-enrichment of Rule 9B(5) of Central Excise Rules, 1944 cannot be applied retrospectively(17.01.2022)

The issue involved in the present case is that, whether the unjust-enrichment is applicable in the facts of this case where the duty was paid provisio.....

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Supreme Court: It is the Duty of Every Institution to Help Disabled Persons(14.08.2017)

Supreme Court has directed Chhattisgarh Government to constitute requisite Medical Board within two days to examine a candidate suffering from Thalass.....

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Patna High Court Asks Civil Surgeons for Report on Illegal Pathology Labs(31.07.2019)

Patna High Court has directed all civil surgeons in the State of Bihar to produce action taken reports on all illegal pathology laboratories and colle.....

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When the decree holder has a pre-existing right in the property, a decree does not require registration(06.07.2021)

The Appellant filed a suit for possession in the year 1978 disputing the Will dated 4th December, 1958 executed in favour of the defendant. The Appell.....

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Central Government hereby declares the services of industry engaged in Food Stuffs to be a Public Utility Service for the purposes of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947(09.07.2019)

Whereas the Central Government is satisfied that the public interest requires that the services of the industry engaged in Food Stuffs, which is cover.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities as Beneficiaries(30.07.2020)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to all States and Union Territories in a plea moved by the National Federation of Blind seeking a direction to be i.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Response on Availability of Amphotericin B, Oxygen Buffer Stock(08.07.2021)

Delhi High Court has sought response of the Centre and Delhi Government on various aspects including the import and domestic production of Amphoterici.....

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CBIC Allows Export of Goods from Bangladesh to India by Rail in Closed Containers(20.05.2022)

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has allowed the export of goods from Bangladesh to India by rail in closed containers. The carrier will be.....

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MCI to Medical Practitioners: Say 'No' to Brand Name Drugs, Say 'Yes' to Generic Drugs(24.04.2017)

Medical Council of India (MCI), while asking all registered Medical Practitioners to ensure that they prescribe drugs with generic names only, has war.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Finance Bill, 2020 Without Discussion(23.03.2020)

Lok Sabha has passed the Finance Bill, 2020 with amendments as political parties agreed to clear the Central Government’s financial and tax proposals .....

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SC Issues Notice on Thwaha Fasal's Plea Challenging Bail Cancellation in UAPA Case(09.04.2021)

Supreme Court has issued notice on the special leave petition filed by Kerala youth Thwaha Fasal, booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Ac.....

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Service rendered as casual/contractual cannot be said to be service rendered on a substantive appointment(24.03.2023)

The Director General, Doordarshan Prasar Bharti Corporation of India and another have preferred the present appeal feeling dissatisfied with the impug.....

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Bombay HC Seeks Government Response over Safeguarding Interests of Minors Living in Children Homes(02.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has said that condition of children’s homes in Maharashtra reflects State’s failure in running them.

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Cabinet approves MoU between India and Belarus in the oil and gas sector(27.09.2017)

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed bet.....

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SC: Ethically Wrong for Estranged Daughter-in-Law to Make Mother-in-Law Bear Expenses of Children(16.09.2020)

Supreme Court has said it was ethically wrong to rope in a mother-in-law and bind her through a Court order to bear the educational expenses of her gr.....

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Bombay HC Grants Bail to SSR’s Flatmate Siddhart Pithani in Drugs Case(04.07.2022)

Bombay High Court has granted bail to Siddharth Pithani, former flatmate of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput (SSR), accused in an illicit drug probe fo.....

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SC: JJB Should Mandatorily Take Assistance of Psychologist/Psycho-Social Workers(14.07.2022)

Supreme Court has held that when the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) does not comprise a practicing professional with a degree in child psychology or chi.....

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College cannot claim non-eligibility for course if no mala fide in admission(13.05.2016)

A candidate once admitted to a college after full and true disclosure of her qualifications before the relevant authorities cannot be asked to vacate .....

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Petition of Impeachment Motion Against CJI Withdrawn by Congress(08.05.2018)

Petition of impeachment motion filed against the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra by the Congress MPs has been withdrawn by senior party leader Kapi.....

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Detention under the preventive detention laws is not punitive but is essentially a precautionary measure intended to prevent and intercept a person(13.01.2020)

In present case, the Superintendent of Special Customs Preventive Unit, Kannur intercepted the jeep. The second accused was the driver of the jeep. Th.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Lok Sabha Passes High Court and Supreme Court Judges Amendment Bill, 2021(09.12.2021)

Lok Sabha has passed the High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2021 that seeks to amend the High Co.....

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Bombay HC: Now File Appeal Against Family Court’s Divorce Decree Within 90 Days(08.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has held that a warring Hindu couple now has 90 days, not 30, to file an appeal against a divorce decree granted by a Family Court.

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A mere link between a claim which engages Article 24(2) of Recast Regulation and one which does not is not sufficient to bring latter within scope of that provision(29.07.2019)

Present appeal is concerned with the interpretation of Article 24(2) of the Brussels I Recast Regulation (Parliament and Council Regulation (EU) of 12.....

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Mere writing a document by hand without execution and without compliance of the prescribed legal standards does not render it final, as a Will(08.08.2022)

By virtue of instant appeal, Appellant impugns the preliminary decree of partition and the final decree of partition passed by Learned Single Judge. L.....

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Uttarakhand High Court Bans Civil Construction Around Corbett National Park(21.12.2016)

Uttarakhand High Court has imposed ban on civil construction of any nature within 10 radius of Corbett National Park.

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Exception from Online Filing of Application under Section 197 and 206C (9) in the cases of NRIs and Resident Applicants(24.12.2018)

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has decided to allow exception from online filing of application under Section 197 and 206C (9) in the cases .....

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P&H HC Grants Interim Bail to Gurdas Maan Booked for Hurting Religious Sentiments(16.09.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted interim anticipatory bail to Singer Gurdas Maan in a case registered against him for his comments which hurt.....

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Draft National Civil Aviation Policy 2015(31.10.2015)

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has released its ‘Draft National Civil Aviation Policy 2015’. The Policy provides for various regulations and programs .....

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Delhi High Court To Delhi Metro, Police: Elaborate Steps For Safety Of Passengers(19.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Delhi Police to inform it about the steps taken for safety and security of passe.....

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Karnataka HC Stays 25% Domicile Reservation for Karnataka Students in NLSIU(08.09.2020)

Karnataka High Court has passed an interim order to stay the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Amendment Act, 2020 passed by the Karnata.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice on OCI Couple's Plea Seeking Parity with Domestic Couples for Child Adoption(18.08.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to CARA (Central Adoption Resource Authority) on a writ petition filed by an OCI couple, stating that despite havin.....

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Kerala High Court: VACB May Take Over State Government(21.02.2017)

Kerala HC came down heavily on Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) over its stand on its probe into allegations regarding promotion of N. Sankar.....

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FAMILY - Extramarital Affairs Dangerous Social Evil: Madras HC(07.03.2019)

Madras High Court has observed that extramarital affairs have become a social evil and asked Union ministry of family welfare about the possibility of.....

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Relaxation in applicability of provision in para 6 (b) of General Notes Regarding Import Policy Schedule-I (Imports) of the ITC(HS) 2017, Schedule I (Import Policy)(27.10.2021)

1. Reference is invited to DGFT's Notification No. 20/2015-2020, dated 24.08.2021, amended further by Notification No. 23/2015-2020, dated 03.09.2021,.....

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Bombay HC Imposes Fine on Slum Dwellers For Encroaching Upon Railway’s Land(03.02.2017)

Bombay High Court has imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on slum dwellers who encroached on Western Railway's land near Jogeshwari and sought protection from.....

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Madras HC Upholds Act Relating to Security of Women and Children in Hostels(01.04.2019)

Madras High Court has upheld the provisions of TN Hostels and Homes for Women and Children (Regulation) Act, 2014, and the Rules framed there under in.....

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Parliament passes the Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Bill, 2020(13.03.2020)

The Parliament has given its nod to Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Bill, 2020. The ‘Vivad se Vishwas’ Scheme was announced during the Union Budget, 2020,.....

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Bombay HC Issues Notice to Centre, Others over PIL Seeking End on Pune Film Institute Strike(20.10.2015)

Bombay High Court on a PIL seeking directions to put an end to the ongoing strike at Pune-based film institute, has served notice to Union I&B and Hom.....

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Finance Ministry Launches Mobile Application "Jan Dhan Darshak"(26.09.2018)

Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance and National Informatics Centre (NIC) has jointly developed a mobile app called Jan Dhan D.....

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When the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident does not have a valid driving licence, insurance company is not liable to pay compensation(23.09.2020)

In facts of present case, the first Respondent herein, met with an accident while driving a truck owned by the Appellant, under whom, he was gainfully.....

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Dismissal of an application for a provisional order of liquidation is appealable(14.04.2023)

The appeal was directed against an order of the high court which dismissed the application by the Appellant for the provisional sequestration of the e.....

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Rajasthan HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Inclusion of Persons with Locomotive Disabilities under PWD Act(23.02.2021)

Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking a direction to the State Government to include persons with locomotive disabilities and/or .....

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Burden of establishing the fact that the offending vehicle was being driven by a person holding valid driving licence is on the owner of the vehicle(30.09.2022)

The Appellant-Insurance Company, who is original Respondent, has challenged the judgment and award, passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, ("th.....

Tags : Award, Compensation, Liability



Supreme Court: Plea Against Akhilesh Yadav 'Infructuous'(03.04.2017)

Supreme Court has termed as "infructuous" a plea seeking a direction to then UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to vacate a bungalow being used by him a.....

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Supreme Court: Reservation in Promotion for Persons with Disability is Not Prohibited(21.01.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that the rule of no reservation in promotions has no application to persons with disability (PWD). The Court upheld the vie.....

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Kerala HC Dismisses Writs Seeking Directive Not to Proceed with Land Acquisition for Rail Corridor(08.02.2021)

Kerala High Court has dismissed a batch of writ petitions seeking a directive not to proceed with land acquisition for the proposed semi-high-speed ra.....

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Sine qua non for invoking Section 35(1)(c) of CP Act, 2019 is that all consumers on whose behalf or for whose benefit the provision is invoked, should have the same interest(17.12.2021)

The builder has come up with the present appeal challenging an order of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, passed under Section 35(1.....

Tags : Joint complaint, Filing of, Conditions



Freedom of an individual cannot be curtailed merely on the basis of suspicion(17.03.2018)

Apprehending his arrest, bail Petitioner, has approached present Court by way of instant petition for grant of pre-arrest bail in FIR registered under.....

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Enhancing facilitation of National Electronic Toll Collection system(30.12.2019)

1. India is progressing ahead with NETC gaining large scale acceptance. Currently, the NETC system allows linking of FASTags with bank accounts - savi.....

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Kerala HC Directs Government to Remove Discrepancy in Date and Venue of Vaccination Details(12.11.2021)

Kerala High Court has directed the government to remove the discrepancy in the date and venue of the petitioner's vaccination details on the CoWin por.....

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South Delhi Municipal Corporation Fines DMRC for Violating NGT Norms(24.09.2015)

South Delhi Municipal Corporation has fined Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Rs 50,000 each at five sites, for violating construction norms issued .....

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Bail once granted should not be cancelled in a mechanical manner without considering supervening circumstances(14.05.2019)

In present case, the 1st Respondent herein is a teacher. Alleging that she was involved in Crime registered under Sections 454 and 381 read with Secti.....

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SC Nods to BCI to “Continue With the New Rules"(03.11.2015)

Supreme Court has said that apex regulatory body for lawyers can "continue with the new rules" for verifying advocates, while giving its nod to Bar C.....

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NGT to EDMC: Submit Action Plan on Bio-Stabilisation(25.09.2017)

National Green Tribunal has directed the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) to submit an action plan on the bio-stabilisation of the Ghazipur lan.....

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Telangana HC Issues Notices on Plea for Rebuilding of Religious Structures(10.09.2020)

Telangana High Court has issued notices on a Public Interest Litigation seeking re-building of the religious places, situated within the Telangana Sta.....

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Supreme Court Issues Notice to CBI on Plea Opposing Bail of Accused Vinod Bhave(19.08.2021)

Supreme Court has issued notice to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a plea filed by Mukta Dabholkar, kin of murdered anti-superstition activis.....

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Bombay HC to State: Establish Family Court in Every District in Maharashtra(11.07.2022)

Bombay High Court has urged the Maharashtra government to take steps to establish a family court in every district of the state.

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Ker. HC to State: Propose Steps to Ensure Children are Not Forced to Perform 'Theyyam' Ritual Dance(10.08.2023)

Kerala High Court while observing that selecting children as performers is violative of their fundamental rights, against their best interests, has di.....

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Court Must Not Go Deep into Merits of Matter While Considering Bail Application: Supreme Court(19.09.2018)

Supreme Court has cancelled bail granted by the High Court to an influential businessman accused in a murder case, taking into account his past attemp.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019(25.07.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed a bill namely the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019 to amend an anti-terror law aimed at allowing the Governm.....

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Karnataka High Court Allows Service of Notice by Email to BBMP, BESCOM, KIADB(05.07.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed that in all the appeals/petitions/applications filed in the High Court, where the Bengaluru Electricity Supply Compa.....

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CESTAT: Cenvat Credit Allowable on Steel Items Used in Creation of Sponge Iron Kiln and Power Plant(17.05.2022)

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Kolkata has applied the "user-test" by providing cenvat credit on steel goods used in the construc.....

Tags : Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, user-test, cenvat credit, sponge iron kiln, power plant



Raj HC: Court Can Intervene in Custody Matter Where Parent Agree on Child Custody to One of Them(08.06.2023)

Rajasthan High Court has held that in cases where parties have agreed to allow custody of child to remain with one of them, the custody should be allo.....

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Orissa HC Quashes Amendment to Odisha Zilla Parishad Election Rules(31.03.2017)

Orissa High Court has quashed the state government's amendment to Rule 51 of Odisha Zilla Parishad Election Rules of 1994.

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CIVIL - SC to TN Govt.: Ensure There is no Defacement of Public Places With Political Slogans And Photos(27.03.2019)

Supreme Court has directed State of Tamil Nadu to take all necessary steps to ensure that there is no defacement/disfigurement of any public places by.....

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Madras HC: Man and Woman Found Inside Locked House Cannot be Presumed to be in Illicit Relationship(04.02.2021)

Madras High Court has observed that a man and a woman found inside a locked house cannot be presumed to be in an illicit sexual relationship. The pres.....

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Orissa High Court Directs Postponement of State Film Awards Ceremony(14.12.2021)

Orissa High Court has directed the postponement of the Odisha State Film Awards ceremony which was scheduled to be held tomorrow and the day after tom.....

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Courts do not sit as an Appellate Authority over the decisions taken by the experts(03.11.2023)

The Petitioner has approached present Court seeking a writ of mandamus directing the Respondent No.1 herein ('the Board') to take action against Respo.....

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4604 DDG Projects Sanctioned for Covering 4745 Villages and Hamlets(08.08.2016)

Ministry of Power is implementing Decentralized Distributed Generation (DDG) under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) through Rural Elect.....

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Review in a criminal proceeding is permissible only on ground of error apparent on face of record(09.07.2018)

Present review petitions have been filed by two applicants Vinay Sharma-Accused No. 1 and Pawan Kumar Gupta-Accused No. 2 to review the judgment of pr.....

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Jharkhand HC Allows Plea for Anticipatory Bail on Precondition of Contribution to PM CARES Fund(16.04.2020)

Jharkhand High Court has allowed an anticipatory bail application subject to payment of Rs. 10,000 towards the Prime Minister Citizens Assistant Relie.....

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Plea Against Movie The Kashmir Files(09.03.2022)

Bombay High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking to stall the release of movie The Kashmir Files on the alleged grounds of hurting.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes GST Bill(04.08.2016)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Second Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014.

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US Supreme Court: Police Need Warrant for Mobile Location Data(25.06.2018)

U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that government needs to obtain a court-ordered warrant to gather location data on mobile device users.

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Prescription Act does not apply to claims for compensation under the RAF Act(06.05.2020)

Present appeal concerns the question whether the running of prescription in respect of Mr Koos Jacobs’ claim for damages under the Road Accident Fund .....

Tags : Compensation, Enactment, Applicability



Supreme Court: Set Up More Juvenile Justice Boards(10.08.2015)

Supreme Court has observed that there could be more than one Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) in same district to tackle backlog, as more than 1.30 lakh c.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016(14.03.2017)

Rajya Sabha has passed Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016 that seeks to amend Enemy Property Act, 1968, to vest all rights, titles a.....

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A comprehensive policy would cover liability of insurer for payment of compensation for occupant in car(13.12.2019)

In both the appeals, the Appellant - owner of the offending vehicle challenges the legality and correctness of the award in Claim Petition passed by t.....

Tags : Compensation, Direction, Liability



Bombay HC Commutes Death Penalty of Three Convicts in 2012 Shakti Mills Gang Rape(25.11.2021)

Bombay High Court has commuted to life imprisonment the death penalty awarded to three repeat offenders in connection with the gang-rape of a photo-jo.....

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Parliament Passes Dam Safety Bill for Surveillance, Maintenance & Operation of Dams(03.12.2021)

Parliament has cleared the Dam Safety Bill, 2019 for surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of all specified dams across the country. The.....

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Del. HC: If Parties are Allowed to Resile from the Undertaking then Judicial System Can’t Function(19.12.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that the Court in contempt proceedings is to ensure that the dignity and majesty of the Court are maintained, has hel.....

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SC Acquits Accused in Kerala ‘Honour Killing’ Case(29.07.2016)

Supreme Court has acquitted father and son, accused of murder of his minor daughter’s lover, on technical ground that their guilt has not been proven .....

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CRIMINAL - Madras HC Takes Notice of 1.7 Lakh Cases Not Taken on File, Issues Directions(25.02.2019)

Madras High Court has issued a slew of directions to Magistrates and Police after it took notice of act of Magistrates in not taking 1,72,602 cases o.....

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CBIC Extends Deadline for Filing GST Annual Returns(31.12.2020)

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has extended the filing of Goods and Services Tax Annual Returns (GSTR-9) for the Financial Year 20.....

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Central Government set to introduce Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021(23.11.2021)

The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021 is to be presented in winter session of Parliament. The Bill seeks to create.....

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Madras HC Warns People Against Falling Prey to Fake Emails, SMS(12.01.2017)

Madras High Court has warned people against falling prey to fake emails and text messages sent to mobile phones stating that they have won huge amount.....

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Shakti Mills Rape Case: Bombay HC Slams Maharashtra Government for ‘Insensitivity’(28.01.2019)

Bombay High Court has pulled up Maharashtra Government for its “insensitivity” in failing to secure an expedited hearing on the confirmation of death .....

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ESIC beneficiaries to get medical care from nearby ESIC empanelled Hospitals in case of non-availability of ESIC hospital or dispensary within a radius of 10 km of their residence(18.02.2021)

Keeping in view the sizeable increase in the number of ESI beneficiaries subsequent to expansion of ESI Scheme in newer geographical areas, efforts ar.....

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Bombay HC’s Directions over Children Remand Homes(29.03.2016)

Bombay High Court directed State Government to suggest names of two NGOs that would make surprise visits to children remand homes and check for cleanl.....

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Gauhati HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Dr. Hiren Gohain and Akhil Gogoi in Sedition Case(14.02.2019)

Gauhati High Court has granted anticipatory bail to Assamese litterateur Hiren Gohain and KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi, against whom the police had registe.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Centre’s Response on Contempt Plea Against Govt. for Failure to Curb Loudspeaker Use(17.02.2020)

Delhi High Court has sought the Centre and Delhi Government’s stand on a plea seeking contempt action against them for non-compliance with Court's ear.....

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SC Stays Order Sentencing Major General of Indian Army to Civil Imprisonment(19.03.2021)

Supreme Court has stayed the execution of an order sentencing a Major General of Indian Army and Defence Estates officers to civil imprisonment for 2 .....

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Gujarat HC Allows Habeas Corpus Petition; Directs Children’s Return To New Zealand(14.02.2022)

Gujarat High Court has directed the Husband to hand over the custody of the three young children to the Mother situated in New Zealand, emphasising th.....

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SC: Can’t Grant Anticipatory Bail to Accused if Non-Bailable Warrant and Proclamation Pending(15.03.2024)

Supreme Court has held that in cases where an accused against whom a non-bailable warrant is pending and the process of proclamation under Sections 82.....

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Electricity to Railway Stations by Solar Energy(04.08.2016)

In order to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, Ministry of Railways has planned to harness 1000 MW of solar power through developer mode by putting up.....

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NCLT Slams Lenders of Sterling SEZ(26.04.2019)

Madras High Court has directed all district collectors to deepen and desilt waterbodies in their districts following a Public Interest Litigation (PIL.....

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Karnataka HC Allows Physical Filing of New Cases on Experimental Basis(12.05.2020)

Karnataka High Court had decided on an experimental basis to allow physical filing of new cases on 13th, 14th and 15th of May, 2020 from 11.00 a.m. on.....

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Karnataka HC: Daily Wage Employees Entitled to Dearness Allowance at 100%(14.06.2021)

Karnataka High Court has declared that daily wage employees who are covered under the Karnataka Daily Wage Employees Welfare Act, 2012 were entitled t.....

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Delhi HC: Right of Party to File Counter Claims Exists Independently of Any Liberty(22.04.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that any issue on which the Arbitral Tribunal has the jurisdiction to pass a final award can also be the subject matter of a.....

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Bombay HC Extends Stay on FTIL-NSEL Merger(17.02.2016)

Bombay High Court has extended stay to the implementation of merger between National Spot Exchange (NSEL) and Financial Technologies India (FTIL) til.....

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SC Sets Aside Madras HC Order Awarding Extra Marks to Those Who Took NEET Exam in Tamil(23.11.2018)

Supreme Court has set aside a Madras High Court order that directed Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) to award 196 marks to candidates who.....

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An agreement to agree without a deadlock-breaking mechanism was not enforceable(15.10.2020)

The Appellants launched an application in the Gauteng Division of the High Court, Pretoria for orders declaring and enforcing servitudal rights. The s.....

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India-EU Free Trade Negotiations(20.03.2017)

India- European Union Broad-based Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (India- EU BTIA) negotiation started in 2007 and after sixteen rounds of ne.....

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CIVIL - Delhi High Court Upheld Parsvnath's Rs 1,034 Crore Claim in RLDA Case(25.03.2019)

Delhi High Court has upheld Realty firm Parsvnath Ltd. claim of Rs 1,034 crore in a dispute with Rail Land Development Authority related to a project .....

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Supreme Court Grants Bail to Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act Accused(29.01.2020)

Supreme Court has granted bail to an accused charged under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 on the ground that there is a reasonab.....

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J&K HC Quashes Sedition Case Against Elected Councillor of LAHDC(15.02.2021)

Jammu & Kashmir High Court has quashed a sedition case filed against an elected Councillor of LAHDC (Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh) .....

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SC: Important to Distinguish B/W Contradictions in Witness Statements and Credibility of Witnesses(01.11.2023)

Supreme Court while observing that it is important to distinguish between contradictions in witness statements and the overall credibility of witnesse.....

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Public Procurement Bill reinvigorated for 2015(16.11.2015)

The Central Government is set to re-introduce the Public Procurement Bill, 2012 to Parliament, albeit with a few changes. Earlier in the year, the Min.....

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Supreme Court Warns Pharmacy Council of India Over Irregularities in Grant of Recognition(30.08.2018)

Supreme Court has warned Pharmacy Council of India of superseding it if the latter does not mend its irregularity in granting recognition to pharmacy .....

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Foreign exchange receipt must be attributable to the information or service contemplated by Section 80-O of Income-tax Act for claiming deduction(05.06.2020)

The short point calling for determination in present appeals is whether the income received by the Appellants in foreign exchange, for the services pr.....

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Delhi HC Dismisses Appeal of Specially-Abled Tennis Player for Participating in Deaflympics(06.04.2022)

Delhi High Court has dismissed the appeal filed by a specially-abled tennis player that seeks to participate as a substitute player in the Deaflympics.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Deaflympics, specially-abled tennis player, Brazil, May 2022, vested right



Bom. HC: Divorcee or a Single Parent Eligible to Adopt as Per Juvenile Justice Act, 2015(13.04.2023)

Bombay High Court while setting aside order disallowing a woman from adopting her sister’s child on ground that she was single working woman, held tha.....

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Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2015(09.12.2015)

The Union Cabinet has approved amendments to the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2015 made by the Select Committee of Rajya Sabha. The .....

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Supreme Court Declines Sajjan Kumar Bail in 1984 Riots Case(06.08.2019)

Supreme Court has declined to grant bail to former Congress Leader Sajjan Kumar who is undergoing life imprisonment in one of the cases related to 198.....

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Karnataka HC Directs State to Correct Practice of Giving Opinion for Filing Appeals Against Acquittal(22.06.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to correct the practise followed by the prosecution department of commencing the work of giving.....

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Orissa HC: No Prohibition on Third Party to Proceed Even After Rejection of Impleadment(04.05.2022)

Orissa High Court has ruled that there is no prohibition to bring an application under Order 21 Rules 97, 99 and 101 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1.....

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LS passes common medical and dental entrance examination Bills(19.07.2016)

The Lok Sabha passed the Dentists (Amendment) Bill 2016 .....

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In the case of any taxing statute, the same is required to be interpreted literally(20.06.2018)

In facts of present case, the Appellant is engaged in the manufacture of sponge iron, billets, rolled items and other goods falling under Chapters 72,.....

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Amendment to anti-dumping duty on imports of PVC Flex Films(18.08.2015)

The Central government extended the imposition of anti-dumping duty on imports of PVC Flex Films, originating in or exported from China, till 29 July,.....

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SC: Accused’s Custody Duration Not Court’s Concern In Serious Offences(27.04.2017)

Supreme Court, while holding that bail cannot be granted on sole ground that accused was in custody for a long time, has said that when seriousness of.....

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A company and its sole director are vicariously criminally liable for the acts of one of company's employees, if the discharge or abandonment occurs as a result of positive act(01.05.2020)

Present appeal principally concerns whether a company and its sole director are vicariously criminally liable for the acts of one of the company's emp.....

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Delhi HC Orders BRO to Release Financial Assistance to Family Members of Missing Officer(07.06.2021)

Delhi High Court has ordered Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to pay one year's emoluments of the officer to the parents, who has been missing since 20.....

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ITAT, Chennai: Mere Mistake in Filing of Income Tax Return Not Effect in Enhancement of Income(18.04.2022)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Chennai has observed that a mere mistake in the filing of return of income would not result into income enhancement of .....

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JKL HC: Only Court has Power to Transfer Undertrial Prisoner from One Jail to Another(01.05.2023)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that power to remand or transfer of an undertrial prisoner from one jail to another is to be exercise.....

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Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Bill, 2017 Receives President Assent(01.03.2017)

Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Bill, 2017 that provides for cessation of liabilities on specified bank notes has received assent fr.....

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Close All Illegal Bars in Tamil Nadu: Madras HC(13.02.2019)

Madras High Court has directed secretary, home, prohibition and excise to close all illegal bars immediately and report to the court by February 20.

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Karnataka HC Directs Station House Officer to Clean Road Outside Station as Punishment(24.12.2020)

Karnataka High Court has directed the station house officer of the Station Bazar Police Station, Kalaburagi, to clean the road in front of his police .....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Punishment for Failure to Record Complaint



P&H HC: Power to Grant Bail Cannot be Deployed as a Mechanism to Impose Sentence(26.07.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court while granting bail to an accused charged with offences under the Central GST Act, 2017, has held that the power to gran.....

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52nd GST Council recommends changes in GST tax rates and measures for facilitation of trade(07.10.2023)

The 52nd GST Council met under the Chairpersonship of Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs. Foreign going vessels are liable to pay 5% IGS.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Finance Bill, 2017(30.03.2017)

Rajya Sabha has passed Finance Bill after various amendments presented by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

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CRIMINAL - SC Issues Notice to CBI in Disproportionate Assets Case against Former UP CMs Mulayam, Akhilesh(25.03.2019)

Supreme Court has issued a notice to CBI on a plea seeking direction to the probe agency to place the investigation report in the disproportionate ass.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Challenging Appointment of Najma Akhtar as Jamia's Vice-Chancellor(30.01.2020)

Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Union Government, Jamia Millia University, the Central Vigilance Commission, University Grants Commission a.....

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Issuance of digital insurance policies by insurance companies via Digilocker(09.02.2021)

1. Digilocker is an initiative under the Digital India program by the Government of India where citizens can get authentic documents/certificate in di.....

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RBI creates Helpline for guiding Start-ups in India on Forex Matters(22.12.2015)

The Reserve Bank of India has created a dedicated email helpline for start-ups in India, offering guidance and assistance to undertake cross-border tr.....

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If a person tried for criminal offence but ordinary criminal law will not be able to deal with situation, only then, preventive detention can be taken recourse to(02.11.2017)

Present petition was against the order of detention passed by Respondent in exercise of powers conferred under Section 3[2] of the Gujarat Prevention .....

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Formation of a dedicated Export Promotion Council for Technical Textiles(01.12.2020)

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs in its meeting held on 26th February 2020 has approved for constitution of dedicated Export Promotion Council (E.....

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NGT Seeks Centre’s Clarification on Illegal Distilleries(14.12.2016)

National Green Tribunal has directed Centre to clarify its stand on distilleries and sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh manufacturing, storing and transport.....

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Section 304 IPC Not Attracted Against Builder for Death Due to Building Collapse in Earth Quake: SC(30.11.2018)

Supreme Court has dismissed plea of man whose family members got killed in Gujarat earthquake and observed that Section 304 IPC is not attracted again.....

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Accused could only have been properly convicted, if the evidence of the single witness was clear and satisfactory in all material respects(01.09.2021)

In facts of present case, on 28 November 2018, the appellant, Mr. Lungisa Grifhs, was convicted together with two of his erstwhile co-accused in the R.....

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Supreme Court: Home Buyers Can Directly Approach NCDRC Against Builders(22.02.2017)

Supreme Court has upheld decision of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) wherein it allowed flat buyers to jointly approach it in .....

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CRIMINAL - Bombay HC Holds Journalist Guilty of Extortion for Threatening to Defame Person in News(08.03.2019)

Bombay High Court has held journalist, Sharad Balkrushna Deotale, guilty of extortion for threatening to publish a news item defaming complainant and .....

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Bombay High Court Sends Anil Deshmukh Back In Enforcement Directorate’s Custody(08.11.2021)

Bombay High Court has set aside a special court's order remanding former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in judicial custody and remanded him .....

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EPFO extends five months time for Employers to upload wage details etc. regarding Pension on Higher Wages(03.01.2024)

Earlier an online facility was made available by EPFO for submitting Applications for Validation of Option /Joint Options for pension on higher wages......

Tags : Wage details, Time, Extension



RBI extends validity of the Directions issued to the Indian Mercantile Co-operative Bank Ltd., Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh(07.09.2016)

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the Directions issued to the Indian Mercantile Co-operative Bank Ltd., Lucknow for a further period of si.....

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Parliament Passes Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018(26.07.2018)

Parliament has passed a bill that seeks to prevent big economic offenders like Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi from fleeing the country to evade the legal.....

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Delhi HC Disposes of Plea Seeking Direction to Govt for Scheme to Compensate Covid Affected Families(10.05.2021)

Delhi High Court has disposed of the plea by directing the Government to treat the plea seeking direction to Union of India and Delhi Government to co.....

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Rajya Sabha Returns Lok Sabha the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021 to Nullify Effect of Amendment(10.08.2021)

Rajya Sabha has returned to Lok Sabha the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021 in the Lok Sabha which seeks to nullify the effect of the amendment brou.....

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RBI discusses the challenges to statistical compilation and modelling during uncertain times at the 16th Statistics Day Conference(29.06.2022)

Today, the Reserve Bank organised its 16th annual conference on 'Statistics Day' designated by the Government of India on June 29 to commemorate the b.....

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Kerala HC Directs 43 Businessmen to Produce Permits for Carrying Business(20.10.2015)

Kerala HC while taking petition filed by residents of Panampilly Nagar questioning alleged widespread commercialization of residential zone, has direc.....

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Extension of date for filing of Income Tax Returns and Audit Reports from 30th September, 2018 to 15th October, 2018(24.09.2018)

The due date for filing of Income Tax Returns and Audit Reports for Assessment Year 2018-19 is 30th September, 2018 for certain categories of taxpayer.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Modification in Order Directing Extension of Interim Bail(28.09.2020)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to Delhi government in an application seeking modification in Court's order on extending the interim bail granted t.....

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MP HC Directs to Frame Guidelines on E-Mulaqat Facility to Prisoners with Lawyers, Family Members(16.08.2021)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State Government to frame a SOP or guidelines on E-Mulaqat facility to be provided to prisoners in the Stat.....

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Madras High Court Directs Welfare Department to Take Action Against Officials(10.11.2016)

Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu Social Welfare Department to look into allegations that funds under various welfare schemes were sanctioned .....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Bill, 2019(07.08.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Bill, 2019. The Bill aims at the speedy eviction of unauthor.....

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Bengaluru Court Directs Former Prime Minister HD Devegowda to Pay Damages in Defamation Suit(23.06.2021)

City Civil and Session Court, Bengaluru has directed former Prime Minister HD Devegowda to pay Rs. 2 crore as damages to the Nandi Infrastructure Corr.....

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Liquidity Adjustment Facility- Change in rates(04.05.2022)

1. As announced in the Monetary Policy Statement, 2022-23, today, it has been decided by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to increase the policy Re.....

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Bom HC: Can’t Register Similar TM for Drug Treating Similar Ailment But Having Different Composition(18.06.2024)

Bom. HC has held that trademarks that are structurally and phonetically similar cannot be registered for drugs treating similar ailment but having dif.....

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Clarification regarding applicability of GST on the activity of construction of road where considerations are received in deferred payment (annuity)(17.06.2021)

1. Certain representations have been received requesting for a clarification regarding applicability of GST on annuities paid for construction of road.....

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Karnataka HC: Individual Doctors Can’t Certify Age of Juvenile Offenders(02.05.2016)

Karnataka HC has said that a juvenile involved in criminal case can be subjected to medical test to determine age only in absence of birth /school cer.....

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Supreme Court: Government Ignoring Plight of Children(12.02.2018)

Supreme Court has slammed the government for the “tardy if not virtual non-implementation” of juvenile justice laws and turning a deaf ear to the plig.....

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Delhi High Court to MCDs: Provide Medical Facilities, Protective Gear to Safai Karamchaaris(11.12.2019)

Delhi High Court has directed the municipal corporations to ensure that adequate medical facilities with regular check-ups and good quality protective.....

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Bombay HC Grants Pre-Arrest Bail to Employees of Hospital Booked Under SC/ST Act(18.10.2021)

Bombay High Court granted pre-arrest bail to the employees of a hospital, who have been booked under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Pr.....

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Ker. HC: Residential Building Rented Out for Residential Purpose is Not Commercial Building(02.08.2022)

Kerala High Court has held that a residential building which has been rented out for residential purposes cannot be treated as a commercial building u.....

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Delhi HC: Rape Leaves Permanent Scars On Child Survivor(20.06.2016)

Delhi HC has dismissed a man's plea against a 10-year jail term awarded to him for raping a seven-year-old girl in 1996, saying the "abhorring act" le.....

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Bombay High Court: Consider Setting Up Child-friendly Courtroom(24.04.2018)

Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to consider on "priority", establishing a "model child-friendly courtroom" for minor victims.....

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Railway cannot deny liability to pay amount of compensation, even if passenger died or injured due to his own negligence(17.01.2020)

In present case, the Tribunal came to the conclusion that, deceased fell down due to his own negligence and, therefore, claimant is not entitled for c.....

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Bombay HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Corporators Accused of Abetting Suicide(04.11.2015)

Bombay High Court has granted anticipatory bail till December 2 to four Thane municipal corporators, accused of abetting suicide of a developer, Suraj.....

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Delhi High Court for Mobile App to Locate Public Toilets in Delhi(25.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed the municipal bodies to carry out mapping and geo-tagging of public toilets to make them more accessible for citizens. T.....

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Delhi HC Directs District & Sessions Judge to Fill Up Vacant Posts Expeditiously(10.09.2020)

Delhi High Court has directed a District & Sessions Judge to fill the vacancies in its Court pertaining to the posts of Senior Judicial Assistants and.....

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Delhi HC Denies Bail to Basketball Coach Allegedly Sexually Assaulting 13 Yr-Old(19.08.2021)

Delhi High Court has refused to grant bail to a 57-year old basketball coach accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year old girl after observi.....

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Minor inconsistencies in the statement of witnesses are not of any consequence in case of concurrent findings recorded by Courts below(05.07.2022)

The instant appeal is preferred by the accused against final judgment passed by High Court whereby the Division Bench of High Court declined to interf.....

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Actor Aditya Pancholi Convicted for Assaulting His Neighbour In 2005(07.11.2016)

A Mumbai Base Court has convicted Bollywood Actor Aditya Pancholi and sentenced him to one-year imprisonment for assaulting his neighbor; however, lat.....

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Delhi Court Directs Unnao Rape Case Accused to be Shifted to Tihar Jail(06.08.2019)

Delhi Court has directed expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, accused of raping a minor girl at his residence in Unnao in 2017, to be shifted to Tih.....

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SC Gives Time to Tamil Nadu SEC to Conduct Local Body Elections in Nine New Districts(23.06.2021)

Supreme Court has given the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (SEC) time to work, if necessary 24 hours a day, and hold the local body elections in.....

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P&H HC: S.24 CPC Can't Be Construed Loosely To Allow Transfer On Frivolous & Flimsy Grounds(06.05.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court, while dealing with a transfer application concerning a matrimonial dispute, held that provisions of Section 24 of Code .....

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First Meeting of National Msme Council Held With Emphasis on Raising And Accelerating Msme Performance Programme (Ramp)(10.05.2023)

The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India organised the first meeting of the National MSME Council at Vigyan Bhawan, Ne.....

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The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2014(30.09.2015)

The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill proposes establishment of National State Advisory Boards for the regulation and supervision of .....

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Delhi HC Acquits Former TV Anchor Suhaib Ilyasi in His Wife’s Murder Case(05.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has acquitted former TV anchor and producer Suhaib Ilyasi in his wife's murder case.

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#Major Changes Implementing From Today: FSSAI Bans Blending of Mustard Oil with Other Cooking Oil(01.10.2020)

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has banned blending of mustard oil with any other cooking oil with effect from 1st October, 2020.

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Different statement given by the same prosecution witness in another case would not be a reason for recalling the witness(21.06.2022)

The Petitioner before present Court had challenged the order which has been passed in Sessions Trial before the High Court whereupon the impugned judg.....

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SC Questions Centre for Opposing French Woman’s Release in Assassination Case of a Chilean Senator(09.11.2015)

Supreme Court has questioned government’s stand of opposing release of a French woman facing extradition on charges of involvement in assassination of.....

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The period of delay is to be counted from the knowledge of the deficiency(14.09.2017)

Instant first appeal has been filed by the Appellant against the order passed by the State Commission. Appellant/complainant had purchased the first f.....

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P&H HC: Pre-Arrest Bail to Accused in Assault of On-Duty Police Sends Wrong Signal to Society(11.09.2020)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that if the concession of pre-arrest bail is granted to the persons accused of assaulting public servants o.....

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Madras HC Stays Construction of Multi-Storey Building to House Integrated Collectorate Complex(23.08.2021)

Madras High Court has stayed the construction of a multi-storey building to house an integrated Collectorate complex for Kallakurichi district, carved.....

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Government of India agreed to provide Short - Term Line of Credit of USD 55 million to the Government of Sri Lanka for procurement of urea fertilizer from India(07.07.2022)

1. Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has entered into an agreement dated June 10, 2022 with the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic .....

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Not water under the bridge: anticipatory bail for misappropriation of funds denied(01.10.2015)

In a case where the Appellants were accused of misappropriating public funds by granting a construction contract to a non-existent contractor, the Sup.....

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Supreme Court Issues New Format for Index of Case File/ Paper book(07.06.2017)

Supreme Court has directed that henceforth case file/ paper book shall have one common index, having running pagination.

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Karnataka HC Allows Physical Filing on Trial Basis in District Courts(18.05.2020)

Karnataka High Court has decided to allow the physical filing of new cases in Trial Court across Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Bidar, Chikkamagalu.....

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Orissa HC Seeks Status Report on Release of Prisoners Unable to Avail Bail(17.05.2021)

Orissa High Court has sought a status report by 31st May, 2021 from the State Government on the release of prisoners, who are languishing in jails and.....

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Bombay HC Dismisses Govt.’s Plea Seeking Regularisation of Illegal Structures(28.04.2016)

Bombay High Court has dismissed Maharashtra Government plea seeking to implement a policy to regularise illegal structures across the State which have.....

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Supreme Court Prepones Election Date for Bar Council of Kerala(06.02.2018)

Supreme Court has preponed the election date for Bar Council of Kerala to 18.03.2018 from 25.03.2018 by modifying the election schedule notified by Ba.....

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Jharkhand High Court Rejects Lalu Prasad's Bail Plea in Fodder Scam Case(09.12.2019)

Jharkhand High Court has rejected bail to incarcerated RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in a fodder scam case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.9.....

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Summons to directors justified, if complaint filed under Sections 138 & 141 of NI Act alleges that Directors were in charge of and were responsible for conduct of business of the company(08.10.2021)

The present appeals are directed against the common judgment filed at the instance of the Appellants under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, .....

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Bombay HC Slams Civic Bodies Over Illegal Hoardings, Orders Removal(01.02.2017)

Bombay High Court, came down heavily on authorities over illegal hoardings put up by political parties and passed several directions to not only pull.....

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Different Age Criteria For State Govt Job Candidates Based on Domicile Status Unconstitutional: MP HC(13.03.2018)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that different age criteria for the candidates from outside the state and the candidates who are domicile of state .....

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Lok Sabha Passes Vivad se Vishwas Bill, 2020(05.03.2020)

Lok Sabha has passed the Vivad se Vishwas Bill, 2020 which aims to settle pending direct tax disputes in the country.

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Supreme Court Sets Aside Bail Granted to Man Accused of Murdering Lady Doctor(01.04.2021)

Supreme Court set aside the Kerala High Court order which granting bail to a man accused murder of a lady doctor.

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Gujarat HC: Maximum Limit of 90 Days for Filing Written Statement Directory Not Mandatory(27.01.2022)

Gujarat High Court has held that the maximum limit of 90 days for filing the written statement as under Order VIII Rule 1 of Code of Civil Procedure, .....

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Director who has resigned from the position cannot be held liable for negotiable instruments issued or for the business conducted after his resignation(14.02.2024)

The Appellants in both the appeals were Directors in the Respondent- Company and had resigned from such Directorship on 9th December, 2013 and 12th Ma.....

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Bombay HC Says Phonetic Similarity Not Enough for Alleging Trademark Infringement(18.04.2016)

Bombay HC, while holding that mere phonetic similarity is not sufficient to warrant judicial interference, has refused to grant relief to owners of th.....

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Bombay High Court Asks Builder to Ensure Safety(29.03.2018)

Bombay High Court has asked a private developer, who is re-plastering a high-rise in South Mumbai to tender an undertaking to the court, stating that .....

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Karnataka HC Directs Action Against Illegal Use of Loudspeakers at Religious Places(14.01.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to issue directions to the police machinery as well as Karnataka State Pollution Control Board .....

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Bombay HC Sets Aside Life Sentence; Says Father Had No Intention to Kill in an Honour Killing Case(17.10.2022)

Bombay High Court set aside the life sentence awarded to a carpenter and his son in an honour killing case and instead ruled them guilty of culpable h.....

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All. HC: Govt Bound by Apostille Documents Issued by Countries Signatory to the Apostille Convention(19.01.2024)

Allahabad High Court while observing that Union Government is bound by the Convention of Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public.....

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Bombay HC Directs Railways to Provide Facilities to Disabled Commuters(27.01.2017)

Bombay High court has directed Railways to provide facilities to disabled passengers travelling in local trains and CCTV cameras inside reserved compa.....

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GST Evasion: Rajasthan High Court Grants Bail to Accused on Alleged ITC Fraud(13.11.2019)

Rajasthan High Court has granted bail to Accused on alleged Input Tax Credit worth Rs. 7.12 Crore. While allowing the bail application the Court obser.....

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SC: Long Delay in FIR Can be Valid Consideration for Grant of Anticipatory Bail(04.12.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that a long delay in lodging First Information Report can be a valid consideration for grant of anticipatory bail.

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Extension of Date for Mandatory electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin (NP CoO) through the Common Digital Platform to 31st March 2023(01.08.2022)

1. In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice 24/2021-22 dated 15.11.2021, Trade Notice 42/2020-2021 dated 19.02.2021, 48/2020-2021 dated 25.03.2021,.....

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Bombay High Court Directs Western Railway to Address Medical Emergencies Swiftly(10.09.2018)

Bombay High Court has directed Western Railway to check facts and take appropriate action on the merits of cases of medical emergency.

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Delhi HC Asks Centre to Ensure Facilities for Differently Abled Students(15.07.2020)

Delhi High Court has asked the Central Government to ensure that Common Service Centres are made functional and that they are made well equipped to me.....

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Court can relieve a person from civil liability provided that the person concerned acted honestly(28.01.2022)

The Plaintiff has sought the relief under Section 1322(4)(a) of the Corporations Act, 2001 from compliance with its financial reporting and lodgment o.....

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Centre Taking Steps to Promote Textiles and Apparel Exports: Mos Textiles(12.03.2018)

The Central Government has taken several steps to improve textile and apparel exports. It has enhanced rates of Merchandise Exports from India Scheme .....

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Freedom of an individual cannot be curtailed for indefinite period during pendency of trial(23.12.2019)

Bail Petitioner who is behind the bars since 31st July, 2019, has approached present Court in the instant proceedings filed under Section 439 of the C.....

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Madras HC: Chennai Metro Rail Limited Doesn’t Have Statutory Backing to Impose Fine(12.11.2021)

Madras High Court has held that the Chennai Metro Rail Limited doesn't have any statutory backing to do the same, in a public interest litigation chal.....

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Bar Council of India Notifies Date for Conducting AIBE XV(28.08.2020)

Bar Council of India (BCI) has notified that the All India Bar Exam (AIBE) XV for this year will be conducted on November 8, 2020.

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CBDT grants further relaxation in electronic filing of Income Tax forms 15CA/15CB(20.07.2021)

As per the Income-tax Act, 1961, there is a requirement to furnish Form 15CA/15CB electronically. Presently, taxpayers upload the Form 15CA, along wit.....

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Bombay HC Grants Bail to Pharmacy Student Arrested for Social Media Post Against Sharad Pawar(22.06.2022)

Bombay High Court has granted bail to 21-year-old pharmacy student Nikhil Bhamre, who was arrested for defamatory posts allegedly aimed at NCP preside.....

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Lok Sabha Passes the Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2024(12.12.2024)

Lok Sabha has passed the Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2024 which seeks to amend the Railways Act, 1989. The bill aims at enhancing the functioning and i.....

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SEBI DRG II Study Suggests Measures To Enhance Retail Participation(01.03.2016)

The Securities and Exchange Board of India released its Development Research Group - II (DRG- II) Study titled, "The elusive retail investor: How deep.....

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Kamala Mills Fire a Result of BMC’s Failure, Says Bombay High Court(16.01.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that December 29 Kamala Mills compound fire that killed 14 people was a result of the civic administration’s failure to ens.....

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Chhattisgarh High Court Quashes Results of Preliminary Exam for Civil Judge Post(18.11.2019)

Chhattisgarh High Court has quashed the final results of the preliminary examination conducted by the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission for the p.....

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MCA Extends Last Date of Filing of Cost Audit Report to Board of Directors(28.09.2021)

Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has extended the last date of filing of the Cost Audit Report to the Board of Directors under Rule 6(5) of the Com.....

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ITAT: Liquor License Obtained in The Name of Benami/Employee is Illegal(17.08.2022)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Delhi Bench while disallowing claim of business expenditure towards payment of license fee has held that assesse.....

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SC Disposes Plea Against Cow Slaughter, Elephant Poaching, Animal Killing(23.08.2021)

Supreme Court has disposed of a plea raising concerns of the slaughter of cows, poaching of elephants, killing of wild animals for crop protection and.....

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Clarification w.r.t. applicability of PIMS at the time of import at SEZ/FTWZ/EOU and further import into DTA(05.07.2022)

1. The DGFT, vide Notification No. 11/2015-20 dated 25.05.2022, has introduced Paper Import Monitoring System (PIMS), by amending import policy of 201.....

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Accused is entitled to benefit of doubt, when there is contradiction between medical and ocular evidence and latches in investigation(28.03.2017)

Ratio: Accused is presumed to be innocent until his guilt is proved beyond reasonable doubt

Instant appeals arise out of a common .....

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AAR: Building Completion and Finishing Services is Single Service Which Attracts 18% GST(20.01.2020)

Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR), Maharashtra has held that building completion and finishing services are to be regarded as a single service and no.....

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Rajasthan HC Issues Notice on Illegal Mining Near International Borders of Rajasthan(05.02.2021)

Rajasthan High Court has issued notices to central and state governments seeking replies on illegal mining near international borders of Rajasthan. Co.....

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Centre introduces CA, CWA and CS (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in Lok Sabha(17.12.2021)

The Chartered Accountants, the Cost and Works Accountants and the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Bill, 2021, was introduced in the Lok Sabha. The bil.....

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Delhi High Court: “Rules of Game Cannot be Changed After Game is Over”(04.08.2017)

Delhi High Court has reiterated the settled position of law that selection criteria cannot be changed after admission process is over, while hearing p.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019(23.07.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019, amid Opposition call to refer the Bill to a select committee. The Bill f.....

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DGFT Removes Import Restrictions on Refined Palm Oil, Refined Palm Olein, Potatoes(02.07.2021)

Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has temporarily removed import restrictions on refined palm oil, refined Palm Olein, Potatoes. According to a.....

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Ninety days period provided for making the deposit is the maximum period under which the Auction Purchaser had to make the deposit(12.05.2022)

Present Appeal has been filed against the Order passed by the Adjudicating Authority (National Company Law Tribunal, New Delhi,). The Adjudicating Aut.....

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Rajasthan passes several land Bills(11.04.2016)

Rajasthan’s Legislative Assembly passed a veritable torrent of Bills on land acquisition and maintenance of land records.

The Rajasthan Ur.....

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Consider Allotting Two Plots to House Displaced People: Bombay High Court(27.03.2018)

Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra government to consider allotting two plots in suburbs, originally reserved for a cancer hospital and a pub.....

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Supreme Court Rues ‘Unfortunate Gap’ in Juvenile Justice Act, 2015(10.01.2020)

Supreme Court has held that a gross mistake has been made by framers of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 that allows a juv.....

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Madras HC Directs Release of Vehicle as Department Fails to Pass Detention Order(14.10.2022)

Madras High Court has ordered the release of the vehicle as the department has failed to pass the detention order within the period as provided under .....

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Extension of Date for Mandatory electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO) through the Common Digital Platform to 31st Jan 2022(15.11.2021)

1. In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice 42/2020-2021 dated 19.02.2021, 48/2020-2021 dated 25.03.2021, 10/2021-2022 dated 19.07.2021, 19/2021-20.....

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Enrolment of Non-Mechanical Propelled Vessels under New Proposed Bill(09.02.2017)

Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) being implemented with technical and financial assistance of the World Bank envisages preparation of Disaster Management.....

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Supreme Court Issues Notice on NCPCR's Plea for SIT Probe on Allegations of Selling of Children(12.02.2020)

Supreme Court has issued notice to the Government of Jharkhand on a plea filed by National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) alleging .....

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P&H HC Marks Inquiry Into Allegations of Illegal Detention and Custodial Torture of Shiv Kumar(17.03.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has marked an inquiry into allegations of illegal detention and custodial torture of labour rights activist Shiv Kumar, .....

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Karnataka HC Seeks Explanation on Another Technology for Automatic Pothole Filling Machine(08.02.2022)

Karnataka High Court has sought for an explanation from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) as to what arrangement was made for using anothe.....

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SC Raps States, UTs over Illegal Religious Structures(19.04.2016)

SC has rapped States and Union Territories for their failure to comply with its directions to file affidavits spelling out steps they have taken for r.....

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Follow Due Process for Demolishing Building: Bombay High Court(02.04.2018)

Bombay High Court has allowed a petitioner to reconstruct an illegal structure that was demolished by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as .....

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Certificate under Section 65B of Indian Evidence Act is necessary, when reliance is being placed upon electronic record(14.01.2021)

The instant petition has been filed for grant of regular bail to the Petitioner in case bearing Crime under Sections 8, 21, 22, 29 of the Narcotic Dru.....

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Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking CBI Probe into Jayalalithaa's Death(05.01.2017)

Supreme Court has dismissed petition seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into death of Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalith.....

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IL&FS Case: NCLAT Defers Hearing of Moratorium Matter to 20th December(18.12.2018)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has deferred to 20 December 2018 its hearing in the Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) mora.....

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SC Turns Down Police Plea to Cancel Bail Granted to Jamia Scholar Accused in Riots(24.11.2020)

Supreme Court has dismissed a Delhi Police petition seeking cancellation of bail granted to Faizan Khan, accused of supplying SIM card to Delhi riots .....

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Uploading of e-BRC for shipping bills on which RoSCTL scrip has been availed from DGFT RAs-Extension upto 30.09.2022(06.09.2022)

1. Attention of the trade and industry members is drawn to Trade Notice No. 12 dated 30.05.2022, wherein the exporting community was requested to get .....

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Karnataka HC Directs Submission of Requisition to Centre on Availability of Vaccines(07.05.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to submit a requisition to the Central government for making available vaccine doses, observing.....

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Clarification on applicability of regulation 23 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 in relation to Related Party Transactions(30.03.2022)

1. Regulation 23 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), Regulations 2015 ('LODR Regulations') was amended vide notification da.....

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#Timely Payment of Salaries in Pvt Eng Colleges: Supreme Court Asks AICTE to Take a Call(02.08.2017)

Supreme Court has directed All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to decide on issue of regularizing and ensuring timely payment of salarie.....

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Digital Exploitation of Children(18.07.2019)

"Police" and "Public Order" are State subjects as per the Constitution of India. States/UTs are primarily responsible for prevention, detection, inves.....

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Calcutta HC: Reporting of Illegal Activity in Honest Way, Fundamental Right of Reporter(04.08.2020)

Calcutta HC has said it is the fundamental right of a reporter to publish news of “any illegal” activity “in an honest way”, and “proper reporting” ca.....

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Writ petition filed under Article 227 of Constitution before High Court is maintainable against the National Commission's Appellate Order(13.05.2022)

The original Respondent before the High Court has preferred the present appeal against impugned interim order passed by the High Court, by which the l.....

Tags : Jurisdiction, Writ petition, Maintainability



Supreme Court Asks NGOs to Move Delhi High Court Against Declaring Nilgai as Vermin(18.07.2016)

Supreme Court has asked an animal rights activist and NGOs to approach Delhi High Court with their plea for quashing of three notifications of the Cen.....

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To be eligible for interview, candidate must satisfactorily completed recognised Vocational Training Scheme in General Practice or acquired rights under EU Directive on specific training(06.04.2017)

Plaintiff/Appellant in present proceedings (Dr. Hussain) complained that, he was not awarded a contract under General Medical Services Scheme (GMS Sch.....

Tags : Scheme, Practice, Eligibility



Gujarat HC Denies Interim Bail to Mother to Attend to Minor Children(21.04.2020)

Gujarat High Court has declined the plea of a mother to release her on temporary bail to attend to her children lodged in shelter homes during COVID-1.....

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Delhi HC Allows Delhi Bar Council's Plea for Setting Up Covid Facilities for Lawyers(04.05.2021)

Delhi High Court has allowed a Public Interest Litigation filed by the Bar Council of Delhi seeking setting up of covid facilities for registered lawy.....

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Allahabad HC: Long Period of Incarceration Can be Fresh Grounds for Bail(31.03.2022)

Allahabad High Court has observed that if there is no possibility of concluding the trial in near future and the accused applicant has been in jail fo.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, long incarceration, grant of bail



Delhi HC Denies Bail to Satyendar Jain in PMLA Case(06.04.2023)

Delhi High Court has denied bail to am Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain and observed that he is an influential person and has the potential of tamper.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, PMLA, Bail, Satyendar Jain



Ker HC: Challenge to Genuineness of Will on Grounds of Fraud Require High Degree of Evidence(09.01.2024)

Kerala High Court while observing that allegation of fraud, undue influence, etc must not be set forth vaguely, has held that to dispute the genuinene.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Genuineness of Will, Reasonable Doubt



Lok Sabha Passes Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021(29.11.2021)

Lok Sabha has passed the Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021 to repeal the three contentious farms laws-Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Faci.....

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SC: Bail Condition Directing Teacher to Return Her Salary Not Legally Sustainable(16.11.2022)

Supreme Court while setting aside Patna High Court bail order directing teacher to return her salary, has observed that such conditions are neither ju.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Anticipatory Bail, Salary



SC: Custody Under Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act Does not Mean Formal Custody(04.01.2024)

Supreme Court while observing that the expression “person accused of an offence” and “in the custody of a police officer” in Section 27 of the Evidenc.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Arrested, Custody, Surveillance



Bom. HC: Not Possible to Use Garian Land for Rehabilitation of People Affected by Koyna Dam Project(16.12.2022)

Bombay High Court has observed that Gairan land cannot be allotted for private purposes, and it may not be possible to use them for rehabilitation of .....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Rehabilitation, Koyna Dam Project, Garian Land



Hyderabad High Court Slams TTD for Fleecing of Pilgrims by Eateries(16.11.2016)

Hyderabad High Court has told Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) that Court wanted to see some “action” to curb fleecing of pilgrims on Seven Hills .....

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NGT Slams Centre and State on Operation of Helicopters in ESZ of Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary(25.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slammed Union Environment and Forests Ministry, Uttarakhand Govt National Board of Wildlife over threat to forest de.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,eco-sensitive zone(ESZ), Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary,Uttarakhand Govt



Karnataka High Court Says 'No' to Appointment of Deceased's Stepchild(28.04.2017)

Karnataka High Court has ruled that stepchild of a deceased public servant is not eligible for appointment under Karnataka Civil Services (Compassiona.....

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Delhi HC Directs Centre to Consider Exempting Caretakers of Persons with Disabilities(11.05.2020)

Delhi High Court has directed the Central Government to consider whether caretakers, attendants and support staff of persons with disabilities could b.....

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SC Directs State to Act Against NGOs Indulging in Illegal Adoption of Orphans(08.06.2021)

Supreme Court has directed State Governments and Union Territories to act against NGOs which are indulging in illegal adoption of children orphaned by.....

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Calcutta HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Youth Leader iIn Case of Alleged Violence During Protest(20.04.2022)

Calcutta High Court has granted anticipatory bail to prominent youth leader and president of West Bengal Democratic Youth Federation of India, Meenaks.....

Tags : Calcutta High Court, anticipatory bail, youth leader, West Bengal Demorcatic Youth Federation of India, Meenakshi Mukherjee, Anis Khan, violence



Bombay HC Extends Stay on FTIL-NSEL Merger til 15 June(03.05.2016)

Bombay HC has extended a stay on merger of Financial Technologies India Ltd (FTIL) and its subsidiary National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) ordered by Cen.....

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Deduction U/S 80-IB is Permissible Even If Construction is Not Acc. to Approved Plan: Bombay HC(15.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that the deduction under section 80-IB is available to the assessee-Builder, even if the construction is not according to t.....

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Parliament Passes Citizenship(Amendment) Bill, 2019(12.12.2019)

Parliament has passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 with the Rajya Sabha voting 125-99 in favour of the Bill. The Bill provides a path to Ind.....

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Set off of opposing costs orders is not affected by Qualified One-way Costs Shifting ("QOCS"), essentially because set-off is not a type of enforcement(06.10.2021)

Present appeal relates to the construction and effect of a procedural rule in relation to the costs of legal proceedings that applies to all personal .....

Tags : Cost, Legal proceedings, Applicability



Delhi High Court to delve into Drug Controller irregularities(25.04.2016)

The Delhi High Court deferred a dispute regarding the development, classification and promotion of bio-similar drugs to 2 June 2016. Brought by Roche .....

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Bombay High Court: Kamala Mills Fire an Opportunity to Improve System(13.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that authorities must take the Kamala Mills fire incident as an opportunity to start monitoring hotels, restaurants and oth.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2019(11.12.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill provides for a maximum punishment of life imprisonment for manufacturing and carrying.....

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SC Directs High Courts to Make E-Filing Mandatory in Certain Categories from January 2022(18.10.2021)

Supreme Court has given instructions as per letter dated October 9, 2021 to make e-filing of petitions mandatory in certain categories from January 1,.....

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SC Directs UP Govt. to Set Up Committee for Recruiting Primary Teachers(03.11.2015)

Supreme Court has directed Uttar Pradesh Government to constitute a committee which would accept and decide applications from candidates seeking appoi.....

Tags : Supreme Court , Uttar Pradesh Government, Teacher Eligibility Test



NGT Raps Delhi Government for Delay in Report in the case of Millennium Bus Depot Site(25.09.2017)

National Green Tribunal has rapped the Delhi Government over its failure to file a compliance report with regard to the Supreme Court order on changin.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Explanation on Illegal Cutting of Trees(09.09.2020)

Delhi High Court has sought an explanation from the forest department, police and the south corporation on a Petition filed by a local resident of Jan.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice to Rajya Sabha Media Advisory Council on Journalist's Plea(19.08.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Rajya Sabha Media Advisory Committee on an appeal preferred by a journalist, assailing a single judge order .....

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SC Grants Interim Bail to Mohammed Zubair in Hate Speech FIR by UP Police(08.07.2022)

Supreme Court has granted interim bail for 5 days to Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of fact checking website AltNews, in connection with the Hate Spe.....

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Ker. HC to State: Constitute Committee to Examine Requests for Sex-Selective Surgeries(08.08.2023)

Kerala High Court has directed State government to constitute a State Level Multidisciplinary Committee consisting of experts to examine requests for .....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Sex-Selective Surgeries, Intersex children



Bombay HC Extends Interim Relief to Comedian Kapil Sharma(25.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has extended by two weeks interim relief granted to comedian Kapil Sharma in a case involving alleged illegal constructions in his f.....

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Supreme Court Allows Centre to Withdraw Force from Darjeeling Hills(29.11.2017)

Supreme Court Allows Centre to Withdraw Force from Darjeeling Hills

Tags : A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud agreed to the Centre's plea to relocate half of the remaining paramilitary forces from the state's strife-torn districts to the poll-bound state.



Supreme Court Sends Milkman to Jail for Six Months for Diluting Milk 24 Years Ago(07.10.2019)

Supreme Court has sent a milkman from Uttar Pradesh to jail for six months for diluting milk nearly 24 years ago, saying the accused cannot be acquitt.....

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Calcutta HC Declines to Interfere in Plea Moved Against Chairman of Bar Council of West Bengal(31.08.2021)

Calcutta High Court has declined to interfere in a plea moved against the Chairman of the Bar Council of West Bengal over the recent letter addressed .....

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Once any gratification other than legal remuneration is proved to have been accepted by Accused, Court is entitled to raise the presumption under Section 20 of PC Act, 1988(21.09.2023)

The instant Appeal is directed against the judgment and order passed by the High Court, whereby the High Court had dismissed the Appeal filed by the A.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt to Provide Medical Facilities to Covid-19 Patients(07.05.2021)

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to provide medical facilities to all the persons suffering from Covid-19 in the national capital. T.....

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Accused cannot be convicted of the charge unless the State has proven the accused's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt(30.03.2022)

The prosecution's case against the accused was that he entered into a bail undertaking on 25 August 2021 and that he was granted a bail extension on 1.....

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MP HC Denies Bail to Persons Allegedly Involved in Customs Duty Evasion by Undervaluing Invoices(11.02.2021)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to grant bail to persons allegedly involved in Customs Duty evasion by undervaluing invoices. The applicants, Hi.....

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Executive orders or circulars in the absence of any legislative competence cannot be made applicable with retrospective effect(22.09.2022)

The instant batch of appeals has been preferred by the Appellant, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. assailing the judgment passed by the Telecom Disputes Sett.....

Tags : Circular, Rates, Applicability



SC Rejects Interim Bail Plea of Asaram Bapu in Rape Case(25.10.2016)

Supreme Court has rejected interim bail plea of self-styled religious figure Asaram Bapu, who is facing trial in rape cases, on health grounds and ask.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Asaram Bapu, Rape Case, Bail



Telangana High Court Suspends Adilabad Collector’s Order on Pesticide Sales(23.08.2019)

Telangana High Court has suspended the order passed by the Adilabad District Collector who made it essential for the dealers to sell Monocrotophos pes.....

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SC: Detailed Enquiry Into Merits of Allegations Not Warranted While Exercising Jurisdiction(04.08.2021)

Supreme Court has reiterated that a detailed enquiry into the merits of the allegations is not warranted while exercising jurisdiction under Section 4.....

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Conviction cannot be based on the testimony of a wholly unreliable witness(03.06.2022)

Instant appeals challenges the judgment delivered by the Division Bench of the High Court, thereby dismissing the appeal filed by the present appellan.....

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In the absence of obligation to deduct tax at source, the assessee cannot be held to be an assessee in default(10.01.2023)

The Appellant is a company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956. It is engaged in the business of dealing in flats constructio.....

Tags : Assessment, Interest, Liability



Consumer Protection Bill, 2015(10.08.2015)

The government introduced the Consumer Protection Bill, 2015 in the Lok Sabha on 10.08.2015. The Bill aims to provide protection of the interests of c.....

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Madras High Court Holds Unmarried 2nd Daughter Entitled to Father’s Pension(16.05.2017)

Madras High Court has held that an unmarried second daughter of a retired government employee may be given family pension if her elder sibling surrend.....

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Calcutta HC Takes Suo Moto Case on Risk of COVID-19 Infection in Children Protection Homes(07.04.2020)

Calcutta High Court has taken a suo moto case on measures to be taken to protect children lodged in Protection Homes from the Corona virus. The Court .....

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Kerala High Court Notifies Modified Sitting and Filing Arrangements(20.05.2021)

Kerala High Court has notified its modified filing process and sitting arrangements for the lockdown period. As per the Official Notification, the Cou.....

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Bombay HC Asks Maharashtra Govt to Submit Report on Number of Child Marriages(15.03.2022)

Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra Government to submit a report on the number of child marriages in the State as it may be a contributing fa.....

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Bom. HC: Bail Granted to Accused Who Wasn’t Produced Before Court on Seventy Previous Dates(06.05.2024)

Bombay High Court while granting bail to a murder accused who was not produced before the court on seventy previous dates, has observed that it is a s.....

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Govt Proposes 5% TDS on House Rent Payable to Residents by Individuals / HUFs(02.02.2017)

Government has proposed 5% TDS on House Rent Payable exceeding fifty thousand rupees for a month or part of month during previous year to Resident by .....

Tags : Budget 2017-18, Union Budget, Rail Budget, Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister



SERVICE - Drunkenness While on Duty A Serious Misconduct: SC(29.03.2019)

Supreme Court has upheld dismissal of a police constable for drunkenness and misbehavior with the public and observed that drunkunness while being on .....

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ITAT, Mumbai: Rent from Children Cannot be Treated as Tool for Evasion(11.03.2020)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai has held that the rent received from son and daughter of the Assessee could not be treated as a tax evasi.....

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P&H HC: Filing of Supplementary Challan Cannot be Deferred Because Anticipatory Bail Pending(18.01.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that filing of a supplementary Challan under Section 173 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 cannot be deferred.....

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Bail cannot be declined to an accused only because the accused is charge-sheeted for a grave economic offence(30.11.2022)

Present is an application on behalf of the Petitioner under Section 439 read with Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) for the grant.....

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Delhi HC: Periodic Inspection of School Buildings Mandatory(16.09.2016)

Delhi HC has directed ‘mandatory periodic inspection’ of all buildings and premises of government and private schools in the national capital to ensur.....

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CBDT extends due date for filing of TDS statement in Form 24Q(04.06.2019)

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had earlier notified amended Form 24Q for filing TDS statement by deductors of tax vide Notification No. 36/2.....

Tags : TDS statement, Filing of, Extension



Kerala High Court Asks State Government to Respond on Stock Details of Vaccines(12.05.2021)

Kerala High Court has asked the State government to inform the court whether the stock details of the COVID-19 vaccines could be posted on the COVID-1.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Demands for Grants and Appropriation Bill 2022(25.03.2022)

Lok Sabha has passed the Demands for Grants and Appropriation Bill 2022, authorising the government to withdraw Rs 122.43 lakh crore from the Consolid.....

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Post-dated cheques given as security against advance do not constitute a legally enforceable liability(14.08.2015)

When cheques are given as security against an advance, and could not be encashed unless the account between the parties was settled, the amount of suc.....

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NGT: Act Immediately Against Those Indulged in River Son Illegal Sand Mining(22.05.2017)

National Green Tribunal has directed District Collectors of Umaria and Shahdol of Madhya Pradesh to take immediate action against persons indulged in .....

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Gauhati HC Stays Akhil Gogoi's Default Bail in UAPA Case(13.04.2020)

Gauhati High Court has stayed the bail order of National Investigation Agency Court, Assam, which refused to extend the period of investigation beyond.....

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Irrational and indiscriminate arrests are gross violation of human rights(20.05.2021)

The instant anticipatory bail application has been filed with a prayer to grant anticipatory bail to the applicants, in Case Crime under Sections-323,.....

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SC Slams Tamil Nadu Builders over Failure to Comply with NGT Order(25.01.2016)

SC has ordered Centre to bring out comprehensive chart on status of environmental clearance and building projects of 7 builders from Tamil Nadu. The c.....

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Cabinet approves signing of MoU between India and Australia for Cooperation in the Disability Sector(17.12.2018)

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has been apprised of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Australia for .....

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Delhi HC: Default Bail Cannot Be Denied Just Because Application Filed u/s 439 CrPC(11.11.2020)

Delhi High Court has granted bail in a case where the accused was prepared to furnish bail and comply with the conditions under Section 167(2) of the .....

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Kerala HC: Anticipatory Bail Application Can Only be Filed Before Special Court & Not High Court(05.09.2022)

Kerala High Court has held that in cases of alleged offences under the SC/ST Act, an application for anticipatory bail can be filed only before Specia.....

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DIAL’s hundred per cent fee increase not an abuse of dominant position(17.11.2015)

Delhi International Airport Pvt. Ltd. was given reprieve from proceedings for unfair and discriminatory increases in airport floor rental charges. DIA.....

Tags : Competition, airport fee, equilibrium, dominant position



Gujarat HC Demands System to Ascertain Lawyers' Competency(26.06.2019)

Gujarat High Court has directed Bar Council of India and Bar Council of Gujarat to create a mechanism for ascertaining the competency of lawyers in co.....

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SC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking Probe into Alleged Custodial Torture of Raghu Rama Krishna Raju(26.05.2021)

Supreme Court has issued notice on a writ petition filed by the son of YSR Congress MP Raghu Rama Krishnam Raju seeking an investigation by the Centra.....

Tags : SC Refuses Urgent Listing of Bail Plea of Cop Accused in Jayaraj-Bennix Custodial Deaths Case



Delhi HC: Application for Leave to Serve Interrogatories Need Not be Decided Ex-Parte(07.04.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that no prescription in law, either statutory or precedential, that inhibits from issuing notice under Order XI Rule 1 of Co.....

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Government extends due date for filing of Income Tax Returns from 30th September, 2016 to 17th October, 2016(12.09.2016)

The due date for filing of Income tax returns by tax payers whose accounts are required to be audited under the Income Tax Act is the 30th September o.....

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Supreme Court Directs Status Quo Over Road Widening in Greater Kailash Traffic Bottleneck(12.06.2019)

Supreme Court has directed status quo for eight weeks on a project to widen the road near Savitri Cinema intersection in Greater Kailash, South Delhi......

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NIA Court Grants Permission to Akhil Gogoi to Take Oath as Legislator of Assam Assembly(12.05.2021)

Special National Investigation Agency Court has allowed jailed anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi, to take oath as legislator of Assam Assembly, stating th.....

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State is liable for any delictual or contractual damage or loss caused as a result of any act or omission in connection with any school activity conducted by a public school(13.02.2023)

The Appellant, the MEC of Education, North West, was found liable in terms of Section 60 of the South African Schools Act, 1998 for damages suffered b.....

Tags : Damages, Liability, Provision



Karnataka High Court Asks BBMP to Evolve Software to Check Illegal Constructions(21.02.2017)

Karnataka High Court has asked BBMP to evolve a software to deal with complaints relating to illegal constructions in Bengaluru.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS - Bombay HC Holds Journolist Guilty of Extortion for Threatening to Defame Person in News(08.03.2019)

Bombay High Court has held a journalist guilty of extortion for threatening to publish a news item defaming complainant and demanding money in exchang.....

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Kerala High Court Grants Bail to Prime Accused Swapna Suresh And Others(02.11.2021)

Kerala High Court has granted bail to the accused, including prime accused Swapna Suresh and Sarith P.S. in the infamous gold smuggling case which had.....

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An interlocutory order is not appealable unless it disposes of any issue or any portion of the issue in the main action(22.12.2023)

This appeal is against an order of the KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court, which dismissed a point in limine to the effect that the first respon.....

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Karnataka HC Directs to Ensure Disbursal of Funds for Construction of New District Court Building(07.12.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the Principal Secretary (Law Department) to apprise the concerned government authorities to release funds for the co.....

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Sufficient medical evidence should be available before the adjudicating authority for applying the principles of Res Ipsa Locutor(17.10.2023)

The present appeal is directed against the order passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissionwhereby the complaint filed by the Appel.....

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CIC Seeks Disclosure of Every Action on Misconduct of Lawyers(22.07.2016)

Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Bar Council of Delhi to proactively make public the cases of professional misconduct, both proved an.....

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Madras High Court: Act Against Those Employing Kids(09.05.2017)

Madras High Court has asked Director General of Police will ensure that children who are employed illegally and made to beg are rescued and rehabilita.....

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Delhi HC: Prior Use in One Jurisdiction Would Not Entitle User to Exclusive Rights in Other Dominion(23.04.2020)

Delhi High Court has denied interim injunction in an Application wherein the Plaintiff, while not having business operations in India could also not p.....

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Bombay HC Refuses to Direct Police for FIR Against BJP MP Sujay Vikhe Patil(06.05.2021)

Bombay High Court has refused to 'direct' the local police to register a First Information Report against BPJ MP from Ahmednagar constituency- Dr Suja.....

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SC Dismisses Plea of Maharashtra Govt for Transfer of Anil Deshmukh Probe from CBI to SIT(01.04.2022)

Supreme Court has rejected the plea of Maharashtra government that seeks for transfer of the probe against Anil Deshmukh, former Home Minister from th.....

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Amendment brought to Section 153C of the IT Act, shall be applicable to searches conducted under Section 132 of the IT Act, before the date of the amendment(06.04.2023)

The Revenue has preferred the present appeals feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned common judgment and order passed by the High Court,.....

Tags : Amendment, Searches, Applicability



#Illegal mining in Odisha: Supreme Court Imposes 100% Penalty(03.08.2017)

Supreme Court has imposed a 100% penalty on illegal mining on account of lack of forest and environment clearances, mining outside lease/permitted are.....

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NCLAT Approves IL&FS to Sell Remaining 51% Stake in 7 Wind Energy Arms to Japan's Orix Corp(23.07.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has approved the cash strapped Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) for the proposed .....

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MCA Relaxes Time for Filing Forms Related to Creation/Modification of Changes(02.07.2021)

Ministry of Corporate Affairs has notified relaxation in time for filing forms related to creation/modification of changes under Companies Act, 2013. .....

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Vicarious liability arises only when the company or firm commits the offence as the primary offender(09.05.2022)

The issues raised in present appeal by the Appellant is against the impugned order of conviction under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.....

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CSR expenditure during 2014-2015(03.05.2016)

The Minister of Corporate Affairs released figures on expenditure towards Corporate Social Responsibility activities between 2014 and 2015. A grand to.....

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Bombay High Court: Kamala Mills Fire Institutional Failure of BMC, Excise Dept(19.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that considering the scale of violation of regulations, it is impossible to accept that Kamala Mills fire incident could ha.....

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Supreme Court Clears Way for Appointment of 107 Civil Judges(16.12.2019)

SC has cleared the way for appointment of 107 judicial officers in Haryana by allowing candidates to avail the benefit of grace marks in the main (wri.....

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Karnataka HC: No Prohibition to Give Information After Filing of B-Report by Police(20.10.2021)

Karnataka High Court has said that once an investigation is completed and B-Report is filed by the police, there is no prohibition to give information.....

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Allahabad HC Denies Bail to Siddique Kappan's in UAPA Case(04.08.2022)

Allahabad High Court has rejected the bail plea moved by journalist Siddique Kappan in connection with the 'Hathras Conspiracy Case'.

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Bail, Conspiracy



Rajasthan Vexatious Litigation (Prevention) Bill, 2015(19.10.2015)

Taking heart from Madhya Pradesh’s somewhat inappropriately timed ‘Tang Karnewali Mukadmebazi (Nivaran) Vidheyak’ or Vexatious Litigation (Prevention).....

Tags : Rajasthan, bill, vexatious, litigant, litigation, court



Annexures are privileged and there is no basis to sever the same from application(08.08.2017)

Present is an interlocutory application by WBHO Construction Limited (“WBHO”) against the Competition Commission and Group Five Construction Limited f.....

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Karnataka HC Asks State Govt to Come Out with Better Rehabilitation Scheme for People Evicted(28.09.2020)

Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to come out with a 'better scheme' for rehabilitation of those evicted persons from Kariyammana.....

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P&H HC Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail to Ex-Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini in Corruption Case(13.08.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted interim Anticipatory Bail to former Punjab Director-General of Police Sumedh Singh Saini in a corruption cas.....

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Bom HC: JJB’s Decision to Try Child as Adult Must be Transparent and Fair(03.07.2023)

Bombay High Court has held that inquiry by Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) under Section 15 of J.J. Act to arrive at a conclusion to try the child as an .....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Juvenile Justice Board, Inquiry, Transparent, Fair



Bombay HC Rules Restraining Demolition of Dilapidated Building Dangerous to Both Tenants & Passerby(06.10.2016)

Bombay HC, while dismissing a petition filed by two tenants of an old dilapidated building in Vile Parle challenging BMC's directive, has said, "Allow.....

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Aadhaar Not Mandatory for Bank Account, Mobile Number but Must for Allotment of PAN: SC(26.09.2018)

Supreme Court has held that while Aadhaar would remain mandatory for filing of income tax returns and allotment of PAN, it would not be mandatory to l.....

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SC Issues Notice on PIL for Steps Taken Under Mental Health Act, 2017 to Restrain Child Suicides(05.08.2019)

Supreme Court has issued notice to the Central and the State Governments on a public interest litigation raising the issue of increasing number of chi.....

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Uttarakhand HC Denies Bail to Man Booked for Abetting Wife's Suicide(16.07.2021)

Uttarakhand High Court has denied bail to a man who has been booked for abetting the suicide of his wife as he would allegedly pressurize his wife to .....

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Interest earned by the assessee on surplus held with cooperative banks would be eligible for deduction under Section 80P(2)(d) of the IT Act(20.05.2022)

The Revenue is in appeal in respect of the allowability of deduction under Section 80P(2)(d) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (IT Act) in respect of intere.....

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Govt Proposes to Exemption Of Long Term Capital Gains Tax Only If STT Is Chargeable(02.02.2017)

Government has proposed to provide tax exemption on income arising from transfer of long capital asset acquired on or after 01/10/2004, only if acquis.....

Tags : Budget 2017-18, Union Budget, Rail Budget, Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister



Delhi HC Rejects HUL Plea Against Emami’s TV Ad(01.04.2019)

Delhi High Court has rejected a plea by Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), manufacturer of the ‘Fair & Lovely’ range of skin lightening/fairness cream,.....

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Rajya Sabha Approves Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2020(13.03.2020)

Rajya Sabha has passed amendments to the insolvency law in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2020 that will help ring-fence success.....

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Gujarat HC Seeks Assurance from CBDT on Problems of Assessees Unable to File Tax returns(19.01.2022)

Gujarat High Court has sought assurance, by way of an affidavit, from the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) that they would attend to the problems .....

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Delhi HC: Mother's Choice & Quality of Child's Life Deciding Factors in Case of Fetal Abnormalities(06.12.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that the ultimate decision in the pregnancy cases involving fetal abnormalities are to recognize the choice of the mother, a.....

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Bom. HC: Information of Previous Bail Applications And Orders to Be Give in All Bail Applications(26.02.2024)

Bombay High Court while issuing a circular, has mandated details of all previous applications for bail to be given in bail applications presented befo.....

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Karnataka HC Directs KMC Not to De-register IMA Members(30.12.2016)

Karnataka High Court has directed Karnataka Medical Council (KMC) not to de-register until further orders doctors who are members of Indian Medical As.....

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Telangana HC Directs State Not to Insist on Aadhar Details of Agricultural Lands(05.11.2020)

Telangana High Court has directed the State not to insist on uploading of Aadhaar details vis-i-vis the agricultural land details being placed by the .....

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“Astrological incompatibility” cannot be used as a ground to avoid Rape charges(20.09.2021)

The applicant has filed present revision under Section 397 read with Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) against dismissal o.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2014(22.03.2017)

HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2014, aimed at ensuring equal rights while seeking treatment, education and job by people living with HIV,.....

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CONTEMPT OF COURT - SC Stays Meghalaya HC's Contempt Order Against Shillong Times Editor & Publisher(15.03.2019)

Supreme Court has stayed judgment passed by Meghalaya High Court which had held Shillong Times's editor Patricia Mukhim and publisher Shobha Chaudhuri.....

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SC Seeks WhatsApp, Facebook Response on Plea Seeking Data Protection on UPI Platforms(02.02.2021)

Supreme Court has held that Section 43¬D (5) of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA Act) per¬ se does not oust the ability of Constitutio.....

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Compassionate appointment being a concession and not a right cannot be used as a mode of recruitment in public sector organisations(19.10.2022)

The Petitioner, who is the son of late Shri Mata Pher, who was working as a gardener with the Respondent no.2 and, while in service, expired on 23rd M.....

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SC Stays Kerala HC Judgment Allowing Live-In Couple to Reclaim Surrendered Biological Child(04.05.2021)

Supreme Court has stayed the operation of a Kerala High Court judgment that restored the custody of a surrendered child to his biological parents, a c.....

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Calcutta HC Directs Registrar for List of Appeals Wherein Convicts Jailed for More than 14 Years(30.03.2022)

Calcutta High Court directed the Registrar (IT) of the High Court to prepare a list of appeals wherein the convicts are in jail for 14 or more and lis.....

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Section 200 of the IT Act casts a duty on person deducting tax to pay the same within prescribed time to the credit of the Central Government(29.03.2023)

The only issue for consideration is the levy of late filing fee on account of delay in filing of TDS statements, by the TDS Central Processing Cell un.....

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Delhi HC: Nomination Doesn’t Amount To Will In Law(26.04.2017)

Delhi High Court has reiterated that nomination is not a Will in law and in absence of any Will, only legal heirs (as per the Hindu Succession Act) sh.....

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UAE Exchange Centre’s liaison office in India would not constitute a ‘Permanent Establishment’, thus not liable to pay tax as per provisions of IT Act and DTAAs signed between two nations(24.04.2020)

The Respondent is a limited company incorporated in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is engaged in offering, among others, remittance services for t.....

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Sikkim HC Expresses Concern Over Unavailability of Covid-19 Vaccines(07.06.2021)

Sikkim High Court has expressed concern over unavailability of Covid-19 vaccine in the State and directed the authorities to take proactive steps in t.....

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Construction of statutory phrase, placed by a circular issued by the Central Board of Excise and Customs is binding on the Revenue till the same is withdrawn(12.04.2022)

The brief fact of the case is that based on intelligence that Appellant was not paying Service tax on the Construction activities carried out by him, .....

Tags : Demand, Circular, Applicability



Justice not only done but also seen to be done: Kerala HC(09.11.2015)

Kerala High Court held that the Director of Vigilance can give ‘timely directions’ while conducting investigation, but not after. Observations and fin.....

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Rajya Sabha Clears Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019(28.06.2019)

Rajya Sabha has cleared the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019 on 27th June, 2019 that seeks to allow trusts to set up units in special eco.....

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Calcutta High Court Grants Interim Bail to 4 Trinamool Leaders in Narada Case(28.05.2021)

Calcutta High Court has granted interim bail to four Trinamool Congress leaders- Firhad Hakim, Madan Mitra, Subrata Mukherjee and Sovan Chatterjee- wh.....

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Madras HC: Quota for Government School Students in Medical Admissions Justified(08.04.2022)

Madras High Court has upheld the validity of Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Courses in Medicine, Dentistry, Indian Medicine and Homeopathy on f.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Courses in Medicine, Dentistry, Indian Medicine and Homeopathy, reservation, Government Schools, undergraduate



J&K HC: In Bail Applications, No Necessity to Give Opportunity to State to File Written Objections(03.07.2024)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has observed that in a bail application, there is no necessity to give an opportunity to the State to file written object.....

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Mere discrepancy in filing the Income Tax Return instead of the Income Certificate cannot lead to a situation where an eligible meritorious candidate is deprived of the scholarship(12.12.2022)

The Petitioner joined Respondent No.2 - Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law ("University") in the five years law course. He belongs to the Schedul.....

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When the substantial control remains with the contractor and is not handed over to the user, it can’t be termed as sale and Sales Tax or VAT can’t be applied(09.01.2024)

Present group of appeals concerns the liability to pay tax under the Assam General Sales Tax Act, 1993 ('the Sales Tax Act') and the Assam Value Added.....

Tags : Payment, Provision, Applicability



Supreme Court: Verify Educational Certificates of Law Grad Without Fee From BCI(02.03.2017)

Supreme Court has directed all Universities to verify educational certificates of law degree holders without charging a fee from Bar Council of India .....

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SC Dismisses Two Officials for Tampering With Order Directing Personal Appearance of Anil Ambani(14.02.2019)

Supreme Court has summarily dismissed two court masters- Manav Sharma and Tapan Kumar Chakraborty- for tampering with the January 7 order directing pe.....

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SC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging St Stephens College's Cut-Off for Disability Quota Seats(24.12.2020)

Supreme Court has issued notice on a plea challenging the procedure followed by Delhi University's St. Stephens College in setting an "unreasonably hi.....

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Allahabad HC: Media Runs Kangaroo Courts & Oversteps Upon Sanctity of Judiciary(27.07.2022)

Allahabad High Court while denying bail to Lakhimpur Kheri violence case accused Ashish Mathur, has held that recent trend in media to conduct ill-inf.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Lakhimpur Kheri Violence, debates, High-Profile



Section 14(i) of IBC not apply to transactions, arrangements or agreements, under the Convention & Protocol, relating to aircraft, aircraft engines, airframes and helicopters(03.10.2023)

WHEREAS, the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipme.....

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TRAI adamant on GPS in all mobile phones(01.10.2015)

TRAI’s proposals to set a cut-off date after which all mobiles sold in the country would incorporate Global Positioning System functionality were reje.....

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National Green Tribunal Directs Railways to take Remedial Measures Against Pollution(13.06.2019)

National Green Tribunal has directed the Railway Board to look into the matter, take appropriate action and apprise the Tribunal of the action taken w.....

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Mentioned industrial undertakings under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 be declared as public utility services(27.01.2022)

1. Whereas the Central Government being satisfied that the public interest so requires that the services engaged in the following industrial undertaki.....

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When bail is granted, an appellate Court must be very slow to interfere(14.06.2021)

The present petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) is directed against the order whereby the learned Metropolitan Magis.....

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Delhi High Court Serves Notice on Illegal Slaughter Houses(13.08.2015)

Delhi High Court has served notices to Delhi Government, North Delhi Municipal Corporation and Delhi Police on a plea praying immediate ban on slaug.....

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Contract be constituted by an offer and acceptance when putative offer reveal an intention to give rise, upon acceptance, to an obligation(11.05.2017)

Robert Ian Edwin Partridge died on 6 October 2008. By his will made on 29 December 1995, he appointed Appellant, Mrs. Lola Levingston, as his executri.....

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Telangana HC Seeks Report on SC Order for Protection of Children in Child Care Institutions(07.04.2020)

Telangana High Court has asked all the Juvenile Justice Boards and Children Courts in the state to file a status report in terms of the Supreme Court .....

Tags : Telangana High Court, Protection of Children in Child Care Institutions



Delhi HC: Treatment Must be Provided in Another Hospital When Referral Hospital is a Covid Facility(20.05.2021)

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to ensure that an accused person must be provided the treatment required by approaching an alternat.....

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Madras HC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking Damages Over Copyright Infringement by Film Valimai(15.03.2022)

Madras High Court has issued notice to the makers of Tamil film Valimai, starring Ajith, after the Producer of a 2016 Movie called Metro alleged that .....

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Process of labelling or re-labelling amounts to manufacture(30.04.2024)

Present is an appeal by the revenue under Section 35L(1)(b) of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (Central Excise Act) against the order passed by the Custo.....

Tags : Activity, CENVAT credit, Eligibility



Amendments in Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill 2015(20.04.2016)

The Union Cabinet approved amendments to the (30.03.2019)

Supreme Court has called for family planning of cars owned by a household on the lines of "Hum Do Hamare Do" campaign as it expressed concern over one.....

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Telangana High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail for Directors of TEPL(12.03.2020)

Telangana High Court has denied anticipatory bail for directors of Transworld Educare Private Limited (TEPL) for providing taxable services without ra.....

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Delhi HC Directs to Ensure Accessibility of Footpaths to Persons with Physical Disabilities(18.01.2022)

Delhi High Court has directed the various departments of the Delhi Government to work in tandem and ensure that footpaths and pavements in the Vasant .....

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Where income is assessable to tax over a number of years, credit for tax deducted at source shall be allowed across those years in same proportion in which income is assessable to tax(30.11.2022)

Present is an appeal filed by the assessee against the order of the learned Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals), in proceeding under Section 154 of I.....

Tags : TDS, Credit, Eligibility



Karnataka HC Notices State Government over Illegal Sand Extraction(17.10.2016)

Karnataka High Court has issued notices to State government and three private contractors on a Public Interest Litigation, which complained about alle.....

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When Financial Creditor was pursuing its remedies in proper forum, there was continuous cause of action existed and debt cannot be considered as time barred(06.09.2019)

In facts of present case, Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company Limited, assignee of debt from original lender - UCO Bank (Assignor), filed Company P.....

Tags : Payment, Enforcement, Maintainability



SC Asks Centre to Act on Plea Seeking a System to Authenticate Government ID Cards(25.10.2016)

Supreme Court has asked Centre to consider as representation a PIL seeking to put in place a technology to authenticate identity cards like voter ID, .....

Tags : Supreme Court, PIL, voter ID, Aadhar cards, driving licenses



Supreme Court: Court Cannot be Used as Means by Any Person to Perpetuate Illegality(22.08.2019)

Supreme Court has observed that the Court cannot be used as a tool by a litigant to perpetuate illegality and observed that a person who has liability.....

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CBDT Extends Due Date for Filing Various Income Tax Forms(04.08.2021)

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued an order extending due dates for Quarterly statement in Form No. 15CC up to 31st August 2021, Equaliza.....

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Launching of self-deactivation facility over IIB' s ENVOY portal(06.06.2022)

1. ENVOY portal, maintained by Insurance Information Bureau (IIB) is the central database for various categories of insurance sales persons working fo.....

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Supreme Court: Set Up Pilot Courts to Deal With Cheque Bounce Cases(19.05.2022)

Supreme Court in a bid to reduce the pendency of cheque bounce cases under S. 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, ordered the establishment of pilo.....

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Rule 43 CCS (Leave) Rules creates an unreasonable distinction between rights of first two children born to a lady government servant and the third or the subsequent child(22.07.2024)

The respondent no.1 is employed with the petitioners as a Lady Constable. From her first marriage, she was blessed with two children. After divorce by.....

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Bill developments in Parliament(02.05.2016)

The Lok Sabha passed the Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2016. The Bill encourages education, training and research in the field of biotechnol.....

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Madras HC Stays BCI’s Resolution Deferring New Eligibility Rules For Contesting Bar Elections(15.02.2018)

Madras HC has put an interim stay on the resolution adopted by BCI by which it had deferred the new eligibility conditions, including minimum 10-year .....

Tags : Madras High Court, Bar Council



Supreme Court Permits Cutting of Over 400 Trees for Delhi-Agra Rail Line(11.12.2019)

Supreme Court has allowed the cutting of 452 trees for the construction of an additional track for the railway line connecting Delhi to Agra via Mathu.....

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In the absence of an application seeking condonation of delay, the written statement could not be taken on record(12.10.2021)

The present petition was filed impugning the order of the District Judge (Commercial), dismissing of the application of the Petitioner/defendant under.....

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Delhi HC Orders Govt to Make Narco Test Facility Available at Delhi FSL in 3 Months(14.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has expressed surprise that till date, India has just one narco test facility centre, which is at the Forensic Science Laboratory in .....

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SC: Triple Talaq Law Does Not Take Away Right to Seek Anticipatory Bail(18.12.2020)

Supreme Court has ruled that the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 declaring triple talaq mode of divorce among Muslims illega.....

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Jharkhand Assembly Passes Anti-Lynching Bill Providing For Punishment for Culprits(22.12.2021)

Jharkhand State Assembly has passed a law to prevent Mob Lynching in the state, The Jharkhand (Prevention of Mob Violence and Mob Lynching) Bill, 2021.....

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Delhi HC: Old Pension Scheme Applicable to Personnel of All CAPFs(12.01.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that paramilitary forces are armed forces of union, has held that benefit of Old Pension Scheme (OPS) in accordance w.....

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GST: Input Tax Credit Limit on Existing Stocks Raised to Support Transition Period Sales(05.06.2017)

GST Council has decided to increase limit on input tax credit to 60% from earlier proposed 40% on items with excise rates above 18%, bringing some res.....

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Delhi HC Directs Delhi Govt to Ensure Adequate Facilities for Healthcare Workers(15.05.2020)

Delhi High Court has directed the Secretary of Delhi Government's Health Department to depute a senior officer to visit the Quarantine Facility, Narel.....

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#Monsoon Session: Lok Sabha Passes IIM Bill, IIM Autonomy Closer(31.07.2017)

Lok Sabha has approved Indian Institutes of Management Bill 2017 that promises to grant administrative, academic and financial autonomy to the elite B.....

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Delhi HC Directs Centre to File Replies to Plea Seeking Independent Probe in Jamia Violence Case(13.07.2020)

Delhi High Court has directed the Central Government to file its reply to all the Petitions concerning Jamia Millia University violence within 2 days.

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Clarification regarding rate of tax applicable on construction services provided to a Government Entity, in relation to construction such as of a Ropeway on turnkey basis(17.06.2021)

1. Reference has been received by the Board for a clarification whether services supplied to a Government Entity by way of construction such as of "a .....

Tags : Clarification, Applicability, GST



Global Conventions on Child Labour(24.07.2017)

After the enactment of the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016, Government has recently ratified the International Labour Orga.....

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Sexual Abuse Case: Madras High Court Court Dismisses Anticipatory Bail Plea of Journalist(22.07.2019)

Madras High Court has declined anticipatory bail to journalist Prakash M Swamy who apprehended arrest in connection with a sexual abuse case. The com.....

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Allahabad HC Seeks Implementation of SC Order for Supply of Food to Children, Lactating Women(04.08.2020)

Allahabad High Court has sought an update from the Union Ministry of Women & Child Development regarding their policy for providing nutritional food t.....

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Bombay HC Denies to Grant Relief to Doctors against MCI Action(26.10.2015)

Bombay HC has denied to grant relief to a bunch of doctors who challenged orders of Medical Council of India and Maharashtra Medical Council against t.....

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NGT Gives Nod to Purana Qila Lake Revival(03.10.2018)

NGT has given its nod to the revival of the iconic Purana Qila lake by laying impermeable plastic lining on its bed and has rejected the claim that th.....

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Gauhati HC Admits Akhil Gogoi's Plea Against NIA Court's Order Rejecting His Bail(30.09.2020)

Gauhati High Court has admitted the plea filed by Assam activist Akhil Gogoi, against the National Investigation Agency's rejection of his bail in a c.....

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Explanation 3C to Section 43B (d) of the IT Act is 'clarificatory' and does not add a new condition retrospectively(11.08.2021)

The question raised in present appeals is with particular reference to Section 43B Explanation 3C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 [IT Act]. On 28th Novemb.....

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SC: Courts Must Make Preliminary Examination of Child Witnesses Before Recording Evidence(06.07.2023)

Supreme Court has held that before recording evidence of a minor/child witness, it is the duty of a Judicial Officer to ask preliminary questions to h.....

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SC: If Party Affected by Will Raises Dispute, Succession Can’t Go Forward Without its Determination(25.09.2024)

Supreme Court has stated that if there is a Will, it has to be honoured. If one of the parties, who will be affected by the Will coming into effect, c.....

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Tax deadlines extended in Tamil Nadu(07.12.2015)

Due to widespread flooding in Chennai and Tamil Nadu, the Central Board of Direct Taxes extended the date for deposit of tax deducted at source and ta.....

Tags : Excise, service tax, extension, tamil nadu



Rajya Sabha Passes Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019(06.08.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019 that seeks to abolish Article 370 and Article 35A of the Constitution of India.....

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CESTAT, Mumbai Deletes Custom Duties, Penalties on Retail Packing of Diapers and Sanitary Napkins(22.06.2021)

Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Mumbai has provided relief to the Godrej Hygiene Products Ltd, by deleting the Customs d.....

Tags : Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Custom Duties, Penalties on Retail Packing of Diapers and Sanitary Napkins



Bombay HC Rejects Review Plea Seeking Default Bail to Varavara Rao, Vernon Gonsalves & Arun Ferreira(04.05.2022)

Bombay High Court has dismissed a review application filed by three accused in the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad Case seeking bail and accurate corr.....

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Delhi HC Sets Aside Fine Imposed on Dharamshila Cancer Hospital(03.08.2016)

Delhi HC has set aside AAP Government’s order imposing over Rs 17 crore fine on Dharamshila Cancer Hospital for allegedly refusing to provide free tre.....

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Courts Can Step in & Remove Errant Executor in Absence of a Named Legatee: Bombay HC(14.06.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that in the absence of a named legatee, courts can step in and remove an errant executor in order to protect the interests .....

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Madras HC: Right to Default Bail u/s 167(2) CrPC Not Affected by SC Order Extending Limitation(11.05.2020)

Madras High Court has held that the general order passed by the Supreme Court to extend the period of limitation for filing cases in view of the COVID.....

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SC Sets Aside Cancellation of Bail for Vandalising Church-Like Film Set(10.06.2021)

Supreme Court has set aside the Kerala High Court order cancelling the bail to a member of the All-India Hindu Parishad, Kara Ratheesh, for vandalisin.....

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Delhi HC: Daughter Living With Grandparents Does Not Absolve Father's Responsibility to Maintain(21.04.2022)

Delhi High Court has observed that a father cannot refuse his responsibility to maintain his wife and daughter even if he has to take care of his pare.....

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Kar HC: No Need to Share Opinion Given by CVC to Discipl. Authority with Delinquent Bank Employee(07.06.2024)

Kar. HC has observed that the Court does not subscribe to the views that opinion of Central Vigilance Commission to disciplinary authority should alwa.....

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Bombay HC Denies Bail to Married Man Accused of Raping 17-Year Old(15.09.2020)

Bombay High Court has denied bail to a man accused of raping a 17-year-old girl who happened to be his business partner's daughter observing rape is j.....

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In order to make out an offence of cheating in a commercial transaction, it has to be shown that both the elements, namely, deceit and injury are present(29.06.2022)

Present Applications are against a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420 and 406 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Cod.....

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DGCA and USTDA sign agreement for aviation safety and technical assistance(09.02.2016)

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation of India and the United States Technical Development Agency signed the Grant Agreement for India Aviation Sa.....

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Bombay HC Grants Interim Stay on CIC’s Order Directing RBI to Disclose Wilful Defaulters’ List(17.12.2018)

Bombay High Court has granted interim stay on Central Information Commission’s order directing the RBI to submit a list of wilful defaulters with a ba.....

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Kerala HC Directs Kochi Corporation, PWD to Make Roads More Accessible to Differently Abled(19.11.2020)

Kerala High Court has held that the Corporation of Kochi as well as the Public Works Department are duty bound under law to make necessary arrangement.....

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Ker HC: Bail Can't be Denied Only Because Accused Was Earlier Released on Bail by Incompetent Court(07.09.2022)

Kerala High Court while granting bail to a man accused electrocuting his wife to death has held that merely because he was earlier released on bail by.....

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Reduction of Government litigation - providing monetary limits for filing appeals by the Department before CESTAT, High Courts and Supreme Court - regarding(02.11.2023)

1. In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 131BA of the Customs Act, 1962 and in partial modification of earlier instruction issued from F. No. .....

Tags : Monetary Limit, Filing of Appeal



CBEC amendment to 'Tariff values Crude and RBD Palm Oil/Palmolein'(14.08.2015)

The CBEC substituted Tables 1, 2 and 3 in Notification No. 36/2001, dated 3 August, 2001, with amended Tables.

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#OneNationOneTax: GST Council Paves Way for Lower Burden on Average Household(19.05.2017)

Tax Free Items: Milk, Jaggery, Cereals, Fruit & Vegetables, Pulses. Rate of 5%: Coffee, Tea, Sugar, Edible Oil, Coal, Indian Sweets. Rate of 18%: Ch.....

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Delhi HC Denies Bail to Accused Who Wanted to Support His Family as Father is Quarantined(13.04.2020)

Delhi High Court has denied interim bail to a person who wanted to take care of his family as his father has been quarantined due to COVID19. The Cour.....

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Delhi HC Directs Social Media Platforms to Suspend Accounts for Illegal Sharing of Movie(24.05.2021)

Delhi High Court has directed WhatsApp and other social media platforms to forthwith suspend accounts who are illegally sharing and/or selling pirated.....

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Cenvat credit on the service of Repair and Maintenance during warranty period is allowable(01.03.2023)

The issue involved is that whether the Appellant is entitled for cenvat credit in respect of after sale service provided during warranty period of the.....

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Supreme Court: BCI Cannot Remand Back The Complaints Transferred To It By State Bar Councils(07.04.2017)

Apex Court has held that the Bar Council of India (BCI) cannot remand back a complaint which is transferred to it by the State Bar Council.

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NCLAT Seeks Details About 4 IL&FS Group Entities(09.04.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has directed debt-ridden IL&FS to submit information over investment made by pension and provident funds in it.....

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J & K HC: Anticipatory Bail Granted to Gujarat Resident Accused of Sending Obscene Messages(04.03.2021)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has granted interim anticipatory bail until March 18 to a Gujarat resident accused of attacking the religion of and sendi.....

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Calcutta HC Expects State to Decide Viability of Ganga Sagar Mela Amidst Covid-19 Situation(06.01.2022)

Calcutta High Court has sought the State government's response in a plea seeking cancellation of this year's Gangasagar Mela amidst the fresh surge in.....

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The principal is not liable for the civil wrongs of an independent contractor, except where the principal was personally at fault(22.12.2022)

The central issue in the appeal was whether the appellants were liable for the brain injury sustained by Mr David Robin Shearer, who was admitted as a.....

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Madras HC Rules, 'Illegitimate Children' Can't Claim Jobs on Compassionate Grounds(27.05.2016)

Madras HC has ruled that illegitimate children born to a government employee who dies in harness, cannot claim appointment under compassionate grounds.....

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Prosecution is duty bound to furnish proper explanation to the Court regarding injuries sustained by Accused in course of altercation(11.05.2018)

Present appeal is filed by the present Appellant, aggrieved by the concurrent findings of the Court below, which has upheld the culpability of the Acc.....

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Gujarat High Court Releases Goods Detained by GST Department for Want of E-Way Bill(25.02.2020)

Gujarat High Court has ordered the Goods and Services Tax Department to release goods and consignments which are detained for not carrying E-Way Bill .....

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Allahabad HC Directs Filing of Steps Taken for Construction of Toilets in Police Stations(09.03.2021)

Allahabad High Court has told the Home Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Government to file an affidavit in respect of steps taken for construction of la.....

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Rajasthan HC Issues Notice to Centre and State on Use of Prefix in Filing of Case(17.01.2022)

Rajasthan High Court has issued a notice to the Central and State Governments asking as to whether any person can put Maharaja, Raja, Nawab, Rajkumar .....

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SC: Giving Police Liberty to Seek Remand While Granting Anticipatory Bail Defeats Objective of Bail(30.01.2024)

SC while expressing surprise at practice followed by Courts in Gujarat of giving police liberty to seek remand of accused even while granting anticipa.....

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CCIL now approved counterparty for electronic IRS transactions(05.05.2016)

The Reserve Bank of India notified the Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. as an approved counterparty for interest rate swap transactions undertaken o.....

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Avoid Hasty ‘Friday Arrests’, Madras HC Tells Tamil Nadu police(07.02.2019)

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Uttarakhand HC Urges Lawyers to Avoid Enclosing Documents Available Electronically(21.12.2020)

Uttarakhand High Court has observed that the practice of enclosing the copies of Act, Rules, notifications, Government Gazettes and Judgments with the.....

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Singapore Arbitration Panel: Future Retail Must Take Part in Arbitration Over Dispute with Amazon(22.10.2021)

Singapore Arbitration Panel has ruled that Future Retail must take part in arbitration over a commercial dispute with Amazon.com Inc, rejecting the In.....

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Tax Research Unit (TRU) Issues Clarification on Applicability of GST(05.08.2022)

TRU has clarified that GST will apply to late fees charged by service provider; amount forfeited for cancellation of hotel bookings; car hired for emp.....

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Delhi HC Suspends Order Controller General of Patents Directing Filing of Documents and Fees by May(12.05.2020)

Delhi High Court has suspended the operation of the 4th May, 2020 order of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, which had direct.....

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Bombay High Court Orders Judicial Inquiry into Mumbai Building Collapse(14.06.2021)

Bombay High Court has ordered a judicial inquiry into the collapse of a ground-plus two-storey building in Mumbai, in which 12 people lost their lives.....

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Notification of New HSN Codes for Technical Textiles items(17.04.2023)

1.Reference is invited to DGFT Notification No. 20/2015-20 dated 07.07.2022 whereby ITC(HS) 2022, Schedule 1 (Import Policy) was amended in sync with .....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Maternity Bill(12.08.2016)

Rajya Sabha has passed the amendments to the Maternity Benefit Act that seeks to provide 26 weeks of maternity leave to working women, 12 weeks to com.....

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Election Commission of India launches Mobile App "cVIGIL" to enable citizens to report on violation of election code of conduct(03.07.2018)

The Chief Election Commissioner Shri. O.P. Rawat, along with the Election Commissioners Shri Sunil Arora and Shri Ashok Lavasa launched a mobile app, .....

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An architect of building/structure has no right to restrian demolition of structure or to claim any damages for demolition(28.05.2019)

The suit has been filed, seeking mandatory injunction against Union of India and Indian Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) to compensate the Plaintif.....

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Gujarat HC: Anticipatory Bail Can be Granted If No Prima Facie Offence is Made Out(07.03.2022)

Gujarat High Court has admitted the criminal appeal challenging the quashment of the bail application for offences under Section 323, 332, 504, 506(2).....

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If two reasonable conclusions are possible on the basis of the evidence on record, the Appellate Court should not disturb the finding of acquittal recorded by the trial court(03.03.2023)

The appeal challenges the judgment and order passed by the High Court thereby reversing the judgment and order passed by the trial court, vide which t.....

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Bombay HC Inquires About Adequacy of Steps Taken to Vaccinate Mentally Ill Homeless Persons(14.09.2021)

Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra Government to file a "better affidavit" regarding the steps to vaccinate mentally-ill homeless wanderers a.....

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Scope of rectification under Section 254(2) of the IT Act is limited to rectify the mistakes and it is not permissible to review the decision taken by the Tribunal(20.07.2022)

By present Miscellaneous Application, the Assessee is seeking rectification of the mistake alleged to have crept in the order of the Tribunal.

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SC Lifts Stay on Exclusive Sale of ‘Rail Neer’(12.08.2016)

Supreme Court has allowed Ministry of Railways to continue to sell only ‘Rail Neer’ bottled drinking water at stations and in premium trains according.....

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Separate Department of Disability Affairs to be set up by States(18.05.2017)

Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment while addressing the "15th National Review Meeting of State Commissioners for Per.....

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Gauhati HC Stays Akhil Gogoi's Default Bail in UAPA Case(13.04.2020)

Gauhati High Court has stayed the bail order of National Investigation Agency Court, Assam, which refused to extend the period of investigation beyond.....

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Finance Minister launches e-Bill system to enable paperless submission of bills/claims(02.03.2022)

The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs launched the e-Bill system for Central Government Ministries. Finance Ministry has enabled the ne.....

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National Policy on Handling Mentally ill Patients(25.07.2017)

The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India vide order dated 14/02/2017 directed that the Union of India shall assist the Court, in finalizing the norms, that .....

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Uttarakhand High Court Seeks Report on Environment Damage During Gupta Family Wedding(19.07.2019)

Uttarakhand High Court has asked for a detailed report from the State Government and the State Pollution Control Board on the damage caused to the env.....

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SC: Memorandum of Family Settlement Binding on Parties; Does Not Require Registration(04.08.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that a 'memorandum of family settlement' is not required to be registered and is binding on the parties.

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PIL In Delhi High Court Seeks To Make Health & Yoga Science Mandatory Upto 8th Standard Curriculum(16.05.2022)

Public interest litigation has been filed in the Court seeking directions on the Centre and the Delhi Government to make "Health and Yoga Science" a m.....

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Delhi HC to BCI: Foreign Nationals Also Entitled To Seek Enrolment(31.05.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that foreign nationals are not per se barred from being considered for enrolment on a State roll under Section 24 of .....

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Delhi HC Restrains WhatsApp & Telegram from 'Illegally Circulating' Copies of E-Newspapers(25.05.2021)

Delhi High Court has restrained social networking platforms WhatsApp and Telegram and certain other individuals from allegedly illegally circulating e.....

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Karnataka HC: Applications for Affiliation/Recognition Must be Decided with Precision on Time(06.04.2022)

Karnataka High Court has held that applications made by colleges seeking affiliation/ recognition etc. must be decided for a specified academic year w.....

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New Logo of SEBI unveiled on the occasion of SEBI Foundation Day(12.04.2023)

Securities Market regulator, SEBI has a new logo from today. The new logo was unveiled at a function held at SEBI Head Office, Mumbai on the occasion .....

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Bombay HC Directs to Make Railway Platforms Disabled-Friendly(08.04.2016)

Bombay High Court has directed the Central and Western railways to make all the platforms disabled-friendly by the end of April.

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A conflict or contradiction between ocular and medical evidence has to be direct and material(19.03.2018)

The instant appeal has been filed against the impugned judgment/order passed by the trial Court in FIR registered under Sections 363-A, 376 of Indian .....

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Supreme Court: Don’t Punish Child for Marrying Female Adult(06.01.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that says Section 9 of Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 is only concerned with punishment for male adult marrying a .....

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Delhi High Court Stays Sessions Court's Bail Order Castigating Police Investigation(15.11.2021)

Delhi High Court has stayed an order passed by a Sessions Court in bail proceedings, wherein it had pulled up an Investigating Officer of the Delhi Po.....

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Ker HC: Sympathy Needed in Transferring Working Women Who Play Major Role in Taking Care of Family(15.01.2024)

Kerala High Court while observing that compassion & empathy is required while transferring working women from one destination to another since they pl.....

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Delhi HC: Missing Children As Bad As Terrorism(20.05.2016)

Delhi HC has expressed concern on increasing number of missing children terming it akin to terrorism even as Delhi Police said out of 2,252 missing ch.....

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Karnataka High Court: Housewife As Busy As Professionals(02.05.2018)

Karnataka High Court, while observing that husbands who think homemakers have a lot of free time don’t quite understand their work, has rejected a pe.....

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Madras High Court Slams TN Govt. for not Maintaining List of Over 100-Year-Old Structures(15.10.2015)

Madras High Court has slammed Tamil Nadu Government for not maintaining list of over 100-year-old structures in order to identify heritage temples wit.....

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Hyderabad High Court Stays Criminal Case Against Former World Billiards Champion Ferreira(20.10.2016)

Hyderabad High Court has stayed criminal case registered against former world billiards champion Michael Joseph Ferreira and four others by Hyderabad .....

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Delhi High Court: Corporations Must Pay for Land in Illegal Colonies(20.09.2019)

Delhi High Court has ruled that municipal corporations couldn’t take over private parcels of land for public projects just because the plots were in a.....

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Supreme Court: Wilful Breach of Undertaking Can Amount to Contempt(10.08.2021)

Supreme Court has observed that the wilful breach of the undertaking given to the Court can amount to Contempt under Section 2(b) of the Contempt of C.....

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47th GST Council recommends change of rates on goods and services(29.06.2022)

The 47th GST Council met under the Chairmanship of Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman. The meeting was also atte.....

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Rajasthan HC: No Person Can be Deprived from Keeping Cow for Personal Use of Milk(18.05.2020)

Rajasthan High Court has emphasized that a person cannot be deprived from following the "Indian tradition" of keeping one or two cows in his residence.....

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Kerala High Court Notifies Guidelines for E-Filing on Web Portal(17.05.2021)

Kerala High Court has issued general instructions to enable e-filing on the HC web portal, stating that advocates, party-in-persons, counsel for the S.....

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In the absence of a provision of review in the IBC, inherent powers provided under Rule 11 of the NCLAT Rules cannot be invoked for the purpose of filing a Review Application(21.02.2023)

The Appellant/Applicant filed an application under Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) against the Respondent for initiation o.....

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Pre-arrest bail is to be granted only when the court is convinced that circumstances exist to resort to extraordinary remedy(27.01.2023)

The present application is filed by the Applicant under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) praying for grant of pre-arrest bai.....

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Madras HC: Teachers Who Unqualified TET Cannot Continue Service in Schools(08.04.2022)

Madras High Court has observed that it is compulsory for the teachers, who did not possess the minimum qualification of pass in Teacher Eligibility Te.....

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Interest earned by the assessee is eligible for deduction under Section 80P(2)(a) of IT Act(26.06.2024)

Assessee is a Co-operative Credit Society engaged in the business of providing credit facilities to the members by accepting deposits from members. As.....

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Impermissible disclosure of confidential information is no less impermissible because information is passed on in confidence, or “off the record”(19.10.2016)

Claim by Ingenious Media and Mr McKenna was brought by way of an application for judicial review, it was a straightforward claim for breach of a duty .....

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Lok Sabha Passes Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019(07.08.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019. The Bill scraps the special status given to the State of Jammu and Kashmir under.....

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Kerala HC Stays Orders to Close Dairy Farms & Remove Meat from School Children's Diet(23.06.2021)

Kerala High Court has stayed the operation of two orders passed by the Lakshadweeep administration under its new administrator Praful Khoda Patel. The.....

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Rajasthan HC: Smuggling of Gold Can't be Treated As Terrorist Act Under UAPA(09.05.2022)

Rajasthan High Court has observed that Customs Act, 1962 is not included in Schedule-II of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 and conseque.....

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Anticipatory bail cannot be granted to a proclaimed offender(10.06.2024)

In present case, the applicant has been implicated in present case along with 15 other co-accused persons for committing the offences alleged in the F.....

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Delhi HC Directs Cairn India to Initiate Arbitration in Ravva Oil Field Dispute(12.01.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked Cairn India Ltd to initiate arbitration proceedings within two weeks in a dispute at its Ravva oil field off the coast of A.....

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Corporate Debtor can Withdraw Application Filed Under IBC on Making OTS Offer to Creditor : NCLT(28.01.2019)

NCLT has allowed the a corporate debtor to withdraw petition for its insolvency, though with costs, besides allowing ex-director of corporate debtor t.....

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Delhi HC Rejects Bail Plea of Rape Accused Who Misled Court on Settlement Via Fake Affidavit(22.02.2021)

Delhi High Court has rejected the bail application of a rape accused who filed a fake affidavit with forged signatures and a fake Aadhar card copy of .....

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Madras HC: Take Action Against Private Resorts for Illegally Diverting Flow of Natural Waterfalls(24.11.2022)

Madras High Court has directed District Collectors of Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari, Coimbatore and Ooty to form a committee to curtail illegal di.....

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Central Board of Direct Taxes notifies availability of ITR functionalities on the e-filing portal from 1st April, 2024(04.04.2024)

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has facilitated taxpayers to file their Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for the Assessment Year 2024-25 (relevant t.....

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Punjab and Haryana High Court Stays Installation of Mobile Towers Atop Houses in Punjab(04.03.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the installation of mobile phone towers atop residential buildings in Punjab holding that slapdash setting up.....

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Delhi HC: Once Bail is Granted Pending Completion of Trial, Same Must Not be Retracted(05.01.2022)

Delhi High Court has observed that once bail is granted to an accused pending completion of the Trial, the same must only be retracted in the face of .....

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When there is no lapse/delay on the part of the Applicant, he cannot be punished for the same(15.12.2022)

The original writ Petitioners have preferred the present appeal feeling aggrieved with the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court by whi.....

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Madras High Court Cancels Dayanidhi Maran’s Anticipatory Bail(11.08.2015)

Madras High Court has cancelled interim and conditional anticipatory bail granted to former Union Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran in Telephone Exchan.....

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Grant of Anticipatory Bail Does Not Entitle Accused to Regular Bail: Supreme Court(06.04.2018)

Supreme Court has observed that merely because an accused was under the protection of anticipatory bail granted under Section 438 CrPC that does not m.....

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Karnataka HC: Bail Granted in One Case Cannot be Cancelled on Basis that Another FIR is Registered(26.12.2019)

Karnataka High Court has ruled that registration of a first investigation report against a person cannot be a ground to cancel anticipatory bail alrea.....

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SC: Hostile Witness's Credible Evidence Can Form Basis for Conviction in Criminal Trial(29.11.2021)

Supreme Court has observed that credible evidence even of a hostile witnesses can form the basis for conviction in a criminal trial. The Court has sai.....

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SC: Section 145/146 CrPC Proceedings Must End Once Civil Court is Seized of Matter(09.11.2022)

Supreme Court while observing that proceedings under Section 145/146 CrPC must come to an end once Civil Court is seized of the matter has held that t.....

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P&H HC: Bail Once Granted Can’t be Cancelled Automatically in a Mechanical Manner(26.12.2023)

Punjab and Haryana High Court while observing that bail once granted cannot be cancelled automatically in a mechanical manner has held that there must.....

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Appellate power is to be exercised only once an error by primary court or a miscarriage of justice is demonstrated(06.06.2017)

In instant matter, Respondent issued a notice requiring Appellant to pull down a fence which he had constructed without obtaining a building licence. .....

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Payment of extortion money does not amount to terror funding(09.04.2021)

The Appellant is accused of committing offences under Sections 120B/414/384/386/387 of the Indian Penal Code,1860 (IPC) read with Sections 17/18/21 of.....

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AP HC Seeks Explanation from Twitter on Failure to Remove Derogatory Comments(02.02.2022)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has sought an explanation from Twitter for its failure to remove several derogatory comments posted against the judiciary an.....

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Payment of foreign commission is not taxable in India(07.02.2024)

The assessee is a partnership firm engaged in the business of manufacturing and trading of fertilizers, chemical and paints during the year under cons.....

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Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Bail to Gang-Rape Accused(24.07.2020)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has denied bail to a gang-rape accused, observing that merely because the DNA report of the rape victim does not match w.....

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Delhi HC: Child Bearing Age of Officers Not to be Irretrievably Prejudiced by Non-Grant of Relief(28.04.2022)

Delhi High Court has observed that child-bearing age for the young couple should not be irretrievably prejudiced by the non-grant of a relieving order.....

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Rule 5 of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 will be applicable for the export of services prior to 14th March 2006(16.07.2024)

The appellant filed refund claims under Rule 5 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 read with Notification No. 5/2006-CE (NT) dated March 14, 2006. These .....

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Marginal Standing Facility(04.10.2016)

As announced in the Fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement today, it has been decided by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to reduce the Repo r.....

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NCLT Stays its Own Order to Implead IL&FS Auditors(26.07.2019)

National Company Law Tribunal Thursday (NCLT) has stayed its own order allowing the Government to prosecute the three partners of Deloitte and BSR Ass.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Moved by Air India Pilots Challenging Their Termination(20.08.2020)

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea moved by certain pilots of national carrier Air India challenging the termination of their services with .....

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HP HC Denies Bail to Woman for Allegedly Indulging Minor Girl in Flesh Trade(19.07.2021)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has denied bail to a 32 year old woman for allegedly indulging a minor girl into flesh trade with strangers. The Court has.....

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SC: Can’t Hold Railway Responsible for Theft of Personal Belongings of a Passenger(16.06.2023)

Supreme Court while setting aside a order of a Consumer forum that directed railways to compensate passenger for the stolen amount of cash, has held t.....

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Supreme Court Asks Internet Giants to Furnish Info on Child Porn(05.09.2017)

Supreme Court has asked Google, Yahoo, Facebook and WhatsApp to furnish information on complaints it had received from India regarding objectionable c.....

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President Gives Assent to Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019(12.08.2019)

President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill which has now become an Act will tighten road traffi.....

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Karnataka HC: Courts Cannot Evade Application for Anticipatory Bail(28.06.2021)

Karnataka High Court has said that the apprehension of arrest always does exist even after issuance of notice of appearance under Section 41A of the C.....

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Kerala HC: Once KVAT Registration is Cancelled, it Must be Published in Two Major Daily Newspapers(11.05.2022)

Kerala High Court has ruled that whenever a Kerala Value Added Tax registration is cancelled, it must be published in at least two major daily newspap.....

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Police officer needs to record his reasons in writing while making the arrest(18.06.2024)

By present application, the applicant is seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime registered with Police Station for the offence punishable un.....

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AAR: Execution Work by Railway is not Composite Supply of ‘Original Work’(01.06.2022)

West Bengal Authority for Advance Ruling ( AAR ) has held that the execution work by Railway for dismantling of existing sleeper fixing and/or install.....

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Increased Tax Collection at Source rates set to apply from 1st October, 2023(28.06.2023)

Certain changes were announced to the system of Tax Collection at Source (TCS) on payments under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) and on overse.....

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Gilead Books Patent for Hepatitis C Drug Solvadi(10.05.2016)

Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademark has granted American pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences the patent for the blockbuster Hepati.....

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ITAT, Mumbai Directs Shah Rukh Khan to Pay Tax on Notional Rent From Dubai Villa(23.03.2017)

Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai (ITAT) has ruled that actor Shah Rukh Khan has to include notional rent from his Dubai villa in his income-tax r.....

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COMPANY - NCLT Imposes Fine of Rs. 1 Lakh on Carnival Films Entertainment for Giving Loan to Directors(18.03.2019)

National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has slapped a deterrent penalty on Carnival Films Entertainment for giving loans to its own directors in violatio.....

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CCI Dismisses Complaint Alleging Abuse of Dominant Position by BCI(02.02.2021)

Competition Commission of India has dismissed a complaint which alleged that the Bar Council of India was abusing its dominant position by imposing a .....

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Manipur HC: State is an Unnecessary Party to Anticipatory Bail Applications(03.11.2022)

Manipur High Court while issuing directions to its registry regarding the filing of anticipatory applications, has observed that in a petition for gra.....

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Rajasthan HC Bars Use of Unsafe School Buildings, Orders Govt to Ensure Alternatives for Students(25.08.2025)

Rajasthan High Court, in a suo motu case over a classroom collapse that killed 7 children, restrained the State from using dilapidated school building.....

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P&H High Court Rules, Gift From Abroad Not Part of Income(18.02.2016)

P&H High Court, while deciding old controversy hovering around two monetary gifts of $4 lakh for Oswal daughters, has made it clear that gifts receive.....

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Kamala Mills Fire: Bombay HC Tells BMC to File Report on Implementation of Safety Recommendation(23.11.2018)

Bombay High Court has directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to file a report on status of implementation of safety recommendations mad.....

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Gauhati HC Issues Notice on PIL for Appointments to National Council for Transgenders(22.10.2020)

Gauhati High Court has issued notice in a public interest litigation seeking issuance of directions to the Centre for taking "immediate and effective .....

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Bombay HC Grants Bail to 72 Years Old Alleged Naxal Operative(18.07.2022)

Bombay High Court has granted bail to 72 year old to Sathyanarayana Rani, arrested in 2019 for allegedly being a top Naxal operative and conspiring th.....

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CG HC: Wife Alleging Husband Engaged in Illicit Relationship With Mother Amounts to Mental Cruelty(16.08.2023)

Chhatisgarh High Court has held that wife affirming her statement made in the different forums wherein the sacred relation of mother & son is being at.....

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Delhi HC: Preserve CCTV Footage When Complaint against Dept. Regarding Illegal Detention in Received(03.04.2025)

Delhi High Court has directed that the Customs department must preserve CCTV footage whenever a complaint is received regarding illegal detention of a.....

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SEBI Exempts Analjit’s Trust from Making Open Offer Obligation(04.10.2016)

Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has exempted Neeman Family Foundation, a trust set up by Max Financial Services promoter Analjit Singh and.....

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Karnataka HC Denies Bail to Engineer Accused of Encouraging People to Spread Coronavirus(26.05.2020)

Karnataka High Court has refused to grant bail to a 38 year old Software Engineer, who allegedly encouraged people to spread the novel corona virus th.....

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Amendment in Notary Rules; Experience required as legal practitioner by persons with benchmark disabilities reduced(29.05.2021)

The Central Government has notified Notaries (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to amend the Notaries Rules, 1956. Through the specified amendment Rules, after c.....

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India welcomes the announcement by the IEA for collective oil stock release of 120 million barrels(07.04.2022)

Government of India welcomes the announcement by the International Energy Agency for collective oil stock release of 120 million barrels. Government o.....

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SC Extends Time to Surrender for Chhattisgarh Prisoners Released on Interim Bail/Parole(31.12.2020)

Supreme Court has extended the time to surrender for prisoners in Chhattisgarh who were released on interim bail or parole as per the directions of th.....

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P&H HC Issues Notice on Plea Against PMO's RTI Response Denying PM CARES Fund Details(29.11.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice to the Chief Information Commission for its failure to decide the 2nd appeal against the order of de.....

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Onus for submitting bona fide documents to the department is on a candidate and any misrepresentation or concealment of facts tantamount to forgery(09.11.2022)

The applicant was initially engaged as casual Khallasi under the Railway. On the basis of a Circular dated 28th February, 2001 issued by the Railway d.....

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Delhi High Court Issues Notice o Sharjeel Imam's Plea for Bail in 2019 Jamia Rioting Case(01.12.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice on the bail plea filed by Sharjeel Imam in a 2019 case alleging that he delivered provocative speeches which led to.....

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Compassionate appointment is not a Rule and cannot be sought as a matter of right(17.11.2022)

In facts of present matter, Applicant was minor at the time of death of his mother. Respondents have paid the retiral dues and also granted family pen.....

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Madras HC: Right to Default Bail Not Extinguished With Simultaneous Filing of Chargesheet(20.12.2021)

Madras High Court has delved deep into the statutory provisions and precedents that determine the four corners of default bail under Section 167(2) of.....

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Erroneous application of law cannot be categorised as patent illegality(06.01.2023)

Appellant by way of present Appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) impugns judgment, whereby the obje.....

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Extension of the ceiling prices as applicable to the orthopedic Knee Implants for Knee Replacement System(15.09.2020)

1. In continuation to the Notifications issued by National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and .....

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RBI Proposes Penalties for Banks Failing to Replenish Bank ATMs Within Time(11.08.2021)

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed penalties for banks and White Label ATM operators if their ATMs are found to be lying without replenishment f.....

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Guj HC: Section 498A Being Rampantly Misused by Only With a View to Harass Family Members(27.06.2023)

Gujarat High Court while quashing a FIR under Section 498A against an octogenarian woman has observed that Sections of 498A are being rampantly misuse.....

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Ker. HC: Can’t Penalise Vehicle Owners for Glazing With Plastic Film if Confirming to Standards(13.09.2024)

Ker. HC has held that State Government or its officials are not legally justified in penalising owners of motor vehicles, the windscreens or window gl.....

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Bombay High Court Grants Bail to 25 Year Old Man Accused of Raping Minor Girl(14.01.2020)

Bombay High Court has granted bail to Anirudha Yadav, a 25-year-old man accused of raping a minor girl, in a case under Protection of Children from Se.....

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Kerala HC: Where Dispute Not Adjudicated Upon by Authority, Dispute Becomes Arbitrable(08.12.2021)

Kerala High Court has ruled that if a dispute is to be adjudicated upon by an authority other than the Arbitrator as per the agreement between the par.....

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Ker HC: Close Watch on Online Platforms Must be Maintained to Avoid Circulation of Mala Fide Content(26.10.2023)

Kerala High Court has held that a close watch on the online platforms must be maintained to ensure that anonymous, mala fide content targeting films, .....

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Delhi HC: Can Consider Husband's Home Loan & Responsibility While Determining Maintenance(01.09.2025)

Del. HC has observed that maintenance amount must be determined in a balanced manner. It should be one that ensures adequate support for wife & child,.....

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Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance adopts E-Mobility Programme(09.01.2019)

The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley along with the Minister of State (I/C) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Sh.....

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Orissa HC Expresses Serious Concern Over Lack of Basic Amenities at Rehabilitation Colony(16.12.2021)

Orissa High Court has expressed serious concern over the lack of basic amenities at the rehabilitation and resettlement colony set up by the Cuttack M.....

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Delhi High Court: No PIL For Service Matters(01.03.2017)

Delhi High Court has remarked that PILs cannot be filed in service matters, while dismissing a Petition filed by a non-legal entity on behalf of emplo.....

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Criminal Complaints can't be Quashed Just because Allegations Appear to be of Civil Nature: SC(13.02.2019)

Supreme Court has observed that criminal complaints cannot be quashed only on the ground that the allegations made therein appear to be of a civil nat.....

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NCLAT Turns Down Reference Seeking Re-Consideration of Decision in V. Padamakumar Case(23.12.2020)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has turned down a reference made by a three-member Bench, seeking re-consideration of the decision in V. Padam.....

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SC: Bail Conditions Should be Proportionate(26.07.2022)

Supreme Court has held that the bail conditions imposed by the Courts, apart from bearing a nexus with the purpose of imposing them, ought to be propo.....

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More than 30 lakh Audit Reports filed on Income Tax Department's e-filing portal till 30th September, 2023(02.10.2023)

More than 30.75 lakh audit reports, including about 29.5 lakh Tax Audit Reports have been filed for AY 2023-24 on the e-filing portal till the end of .....

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SC Rules, No Building Projects is Allowed Without Prior Environmental Clearances(15.01.2016)

Supreme Court has ruled that real estate sector cannot build without first getting environment clearances, as builders all over India are not respecti.....

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Application Under Order 2 Rule 2 CPC can’t be Considered by Court U/S 11 Arbitration Act: Delhi HC(16.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has held that courts cannot consider the question of viability of a claim under Order 2 Rule 2 of Code of Civil Procedure, while hear.....

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SC: Medical Council Has No Power to Make Any Reservation for In-Service Candidates(31.08.2020)

Supreme Court has held that Medical Council of India has no power to make any reservation for in-service candidates in Post Graduate Medical Course in.....

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Delhi HC Appoints Local Commissioner to Submit Report on Donations, Facilities for Devotees(26.07.2021)

Delhi High Court has appointed a local commissioner for paying surprise visits in Kalkaji Temple in respect of ascertaining conduct of 'puja sewa', co.....

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Kerala HC Grants Bail to Convicts Father Kottoor and Sister Sephy in Sister Abhaya Murder Case(23.06.2022)

Kerala High Court has granted interim bail in the plea by Father Thomas Kottoor and Sister Sephy seeking suspension of their sentence in the infamous .....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Interim Bail, Sister Abhaya Case



Bom HC: For Absolving Liabi., Insurer Must Prove Employer’s Negligence in Validating Employee’s DL(18.12.2024)

Bom. HC while overturning a Labour Court’s order dismissing a compensation claim and refusing to absolve the liabilities of the insurer, has held that.....

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Programmes for skill development and provision of apprenticeships(13.08.2015)

To provide skill training on a large scale, the government has introduced the 'Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana' and 'Apprentice Protsahan Yojana'.....

Tags : scheme, workforce, skill, development



SC Upholds State’s Power to Attach Properties of ‘Defaulting’ Financial Establishments(17.05.2017)

Supreme Court has upheld State's power to issue ad interim order u/s 3 of Tamil Nadu Protection of Interests of Depositors Act, 1997, attaching immova.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Tamil Nadu Protection of Interests of Depositors Act, 1997



Health Ministry Suspends Certain Rules on Pre-Natal Testing Labs Till 30th June(09.04.2020)

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has suspended the implementation of Rule 8, Rule 9(8) and Rule 18A(6) of the Preconception and Pre-natal Diagnos.....

Tags : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Pre-Natal Testing Labs



Madras HC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking Free Covid Treatment in Tamil Nadu(24.05.2021)

Madras High Court has issued notice to the State Government on a petition seeking free Covid treatment at all private Nursing Homes, Polyclinics and H.....

Tags : Maras High Court, Free Covid Treatment in Tamil Nadu



Ker. HC: Registration of Subsequent Case Doesn’t Automatically Cancel Bail in Earlier Case(06.03.2023)

Kerala High Court while observing that bail once granted can’t be cancelled on mere asking but that must be cogent circumstances existing to cancel th.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Bail, Cancellation



Madras HC Permits TANGEDCO to Process Udangudi Tender, but Asks Not to Finalise it(02.11.2015)

Madras HC has held that Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) could process fresh bids received for Udangudi Supercrit.....

Tags : Madras HC , Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited,Udangudi Supercritical Thermal Power Project



Hyderabad HC: No Age Limit for Law Courses This Academic Year(07.11.2016)

Hyderabad High Court has said that age limits prescribed by Bar Council of India for admission into Law courses would not be applicable for admissions.....

Tags : Hyderabad High Court, age limits, Bar Council of India



Once contract of employment comes to end by efflux of time, it cannot be claimed as a vested right for its extension(28.08.2020)

Present Petition has been filed by the Petitioner seeking directions to the Respondents to continue the services of the Petitioner in the post of Lega.....

Tags : Contract, Extension, Eligibility



Order under Section 1322(4)(c) of the Corporations Act can be passed if the person to be relieved from civil liability acted honestly(09.01.2024)

In present matter, on 8 December 2023, the Plaintiff, Enova Mining Ltd (Enova), filed an originating process seeking orders under Section 1322(4)(a) o.....

Tags : Liability, Provision, Applicability



Jammu and Kashmir High Court to SIT : Conclude Investigations by Oct 5 on Khanabal Killings(05.08.2015)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing Khanabal twin killings of 2010 to conclude investigation of the cas.....

Tags : Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Khanabal Killings



SC Seeks Govt. Response over Verification of Mobile Phone Users(02.08.2016)

SC has asked Centre to respond to a plea seeking steps taken by Government to verify mobile phone subscribers against fake identities to protect natio.....

Tags : SC , Centre, mobile phone, Verification



When an application filed within the time prescribed, the question of condonation of delay in re-filing have to be considered by Court in context of the explanation given for the delay(09.01.2023)

An application under Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 has been filed on behalf of the Petitioner for condonation of delay of 85 days i.....

Tags : Refiling, Delay, Condonation



NGT Imposes Rs 10 Lakh Fine on NBCC(27.07.2016)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed fine of Rs 10 lakh on National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) for causing air pollution and envir.....

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NCLAT Allows Banks to Declare Defaulting IL&FS Accounts as NPAs(03.05.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has allowed banks to declare as non-performing assets the accounts of IL&FS and its group companies th.....

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SC Upholds Tax Liability of PILCOM for 1996 World Cup(30.04.2020)

Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal against tax liability of Rs 39 Lakhs to the Indian income tax department with interest from 1996 ICC World Cup .....

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SC Rejects Challenge to Karnataka HC Direction to Increase Daily Quota of Liquid Medical Oxygen(07.05.2021)

Supreme Court has rejected the challenge made by the Central Government against the direction issued by Karnataka High Court to increase the daily quo.....

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SC: Day of Remand Should be Included While Considering Default Bail Claim(28.03.2023)

Supreme Court has held that day of remand is to be included for considering for considering a claim for default bail, and observed that remand period .....

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Mere filing of report, under Section 173 (2) of CrPC before the competent court of law and filing of repeated bail applications, does not entitle the applicant for grant of bail(31.05.2024)

Applicant has filed the present application under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ('CrPC'), with a prayer to release her, on bail,.....

Tags : Bail, Release, Legality



Any Member of the Bench can pronounce the order for and on behalf of the Bench(30.05.2022)

Present Appeal has been filed against order by which order the application under Section 7 filed by the Financial Creditor has been admitted. Learned .....

Tags : Applicability, Provision



Railways take measures to control ticket booking using automated software(19.01.2016)

The Ministry of Railways has taken measures on its IRCTC website to control ticket booking using automated software. These include a more comprehensiv.....

Tags : Railway, irctc, website, automated, booking



A Child Who hasn't Committed Heinous Crime, can’t be Tried at Children’s Court: Bombay HC(27.12.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that a ‘child’, as is defined under Section 2(12) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, who .....

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P&H HC Asks DGP Whether Surveillance Reports Continuously Reviewed(17.11.2020)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Directors-General of Police (DGP) of Punjab, Haryana and Union Territory Chandigarh to specify as to wheth.....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Surveillance Reports



SC: Insurance Co. Not Liable if Claimant Was Travelling In Un-Insured Trailer(31.08.2023)

Supreme Court has held that liability cannot be fastened on the Insurance Company when the claimant was travelling in the trailer which was not insure.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Insurance Company, Tractor, Liability



P&H HC Allows Canadian Woman’s Habeas Corpus Plea Seeking Custody of Child(24.04.2025)

P&H HC while allowing a Canadian woman’s habeas corpus plea seeking custody of child from father who violated Canadian Court order has stated that Ind.....

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SC to T.N.: Admit Candidates from Other States to Medical Courses(15.07.2016)

SC has ordered Tamil Nadu Government to admit 28 candidates from other States who were successful in cracking the exams held for super specialty cours.....

Tags : SC , Tamil Nadu Government, super specialty courses



Supreme Court to Centre: Ensure Implementation of Child-Welfare Schemes(08.05.2017)

Supreme Court has directed Centre to ensure that child-welfare schemes are implemented, expressing concern at failure to execute legislation such as J.....

Tags : Supreme Court , Child-Welfare Schemes



Assam NRC: Supreme Court Questions Foreigners’ Tribunals Plan(10.05.2019)

Supreme Court has questioned a proposal by the Assam government to quickly throw open 1,000 foreigners’ tribunals all over the northeastern State to t.....

Tags : Supreme Court, illegal immigrants



Pension Scheme could not be extended to employees who were specifically excluded by the legislation from its ambit(26.04.2021)

The present writ petition has been filed by 82 Petitioners, being ex employees of different Public Sector Insurance Companies (PSICs), challenging the.....

Tags : Benefit, Pension Rules, Eligibility



Delhi HC: Not Compulsory to Register or Pay Stamp Duty on Family Settlements(30.03.2022)

Delhi High Court has decided that it is not mandatory to compulsorily register family settlements and to pay stamp duty when such settlement is arrive.....

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No person, accused of an offence involving trade in commercial quantity of narcotics, is liable to be released on bail(28.03.2023)

The Appellant-Union of India has preferred present appeal against the final judgment and order passed by the High Court allowing Bail Application and .....

Tags : Bail, Grant, Directions



Haryana Assembly Clears Haryana Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill(05.05.2017)

Haryana Assembly has passed Haryana Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, 2017 paving way for roll out of GST from July 1.

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Gujarat HC Disposes PIL on 'Religious Profiling' of Students(10.05.2019)

Gujarat High Court disposed off PIL alleging that the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board is carrying out 'religious profiling' of .....

Tags : Gujarat High Court, religious profiling



Bar Council of India Extends Last Date of Registration for AIBE-XVI Examinations(30.04.2021)

Bar Council of India (BCI) has decided to extend the last date of registration for the All India Bar Exam (AIBE) XVI till June 15, 2021. The Bar Counc.....

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Gujarat HC Grants Bail in Case of Fraudulent Claim of ITC(30.03.2022)

Gujarat High Court has approved bail to the accused who falsely claimed input tax credit (ITC) as the department has attached the immovable properties.....

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Extension of Date for mandatory electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO) through the Common Digital Platform to 31st December 2023(28.03.2023)

1. In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice 15/2022-23 dated 01.08.2022, it is informed that the transition period for mandatory filing of applicat.....

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Supreme Court Quashes Mohammad Shahabuddin’s bail(30.09.2016)

Supreme Court has quashed bail granted to Ex-Rashtriya Janata Dal Member of Parliament Mohammad Shahabuddin by Patna HC in a murder case.

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Parliament passes Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019(26.06.2019)

Parliament has passed the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill seeks to allow trusts to set up units in special economic zones by a.....

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Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s Opinion over Conflict Between POSCO, IPC(06.01.2017)

Supreme Court has asked Central Government to examine need to amend a colonial-era provision in IPC that provides immunity to a man from being prosecu.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Indian Penal Code, Protection of Children of Sexual Offences, Rape



Bombay High Court Tells State to Conduct Census of Street Children(19.12.2018)

Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra Government to consider conducting a census of street children in Mumbai and other parts of the state.

Tags : Bombay High Court, Census of street children



Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail to UAPA Accused to Take Care of Their Old Parents(25.11.2020)

Supreme Court has granted interim bail to two Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 convicts for one month to take care of their parents.

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Two Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and Bangladesh(06.09.2022)

Following the visit of Multi-sectoral scoping Indian Railways delegation to Bangladesh in April 2022 and the recent meeting between Minister of Railwa.....

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Quantity of goods actually imported not bill lading to determine value of goods imported(02.09.2015)

Levy of import duty can be imposed only on imported goods, not on goods that escaped payment of duty. In the instant case, the Assessee had not paid i.....

Tags : Import, quantity, bill of lading, value



Supreme Court Asks Tamil Nadu to Seal 11 Resorts on Nilgiris Elephant Corridor(10.08.2018)

Supreme Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Government to seal or close down within 48 hours 11 resorts and hotels constructed on the elephant corridor .....

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Madras HC Asks Chief Secretary to File Report Regarding Availability of Covid Treatment Facilities(26.04.2021)

Madras High Court has asked the Chief Secretary to the Union Territory to file a report regarding the availability of Remdesivir, Oxygen Cylinders, Do.....

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JKL HC: Pseudo Police Report Can’t Defeat Right of Accused to Default Bail(15.02.2023)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that pseudo police report even if filed within the time frame required under CrPC, cannot be given le.....

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CRIMINAL - Madras HC Issues Ultimatum to External Affairs Ministry Regarding Sailors Missing in Russian Waters(28.02.2019)

Madras High Court has warned secretary to external affairs ministry to submit a report on efforts taken to rescue missing Indian sailors in Russian wa.....

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Calcutta HC Directs State Government to Hand Over Terminally Ill Prisoners to Next of Kins(11.01.2021)

Calcutta High Court has directed State Government to hand over Terminally Ill Prisoners identified by it in its affidavit dated 09th October, 2020 to .....

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SC Instructs on Regularization of Buildings in Area for Formation of Shivaram Karanth Layout(01.12.2021)

Supreme Court has instructed the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to regularise 300 buildings that were built in the area notified for the format.....

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SC: Need of Custodial Trial Not Relevant Aspect While Considering Bail Application U/S 439 CrPC(18.11.2022)

Supreme Court while setting aside bail granted to a rape accused has held that 'need of custodial trial' is not a relevant aspect while considering a .....

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Jallikattu Law Gets President’s Assent(01.02.2017)

President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2017, that allows conduct of Jallikatt.....

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Supreme Court Seeks Response of BCI on Plea to Ban Legislators from Practising Law(13.03.2018)

Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Bar Council of India (BCI) seeking its response on a petition seeking to restrain lawmakers from practising a.....

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Delhi HC Directs for Reformation and Rehabilitation Plan of POCSO Convict(04.03.2020)

Delhi High Court has directed the Superintendent of Tihar jail to prepare an appropriate rehabilitation programme for the convict under Protection of .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Reformation and Rehabilitation Plan of POCSO Convict



Lok Sabha Passes Anti-Hijacking Bill 2014(09.05.2016)

Lok Sabha has passed the Anti-Hijacking Bill 2014, which provides death penalty for the hijackers even if ground handling staff and airport personnel .....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Employees Compensation Bill; Enhances Compensation For Death, Occupational Injury(23.03.2017)

Rajya Sabha has passed Employees Compensation (Amendment) Bill 2016 which enhances compensation in case of death and occupational injuries and makes i.....

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EDUCATION - Delhi HC Stays Dental Council of India's Orders for Cancellation of Admission(18.03.2019)

Delhi High Court has stayed all orders passed by Dental Council of India (DCI) through which admissions of more than 50 students in various private de.....

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Kerala HC Seeks Police View on Plea to Quash FIR Related to Encroachment on Chilavanoor Lake(02.02.2021)

Kerala High Court has sought the view of the police on a petition filed by Nipun Cheriyan, leader of V4 Kochi, seeking to quash the First Information .....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Encroachment on Chilavanoor Lake



Delhi HC Expresses Concern Over Builders Resorting to Dilatory Tactics, Defrauding Homebuyers(03.11.2022)

Delhi High Court while highlighting issued faced by various homebuyers has stated that it is an unfortunate trend that builders often resort to dilato.....

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SC Doubts Kerala HC Ruling: Cheque Dishonour Not for Illegal Debts Under S.138 NI Act(25.08.2025)

Supreme Court prima facie held that cheque dishonour cases under Section 138 of NI Act, 1881 can’t be based on debts from illegal or unenforceable pro.....

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SC: If Order Granting Bail Bereft of Relevant Reasons, Entitled to be Assailed Before Higher Forum(24.12.2021)

Supreme Court has held that if an order granting bail was bereft of relevant reasons then the same would entitle the prosecution or the informant to a.....

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Mad. HC: Jail is The Rule And Bail an Exception Under The Prevention of Money Laundering Act(29.02.2024)

Madras High Court has held that Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act turns the principle of bail is the rule and jail is the exception.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Section 45 of PMLA, Bail



JKL HC Invokes Absolute Liability, Grants Compensation to Mother of Deceased in Electrocution Case(03.03.2023)

Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court while invoking Absolute Liability to grant compensation to mother of 13 year old who died due to electrocution, ob.....

Tags : Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court, Absolute Liability, Compensation, Electrocution



Assistance in filing of the applications for fixation of Standard Inputs Output Norms (SION)(08.02.2023)

1. It is informed that there is an existing permanent platform wherein daily video conference facility for interaction between DGFT Regional Authoriti.....

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Madras HC: Divorce Must To Annul Child Marriage(08.03.2016)

Madras High Court has held that a wedding between minor girl and boy will not become void automatically without either of them obtaining a decree of d.....

Tags : Madras High Court , Child Marriage



Bombay HC Orders Police to Take Action Against Illegal Cow Slaughter and Meat Sale(16.01.2019)

Bombay High Court has directed the police to take action in all complaints received against illegal animal slaughter and sale of such meat in the stat.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Illegal Cow Slaughter



NCLAT Refuses RIL Waiver to Delist Alok Industries(21.11.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has denied a waiver sought by Reliance Industries to delist Alok Industries which it had bought out of bankrup.....

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Kerala HC Directs State to File Report Regarding Action Against Intrusion by Herd of Wild Elephants(29.09.2021)

Kerala High Court has directed the State to file a report regarding the action proposed to be taken to prevent such episodes in the future, taking not.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Intrusion by Herd of Wild Elephants



Del. HC: Can’t Deny Any Person with Disability to Carry on Any Trade or Business(15.09.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that it would be wholly retrograde, and in derogation of the constitutional guarantees under Articles 14, 19 & 21, to deny t.....

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Raj. HC: State has the Authority to Change Eligibility Criteria Unless Shown Arbitrary(07.02.2025)

Rajasthan High Court while dismissing a plea challenging appointment of Additional Advocate General (AAG), has observed that while appointing AAG, Sta.....

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If goods bought and/or services availed are exclusively for purpose of earning livelihood by means of self-employment, such an activity shall not fall within definition of commercial purpose.(26.07.2017)

Present first appeals have been filed under Section 19 read with Section 21(a)(ii) of Consumer Protection Act, 1986 against impugned orders, passed by.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019(23.07.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which proposed to give the Centre the power to set the tenure and salaries of the.....

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SC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Release of Prisoners Lodged in Agra Jail(02.07.2021)

Supreme Court has issued notice in a plea seeking the release of 13 prisoners who have been lodged in Agra Jail for periods ranging from 14 to 22 year.....

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Delhi HC: Initiating Proclamation/ Attachment Process Do Not Bar to Consider Anticipatory Bail Plea(16.05.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that since the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has initiated the process of proclamation or attachment proceedings, de.....

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Introduction of Online Facility of Requesting Appointment for Virtual Meeting/Personal Hearing to the Exporters From Offices of DGFT W.E.F. 01.06.2023(31.05.2023)

1. With the objective of Trade Facilitation and to extend proactive hand-holding and support to the exporting community, it is informed that an online.....

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Madras HC Summons TN Public Prosecutor in IT Professional Murder Case(29.06.2016)

Madras HC has summoned Tamil Nadu Public Prosecutor and directed him to give his clarification on a media report alleging lack of coordination between.....

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COMPANY - NCLAT Admits RBI Petition on IL&FS NPA Rule(20.03.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has admitted Reserve Bank of India's plea seeking modification of February 25 order of appellate tribu.....

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Supreme Court Grants Bail to 14 Convicts Serving Life Terms for Gujarat Riots(29.01.2020)

Supreme Court has granted interim bail to 14 persons sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 23 people in a Gujarat riots case of 2002, on th.....

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Karnataka HC Directs Appearance of State Officials for Survey of Children Forced to Street Vending(15.02.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed senior officials of various departments to remain present before it on 18th February, 2021 before a survey is conduc.....

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AP HC Grants Bail to Former CM Chandrababu Naidu(31.10.2023)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has granted interim bail to former Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu on medical/health grounds in Skill development scam.....

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High Court Grants Bail to J&K Bank Manager in Multi-Crore Loan Fraud Case, Emphasizing Bail As Rule(31.12.2025)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court granted bail to Jatinder Kumar, a J&K Bank manager, arrested in a large-scale loan fraud case investigated by .....

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Madras HC: Remarriage No Ground for Denying Custody of Child(28.12.2015)

Madras HC has ruled that merely because a woman remarries after her husband's death, she would not be disentitled to the custody of her minor child as.....

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Delhi HC Refuses to Interfere with Sambit Patra’s Appointment as ONGC Director(07.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with the appointment of BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra as an independent director on the board of th.....

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Amendment in notification No. 21/2019-Central Tax, dated the 23rd April, 2019(24.10.2019)

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 148 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recomm.....

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Madras HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of Illegal Use of Govt School's Play Ground by Private School(17.12.2021)

Madras High Court has taken suo motu cognizance in a matter related to the use of a Government school playground by a private school and the local mun.....

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MP HC Grants 2-Month Bail to Rape Accused to Marry Complainant(07.09.2020)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted temporary two-month bail to a man so that during this period the appellant can solemnize the marriage with the p.....

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Madras HC Stays Single Bench Judgment Against Tamil Actor Vijay(27.07.2021)

Madras High Court has stayed a single bench judgment which had passed adverse observations against Tamil Actor Vijay and had imposed a cost of Rs 1 la.....

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GST Council recommends several measures for streamlining compliances in GST(11.07.2023)

The 50th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council was held, under the chairpersonship of the Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister.G.....

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Madras High Court Irks over Increasing Problem of Illegal Sewer Connections in State(12.10.2015)

Madras HC on a PIL by NGO Change India in connection with prevention of manual scavenging, has ordered Tamil Nadu Government to ensure creation of a g.....

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Madras High Court Terms 'Adulteration in Milk' a Serious Matter, Seeks Status Report(06.06.2017)

Madras High Court, while terming 'adulteration in milk' a serious matter, has directed government to file a status report on action taken on such comp.....

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SC Grants Temporary Bail to Prisoner Who Tested Positive for COVID-19(18.05.2020)

Supreme Court has granted bail for two months to an undertrial in Jaipur jail, who has tested positive for COVID-19, to undergo proper treatment.

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Delhi HC Seeks Centre's Response on How It Intends to Obtain Supply of Tocilizumab Drug(17.05.2021)

Delhi High Court has sought Centre's response on the demand of Tocilizumab drug and how does the Centre intend to obtain the supplies of the said drug.....

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Amendment in Circular No. 25/2016-Customs dated 08.06.2016 for including details of ex-bond Bill of Entry/Shipping Bill in Form A(21.02.2023)

1. The Circular No. 25/2016-Customs dated 08.06.2016 prescribes 'Form A' regarding maintenance of records in relation to warehoused goods for the purp.....

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NGT Orders Seizure of Repeated Offenders Vehicle in Narmada Illegal Sand Mining(16.12.2016)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered to seize vehicles of repeated offenders in illegal sand mining on Narmada river bed and take action against .....

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Issue of Late Cut being imposed by the system while applying MEIS on reactivated shipping bills(09.10.2019)

The Directorate has been receiving multiple representations from the members of the trade and the EPCs regarding the difficulties being faced by expor.....

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Supreme Court Seeks Reply From 6 States on Plea Seeking Ban on Cow Vigilante Groups(10.04.2017)

Supreme Court has sought response of six states, including Rajasthan, on a plea seeking a ban on cow vigilante groups.

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Sale of Client Relationship and Goodwill by CA Firm Constitute Capital Gain: ITAT(10.04.2019)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Delhi bench has held that sale of client relationship and goodwill by firm is capital asset under section 2(14),.....

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Bombay High Court: Pre-Arrest Bail Granted to Rape Accused After Parties Settle Dispute(04.03.2021)

Bombay High Court has granted protection from arrest to a rape accused after it was discovered that the parties have “settled the dispute/discord amon.....

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Delhi HC Makes E-Filing Compulsory for Central Govt, State Govt, Local Bodies & PSUs(06.01.2022)

Delhi High Court has made e-filing compulsory for Central Government, State Government, Local Bodies, PSUs etc in respect of all the cases from 17th J.....

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Electronic filing and Issuance of Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO) under India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (Ind-Aus ECTA) w.e.f. 29th December 2022(22.12.2022)

1. It is informed that the electronic platform for Certificates of Origin (eCoO) is being expanded to facilitate issuance of Preferential Certificates.....

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Supreme Court: No Jail/Custody of Minor Protestors(13.02.2020)

Supreme Court has said that no child in conflict with law can either be held in police custody or jailed, let alone be tortured, speaking up for the m.....

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Rajya Sabha Clears Bill to Regulate Allied & Healthcare Professions(17.03.2021)

Rajya Sabha has passed the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill, 2020, to regulate and standardise the education and practic.....

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Delhi HC Upholds Compensation Given to Children from Deceased's First Marriage(08.02.2022)

Delhi High Court has upheld the compensation given to two children from the deceased's first marriage reiterating that legal representatives of a pers.....

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Mad. HC: Pre-Institution Mediation Is Pre-Suit Legal Drill, Can’t Be Post Suit Exercise(24.01.2023)

Madras High Court has highlighted that “pre-institution mediation” mandated under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 is a pre-suit legal d.....

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Accused Should Appear or Surrender Before Lower Court for Regular Bail: Madras HC(04.06.2018)

Madras High Court has made it clear that an accused seeking regular bail for non-bailable offences should appear or surrender before the lower court f.....

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ITAT, Pune: Income Tax Act, 1961 Has No Provisions to Condone Delay in Filing Misc. Applications(25.03.2020)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Pune, while dismissing a bunch of miscellaneous applications, has held that the Income Tax Act, 1961 does not ha.....

Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Condonation of Delay in Filing Miscellaneous Applications.



Madras High Court: Anticipatory Bail Granted to Man Accused of Attempting to Murder Lawyer(01.04.2021)

Madras High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a man accused of attempting to murder his lawyer for failing to have sent a legal notice on time.

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Gujarat HC Stays Centre's Move to Withdraw Anti-Dumping Duty on PVC Flex Films(27.01.2022)

Gujarat High Court has stayed the Central Government’s decision to withdraw anti-dumping duty on the imports of PVC Flex Films from China on plea file.....

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Delhi HC: All Personnel of Paramilitary Forces Entitled to HRA Irrespective of Rank(19.12.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that every personnel in the paramilitary forces shall be entitled to the benefit irrespective of the rank, as per their enti.....

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RBI: Banks to Remain Closed on April 1(31.03.2017)

Reversing its earlier order, Reserve Bank (RBI) has said that the bank branches dealing in government businesses need not remain open on April 1 in vi.....

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CRIMINAL - Juvenile Not Entitled To Move Application U/s 438 of Cr.PC: MP HC(27.03.2019)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that a juvenile is not entitled to move application under Section 438 of Cr.P.C. for anticipatory bail.

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Madras HC Directs State to File Reply on Steps Taken to Prevent Honour Killings(04.02.2021)

Madras High Court has directed the State government to file a status report on the steps taken to implement directions issued by it in April 2016 for .....

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Lok Sabha Passes NDPS(Amendment) Bill 2021 to Correct a Drafting Error(14.12.2021)

Lok Sabha has passed the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2021 seeking to amend the NDPS Act, 1985 to correct a drafting e.....

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Carriage by Air (Amendment) Bill, 2015(02.12.2015)

The Lok Sabha has passed a Bill to enhance compensation payable by airlines in the event of death or injury of passengers and damage or loss of cargo .....

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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Section 19(11) of Tamil Nadu VAT Act, 2006(15.10.2018)

Supreme Court has dismissed appeals filed against Madras High Court judgment that had upheld the constitutionality of Section 19(11) of the Tamil Nadu.....

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P & H HC Asks Centre to Reconsider Ban on Import of Used Ventilators(06.08.2020)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Centre to examine whether the use of imported refurbished ventilators can be permitted, suggesting a recon.....

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Allahabad HC Directs All Officers to Wear Face Mask Compulsorily(01.07.2021)

Allahabad High Court has directed all its Officers, Officials & Staff of High Court, Allahabad to wear Face-Masks compulsorily and failure to do the s.....

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Ker HC: State Disability Commissioner Can’t Adjudicate Upon Service Matters(08.05.2023)

Kerala High Court while observing that State Disability Commissioner has power only to advise and make recommendations to appropriate authorities, has.....

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Order of pre-arrest bail being an extra ordinary privilege, should be granted only in exceptional cases(27.06.2024)

Present applications are filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, for orders of pre-arrest bail. The Petitioners are the accus.....

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Services engaged in the Coal industry declared to be a public utility service(23.11.2021)

Whereas the Central Government is satisfied that public interest so requires that the services engaged in the Coal industry, which is covered under it.....

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Guj. HC Extends Interim Bail of Ex-DGP RB Sreekumar for 10 More Days(15.11.2022)

Gujarat High Court has extended the period of interim bail granted to retired DGP RB Sreekumar for a further period of 10 days pending disposal of his.....

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Unless the conditions as laid down under Section 37 of the NDPS Act are satisfied, the bail cannot be granted to an accused, who has been found in possession of commercial quantity of contraband(26.12.2023)

By way of instant petition filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.), the Petitioner is seeking bail in case FIR under Secti.....

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Applicability of Section 269ST of Income Tax Act, 1961(05.04.2017)

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (iii) of the proviso to section 269ST of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government h.....

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Pay Extraordinary Family Pension to Soldier’s Wife: Delhi HC(15.04.2019)

Delhi High Court has directed Centre to pay Extraordinary Family Pension to wife of a CRPF Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) who died in a road accident w.....

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AP HC: Every Candidate Holding Law Degree Eligible for Appointment as Junior Civil Judge(05.03.2021)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has held Rule 5(2)(a)(i) of the Andhra Pradesh State Judicial Service Rules, 2007 as unconstitutional. The Court has declare.....

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Supreme Court Stays Contempt Proceedings Against Karnataka’s State Officer(07.01.2022)

Supreme Court has stayed the contempt proceedings initiated against Karnataka’s Additional Chief Secretary for non-compliance with the High Court orde.....

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Bombay HC Refuses to Extend Stay on Order Granting Bail to Anil Deshmukh(28.12.2022)

Bombay High Court has refused to extend the stay on order granting bail to former state home minister Anil Deshmukh in a corruption case.

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Special knowledge or practical experience useful to banking companies(24.11.2016)

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 10A(2)(a)(ix) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, Section 19A(1)(a)(viii) of State Bank of India Act, .....

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Supreme Court Grants Time to Gujarat For Action Report Against Cops in Bilkis Bano Case(29.11.2017)

Supreme Court Grants Time to Gujarat For Action Report Against Cops in Bilkis Bano Case

Tags : The Supreme Court bench, however, made it clear that the separate plea, seeking enhancement of compensation to be awarded to Bilkis Bano, would be taken up next week for hearing.



SC: Right to Default Bail Enforceable Even if Charge Sheet Seeking Extension of Time Filed(27.10.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that where the accused has already applied for default bail, the Prosecutor cannot defeat the enforcement of his indefeasib.....

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Kerala HC Directs SIT Probe in Cases Related to Illegal Felling and Removal of Trees(02.09.2021)

Kerala High Court has directed the special investigation team (SIT) probing the cases relating to the illegal felling and removal of valuable trees fr.....

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Bom. HC: There Should be Some Accountability Fixed on Courts in Cases of Prolonged Incarceration(28.09.2023)

Bombay High Court has expressed that some accountability deserves to be fixed on the courts, who are in seized of such trials wherein the accused are .....

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Supreme Court Bars Litigants For Life From Filing PILs(31.01.2017)

Supreme Court has barred two litigants for life, who cast aspersions on Chief Justice of India J S Khehar and his predecessor Justice T S Thakur, from.....

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In bribe cases, it is for the prosecution to prove demand and acceptance beyond reasonable doubt(02.03.2018)

The Appellants 1 & 2 were tried before the learned Assistant and Sessions Judge-cum-Chief Judicial Magistrate, on the allegation that, on 5th April, 2.....

Tags : Illegal gratification, Proof, Acquittal



Calcutta HC Allows Bail to Chartered Accountant if He is Willing to Compound Offence(03.03.2020)

Calcutta High Court has directed the Lower Court to allow a Chartered Accountant involved in a Goods and Services Tax scam of Rs 98 Crore to bail if t.....

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Rajasthan Government Notifies E-Way Bill Limit to be Rs.1 Lakh w.e.f. 1 April 2021(31.03.2021)

Rajasthan Government has notified the E-Way Bill limit to be Rs.1 Lakh with effect from 1 April, 2021. The Government seeks to amend notification No. .....

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SC Asks DMRC and DAMEPL to Appear Befor High Court for Execution of Arbitral Award(27.01.2022)

Supreme Court has asked the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Reliance Infrastructure’s subsidiary, Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt Ltd (DAM.....

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All. HC Orders Enquiry Against Advocate for Printing Name on Advertising Leaflets for Property Sale(19.12.2022)

Allahabad High Court has ordered State Bar Council to hold an inquiry for against an Advocate whose name was mentioned on advertising leaflets for pro.....

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Delhi High Court Turns Down Sushil Kumar’s Plea for Trial to Decide Participation at Rio(07.06.2016)

Delhi High Court has refused wrestler Sushil Kumar’s plea to conduct a special trial against Narsingh Yadav to decide participation in the 74 kg frees.....

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Pure question of law can be urged at any point of time before any forum provided it does not require any further adjudication of any disputed fact(18.05.2018)

The Petitioners have primarily challenged the Notification, dated January 8, 2011, issued by the Ministry of Labour and Employment applying the Employ.....

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Gujarat HC Permits to File Refund Application as Chilling and Packaging of Milk is Exempted(28.02.2020)

Gujarat High Court has permitted the Petitioner to file the refund application as chilling and packaging of milk is exempted under Goods and Service T.....

Tags : Gujarat High Court, Anticipatory Bail, Refund Application



Calcutta High Court Seeks Report on Existing VC Facilities at District Courts & Tribunals in State(04.01.2022)

Calcutta High Court has directed the State government to apprise the Court about the steps which are taken to set up video conferencing facilities in .....

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Delhi HC: Sexual Harassment During Childhood Have Insurmountable Long-Term Effects(20.12.2022)

Delhi High Court while upholding dismissal of teacher accused of molestation, has observed that in matters relating to sexual harassment of children, .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Sexual Harassment, Children, Long-Term Effects



Punjab & Haryana HC: Denial of Inter-Utility Transfers Without Policy Nexus Violates Article 14(13.04.2026)

Punjab & Haryana High Court held that denying inter-utility transfers only to lower-ranking officials without any rational nexus to the policy objecti.....

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Karnataka HC Directs State and BBMP to Give Explanation on Taking Over of Covid Facility(14.05.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the State government and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to give an explanation as to why it did not take .....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Taking Over of Covid facility



SC Stays MPHC Order Asking Trial Court to Provide Reason for Granting Bail(27.02.2023)

Supreme Court has stayed Madhya Pradesh High Court’s order which had directed a trial court judge to provide justification for granting bail to an acc.....

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P&H HC: Person Can Raise Plea of Juvenility Even After Conviction(18.01.2023)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that plea of juvenility can be raised by a person even after his conviction and sentence, as per which plea, th.....

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SC: Mere Pendency of Civil Case Between Complainant And Accused Not a Ground to Quash Criminal Case(17.05.2019)

Supreme Court has observed that mere pendency of a civil case between complainant and accused is not a reason to quash criminal case.

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Calcutta HC Dismisses Bail Plea by Bangladeshi National(20.04.2020)

Calcutta High Court has denied bail to a Bangladeshi national, who has been in custody for 270 days, arrested under Sections 411 and 414 of the Indian.....

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ITAT, Mumbai: Payment to Foreign Company for Utilisation of Transponder of Satellite Not Royalty(11.03.2022)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai ruled that the payment made to a foreign company for the utilisation of a transponder centred on a satell.....

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MCA Orders Merger of NSEL, FTIL(15.02.2016)

Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has ordered merger of National Spot Exchange (NSEL) with its promoter Financial Technologies (FTIL).

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Delhi HC Seeks Police’s Response on Anticipatory Bail Plea of Air India Pilot Arvind Kathpalia(14.12.2018)

Delhi High Court has sought the response of police on an anticipatory bail plea of Air India pilot Captain Arvind Kathpalia, in a case of alleged viol.....

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Karnataka High Court Directs Survey of Children Forced to do Street Vending(19.11.2020)

Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to come out with a scheme to identify children wh.....

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Karnataka HC: State Legislators Members Not Disqualified From Holding Posts in Committees, Society(07.09.2022)

Karnataka High Court has ruled that a Member of the State Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council is not disqualified from holding the post of Cha.....

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To maintain suit under Article III of US Constitution, it has to be established that sufficient injury in commercial terms has been caused to complainant(17.11.2023)

This case pits real lawyers against a robot lawyer. Defendant DoNotPay, Inc. (“DNP”), is an online subscription service that touts its robot lawyer’s .....

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Delhi HC to Registrar General: Explore Possibility of Software to Preserve Right to Default Bail(15.11.2022)

Delhi High Court has asked its Registrar General to implement a 2018 verdict wherein he was requested to explore the possibility of creation of a data.....

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Extension of Date for Mandatory electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO) through the Common Digital Platform to 31st December 2024(26.12.2023)

1. In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice 27/2022-2023 dated 28.03.2023, it is informed that the transition period for mandatory filing of applic.....

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NGT Imposes Rs 5L Fine on Builder over Non-Functional Rainwater Harvesting System(21.03.2016)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slapped a fine of Rs 5 lakh on a real estate developer here after it was found that the rainwater harvesting system .....

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Which Law Allows Turning Private Toilets Public? Asks Bombay High Court(07.03.2018)

Bombay High Court has asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to explain the provisions under which the civic body had decided to convert '.....

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Allahabad HC Grants Bail to Man Accused of Placing Remains of Dead Cow in Temple(15.11.2022)

Allahabad High Court has granted bail to a man accused of placing the remains of a dead cow progeny in a temple so as to hurt the religious sentiments.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Bail, Religious Sentiments



Del. HC: Goodwill/Reputation Acquired After ‘Terminus Ad Quem’ is of No Consequence(02.01.2024)

Delhi High Court has observed that terminus ad quem, by which date the plaintiff has to prove the acquisition of the requisite goodwill for a plea of .....

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ITAT, Bangalore: Hindu Undivided Family Cannot be Taxed After Its Partition(02.03.2020)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Bangalore has held that once partition is completed and the Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) is dissolved, such HUF .....

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President Gives Assent to GNCTD Amendment Bill, 2021(30.03.2021)

President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has granted assent to the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which enhances.....

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Kerala HC Grants Interim Relief to Actor Dileep for Alleged Conspiracy to Kill Police Officers(24.01.2022)

Kerala High Court has granted interim relief to actor Dileep in the recent case registered by the Kerala Police for allegedly conspiring to kill the p.....

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Delhi HC: Children With Disabilities Entitled to Basic Facilities in Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools(15.12.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that children with disabilities are entitled to basic facilities such as uniform, computer fee and transportation cost in Ke.....

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Madras HC Rejects Petition Seeking Information on TN CM Health Status(06.10.2016)

Madras HC has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by social activist K R 'Traffic' Ramaswamy which sought a report on health status of .....

Tags : Madras HC, PIL, Jayalalithaa, Tamil Nadu



Service Tax Due But Not Collected, Eligible for Income Tax Deduction: Bombay HC(28.09.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that the Service Tax due but not actually collected from customers and not remitted to the Central Government cannot be dis.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Status Report from Govt. on Setting Up Special Cell for Honour Killing Victims(13.08.2020)

Delhi High Court has directed the Principal Secretary (Home) of the Delhi Government to file a status report in a plea seeking strict compliance with .....

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SC Permits 5 Civil Service Aspirants to Attend UPSC Interview(16.07.2021)

Supreme Court has allowed five civil service candidates who cleared the UPSC civil service main examinations held this year, but were disqualified for.....

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Mere recovery of currency note from an accused without proof of demand does not establish an offence under Prevention of Corruption Act(06.06.2023)

Present is an appeal under Section 374 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) challenging the Judgment passed by learned Special Judge. Appellant .....

Tags : Illegal gratification, Conviction, Legality



AAR, Maharashtra: 18% GST Payable on Construction of Buildings and Civil Structures(22.02.2022)

Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) Maharashtra has ruled that 18% goods and service tax (GST) payable on Construction of buildings and civil structures.....

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P&H HC: Bail Petition Rejected of Travel Agent Accused of Defrauding a Man for Processing Visa(20.05.2024)

P&H HC while rejecting petition for bail of accused who defrauded a man by taking Rs.50 lakhs to process visa to send his children to Canada for emplo.....

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Jharkhand HC: Payment of Fine is Mode of Punishment; Cannot Be Condition for Bail(23.04.2020)

Jharkhand High Court has held that the Court cannot impose 'any condition' that it likes while granting bail and that the conditions laid down in a ba.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice in PIL Seeking Priority Vaccination for Persons with Disabilities(06.05.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Union Ministry of Health and the Delhi government in a Public Interest Litigation seeking priority vaccinati.....

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Chhattisgarh HC Grants Bail to Hindu Religious Leader Kalicharan Maharaj(04.04.2022)

Chhattisgarh High Court has approved bail to Hindu religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj in regard to a case filed against him for allegedly making dero.....

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Ker. HC: Can’t Recall Child Witness to Fill Up Lacuna and Omission in Evidence of Accused(24.05.2024)

Kerala High Court has held that as per the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 accused cannot recall a child witness for cross-exami.....

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Losing the case on merits after the advocate argued the matter is not deficiency in service on the part of the advocate for filing consumer complaint(08.11.2021)

The Petitioner filed three complaints before the District Forum through his three advocates against BSNL. All the three complaints came to be dismisse.....

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Bombay HC Denies to Grant Interim Relief to FTIL on Asset Seizure(21.07.2016)

Bombay HC has declined to grant interim relief from attachment of assets to Financial Technologies Ltd (FTIL) in a money laundering case, involving R.....

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Supreme Court: Include HIV+ Children in 'Disadvantaged Group' for Imparting Free Education(09.05.2017)

Supreme Court has said that so far, 11 states and one Union territory have issued notification effecting a change in Right of Children to Free and Co.....

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Kerala HC: Condition to Deposit Amount in Corona Relief Fund for Bail is Unjust & Improper(23.04.2020)

Kerala High Court has quashed the bail condition imposed by a Sessions Judge that the petitioner should deposit an amount of Rs 25,000/- towards the C.....

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NCPCR Takes Cognizance, Seeks Action Taken Report from WB Govt.(05.05.2021)

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has written to the Home Secretary of West Bengal raising concerns over post-poll violence i.....

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SC Gives Government to Review Plea of Civil Services Aspirants for Appearing in Main Exam(01.04.2022)

Supreme Court has provided two weeks time to the Central government to reconsider afresh the demand made by the civil services aspirants who were unab.....

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Ker HC: Purposeful Attempts to Show That Convict is Not Well-Behaved & Deny Parole is Illegal(10.04.2023)

Kerala High Court has observed that purposeful attempt by jail authorities made to create an impression that a convict is not a well-behaved person in.....

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Ministry of Women and Child Development launches e-Office(28.12.2015)

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has inaugurated its e-office, in another step towards paperless functioning. The system is hoped to bring .....

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Services in 'Manufacturing of Alumina and Aluminium' and 'Mining of Bauxite' declared as Public Utility Service for a further period of six months(15.11.2017)

The Services in industry 'Manufacturing of Alumina and Aluminium' and 'Mining of Bauxite' which is covered by item 30 and 31 of the First Schedule to .....

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Karnataka HC Issue Directions for Implementation of Provisions to Prohibit Manual Scavenging(10.12.2020)

Karnataka High Court has issued several directions to the state government to ensure proper implementation of the provisions of the Prohibition of Emp.....

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Karnataka Assembly Passes Bill to Impose Restrictions on Religious Conversions(24.12.2021)

Karnataka Legislative Assembly has passed the Karnataka Protection of Right To Freedom Of Religion Bill, 2021, which seeks to impose restrictions on r.....

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Kerala HC: To be Poor is Not a Crime(09.01.2023)

Kerala High Court while ordering release of two children who were sent to shelter home for alleged forced child labour, has held that children helping.....

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Gujarat High Court: Goods Cannot be Detained for Defect in E-Way Bill Since There is No Supply(17.05.2019)

Gujarat High Court has held that the GST Department cannot detain the goods on ground of defect in E-way Bill as there is no supply.

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Uttarakhand HC to Take Up Bail Applications Besides Matters of Extreme Urgency(20.04.2020)

Uttarakhand High Court has issued a notification stating that Bail Applications will also be taken up, besides fresh matters of extreme urgency during.....

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Delhi HC Directs DMRC to Pay Decree Amount to DAMEPL in 2 Instalments by May 31, 2022(11.03.2022)

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to pay the decree amount to Reliance Infrastructure-promoted Delhi Airport Metro.....

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CBDT extends due date for filing Form 10A/10AB under IT Act till 30th June, 2024(25.04.2024)

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), has issued Circular No. ¬¬¬07/2024 dated 25.04.2024 further extending the due date for filing Form 10A/ Form.....

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Hyderabad HC Stays Telangana Secretariat Building Blocks Demolition(02.11.2016)

Hyderabad High Court has directed Telangana Government not to demolish Secretariat building blocks until further orders.

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Kerala High Court Grants Malayalam Actor Dileep Bail in Actress Abduction Case(03.10.2017)

Kerala High Court has granted bail to Malayalam actor Dileep, accused of masterminding the abduction of an actress.

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SC: Period for Filing Plea for Enforcement of Foreign Award is Under Article 137 of Limitation Act(17.09.2020)

Supreme Court has held that the period of limitation for filing a Petition for enforcement of a foreign award under Sections 47 and 49 of the Arbitrat.....

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J&K&L HC: Presumption of Innocence U/S 3(i) of JJ Act Not Applicable to Adult Co-Accused(04.07.2022)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that the presumption of innocence in favour of a juvenile under Section 3(i) of the Juvenile Justice .....

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When the Guarantee requires invocation of guarantee deed, default on the guarantor shall be the date, when corporate guarantee has been invoked(26.07.2023)

Present Appeal has been filed against the Order by which Section 7 Application filed by the Appellant has been rejected as barred by Section 10A of th.....

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Supreme Court Rejects SIT Plea for Early Hearing of Petition Challenging Bail to Sajjan Kumar(03.03.2020)

Supreme Court has rejected the plea of Special Investigative Team (SIT) seeking early hearing of its Petition challenging the anticipatory bail grante.....

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Electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO) through the common digital platform for India's exports w.e.f. 15th April 2021(25.03.2021)

1. In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice 42/2020-2021 dated 19.02.2021, it is informed that the electronic platform for Certificate of Origin (C.....

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Rajasthan HC Directs to Look Into Complaint Against Alleged Contamination of Railmagra Dam(24.01.2022)

Rajasthan High Court has asked the authorities concerned to objectively examine the grievances raised in a writ petition pertaining to discharge of in.....

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Allahabad HC: Police Can't Kill Accused Merely Because He is a Dreaded Criminal(16.12.2022)

Allahabad High Court while convicting 43 police personnel in connection with the 1991 Pilibhit Encounter case observed that the police officers can't .....

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Madras HC Pulls Up PWD Officials for Not Even Inspecting De-Silting Machine(16.11.2016)

Madras High Court has indicted officials of Public Works Department (PWD) for their failure to even inspect a machine in Port Trust, which can be used.....

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Don't Force Children to Pursue Subjects Against Their Wishes: Calcutta HC to Parents(10.01.2019)

Calcutta High Court has observed that parents should not force their children to pursue subjects without taking into consideration their capabilities .....

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Delhi HC Seeks Response on AAP Govt on Non-Compliance on Ensuring Seismic Stability of Buildings(16.12.2020)

Delhi High Court has sought responses of the Aam Aadmi Party government, Delhi Development Authority and the three municipal corporations on a plea se.....

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Gujarat High Court Dismisses Public Interest Litigation (PIL) Demanding Tabling of MB Shah Report(07.08.2015)

Gujarat High Court has dismissed PIL filed by the then Gujarat chief minister Suresh Mehta and others pleading that report prepared by Justice M B S.....

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Madras HC: Exemption From Opting Tamil Language in Board Exams Only To Those Who Have Applied(08.03.2017)

Madras High Court has clarified that its interim order dated February 27, granting exemption to students of linguistic minority schools from taking co.....

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CIVIL - Bombay HC Issues Directives Regarding Foreign Nationals Overstaying by Obtaining Bail Orders(05.03.2019)

Bombay High Court has issued some important directives to deal with issue of foreign nationals who are found to be overstaying or who are found withou.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea for Declaration of Child Marriage as Void Ab Initio(12.01.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea seeking directions for the declaration of Section 3(1) of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 as .....

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Karnataka High Court Directs State to Prevent Illegal Slaughtering of Animals(02.12.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to ensure that no illegal slaughtering of animals is carried out in any district of the state a.....

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Del. HC: Willful Disobedience Doesn’t Encompass Involuntarily or Negligent Actions(19.12.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that willful disobedience in case of Contempt of Court does not encompass involuntarily or negligent actions, has hel.....

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NGT Seeks Report from Railways on Emissions from Diesel Engines(30.10.2015)

NGT has sought report on emissions from diesel locomotives and comparative chart with regard to international standards and directed Ministry of Railw.....

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Hyderabad HC Upholds Family Court Decision Allowing Use of Skype to Record Testimony(07.11.2016)

Hyderabad High Court while upholding a Khammam Family Court decision that allowed use of Skype to record statement of a spouse working in US, has said.....

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Supreme Court Sets Aside Delhi High Court’s Bail to Ex-Bhushan Steel CFO(13.09.2019)

Supreme Court has set aside the bail granted to Bhushan Steel’s former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Director, Nittin Johari, by the Delhi High Co.....

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CESTAT, Delhi: Importer Cannot be Held Liable for Non-Generation of Bills of Entry Numbers(17.08.2021)

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Delhi has held that the importer cannot be held liable for the non-generation of Bills of.....

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Kerala HC: Power to Amend Service Law Does Not Mean Power to Apply it Differently to Similar Persons(07.07.2022)

Kerala High Court has held that the power of the government to make or amend laws determining the service conditions of its employees cannot confer th.....

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SC Adjourns till September 4 Bail Applications of Manish Sisodia in Delhi Liquor Policy Scam Case(04.08.2023)

Supreme Court has adjourned the bail application of Manish Sisodia till September 4 in the case of alleged irregularities in the framing and implement.....

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SC Gives 2 Weeks Time to Centre to Suggest Ways to Ban Child Pornography(29.03.2016)

Supreme Court has given two weeks time to Government to suggest ways to ban child pornography in all its forms and took on record the Centre's earlier.....

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Madras HC Formulates Guidelines for Cancelling Bail(15.02.2019)

Madras High Court has framed guidelines to be followed by executive magistrates while ordering detention or arrest of an accused for breach of bail bo.....

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Bombay HC Stays Injunction Against YouTuber for Alleged Mocking Video Against Parachute Coconut Oil(17.02.2020)

Bombay High Court has stayed the injunction order against YouTuber, Abhijeet Bhansali on Bhansali's video which allegedly contained "disparaging remar.....

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Allahabad HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance of Missing Children of Couple Imprisoned for 5 Years(19.03.2021)

Allahabad High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of the plight of a couple, released from imprisonment 5 years after battling a false charge of murd.....

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Extension of On-Tap term liquidity facility to ease access to emergency health services(10.02.2022)

1. As announced in the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies on February 10, 2022, the On-Tap term liquidity facility to ease access to e.....

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Gujarat HC Rejects Plea Seeking Direction to Furnish Details on Jailbreak under RTI(15.11.2016)

Gujarat High Court has turned down an appeal seeking direction to Chief Information Commissioner to ask Government to furnish details on 2013 jailbrea.....

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Madras HC Expresses Anguish Over Poor Quality of Education in Tamil Nadu(09.01.2019)

Madras High Court has observed that the quality of education should be taken seriously and those educational institutions which violate the regulation.....

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SC Directs States to Provide Necessary Online Class Facilities to Care Home Kids(16.12.2020)

Supreme Court has directed states to provide the necessary infrastructure, stationery, books and other facilities to child-care institutions for onlin.....

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Chhattisgarh HC Directs Authority to Re-open Online Portal or Accept Manual Filing of Form TRAN-1(22.12.2021)

Chhattisgarh High Court has directed the Goods and Services Tax Authority to Re-open the online portal or accept the manual filing of Form TRAN-1.

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Del HC: Can File for Pre-Arrest Bail in FIR U/S 376(3) IPC if Incident Happened Prior to 2018(11.01.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that there is no bar to file anticipatory bail under section 438(4) of CrPC in FIR registered under Section 376(3) of Indian.....

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CBDT: Now File Statement of Financial Transaction at Tin Facilitating Centers(02.06.2017)

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has enabled filing of Statement of Financial Transaction (SFT) at Tin Facilitating Centers (TIN-FC).

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Central Government Lowers Employee, Employer’s EPF Outgo(14.05.2020)

Central Government has lowered the statutory contribution by both employee and employer to the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) to 10% each of the empl.....

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Del HC: In Delhi, Giving Monthly Pension of Rs.3000 to Building & Construction Workers is Very Small(02.05.2024)

Delhi High Court has observed that, the per mensem rate of pension, which is Rs. 3000 given to building and construction workers after completion of 6.....

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Delhi High Court Directs Supreme Court Registry to Supply Necessary Documents to Police(26.02.2020)

Delhi High Court has directed the Supreme Court's Registry to supply documents required for the investigation in a plea seeking quashing of First Info.....

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SC: Limitation Period for Filing 'Section 11' Application Governed by Article 137 Limitation Act(10.03.2021)

Supreme Court has stated that the period of limitation for filing an application under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 would .....

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Rajasthan HC Suspends Sentence to Faculty Member in College for Failure to Report POCSO Case(17.01.2022)

Rajasthan High Court has suspended the sentence awarded to a Faculty Member in the college and the Hostel Warden booked under Section 21 of the Protec.....

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Del. HC: Adulterous Relationship of Spouse Cannot be the Sole Ground of Denying Custody of Child(05.02.2024)

Delhi High Court has held that an adulterous relationship of either spouse cannot be the sole determining factor to deny custody of a child, unless it.....

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Delhi High Court Grants Bail to St Stephen's Professor(18.08.2015)

Delhi High Court has granted anticipatory bail to St Stephen's College Professor Satish Kumar, accused of molesting a PhD student.

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#GST: Council Freezes Rates For About 1,200 Items, 12-18% GST Rate For Most Products(19.05.2017)

GST Council has approved rates for 1,211 item, rates of leftover six categories are yet to be finalized. Most FMCG items to become cheaper, Small cars.....

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Manipur HC Issues Guidelines for E-Filing and Hearing Via Video Conferencing(13.04.2020)

Manipur High Court has notified the procedure for e-filing and hearing of urgent cases through video conferencing via Vidyo application in a measure t.....

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Delhi HC Directs Inquiry into Hoarding and Illegal Stocking of Covid Medicines(24.05.2021)

Delhi High Court has directed the Drug Controller to conduct inquiry or investigation into three specific allegations against BJP MP Gautam Gambhir an.....

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Mere identity or similarity of the mark of which registration is sought, and the earlier mark, is not sufficient ground to reject the application seeking registration(27.02.2023)

Present appeal under Section 91 of the Trade Marks Act assails order passed by the Senior Examiner of Trade Marks in the office of the Trade Marks Reg.....

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SC Directs Faridabad Municipal Corporation to Roll Out Provisional Rehabilitation Scheme(15.09.2021)

Supreme Court has asked the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad to roll out a provisional scheme for rehabilitation of residents in relation to the dem.....

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Lok Sabha passes Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023(03.08.2023)

In order to protect right of individuals and their digital personal data, Lok Sabha passes Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023. The Bill prote.....

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Telecom companies to compensate for dropped calls from 2016(16.10.2015)

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India introduced the

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Uploading of e-BRC by 15.07.2022 for shipping bills on which RoSCTL scrip has been availed from DGFT RAs(30.05.2022)

1. Attention of the trade and industry members is brought to Para 4.96 (d) of Public Notice 58 dated 29.01.2020, wherein it has been stipulated that u.....

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SC/ST Bill Passed by Lok Sabha(05.08.2015)

Lok Sabha has passed a bill which provides for stringent action against those compelling any member of SC or ST communities to carry human or animal c.....

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Bombay High Court Permits Release of Money From FTIL’s Bank Accounts(02.08.2016)

Bombay High Court has permitted release of money needed for salary and other statutory expenses from FTIL’s bank accounts that had been attached by Ec.....

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PROPERTY - Civil Suit for Land that is Subject to Proceedings Under Urban Land Ceiling Act Not Maintainable: SC(27.02.2019)

Supreme Court has held that a Civil Court has no jurisdiction to try civil suit in relation to land which is subject to ceiling proceedings under Urba.....

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Bombay HC Refuses to Intervene in Election of Deputy Chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council(08.01.2021)

Bombay High Court has refused to intervene in the election of Dr. Neelam Divakar Gorhe as Deputy Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC).....

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Madras HC Orders Strict Enforcement of Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Rules, 2011(01.12.2021)

Madras High Court has ordered the strict enforcement of the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies (Permission for Erection of Digital Banners and Placards) Ru.....

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Delhi Court Denies Bail to Satyendar Jain in Money Laundering Case(18.11.2022)

Rouse Avenue Court, Delhi has denied bail to Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case.

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SC Refuses to State TN’s Jallikattu Law, Seeks State’s Reply Over Its Validity(01.02.2017)

Supreme Court, while refusing to stay Tamil Nadu Government's law permitting Jallikattu, has agreed to hear a plea against it.

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Kar. HC: Entire Family Cannot be Prosecuted for the Offence of Bigamy(06.11.2023)

Karnataka High Court has held that Section 494, 495 and 496 of IPC makes it clear that those offences can be perused only against the erring spouse, a.....

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SC: In Customs Classification, Statutory Tariff Headings and HSN Notes Prevail over Common Parlance(08.01.2026)

Supreme Court held that aluminium shelves imported for mushroom cultivation cannot be classified as parts of agricultural machinery and must instead b.....

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AAAR, Karnataka: Landfill-Pit is Civil Structure, No ITC Available(15.12.2021)

Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR), Karnataka, has upheld the ruling of Authority of Advance Ruling holding that the landfill-pit is a civil.....

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Karnataka High Court Issues Notification for Mandatory E-Filing by Govt in All Types of Cases(24.12.2021)

Karnataka High Court has notified that from January 1, 2022, all the Departments of the Central and State Government and its affiliated offices are re.....

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Mad. HC: Jail is The Rule And Bail an Exception Under The Prevention of Money Laundering Act(29.02.2024)

Madras High Court has held that Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act turns the principle of bail is the rule and jail is the exception.....

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NLU, Delhi Postpones AILET 2021 Examination in View of Covid 19 Pandemic(17.05.2021)

National Law University, Delhi has postponed AILET 2021 examination which was scheduled to take place on 20th June, 2021. The revised date shall be an.....

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NGT Raps Railways over Human Defecation on Tracks(15.02.2016)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped Railways over human defecation sand other waste on tracks and also directed authorities in Delhi to expeditio.....

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Sessions Court can’t Exercise Revisional Jurisdiction in Cases Under Juvenile Justice Law: Delhi HC(14.12.2018)

Delhi High Court has ruled that a Sessions Court cannot exercise revisional jurisdiction under the Juvenile Justice Act and that such power only lies .....

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Madras HC Orders to Remove Teaser of Tamil Movie 'Irandam Kuthu' from Social Media(19.11.2020)

Madras High has directed the producers of the adult horror-comedy film "Iruttu Arayil Murattu Kuthu – Irandam Kuthu" to remove the teaser of the movie.....

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Guj. HC: Onus of Due Diligence Before Entering Into Sale Transaction is on Property Purchaser(06.09.2022)

Gujarat High Court while deciding anticipatory bail plea by property purchaser charged for cheating under IPC, has held that the onus of performing du.....

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Maintenance provisions under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 are gender neutral(21.11.2023)

Present appeal arises out of an Order passed by the learned Family Court Judge by which appellant was directed to pay the respondent a sum of ₹30,000/.....

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Punjab and Haryana HC Grants Bail to 3 Accused in Royal Family Land Grab Case(04.12.2015)

Punjab and Haryana HC has granted anticipatory bail to three accused involved in the land grab case of granddaughter of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, the .....

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Delhi High Court Lifts Stay on Ban on Animal-Origin Material to Make Silver Leaf(05.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has lifted its stay order on the AAP government's decision to prohibit the use of animal-origin material in the manufacture of silver.....

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NGT Directs SPCB to Take Immediate Action Against Illegal Brick Kilns(16.02.2021)

National Green Tribunal has directed the State Pollution Control Board to take immediate action against 225 brick kilns, said to be illegally operatin.....

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CESTAT, Ahmedabad Directs Revenue to Re-Consider Refund Claim of IOCL(23.11.2021)

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad has given relief to Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) directing the Revenue.....

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Madras High Court: Party Wanting to Abandon Claim Cannot be Compelled to Continue Case(01.04.2024)

Madras High Court while allowing the State of Tamil Nadu to withdraw cases, has observed that when a party wasn’t to abandon a case without reserving .....

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Applicability of Central Excise exemption on Ethanol/ Methanol blended Petrol, and high-speed diesel blended with bio-diesel, when blending is done within the refinery(22.06.2021)

1. References have been received seeking clarification on applicability of exemption from Basic Excise duty and other cesses, under different notifica.....

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Supreme Court Extends Stay on Ritu Maheshwari's Non-Bailable Warrant(12.05.2022)

Supreme Court has extended the stay on the non-bailable warrant issued by the Allahabad High Court against Noida Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Ind.....

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Implementation of Child Rights(27.06.2019)

India, as a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), has committed itself to ensure that all children enjoy thei.....

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“Deliberate acts” in Clause 14 of the policy includes acts which are intended to cause injury(23.04.2021)

On 9 August 2013, Craig Grant was killed as a result of an assault on him by Jonas Marcius, a door steward employed by the Prospect Security Ltd ("Pro.....

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SC: Can’t Start With Presumption of Regulatory Failure(20.02.2023)

Supreme Court while observing that the Court can’t start with a presumption of regulatory failure has stated that it shall pass orders to constitute a.....

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Madras HC Quashes FIR against Ex-State Transport Minister(21.09.2016)

Madras HC has quashed an FIR against Ex-State Transport Minister V. Senthil Balaji and Rengarajan, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corpo.....

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Gujarat High Court Asks for Check-Up of Public Health Facilities(20.06.2019)

Gujarat High Court has asked the State Government to place before it details of the Centre’s funding for the State’s healthcare sector and the State’s.....

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#Union Budget 2022-2023: FM Allows Parents to Take Insurance from Children with Disability(01.02.2022)

Finance Minister has stated that the parents or guardian can take insurance from their children with disabilities. The payment of annuity or lump sum .....

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Plausible decisions need not be overturned, and latitude ought to be granted to the State in exercise of executive powers(03.02.2023)

The Respondent no.1 floated e-tender for selection of supplier for Supply and Installation of Automatic Sanitary Pad Vending Machines, Sanitary Napkin.....

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Maintenance of Existing Railway Tracks is Taxable at 18% GST: AAR(15.05.2018)

Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR), West Bengal has held that the works contract service of maintaining Railway Tracks as per the Letter of Acceptance.....

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CESTAT, Bangalore: Collection of Contribution to Build Corpus Fund Liable to Pay Service Tax(24.02.2020)

Customs Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Bangalore has held that the collection of contribution to building a corpus fund to secure t.....

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SC Allows Impleading States in PIL Seeking Protection of Migrant Children's Fundamental Rights(09.03.2021)

Supreme Court has allowed impleading the States in the Public Interest Litigation filed by Child Rights Trust seeking directions for protection of the.....

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Gauhati HC Sets Aside Order of Forigners Tribunal Declaring Resident of Jorgah Village as Foreigner(14.01.2022)

Gauhati High Court has set aside an order passed by a Foreigners' Tribunal declaring a resident of Jorgah village, Sonitpur as a foreigner after notin.....

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Raj HC: Lok Adalat Doesn’t Have Jurisdiction to Adjudicate Disputes of Mobile Tower Installation(29.01.2024)

Rajasthan High Court has held that Permanent Lok Adalat has no jurisdiction to adjudicate matters related to Installation of Mobile Towers as the same.....

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Procedure for filing appeals under CGST Act by specified persons(02.11.2023)

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 148 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereinafter referred to as the said A.....

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Karnataka HC: Child Visitation Rights of Muslim Man Diminishes on Getting Married to Another Woman(23.12.2021)

Karnataka High Court has held that child visitation rights of a Muslim man diminishes to a great extent, on him having married to another woman during.....

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Delhi HC: Court Cannot Review Order Passed U/S 11 of A&C Act(12.01.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that orders passed in an application filed under Section 11 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C) cannot be review.....

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GST Council Sets Stage For July 1 Roll Out, Seals Tax Rates of Final Six Items(05.06.2017)

GST Council in its 15th meeting held at New Delhi has fixed rates of gold, apparels, footwear, biscuits etc. As a corollary, 5% tax will be imposed on.....

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Karnataka HC Imposes Condition for Bail as Self Quarantine for 14-Days(14.05.2020)

Karnataka High Court has granted bail to an accused who has been in prison since March imposing a condition directing him to immediately undergo a med.....

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Supreme Court Launches Mobile Facility for Journalists to Attend Virtual Hearing(13.05.2021)

Supreme Court has launched a facility in its mobile app for providing links to virtual hearings to media persons. The Court is also introducing a feat.....

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Delhi HC: Law Interns to Wear White Shirt, Black Pants And Black Tie in Court(23.02.2023)

Delhi High Court has said that law interns are permitted to enter the Court complexes by wearing a white shirt, black tie and black pants as prescribe.....

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Bombay High Court: Mom’s Role in Child’s Life Can Never be Doubted(18.08.2017)

Bombay High Court has observed that the role of a mother in development of a child’s personality can never be doubted.

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Supreme Court: Milkman Charged with Selling Adulterated Milk 40-Years Ago Acquitted(01.08.2019)

Supreme Court has finally acquitted a milkman booked for selling adulterated milk in 1979 and handed 6-months jail term with Rs. 1,000 fine. The Court.....

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Sikkim HC Expresses Concern Over Spread of Covid-19 in Care Facilities(13.07.2021)

Sikkim High Court has expressed concern over spread of Covid-19 in various 'Care facilities' and has directed the State to take immediate steps for pr.....

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Delhi HC Dismisses PIL Praying to Include Group A, B, C & D Officer under Delhi Lokayukta Act(26.05.2022)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation seeking inclusion of Group A, B C and D officers of the Delhi government within the scope .....

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Extra judicial confession is considered as a weak type of evidence and is only used as a corroborative link to lend credibility to other evidence on record(06.08.2024)

The present application has been filed under section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking regular bail in connection with FIR under .....

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SC Refuses Interim Protection to Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in PMLA Case(17.08.2021)

Supreme Court has declined to grant interim relief to Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh who had moved the Top Court seeking protection fr.....

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Allahabad HC: HC Can Grant Transit Anticipatory Bail in Offences Registered Outside its Jurisdiction(07.07.2022)

Allahabad High Court has held that a High Court has the power to grant transit anticipatory bail to an accused in connection with an offence registere.....

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'Will' is required to be proved by at least one of the two attesting witnesses(04.08.2023)

The present petition under Section 276 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 seeks a grant of probate of 'will' dated 09.05.2017 of late Sh. Hans Raj Pat.....

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Kerala HC Stays CBFC Certification of Malayalam Film 'Aquarium'(13.05.2021)

Kerala High Court has stayed for two weeks the certification granted to Malayalam Film 'Aquarium' slated to be released on an Over-The-Top Platform (O.....

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Del. HC: Bank Customers Have No Way of Contacting Officials Who Send Emails(22.02.2023)

Delhi High Court while expressing concern over computer generated e-mails sent to customers without mention of contact details of officials under whos.....

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Himachal Pradesh High Court: Highway Toilets a Fundamental Right(19.06.2017)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has ruled that public convenience facilities along highways are a fundamental right of passengers and tourists.

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Rajya Sabha Passes Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019(05.07.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill, introduced by Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, allows for the supers.....

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Bombay HC: Nominated Councillor Cannot be Appointed as Leader of House(07.03.2022)

Bombay High Court has held that a nominated councillor cannot be appointed as leader of the house under section 19-1A of the Maharashtra Municipal Cor.....

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Delhi HC to YRF: Prepare Audio Description & Subtitles for Hearing & Visually Impaired People(17.01.2023)

Delhi High Court has directed Yash Raj Films (YRF) to prepare audio description, close captioning and subtitles in Hindi language for the OTT release .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Yash Raj Films, Audio Description, OTT, Pathaan



Delhi HC Put Stay on NDMC’s Move to Demolish Garbage Dumps(19.08.2016)

Delhi HC has issued a stay on an initiative of New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to demolish garbage dhalaos (collection points) in its jurisdiction .....

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Gangrape at Orphanage: Mumbai HC Raps CWC for Failing to Do its Duty(28.03.2016)

Bombay High Court while upholding the conviction of three persons for gang-raping five mentally challenged girls in an orphanage run by them has come .....

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BCI Can’t Act Like Appellate Authority Over Its Own Order While Exercising Review Powers: SC(22.02.2018)

Supreme Court has observed that Bar Council of India cannot act like an appellate authority over its own order while exercising review powers.

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Madhya Pradesh HC Orders Compensation for Wrongful Detention(14.02.2020)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered the State Government to pay a compensation of Rs 5 Lakhs to a 68-year old man for keeping him in jail to serve a.....

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SC: Family Courts Does Not Have Plenary Powers to Do Away with Mandatory Procedure(18.03.2021)

Supreme Court has observed that Family Courts does not have plenary powers to do away with the mandatory procedural requirements. The Court has observ.....

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Calcutta HC Directs SEC to Hold Joint Meeting on Deployment of Central Paramilitary Forces(11.02.2022)

Calcutta High Court has directed the State Election Commission to hold a joint meeting with officials of the West Bengal government within 12 hours an.....

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Meghalaya High Court: Trial Court Should Adopt Procedure Understandable by Illiterate Person(11.03.2024)

Meghalaya High Court has observed that the trial court while performing its duty under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, should ado.....

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SC: Railways is Treated as a Consumer under the Electricity Act, Not a Distribution Licensee(11.05.2026)

Supreme Court held that Indian Railways is a consumer under the Electricity Act, 2003, and cannot claim deemed distribution licensee status to avoid p.....

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Uttarakhand HC Seeks Report on Prison Conditions, Availability of Medical Facilities for Inmates(04.05.2021)

Uttarakhand High Court has sought a response from the State Government regarding the state of prisoners amid the Covid-19 pandemic, availability of me.....

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Delhi High Court: Suit Property Can't Be Attached Under Order 38 Rule 5 CPC Mechanically(31.03.2022)

Delhi High Court has reiterated that the power under Order XXXVIII Rule 5 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 cannot be exercised mechanically or merely .....

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JKL HC: Rape Leaves a Permanent Scar on Most Cherished Possession of Woman(06.04.2023)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court while denying bail to a accused in POCSO case observed that since rape leaves a permanent scar on the most cherished poss.....

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Tripura HC Directs Closure of Shops in State Selling Wild Animals, Birds Notified Under Wild Life Act(18.11.2021)

Tripura High Court has directed the authorities under the Wildlife (Protection) Act to take action regarding the closure of all such shops in the stat.....

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Bombay HC Slams Maharashtra's State Mental Health Authority for Inaction(05.12.2022)

Bombay High Court while issuing directions in a PIL seeking effective implementation of the Mental Health Care Act, 2017 in Maharashtra, has observed .....

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Kerala HC: Pension Liability for Services Rendered in NEFA Prior to it Becoming A.P is on Centre(02.03.2023)

Kerala High Court has held that family pension liability of person died while being deployed in North-Eastern Frontier Agency (NEFA), now Arunachal Pr.....

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Gauhati HC Asks State to File Response on PIL Concerning Vaccination of Jail Inmates(23.04.2021)

Gauhati High Court has asked the State Government to file its response within 3 weeks, on a suo moto Public Interest Litigation concerning the jail in.....

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Bombay HC to Subordinate Courts: Pass Speaking Order While Deciding Bail Pleas(13.02.2023)

Bombay High Court has held that bail is a matter of discretion to be exercised by Magistrate, who is expected to apply his mind after considering mate.....

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Bombay HC Bans Use of Cell Phones, Cameras & Likes Inside Court Rooms(14.02.2017)

Bombay HC has banned use of mobile phones, cameras or other audio/video recorders inside court rooms.

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AAR, Maharashtra: 18% GST Applicable on Transformers Supplied to Indian Railways(12.02.2020)

Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR), Maharashtra has held that the ‘transformers’ supplied to Indian Railways is covered under HSN ‘8504’ and Sr. No. 3.....

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Karnataka HC Directs State to File Status Report for Steps Taken for Admission of Children(17.03.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to file a status report enumerating the concrete steps taken either through Block Education Off.....

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Product Filing Procedure for All General Insurers (Other than Stand Alone Health Insurers)(01.06.2022)

Re: Product Filing procedure

1. Currently, the filings of General Insurance Products are governed by the Guidelines on 'Product Filing Proced.....

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Confessional statements given under Section 67 of the NDPS Act are inadmissible(01.12.2023)

By way of the present applications, the Applicants seek grant of bail in Case under Sections 8/22(c)/23/25/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic S.....

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Bombay High Court Raps BMC for Failing to Act Against Hawkers(25.06.2024)

Bombay High Court came down heavily on Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and said that BMC has failed to act against illegal hawkers who encroa.....

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Availability of officers to hear Public Grievances(04.07.2019)

As per the guidelines issued by the Government of India, each Ministry/Department is required to nominate a Director of Public Grievances for ensuring.....

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Delhi HC Directs Delhi Government to Decide Extension of COVID Facilities to Homeless Mentally Ill(27.07.2020)

Delhi High Court has granted a week's time to both the Central as well as the Delhi Government to decide as to whether the testing facilities for COVI.....

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Rajasthan HC Dismisses Widow's Plea Seeking Horizontal Reservation in ST Category(28.04.2022)

Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a widow's challenge to the legality of the category-wise merit list prepared after preliminary examinations for rec.....

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Order Holding that Watching Child Porn Isn’t an Offence, Recalled by Karnataka HC(22.07.2024)

Karnataka High Court has recalled the order in which it was held that watching child pornography online is not an offence under Section 67B of the Inf.....

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Regulation of private practice by govt. doctors is subject matter of separate Rules, circular issued under J&K Govt. Employees (Conduct) Rules 1971 not applicable to govt. doctors(21.10.2016)

A Writ Petition was instituted in public interest before High Court of Jammu and Kashmir by Respondents seeking to challenge a Circular dated 11 Augus.....

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Kamala Mills Fire: Bombay High Court Rejects Bail Pleas of Pub Owners(02.11.2018)

Bombay High Court has rejected the bail pleas of the owners of two eateries in central Mumbai's Kamala Mills compound which were gutted in a fire last.....

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SC Rejects SBI Plea Seeking Vacation of Stay on Insolvency Proceedings Against Anil Ambani(18.09.2020)

Supreme Court has declined to vacate a stay granted by Delhi High Court towards the ongoing Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 proceedings against R.....

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P&H HC: Can't Approach HC U/S 438 CrPC After Rejection of Pre-Arrest Bail for Case Under SC/ST Act(04.07.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that once the plea for anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC is rejected by Sessions Court to accused under .....

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Eligibility conditions for availing benefits under the Building and Other Construction Workers scheme(27.07.2023)

As per the extant provisions of Section 12 of Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 [.....

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E-way bill in case of storing of goods in godown of transporter(04.09.2018)

Various representations have been received on the matter pertaining to the textile sector and problems being faced by weavers & artisans regarding sto.....

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Bombay HC Dismisses Emami’s Plea Challenging Order on Notice to Use Trademarks(17.07.2020)

Bombay High Court has dismissed Emami’s plea challenging a single bench’s order directing the company to provide 7 days prior notice before initiating.....

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Gujarat HC: Relief Can't be Granted as it Amount to Main Relief in Section 9 Arbitration Application(26.04.2022)

Gujarat High Court has held that once an application under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking interim measures has been d.....

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Provisions of Section 96 of the IBC are not applicable on a complaint filed under Section 138 of NI Act(15.05.2023)

The facts of the present case are that, the complaint was filed by Respondent No. 1 against the Petitioner and Respondent Nos. 2, under Section 138 re.....

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Delhi High Court Issues Notice to Bar Council of India and Bar Council of Delhi(29.01.2020)

Delhi High Court has issued notices on a plea challenging the levy of exorbitant enrollment and other fees by the Bar Council of Delhi and the Bar Cou.....

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Bar Council Disallows Carrying of Study Material in Exam Hall for AIBE-XVI Onwards(15.02.2021)

Bar Council of India has notified that All India Bar Examination-XVI (AIBE-XVI) onwards, no books, notes, or study material will be allowed in the Exa.....

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A co-ordinate Bench cannot comment upon the discretion exercised or judgment rendered by another co-ordinate Bench of the same strength(31.10.2023)

Present batch of five Review Petitions seeks to review the common judgment and Order passed by present Court. The question raised in present matter is.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes a Bill to Expedite Disposal of Debt Recovery Applications(10.08.2016)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which amen.....

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Bombay HC Rejects Wilson College Plea for Withholding Info Under RTI(02.05.2019)

Bombay High Court has upheld decision of State Information Commission (SIC), which directed that details of the amount collected by Wilson College by .....

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Delhi HC Issues Summons on Suit Against Dissemination of False Information on Coronil(04.06.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued summons to Patanjali Ayurved's Ramdev Baba, Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc, Google LLC, and Vedic Broadcasting Ltd on a suit by.....

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Supreme Court Issues Directions for Operation of Brick Kiln Industries in NCR(15.04.2022)

Supreme Court has issued directions for operation of the brick kiln industries in the National Capital Region. The Court has mandated compliance with .....

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Kar. HC Evolves Triple Test to Consider Application Under Surrogacy Act of a Man Aged Above 55 Yrs.(26.04.2023)

Karnataka High Court while directing State Surrogacy Board to consider application of a man above 55 years of age, for grant of an eligibility certifi.....

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Uttarakhand HC Orders Rs 2 Crore Relief To Widow Of Slain Doctor(13.09.2018)

Uttarakhand HC has directed the state government to pay compensation of Rs 1,99,09,000 to the widow of Dr Sunil Kumar, who was shot dead while on duty.....

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Karnataka HC Denies Bail to Youth Accused of Sharing Military Base Photos With Pakistan ISI(19.07.2022)

Karnataka High Court has dismissed the bail petition filed by a 24-year-old, accused of sharing photographs of important places like Naval Base Army a.....

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Reserve Bank of India to Launch the Pilot Project for Public Tech Platform for Frictionless Credit(14.08.2023)

1. As part of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies released on August 10, 2023, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the develo.....

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Amendment in export policy of edible oils(06.08.2015)

The government notified exemptions from prohibition on export of edible oils.

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Demolish All Buildings That Are Safety Hazard: Supreme Court(11.04.2018)

Supreme Court has directed a Special Task Force in Delhi to demolish any building that poses a safety hazard, even if it was constructed legally.

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Ministry of Finance Extends Due Date for Filing of Income Tax Returns(31.12.2020)

Ministry of Finance has extended the due date for filing of income tax returns for the financial year 2019-2020 (AY 2020-21) as follows: (A) The due d.....

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Karnataka HC Grants Bail to Rape Accused Noting Victim Used to Video Call Accused(29.11.2021)

Karnataka High Court has granted bail to a rape accused noting that the victim, a married woman herself, used to make video calls to the accused early.....

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Delhi Court Grants Default Bail in UAPA Case After NIA Fails to File Chargesheet(11.11.2022)

Patiala House Court, Delhi has granted default bail to a 25 year old Kashmiri youth, after National Investigation Agency (NIA) failed to file chargesh.....

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All. HC to UP Bar Council: Ensure Police Report is Called Before Granting Bar License(29.12.2023)

Allahabad High Court has directed the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh to issue necessary directions and to ensure appropriate police reports are called a.....

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SC: Accused Released on Default Bail Cannot be Re-arrested on Filing of Charge Sheet(07.01.2021)

Supreme Court has held that an accused who was released on default bail cannot be re-arrested on filing of charge-sheet by police.

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Delhi HC Issues Contempt Notice to NDMC and Police for Non-Compliance of Orders(30.11.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued contempt notices to North Delhi Municipal Corporation and the Delhi Police for non compliance of its order and failure to .....

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Bom. HC: Civil Court Order Shall Prevail Over Findings Recorded Under Maharashtra Money-Lending Act(17.11.2022)

Bombay High Court has held that judgement of the Civil Court in a prior suit will prevail over an order passed under Section 18(2) of the Money Lendin.....

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Revisional Court cannot substitute its opinion simply because another view is possible(02.01.2024)

The Applicant-Original accused has questioned the legality, correctness and propriety of the judgment and order passed by the Sessions Court. Learned .....

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SC: Factors Like Gravity and Seriousness of Alleged Offence Cannot be Basis to Refuse Bail(27.01.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that the factors like gravity and seriousness of offences alleged against an accused by themselves cannot be the basis for .....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020(10.02.2021)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020 to repeal the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963. The Bill seeks to provide greater autonomy, fl.....

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SC Stays Deportation of Woman Declared as Illegal Migrant, Notes Family Members Are Included in NRC(26.09.2022)

Supreme Court while staying deportation of woman declared as illegal migrant, has issued notice in petition impugning order of Guwahati High Court whi.....

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Will can be suspected only if substantial changes introduced to it by the cuttings and overwriting present on it(17.11.2023)

The present petition has been filed under Section 276 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 seeking grant of probate of the Will dated 27th September, 20.....

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Kerala HC: Onus of Proof of Will is on Propounder to Remove Suspicious Circumstances(07.03.2022)

Kerala High Court has ruled that if there exist suspicious circumstances surrounding the execution of the will, it is the onus of the propounder to re.....

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SC: Default Bail Can be Cancelled Based on Reasons Made Out in Chargesheet(17.01.2023)

Supreme Court has held that if special reasons are made out from the chargesheet and the chargesheet reveals commission of non-bailable crime, default.....

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Jharkhand High Court Grants Bail to Former MP and 5 Others(17.04.2020)

Jharkhand High Court has allowed bail to a former Member of Parliament and five others on the condition that they shall deposit an amount of Rs 35,000.....

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Karnataka HC Issues Notice on Plea Against Imposition of New Building Norms on Existing Buildings(11.03.2022)

Karnataka High Court has issued notice to the State Government on a petition questioning imposition of certain new building norms even for the existin.....

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SC: Insolvency Resolution of Company Doesn’t Extinguish Director's Liability U/S 138 NI Act(17.03.2023)

Supreme Court has held that the company's director cannot seek discharge from Negotiable Instruments Act proceedings on the ground that creditor’s deb.....

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Gujarat High Court Puts on Hold Central Notification to Declare Area Around Gir as Eco-sensitive(20.04.2017)

Gujarat High Court has ordered a stay on issuance of final notification by Centre to declare area around Gir Wildlife Sanctuary as eco- sensitive zone.....

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Mardas HC Pulls Up TN Govt. over Honour Killing Attacks(21.07.2016)

Madras HC has pulled up Tamil Nadu Government for ‘administrative lapses’ in attacks at three villages in Dharmapuri district in November 2012 reporte.....

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Supreme Court Notices Centre Over Plea Seeking Complete Ban on Female Genital Mutilation(09.05.2017)

Supreme Court has issued notice to Centre on a PIL seeking a complete ban on practice of female genital mutilation or khatna, and demanding that it be.....

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Central Government Introduces Ordinance Making Attacks on Doctors Non-Bailable Offence(22.04.2020)

Central Government has decided to introduce an Ordinance to amend the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 to make attacks on doctors and healthcare workers a .....

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Delhi HC Issues Notices to Government in Plea Seeking Extension for Filing Compliances(05.05.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notices to Government in a plea seeking extensions for filing compliances under Income Tax Act, 1961, GST Act, 2017, the E.....

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Calcutta HC: Exemption Notification’s Eligibility is Question Relating to Rate of Duty(01.04.2022)

Calcutta High Court has dismissed an appeal on the ground of maintainability by holding that the question with regard to the eligibility of exemption .....

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Mad HC: Consider Issuing of Passport to Man Whose Mother was Indian & Father a Srilankan Refugee(10.04.2023)

Madras High Court while directing Regional Passport authority to consider representation of man for Indian passport whose mother was Indian while fath.....

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A Company can file complaint under Consumer Protection Act(20.03.2024)

Present appeal under Section 67 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 has been preferred by the Appellant for assailing final order rendered by Nationa.....

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A trustee is entitled to the benefit of the lapse of time when, although he had done something legally or technically wrong, he had done nothing morally wrong or dishonest(28.02.2018)

Present appeal raises a well-formulated issue as to the construction of Section 21 of the Limitation Act 1980, and a rather more diffuse question as t.....

Tags : Fraud, Summary judgment, Suitability



Allahabad HC: Section 438 CrPC Does Not Mandate That Sessions Court Must be Moved First(04.03.2020)

Allahabad High Court has held that under special circumstances, a person apprehending arrest may approach the High Court directly seeking anticipatory.....

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Delhi High Court Declines Bail to Person Fraudulently Inducing Persons to Invest Money(31.03.2021)

Delhi High Court has refused to grant bail to a person fraudulently inducing persons to invest money. The Applicant sought the grant of regular bail a.....

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Supreme Court: Non-Extension of E-Way Bill Not Evasion of Tax(27.01.2022)

Supreme Court has observed that non-extension of e-way bill would not automatically amount to evasion of tax, especially when the non-delivery of good.....

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Patna HC Orders Action Against Prosecutor Whose Absence Resulted in Non-Disposal of 90 Bail Matters(19.12.2022)

Patna High Court has directed Advocate General for State to take action against a Public Prosecutor who remained absent before the Court due to which .....

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SC Directs SIT Probe Into Alleged Role of Two Former Karnataka CMs in Mining Case(30.03.2017)

Supreme Court has asked Karnataka Police SIT to probe alleged role of two former Chief Ministers N Dharam Singh and H D Kumaraswamy and bureaucrats in.....

Tags : Supreme Court, illegal iron ore mining



Income Tax Department Activates e-filing Facility for All ITRs(05.05.2017)

Income Tax Department has activated e-filing facility for all categories of Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for assessment year 2017-18.

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Supreme Court: Unilateral Addition To Contract By Arbitral Tribunal Violates Basic Notions Of Justice(09.05.2019)

Supreme Court has set aside an arbitral award on the grounds of it being in conflict with "most basic notions of justice" and thereby conflicting with.....

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Bombay HC Directs Police to Trace Out Remdesivir Boxes Unloaded by BJP MP Sujay Vikhe Patil(30.04.2021)

Bombay High has taken strong exception to a press conference held by the Ahmednagar District Collector to support BJP MP Dr.Sujay Vikhe Patil in relat.....

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Jharkhand HC: Interest Liability Can't Be Raised Under GST Without Initiating Adjudication Process(30.03.2022)

Jharkhand High Court has observed that if an assessee disputes the liability of interest, either its calculation or the leviability, then the only alt.....

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Cyber Security and Cyber Resilience framework for Portfolio Managers(29.03.2023)

1. With rapid technological advancement in the securities market, there is a greater need for maintaining robust cyber security and to have a cyber- r.....

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Regional consultations on the draft 'Trafficking of Persons Bill, 2016'(16.08.2016)

Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi held Regional consultations with Civil Society Organizations on the draft 'Trafficki.....

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Supreme Court Denies Bail to Murder Convict(28.05.2019)

Supreme Court observed that a murder is a murder whether it arises out of matrimonial dispute or otherwise, while rejecting the bail plea of a man who.....

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Supreme Court Dismisses Contempt Plea Filed Over Killing of Tigress 'Avni'(26.02.2021)

Supreme Court has dismissed as withdrawn the contempt petition filed by a wildlife researcher Sangeeta Dogra in relation to the killing of Tigress Avn.....

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Ker. HC: Arbitrary Bail Condition for Default Bail Violates Article 21(05.12.2023)

Kerala High Court has held that arbitrary conditions imposed while granting statutory/default bail amount to infringement of the fundamental right of .....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Article 21, Bail Condition, Default Bail



Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Petcoke, Furnace Oil in Delhi, Neighbouring States(23.11.2017)

Supreme Court has upheld ban on use of petroleum coke in and around New Delhi as the country battles to clean the air in its capital.

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Supreme Court Raps Kerala Government Over Illegal Apartments(23.09.2019)

Supreme Court has observed that illegal construction in high-tide areas of Kerala led to devastating floods in the State last month, as it slammed the.....

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Bombay HC Rejects Plea Challenging Declaration of Account as NPA by IL&FS(03.11.2020)

Bombay High Court has rejected a writ petition filed by a private company against declaration of loan account as Non-Performing Asset over a 100 crore.....

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SC Quashes FIR Against Father For Taking Away Son From Mother's Custody(26.08.2022)

Supreme Court while quashing First Information Report which was registered against a father for secretly taking away his son from his mother's custody.....

Tags : Supreme Court, FIR, Child Custody



Ker. HC: Father's Presence Plays Vital Role in Child's Education Journey by Offering Emotional Suppor(11.06.2025)

Kerala High Court while granting seven days leave to a convict prisoner for his child’s admission in class 11, has stated that a father's presence pla.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Child's Education Journey, Emotional Support



Assessing Officer is not empowered to make disallowance on ad-hoc basis without assigning any reason(27.07.2022)

The assessee is a firm engaged in the business of import of plastic scrap from European countries, USA and countries situated in UAE. The AO noticed t.....

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Madras High Court Asks State to Consider Compensating Bear Attack Victim(24.04.2017)

Madras High Court has directed Head of Project Tiger, Kalakad Mundunthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) at Ambasamudram in Tirunelveli district to consider a .....

Tags : Madras High Court, Bear Attack, Chettimedu village



SC Directs Government to Free Prisoners on Bail/Parole(24.03.2020)

Supreme Court has ordered all States and Union Territories to take steps to release those convicts and undertrials on parole or bail who have not been.....

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Kerala HC: Child Born in Live-In Relationship to be Treated as Child Born to Married Couple(12.04.2021)

Kerala High Court has recognised that a child born in a live-in relationship would have to be treated as a child born to a married couple for the purp.....

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Mere affixation of MRP does not make goods eligible for central excise duty exemption(21.03.2023)

The Respondent No.1, AR Polymers Pvt. Ltd. is a manufacturer engaged in the manufacture of footwear and the sale of the same to defense/paramilitary f.....

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Tripura HC Closes Plea on Plight of Minor Girl Who was Sold Due to Poverty of Family(21.07.2020)

Tripura High Court has closed the suo-moto Public Interest Litigations registered against the plight of a minor girl aged about 14 years, native of No.....

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Madras HC Rejects Anticipatory Bail to Tamil Actress for Making Objectionable Remarks Against CM(27.04.2022)

Madras High Court has rejected a plea for anticipatory bail filed by tamil actress Tamilselvi alias Meera Mithun, who was charged for making obscene a.....

Tags : Madras High Court, anticipatory bail, Tamilselvi, tamil actress, Meera Mithun, MK Stalin, Peiya Kaanom



Ker. HC: Not Proper to Arrest Accused Before Verifying if Any Interim Order Subsits in Bail Plea(25.05.2023)

Kerala High Court has observed that it is not proper on the part of the Police Officer to arrest an accused, without verifying from the office of the .....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Arrest, Bail Application, Interim Order, Verify



Liquidity Adjustment Facility - Repo and Reverse Repo Rates(04.10.2016)

As announced in the Fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement today, it has been decided by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to reduce the Repo r.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019(26.07.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 to ban the practice of triple talaq among Muslims and punish the g.....

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Union Budget 2017-18: Key Updates(01.02.2017)

#India abolishes Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), the body which approves all inbound FDI investment proposals. #Payment regulatory board t.....

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What was not decided in appeal by the Division Bench could not be decided by the Division Bench while deciding the review application(12.03.2018)

Present appeals are against the final judgment passed by the High Court whereby the Division Bench of the High Court dismissed the review application .....

Tags : Application, Review, Maintainability



Patna HC Dismisses Students’ Plea Seeking Changes in Eligibility Criteria for Application under BPSC(11.03.2020)

Patna High Court has dismissed a Writ Petition filed by four final year students of Chanakya National Law University seeking consideration of their ap.....

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SC Asks States to Complete Identification and Rehabilitation of Children in Street Situations(18.01.2022)

Supreme Court has asked the States to complete the identification and rehabilitation process of the Children in Street Situations at the earliest. The.....

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For claiming rebate of duty under Rule 18 of the Central Excise Rules, the period of limitation prescribed under Section 11B of the Central Excise Act, shall have to be applied(29.11.2022)

The original writ Petitioner/Appellant has preferred the present appeal feeling aggrieved with the impugned judgment passed by the High Court, whereby.....

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Investment in excess stock computed by the department is liable to be treated as business income(10.10.2022)

The Appellant is an individual engaged in the business of trading of furniture and the Appellant had filed return of income. A survey operation was co.....

Tags : Assessment, Provision, Applicability



SC Quashes Madras HC Order Allowing Partial FTIL Asset Transfer(18.04.2016)

Supreme Court has set aside a Madras HC order which partially suspended a stay on Financial Technologies (India) Ltd (FTIL) to sell its assets.

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"Can't Keep Prisoners Like Animals": Supreme Court on Overcrowding in Jails(31.03.2018)

Supreme Court has said that prisoners cannot be kept in jail like animals, after it was informed that many of the over 1,300 prisons across the countr.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Response on Transgender Man's Plea Seeking Change of Details in School Certificates(15.01.2021)

Delhi High Court has sought for a response from Union of India and Central Board of Secondary Education on an Application filed by a transgender man w.....

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In a tax matter, when a statutory remedy of appeal is available, the High Court should not entertain the writ petition(14.10.2022)

In facts of present case, by an Assessment Order, the Assessing Officer denied the Input rebate under Section 14 of the Madhya Pradesh Value Added Tax.....

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Sole admission under Section 313 of CrPC in absence other corroborative piece of evidence, cannot be made basis of conviction(18.03.2024)

Judgment and order passed by Additional Sessions Judge, thereby convicting husband and in-laws (Appellants) for offence punishable under Section 498A .....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Delhi High Court to Centre: Ensure Non Disclosure of Paramilitary Personnel's Identity(25.05.2017)

Delhi High Court, shocked by alleged disclosure of identity of paramilitary personnel operating in sensitive areas and their family by a television ch.....

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P&H HC Directs Subordinate Judicial Authorities to Ensure Compliance of Orders Granting Bail(02.04.2020)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the subordinate judicial authorities to devise a reliable mechanism to update the contact details of all th.....

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Supreme Court Grants Bail to Undertrial Languishing in Jail for 9 Years(02.03.2021)

Supreme Court has granted bail to an accused in a murder case who had been languishing in jail for 9 years while observing that there was no likelihoo.....

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Central Government declares the services engaged in the Banking industry to be a public utility service(14.12.2023)

Whereas the Central Government is satisfied that public interest so requires that the services engaged in the 'Banking', which is covered under item 2.....

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Delhi HC Grants Bail to AAP MLA Jarnail Singh in Assault Case(16.12.2015)

Delhi High Court has granted anticipatory bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Jarnail Singh who is accused of assaulting an MCD engineer and preventing .....

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Finalize SOP for Handling Complaints Involving Child Pornography: SC to Centre(23.10.2018)

Supreme Court has directed the Centre to finalize the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for handling complaints involving child pornography by Novemb.....

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Allahabad HC Dismisses Habeas Corpus Plea Against Alleged Detention of Hathras Victim's Family(09.10.2020)

Allahabad High Court has dismissed the habeas corpus writ petition filed on behalf of the Hathras victim's family against alleged illegal detention by.....

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Allahabad HC: Non-Reporting of Seizure of Bank Account to Magistrate Doesn't Make Seizure Illegal(06.06.2022)

Allahabad High Court has observed that non-reporting of the seizure of a bank account, seized by police under Section 102 Code of Criminal Procedure, .....

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Recommendations of 50th GST Council Meeting(12.07.2023)

• Taxing Casino, Horse Racing, and Online gaming at the uniform rate of 28% on full face value • Notification of GST Appellate Tribunal by the Centre.....

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Kerala HC Lays Down Guidelines Regarding Service of Summons Where Defendants Reside Outside India(18.11.2024)

Kerala High Court has laid down guidelines regarding service of summons on defendants who reside outside India and has stated that there is nothing wr.....

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Gujarat HC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking Physical Filing of ITR, Audit Reports(13.01.2022)

Gujarat High Court has issued notice to the Central Government on a plea seeking waiver of interest under section 234A of Income Tax Act, 1961 and als.....

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In a case based on circumstantial evidence, non- explanation or false explanation of accused under Section 313 of CrPC cannot be used as an additional link to complete chain of circumstances(24.01.2024)

Present appeal challenges the judgment and order, passed by the Division Bench of the High Court thereby dismissing the appeal filed by the Appellant,.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



HP HC: Accused Shall be Allowed to Furnish Cash Deposits for Getting Bail(07.08.2020)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has observed that the Courts while granting bail should give a choice to the accused to either furnish surety bonds or giv.....

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Delhi HC: Not Necessary to Go Into Merits of Claim/ Counter-Claim for Appointment of Arbitrator(02.05.2022)

Delhi High Court has ruled that in a petition under Section 11 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 for appointment of arbitrator, it is not ne.....

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Dismissal of application filed under Section 7, for default committed during the period prescribed under Section 10A, justifiable(03.05.2023)

Present Appeal has been filed against order by which order the Adjudicating Authority has rejected the Section 7 application filed by the Financial Cr.....

Tags : Provision, Application, Maintainability



Kerala High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to Former Gujarat DGP Sreekumar(13.08.2021)

Kerala High Court has granted anticipatory bail to former Gujarat DGP RB Sreekumar, two former Kerala Police officers S. Vijayan and Thampi S. Durga, .....

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RBI releases the Financial Stability Report, June 2023(28.06.2023)

Today, the Reserve Bank released the 27th issue of the Financial Stability Report (FSR), which reflects the collective assessment of the Sub-Committee.....

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Bombay HC Rules 'Suspecting Character of a Married Woman is Cruelty'(24.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has confirmed conviction of a Wardha man for ill-treating and abetting his wife's suicide while ruling that 'suspecting the characte.....

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Bombay HC Directs Council to Pay Rs 2 Lakhs to Mother of Vegetable Vendor Killed in Wall Collapse(14.08.2019)

Bombay High Court has directed Barshi Municipal Council to pay Rs 2 lakh as interim compensation to the aged mother of a vegetable seller who died due.....

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Orissa High Court Directs Immediate Satellite Proofing of Illegal Aquaculture(30.07.2021)

Orissa High Court has directed the immediate satellite proofing of illegal aquaculture, which is considered detrimental to wetland ecosystem, being ta.....

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Madras High Court Commutes Death Sentence of Brother; Acquits Two in Honour Killing Case(09.06.2022)

Madras High Court has commuted the death sentence of one Convict to life imprisonment in the Kannagi-Murugesan Honour Killing case and acquitted two c.....

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P&H HC: BCI Can Assume Revisional Jurisdiction Only When Matter is Disposed of by State Bar Council(21.10.2024)

P&H HC has stated that the revisional jurisdiction by the Bar Council of India can only be assumed, when a matter is disposed of by a State Bar Counci.....

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Cal. HC: Bail Cannot be Denied on Account of Restrictive Statutory Provisions in Penal Statute(09.12.2024)

The Calcutta HC while granting bail to a man being investigated under the PMLA has observed that a constitutional Court cannot be restrained from gran.....

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Delhi High Court Terms Hauz Khas Village ‘A Ticking Timebomb’(14.09.2017)

Delhi High Court, appalled at the violation of laws and safety measures by the restaurants, pubs, bars and cafes in Hauz Khas village and how civic ag.....

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Freedom of an individual is of utmost importance and same cannot be curtailed for indefinite period during the trial(01.08.2019)

Issue in present case is relating to grant of bail. Learned Additional Advocate General, on the instructions of Investigating Officer, stated that, p.....

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Bombay HC Summons Sunil Mantri in Rs 300-Crore Cheating Case(23.11.2015)

Bombay High Court has summoned real-estate baron Sunil Mantri for allegedly cheating investors, home-buyers and borrowers of over Rs 300 crore. The co.....

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Delhi High Court Sets Aside CVC's Inquiry Against Walmart India(05.09.2018)

Delhi High Court has set aside the Central Vigilance Commission's inquiry into bribery allegations against American retail giant Walmart's Indian arm.

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SC Stays Judgment Holding Apprehension of Death Due to Covid Valid Ground for Anticipatory Bail(26.05.2021)

Supreme Court has stayed the Allahabad High Court Judgment which held that apprehension of death on account of reasons like the COVID pandemic is a va.....

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Allahabad HC: Absconder/ Proclaimed Offender Not Entitled to Anticipatory Bail(07.04.2022)

Allahabad High Court has refused anticipatory bail to a POCSO accused who raped a minor girl and her mother, holding that if anyone has been declared .....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, anticipatory bail, The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Section 82



Del HC: Making Chairpersons Liable for Cheque Dishonour Would Unfairly Expand Vicarious Liability(18.04.2023)

Delhi High Court has quashing cheque dishonor proceedings under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, observed that holding chairpersons liable f.....

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Gujarat HC Introduces E-Filing, Video-Conferencing(23.03.2020)

Gujarat High Court has stated that no fresh filing of plea in physical form would be accepted from 23rd March, 2020. The Court has further clarified t.....

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SEBI Imposes Penalty on Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani & Family for Irregularities in RIL Shareholding(08.04.2021)

Securities and Exchange Board of India has imposed a penalty of Rs 25 Crores on prominent members of the Reliance family Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, N.....

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Ker. HC to Forest Dept.: Refrain from Capturing Wild Tusker 'Arikomban' Till March 29(27.03.2023)

Kerala High Court has directed Forest and Wildlife Department to refrain from capturing wild tusker 'Arikomban' that had allegedly been foraging in Ch.....

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Centre Imposes 10% Basic Customs Duty on Mobile Phones(03.07.2017)

Centre has imposed 10% basic customs duty on cellular mobile phones. This will also be applicable on specified parts of cellular mobile phones includi.....

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Kerala HC: No Religious Community Had Right to Conduct Pilgrimage Inside Reserved Forest Land(12.04.2021)

Kerala High Court has emphasized that no religious community had a right to conduct pilgrimage inside reserved forest land. The Court has stated that .....

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Gujarat HC Restrains Bank From Dispossessing Family Till Filing of Proceedings(15.02.2022)

Gujarat High Court has directed that the Bank to not dispossess the family from the property until 11th March 2022, considering that the Appellants we.....

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Director of Company can be liable for dishonour of cheque, if he was in charge of day-to-day affairs of the company or a signatory to the cheque(15.03.2024)

The present appeals challenge the common judgment and order passed by the High Court, whereby the High Court rejected the prayer for quashing of compl.....

Tags : Cheque dishonour, Liability, Director



Govt Proposes To Increase Threshold Limits For Maintenance Of Books Of Account(02.02.2017)

Government has proposed to increase threshold limits for maintenance of books of account in case of individuals and Hindu Undivided Family of income a.....

Tags : Budget 2017-18, Union Budget, Rail Budget, Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister



INSOLVENCY - NCLAT Seeks Financial Details of 13 IL&FS Subsidiaries(30.03.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has directed IL&FS to provide the details of the dues at 13 of its group companies and those of the cr.....

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NCLAT Seeks Resolution of IL&FS Cases in 90 Days(13.03.2020)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has approved the resolution framework for Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) Group an.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Filed Against Illegal Encroachment of Government Land(18.01.2022)

Delhi High Court has issued notice on a petition filed against alleged illegal encroachment of government land and misappropriation of funds by Adesh .....

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SC to HCs’: File Responses to Plea Seeking Online RTI Portals, Within Three Weeks(06.12.2022)

Supreme Court has directed all High Courts to file their responses on proposed set up of online RTI Portals within three weeks. The issue arose when C.....

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Del HC: ‘Absolute Privilege’ Bars Claims Against Judges, Counsels For Statement Made During Proc.(22.02.2024)

Delhi High Court has observed that Doctrine of ‘Absolute Privilege’ puts an embargo on entertainment of claims made against judges, lawyers or parties.....

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Bombay HC: Police Authority Can Extern Gang Members from Area Larger Than Illegal Activities(06.04.2022)

Bombay High Court has held that the authority under the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951 can pass order of externment directing externment of a person fro.....

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SC: Can’t Claim Default Bail When First Time Extension Not Challenged, Second Passed in his Presence(13.04.2023)

Supreme Court has held that when two time extensions are granted by Court, second extension granted in the presence of accused, which are not challeng.....

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Applicability of SCOMET policy on Irregular Aluminium Powder- Clarification by DGFT(10.07.2024)

1. It has been brought to the notice that several field formations have sought clarification on the applicability of SCOMET on irregular Aluminium Pow.....

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Kerala High Court Directs State to Supply Facilities to Perform Night Autopsies(16.12.2021)

Kerala High Court has directed the State government to provide adequate facilities and staff in all the Government Medical Colleges in the State to fa.....

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Delhi HC Directs to Ensure Implementation of Orders to Remove Illegal Encroachers(28.12.2021)

Delhi High Court has directed the authorities including South Delhi Municipal Corporation, Delhi Development Authority and Delhi Police to ensure that.....

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Unadjusted business loss of a particular year would be eligible to be carried forward to subsequent assessment years and for set off also(28.02.2024)

The appeal arises out of the order of the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals). The only issue to be decided in this appeal is as to whether the learn.....

Tags : Set off, Business income, Eligibility



Delhi HC Modifies Bail Condition for Deposit of Surety Bond to Deposit Personal Bond(12.07.2021)

Delhi High Court has modified a bail condition for deposit of surety bond to deposit of a personal bond instead, on account of the accused being a lab.....

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Calcutta HC Dismisses Plea by WBCPCR Seeking Compensation From Election Commission For Covid Orphans(25.05.2022)

Calcutta HC dismissed a PIL filed by West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) seeking a direction upon the Election Commission t.....

Tags : West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Election Commission, Covid-19, Compensation



SC Extends Stay on Direction by UP & UK Govt. to Eateries on Kanwar Route to Display Names(06.08.2024)

Supreme Court has extended the stay on direction issued by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments to eateries along the Kanwariya pilgrim route to .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Kanwariya Pilgrim, Shop Owners



Allahabad High Court Slams UP Government for Failure to Check Dengue, Chickengunia Menace(26.10.2016)

Allahabad High Court has slammed Akhilesh Yadav-led UP Government for its failure to control spread of dengue and chickengunia in State.

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Dengue, Chickengunia, Akhilesh Yadav



Supreme Court Gives Chidambaram Interim Bail in ED Case(23.08.2019)

Supreme Court has granted Congress leader P Chidambaram anticipatory bail in Enforcement Directorate till Monday. However, he will continue to stay un.....

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Madras HC: Inter-se Seniority Among Civil Judges Cannot be Fixed on Basis of Roster System(04.08.2021)

Madras High Court has held that the inter-se seniority among civil judges (junior division) cannot be fixed on the basis of 200-point roster system fo.....

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Madras HC: Amendment to TN Motor Vehicles Act Unconstitutional(06.04.2016)

Madras High Court has declared that the amendment made to Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Taxation Act,1974, by the government, which imposed a tax on omni .....

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CIVIL - Child Marriages not Exempted from Compulsory Registration: Kerala HC(19.02.2019)

Kerala High Court has upheld circulars issued by Local Self Government Authorities of Kerala Government making under-age marriages compulsorily regist.....

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Supreme Court Issues Notice on Plea Against Illegal Burning of Bio-Medical Waste(18.02.2020)

Supreme Court has issued a notice in the matter regarding the rampant illegal and unauthorized bio-medical waste burning being carried out in South De.....

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Chhattisgarh High Court Rejects Challenge Against Civil Judge (Entry Level) Exam, 2020(22.03.2021)

Chhattisgarh High Court has dismissed a batch of 52 writ petitions challenging the Civil Judge (Entry Level) Examination, 2020 conducted by the State .....

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SC: After Presentation of Chargesheet Default Bail Can be Cancelled on Merits(16.01.2023)

Supreme Court has held that there is no absolute bar that once a person is released on default bail, it cannot be cancelled on merits and grounds like.....

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SC: Admission Can’t be Denied to Domicile of State on The Ground of Parent Posted Outside State(22.03.2024)

Supreme Court has held that a candidate having domicile of the State of Maharashtra cannot be denied admission under the State quota on the ground tha.....

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P&H High Court Condones Mandatory Period of 1Yr for Filing Divorce Petition(14.09.2021)

P&H HC has granted divorce decree to a couple who had stayed together only for two days after they had gotten married. The Court has allowed the appli.....

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Facility to remedy erroneous transfers in Demat accounts(08.08.2023)

1. SEBI, vide circular no. SEBI/HO/MIRSD/MIRSD-PoD-1/P/CIR/2023/71 dated May 17, 2023, titled "Master Circular for Stock Brokers" has, inter alia, spe.....

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Allow Bhajiyawala Family to Operate PPF Accounts: Gujarat High Court(19.09.2018)

Gujarat High Court has directed the Income Tax department and SBI to permit Surat-based financier Jignesh Bhajiyawala and his family members to operat.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019(25.07.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019 entailing amendments to the Protection of Children from Sexu.....

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Madras HC Issues Notice on Plea for Door to Door Delivery of Midday Meals to Children(05.07.2021)

Madras High Court has issued notice on a plea highlighting the need to start door to door delivery of midday meals for children on account of closure .....

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Bombay HC Denies Anticipatory Bail to Chairman of School in Case of Abetting Student's Suicide(18.05.2022)

Bombay High Court In a case of abetting a student's suicide, has denied anticipatory bail to a school's Chairman and disciplinary authority because he.....

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Ker. HC: Printing Agencies Required to Remove Illegal Hoardings Within 7 Days of Notice(09.06.2023)

Kerala High Court has held that after designated authorities remove illegal hoardings to holding areas, printing agencies will be required to remove s.....

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If Public Toilets Not Maintained, Will People Use Them: Delhi High Court(11.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has criticised authorities responsible for maintaining public toilets in the city, saying if they do their job properly, people would.....

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P&H HC Directs Payment of Compensation in Matter of Illegal Detention(08.10.2020)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the State Government to pay a compensation of Rs 1 lakh each to the mother-daughter duo in the matter of il.....

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Kerala HC Refuses Bail to Accused in UAPA Case(02.06.2022)

Kerala High Court has rejected a bail application in UAPA Case, stating that there exists a prima facie case suggesting involvement of the accused in .....

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DGCA signs MoU with European Union Aviation Safety Agency for unmanned aircraft systems & Innovative air mobility(05.07.2023)

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (.....

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NGT Slams Rs 10 Crore Bank Guarantee on CIL(17.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slammed Coal India Ltd.(CIL) for its failure to comply with environmental norms highlighted in two previous inspecti.....

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Puducherry Becomes First UT to Pass State GST Bill(18.05.2017)

Puducherry Assembly has unanimously passed Puducherry Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017 and has became the first Union Territory to pass SGST Bill 201.....

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Delhi HC Denies Bail Despite Possibility of Custodial Violence and Illegal Detention(13.04.2020)

Delhi High Court has refused to grant bail to a person arrested for alleged involvement in violence committed during Delhi Riots. The Court has highli.....

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Delhi Court Remands Wrestler Sushil Kumar to Police Custody in Chhatrasal Stadium Murder Case(24.05.2021)

Delhi Court has sent Wrestler Sushil Kumar and his associate Ajay Kumar to 6 days police custody remand who are arrested in connection with the Chhatr.....

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Leviability of Service Tax on declared service "Agreeing to obligation to refrain from an act, or to tolerate an act or situation, or to do an act" under Section 66E(e) of Finance Act, 1994(28.02.2023)

1. An issue has arisen on the levy of service tax on liquidated damages arising out of breach of contract, forfeiture of salary or payment of bond amo.....

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SC: Presiding Officers/Members of JJ Board Should Specifically Mention Names in Orders(10.05.2024)

SC has observed that Presiding Officers or Members of the Juvenile Justice Board must mention their names when the order is passed. In absence of name.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking Nomination of Adequate Members to NDMC Council(17.08.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to Delhi Government, the Central Government and NDMC on a petition filed by two residents of the New Delhi Municip.....

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Delhi HC: Lack of Clarity Not Ground to Dismiss an Application as Non-Maintainable(07.07.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that an application which may be unclear or wanting in requisite details, does not suffer from maintainability on that groun.....

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Clarifications regarding applicability of GST on certain services(01.08.2023)

Representations have been received seeking clarifications on the following issues

1. Whether services supplied by director of a company in hi.....

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NGT Orders Inspection of NBCC Redevelopment Project in Southwest Delhi(23.01.2017)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed a surprise inspection at redevelopment project being carried out by state-run National Buildings Constructi.....

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Allocate Space for New High Court Building: Bombay High Court(23.01.2019)

Bombay High Court has directed Maharashtra Government to take a decision within the next six months on allocating space for a new, spacious high court.....

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Supreme Court Denies Anticipatory Bail to Sexual Harassment Accused(02.12.2020)

Supreme Court has denied the plea for anticipatory bail to an accused in a case of eve-teasing, where First Information Report under section 354 of th.....

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MP HC Directs SLSA to Make Surprise Visits to Prison Facilities to Audit The Prevailing Conditions(05.10.2021)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Member Secretary, District Legal Services Authority accompanied by Chief Judicial Magistrate of each distri.....

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Del. HC: Men Entitled to Same Protection as Women from Cruelty and Violence(24.01.2025)

Delhi High Court while denying anticipatory bail to a woman for throwing boiling water on her husband, has held that men are also entitled to the same.....

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Bom HC: Facilitation Council’s Mandate Won’t Terminate Only for Failing to Render Award in 90 Days(13.02.2025)

Bombay High Court has held that mandate given by the MSME Facilitation Council will not get terminated merely on the ground that it failed to render a.....

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Supreme Court: Constitution Bench to Hear Questions of Citizenship of Migrants Kids(22.02.2017)

Supreme Court has said that a Constitution Bench would hear question whether children of illegal migrants born here can avail benefit of citizenship u.....

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CIVIL - Madras HC Refuses to Stay Tamil Nadu Govt's Rs. 2,000 Dole(08.03.2019)

Madras High Court has refused to restrain Tamil Nadu Government from distributing Rs 2,000 as a special one-time financial assistance to families livi.....

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Ministry of Law and Justice Seeks Stakeholders' Comments on Draft Mediation Bill, 2021(08.11.2021)

Ministry of Law and Justice has placed the Draft Mediation Bill, 2021 in public domain, seeking feedback and suggestions from all stakeholders. The Bi.....

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Bom. HC: Suspended Employee Entitled to Subsistence Allowance Without Marking Daily Attendance(08.01.2024)

Bombay High Court has held that an employee who has been suspended from work is entitled to receive subsistence allowance without the imposition of th.....

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SC Irks over Unaffiliated Colleges and Other Educational Institutions(30.06.2016)

SC has irked over unaffiliated colleges and other educational institutions admitting students, saying such conduct has become a "disease" which is a ".....

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CIVIL - Illegal Hoardings: Bombay HC Directs BJP Corporator to Pay Rs. 24 Lakh(22.03.2019)

Bombay High Court has directed a BJP corporator to pay Rs. 24 lakh compensation in connection with an attack on a civic squad for removing illegal hoa.....

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CRIMINAL - HP High Court: Accused Appearing Drunk in Court is not a Ground to Cancel Bail(26.03.2019)

Himachal Pradesh HC while setting aside the order cancelling bail to an accused because smell of alcohol was emanating from the mouth of the accused h.....

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Gujarat HC Directs State to Ensure Inability to Pay Fees Does Not Affect Education of Children(04.02.2021)

Gujarat High Court has directed the State Government to ensure that the inability to pay the fees should not compel the parents to stop providing educ.....

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Meghalaya HC: Granting Bail on Humanitarian Grounds Not Legally Tenable(14.12.2021)

Meghalaya High Court has observed that granting of bail on humanitarian grounds is not legally tenable while setting aside the bail granted to an accu.....

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Clarifications regarding applicability of GST on certain services(31.10.2023)

1. Based on the recommendations of the GST Council in its 52nd meeting held on 7th October, 2023, at New Delhi, clarification, with reference to GST l.....

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SC: Under the Urban Land Ceiling Act, Notice U/S 10(5) Must be Served on the Person in Possession(08.01.2026)

Supreme Court has ruled that proceedings under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 would abate under the Repeal Act of 1999 if the State.....

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Delhi HC Denies Anticipatory Bail to Project Promoter for Misappropriating, Siphoning Off Funds(14.12.2021)

Delhi High Court has denied anticipatory bail to a construction project promoter in the two FIRs registered over misappropriation and siphoning off of.....

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SC Refuses Mohammad Azam Khan’s Plea Seeking Ad-interim Ex-Parte Bail(08.02.2022)

Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea seeking ad-interim ex-parte bail filed by Mohammad Azam Khan, Samajwadi Party's candidate from Rampur in.....

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SC Refuses To Vacate Stay On Restoration Of Criminal Case Against Former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa(24.01.2023)

Supreme Court has dismissed an application seeking to vacate an earlier order of the Court that stayed the restoration of a criminal case against form.....

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MP HC: Accused Entitled to Seek Bail on Sole Ground of Arrest Violating 'Arnesh Kumar' Guidelines(20.05.2021)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State Director General of Police to instruct all police officers to strictly follow 'Arnesh Kumar' guidelin.....

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Mumbai Special Court Denies Bail to Anil Deshmukh in Money Laundering Case(15.03.2022)

Special PMLA Court in Mumbai has denied bail to former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in an alleged money laundering case. Deshmukh, an NCP l.....

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Guidance Note on Operational Risk Management and Operational Resilience(30.04.2024)

1. Purpose.

1.1 Operational Risk is inherent in all banking/ financial products, services, activities, processes, and systems. Effective mana.....

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Supreme Court: Is Magistrate's Court Above the Supreme Court?(01.06.2018)

Supreme Court has wondered whether a magisterial court was "above" it, after it came to know that a lower court in Mumbai has refused to release an ac.....

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Kerala HC Issues Notice on Plea for Implementation of Recommendations for Women in Film Industry(03.02.2022)

Kerala High Court has issued notice to the State and Central governments on a writ petition filed by Disha, a non-governmental organisation from Malap.....

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Rajasthan High Court Directs State to Properly Implement 'Jyoti Yojna' Scheme(15.02.2024)

Rajasthan HC through writ of Mandamus has directed State to provide the benefits of the Jyoti Yojna Scheme to every woman who has voluntarily undergon.....

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Delhi HC: Bipolar Disorder Alone Does Not Qualify as Medical Disability Without Benchmark Criteria(26.03.2026)

Delhi High Court upheld the transfer of a Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan teacher, ruling that bipolar disorder alone, without certification of benchmark.....

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Bombay HC Remarks in Plea Seeking FIR Against BJP MP for Illegal Procurement of Remdesivir(04.05.2021)

Bombay High Court has remarked that Bharatiya Janta Party MP from Ahmednagar Dr Sujay Vikhe Patil needs to introspect while referring to his social me.....

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Allahabad HC Grants Bail to Kashmiri Students Accused of Celebrating Pakistan's T20 Win(31.03.2022)

Allahabad High Court has granted bail to the three Kashmiri students who were arrested on sedition charges for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans .....

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Securities and Exchange Board of India Cuts Timeline for Filing Settlement Application to 60 Days(18.01.2022)

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has cut the timeline for filing settlement applications to just 60 days from the current 180 days in its.....

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Kerala High Court Grants More Time To State To Frame Comprehensive Policy On Illegal Flag Masts(28.01.2022)

Kerala High Court has granted three more weeks’ time to the State government to draw up a comprehensive policy to deal with the menace of illegal flag.....

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Ministry of Corporate Affairs operationalises Central Processing Centre for Centralised Processing of Corporate Filings(16.02.2024)

On the lines of continuous endeavour to provide Ease of Doing Business and in pursuance to Union Budget Announcement 2023-24, Central Processing Centr.....

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Punjab & Haryana HC Stays Punjab Government's Recovery Notice to Sugar Mills(07.10.2016)

Punjab and Haryana HC has stayed Punjab Government’s recovery notices, issued to three private sugar mills, for making Rs 50 per quintal payment to su.....

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Civil Services Institute Not Liable to Pay Tax on Fund Received from Government: ITAT(28.09.2018)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi bench has held that the Civil Services Institute, Dehradun is not liable to pay tax on the amount received from t.....

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Rajasthan HC Upholds Validity of Interchangeability of Reservation Vacancies(13.08.2020)

Rajasthan High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of a Notification issued by the Government of Rajasthan substituting a rule pertaining to .....

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P&H HC Denies Bail to Man Accused of Committing Unnatural Sex with 8 Year Old Child(16.07.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has denied bail to a man accused of committing unnatural sex with an 8 year old child after observing that he may victim.....

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Del HC: Discretion to Grant Bail in PMLA Case Not to be Exercised Only as Last Resort(13.06.2023)

Delhi High Court while granting bail to 'Indo Spirits' founder Sameer Mahandru in PMLA case related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, has obser.....

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SC: Maharashtra Govt. Directed to Hand Over Land for New Building of Bombay HC by 31st August(23.08.2024)

Supreme Court has directed the Maharashtra Government to hand over the land allotted for the new building of Bombay High Court by 31st August.

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Meghalaya High Court Directs Demolition of Additional Floors in Quake-Prone Shillong(30.09.2015)

Meghalaya High Court has directed demolition of additional floors beyond third floor of several multi-storeyed building in Shillong.

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SC to PCI: Mend Ways Or Be Superseded(24.08.2018)

Supreme Court has warned Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) that it would be superseded if it did not mend its ways of functioning in relation to grant o.....

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Delhi HC: Non- Provision of Gap Between Detailed Medical and Review Medical, Not Faulty Procedure(31.01.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that merely because the Petitioner was not granted 15 days' gap between his Detailed Medical Examination and Review Medical .....

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Sentencing or punishment is pre-eminently a matter of discretion of the trial court, A court exercising appellate jurisdiction cannot, interfere in the absence of a material misdirection(23.01.2023)

In present case, the Appellant was convicted of the rape of his 9-year-old niece and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Regional Court. The issues .....

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Madras HC Orders Formation of High Level Committee to Prevent Child Theft(16.09.2015)

Madras HC on being informed that police and Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) management have been 'reckless' in preventing child theft, has directed c.....

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Female Genital Mutilation Violates Constitutional Rights: Supreme Court(31.07.2018)

Supreme Court has said that the practice of female genital mutilation in Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community is violative of Article 21 & 15 of the Constit.....

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Bombay High Court Upholds Bail Granted to Youth Accused of Joining ISIS(24.02.2021)

Bombay High Court has upheld bail granted to one of the first Islamic State recruits from India, Areeb Majeed and disposed of an appeal by the Nationa.....

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An objection is part of the pre-litigation administrative process and is not a pleading(07.10.2022)

The issues in present appeal were whether it was permissible to amend the grounds of objection against an additional assessment issued by the Appellan.....

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Bombay High Court: Interest of Child is Best Served if Parents Live Together(29.12.2015)

Bombay High Court while hearing a custody matter, has observed that the interest of child would be best served if her parents decide to live together.

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Delhi High Court: Why Child Protection Body Posts Still Vacant?(14.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked Central government to explain the inordinate delay in appointment of three members in the National Commission for Protectio.....

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SC Extends Stay of Delhi HC Order Which Denied Extension of Interim Bail to Undertrials(08.12.2020)

Supreme Court has extended the stay of the order of the Delhi High Court denying further extension of interim bails granted to undertrials.

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Lok Sabha Passes Election Laws Amendment Bill to Link Voter ID with Aadhaar(21.12.2021)

Lok Sabha has passed the Election Laws(Amendment) Bill 2021 to link voter identity cards with Aadhaar. The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 seeks .....

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Kerala HC Dismisses Laila Bhagawal’s Bail Plea in Human Sacrifice Case(04.01.2023)

Kerala High Court has dismissed the bail application moved by Laila Bhagawal Singh, one of the accused in the Human Sacrifice Case.

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Assessee is eligible for its TDS only in the year where the income is declared(05.03.2024)

The brief fact of the case is that, the assessment was completed under Section 143(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The TDS amount of Rs. 14,63,516 was.....

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Lok Sabha Passes “The Repealing and Amending (Fourth) Bill, 2015”(07.08.2015)

Lok Sabha has passed The Repealing and Amending (Fourth) Bill, 2015 which seeks to scrap a set of 295 obsolete Acts out of which some were over 30 y.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Maritime Admiralty Bill(14.03.2017)

Lok Sabha has passed Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill, 2016 that aims to establish a legal framework to consolidate exi.....

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UK HC: Anil Ambani’s Evidence in Case Filed by Chinese Banks Incomplete(17.12.2019)

United Kingdom High Court has termed the evidence provided by Reliance Communications chairman Anil Ambani as “inexplicably incomplete, implausible an.....

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Calcutta High Court Grants Bail to BJP Leader Rakesh Singh in NDPS Case(25.11.2021)

Calcutta High Court has granted bail to BJP leader Rakesh Singh who had been arrested by the Kolkata police in connection with his alleged involvement.....

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Delhi HC: Call Detail Records of Special Task Force Officers Must Not Be Exposed(03.12.2021)

Delhi High Court has observed that the call data records of the Special Task Force officers must not be exposed unless it is extremely necessary for t.....

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Ker. HC: If No Remedy Available in Foreign Court, Indian Court Can Protect Best Interest of Child(19.12.2023)

Kerala High Court has held that the Court steps into the shoes of a parent invoking parens patriae jurisdiction, only in circumstances where the Court.....

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SC: Defence of Insanity & Juvenility Ordinarily Ought to be Raised During Trial(20.08.2020)

Supreme Court has stated that the pleas of unsoundness of mind under Section 84 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 or mitigating circumstances like juvenility.....

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Allahabad HC Denies Bail to Wife of Amar Dubey, Close Associate of Vikas Dubey(19.07.2021)

Allahabad High Court has denied bail to the wife of Amar Dubey who was a close associate of Vikas Dubey, a gangster who is said to be the mastermind .....

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Cal HC: Daughter of Employee Who Died/Superannuated Prior to DCRB Scheme Entitled To Family Pension(21.06.2023)

Calcutta High Court has held that unmarried/widowed daughters of an employee who superannuated or passed away prior to coming into force of DCRB Schem.....

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Bombay HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of Bhiwandi Building Collapse(25.09.2020)

Bombay High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the building collapse that took place in Thane's Bhiwandi area and has issued a notice to State and.....

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Parliament Passes General Insurance Business (Nationalization) Amendment Bill 2021(12.08.2021)

Parliament has passed the General Insurance Business (Nationalization) Amendment Bill 2021 which removes the condition that the Central Government sho.....

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SC Grants Bail to Teesta Setalvad for 7 Days(03.07.2023)

Supreme Court has granted interim relief to Teesta Setalvad for 7 days in connection with case regarding allegedly fabricating documents to implicate .....

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All. HC: No Period of Limitation in Suit for Declaration of Matrimonial Status of Parties(16.09.2024)

Allahabad High Court has held that it is abundantly clear that no period of limitation is prescribed for a Suit or proceeding for declaration of matri.....

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President Gives Assent to Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Amendment) Act, 2016, Along with Other Two(01.08.2016)

President has given assent to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016, the Regional Centre for Biotechnology Act, 2016 and t.....

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SERVICE - Delhi HC Asks Lower Courts to Speedily Decide Old Cases(26.02.2019)

Delhi High Court has asked the six district courts that come under it to allow a maximum of three adjournments in civil cases that are 10 years old or.....

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Delhi HC: Failure to Comply with Section 144C of Income Tax Act Invalidates Assessment Order(04.01.2021)

Delhi High Court has held that the failure of the assessing officer to adhere to the "mandatory requirement" of Section 144C (1) of the Income Tax Act.....

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Calcutta High Court Rejects Anticipatory Bail Plea of Mamata Banerjee's Polling Agent Sheikh Sufiyan(30.11.2021)

Calcutta High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea moved by TMC leader Sheikh Sufiyan in the West Bengal post-poll violence case currently be.....

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Delhi Court Grants Bail to Jacqueline Fernandez in Money Laundering Case(16.11.2022)

Patiala House Court, Delhi has ranted pre-arrest bail to Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez in the Rs 200-crore money laundering case being probed b.....

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Tel. HC: Can’t Assume Sex Trade Based on Recovery of Non-Biological Children from Accused(05.01.2024)

Telangana High Court has held that in the absence of any other material showing that the minor girls were illegally procured or trafficked by the accu.....

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Delhi High Court Issues Notice on Plea Seeking Stay of Film 'Nyay: The Justice'(28.06.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice in an appeal preferred by late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's father - Krishna Kishore Singh from the order.....

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Delhi HC: Daughter-in-law Can Seek Maintenance From Father-in-law if Inherited Husband's Estate(11.05.2022)

Delhi High Court by dismissing a plea filed by a widowed daughter-in-law and grand-daughter under section 19 of the Family Court Act, 1984 has ruled .....

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CERT-In and Mastercard India sign MoU for collaboration in cyber security to enhance India's cyber-resilience in Financial Sector(19.06.2024)

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is a Government organization under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Governmen.....

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Kerala HC: Father Legally Bound to Provide Maintenance to Child Born Out of Interfaith Marriage(15.12.2021)

Kerala High Court has ruled that a father is legally obligated to provide maintenance for his child born out of an inter-faith marriage.

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Calcutta HC Seeks Election Commission's Reply on WBCPCR Plea Seeking Compensation(28.12.2021)

Calcutta High Court has sought the reply of the Election Commission of India on the plea filed by the West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child R.....

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Confession of an accused recorded by a Police Officer is not admissible as evidence(01.03.2024)

Present appeals take exception to the final impugned judgment passed by the High Court rejecting the Criminal Appeal preferred by the appellants assai.....

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Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2016(15.03.2016)

The Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill 2016 was introduce.....

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When remedy is available under provisions of Act, jurisdiction of Civil Court is impliedly ousted(14.02.2018)

The question that arises for consideration in this appeal is, whether the suit filed by the Respondent seeking declaration and permanent injunction ag.....

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ITAT, Ahmedabad: Letting Out of Property and Furniture for Film Exhibition is Business Activity(14.02.2020)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Ahmedabad has held that the income received from Film Exhibition Business that has been leased out to another pa.....

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AAAR, UP: No ITC Can be Claimed on 5% GST Paid on Licence Fee to Indian Railway(19.03.2021)

Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR), Uttar Pradesh while upholding the AAR’s ruling has held that no Input Tax Credit (ITC) can be claimed on.....

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Allahabad High Court Issues Show Cause Notice to A Civil Judge for His Failure to Sign Order Sheet(11.02.2022)

Allahabad High Court has issued a show cause notice to the Presiding Officer of the Court of Civil Judge (Junior Division), South, Lucknow, asking him.....

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All. HC: Mandatorily Pass Order to Disclose Assets and Liabilities in Maintenance Proceedings(15.03.2024)

Allahabad High Court has directed all Presiding Officers dealing with maintenance proceedings in the State to pass orders making it mandatory for the .....

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An applicant for condonation is required to give a full and reasonable explanation for the delay that has occurred, and explanation must cover the entire period of the delay(04.12.2023)

The Appellant was convicted in the magistrates’ court, Kimberley, of dealing in drugs in contravention of Section 5(b) of the Drugs and Drug Trafficki.....

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Karnataka HC Extends Interim Order Restraining Makers of Documentary ‘Wild Karnataka’(13.08.2021)

Karnataka High Court has extended the interim order passed by it on 29th June 2021 by which it had restrained the makers of the documentary 'Wild Karn.....

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It is not permissible for the Court to enter into roving enquiry in regard to sustainability of accusation nurtured on behalf of the complainant(27.06.2023)

Present appeal is preferred by the Appellant under Section 14A of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 ('the A.....

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Revised Procedure for electronic filing of Central Excise returns and for electronic payment of Excise duty and Service tax arrears under the new portal www.cbic-gst.gov.in(08.05.2019)

Attention is invited to the Circular No.956/17/2011-C.Ex dated 28.9.2011 issued by the Board with regard to the procedure for electronic filing of CE .....

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Punjab And Haryana HC Grants 3 Months' Interim Bail to NDPS Accused to Look After Newborn(17.04.2020)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted three months' interim bail to a woman prisoner, arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance.....

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Securities and Exchange Board of India Levies Fine on 3 Entities in Illiquid Stock Options Case(11.03.2022)

Securities and Exchange Board of India has imposed a total of Rs 15 lakh fine on three entities for indulging in non-genuine trades in stock options o.....

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Meghalaya HC Rejects State's Blueprint to Deploy CRPF for Curbing Illegal Coal Mining(16.03.2023)

Meghalaya High Court has rejected State’s "Grandiose" blueprint to deploy 100 and 60 companies of CRPF in eastern and western range respectively to cu.....

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Bombay High Court Directs State to Streamline Medical Supply for Haemophiliacs(18.04.2017)

Bombay High Court has directed State Government to evolve a proper mechanism to ensure that there is no shortage medicines for haemophiliacs.

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Supreme Court Grants Relief to Accused Denied Bail by High Court(20.03.2020)

Supreme Court has granted bail to a person whose bail application was rejected by the High Court even though the Police had filed a closure report, re.....

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Bombay HC: Hospitals Can't Detain Patients over Non-Payment of Bills(06.04.2016)

Bombay HC has held that hospitals cannot detain patients for non-payment of bills and said, "If a patient does not pay, it can't be that the hospital .....

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CRIMINAL - Delhi HC Dismisses Plea of Manipur Student Activist Booked for Sedition for Citizenship Bill Remarks(19.02.2019)

Delhi High Court has rejected Manipur student activist Veewon Thokchom's plea challenging his arrest and transit remand in capital in a sedition case .....

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ITAT, Cochin: Financial Crisis and Labour Unrest Sufficient Reasons to Condone Delay in Filing Appeal(18.02.2020)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Cochin has held that the reasons such as financial crisis and labour unrest are enough grounds for condoning the.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021(22.03.2021)

Lok Sabha has passed the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021, that seeks to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, .....

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SC: Payment of 50% Amount to File Appeal Not Applicable Prior to Consumer Protection Act(16.02.2022)

Supreme Court has held that the onerous condition of payment of 50% of the amount awarded to file appeal against National Consumer Dispute Redressal C.....

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Supreme Court: No Bar on Granting Bail Under Section 45 PMLA if There is Delay in Trial(20.03.2024)

Supreme Court has held that there is no bar on granting bail under Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) if there is a lon.....

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Del. HC to State: Establish the Proposed Three J.J.Bs Within Two years(06.07.2023)

Delhi High Court has directed State to establish within two years the three Juvenile Justice Boards (J.J.Bs) proposed by it in the national capital.

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J&K HC: Complainant/Dependent to be Heard if Accused files Bail Application Under SC/ST Act(06.11.2024)

J&K High Court has observed that on filing of a bail application for being released in a case under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989 the.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Response on Plea for Building Separate Public Toilet Facilities for Transgender(27.07.2021)

Delhi High Court has sought the response of Centre and Delhi Government on a plea seeking directions for building separate public toilet facilities fo.....

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Kar.HC: S.498-A IPC Not Maintainable Against Woman in Illicit Relationship With Victim’s Husband(24.06.2022)

Karnataka High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a woman under Section 498-A of IPC and Section 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act by another .....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Dowry Prohibition, Illicit Relationship



SC: Constitutional Court cannot Direct Trial Courts to Write Bail Orders in a Particular Manner(19.12.2024)

SC has stated that no Constitutional Court can direct Trial Courts to write orders on bail applications in a particular manner. If HC directs that in .....

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Supreme Court Extends Mohammed Zubair's Interim Bail in Hate Speech Case(12.07.2022)

Supreme Court has extended the 5 days' interim bail granted to Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of fact checking website AltNews, in connection with th.....

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Format for Business Responsibility Report(04.11.2015)

The Securities and Exchange Board of India released a ‘Suggested Format for Business Responsibility Report’ pursuant to the SEBI (Listing Obligations .....

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GST: Government Exempts Skimmed Milk Powder or Concentrated Milk(26.09.2017)

Central Government has exempted skimmed milk powder or concentrated milk from the ambit of Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.

Tags : Goods and Services Tax, Exemption, skimmed milk powder, concentrated milk



Kerala HC: Not Mandatory to Hear Victim While Considering Rape Accused's Plea for Default Bail(14.09.2020)

Kerala High Court has held that provision contained in Section 439(1A) of the Code of Criminal Procedure does not apply to an application for bail und.....

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Delhi HC Grants Ex-Parte Ad-Interim Injunction in Trademark Infringement Suit Filed By 'Amul'(23.08.2021)

Delhi High Court has granted ex-parte ad-interim injunction to Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd, popularly known as 'Amul', in a trad.....

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CBI Court Refuses Default Bail to Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in Corruption Case(11.07.2022)

Special CBI court has refused bail to former Home Minister of Maharashtra, Anil Deshmukh, in a corruption case related to police transfers and posting.....

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Gau. HC: Cannot Take Up New Ground in Appeal Except Plea of Maintainability(20.02.2025)

Gauhati High Court while dismissing an appeal against judgment of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, has stated that except a plea of maintainability, no.....

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Supreme Court Bans Use of Furnace Oil, Pet Coke in Industry in NCR from Nov 1(25.10.2017)

Supreme Court has lashed out at government for not complying with its order for setting emission standard for industries and banned use of polluting f.....

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Delhi HC Directs Centre, Govt to Clear Pending Bills of Govt Counsel Within 4 Weeks(26.08.2020)

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government, Union of India, as well as the various municipal corporations of Delhi, to clear the bills of vari.....

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Himachal Pradesh HC Seeks Response on Availability of Covid Facilities in State(26.07.2021)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has sought response of the State Government on the availability of Covid 19 facilities in the State with regards to the am.....

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SC Rejects Nawab Malik & Anil Deshmukh Plea for Release From Prison For Voting In MLC Elections(21.06.2022)

Supreme Court has refused to allow the temporary release of Maharashtra Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh from the pr.....

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SC: Can’t De-Seal Property Sealed by Cantonment Board Without the Sanction of Buidling Plan by Board(27.07.2023)

Supreme Court has held that petitioner is not legally entitled to seek a prayer of de-sealing of unauthorized property which is sealed by the Cantonme.....

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Del. HC: Amounts Received by ERC under Filing Fee, Tariff Fee Not Exigible to Tax(17.01.2025)

Delhi High Court while allowing petitions filed by Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, has held that the amounts received by Electricity Regula.....

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NGT Issues Bailable Warrant against 2 Noida Builders for Misuse of Groundwater(15.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has served a bailable warrant on two Noida-based construction companies, Assotech Realty Pvt Ltd and Panchsheel Greens 2.....

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Delhi HC Dismisses Cairn India Plea on Oil Export from Rajasthan Field(18.10.2016)

Delhi HC has dismissed plea of UK-based Vedanta Group Company, Cairn India Ltd’s seeking permission to export excess crude from its oil field in Rajas.....

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Supreme Court Issues Non-Bailable Warrant Against Gautam Buddh Nagar Jail Superintendent(19.09.2019)

Supreme Court has issued a non-bailable warrant against the Superintendent of District Jail of Gautam Buddh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh after it was appris.....

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Lok Sabha Passes LLP (Amendment) Bill to Boost Ease of Doing Business(10.08.2021)

Lok Sabha has passed the Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which seeks to encourage the start-up ecosystem and further boost the ea.....

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Delhi Court Denies Bail to Mohammed Zubair(04.07.2022)

Delhi Court has denied bail to Co-Founder of Alt News Mohammed Zubair and remanded him to 14 days judicial custody. He was arrested by the Delhi Polic.....

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Ker. HC: ‘Functionality Assessment Test’ to be Done for NEET Aspirant With 50% Locomotor Disability(09.09.2024)

Kerala High Court has directed the Trivandrum Medical College to conduct a "functionality assessment" test in order to assess whether a medical aspira.....

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SC Favours Stringent Punishment for Milk Adulteration(08.08.2016)

SC, while expressing concern over alarming level of milk adulteration in the country, has favoured stringent punishment of life imprisonment for the o.....

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Madras HC Bans Sex Re-Assignment Surgeries on Intersex Children(24.04.2019)

Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu Government to ban sex reassignment surgeries on intersex infants and children in order to recognise human ri.....

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Karnataka HC Directs District Court Not to Defer Hearing Bail Applications(12.05.2020)

Karnataka High Court has said that trial Court cannot defer hearing of bail application stating that it is not a case of extreme urgency without going.....

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Jammu & Kashmir High Court Declines Plea for Handing Over Covid Dead Bodies to Families(11.06.2021)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has refused to pass directions for handing of over dead bodies of Covid-19 victims to their next of kin, observing that t.....

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Delhi HC: 50% Marks in Science in Intermediate Exam Necessary for Foreign Qualified MBBS(21.04.2022)

Delhi High Court has ruled that considering the provisions of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, a foreign qualified MBBS is required to obtain 50%.....

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Mad. HC: State Bound to Take Care of Adults With Mental Health Illness and No Family Support(12.06.2024)

Madras High Court while directing the State to provide lifelong accommodation and medicare to a 20 year old mentally disabled man, has observed that p.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2019(18.07.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2019 a legislation to strengthen the National Investigation Agency the coun.....

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Madras HC Restrains Youtuber from Posting Defamatory Content Against Tamil News Channel News 18(31.07.2020)

Madras High Court has granted interim relief to News 18 Tamil Nadu which was aggrieved by a "vitriolic attack" on its reputation by YouTuber Maridhas,.....

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Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Postponement of NEET PG 2022(13.05.2022)

Supreme Court has rejected a plea to postpone the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test postgraduate exam, 2022 which is set to take place on May 21......

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SVLDR Scheme is required to be interpreted liberally to further its object(22.05.2023)

The Petitioner has filed the present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950 impugning the decision of the concerned authority t.....

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PMLA has an over-riding effect and provisions of Cr. PC would apply only if they are not inconsistent with provisions of PMLA(10.04.2017)

Petitioner has preferred present bail application seeking regular bail under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure,1973 (Cr. PC) read with Section.....

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Bombay High Court Directs Railways to Pay Compensation to Deceased(24.02.2020)

Bombay High Court has directed Central railways to pay Rs.8 Lakhs as compensation to the family of Arjun Gawande who died while alighting from a train.....

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SC Enquires on Views Regarding 50% Ceiling on Quotas in Government Jobs(09.03.2021)

Supreme Court has asked all states to submit views on whether they favoured exceeding the court-mandated 50% ceiling on quotas in government jobs and .....

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SC: Rights of Parents Irrelevant When Court Decides Custody of Their Child(13.01.2022)

Supreme Court has observed that the rights of the parents are irrelevant when a Court decides the issue of custody of their minor child.

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Section 5 of the Limitation Act, will apply only if it is extended to the special statute(19.01.2024)

Present is a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India wherein the Petitioner is aggrieved by the order passed by the appellate aut.....

Tags : Delay, Provision, Applicability



Kerala HC Allows Man's Plea for DNA Test of Child to Establish Wife's Infidelity(15.09.2021)

Kerala High Court has allowed a man's plea for the DNA test of a child born during the subsistence of his marriage to establish his allegations of inf.....

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Liability of a guarantor would arise on the failure on the part of the principal borrower to honour its commitment; prior to that, it is a contingent liability(29.08.2023)

The Petitioner ('SBI') has filed the present petition impugning an order passed by the learned Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal ('the DRAT').SBI had .....

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Punjab & Haryana HC Takes Suo Moto Note of Unemployed Teachers Climbing Towers to Mark Protest(24.11.2016)

Punjab and Haryana High Court took suo motu note of unemployed ETT teachers of Punjab climbing mobile towers as a mark of protest in Chandigarh.

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Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Rakesh Asthana's Appointment as CBI Special Director(29.11.2017)

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Rakesh Asthana's Appointment as CBI Special Director

Tags : The Centre had opposed the plea, saying Asthana had an outstanding career and had supervised over 40 high-profile cases like coal scam, AugustaWestland scam, black money and money laundering cases.



Gujarat High Court Issues Notice to Centre, GST Council, CBIC(03.10.2019)

Gujarat High Court has issued notices to the Centre, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBI.....

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Tripura HC Discharges Machinery Due to Expiry of E-Way Bill on Undertaking(27.08.2021)

Tripura High Court has released the Machinery detained due to the expiry of the E-Way bill on an undertaking stating that if any tax or Penalty is cry.....

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Ker. HC: Not Granting Divorce Despite Mutual Consent Amounts to Cruelty(25.09.2023)

Kerala High Court while relying on the Apex Court’s decision in Samar Ghosh v. Jaya Ghosh (MANU/SC/1386/2007), observed that denial or withholding of .....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Divorce, Mutual Consent, Failed Marriage, Cruelty



Gauhati HC Issues Circular Directing Completion of Child Trafficking Cases Within 6 Months(24.06.2025)

Gauhati High Court has issued a circular directing the Courts in the States of Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh to complete trial of all.....

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Mere pendency of several criminal cases against the accused cannot itself be the basis for refusal of bail(28.12.2022)

The present application is filed under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), seeking regular bail in FIR, filed under Section 25 .....

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All. HC Grants Bail to Accued Allegedly from Al-Qaeda, in 2021 Lucknow Terror Conspiracy Case(05.04.2023)

Allahabad High Court has granted bail to an alleged al-Qaeda terrorist in 2021 pressure cooker bombing case in Lucknow.

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Bombay HC Grants Bail to Woman Who Threw Her Newborn Baby from Top of Building(02.12.2022)

Bombay High Court has granted bail to a woman accused of throwing her own newborn baby from top of building while noting that the accused had been in .....

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Madras HC Rejects Suspended Doc’s Bail Plea(10.08.2016)

Madras HC has rejected anticipatory bail plea of a woman doctor, suspended on charges of impersonating a deceased SC woman to get her medical seat and.....

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Categorizing Unskilled Employees As Semi-Skilled on Basis of Their Experience is Ultra Vires: SC(02.05.2019)

Supreme Court has held that categorization of unskilled employees as semiskilled and semi-skilled as skilled on the basis of their experience in the n.....

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P&H HC: Bail Application of Juvenile to be Decided After Considering Social Investigation Report(03.06.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has reiterated that the bail application of a Juvenile under Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 must be decide.....

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CESTAT, Mumbai: Acceptance to Pay Duty Exempt from Liability of Confiscation and Redemption Fine(14.04.2022)

Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has observed that voluntarily acceptance and willingness to pay the duty at the enhanced rate.....

Tags : Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, voluntarily acceptance, enhanced rate, confiscation, redemption, exempt from liability



Kerala HC Directs EC to Place on Record Reasons for Keeping in Abeyance to Fill Rajya Sabha Seats(08.04.2021)

Kerala High Court has directed the Election Commission to place on record its reasons for keeping in abeyance elections to fill vacancies of three Raj.....

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Bom. HC: Sanatan Sanstha Not Declared Banned Organization Under UAPA(27.03.2023)

Bombay High Court while granting bail to two members of Sanatan Sanstha in Sunburn Terror Attack Conspiracy 2017 and Nallasopara Arms Haul Case 2018 h.....

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Talking on Mobile While Driving Not Illegal: Kerala High Court(18.05.2018)

Kerala High Court has said that it is not illegal to talk on the phone while driving, unless it is established that the driver's actions endangered pu.....

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Allahabad High Court: SC/ST Act Applies if Offence is Public(25.02.2020)

Allahabad High Court has set aside an order of summoning under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/.....

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SC Suggests Amendments to Sections 11(7), 37 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act(09.03.2021)

Supreme Court has observed that the amendments to Section 11(7) and 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 might be necessary so that the or.....

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Jharkhand HC: Delinquent Juvenile to be Prevented from Reoffending, Sentence Part of Reintegration(14.01.2022)

Jharkhand High Court has observed that one of the prime concerns of the juvenile justice system is to ensure that the delinquent juvenile is also prev.....

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Madras HC: No New Permission Should be Granted for Home Stays in Nilgiris(16.09.2021)

Madras High Court has dismissed a petition that sought a direction to restrain the authorities concerned from renaming the airport after any local per.....

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Guidelines for MIIs Regarding Cyber Security and Cyber Resilience(29.08.2023)

1. Market Infrastructure Institutions (i.e. Stock Exchanges, Clearing Corporations and Depositories) are systemically important institutions as they, .....

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Calcutta HC Grants Interim Bail to Kunal Ghosh in Saradha Scam Case(06.10.2016)

Calcutta HC, while rejecting CBI’s plea to keep Ex-Transport Minister Madan Mitra, under house arrest and police surveillance, has granted him interim.....

Tags : Calcutta HC, Ex-Transport Minister, interim bail, Saradha Scam



Indian Oil Corporation Can’t Claim ITC on GST Paid on Railway Freight for Transportation of ATF: AAR(27.09.2018)

Authority for Advance Rulings, West Bengal has held that the Indian Oil Corporation is not eligible to avail Input Tax Credit (ITC) on the GST paid on.....

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BCI Extends Deadline to Furnish Details of Advocates Registered with District Bar Associations(11.08.2020)

Bar Council of India has extended the deadline for submission of details of all practising Advocates registered with the concerned District and Taluka.....

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Karnataka HC Strikes Down Condition Denying Compassionate Appointment to Children in Second Marriage(16.07.2021)

Karnataka High Court has set aside a circular issued by the Karnataka Power Transmission Coporation Ltd by which it denied appointment on compassionat.....

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SC Dismisses Plea Filed for Challenging Bail Granted to Former ADGP in a Case Corruption Case(31.05.2022)

Supreme Court has dismissed Chhattisgarh Government's plea challenging bail granted to suspended ADGP in a case filed under Prevention of Corruption A.....

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Mad. HC: Tamil Nadu Govt. Criticized for Invoking Preventive Detention Laws on ‘Mere Apprehension’(21.08.2024)

Mad. HC has criticized the TN Government for invoking preventive detention laws on mere apprehension of disturbance to public order and observed that .....

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Principles of Section 20 of CPC do not apply to the arbitration proceedings(31.10.2023)

Present petition is filed by the Petitioner under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking interim relief from this Court to re.....

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Central Government hereby declares the services engaged in the industry of defence establishments to be a public utility service for the purposes of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947(01.12.2020)

Whereas the Central Government is satisfied that the public interest so requires that the services engaged in the industry of defence establishments, .....

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Patna HC Seeks Details on Health Infrastructure in Bihar from Chief Medical Officers(17.12.2021)

Patna High Court has asked the Chief Medical Officers presently posted in all the 38 districts of Bihar to furnish details regarding health infrastruc.....

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Delhi Court rants Bail to Photojournalist Manan Dar in UAPA Case(04.01.2023)

Delhi Court has granted bail to Kashmir based photojournalist Mohd Manan Dar in a case registered under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 whi.....

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Supreme Court Asks Petitioner to First Challenge AIBE Fees before Bar Council of India(25.02.2025)

SC while hearing a petition challenging fees and other incidental charges of the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) as violative of SC judgment in Gaura.....

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GNIDA Fines 40 Builders for Violating NGT Orders(18.02.2016)

Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has said it has fined 40 builders, Rs 50,000 each, with projects under construction in Greater .....

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SC Invalidates MP State Bar Council Election to the Post of Representative to BCI(26.11.2018)

Supreme Court has upheld Madhya Pradesh High Court order that invalidated the election conducted by the State Bar Council in 2014 to the post of repre.....

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Allahabad HC: Prisoner Not Entitled to Get Phone Facility in Jail(22.10.2020)

Allahabad High Court has clarified in a writ Petition filed seeking phone facility in jail that a prisoner is not entitled to phone facility in Jail.

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J&K&L HC: Pre-Arrest Bail Not Maintainable by Person Already Under Constructive Custody(18.07.2022)

Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court has held that a person released on bail is already construed to be the in constructive custody and if the law requ.....

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SC to Railways: Maintain Status Quo for 10 Days in Demolitions Drive Near Krishna Janmabhoomi(16.08.2023)

Supreme Court has directed Railways to maintain status quo with respect to a demolition drive being carried out by railway authorities in a settlement.....

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GST Council Exempts Advocates, Senior Advocates From GST Registration(13.06.2017)

GST Council has decided to exempt Advocates, including Senior Advocates from obtaining CGST Registration under section 23(2) of Central Goods and Serv.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Dentist (Amendment) Bill, 2019(04.07.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the Dentist (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill will do away with mandatory representation for practising dentists without proper qu.....

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SC: Mere Filing of Representation Before Authorities Does Not Extend Limitation Period(03.03.2022)

Supreme Court has observed that mere filing of representation before authorities does not extend the period of limitation.

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Central Board of Direct Taxes notifies availability of ITR functionalities on the e-filing portal from 1st April, 2024(04.04.2024)

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has facilitated taxpayers to file their Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for the Assessment Year 2024-25 (relevant t.....

Tags : Availability, ITR functionalities, E-filing portal



Suit seeking damages for illegal use of property is maintainable, even after, filing of suit for possession against the same property(30.11.2023)

Challenge in the present appeal is to the order passed by the High Court, vide which the application filed by the Appellants/Defendants under Order VI.....

Tags : Subsequent suit, Cause of action, Maintainability



Supreme Court: Anticipatory Bail Can be Given Till Completion of Trial(30.01.2020)

Supreme Court has held that the discretionary power of Courts to grant anticipatory bail cannot be curtailed and such protection can extend till the e.....

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Karnataka HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Validity of Karnataka Civil Services Act(15.02.2021)

Karnataka High Court has issued notice to the State government on a petition questioning the Karnataka Civil Services (Procedure for selection of cand.....

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A candidate has to comply with all the conditions/eligibility criteria as per the advertisement(30.10.2023)

Present appeal arises out of the Judgment and Order passed by the High Court by which their claims for recruitment on the posts of Village Development.....

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Exchange facility to foreign citizens(03.01.2017)

Attention of Authorized Persons is invited to the A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 20 dated November 25, 2016 permitting foreign citizens to exchange fo.....

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Delhi HC Initiates PIL on RWAs' Letter Against Pension Surcharge in Power Bills(24.01.2019)

Allahabad High Court has ruled that a playground on the campus is a necessary and essential condition for a school’s affiliation.

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Madras HC Orders Status Quo in Issue Related to Additional Mofussil Bus Stand in Karur(19.02.2021)

Madras High Court has ordered status quo to be maintained in the issue pertaining to the additional mofussil bus stand in Karur. The Court has also al.....

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SC: Affordability of a Litigant is No Reason to File Multiple Petitions(22.11.2022)

Supreme Court has pulled up alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar for filing multiple petitions before Supreme Court in a short span of time, has obser.....

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CESTAT: 'Mining Service' Covers Services Like Wireline Logging & Perforation for Drilling Oil Wells(04.04.2024)

Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that undertaking services like wireline logging, perforation, and.....

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Delhi HC: Senior Citizens Needn't Show 'Ill Treatment' to Seek Eviction of Children from Property(27.03.2020)

Delhi High Court has held that senior citizens, who seek eviction of their sons or legal heirs from their property, need not necessarily have to show .....

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Delhi HC Seeks Response of CARA on Framework for Facilitating Adoptions(23.02.2022)

Delhi High Court has sought response of the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) on the framework for facilitating adoptions in case of children.....

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Assessee who is eligible for cenvat credit and unable to take the credit due to CGST regime after 1st July, 2017 shall be eligible for the cash refund(14.05.2024)

The issue involved in the present case is that whether the appellant is eligible to claim refund of CVD and SAD in respect of payment of custom duty f.....

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SC to HCs: Appoint Special Prosecutors to Deal With Cases of Crime Against Children(07.04.2017)

Chief Justice of India has directed high courts to appoint special public prosecutors to deal with cases of crime against children and to create child.....

Tags : Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act



Delhi Court Sends 2 Sacked SC Staffers to 7 Days PC for Posting Wrong Info on Website(09.04.2019)

A Delhi court has sent two sacked Supreme Court staffers to seven days in police custody for allegedly posting wrong information on Supreme Court's we.....

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Karnataka High Court: Don’t Give Awards for 2018 Films(04.03.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government not to give away the State awards for the movies selected for the year 2018 till further order.

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SC: No Statutory Appeal Against Order u/s 14B of Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act(06.01.2022)

Supreme Court has held that no statutory appeal lies against an order passed under Section 14B(1) of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959, ref.....

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Nobody can claim regularization as a matter of right de hors the regularization policy(23.12.2022)

The present petition has been preferred by the Petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950 against the award passed by Presiding O.....

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Bombay HC Orders State Govt. to Recover Rs 10 Lakh from Former Congress MLA in a Money-Lending Case(23.12.2015)

Bombay HC has directed State Government to recover Rs 10 lakh from Ex-Khamgaon Congress MLA Dilip Sananda following a Supreme Court directive to effec.....

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Bombay HC: Over 80% of PILs Not Filed for Genuine Reasons(23.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has observed that "Over 80% of PILs seem to have been filed by people who are put up by some individuals or for the purpose of black.....

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Apex Court Issues Non-Bailable Warrants Against Managing Directors of 32 Cos for 'Ignoring' Order(22.10.2019)

Apex Court has issued non-bailable warrants against managing directors of 32 Mumbai-based companies for not complying with its order. The managing dir.....

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Delhi HC Denies Bail to Man Accused of Being Part of Mob During North East Delhi Riots(17.12.2021)

Delhi High Court has denied bail to a man accused of being part of a mob that had killed one Suleman during the North East Delhi riots, considering th.....

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Delhi HC Refuses to Interfere with Plea on JNU Failure to Accept Application for PhD in Hindi(30.12.2021)

Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with a plea of a candidate who claimed that Jawaharlal Nehru University has not invited any applications for.....

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Gauhati High Court Frames Policy For Persons With Disabilities(04.03.2024)

Gauhati High Court has framed the 'Equal Opportunity Policy for Persons with Disabilities' in order to avoid discrimination and harassment taking plac.....

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Minor contradictions, inconsistencies or improvements on trivial matters without effecting core of prosecution case cannot be made a ground to reject evidence in its entirety(28.02.2019)

In facts of present case, after completion of the investigation, final report, under Section 173 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) was prepar.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Allahabad HC: Indefeasible Right To Default Bail If Chargesheet Not Filed Within Stipulated Time(11.11.2021)

Allahabad High Court has observed that an accused has an indefeasible right to 'default bail' under proviso to section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal.....

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Madras HC: Watching Child Pornography Does Not Attract Offence Under POCSO or IT Act(15.01.2024)

Mad. HC held that merely watching child pornography doesn’t attract offences under POCSO and IT Act. To constitute offence under POCSO Act, child must.....

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CIC Directs Army to Share Macchil Encounter Info(17.11.2016)

Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Army to provide details to an RTI applicant about Court Martial of five soldiers in fake encounter o.....

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Economic Quota Bill Gets President's Assent(14.01.2019)

President of India Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the Constitutional Amendment (One Hundred and Third) which aims to provide reservation in p.....

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Orissa High Court Directs Postponement of State Film Awards Ceremony(14.12.2021)

Orissa High Court has directed the postponement of the Odisha State Film Awards ceremony which was scheduled to be held tomorrow and the day after tom.....

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Delhi HC Directs Release of Child in Conflict with Law Incarcerated in Observation Home(23.12.2021)

Delhi High Court has directed the release of a child in conflict with law who was incarcerated in an observation home despite an order passed by the J.....

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CRIMINAL - Illegal Arrests are Worst Form of Violation: Madras HC(26.02.2019)

Madras High Court has observed that an illegal arrest is the worst form of violation of the liberty of a person and that is why Courts are repeatedly .....

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Karnataka HC: Right to Claim Bail Becomes Circumscribed on Repeat Bailable Offence(05.01.2021)

Karnataka High Court has said that the right to claim bail under section 436 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) becomes circumscribed when an acc.....

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Karnataka HC Directs State to Ensure Medical Practitioners Nominated to Karnataka Medical Council(30.11.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to ensure that five medical practitioners are nominated to the Karnataka Medical Council only a.....

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SC Grants Pre-Arrest Bail to Woman Accused of Sexually Assaulting Stepdaughter(17.11.2022)

Supreme Court has granted anticipatory bail to a woman who was accused of sexual assault by her minor stepdaughter, after noting that in the given cas.....

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Date of issuance of the policy would be the relevant date and not the date of proposal or the date of issuance of the receipt(03.01.2024)

The challenge in present appeals is to the orders passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, whereby the revision filed by the App.....

Tags : Sum assured, Liability, Payment



Kerala HC: Retired Employee Not Bound To Pay Back Amount Withdrawn From Welfare Fund For Re-Enrolling(26.10.2017)

Kerala High Court has held that Bar Council cannot insist that a retired employee should pay back the amount which he had withdrawn from the welfare f.....

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Karnataka HC Asks State to Clarify Who Will Benefit from NLSIU Domicile Reservation(26.08.2020)

Karnataka High Court has asked the State government to clarify on who would be the real beneficiaries of the 25 percent domicile reservation introduce.....

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Himachal Pradesh HC Seeks Response on Availability of Covid Facilities in State(26.07.2021)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has sought response of the State Government on the availability of Covid 19 facilities in the State with regards to the am.....

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P&H HC Denies Pre-Arrest Bail to Father Allegedly Conspiring With Son Who Married Multiple Times(21.06.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court while denying anticipatory bail to the father in a case where he was allegedly acting in connivance with his son who mar.....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Disabled Spouse, Anticipatory Bail



Del. HC to Centre: Maintain Highest Standards of Safety and Security at Railway Stations(27.07.2023)

Delhi High Court has directed Union government to ensure that there is a periodic audit and maintenance of highest standards of safety and security at.....

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Supreme Court: To Prove Sexual Assault, Bodily Injuries are Not Necessary(20.01.2025)

Supreme Court has restated that it is not necessary to have bodily injuries in order to prove sexual assault and a uniform reaction to trauma cannot b.....

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Supreme Court: Non-Appearance of Accused is Not a Ground to Cancel Bail(30.01.2024)

SC while explaining the grounds for cancellation of bail has observed that bail may be cancelled, if it is found that the person who has been granted .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Non-Appearance, Cancellation of Bail



Delhi HC: Organised Crime Groups Exploit Juveniles, Misuse Juvenile Justice Laws for Serious Crimes(07.05.2026)

Delhi High Court observed that organised crime syndicates are increasingly using juveniles to commit serious offences, including NDPS Act and Maharash.....

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Delhi High Court Issues Notice in Plea for Enacting Law, Policies to Curb Child Begging(04.05.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to Delhi Government, Ministry of Women and Child Development, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, D.....

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AP HC Grants Bail After issuing Non-Bailable Warrant If His Absence During Summons Was Not Willful(30.03.2022)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has granted bail to an accused on whom the non-bailable warrant was issued due to his absence during issue of summons. The C.....

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Surat Court Grants Bail to Rahul Gandhi in ‘Modi Surname Remark Case’(04.04.2023)

Surat Session Court has granted bail (till disposal of his appeal) to Rahul Gandhi in “why all thieves share the Modi surname” remark defamation case.

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Madras HC Directs PAG to Pay Family Pension to Adopted Daughter(21.10.2016)

Madras High Court has slammed Principal Accountant General (PAG) for returning a proposal sent by an Additional Assistant Educational Officer (AAEO) i.....

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Standing Liquidity Facility for Primary Dealers(07.08.2019)

In the Third Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2019-20 of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of August 07, 2019, the policy repo rate under the Li.....

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SC: Subsequent Filing of Chargesheet Does Not Extinguish Right of Accused for 'Default Bail'(13.10.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that the accused gets an indefeasible right to 'default bail' if he makes an application after the maximum period for inves.....

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Rajasthan HC: Concrete Action Plan is Required From State to Curb Child Labour Activities(08.06.2022)

Rajasthan High Court while hearing PIL to institutionalise effective machinery and mechanism for rescue and post rescue rehabilitation of all child la.....

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SC: Court Has to Apply Principles of Preponderance of Probability in Motor Accident Claim Cases(18.10.2024)

Supreme Court has stated that in claim cases, arising out of motor accident, the court has to apply the principles of preponderance of probability and.....

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National Green Tribunal To Centre : Clarify Stand On 'Illegal' Distilleries(12.12.2016)

National Green Tribunal has directed the Centre to clarify its stand on distilleries and sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh manufacturing, storing and trans.....

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Karnataka HC: Husband has to First Approach Civil Court for Declaration Regarding Wife Being Dead(02.09.2019)

Karnataka High Court has ruled that when there is no scope for presumption that wife would be dead in case she has not been seen for seven years. For.....

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CBDT Extends Electronic Filing IT Forms 15CA/15CB Till August 15(21.07.2021)

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the electronic filing of Income Tax Forms 15CA/15CB till 15th August, 2021.

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Allahabad HC Denies Bail to Ex-MLA Mukhtar Ansari in Funds Misappropriation Case(14.06.2022)

Allahabad High Court while denying bail to former MLA Mukhtar Ansari n connection with a case over misappropriation of MLA funds, called him a dreaded.....

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Kerala HC: No Anticipatory Bail for Offences Under UAPA(24.07.2023)

Kerala High Court while observing that the exclusion of the application of Section 438 of CrPC to any case involving any person accused of having comm.....

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P&H HC: While Adju. Pre-Arrest Bail Plea Manner in Which Accused is Arraigned in FIR is Important(13.01.2025)

Punjab & Haryana High Court has explained that while adjudicating a plea for anticipatory bail, the court cannot remain oblivious to the circumstances.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Negotiable Instruments (Amendment)Bill, 2015(07.08.2015)

Lok Sabha has approved a bill which provides for filing of cheque bounce cases at the place where a cheque is presented for clearance and not the pla.....

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Allahabad HC Quashes Cabinet’s Move Quashing Interest Payable By Sugar Mill Owners to Farmers(10.03.2017)

Allahabad High Court has quashed a cabinet decision of October whereby interest to tune of Rs 2000 crore, payable by sugar mill owners to sugarcane fa.....

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CONSUMER - NCDRC Orders Builder to Pay Rs.2.52 Crores to Homebuyer Who wasn't Delivered Flat as Promised(05.03.2019)

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has directed Mumbai-based Lodha Crown Buildmart Pvt Ltd. to pay Rs. 2.52 crores with interest .....

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Bombay HC Issues Notice on Plea for Directions to NCLAT for Enabling E-Filing(12.01.2021)

Bombay High Court has issued notice to the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on a petition filed b.....

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Karnataka High Court Directs to Assess Effect of Hubballi-Ankola Rail Project on Wildlife(02.12.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the National Board For Wildlife to carry out a survey and make an assessment of the effect of laying down a railway .....

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Kar. HC in Belagavi Woman Assault Case: Where is Civil Society, and What is the Level of Cowardice?(19.12.2023)

Karnataka High Court while criticizing the inaction of bystanders in the Belagavi woman assault case wherein a woman was beaten and paraded naked, cal.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014(15.12.2016)

Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014, which aims at securing and enhancing rights and entitlements of disabled persons has been passed by Ra.....

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Central Government hereby declare that the provisions of sub-clause (i) of clause (c) of sub-section (1) of Section 10 of Banking Regulation Act, 1949 shall not apply to Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited(01.10.2019)

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 53 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the Central Government, on the recommendatio.....

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Delhi Court Grants Interim Bail to Accused Who Suffered Bullet Injury During Riots(07.09.2021)

Delhi Court has granted three months interim bail to one Mohd. Shahid, accused in a riots case, after taking note of the precarious health conditions.....

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Delhi HC: Denial of Maintenance to Estranged Wife And Child is Worst Offence(19.07.2022)

Delhi High Court while imposing cost of 20k on husband has held that denying maintenance to an estranged wife and child is the worst offence, even fro.....

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SC: Onerous Conditions for Bail Should be Imposed Only in Exceptional Circumstances(24.08.2023)

Supreme Court while observing that mindset that everyone has to be locked up till the investigation is going, must be changed, has held that onerous c.....

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NGT Orders Environment Audit of All Government Buildings in Delhi(24.11.2016)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered environment audit of all Government Buildings, including offices and hospitals, in Delhi to control pollutio.....

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Will Not Allow Hadiya’s Husband to Meet Her, Says Hadiya’s Guardian and College Principal(29.11.2017)

Will Not Allow Hadiya’s Husband to Meet Her, Says Hadiya’s Guardian and College Principal

Tags : The Supreme Court ordered the college administration to treat Hadiya like any other student and as per hostel rules, but remained silent on whether Shafin Jehan, Hadiya’s husband, or her parents would be allowed to meet her while she completes her studies.



Bilkis Bano Case:Apex Court Directs Gujarat Govt to Pay Compensation and Provide Job Within Two Weeks(30.09.2019)

Apex Court has directed Gujarat Government to pay compensation and provide job to Bilkis Bano within two weeks. The Court had awarded a compensation o.....

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Delhi High Court Directs Fire Department to Conduct Mock Drill for Identifying Shortcomings(26.08.2021)

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Fire Services to conduct a mock drill in the Nehru Place Market, on a working day, for the purpose of identify.....

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SC: Reasons Why Candidate Can’t Pursue Course Must be Made in Disability Assessment Report(25.09.2023)

Supreme Court has observed that Disability Assessment Report must have a cogent reasoning as to how such candidates will be unable to pursue the medic.....

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Bom. HC: Can’t Deny Bail to Accused if State ‘Considering’ Appeal against Bail of Co-Accused(20.06.2025)

Bombay High Court has observed that merely because State is considering an appeal against bail granted to the co-accused does not mean that the accuse.....

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Power to record additional evidence under Section 391 of CrPC should only be exercised, when the party making such request is diligent(29.01.2024)

The instant appeal by special leave filed at the behest of the Appellant accused calls into question the order passed by the High Court rejecting the .....

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Supreme Court Asks Centre, States Not to Protect Cow Vigilantism Incidents(21.07.2017)

Supreme Court has taken a suo-moto cognizance and directed Centre and State Government to not to protect any kind of cow vigilantism.

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Lok Sabha Passes New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Bill, 2019(11.07.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Bill, 2019. The Bill, which replaces an Ordinance promulgated in March this year, .....

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Karnataka HC Sets Aside Elections to Karnataka Medical Council Due to Fraud by RO(16.06.2021)

Karnataka High Court has set aside the elections that were held to the Karnataka Medical Council (KMC), while declaring that the elections were vitiat.....

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Allahabad HC: Clerical/Procedural Mistake in Pleadings Can be Rectified Under Order VI Rule 17 CPC(29.04.2022)

Allahabad High Court has observed that a clerical/procedural mistake that has occurred in the verification of pleadings can be rectified by moving the.....

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Supreme Court: NIC Officials Directed to Meet NCDRC President to Resolve E-Filing Issues(24.07.2024)

Supreme Court while hearing a petition on E-filing facilities at the NCDRC and State Commissions, has directed the National Informatics Centre (NIC) t.....

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Delhi High Court Says ‘No’ to Child Care Leave For Private School Employees(23.03.2017)

Delhi High Court has ruled that employees of private schools in Delhi cannot claim Child Care Leave.

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FAMILY - Heart Wrenching to See Children Suffering in Custody Battle Between Parents: SC(18.03.2019)

Supreme Court, while delivering a judgment in yet another custody battle between parents, has expressed concern about children, and observed it is hea.....

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SC: Section 43D (5) UAPA Act Does Not Oust Ability of Constitutional Courts to Grant Bail(02.02.2021)

Supreme Court has held that Section 43D (5) of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA Act) per¬ se does not oust the ability of Constitution.....

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SC: Reference to Facilitation Council Maintainable In Spite of Independent Arbitration Agreement(01.11.2022)

Supreme Court has held that reference made to Facilitation Council is maintainable in spite of an independent arbitration agreement existing between t.....

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Mumbai Commission Holds Reliance Retail Liable for Defective AC Replacement Failure(20.08.2025)

South Mumbai District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has held the Reliance Retail liable for deficiency in service after it failed to replace .....

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Finance Minister Extends Deadline for Filing of Income Tax Returns for FY 2018-19(24.03.2020)

Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman has announced that the date for filing income tax returns for the financial year 2018-19 has been extended till 3.....

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J&K&L HC Rejects PIL Seeking Prohibition on Illegal Practice of Slaughtering of Animals(21.02.2022)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has rejected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking prohibition on the illegal practice of slaughteri.....

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SC: Full Ownership of Property Under S.14 (1) Can be Claimed by Hindu Woman Only if She Possesses it(20.05.2024)

Supreme Court has held that for establishing full ownership on the undivided joint family estate under Section 14(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.....

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CESTAT, Delhi: No Penalty on Importer on Ground of Error in Bill of Entry(04.04.2022)

Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has ruled that the penalty under the Customs Act, 1962 can’t be imposed on an importer for th.....

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BCI Issues Circular Regarding Implementation of Set of Reforms in Legal Education(24.05.2024)

BCI has issued a circular to all Centres of Legal Education regarding implementation of set of reforms in legal education that should be made effectiv.....

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Supreme Court Issues Notice on CBI's Plea Challenging Anticipatory Bail Granted to Police Officials(22.11.2021)

Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging the anticipatory bail granted by the Kerala Hig.....

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Bombay HC Dismisses Petition of Four Students Admitted Under RTE Act, 2009(30.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has rejected petition by four students, admitted in a Malad school under Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Ac.....

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7th Pay Commission: Pay Hike for 3610+ Judges of SC & HCs Approved(29.11.2017)

7th Pay Commission: Pay Hike for 3610+ Judges of SC & HCs Approved

Tags : The decision will directly impact the computation of salaries, gratuity, allowance structure, and pension of the in-service as well as retired judges of Supreme Court as well as High Courts across the country.



Delhi High Court Suspends Sentence of Former Union Minister Dilip Ray in Coal Scam Case(28.10.2020)

Delhi High Court has suspended the sentence of 3 years given to former Union Minister Dilip Ray who was sentenced on Monday by a Special Central Burea.....

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Delhi High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail to Hotel Owner in Minor Rape Case(06.09.2021)

Delhi High Court has denied anticipatory bail to the owner of a hotel where a 16-year old minor girl was allegedly kept and raped for four days, after.....

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SC: JJ Act, 2015 Confers No Power Upon Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) to Review its Own Orders(21.05.2025)

SC has held that the JJ Act, 2015 confers no power upon Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) to review its own orders. It is trite law that power of review is.....

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Rajasthan HC: Centre & State to Issue Directions Regarding Excessive Use of Mobile Phones by Children(02.07.2025)

Rajasthan High Court has suggested the Central and the State Government to issue directions to all Secondary Education Boards regarding development of.....

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Bombay High Court Irks Over Illegal Constructions in Navi Mumbai(15.10.2015)

Bombay High Court has irked over increasing number of illegal constructions in Navi Mumbai and said builders responsible for it have to be taken to ta.....

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Madras HC Notices State Government, Opposition over Local Body Polls(19.10.2016)

Madras High Court has noticed Principal Opposition Party - DMK and State Government on an appeal moved by Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC).....

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SEBI Levies Fine of Rs 10 Lakh on IL&FS for Disclosure Lapses(19.09.2019)

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakhs on Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) for non-disc.....

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Centre Introduces Constitutional Amendment Bill to Restore States' Power to Identify SEBCs(10.08.2021)

Central Government has introduced in the Lok Sabha the Constitution (One hundredth and twenty seventh amendment) Bill 2021 to restore the power of Sta.....

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P&H HC Grants Bail to Former Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi's Nephew(04.07.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted the bail plea moved by Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's nephew Bhupinder Singh in connection w.....

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SC: Accused Already in Custody Can Apply for Anticipatory Bail in Another Case(10.09.2024)

Supreme Court has held that an accused who is already in custody for an offence can seek anticipatory bail in another case as custody in one case does.....

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Supreme Court Shuts Down Mobile Phone Tower After Man Claims 'Its Radiations Caused Him Cancer '(12.04.2017)

Supreme Court has ordered to shut down a mobile phone tower on ground after a 42-year-old man claimed that the electromagnetic radiation from tower af.....

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SC: District Council Court Can Try Criminal Cases in Where Both Parties Belong to Scheduled Tribe(19.02.2020)

Supreme Court has held that the District Council Courts in Meghalaya have jurisdiction to entertain criminal cases in which both the victim and the ac.....

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Delhi HC Directs Centre to State Details of Budget for Health in Past 5 Years(08.03.2021)

Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to state on affidavit its budget for health in the last 5 years in a petition for children suffering from rar.....

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Calcutta HC Seeks WB Govt's Reply Over Measures Which Can Be Taken to Prevent Child Trafficking(10.01.2022)

Calcutta HC has asked WB State Govt. to file affidavit disclosing the measures which can be taken to avoid Child Trafficking incidents in future. The .....

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Rectification proceedings under Section 154 of the IT Act is applicable for a patent mistake which can be established not by a long-drawn process(17.01.2024)

The assessee is a credit co- operative society engaged in the business of providing credit facilities to its members. For the AY 2014-15, return of in.....

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Delhi High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail to Chidambaram(21.08.2019)

Delhi High Court has denied anticipatory bail and protection from immediate arrest to former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in a case related to alleg.....

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CESTAT, Delhi: LLPs Not Liable to Pay Service Tax Under Reverse Charge Mechanism(03.08.2021)

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Delhi has held that a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP), being not a “Body Corporate” u.....

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SC: Income, Age, Bigger Family Cannot be Sole Criteria in Child Custody Matters(10.06.2022)

Supreme Court has held that income, age, bigger family can’t be the sole criteria to decide matters related to child- custody.

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Guj. HC: State Bar Council to Issue Provis. Certificates to Students from Colleges Unapproved by BCI(24.10.2024)

Gujarat High Court has asked the State Bar Council to accept enrolment and to issue provisional certificate of practice to students from law schools t.....

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BCI Files Objection to the Draft Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025(20.02.2025)

Bar Council of India has filed objections to the Draft Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and has stated that the bill, if enacted will have serious imp.....

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SC to Custom Authorities: Upgrade Lab Facilities for Proper Testing of Disputed Articles(31.03.2025)

Supreme Court while reversing the confiscation of imported goods labeled as “Base Oil SN 50” classified as “High Speed Diesel (HSD)” has directed Cust.....

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Bombay HC Directs Railways to Make Suburban Stations Disabled-Friendly(19.01.2017)

Bombay High Court has warned Railways that it will initiate contempt proceedings against General Managers of Central and Western Railways if it does n.....

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Presumption of innocence in favour of Accused is fortified by acquittal order; if view of High Court is reasonable, present court should not interfere with same(14.01.2019)

The instant appeals arise from the judgments of the High Court passed in Death Reference and Criminal Appeal. Vide the impugned judgments, the High Co.....

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Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd branches to operate as DBS Bank India Ltd. branches from November 27, 2020(25.11.2020)

The Government of India has today sanctioned the Scheme for the amalgamation of the Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd. with DBS Bank India Ltd. The amalgamation .....

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Kerala HC: Power under Section 25 of Rent Act Is Not Appellate Power(04.10.2021)

Kerala High Court has observed that the power exercisable by High Court under Section 25 of Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act (Rent Act) i.....

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Del. HC: Family Court Can’t Grant Divorce on Ground of 'Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage’(20.09.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that Family Courts have to restrict their considerations to the parameters of the provision of grant of divorce strictly in .....

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SC: Illegal Use of Licensed Weapon Per Se Not Offence Unless Misdemeanour Proved(29.11.2021)

Supreme Court has observed that illegal use of a licensed or sanctioned weapon per se does not constitute an offence under Section 27 of the Arms Act,.....

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P&H HC: Mentally Ill Mother Entitled to Custody of Child Below 5 Yrs(10.11.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a mother, even if she is mentally ill, is entitled to the custody of a minor child, especially if the chil.....

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Lok Sabha passes Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill(21.12.2023)

In a historic decision, the Lok Sabha passes the Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023, repealing the colonial era law of the Press and Reg.....

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NGT Raps AAP Government for Not Installing Air Filters at Government Schools(11.11.2016)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped Delhi Government for not installing Air Filters in Government Schools during recent thick smog which had engu.....

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Nashik Honour Killing: Bombay High Court Upholds Death Penalty for Man Who Killed Pregnant Daughter(07.08.2019)

Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction and death penalty given to a 38-year-old man by a Nashik Court in northern Maharashtra in a case of honour.....

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Karnataka HC Directs State to Take Decision on Providing Video Conferencing Facilities(25.06.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to take a decision on providing Video Conferencing facilities to all quasi judicial authorities.....

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Calcutta HC: Order U/S 36 of A&C Act is Interim Order, Can be Modified on Basis of Financial Hardship(10.05.2022)

Calcutta High Court has held that financial hardship and financial indebtedness are sufficient grounds to modify an order passed under Section 36 of t.....

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Kar. HC: Women Epicentres of Family Life, Deserve Preferential Treatment in Matters Relating to Bail(19.06.2024)

Karnataka HC while granting bail to Bhavani Revanna, mother of Prajwal Revanna, has observed that women are the epicentres of family life; their displ.....

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SC Confirms Death Penalty for Police Constable Turned Serial Killer(06.10.2016)

SC has confirmed death penalty for police constable-turned-serial killer B.A. Umesh on the basis of the evidence given by the sole witness in the case.....

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Madras High Court Pulls Up Southern Railway for Unclean Coaches(28.09.2018)

Madras High Court has indicted the GM of Southern Railways for not providing minimum cleanliness to passengers and observed that at least a basic leve.....

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P&H HC Imposes Cost on Plea Filed Without Territorial Jurisdiction to Gain Benefit of Interim Order(13.08.2020)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has imposed costs of Rs. 1,00,000/- on the Directors of a Mumbai-based company, who had appeared before it against disqu.....

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Delhi HC Directs Centre to Share Memorandum on Deportation of Illegal Migrants(16.07.2021)

Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to share in a sealed cover its office memorandum pertaining to the deportation of illegal migrants from Bangl.....

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NCLAT: Unavailability of Member to Sign the Order Not a Ground for Fresh Hearing(01.06.2022)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Principal Bench has held that an order passed with the consent of both Members of an NCLT Bench but signed by.....

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Del. HC: Centre Directed to Act Against Illegal Online Sale of Hookahs Without Proper Warnings(21.08.2024)

Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to treat PIL seeking action against illegal online sale of hookahs without proper warning, as a representatio.....

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SC Grants Relief to Residents of Navi Mumbai's Digha Village(16.06.2016)

Supreme Court, while granting relief to more than 20,000 residents of Navi Mumbai's Digha village, has restrained Maharashtra Government from carrying.....

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Supreme Court: PILs Being Used For Personal, Political, Business Agenda(23.04.2018)

Supreme Court has expressed serious concern over the manner in which Public Interest Litigation or PIL was being "brazenly mis-utilised" by people wit.....

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SC Reiterates That Availing of Civil Remedy is Not a Ground to Quash Criminal Proceedings(23.01.2020)

Supreme Court has reiterated that, even if a civil remedy is availed by a party, he is not precluded from setting in motion the proceedings in crimina.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021(09.02.2021)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021, by a voice vote. The Bill amends the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisat.....

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Delhi HC to Lawyers: Confine to Facts in Bail Pleas, Skip Adding Judgment Extracts(21.09.2022)

Delhi High Court while observing that lawyers add elaborative judgment extracts while drafting bail pleas, has requested counsels to adhere to "basic .....

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Del. HC: Will can be Suspected if There is Unsigned Cuttings and Overwriting(20.11.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that only if it is found that there are substantial changes sought to be introduced to a Will by the cuttings and overwritin.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Finance Bill’ 17; Aadhaar Must For IT Returns, PAN Card(23.03.2017)

Lok Sabha has signed off on Finance Bill 2017, ratifying Government’s proposals to make Aadhaar mandatory for filing of income-tax returns and for obt.....

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SERVICE - No Disciplinary Proceedings Against Employee for 'Illicit Sexual Relationship': Rajasthan HC(18.03.2019)

Rajasthan High Court has held that government shall not initiate departmental proceedings against a government servant on basis of a complaint allegin.....

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SC: Section 43D (5) UAPA Act Does Not Oust Ability of Constitutional Courts to Grant Bail(02.02.2021)

Supreme Court has held that Section 43D (5) of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA Act) per se does not oust the ability of Constitutiona.....

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Kerala Court Denies Bail to Accused in Human Sacrifice Case(03.11.2022)

Ernakulam Court, Kerala has dismissed bail application filed by one of the accused, Laila Bhagaval Singh, in Elanthoor human sacrifice case. Court fou.....

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Delhi HC: Failure to Frame Counter Claim Despite Pleadings is Patently Illegal(20.08.2025)

Delhi High Court has held that once a counter claim with basis and computation is pleaded in the Reply, refusal to frame it as an issue renders the ar.....

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Karnataka High Court: Rights of Adopted Child of Indian Parents Cannot be Left Marooned(29.03.2024)

Kar. HC while directing Central Adoption Resource Authority to consider representation of an Indian couple that has adopted a child in Uganda, has hel.....

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Supreme Court to Centre, States: Take Urgent Steps to Stop Cow Vigilantism(06.09.2017)

Supreme Court has asked Centre and States to take urgent steps to stop cow vigilantism. The Apex Court has asked each state to appoint a senior police.....

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NCLT Dismisses IL&FS Financial Services Auditors' Plea Challenging 5-Year Ban(12.08.2019)

National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai has dismissed an appeal of former auditors of IL&FS Financial Services (IFIN) — Deloitte Haskins & Sells .....

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Madhya Pradesh HC Denies Bail to Juvenile Accused for Rape of Minor Girl(28.06.2021)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has denied Bail to a 15-year-old juvenile who has been accused of committing rape of a minor girl aged around 10-11 years ol.....

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Delhi HC: Order Terminating Arbitral Proceedings Without Issuing Show Cause Notice Is Unsustainable(12.05.2022)

Delhi High Court has ruled that the Arbitral Tribunal's abrupt issuance of orders terminating arbitral proceedings under Section 25 (a) of the Arbitra.....

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Delhi Govt’s Women and Child Department Offices to be Made Disabled-Friendly(25.06.2024)

Delhi Government’s Women and Child Development Department has issued directions to officials to make all offices disabled–friendly in accordance with .....

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Bombay HC: Even if Remand Order is Illegal, Still Writ of Habeas Corpus Not Effective Remedy(27.01.2020)

Bombay High Court has dismissed a Writ of Habeas Corpus observing that even if the Magistrate had acted rather mechanically remanding the accused in j.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws Second (Amendment) Bill, 2020(10.02.2021)

Rajya Sabha has passed the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2020 by voice vote. The Bill seeks t.....

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Delhi HC: Extracting Confession from Child is Unconstitutional(23.09.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that extracting confession from child regarding the manner in which the offence was committed by him is unconstitutional and.....

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Reference to precise role in commission of offence is necessary to attach criminal liability(17.11.2023)

By way of the present bail applications, the applicant seeks regular bail for FIR’s registered under Sections 420/406/120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1.....

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Orissa High Court Puts On Hold State’s Tax Recovery Notice to IOCL(17.03.2017)

Orissa High Court has ordered to “keep in abeyance” a demand notice of VAT recovery issued by Odisha Government asking Indian Oil Corporation Limited .....

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Bombay High Court Upholds The Dismissal of ‘Latecomer’ Civil Judge(11.05.2018)

Bombay High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by a probationer Civil Judge Junior Division and Judicial Magistrate First Class at Ulhasnagar a.....

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Allahabad HC: Liability of Man to Maintain Wife, Children of ‘Continuing Nature’(29.01.2021)

Allahabad High Court has held that the liability of a man to maintain his wife, children or parents under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedur.....

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Karnataka HC Directs ECI Not to Announce Election Results to be Held to Legislative Council(10.12.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) not to announce the results of the elections to be held to the Legislative Co.....

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SC Orders BCI Probe After Party Denies Engaging Advocates in Fraudulent Settlement Case(13.08.2025)

The Supreme Court has ordered the Bar Council of India to conduct an inquiry after a litigant, Harish Jaiswal, claimed he never engaged lawyers who al.....

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Question with regard to juvenility can be raised at any time either during trial or during pendency of the appeal or revision or in any other proceeding pending in any Court of law(11.10.2017)

Present is an appeal under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 filed by the convicts (Appellants) assailing the judgment and order of .....

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MP HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Man Over Trivial Charges of Cruelty(25.08.2020)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a man accused of cruelty and harassment for dowry by his wife, noting that if the applicant.....

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Bombay High Court Dismisses 2 Pleas to Quash CBI FIR Against Anil Deshmukh(23.07.2021)

Bombay High Court has rejected two petitions to quash completely or partly a first investigation report registered by the Central Bureau of Investigat.....

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Delhi HC Grants Bail to Six Persons in PCAL Scam Case(20.06.2022)

Delhi High Court has granted bail to six persons arrested in the CBI case in connection with an alleged Ponzi scheme being run by Pearls Golden Forest.....

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SC: Bail Condition Must be in Line With Socio-Economic Background of the Accused(26.07.2023)

Supreme Court has observed that courts should impose realistic bail conditions after considering the economic and social position of the undertrial pr.....

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SC Expresses Scepticism Over Establishment of Separate Cycle Tracks Across India(16.01.2025)

Supreme Court while hearing a PIL seeking separate cycle tracks all over the country, has expressed scepticism over the same and has asked whether the.....

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President Promulgates Constitution of Commercial Courts , Arbitration and Conciliation Ordinanences(26.10.2015)

President has signed ordinances to amend Arbitration and Conciliation Act and bring into force Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial A.....

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Vacancies in Family Courts: Delhi HC Slams State Government(05.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has taken note of failure of Delhi Government to fill up vacancies in family courts and warned of coercive measures if appointments a.....

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#Major Changes Implementing From Today: Use of Mobile Phones Only for Route Navigation(01.10.2020)

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has amended Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, so as to allow drivers to use mobile phones only for route navigation .....

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Telangana HC: Delay of 435 Days in Filing Appeal is Too Long to Exercise Discretion(27.06.2022)

Telangana High Court while dismissing an appeal filed after a long delay of 435 days, has held that having regards to the object of the Arbitration an.....

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SC: In Matters of Regularization of Service, Decision-Making Authority Can’t Act on its Whims(23.08.2024)

SC while dealing with the issue of regularization of services of an Assistant Professor, has observed that the discretion vested in the Executive Coun.....

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Calcutta High Court: Granting Pre-Award Interest is Against Law(30.09.2024)

Calcutta High Court has observed that interest is payable post assessment. Any interest given for the period prior the date of award is against law an.....

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Kerala HC: Can’t Consider Co-Opted Members of Bar Council as Separate Class from Elected Members(04.04.2025)

Kerala High Court while hearing a petition filed by 2 co-opted members of the Bar Council of Kerala, has held that co-opted members of the Bar Council.....

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NCLAT: Can’t Condone Delay of 115 Days in Refiling Appeal on Frivolous Grounds(07.02.2025)

NCLAT New Delhi bench while refusing to condone delay of 115 days in refilling appeal, has observed that condoning delay on frivolous grounds would be.....

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Kerala HC Slaps Fine of Rs. 1 Crore for Violating Green Norms on DLF Builders, Spares Building(22.12.2016)

Kerala High Court while asking DLF Builders to pay a fine of Rs.1 crore for constructing an apartment complex at Chilavannur in violation of Environme.....

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Bombay High Court asks DCIT to pay Cost of Rs. 1.5 Lakhs for Illegal Denial of Refund(03.01.2019)

Bombay High Court has recently imposed a fine of 1.50 lakhs on the Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax for not granting refund.

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SC: Karta of Joint Hindu Family Cannot File Consumer Compliant Regarding Treatment of Sister-in-Law(20.09.2021)

Supreme Court has observed that a Karta of a Joint Hindu Family cannot file a consumer complaint in respect of deficiency in service on part of the Ho.....

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Mad. HC: Continuance of Senthil Balaji as Minister w/o Portfolio Against Constitutional Ethos(06.09.2023)

Madras High Court while observing that continuance of V. Senthil Balaji as a Minister without Portfolio does not augur well with Principles of Constit.....

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Supreme Court Seeks Explanation for Delay on Plea Against Members of Legislative Assembly(05.02.2020)

Supreme Court has sought an explanation from the Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker for the three- year delay in hearing pleas for disqualification of 11 Mem.....

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Delhi HC: District Courts Bound To Facilitate Hybrid/ VC Hearing At Parties' Request(17.11.2021)

Delhi High Court has observed that once its Full Court has permitted the city district courts to allow hybrid or video conferencing facility at the re.....

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SC: Anticipatory Bail Can't be Set for a Limited Period(02.12.2022)

Supreme Court has observed that once the Court has concluded that custodial interrogation is not required then there is no justification to restrict t.....

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SC: Practice of Seeking Pre-Deposit of Bank Guarantee for Grant of Bail is Unsustainable(26.04.2023)

Supreme Court has held that the practice whereby pre-condition of furnishing bank guarantee is imposed on the accused by the Trial Court and the High .....

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SC Issues Notice In Plea For Transferring Murder Case Against BJP MLA Sushil Singh To CBI(11.09.2018)

Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition seeking transfer to CBI the case filed against BJP MLA Sushil Singh for the murder of one Ram Bihari Cha.....

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Evidence of a public officer cannot be thrown only on basis that he is a police officer(13.07.2020)

Present bail application has been filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for grant of regular bail in connection with FIR reg.....

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J&K High Court: Multiple Enquiries Against Delinquent Official on Same Charges Can be Possible(09.02.2016)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has ruled that more than one preliminarily inquires can be held against a delinquent official on same charges provided su.....

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Bombay High Court to Litigants: Exhaust All Legal Remedies Before Filing PILs(05.01.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that litigants must exhaust all other legal remedies before approaching the High Court with PILs seeking criminal action ag.....

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Conduct of the victim is also relevant for deciding bail application of rape accused(11.11.2020)

In facts of present case, a boy aged 20 years, who is incarcerating upon his arrest for alluring and raping a minor girl, has come up before present C.....

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Parliament Clears Bureau of Indian Standards Bill 2015(09.03.2016)

Parliament has passed the Bureau of Indian Standards Bill 2015 with the Rajya Sabha approving it.

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Bombay HC Denies Bail to Chintan Upadhyay in Double Murder Case(03.02.2017)

Bombay High Court, while rejecting bail to Chintan Upadhyay in case of double murder of his artist wife Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer Haresh Bhambani, .....

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GOODS AND SERVICES TAX: Food Supplied during Social Event at Club Attracts 12% GST: AAR(01.04.2019)

Advance Ruling Authority, West Bengal has held that if the food is supplied by way of or as part of the services associated with organizing social eve.....

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Delhi HC Stays Single Judge Order Upholding Emergency Award in Reliance-Future Case(22.03.2021)

Delhi High Court has stayed the operation of a Single-Judge bench order which had upheld an Emergency Award by a Singapore Tribunal against the contes.....

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Supreme Court Grants Protection from Arrest to Poonam Pandey in Porn Films Racket Case(19.01.2022)

Supreme Court has granted protection from arrest to actress Poonam Pandey in porn films racket case in the SLP assailing Bombay High Court's judgement.....

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Cal. HC: Civil Court has Jurisdiction to Determine Title of Fraudulently Issued Shares(07.12.2022)

Calcutta High Court has held that under the Companies Act, 2013, Civil Courts have jurisdiction to enquire into allegations of fraud pertaining to the.....

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CESTAT: Customer Care Service is Classifiable U/S 65 (11) Finance Act(19.05.2022)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has observed that Common Area Maintenance (CAM) Charges included in rent were allowable as a deduction.

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SC: Challenge to Requirement of 70% LL.B Marks for MP Judicial Exams, Dismissed(29.07.2024)

Supreme Court has dismissed a petition challenging requirement of 70% marks in LL.B for eligibility to the entry level post of Madhya Pradesh Judicial.....

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'Child Witness Prone to Tutoring': Calcutta HC Acquits Man Convicted for Murdering His Wife(25.05.2022)

Calcutta High Court has set aside the order convicting husband for the murder of his wife on the ground that the child witness being of extremely tend.....

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Raj. HC: Bail Denied to Man Who Was Not Mentioned in FIR but Accompanied Accused to Crime Scene(05.08.2024)

Raj. HC while rejecting the bail application of a man who was not named in FIR but accompanied the accused to the crime scene, has observed that even .....

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SC: Physical Disability Resulting from an Accident has to be Judged With Reference to Nature of Work(05.07.2023)

Supreme Court has held that in case of motor accidents any physical disability resulting from the accident has to be judged with reference to the natu.....

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BCI: Law Students to Declare Ongoing FIR, Criminal Case before Issuance of Final Marksheets & Degree(25.09.2024)

BCI has issued a notification making it mandatory for law students to declare any ongoing FIR, criminal case, conviction, or acquittal before issuance.....

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Supreme Court Asks J&K HC to Improve State-Run Health Facilities(24.10.2016)

Supreme Court, while taking note of inadequate medical infrastructure in Jammu & Kashmir, has asked J&K High Court to improve State-Run Health Facilit.....

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Kerala High Court Dismisses Petition Against Bail to IAS Officer(14.08.2019)

Kerala High Court has rejected a plea seeking cancellation of the bail granted to suspended IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman, who was arrested for alle.....

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Supreme Court Sets Aside HC Order Granting Bail to Murder Accused(29.07.2021)

Supreme Court has observed that setting aside a High Court order granting bail to murder accused. The Court has observed that in a case where an earli.....

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Bombay HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Principal After Complainant Sought Extra Judicial Remedy(09.06.2022)

Bombay High Court while granting anticipatory bail to the accused for an offence under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities.....

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Supreme Court Issues Guidelines Against Child Marriages(21.10.2024)

SC while issuing guidelines against child marriages, has stated that to ensure effective use of penal provisions in the Prohibition of Child Marriage .....

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Ori HC: State Can’t Question Maintain. of Suit for No Notice at Stage of Appeal if Not Done in WS(06.12.2024)

Orissa High Court has observed that if State does not raise any objection about maintainability of suit in their written statement on the ground of no.....

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Delhi HC Refuses Pre-Arrest Bail to Woman Accused of Abetting Suicide(27.10.2022)

Delhi High Court while denying anticipatory bail to woman in case of abetment of suicide has stated that FIR clearly states that the applicant was say.....

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HP HC: Motherhood is Essential for Existence of Human Race; Facilities Must be Provided to her(02.01.2024)

Himachal Pradesh High Court while observing that to give birth and take care of a child is a pious role to be performed by her for the existence of So.....

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Madras HC Passes Interim Injunction to Restrain Filmmaker and Producer on Defamation Suit(21.01.2022)

Madras High Court has passed an interim injunction to restrain filmmaker and poet, Leena Manimekalai and film producer Susi Ganesan from going to the .....

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Delhi HC to IRDAI: Ensure Products Are Designed for Persons With Disabilities(14.12.2022)

Delhi High Court has directed Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority of India (IRDAI) to call a meeting of insurance companies to ensure that pr.....

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Centre Introduces Bill to Raise Age of Marriage of Women as 21 Years in Lok Sabha(21.12.2021)

Union Ministry for Women and Child Development has introduced in the Lok Sabha the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which seeks t.....

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SC to States: Submit Suggestions for Model Builder-Buyer Agreement With Mandatory RERA Clauses(10.01.2023)

Supreme Court has asked States to submit suggestions to Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on model builder-buyer agreement with the mandator.....

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FAMILY - Father in live-in Relation can’t Get Child’s Custody: Punjab and Haryana HC(11.03.2019)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that if custody of a child is granted to a person in a “livein” relationship without dissolution of previous ma.....

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Delhi High Court Issues Notice on Plea Filed by Accused Shoaib Alam in Judicial Custody(10.11.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea filed by an accused namely Shoaib Alam, who has spent over 600 days in judicial custody, in connection wi.....

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Bom. HC: State Can’t Avoid Responsibility for Acquiring Land by Citing Delay as an Excuse(10.01.2024)

Bombay High Court while observing that State can’t, on the ground of delay and laches, evade responsibility towards those whose private property has b.....

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CIVIL - Bombay HC Pulls Up BJP Corporator over Illegal Hoardings(26.02.2019)

Bombay High Court has slammed BJP corporator over violations of its previous orders prohibiting political parties and their members from putting up il.....

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Bombay HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance of Illegal Sale of Nylon Threads in Festive Season(04.01.2021)

Bombay High Court has taken suo moto Public interest litigation cognizance on the illegal sale of nylon manjas on the festive seasons causing severe d.....

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SC Asks Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs on Rehabilitation Policy for Slum Dwellers(30.11.2021)

Supreme Court has asked the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to place its stand as to whether it has any policy in slums adjacent to Railway Trac.....

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P&H High Court: No Preference in Jobs for TET-2011 Candidates(22.02.2016)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that candidates for master cadre cannot seek preference on ground that they passed Punjab State Teache.....

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Accused’s Silence Leads to Adverse Inference Against Him: Supreme Court(27.11.2018)

Supreme Court has held that silence on part of accused as to questions put to him by the court under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, in.....

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Kerala HC Asks NUALS to Consider Granting Waiver on Fees for Gym & Bus Facility(26.10.2020)

Kerala High Court has directed the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) to consider waiving of fees for Gym and Transit (Bus) facilit.....

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J&K&L HC Dismisses Accused' Appeal Claiming Plea of Juvenility(18.07.2022)

Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by an accused in the 2019 Pulwama Terror Attack, claiming that he was a juvenile at .....

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Bom HC: Two Children Limit for Panchayat Members Excludes Step-Children(21.08.2023)

Bombay High Court while observing that objective of two children policy was to disqualify a panchayat member responsible for the birth of more than tw.....

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SC: Tamil Nadu Governor’s Act of Withholding Assent for 10 Bills is Illegal and Erroneous(08.04.2025)

Supreme Court has held that the Tamil Nadu Governor’s action of withholding assent for 10 bills is "illegal" and "arbitrary". The Court further ruled .....

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Orissa HC: Remand Date to be Excluded From Calculation of Statutory Period for Granting Default Bail(26.04.2022)

Orissa High Court has reiterated that while calculating the statutory period for granting default bail under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Pr.....

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Del. HC: ‘Residence of Delhi’ as Mandatory Condition for Becoming Civil Defence Volunteer is Valid(23.05.2023)

Delhi High Court has upheld that constitutional validity of Delhi Government’s order that made “resident of Delhi” as mandatory condition to become el.....

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Delhi HC: Oral Examination of Any Party to Suit is Matter of Discretion Under Order X CPC(16.05.2022)

Delhi High Court has ruled that under Order X of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC), the question of whether any of the parties to the suit is re.....

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Del HC: Discretionary Power to Grant Bail on Medical Ground Under PMLA Must be Exercised Judiciously(06.06.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that power to grant bail on medical grounds under PMLA is discretionary in nature, has held that the same must be exe.....

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Delhi HC: Spoilt Honeymoon Ground for Divorce(10.10.2016)

Delhi High Court has said that a spoilt honeymoon and subjecting the husband and his family to "worst kind of mental cruelty" by levelling false accus.....

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Raise Qualifying Marks for Pursuing Medical Courses Abroad: Madras High Court to MCI, Centre(01.10.2018)

Madras High Court has asked the Medical Council of India (MCI) to raise the minimum qualifying marks for foreign medical education aspirants and restr.....

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SC: Appointment of VC Illegal When Search Committee Recommended Only One Name(27.10.2022)

Supreme Court has held that the appointment of a Vice-Chancellor of a University will be illegal when the Search Committee recommended only one name i.....

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SC: Can’t Cancel Bail Merely for Any Perceived Indiscipline by Accused Before Granting Bail(15.11.2022)

Supreme Court while observing that cancellation of bail can’t be ordered merely for any perceived indiscipline on the part of accused before granting .....

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Bombay HC: DV Act Cases Can be Transferred to Family Court(02.01.2024)

Bombay High Court has held that Section 12 application under the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 before a magistrate can be transferred to a Family Court .....

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P&H HC: If Second FIR Registered Regarding Incident on Which Prior FIR Exists, Abuse of Process(24.01.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that if a second FIR is registered regarding an incident on which a prior FIR already exists, it amounts to abu.....

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Bom. HC Grants Guardianship of Illegitimate Muslim Minor to Biological Parents(14.12.2022)

Bombay High Court has granted guardianship of a Muslim minor to her biological parents after she was deemed to be an illegitimate child as a result of.....

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Acceptance of old demonitised 500 and 1000 rupee notes for making payments to Central and State Governments including Municipal and local bodies(10.11.2016)

The Central Government has taken a decision that old 500 & 1000 rupee notes will be accepted for making payments towards fees, charges, taxes and pena.....

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AAR, Gujarat: 5% GST Leviable on Ammonium Sulphate Supplied for Direct Use as Fertilizers(17.12.2021)

Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR), Gujarat has ruled that 5% goods and services tax (GST) is leviable on Ammonium Sulphate supplied for direct use as .....

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Delhi HC Directs Whatsapp to Take Down Groups Illegally Circulating E-Newspapers(29.12.2021)

Delhi High Court has directed Whatsapp to take down or block the WhatsApp groups unauthorisedly and illegally circulating the e-newspaper owned by Dai.....

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Assessee would not be under a legal obligation to deduct tax at source on the income/profit component in payments received by distributors/franchisees from third parties/customers(28.02.2024)

The issue relates to the liability to deduct tax at source under Section 194-H of the Income Tax Act, 1961 on the amount which, as per the Revenue, is.....

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Bombay HC Rejects PIL against Sale of 'Antilia'(27.07.2016)

Bombay HC has rejected PIL against Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani's residential building 'Antilia' in South Mumbai after observi.....

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Deduct Re 1 Per Day from Salaries of Top State Officials: Bombay High Court(06.07.2018)

Bombay High Court has directed state government to deduct Re 1 per day from the salaries of Chief Secretary, Principal Secretaries of Urban Developmen.....

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Karnataka HC Starts Helpline to Assist in E-Filing and Video Conferencing(28.04.2020)

Karnataka High Court has started helpline numbers to assist Advocates and Party in Person/Litigant Public, for providing information about e-filing an.....

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NCLT Kochi Allows Promoter of Corporate Debtor MSME to File Resolution Plan in Individual Capacity(07.05.2021)

National Company Law Tribunal, Kochi has held that the promoter of an MSME can submit a Resolution Plan Application in his individual capacity, and th.....

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SC Suggests Meeting Between DCPCR & MWCD to Discuss 2021 Amendment to JJ Act(28.03.2023)

Supreme Court has suggested that meeting be held between Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) and Ministry of Women and Child Devel.....

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Del. HC: Repre. on Inclusive Disability Reservation in B.Sc. Nursing Program to be Considered by INC(31.05.2024)

Del. HC has issued directions to Indian Nursing Council (INC) to address a representation that challenges Clause 8 of admission terms and conditions u.....

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Hyderabad HC Put Stay on Building Regularization Scheme(23.12.2015)

Hyderabad HC has ordered Telangana Government and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation not to regularize any illegal constructions under its new Bu.....

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SC Issues Notice to Air India for Denying Job to Transgender(07.11.2017)

Supreme Court has issued notice to Air India and the Civil Aviation Ministry on a petition by a transgender who said she was denied a cabin crew job b.....

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Delhi Bar Council Cautions Advocates against Advertising/Soliciting Work(30.10.2019)

By a public notice issued by Bar Council of Delhi on October 24, it has cautioned the Advocates against advertising their services and soliciting work.....

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Bar Council of India Postpones Proposed Elections to Offices of Chairman & Other Office Bearers(17.12.2021)

Bar Council of India (BCI) has informed the Karnataka High Court that it has postponed the proposed elections to the office of the Chairman, Vice-Chai.....

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Supreme Court Stays Bail Granted to Accused in Bulandshahr Violence(04.01.2022)

Supreme Court has stayed the order of the Allahabad High Court granting bail to one of the main accused, Yogesh Raj, in the Bulandshahr mob violence c.....

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Supreme Court Grants Custody of Minor to Aunt, Says Personal Laws Can’t Supersede Child’s Welfare(06.03.2024)

Supreme Court while granting a minor’s custody to her aunt, has held that the statutory provisions dealing with the custody of the child under any per.....

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Parliament Passes the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2018(25.07.2018)

Parliament has passed an anti-corruption Bill namely the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2018 that provides for punishment to bribe givers .....

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Bombay HC Stays Order on Sugar Stock Ceiling(25.10.2016)

Bombay High Court has temporarily put a stay on action, by either Central or State Government, against millers who had failed to adhere to 24 per cent.....

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Telangana High Court Seeks Report on Honour Killings(23.08.2019)

Telangana High Court has directed State Director General of Police Mahender Reddy to provide clearer details of honour killing cases in the State. The.....

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Madras High Court Strikes Down Tamil Nadu's Law Banning Online Games with Stakes(04.08.2021)

Madras High Court has struck down the Tamil Nadu Gaming and Police Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021 which imposes a ban on playing of games such as rummy an.....

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Meg. HC: Being Mother of Minor Children No Ground to Refuse Transfer(06.07.2023)

Meghalaya High Court while upholding transfer of a woman employee has observed that rules governing the petitioner’s service do not give any latitude .....

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SC: UP Government to Pay Interim Compensation for Illegal Demolition for Road Widening Project(06.11.2024)

Supreme Court while hearing a suo motu petition on illegal demolition of residential houses for a road widening project in Uttar Pradesh, has directed.....

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Delhi HC Refuses to Grant Injunction Against Movie ‘Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl’(02.09.2020)

Delhi High Court has refused to provide injunction against the movie Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl in a plea moved by Central Government claiming tha.....

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Andhra Pradesh Unveils a New Retail Trade Policy(12.01.2016)

Andhra Pradesh Government has unveiled a new retail trade policy, under which retail enterprises are given greater flexibility in terms of open hours,.....

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Delhi High Court To Railways: Stop Giving Contaminated Water To Passengers(28.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has asked Indian Railways to stop giving contaminated water to passengers and questioned its decision to hike fares when it was not p.....

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Gujarat High Court: Welfare of Child Sets Aside Principles of Comity of Courts and Intimate Contact(30.09.2019)

Gujarat High Court has re-emphasized on primacy of child welfare in cases for granting custody of a minor child. The Court observed while granting the.....

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Delhi HC: Copy of Every Document Filed in Court Must Be Supplied to Opposite Party(26.08.2021)

Delhi High Court has made it clear that whenever any party to litigation gives any document to the Court/ Tribunal, the copy of such document has to m.....

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Ker. HC: No Absolute Bar on Grant of Anticipatory Bail in Cases of Rape Against Minors(21.09.2023)

Kerala High Court while observing that that exclusion of provision for pre-arrest bail embodied in Section 438(4) of CrPC in case of rape against mino.....

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Delhi HC: MD Appointing Sole Arbitrator after Failure of Appointment Violates SC’s Mandate(19.06.2025)

Delhi High Court has observed that an arbitration clause allowing appointment of sole arbitrator by Managing Director of the Company if there is failu.....

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To testify execution of Will, it is not enough to examine a random witness who asserts that he saw attesting witness affix his signature on Will(20.11.2023)

The present appeal is filed to determine the validity of a Will. The appellant claims to have been adopted by late Venkubayamma under registered Will .....

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Supreme Court: Sex Education Must Start Early, Not Just From Classes IX to XII(09.10.2025)

Supreme Court opined that sex education should be introduced in school curriculums from a younger age and not limited only to Classes IX to XII, empha.....

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SC Sets Aside Order Which Declared One Accused of Kathua Rape-Murder Case as Juvenile(16.11.2022)

Supreme Court while setting aside the orders of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kathua and the Jammu and Kashmir High Court which held that one of the .....

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SC: Modifying an Award u/s 34 and 37 Impermissible under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996(08.01.2024)

Supreme Court has held that interference with an order u/s 37 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 can’t travel beyond restrictions laid down u/s 34.....

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Bombay HC Rules, It’s a Father’s Obligation to Ensure Comfort of Child(16.05.2016)

Bombay HC, while upholding an order of family court increasing child’s maintenance amount payable by the father, has said a father had an obligation t.....

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Mental Health Care Bill Tabled in Lok Sabha, Bill Seeks to Decriminalize Suicide(27.03.2017)

Mental Health Care Bill, 2013, aimed at decriminalizing attempted suicide and defining mental illness in a broader and more inclusive way, was tabled .....

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AAR Tamil Nadu: Branch Eligible for Input Tax Credit for Goods and Services Tax Paid by Head Office(13.01.2020)

Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling, Tamil Nadu has held that the Input Tax Credit of tax paid by Head office for the furtherance of business would.....

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Supreme Court Refuses Urgent Listing for Builders' Plea to Lift Construction Ban in Delhi(06.12.2021)

Supreme Court has turned down a plea made on behalf of a builders group for urgent listing of its plea to lift the blanket ban imposed on construction.....

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Calcutta High Court Directs Administration to Issue Protective Orders Retraining All Illegal Activiti(08.03.2021)

Calcutta High Court has directed the local administration to issue protective orders retraining all illegal activities in Sundarbans, observing that t.....

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MP High Court Stays CWC Order to Shift 44 Children from Orphanage(10.01.2022)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), district Sagar (M.P.) decision to shift 44 children from a Christian orphanage.....

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Central Government declares the services engaged in the Coal industry to be public utility service(28.12.2022)

Whereas the Central Government is satisfied that public interest so requires that the services engaged in the Coal industry, which is covered under it.....

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47 Policemen Get Life Terms in Pilibhit Fake Encounter Case(05.04.2016)

A Special CBI court has sentenced 47 policemen to life term for killing 10 Sikh pilgrims in a fake encounter in Pilibhit 25 years ago.

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CIVIL - Delhi HC Dismisses Plea of Manipur Student Activist Booked for Sedition for Citizenship Bill Remarks(19.02.2019)

Delhi High Court has rejected Manipur student activist Veewon Thokchom's plea challenging his arrest and transit remand in capital in a sedition case .....

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Madras High Court Says Goods and Services Tax in Nascent Stage, Allows TRAN-1 Filing(17.02.2020)

Madras High Court has taken into account the difficulties faced by taxpayers due to inconsistent performance of the Goods and Services Tax portal and .....

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CESTAT, New Delhi Frees M/S Shree Rolling Mill from Charge of Clandestine Removal(22.03.2021)

Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi has freed M/S Shree Rolling Mill from charge of clandestine removal, stating that charge .....

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Delhi HC: Right to Bail Not to be Denied Merely on Sentiments of Community(15.02.2022)

Delhi High Court has granted bail to a man accused in a robbery case, observing that the right to bail is not to be denied merely because of sentiment.....

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Assessing Officer is not vested with an authority to travel beyond the net profit shown in the profit and loss account(11.03.2024)

The present appeal under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 [ IT Act], at the instance of the Revenue, impugns the order passed by the Income Ta.....

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Madras HC Asks Health Secretary to Resolve v Issue Within Time Frame(08.01.2019)

Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu health secretary to resolve government doctors’ pay parity issue within a time frame.

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SC Issues Directions to States/UTs for Education of Children in Child Care Institutions(15.12.2020)

Supreme Court has passed a slew of directions to States/Union Territories to cater to the educational needs of children in Child Care Institutions (CC.....

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Bombay HC Dismisses Appeal Filed by NIA Against Bail Granted to Naresh Gaur(22.12.2021)

Bombay High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against the bail granted to Naresh Gaur, an accused in the .....

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Delhi HC: Ad Industry Would Loathe Government Dictated Regulations(10.01.2023)

Delhi High Court while dismissing plea filed to restrain Advertising Standards Council of India from creating impediments in broadcast of advertisemen.....

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GST Rollout on June 30 Midnight, Filing Rules Relaxed for Jul-Aug(19.06.2017)

Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has decided to increase room tariff threshold, above which luxury rate of 28% will apply, to Rs 7,500 from Rs 5,0.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019(05.07.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 with Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asserting that the proposed amendment w.....

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Hyderabad HC Stays Eviction of Fishermen Families at Bhimili Village(17.10.2016)

Hyderabad HC has directed Visakhapatnam District Revenue Authorities not to take any coercive steps against fishermen families in Chepala Timmapuram n.....

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Take Action Against Illegal Slaughterhouses: Bombay High Court to Maharashtra Government(11.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has asked authorities to ensure action against illegal slaughterhouses and observed authorities cannot prevent slaughtering of anima.....

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SC Upholds Amazon Plea Against Merger of Future Retail and Reliance Retail(06.08.2021)

Supreme Court has upheld e-commerce giant Amazon's plea against the Rs 24,731-crore merger of Future Retail Ltd (FRL) with Reliance Retail. The Court .....

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47th GST Council Meeting Update(30.06.2022)

GST Council exempts pandemic period from calculating limitation period for refund claims. GST Council exempts small taxpayers from filing GSTR-9 and .....

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SC: Cannot Delay Implementation of Bail Order After Finding Accused Entitled To Bail(03.09.2024)

The Supreme Court has ruled that once a court concludes that an accused is entitled to bail, it cannot postpone the implementation of the bail order, .....

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MP HC: Can’t Presume Authorities Would Act Mala Fidely if State/Municipal Council are Party to Suit(16.10.2024)

MP High Court while addressing issue of denial of demarcation of land because State and Municipal Council were parties to the dispute, has observed th.....

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NCLT Mumbai: Guarantor's Liability Can’t Exceed the Limit Given in Contract of Guarantee(01.05.2025)

NCLT Mumbai bench has held that liability of a guarantor cannot exceed the specified limit in the contract of guarantee and the guarantor is bound onl.....

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Bombay HC Take Suo Motu Cognizance of Sale of Cigarettes Outside Schools(25.06.2025)

Bombay High Court has taken Suo Motu cognizance of news item describing the illegal sale of drugs, ciggarates and even e-cigarettes near schools and c.....

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Mandatory Requirement for Individuals Availing Facilities under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(02.03.2017)

Whereas, the use of Aadhaar as an identifier for delivery of services or benefits or subsidies simplifies the Government delivery processes, brings in.....

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Supreme Court Puts on Hold Tamil Nadu Local Body Elections(06.12.2019)

Supreme Court has decided to put on hold the elections for the local bodies in nine new districts carved out of four existing ones in Tamil Nadu for c.....

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# GST Changes Applicable From 01.01.2021: When GSTR-1 May Not Be Permitted to be Filed(29.12.2020)

Rule 59 of the Central Goods and Service Tax Rules, 2017 has been amended to not permit the taxpayer to file GSTR 1 if, (a) Form GSTR-3B has not be fu.....

Tags : Filing of GSTR-1



Delhi HC Dismisses Challenge to Minimum Percentile Criteria for NEET-PG Admissions(01.08.2022)

Delhi High Court while dismissing plea challenging a regulation mandating minimum marks of 50th percentile in NEET as mandatory requirement for admiss.....

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Calcutta High Court Provides Ease to Untrained TET Aspirants(17.08.2015)

Calcutta High Court has allowed teacher aspirants without teaching degrees to appear for Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) examination scheduled to be h.....

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Delhi High Court: Arbitrator Cannot Lift Corporate Veil(17.05.2017)

Delhi High Court, while holding that an arbitral tribunal does not have power to lift corporate veil, has observed that mere failure of a corporate en.....

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Orissa HC Notifies Procedure for E-Filing & Video Conferencing for Hearing of Cases(09.04.2020)

Orissa High Court has notified the 'Orissa High Court e-Filing and Video Conferencing Scheme, 2020' for enabling electronic filing of cases and hearin.....

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Allahabad HC Quashes Order of Suspension for Person Failing to Resume Office After Covid Leave(24.05.2021)

Allahabad High Court has quashed an order passed by the concerned authorities of Uttar Pradesh Government, suspending the services of one Gaurav Bansa.....

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SC Extends Jurisdiction of Committee to Oversee Transfer/Import of Wild Animals in India(06.03.2023)

Supreme Court has extended jurisdiction and scope of High Powered Committee to oversee transfer/import of wild animals in India as constituted by High.....

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Supreme Court: Cannot Set Aside Conviction Only on the Ground that Witness Turned Hostile(09.05.2024)

Supreme Court while declining to set aside the conviction of the accused merely because the witness turned hostile, has observed that evidence of the .....

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Lok Sabha Passes Finance Bill 2021(24.03.2021)

Lok Sabha has passed the Finance Bill, 2021 to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2021-2022. The .....

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Jharkhand Court Refuses Bail to Accused who Assaulted a Mentally Ill Muslim Man(19.01.2022)

Jharkhand Court has refused bail to two men accused of assaulting a mentally ill Muslim man in Dhanbad and forcing him to chant, Jai Shri Ram. It is a.....

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Delhi HC: Disclosure by Arbitrator is Not a Discretionary But a Mandatory Requirement(09.12.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that disclosure by the arbitrator under Section 12 r/w 6th Schedule of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act is not a discretio.....

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Bar, as provided in Section 37 of NDPS Act, cannot be invoked where the evidence against the accused appears to be unbelievable and insufficient for the purpose of conviction(19.02.2024)

The present application has been filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ('CrPC') read with Section 482 of CrPC seeking regula.....

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Statement of a person recorded by officers of NCB or CBN after arrest of such person is inadmissible in evidence(10.10.2017)

The instant appeal has been preferred by the accused Appellant being aggrieved of the judgment passed by the learned Special Judge, whereby, the Appel.....

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Patna HC Warns Govt. Doctors of Contempt If Illegal Strike Not Called Off(26.08.2020)

Patna High Court has directed the doctors' associations in the State and each one of the members of these associations, besides other persons discharg.....

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AP HC Dismisses Plea for Recalling Non-Bailable Warrant Against K.V.V. Satyanarayana(26.07.2021)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition filed by K.V.V. Satyanarayana, Special Secretary (Finance), for recalling the non-bailable warrant .....

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Delhi Court: Bail Granted to Bhim Sena Chief Arrested for Calling for Violence Against Nupur Sharma(20.06.2022)

Delhi Court has granted bail to Bhim Sena President Nawab Satpal Tanwar, arrested after he allegedly called for violence against former BJP spokespers.....

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Ker HC: If HC had Previously Denied Anticipatory Bail, Successive Appln. Should Be Filed Before HC(26.07.2023)

Kerala High Court has held that in cases where the High Court rejected anticipatory bail plea, second or successive anticipatory bail applications, po.....

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MP HC: No Prohibition on Issuance of Passport without Father’s Consent(17.01.2025)

MP High Court has held that there is no prohibition in the Passport Rules that without any consent of the father, passport cannot be issued to minor c.....

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Karnataka HC: Non-compliance of POCSO Act Not to Entitle Accused to Release on Default Bail(10.05.2021)

Karnataka High Court has held that non compliance of section 35 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 will not entitle .....

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Kerala HC: Passport Cannot be Denied to Child on Sole Ground That One Parent is Non-Indian Citizen(17.03.2022)

Kerala High Court has ruled that even if one of the parents of a minor child refused to give consent, the passport issuing authority is entitled to is.....

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Del. HC: Persons Not Accused of Deceiving Others Should Handle Haj Pilgrims(27.04.2024)

Delhi High Court has held that Haj Group Organizers should be those persons who do have any allegations of deceiving Haj pilgrims. Haj Policy also giv.....

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RBI releases June 2019 Financial Stability Report(27.06.2019)

The Reserve Bank of India today released the 19th issue of the Financial Stability Report (FSR). The FSR reflects the collective assessment of the Sub.....

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Supreme Court Allows Vedanta to Produce Oxygen at Sterlite Plant in Tamil Nadu(27.04.2021)

Supreme Court has permitted Vedanta to operate its Oxygen production unit on standalone basis at Copper plant in Tuticorin, which had been closed for .....

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CESTAT: No Service Tax to be Levied on Flats Construc. Prior To 01.07.2010 Having Less Than 12 Flats(11.04.2024)

Chennai Branch of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that no tax liability shall be imposed if the flats are co.....

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SC: Ineligible BCCI Officials Cannot Attend ICC Meet(11.04.2017)

Supreme Court has said that officials ineligible to hold office in Indian Cricket Board or its affiliates cannot be nominated to attend the Internatio.....

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Supreme Court Declines Petition Seeking Guidelines to Deal with PIL(12.10.2018)

Supreme Court has refused to consider a submission seeking laying down fresh guidelines for hearing public interest litigations (PILs).

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Jammu & Kashmir HC Issues Notice in Plea Against 100% Domicile Reservation in Public Employment(05.08.2020)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has issued notices to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and Union Territory Administration on a Petition challenging 100.....

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Gauhati High Court Directs on Priority Vaccination of Persons with Disabilities(30.06.2021)

Gauhati High Court has directed the State of Arunachal Pradesh to make provision for giving priority in attendance and administration of Covid-19 vacc.....

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Mad. HC to SBC: Take Actions Against Lawyers Issuing Fake Marriage Certificate(08.05.2023)

Madras High Court has asked State Bar Council (SBC) to initiate disciplinary action against the lawyers who are conducting marriages ceremonies all ov.....

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RBI releases the Financial Stability Report(27.06.2024)

Today, the Reserve Bank released the 29th issue of the Financial Stability Report (FSR), which reflects the collective assessment of the Sub-Committee.....

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Madras High Court Orders Enquiry Against Those Who Excoriate Sitting Judge(13.08.2015)

Madras High Court has ordered police to find out people who condemned sitting judge of court by printing pamphlet in name of Tamil Nadu Private School.....

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Public interest or change in policy may be sufficient to negate concept of legitimate expectation.(08.05.2017)

Petitioner, a public limited company, engaged in providing oil and gas rigs on rent with related services, claim that a direction should be issued to .....

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Telangana High Court Rejects Musaddilal’s Petition Again(23.05.2019)

Telangana High Court has dismissed the pleas of the owners of Musaddilal Jewels and Gems, to quash the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate.

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Tripura HC Asks State to Ensure Maximum Testing of Children in Orphanages(18.05.2021)

Tripura High Court has asked the State Government to ensure maximum possible testing of the children in Orphanages in a Public Interest Litigation con.....

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Patna High Court Orders Inquiry Into Flimsy Investigation in Honor Killing Case(14.03.2022)

Patna High Court has ordered an enquiry, to be conducted by the Additional Director General of Police, into the casual and flimsy investigation conduc.....

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SC: Can’t Apply Section 498A IPC Mechanically in All Cases of Ill-Treatment by Husband(06.05.2024)

SC has observed that in all cases, where the wife complains of harassment or ill-treatment, Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 cannot be appl.....

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Government proposes harder fight against bonded labour(17.05.2016)

The central government announced proposals to make the Rehabilitation of Bonded Labour Scheme more effective. The scheme now envisages an increase in .....

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Bombay High Court: Pay Salaries of Social Welfare Staff within 2 Days(04.05.2018)

Bombay High Court has directed the Directorate of Social Welfare to release the salaries within two days to two staffers of the office of the commissi.....

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Before acting upon opinion of hand-writing expert, Court must see that, such evidence is corroborated by either direct or other circumstantial evidence.(14.01.2020)

Present appeal has been preferred challenging the impugned judgment passed by the High Court whereby the High Court dismissed the revision petition fi.....

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NHRC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of Media Reports on Killing of Civilians in Nagaland(08.12.2021)

National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken suo-motu cognizance of media reports on the killing of at least 14 civilians in Oting village .....

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SC: Bar Councils Can't Collect "Optional Fees" During Enrolment(11.08.2025)

The Supreme Court has observed that Section 24(1)(f) of the Advocates Act, 1961specifies the amount that can be charged by the SBCs as an enrolment fe.....

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Delhi HC Orders Shifting of Children to Govt.-Run Home(08.09.2016)

Delhi HC has ordered immediate transfer of children staying at a Najafgarh children's home to a government-run home after seeing photographs of their .....

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Delhi High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to Air India Pilot Who Eluded Breath Analyser Test(01.07.2019)

Delhi High Court has granted anticipatory bail to an Air India pilot who was suspended for allegedly violating aircraft rules, including evading a bre.....

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AP HC: Bail Granted Cannot be Cancelled if Vague Allegations Without Substantive Proof(28.02.2022)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has ruled that the bail granted cannot be cancelled under Section 439(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 if there are va.....

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Assessee cannot be denied the benefit of alternate notification, when it is eligible at the time of import of the goods(08.04.2024)

In the facts of present case, the Appellant exported leather shoes under claim of drawback. These goods were returned by the foreign buyer for the pur.....

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CIC: Husband Not Entitled to Seek Information Regarding Bank Details & ITR of His Wife(25.01.2021)

Central Information Commission has said that a husband is not entitled to seek information regarding bank details & income tax returns of his wife und.....

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Del. HC: LOC Can Be Issued To Ensure Surrender of Person Evading Summons Or Arrest(20.10.2022)

Delhi High Court has reiterated that a look out circular (LOC) is to be issued in such cases where the accused is deliberately evading arrest or summo.....

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MP HC Commutes Death Penalty to Boy who Killed His Mother Because She Woke Him Up(03.04.2019)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has commuted death sentence awarded to a 'son' who killed his mother for waking him up.

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Lok Sabha Passes Bill to Amend Juvenile Justice Act(25.03.2021)

Lok Sabha has passed the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2021. The Bill seeks to re-define the category of "serious.....

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Allahabad HC Issues Directions to Eradicate Menace of Encroachment Over Railway Land(21.01.2022)

Allahabad High Court has issued a slew of directions to eradicate the menace of encroachment over the Railway land, observing that the railways' admin.....

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SC: Order for Visitation Right/Temporary Child Custody Can’t Be Passed in Proceedings U/S 9 of HMA(13.12.2022)

Supreme Court has held that orders giving visitation rights or temporary child custody cannot be passed in a proceeding under Section 9 of the Hindu M.....

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Kerala HC Issues Notice to Govt, Lulu Mall Over Plea Alleging Illegal Collection of Parking Fees(23.12.2021)

Kerala High Court has issued notice to the State, the Kalamassery Municipality and the Lulu International shopping mall on a plea alleging that the ma.....

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SC Division Bench Delivers Split Verdict in Civil Appeal from Specific Performance Suit(16.01.2023)

Supreme Court division bench comprising Justices M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna a split verdict in a civil appeal arising out of a suit seeking specifi.....

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Kerala HC: Granting Anticipatory Bail in Cases of Attack on Doctors Can Create Dangerous Situation(28.02.2023)

Kerala High Court while refusing to grant anticipatory bail to person, who attacked his wife’s doctor, has observed that granting bail in such cases w.....

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Supreme Court Asks Election Commission, ‘By When Will You Introduce Paper Trail in EVMs’(06.01.2017)

Supreme Court has asked Election Commission to spell out time frame within which it would introduce Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in EVMs.....

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Kerala High Court rejects Actor Dileep’s Plea for CBI Probe in Actress Attack Case(20.12.2018)

Kerala High Court has rejected a plea by Malayalam actor Dileep, one of the accused in a case related to the sexual assault of a woman actor, for an i.....

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SC Dismisses Plea of Dera Sacha Sauda Members to Transfer Cases Relating to Sacrilege of Holy Book(26.11.2020)

Supreme Court has dismissed the transfer petition filed by members of Dera Sacha Sauda wherein they sought for the transfer of cases pertaining to sac.....

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Gujarat HC Refuses to Interfere with CBDT’s Decision to Not Grant Extension on Filing ITR(15.01.2021)

Gujarat High Court has declined to interfere with the decision of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), to not grant any further extension for fil.....

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Delhi HC: Time for Filing Written Statement Starts From Date of Providing Suit to Defendant(17.10.2022)

Delhi High Court has ruled that the time for filing the written statement by the defendant under the Code of Civil Procedure, after issuance of summon.....

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Sanction is not required to prosecute a public servant who faces accusation of creating fake documents by misusing his official position(17.01.2024)

The Appellant as the complainant lodged a first information report alleging that Respondent No. 2 were irregularly creating documents of property in t.....

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Madras HC Grants Interim Stay on Notification to Dissolve & Re-Constitute TN Child Rights Commission(07.03.2022)

Madras High Court has granted an interim stay on the government notification that dissolved the Tamil Nadu Commission for Protection of Child Rights i.....

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Aviation Ministry Directs Airlines to Give Full Refund for Cancellation of Flight Tickets(17.04.2020)

Ministry of Civil Aviation has directed the airlines to give full refund to the customers seeking cancellation of the flight tickets booked, both dome.....

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Allahabad HC Grants Bail to Senior Samajwadi Party Leader and Member of Parliament Azam Khan(10.03.2022)

Allahabad High Court has granted bail to the Senior Samajwadi Party leader and a Member Of Parliament, Azam Khan in connection with a case registered .....

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SC: Can’t Presume Will to be Genuine Merely Because It’s More Than 30 Years Old(16.03.2023)

Supreme Court while observing that wills can’t be proved only on basis of their age, has held that presumption under Section 90 as to the regularity o.....

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Supreme Court Allows Protesting Farmers to Intervene in Farmer Suicide Cases(18.04.2017)

Supreme Court has allowed protesting Tamil Nadu farmers to file an intervention application in farmer suicide cases.

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ITAT, Mumbai: Taxpayer Can Opt a Method Resulting in Lowest Tax Liability(19.03.2020)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai has held that if there exist two methods for tax payment, the Assessee can opt the method which would res.....

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Calcutta HC: 'Sting Operation' in Public Interest Does Not Extinguish Criminal Liability(29.01.2020)

Calcutta High Court has held that indulgence in 'sting operation' purportedly in public interest does not extinguish the criminal liability of an indi.....

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Karnataka HC: French Civil Code Applicable to Descendents of Renouncants in Puducherry(15.02.2021)

Karnataka High Court has granted divorce to a couple under the French Civil Code as they were descendants of inhabitants of Puducherry who were govern.....

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SC: Unless Licence is Prima Facie Invalid, Burden Upon Insurer to Prove Failure on Part of Owner(01.11.2023)

Supreme Court has held that once a seemingly valid driving licence is produced by a person employed to drive a vehicle, unless such licence is demonst.....

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Supreme Court Upholds Cancellation of Bail For Man Accused of Assault Causing Miscarriage(31.12.2025)

SC upheld the Bombay HC cancellation of bail for a man accused of assaulting a nightclub employee in a lift, leading to her miscarriage. Noting the in.....

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Kerala HC: Child Witness Can be Recalled if Necessary for Just Decision(16.12.2022)

Kerala High Court has held that statutory bar imposed on Special Courts by Section 33(5) of POCSO to ensure that a child is not repeatedly called to t.....

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HP HC: S.37 NDPS Act Can’t be Invoked in Perpetuity to Dilute Right of Expeditious Trial(13.01.2023)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that stringent provisions concerning bail under Section 37 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) A.....

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Bombay HC: Can’t Disqualify Sarpanch for Holding Consecutive Meetings(28.02.2023)

Bombay High Court has held that Sarpanch can’t be disqualified for holding consecutive meetings as it doesn’t amount to any statutory violation becaus.....

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Delhi High Court Extends Jarnail’s Interim Protection from Arrest(08.09.2015)

Delhi High Court has extended interim protection from arrest granted to AAP MLA Jarnail Singh till October 5, accused of assaulting a corporation engi.....

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Uttarakhand HC: Even Poorest of Poor Has Right to Procure & Shower Love on Child(26.06.2017)

Uttarakhand High Court has allowed a mother’s appeal for custody of her minor son, and lamented sole reliance placed by Additional Family Court on fin.....

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Karnataka HC Refuses to Entertain PIL Against Alleged Illegal Construction of Crosses(22.04.2021)

Karnataka High Court has rejected a petition filed by one P Rudesh seeking directions to take action against alleged illegal construction of two cross.....

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Meghalaya HC Orders Deployment of Central Armed Forces to Prevent Illegal Coal Mining(09.02.2023)

Meghalaya High Court while observing that local officials are involved in manipulation and illegal coal mining and while sounding the bell of caution .....

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Kerala HC Expunges ‘Provocative Dress’ Remarks in Civic Chandran Bail Order(13.10.2022)

Kerala High Court while expunging 'sexually provocative dress' remark of Kozhikode Sessions Court while granting anticipatory bail to accused in sexua.....

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Skill Development Scam Case: Split Verdict by SC On Quashing FIR Against Chandrababu Naidu(16.01.2024)

Supreme Court has given split verdict on a plea by Chandrababu Naidu for quashing of first information report against him in skill development scam ca.....

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Calcutta HC: Granting Bail to Accused Due to Delayed Filing of Chargesheet, Matter of Concern(19.05.2020)

Calcutta High Court has expressed that the failure in recording judicial statements under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on accou.....

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Govt. Reduces GST to 5% on Domestic Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Services in Aviation Industry(16.03.2022)

Ministry of Civil Aviation has notified the reduction in Goods and Service Tax (GST) from 18% to 5% on Domestic Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul Serv.....

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All. HC: Rs. 5 Lakh Cost Imposed on CWC for Sending Minor Living With Mother to Children’s Home(23.04.2024)

Allahabad High Court has imposed a cost of Rs. 5 Lakh on Child Welfare Committee (CWC) for sending a minor girl who was living with her mother to chil.....

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Supreme Court: Can BCI’s Disciplinary Panel Members Analyse Documents In Unfamiliar Language?(23.03.2017)

Supreme Court, while setting aside a disciplinary proceedings against a lawyer, has asked ‘how Disciplinary Committee consisting of members, who were .....

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CIVIL - Heart Wrenching to See Children Suffering in Custody Battle Between Parents: SC(18.03.2019)

Supreme Court, while delivering a judgment in yet another custody battle between parents, has expressed concern about children, and observed it is hea.....

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SC: Section 43D (5) UAPA Act Does Not Oust Ability of Constitutional Courts to Grant Bail(02.02.2021)

Supreme Court has held that Section 43¬D (5) of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA Act) per¬ se does not oust the ability of Constitutio.....

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SC: Railway Employees Working in Different Zones or Divisions Must Be Treated Equally(01.11.2022)

Supreme Court has held that the Railway employees working in different Zones/Divisions are required to be treated similarly and equally and are entitl.....

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SC Stays Uttarakhand Govts Notification Restricting Blind Candidates from General Category(19.08.2025)

Supreme Court has stayed a 2018 notification by Uttarakhand Government barring blind and locomotor-disabled candidates from applying in general catego.....

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Civil suit would be triable by the Civil Court; Arbitrator has no jurisdiction to decide the eviction/rent disputes(12.10.2017)

Present appeal is filed by the Defendant against the final judgment passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi whereby the High Court dismissed th.....

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Central Government Constitutes National Council for Transgender Persons(25.08.2020)

Central Government has constituted the National Council for Transgender Person under Section 16 of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act,.....

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Apex Court Says ‘very unlikely’ it Will Cancel Bail of Student activists Held in Riots(23.07.2021)

Apex Court observes that frowning upon “hypersensitivity in political matters” said that it is “very unlikely” to send back to jail three student acti.....

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MP HC Commutes Death Sentence of Man Convicted for Rape And Murder of 4 Year Old(17.06.2022)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has commuted death sentence of a man convicted for rape and murder of a 4-year-old girl. The Court held that since the convi.....

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SC Extends Bail Granted to Satyendar Jain in PMLA Case by 5 Weeks(24.07.2023)

Supreme Court has extended the interim bail granted on medical grounds to Satyendar Jain in PMLA Case by 5 weeks.

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SC Issues Notice on Anticipatory Bail Plea of Ex-IAS Probationary Officer Puja Khedkar(16.01.2025)

Supreme Court while issuing notice on the anticipatory bail plea of ex-IAS probationary officer Puja Khedkar, has directed that no coercive steps shal.....

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Supreme Court Directs Grant of Disability Pension to Member of Territorial Army(20.12.2021)

Supreme Court has directed the grant of disability pension to a member of the Territorial Army by rejecting the reliance placed by the Union of India .....

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Allahabad HC to State: Ensure Case Files Reach High Court By 10 AM(04.01.2023)

Allahabad High Court has directed Principal Secretary (Law) & LR, UP Govt. to introduce biometric system in office of CSC, Allahabad within two weeks .....

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The State or the employer is under no legal obligation to fill-up the vacancies advertised(04.03.2024)

By instituting the present proceedings, the Petitioners have challenged the judgment passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal ("Tribunal") whereb.....

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SC Asks to Consider Inclusion of Aadhar Card in Eligibility Criteria for Rehabilitation(28.09.2021)

Supreme Court has asked the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad to consider whether Aadhar card could be included in the eligibility criteria for ident.....

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SC: Can’t Prosecute Directors to DBS Bank for Acts of Lakshmi Vilas Bank Before Amalgamation(12.09.2023)

Supreme Court has held that DBS Bank and its directors cannot be held criminally liable for actions attributed to directors of Lakshmi Vilas Bank befo.....

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SC Expresses Shock at Person Leaving Country While his Passport is in Court’s Custody(03.02.2025)

Supreme Court while expressing shock over a person leaving the country while his passport is in the custody of the Court, has issued a non-bailable wa.....

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RBI Cancels Rs 9k crore T-bill Auction(28.01.2016)

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled a Rs 9,000-crore auction of Government's 91-day Treasury Bills (T-bills) as it was not willing to accede to .....

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NCLT Allows Reopening of IL&FS’s Past Accounts(02.01.2019)

National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has allowed the government to reopen and recast the accounts of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd.....

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Calcutta High Court Stays Investigation Against BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya, Mukul Roy(17.11.2020)

Calcutta High Court has stayed the police investigation against Bharatiya Janta Party leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya, Mukul Roy and two others in connec.....

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SC: Cannot Grant Anticipatory Bail in NDPS Matters(08.07.2025)

Supreme Court while refusing to grant bail to an accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, has orally observed that anti.....

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Madras HC Stops Practice of Entertaining Cases Filling Till Late in Evening(06.01.2017)

Madras High Court has put a full stop to practice of entertaining filing of cases till late in evening on working days and listing them for hearing on.....

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Adjudicating Authority under IBC is not a 'Court of Law' and it does not decide money claim or 'Suit'(18.11.2019)

The Appellant/'Financial Creditor' had projected the Application under Section 7 of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ('I&B' Code,) read with Rul.....

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Delhi HC Asks Police to File Report on Inquiry on Confessional Statement of Jamia Millia Student(27.11.2020)

Delhi High Court has asked police to file a report on an internal vigilance inquiry conducted to probe allegations that a confessional statement of a .....

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SC: Lodging Juveniles in Adult Prisons is Deprivation of Their Personal Liberty(13.09.2022)

Supreme Court while holding that lodging juveniles in adult prisons amounted to deprivation of their personal liberty, has observed that once a child .....

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SC: High Court Can Cancel Bail After Sessions Court Dismisses Plea under Section 439(2) CrPC(23.09.2025)

Supreme Court held that a plea to cancel bail can be filed in the High Court by invoking its inherent powers under Section 439(2) read with Section 48.....

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Delhi HC: Denying Candidature of Physically Disabled Person Due to 'No Vacancy' Violates RPwD Act(29.10.2025)

Delhi High Court held that rejecting the candidature of a physically disabled individual on the ground of 'no vacancy' violates the Rights of Persons .....

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All. HC Grants Anticipatory Bail To Man Accused Of Inciting Public To Demolish Gyanvapi Mosque(23.01.2023)

Allahabad High Court has granted anticipatory bail (till submission of the police report, if any) to a man accused of inciting the public to demolish .....

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Delhi Court Rejects Anticipatory Bail Plea by Sushil Kumar Accused in Murder Case(19.05.2021)

Delhi Court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea moved by wrestler Sushil Kumar accused of murder; attempt to commit culpable homicide in connectio.....

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P&H HC: Failure to Prove Motive Not Fatal to Case of Prosecution(14.03.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that even though motive bears significance in cases of circumstantial evidences, however, failure to prove the .....

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Delhi High Court: Parents to Bear Cost of Air Conditioning Services in Schools(06.05.2024)

Delhi High Court has observed that the costs of air conditioning services provided to the children in the school have to be borne by the parents as it.....

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Guilt of Accused must be proved beyond all reasonable doubts(19.04.2017)

Instant appeal is against judgment passed by High Court, whereby High Court while allowing appeal of Respondent Nos. 1 & 2, set-aside judgment convict.....

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SC Extends Period of Limitation for Filing in All Courts/Tribunals(24.03.2020)

Supreme Court has directed the suspension of the limitation period running under all general and special laws, with effect from 15th March, 2020, in v.....

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Reserve Bank of India Eases Norms for No-Frills Accounts(11.06.2019)

Reserve Bank of India has eased the norms for the Basic Savings Bank Deposit (BSBD) accounts popularly known as no-frills accounts by allowing banks t.....

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Allahabad HC: Apprehension of Death on Account of Pandemic Valid Ground for Anticipatory Bail(12.05.2021)

Allahabad High Court has observed that apprehension of death on account of reasons like the present pandemic is a valid ground for grant of anticipato.....

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Central Government Proposes 39 Amendments in Finance Bill 2022(25.03.2022)

Central Government has proposed 39 amendments in the Finance Bill 2022, including clarification on taxation of virtual digital assets (VDAs) or crypto.....

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India Ratifies Two More ILO Pacts to End Child Labour(19.06.2017)

India has ratified International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) two conventions on child labour reaffirming its commitment for a child labour free India.

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Economic Survey: GDP Growth for 2019-20 At 7%, Oil Prices to Slow Down(04.07.2019)

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has tabled the Economic Survey in both Houses of Parliament. The Survey projected the GDP growth for 2019-20.....

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All. HC: Accused Charged Under Both SC/ST Act and POCSO Entitled to Take Recourse Under POCSO(17.10.2023)

Allahabad High Court has held that where an accused has been charged under the SC/ST Act and the POCSO Act, a Special Court under the POCSO Act, would.....

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Kerala HC Stays Trial against ADGP Ajithkumar in Disproportionate Assets Case(27.08.2025)

Kerala HC has stayed proceedings against ADGP M.R. Ajithkumar in a disproportionate assets case, noting procedural illegality in the Special Judge’s o.....

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SC Upholds P&H HC Order Directing GST Department to Re-Open Facility to File or Revise GST TRAN-1(03.03.2020)

Supreme Court of India has upheld the Punjab and Haryana High Court order directing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Department to re-open the facilit.....

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SC: Deposit Made Under Section 21(5) MMDRA for Illegal Mining Not "Proceeds Of Crime" Under PMLA(31.03.2021)

Supreme Court has expressed a prima facie view that deposit made under Section 21(5) of the Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation Act, 1957 (M.....

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Karnataka HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Directions to Produce Child Before Court(25.01.2022)

Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a father seeking directions to produce his 2 year old girl before the court, who is in safe cus.....

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SC Dismisses Bilkis Bano's Review Petition Against Judgment Allowing Remission of Convicts'(19.12.2022)

Supreme Court has dismissed review petition filed by Bilkis Bano seeking review of judgment which held that Gujarat Government had the jurisdiction to.....

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Delhi Court: Builder Are Liable to Compensate Buyer for Delay(10.02.2016)

A Delhi court has said that builders cannot demand hidden charges which are not part of their contract with buyers and are liable to pay compensation .....

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Uttarakhand High Court Suggests Death Sentence To Child Rapists(08.01.2018)

Uttarakhand High Court has suggested that the state government bring in a law which imposes death penalty for raping minors, so that it acts as a stro.....

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ITAT, Mumbai: Mobilisation Fees Not ‘Royalty’ Under India-Singapore Tax Treaty(18.11.2020)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai has held that the mobilisation fees received from the time charter of the vessel would not fall within de.....

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Punjab And Haryana High Court Grants Default Bail In 1.6 KG Drug Seizure Case(01.11.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted default bail in terms of Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 case to an accused, who was .....

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SC: Governor Can’t Veto Bills by Withholding Assent(24.11.2023)

Supreme Court while observing that Governor, as an unelected Head of the State, can’t use his powers to thwart the normal course of lawmaking by the S.....

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Supreme Court: Railway Accident Claims Aren’t Criminal Trials; No Need for Strict Proof(09.10.2025)

Supreme Court warned against a hypertechnical approach in claims under Section 124A of the Railways Act for accidents during train journeys. Once vali.....

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Delhi HC Orders Rs 3 Lakh Compensation to Boy Sexually Assaulted in School(25.07.2016)

Delhi HC has awarded Rs 3 lakh as compensation to a minor boy who was sexually assaulted in school by 3 senior students in 2013, observing that provis.....

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Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Appointment of CVC(02.07.2018)

Supreme Court has dismissed a plea challenging appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) K V Chaudhary and Vigilance Commissioner (VC) T M B.....

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Relaxations from certain provisions of the SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018 in respect of Rights Issue(21.04.2020)

1. In the wake of developments relating to the Covid-19 pandemic, a number of suggestions have been received by SEBI from industry bodies and market p.....

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Karnataka HC: Advocates Appearing in Cases Should Not Comment on Social Media(07.05.2021)

Karnataka High Court has said that the advocates and parties in person who are appearing in matters being heard before the Court should not comment on.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill for Collection of Prisoners' Biometrics(05.04.2022)

Lok Sabha has passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 which enables investigating officers to collect the biometric details of priso.....

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Ker. HC: Construction of Illegal Religious Structures Cannot be Permitted on Government Land(30.05.2024)

Ker HC has observed that construction of illegal religious structures cannot be permitted on government land as it will create religious disharmony. I.....

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Karnataka HC to Authorities: Provide Free Treatment for LSD Disorder(26.07.2016)

Karnataka HC has ordered State run Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bengaluru to treat free of cost those children who are affected by Lysosom.....

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Mob Lynching, Vigilantism Are Per Se Crimes: Supreme Court(04.07.2018)

Supreme Court has said that mob lynching is a crime no matter what the motive is and added that it is a law and order issue that is the responsibility.....

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SC Holds 3 Persons Guilty of Contempt of Court over 'Scurrilous & Scandalous' Allegations(28.04.2020)

Supreme Court has convicted three lawyers for contempt of court for making scurrilous allegations against two of its judges, observing that shutting i.....

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Gauhati HC Asks Assam Govt to Consider Caretakers of Juvenile Centre as Frontline Warriors(07.05.2021)

Gauhati High Court has asked the Assam Government to consider caretakers of Juvenile Centres as "frontline warriors" and thereby, vaccinate them for t.....

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SC Releases Death Row Convict After 28 Years in Detention(28.03.2023)

Supreme Court has released a death row convict after he has been in detention for over 28 years upon finding that even though he was a juvenile at the.....

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Circular Regarding Prioritizing Cases of Litigants/Advocates with Disability, Issued by Delhi HC(30.05.2024)

Del. HC has issued a circular that relates to priority hearing of cases of litigants/advocates with disability under Rights of Persons with Disability.....

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Bombay HC Raps Judiciary for Callous Approach in 2009 Pune Builder Murder Case(16.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has slammed callous approach of Judiciary and implementation of its orders by executive in a Pune builder murder case.

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Experience of 3 Years not Mandatory for Empanelment as Jail Visiting Advocate: Delhi HC(14.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has clarified that legal practitioners with less than three years experience at the bar can be empaneled as jail visiting advocates b.....

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SC Stays Order of NCDRC Lowering Compensation to Bereaved Family(17.12.2020)

Supreme Court has stayed an order of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), lowering the compensation granted to a bereaved fami.....

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Madras High Court Disposes Plea Against Traffic Congestion, Illegal Parking on Chennai's GST Road(22.12.2021)

Madras High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation on the issue of irregular parking before commercial establishments on the Grand Souther.....

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Delhi Court Denies Bail to Accused in Air India Mid-Air Urination Case(12.01.2023)

Delhi Court while denying bail to accused Shankar Mishra in case for urinating on an elderly woman on a New York-Delhi Air India flight in November la.....

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GST 'Rates, Rules Marathon' Ends, Sprint Begins for July 1 Roll Out of 'One Nation One Tax' Regime(05.06.2017)

Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has decided to impose GST tax rate of 3% on Gold, Silver and processed Diamonds.

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Madhya Pradesh HC: Application for Anticipatory Bail Maintainable After Accused Declared Absconder(14.05.2020)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that declaration of an accused as an "absconder" under Section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 does .....

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Union Railways Minister Presents Railway Budget in Parliament(25.02.2016)

Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu has presented his second Railway Budget in Parliament.

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Delhi HC Stays CIC Order Directing Tihar Authority, Govt to Compensate Convict(30.01.2017)

Delhi High Court has stayed order of Central Information Commission (CIC) directing Tihar Jail Authorities and Delhi Government to compensate a convic.....

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Bombay HC: Compulsory Workshops Must be Conducted to Make Officials Aware of Disabilities Act, 2016(14.11.2019)

Bombay High Court has ruled that the State Government must conduct training programmes and workshops in order to make State Officials aware of the Rig.....

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SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Inclusion of Govt Nominees in Trust to Build Mosque at Ayodhya(04.12.2020)

Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking for directions to the Central Government to create a trust consisting of government nominees belong to the .....

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Delhi HC: Sex Worker Entitled to All Rights But Cannot Claim Special Treatment if She Violates Law(08.08.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that although a sex worker is entitled to all rights available to a citizen, but at the same time, if she violates the law, .....

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Kerala High Court Seeks Action on Installation of Illegal Hoardings(27.01.2025)

Ker HC while directing the State to inform about actions it plans to take against Govt. Servants responsible for installing a massive hoarding despite.....

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Gujarat HC: Issuance of Illusory Pre-Show Cause Notice for Consultation Before Hearing is Arbitrary(27.07.2021)

Gujarat High Court while imposing the cost of Rs. 20,000 on Goods and Service Tax Department held that the Issuance of an illusory Pre-Show-Cause Noti.....

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Chhattisgarh HC Grants Bail to Person Accused of Fabrication of GST Portal And E-Way Bills(24.06.2022)

Chhattisgarh High Court has granted bail to a person allegedly committed the offense of fabrication of GST portal and e-way bills. The bail was grante.....

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SC: Can’t Issue Completion Certificate Unless Satisfied that Construction done as Per Permission(19.12.2024)

Supreme Court while issuing guidelines for curbing unauthorized constructions, has directed that building completion certificate cannot be issued unle.....

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ITAT: HUF Eligible for Capital Gain Exemption for Property Purchased in The Joint Name of Members(11.07.2022)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Delhi Bench has held that the Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) is eligible to claim capital gain exemption under Sec.....

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SC Expresses Disapproval of Delhi HC's Long Orders in Anticipatory Bail Applications(24.02.2025)

Supreme Court has expressed strong disapproval of Delhi High Court writing 30-40 pages while disposing of anticipatory bail application. The Court sta.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes 'Carriage by Air' Amendment Bill(08.03.2016)

'Carriage by Air (Amendment) Bill, 2015', has been passed by the Upper House with changes.

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Bombay High Court: Doctors Cannot be Held Responsible for Non-Availability of Medicine(11.06.2021)

Bombay High Court has observed that doctors could not be held responsible for failing to administer covid-19 drugs to patients if the medicines were u.....

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Madras High Court Grants Bail to Godman Siva Shankar Baba in POCSO Case(21.04.2022)

Madras High Court has granted bail to CN Siva Sankaran, self styled godman (commonly known as Siva Sankar Baba) accused under the Protection of Childr.....

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Court must consider nature and gravity of accusation, antecedent of accused, possibility of accused to flee from justice, while deciding anticipatory bail(05.06.2024)

The present application has been moved seeking anticipatory bail in Case registered under Sections - 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 406, 506, 120-B of India.....

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Pay Extraordinary Family Pension to Soldier’s Wife: Delhi HC(15.04.2019)

Delhi High Court has directed Centre to pay Extraordinary Family Pension to wife of a CRPF Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) who died in a road accident w.....

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Madras HC Restrains from Registration of Documents Related to Land in Vellanur Village(05.03.2021)

Madras High Court has restrained the Inspector General of Registration, District Registrar (Chennai - South) and Avadi Sub Registrar from registering .....

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Magistrate Directs Investigation Against Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna(07.01.2022)

Magistrate's Court at Pune has directed the police to investigate a private complaint filed against Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna, founder and di.....

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Bombay HC Makes E-Filing Mandatory for Criminal, Arbitration and Civil Contempt Cases(02.01.2023)

Bombay High Court has made e-filing of new criminal cases, arbitration petitions and civil contempt petitions mandatory from January 9, 2023. E-filing.....

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Supreme Court: Right to a Speedy Trial Cannot Override NDPS Act Bail Conditions(27.04.2026)

Supreme Court held that the right to a speedy trial under Article 21 does not override strict bail conditions under the NDPS Act, setting aside Punjab.....

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Delhi High Court to DGCA: Limit Flight Hours for Pilots(19.04.2018)

Delhi High Court has told the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) that no pilot should fly for over 125 hours, 30 days in a row.

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P&H HC Grants Bail to Man Accused of Offence Prima Facie Less Serious Than Co-Accused(19.01.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted bail to a man who was accused in an offence less serious than that of the co-accused who have been granted t.....

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Kar. HC: Insurance Company Not Exempted from Third Party Liability for Breach of Policy(07.12.2022)

Karnataka High Court has held that even if the court comes to the conclusion that there is a breach of any policy condition recognized under Section 1.....

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Enemy properties vested in the Custodian are not Union properties; Assessee is liable to pay property tax on it(22.02.2024)

Present Civil Appeal has been filed by the Lucknow Nagar Nigam ('Municipal Corporation') impugning the judgment of the High Court that has allowed the.....

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Del HC: Interim Maintenance Can’t be Denied Based on Unproven Allegations of Illicit Relationship(10.01.2024)

Delhi High Court held that a wife cannot be denied the benefit of interim maintenance under the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 merely on the basis of all.....

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Vicarious liability would be attracted only when the ingredients of Section 141(1) of the NI Act, are satisfied(10.10.2023)

Present Appeal is directed against the order passed by the High Court, as per the impugned order, the High Court declined to quash the complaint qua t.....

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Delhi HC: Violation of Mandatory Provisions for Seizure Need Not be Looked into in Bail Proceedings(13.09.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that effect of non-compliance of any mandatory provision under NDPS Act or any irregularity at time of making of seizure mem.....

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Bombay HC Denies Anticipatory Bail, Says Promise of 10-15% Monthly Profit Shows Dishonest Intent(22.09.2025)

Bombay High Court held that promising abnormally high guaranteed profits in intra-day trading shows prima facie dishonest intent, attracting criminal .....

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Delhi HC: Criminal Case Cannot Proceed Once Exonerated in Departmental or Vigilance Inquiry(28.10.2025)

Delhi High Court held that criminal prosecution cannot proceed when both departmental proceedings and a Vigilance inquiry have found the allegations a.....

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Punjab and Haryana High Court Summons Fazilka DC, Abohar SDM(08.09.2015)

Punjab and Haryana High Court while resuming hearing on contempt plea filed by Leader of Opposition and Abohar Congress legislator, has rapped Local B.....

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MP HC Restrains a Child Welfare Committee Member From Functioning(26.06.2017)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has restrained Arun Jain from functioning as member of Child Welfare Committee (CWC) Jabalpur till further orders.

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Madras HC Suggests Lyca Productions and Film Director, Shankar to Resolve Differences(23.04.2021)

Madras High Court has suggested that Lyca Productions and film director Shankar sit across the table and resolve their differences in completing the K.....

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Govt Proposes To Make Conversion Of Preference Shares To Equity Shares Tax Neutral(02.02.2017)

Government has proposed to provide tax neutrality to conversion of preference shares of a company into equity shares of that company by excluding such.....

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CRIMINAL - SC Gives Gujarat Govt. 2 Weeks to Finish Proceedings in Bilkis Bano's Case(30.03.2019)

Supreme Court has given two weeks to Gujarat Government to complete disciplinary proceedings against erring officials, including policemen, who were i.....

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Rajya Sabha Approves Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020(13.03.2020)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020. The Bill proposes amendments to the Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act.....

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AAAR, Tamil Nadu: INOX Cannot Utilise ITC of GST Restricted u/s 17 (5) (d)(19.01.2022)

Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR) Tamil Nadu while upholding the Authority of Advance Ruling’s Order has held that INOX cannot utilise Inpu.....

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SC: Punjab is a Border State, Easy to Destroy Youth by Illicit Liquor & Drugs(06.12.2022)

Supreme Court while observing the increasing issue of drugs in the State of Punjab has slammed the State government for its inaction regarding the iss.....

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Allahabad HC: Pension Can’t Be Withheld For Incident That Occurred Four Years Prior to Retirement(23.02.2024)

Allahabad High Court has held that no action can be taken under Regulation 351-A of the Civil Services Regulation against an employee for an incident .....

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BCI Notifies Mediation with Conciliation as Compulsory Subject for LLB Courses(17.08.2020)

Bar Council of India has notified that "Mediation with Conciliation" shall be a compulsory subject to be taught with effect from the Academic Session .....

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Civil Aviation Ministry Proposes New Rules to Regulate Drone Related Activities(19.07.2021)

Ministry of Civil Aviation has invited suggestions for Draft Drone Rules to regulate Drone Related Activities. These Rules, when notified, will repeal.....

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SC Sets Aside Bail Condition to Furnish Bank Guarantee(14.06.2023)

Supreme Court has set aside a bail condition imposed by High Court to furnish Bank Guarantee worth Rs. 2 Crore by the accused and modified the same by.....

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Supreme Court: In a Bail Application There Can't Be a Transfer of Investigation(24.10.2024)

Supreme Court has held that in a bail application there can't be a transfer of investigation to CBI. The direction is virtually to make de novo invest.....

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Bombay High Court: INC Cannot Grant Recognition to Institutes Imparting Nursing Training in a State(27.10.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that Indian Nursing Council (INC) has no authority to grant recognition to institutes imparting nursing training in a state.....

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Supreme Court Orders Road Work in Aravalis Stopped(26.08.2020)

Supreme Court has directed an immediate stay on the construction of a road , taking cognisance of construction going on in the ecologically sensitive .....

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Madras HC: Father Can’t Argue Case for Kids(22.06.2016)

Madras HC has denied permission to father of two children to file a writ petition in his name seeking a direction to revenue officials in Karur distri.....

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Karnataka High Court: Weak Financial Status 'No Ground' to Deny Child's Custody to Mother(01.05.2018)

Karnataka High Court has asserted that an ATM cannot be considered a substitute for a mother, and rejected weak financial status as a parameter to den.....

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Delhi High Court Seeks Response of HRD and Jamia Millia University on VC’s Appointment(28.01.2020)

Delhi High Court has sought the response of the Centre and Jamia Millia Islamia University on a plea challenging the appointment of the current Vice-C.....

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Supreme Court Denies Bail to Gogoi in Anti-CAA Protest Case(12.02.2021)

Supreme Court has refused to grant bail to activist Akhil Gogoi, who has been in jail since his arrest in December 2019 for his alleged role in violen.....

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Kerala HC Denies Bail to Sri Lankan Fishermen Apprehended on Suspicion of Involvement in Drug Cartel(29.09.2022)

Kerala High Court has denied bail to six Sri Lankan fishermen who had been apprehended by the Indian Coast Guard officials on suspicion that they are .....

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Calcutta HC: Award May Be Set Aside if Tribunal Rewrites Contract or Ignores Key Clauses(26.12.2025)

Calcutta High Court held that an arbitral tribunal cannot rewrite contractual terms or ignore determinative clauses on grounds of equity or fairness, .....

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Mere possession and recovery of currency notes from an Accused without proof of demand would not establish an offence(14.07.2017)

Appellant, heir of Mukhtiar Singh (since deceased) has carried this appeal to present Court against affirmation of his conviction under Sections 7 and.....

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Madras High Court Seeks State Govt to Explain Progress in Tackling Caste Killings(11.07.2019)

Madras High Court has directed the State Government to explain within ten days the steps taken to implement a Supreme Court order that dealt with meas.....

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Bombay HC Asks Maharashtra Govt to Examine in Alleged Illegal Distribution of Remdesivir(17.06.2021)

Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra Government to seriously examine the role of MLA Zeeshan Siddique and actor Sonu Sood regarding the alleged.....

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NCLAT: If Credit Facility Agreement is Unstamped, Petition U/S Section 7 is Maintainable(29.04.2022)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has observed that if a credit facility agreement is unstamped, then petition under Section 7 of the Insolvency.....

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SC: Rehabilitation of People Necessary before Evicting them for Development of Railway Station(25.07.2024)

Supreme Court while hearing an application on an order staying eviction of people who encroached upon railway property, has stated that authorities sh.....

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SC: Poverty of Accused is Not a Mitigating Factor While Awarding Punishment Under NDPS Act(07.04.2021)

Supreme Court has observed that merely because the accused is a poor man and/or a carrier and/or is a sole bread earner cannot be such mitigating circ.....

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Gau. HC Upholds Assam Government's Notification on Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary(27.03.2023)

Gauhati High Court while upholding notification issued by the Assam Government declaring Deepor Beel Area a Wildlife Sanctuary, has observed that pres.....

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Allahabad High Court Grants Bail to Chinmayanand in Shahjahanpur Sexual Abuse Case(04.02.2020)

Allahabad High Court has granted bail to former BJP Minister Swami Chinmayanand in the case of alleged sexual exploitation of a law student of his co.....

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Madras HC: Producer IS Copyright Owner In Film(17.11.2021)

In a copyright dispute, Madras HC observed that merely because the producer has given credit to the author for screenplay or dialogue, it would not am.....

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Cal. HC: Govt. Has Discretion to Decide Mode & Manner of Giving Reservation to PwD(01.12.2022)

Calcutta High Court has held that Section 32 of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 confers discretion upon Government to decide the mode an.....

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Tamil Nadu Govt Notifies Amendment to State Subordinate Police Officers’ Conduct Rules(18.02.2022)

Tamil Nadu Government has notified an amendment to the State's Subordinate Police Officers' Conduct Rules,1964 by the inclusion of Rule 24-C, prohibit.....

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Del. HC: In-Mall Marketing Campaigns Also Advertisements, HUL Restrained from Comparing Products(14.05.2024)

Del. HC has restrained Hindustan Unilever Ltd. from comparing its Ponds products with Nivea for advertising or marketing activity and observed that ac.....

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Gujarat High Court: Charge Muslims Who Wed Off Minor Girls(25.09.2015)

Gujarat HC has ruled that Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA) would prevail over Muslim Personal Law in cases where Muslims marry off their minor.....

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Govt: No Restriction on Cash Dealings of Above Rs 2 lakh for Credit Card Bill Payments(05.07.2017)

Revenue Department has said that restrictions on cash dealings of Rs 2 lakh or more will not apply to credit card bill payments, business corresponden.....

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MP HC: Failure to Produce Necessary Documents Will Lead to Cancellation of Registration(15.04.2021)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the failure to produce necessary documents will lead to cancellation of registration for supply of goods under.....

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GSTN Adds New Option of Search Tax Payer Details on GST Portal(04.02.2022)

Goods and Service Tax Networks (GSTN) has added the new Option of Search Tax Payer details in the GST Portal to allow search for Taxpayer details by e.....

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SC: No UAPA Offence for Attending Meetings of Unbanned Organisation(26.08.2025)

Supreme Court has held that if a person attends meeting with an organisation which is not banned as per the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.....

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Kerala HC: Judicial Officer Aged Above 58.5 Years Not Eligible for Elevation as HC Judge(03.03.2020)

Kerala High Court has held that for elevation to the Higher judiciary, a Judicial Officer should not be more than 58.5 years of age, as on the date of.....

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Delhi Court Grants Bail to One in Republic Day Violence(31.03.2021)

Delhi Court has granted bail to one Akashpreet Singh in connection with the violence that broke out during the tractor parade on Republic Day in relat.....

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SC Stays SAT Remark Against Adjudication Officer for Failure to Deliver Notice on Time(25.01.2022)

Supreme Court has stayed the Securities Appellate Tribunal's judicial dishonesty remark against an adjudication officer of the Securities and Exchange.....

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SC: Testimony of Hostile Witness Can be Considered to Convict Accused(16.12.2022)

Supreme Court Constitution bench while observing that witness turning hostile does not result in automatic rejection of evidence has held that there i.....

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Bombay HC Rejects Bilkis Bano’s Plea to Intervene in Appeal Filed by Convicts(16.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has rejected a plea filed by Gujarat riot rape survivor Bilkis Bano to intervene and be heard in an appeal filed by convicts and in .....

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E-Voting Facility Provided by Listed Entities(09.12.2020)

1. Under Regulation 44 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, listed entities .....

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Delhi HC: No Extension of Limitation Where Defendant Not Prevented from Filing Written Statement(20.12.2021)

Delhi High Court has observed that the Supreme Court's orders on extension of limitation will not be applicable in circumstances where the defendant w.....

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Bombay HC Orders Release of Ex- ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar in Loan Fraud Case(09.01.2023)

Bombay High Court has ordered the release of former ICICI bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar in a petition alleging illegal.....

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Bombay HC Allows Metro Rail to Cut 108 Mangrove Trees for BKC Station(14.06.2017)

Bombay High Court has permitted Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) to clear 108 mangroves to construct a station at Bandra-Kurla Complex (B.....

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Parliament Passes Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Bill, 2019(04.07.2019)

Parliament has passed Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Bill 2019. The Bill enables Universities or colleges to be con.....

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Finance Ministry Enables New E-Bill System to Enable Paperless Submission of Bills/Claims(03.03.2022)

Finance Ministry has enabled the new e-Bill system to enable paperless submission, end to end digital processing of bills with the objective of ease o.....

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SC Denies to Direct Government on Uniform Civil Code(07.12.2015)

Supreme Court has denied to direct Government to take a decision on having a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for all citizens across the country, stating tha.....

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NCLT Rejects Government’s Plea of 3-Month Moratorium for IL&FS(15.10.2018)

NCLT has rejected the plea of a three-month moratorium against any legal proceedings by any party against the stressed infrastructure financier and it.....

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Delhi HC Directs DSLSA to Conduct Training Workshop for Jail Superintendents(06.08.2020)

Delhi High Court has directed the Member Secretary of the Delhi State Legal Services Authority to conduct a training workshop for the Superintendents,.....

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Delhi HC: Registration of Family Arrangement Necessary Only If Terms Are Reduced Into Writing(02.05.2022)

Delhi High Court has observed that registration is not necessary where family arrangement is oral and that the same is essential only if the terms of .....

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Proceedings under Section 140(5) of Companies Act are maintainable even after the resignation of the auditors(03.05.2023)

In present appeals, common question of law pertaining to the interpretation of Section 140(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Investigation Report .....

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Madras HC Directs Centre Not to Reduce Allocation of Covid Vaccines to Tamil Nadu(14.05.2021)

Madras High Court has ordered that the Centre should not reduce the allocation of COVID-19 vaccines to Tamil Nadu just because the State government ha.....

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Gauhati HC: Non Compliance of Section 41A CrPC Would Entitle Accused to be Granted Bail(23.02.2023)

Gauhati High Court has held that if police does not comply with the provisions of Section 41A CrPC, the person arrested would be entitled to be releas.....

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Renewal of the Bilateral Swap Arrangement between Japan and India(28.02.2022)

Japan and India renewed the Bilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA) effective today (Feb. 28, 2022).

The Bank of Japan, acting as agent for the Min.....

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SC: Child Adopted After Death of Govt. Employee is Not Entitled to Family Pension(18.01.2023)

Supreme Court held that a child adopted by widow of a deceased government servant after his death can’t be included within the definition of ‘family’ .....

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Madras High Court grants bail to Subhiksha founder(16.10.2015)

Madras High Court granted bail to ‘Subhiksha’ founder R. Subramaniam, on the condition of fulfillment of a bail bond and sureties. The Court had previ.....

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NGT Directs Railways to Submit Action Plan on Cleanliness(05.10.2018)

NGT has directed the railways to submit an action plan for maintaining cleanliness on platforms and tracks and has asked the Comptroller and Auditor G.....

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#Major Changes Implementing From Today: New Health Insurance Rules to be Implemented(01.10.2020)

New health insurance rules to be introduced post-COVID-19 inclusion will make 17 permanent illnesses outside the cover.

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Gujarat HC: University Rules Prevails Over BCI Rules in Conducting Exams for LLB Admissions(27.06.2022)

Gujarat High Court has held that in terms of conduction of examination and results for admission to LLB course, the rules of a University would prevai.....

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SC: If Prima Facie Case Not Made Out, Bar of Section 18 of SC & ST Act Not Applicable(26.08.2024)

SC has held that if on a prima facie reading of materials referred to in complaint, ingredients necessary for constituting offence are not made out, t.....

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Delhi High Court: Fact of Being Elderly or Infirm Doesn’t Entitle Person to Pre-Arrest Bail(01.10.2024)

Delhi High Court has stated that in cases, where the accused is alleged to be directly involved in the incessant demands of dowry and harassment of th.....

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Bombay HC Rejects Bail Plea of Navi Mumbai’s Creche Owner(16.12.2016)

Bombay HC, while calling it unfortunate that State Government had failed to rein in untrained people running creches without abiding by rules and regu.....

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Delhi High Court Directs Centre, AAP Govt to Respond to Plea for New Landfill in Delhi(10.10.2019)

Delhi High Court has directed the Centre, the AAP Govt and the municipal corporations to reply to a Public Interest Litigation seeking creation of a n.....

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Delhi HC Refuses to Interfere with Single Judge's Order in Kailash Gahlot's Defamation Plea(07.09.2021)

Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with the single judge order which had declined to grant ex-parte injunction in a civil defamation suit filed.....

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Kerala HC: Vigilance Inquiry Against Contractor if Roads Damaged Within Six Months of Completion(20.07.2022)

Kerala High Court while holding Engineers and Contractors liable for bad roads, has held that if roads are damaged and potholes appear within six mont.....

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SC: Advocate’s Right to Appear for Party & to Practice is Coupled With Duty to Remain Present(20.03.2025)

SC has observed that right of an Advocate to appear for a party and to practice in the courts is coupled with the duty to remain present in the court .....

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Relaxation of additional fees and extension of last date of filing of Form CRA-4 under the Companies Act, 2013(04.12.2017)

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has received several representations about extension of the last date for filing of Form CRA-4 without additional fe.....

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MP HC: Disclosure of Details of Victim to Media is a Violation of Article 21(06.11.2020)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that production of victims and suspects before the media, as well as disclosure of personal information of the susp.....

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SC Dismisses Petition Challenging Rajasthan Law Permitting Registration of Child Marriages(30.08.2022)

Supreme Court on India has dismissed a petition challenging section 8 of the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2021, an.....

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SC: Language is a Medium for Exchange of Ideas Not Become a Cause of Division(17.04.2025)

SC has observed that Municipal Council is there to provide services to local community. If people residing within an area covered by Municipal Council.....

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Supreme Court: Crude Soybean Oil is Eligible for Customs Duty Exemption(16.05.2025)

Supreme Court has held that Crude Soybean Oil is eligible for customs duty as it is not an agricultural produce but a manufactured product which chang.....

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RBI invites Applications for authorising Bharat Bill Payment System Operating Units(20.10.2015)

Reserve Bank of India has invited applications for authorization from entities engaged in bill payments and wishing to operate as a ‘Bharat Bill Payme.....

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No Fundamental Right to Carry on Liquor Business: Chhattisgarh High Court(05.10.2018)

Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a citizen has no fundamental right to carry-on any trade or business in liquor, however once the State permits t.....

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Gauhati HC Issues Notice in Case Related to Drilling of Wells in Dibru-Saikhowa National Park(01.10.2020)

Gauhati High Court has issued notices to 14 authorities, including the Centre, Assam government and Oil India Limited, asking them to respond within t.....

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Kar. HC: Courts Duty Bound to Consider All Contentions Raised While Deciding Bail Applications(28.06.2022)

Karnataka High Court has held that courts are bound to take into consideration all the contentions raised by the parties while hearing a bail petition.....

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SC: Unfortunate that People are Not Getting Bail Even in Magistrate Triable Cases(28.08.2024)

Supreme Court while granting bail to an accused of forgery and cheating, has observed that it is very unfortunate that now people are not getting bail.....

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Launch of Phase-II of DBT in Fertilizer Subsidy(10.07.2019)

Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda launched the Phase-II of the Direct Benefit Transfer of Fertilizer Subsidy (DB.....

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SC Allows Filing of Writ Petition Against Environmental Clearance Granted to New Parliament Building(29.07.2020)

Supreme Court has allowed the filing of a Writ Petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, 1949 challenging the Environmental Clearance gr.....

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Delhi HC Refuses to Stop Circulation of Film Based on Life of Sushant Singh Rajput(08.07.2021)

Delhi High Court has refused to stop further circulation of a film purportedly based on the life of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput that was.....

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CBIC Allows Export of Goods from Bangladesh to India by Rail in Closed Containers(20.05.2022)

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has allowed the export of goods from Bangladesh to India by rail in closed containers. The carrier will be.....

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Definition of purchase price under Gujarat Value Added Tax Act, 2003 would not include value added tax(02.08.2024)

In present matter, the Respondent dealer calculated the taxable turnover of its purchases within the State of Gujarat by excluding the amount represen.....

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SC to Amity: Was Student Harassed?(06.09.2016)

SC, while observing that there was “an element of suspicion“ in suicide of Amity Law School (ALS) student Sushant Rohilla allegedly after being denied.....

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Recommendations of States in GST council(25.06.2019)

The 35th Meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council was held on 21.06.2019 in New Delhi.

All matters relating to Centre and the Sta.....

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Delhi High Court Slams Delhi Govt for its Order Giving 5-Star Covid Facility for Judges(28.04.2021)

Delhi High Court has confronted the Delhi Government for its recent order to use 100 rooms of Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi for setting up of COVID Health f.....

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Karnataka HC: Can’t Direct Husband With 75% Disability to Pay Maintenance to Wife(12.04.2024)

Karnataka High Court while setting aside an order of the execution court has held that a husband with 75% disability cannot be directed to pay mainten.....

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SC: Children of Invalid Marriages Have Right in Parent’s Share in Hindu Coparcenary Property(01.09.2023)

Supreme Court has held that children born out of void/voidable marriages are entitled to share in the property of their parents which would have been .....

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Bombay HC: Arbitration Clause Giving Unilateral Power Does Not Render the Agreement Invalid(25.04.2025)

Bombay High Court has observed that a clause in an arbitration agreement giving option to only one party to opt out of the agreement is not invalid pe.....

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Bombay HC Grants Bail to Mahesh Raut in Bhima Koregaon Case(21.09.2023)

Bombay High Court has granted bail to Mahesh Raut in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad larger conspiracy case.

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Chhattisgarh HC Issues Notification Barring Mobile Phones in Courtrooms(19.06.2025)

Chhattisgarh High Court has issued a notification barring litigants and parties from carrying mobile phones or any electronic devices inside the court.....

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NGT Stays Pune Metro Rail Project For Interim Period(03.01.2017)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued an interim stay on proposed portion of Pune Metro Rail Project route passing through Mula –Mutha river bed in.....

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TRAI releases Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability (Seventh Amendment) Regulations, 2018(13.12.2018)

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today issued Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability (Seventh Amendment) Regulations, 2018. <.....

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Order of moratorium in respect of the Lakshmi Vilas Bank Limited(17.11.2020)

1. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 45 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949), the Central Government, afte.....

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Allahabad HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Man Accused of Subjecting Minor to Forced Circumcision(09.09.2022)

Allahabad High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a man who has been accused of subjecting a 9-year-old boy to forced circumcision for religious c.....

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SC: BCI Has Power to Prescribe AIBE(10.02.2023)

Supreme Court Constitution Bench has upheld the power of the Bar Council of India (BCI) to require law graduates to qualify for the All-India Bar Exam.....

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SC Agrees to Hear Plea Challenging Passing of Aadhaar Bill As Money Bill(14.02.2017)

Supreme Court has agreed to hear in detail a challenge by Jairam Ramesh, MP, to passing of Aadhaar Bill as a Money Bill.

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Madhya Pradesh High Court Directs State to Pay Rs. 5 Lakhs to Man Detained Illegally(12.02.2020)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State Government to pay a compensation of Rs. 5 Lakhs for detaining an innocent man, in the pretext of deta.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020(17.03.2021)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020, in light of the need and demand for increased gestational limit an.....

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Calcutta HC: Benefit of Family Pension Cannot be Extended to Widowed Daughter(08.02.2022)

Calcutta High Court has observed that the benefit of family pension cannot be extended to a widowed daughter of a pensioner who was married at the tim.....

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Cal. HC: Accused Must Apply For Default Bail On Expiry Of Statutory Detention Period(23.01.2023)

Calcutta High Court has ruled that an accused under detention as per the NDPS Act cannot be released automatically on statutory bail on the expiry of .....

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GST Bill Rolls Out of Lok Sabha(09.08.2016)

The Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill for rollout of the Goods and Sevices Tax (GST) has passed by the Lok Sabha, with 443 members present in the H.....

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Shipping Bill (Electronic Integrated Declaration and Paperless Processing) Regulations, 2019(25.04.2019)

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157 read with section 50 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and in supersession of the Shipping Bill.....

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Bombay HC: Central Government to Take Responsibility for Provision of Faulty Ventilators(03.06.2021)

Bombay High Court has said the Central Government, which provided at least 133 of 150 'defective' ventilators to the Government Medical College and Ho.....

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Bar Council of India Extends Last Date of Registration for All India Bar Examination XVI(14.06.2021)

Bar Council of India (BCI) has decided to extend the last date of registration for the All India Bar Exam (AIBE) XVI till 15th July, 2021. The resched.....

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Del HC to CCI: Consider Start-Ups’ Applications Against Google’s New Payment Policy Before April 26(25.04.2023)

Delhi High Court has directed Competition Commission of India (CCI) to consider applications against Google’s new in-app user choice billing policy, m.....

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Gauhati HC: Providing SIM Card for Anti-National Activities Amounts to Providing Logistics Support(15.05.2023)

Gauhati High Court while denying bail to an accused under UAPA, has held that providing a SIM card to an “illegal Bangladeshi national for carrying ou.....

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Certificate required under Section 65B(4) of Evidence Act is a condition precedent to the admissibility of evidence by way of electronic record(14.07.2020)

Present Civil Appeals have been referred to a Bench of three honourable Judges of this Court by a Division Bench reference dealing with the interpreta.....

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Bom. HC: Benefits of Modern Technology Needs to be Made Available to The Commuters(26.04.2023)

Bombay High Court while observing that benefits of modern technology needs to be made available to the commuters in Mumbai, has directed MCGM to consi.....

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ITAT, Delhi Upholds Order Against Gandhi Family on Commercial Immovable Property(06.04.2022)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has upheld the case against the Gandhi family in relation with commercial immovable properties worth more than Rs.....

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Cal. HC: Award Passed by Unilaterally Appointed Arbitrator is Null(13.04.2023)

Calcutta High Court has observed that a unilaterally appointed award does not carry the privilege of existence in the eyes of the law and is regarded .....

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Appointment of DGP: Supreme Court Seeks A-G Help On J&K’s Plea(12.09.2018)

SC has sought the Attorney General’s assistance on a plea by the Jammu and Kashmir administration, seeking sanction for its decision to appoint Dilbag.....

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Madras High Court Restrains Patanjali from Using 'Coronil' Trademark(21.07.2020)

Madras High Court has restrained Patanjali Ayurveda from using the trademark 'Coronil'- the controversial drug that the company initially claimed to b.....

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Chhattisgarh HC Rejects Bail to Person Allegedly Involved in Fraudulent ITC(26.04.2022)

Chhattisgarh High Court has rejected the statutory bail application filed by persons, who is concerned in fraudulent Input Tax Credit.

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Kerala HC: Film Production Houses Have to Form Internal Complaints Committee Under POSH Act(17.03.2022)

Kerala High Court has observed that film production houses have the responsibility to form an Internal Complaints Committee as per the Sexual Harassme.....

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Amounts covered by security deposits under the agreements constitute financial debt(25.04.2024)

Present appeals take exception to judgments and orders passed by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). The issue involved is whether th.....

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Supreme Court: Detailed Appreciation of Evidence is Not Allowed at the Bail Stage(25.02.2026)

Supreme Court reiterated that courts must not undertake a detailed appreciation of evidence while deciding bail pleas, and set aside the Bombay High C.....

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Kerala High Court: SHO Cannot Order Surrender of Firearms over Phone Calls Before Elections(31.03.2026)

The court said that “Considering the FIR and other material placed on record which prima facie shows involvement of the applicant in the crime in ques.....

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Himachal HC Says Mobile Tower Emissions Are Not Harmful(03.12.2015)

Himachal HC has rejected all petitions filed against raising mobile communication towers anywhere in the state, stating that none of the international.....

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Supreme Court: Religion Not The Only Norm for Custody of Child(30.01.2018)

Supreme Court, while refusing to intervene with the custodial rights granted to a maternal grandmother of a 9-year-old girl whose father is facing the.....

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UK Court: Anil Ambani to Pay USD 100 Million in Conditional Order for Chinese Banks(10.02.2020)

UK Court has directed Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani to pay USD 100 million within six weeks towards a conditional order granted to three Chinese.....

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Defective passage plan requires a want of due diligence to make the vessel seaworthy(10.11.2021)

Present appeal concerns the scope of a shipowner’s obligation to exercise due diligence to make a vessel seaworthy. The seaworthiness obligation is fu.....

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RBI Cancels All T-Bill Auctions(25.02.2016)

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled Treasury Bill (T-Bill) auction aggregating Rs 14,000 crore in full.

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Delhi High Court Seeks DU Stand on Sunny Chillar's Plea Against Ankiv Baisoya Election(27.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has asked Delhi University to place on record its stand on NSUI student leader Sunny Chillar's plea challenging the election of ex-DU.....

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Delhi High Court Grants Bail to History Sheeter in Complaint Filed by Alleged Habitual Litigant(26.10.2020)

Delhi High Court has allowed the bail application of a history sheeter after it was alleged that the complaint against him was filed by a person who w.....

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SC: Object of Plea for Child's Custody is to Determine in Whose Custody Best Interest of Child Lies(18.07.2022)

Supreme Court has held that in petition seeking writ of habeas corpus in matter relating to custody of child, the Court exercises an inherent jurisdic.....

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Del. HC to Bar Council of Delhi: Notify Notification Withdrawing Mandate of Delhi-NCR Address(21.08.2023)

Delhi High Court has directed Bar Council of Delhi to notify the subsequent notification by which the earlier notification which made filing of Aadhar.....

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SC: Accused Creating Hindrance in Execution of Warrant Must Not be Granted Anticipatory Bail(10.04.2025)

SC has observed that if an accused is creating hindrances in execution of warrants and does not submit to the authority of law, he must not be granted.....

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Mad. HC: Law must be Potent Enough to Operate Against the People in Power(30.11.2023)

Madras High Court while dealing with a case relating to illegal quarrying has stated that the law must be potent enough to operate against the people .....

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Bombay HC Awards ?6 Lakh for Pothole Deaths, Urges Accountability for Civic Bodies(14.10.2025)

Bombay High Court ruled that contractors and civic authorities will be held liable for deaths caused by potholes or bad roads and must pay compensatio.....

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NHAI Clears Contractors’ Bills Worth Rs 25,000 Crore(01.04.2020)

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has cleared bills worth Rs. 25,000 Crore owed to contractors in March, 2020, expediting the process after .....

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Madras HC Disposes of PIL Challenging Levy of Fees for Unutilized Facilities in 2020-21(02.03.2021)

Madras High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation filed by over 90 students of the School of Excellence in Law, affiliated to the Tamil N.....

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MP HC to SC: Won’t Enforce Condition of 70% Marks in LLB and 3 Years Practice for CJ Exam 2023(18.12.2023)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has informed the Supreme Court that it won’t enforce the condition of 3 years of practice or 70% LLB marks for Civil Judge (.....

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Madras HC: All State Departments Must Address Representations by Persons with Disabilities Promptly(11.12.2025)

Madras High Court directed the Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu to issue a circular instructing all state government departments to ensure that represent.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019(27.11.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019. The Bill on protection of rights of transgenders was passed after a .....

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Allahabad HC Dismisses Paternal Grandparent's Habeas Corpus Plea Seeking Child's Custody(25.10.2021)

Allahabad High Court has dismissed the habeas corpus petition of paternal grandparents, seeking the custody of a minor girl child aged about 3 years, .....

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Kar. HC: Unregistered Family Settlement Admissible Only If Confirmed With Approval of All Members(15.09.2022)

Karnataka High Court has held that family settlement arrived at between parties to share immovable properties has to be among all family members who a.....

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Ker. HC Grants Bail to Youth Accused of Intimidating Minor, Noting Probe Completion despite Past Case(23.09.2025)

Kerala HC granted bail to a man accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, and SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 198.....

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Allahabad HC: Juvenile Conviction Cannot be Treated as Disqualification for Government Jobs(31.10.2025)

Allahabad High Court held that a juvenile’s conviction under the Juvenile Justice Act, relying on Section 19 of the 2000 Act and Section 24 of the 201.....

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SC Rejects Bail Plea of Rape Accused Raj Ballabh Yadav(24.11.2016)

Supreme Court has cancelled bail granted by Patna High Court to suspended RJD MLA Rajballabh Yadav who is facing trial for allegedly raping a minor gi.....

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Honeypreet Played a Key Role in Panchkula Violence After Dera Chief's Conviction, Says Chargesheet(29.11.2017)

Honeypreet Played a Key Role in Panchkula Violence After Dera Chief's Conviction, Says Chargesheet

Tags : The chargesheet, accessed by CNN-News18, says Honeypreet played a major role before and during the riots that occurred in the aftermath of the verdict by a special CBI court in Panchkula on August 25, killing over 40 people.



Calcutta High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to Former Top Cop Rajeev Kumar in Saradha Scam Case(01.10.2019)

Calcutta High Court has granted anticipatory bail to the former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar in the Saradha ponzi scam case. The Court ask.....

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SC Dismisses Special Leave Petition Filed by NLSIU Against Order of Karnataka High Court(26.08.2021)

Supreme Court has dismissed the special leave petition filed by the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) against an order of the Karnataka .....

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Tel. HC: Elders in the House Can’t Decide Custody of Child(25.09.2023)

Telangana High Court while observing that in custody matters, welfare of the minor child is the paramount consideration, has held that elders cannot d.....

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Cal. HC: No Benefit to Appointees Once Issue of Illegal Appointment has been Conclusively Decided(23.06.2025)

Cal. HC has observed that once the highest Court of the land has decided the issue of illegal appointment conclusively and opined that the appointment.....

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Government Notifies Setting Up of Indian Skill Development Services(05.01.2017)

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has issued notice on setting up of Indian Skill Development Services (ISDS) for Training Dir.....

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Madras High Court Slams Tamil Nadu Govt for Failing to Check Illegal Mining(18.12.2018)

Madras High Court has pulled up Tamil Nadu Government for failing to curb illegal mining in the state and observed that mines and minerals are assets .....

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SC: Default Bail Granted Erroneously Can Be Cancelled by High Court u/s 439(2) CrPC(23.11.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that a 'default bail' illegally or erroneously granted under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.PC).....

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SC: Accused's Offer of Payment of Ad Interim Compensation to Victim Not Ground For Granting Bail(12.09.2022)

Supreme Court while setting aside order passed by Jharkhand High Court granting bail to an accused, has held that the offer of payment of ad interim .....

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Bombay HC: Court Cannot Undertake Independent Assessment of Arbitral Award U/S 37 of A&C Act(04.12.2023)

Bombay HC has held that under Section 37 of Arbitration & Conciliation Act, the challenge must be related to the impugned order passed under Section 3.....

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Allahabad High Court : Deceased Farmer’s Odd Jobs Don’t Bar Family from Scheme Benefits(17.10.2025)

Allahabad High Court recently held that a farmer’s engagement in odd jobs at the time of his death cannot, by itself, disqualify his family from recei.....

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Supreme Court to Punjab: Reconsider Incentive to be Given to Rural Medical Officers(29.05.2017)

Supreme Court has directed Punjab Government to reconsider incentive to be given to Rural Medical Officers afresh by keeping in mind objective with wh.....

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Jharkhand HC Seeks Detailed Report on Availability of PPE for Health Workers(06.04.2020)

Jharkhand High Court has sought a detailed report from the State Government regarding the steps being taken to ensure the availability of medical equi.....

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Delhi Court Grants Bail to Sharjeel Imam in 2019 Sedition Case(30.09.2022)

Delhi Court has granted bail to former JNU student Sharjeel Imam in a sedition case which accuses him of delivering a ‘provocative speech’ that allege.....

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Delhi HC: Child Care Leave Not Absolute but Cannot Be Denied Arbitrarily(13.11.2025)

Delhi High Court observed that child care leave for women government employees is not an automatic entitlement, but authorities cannot deny it arbitra.....

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RailYatri's Operations Unauthorized: Delhi HC(08.04.2019)

Delhi High Court has dismissed writ petitions filed by Stelling Technologies, which owns and manages the online portal 'railyatri.in' providing servic.....

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Bombay HC Sets Aside Notifications Reserving Wards in Goa Municipal Councils(03.03.2021)

Bombay High Court has quashed reservations made in Municipal Councils of Sanguem, Mormugao, Mapusa, Margao and Quepem in Goa. The Court has directed t.....

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Gujarat High Court Suggests Parents to Approach Govt Receiving Centres For RTE Admissions(21.04.2017)

Gujarat High Court has said that if parents find difficulty in securing admission for children in class I under Right of Children to Free and Compulso.....

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Patna HC Imposes Bail Condition to Do Voluntary Service for Covid-19 Control(23.03.2020)

Patna High Court has directed a man accused in a murder case, while granting bail, to render service as a volunteer for three months from the date of .....

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Madras HC Directs Govt to Apprise it of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Mechanisms(09.04.2021)

Madras High Court has directed the State government to apprise it of the structure of vigilance and anti-corruption mechanism set up in the State, the.....

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RBI announces rate of interest on Government of India Floating Rate Bond 2033(21.03.2023)

The rate of interest on Government of India Floating Rate Bond 2033 (GOI FRB 2033) applicable for the half year March 22, 2023 to September 21, 2023 s.....

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SC Sets Aside Kerala HC’s Order Granting Pre-Arrest Bail to Accused in ISRO Espionage Case(02.12.2022)

Supreme Court has set aside orders passed by Kerala High Court in 2021 granting anticipatory bail of five former police and intelligence bureau offici.....

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Bombay HC Refuses to Interfere in Departmental Inquiry Ordered Against Civil Judge(31.05.2018)

Bombay High Court has dismissed a couple of petitions challenging an order of the Registrar General of the High Court wherein a departmental inquiry w.....

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Karnataka HC Urges State to Provide Food Packets to Daily Wage Employees Affected Due to Coronavirus(24.03.2020)

Karnataka High Court has urged the State Government to provide food packets to daily wage employees who may be deprived of earnings due to the spread .....

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Delhi HC: While Seeking Review of Orders Passed in Civil Suit, Grounds of Order XLVII to be Satisfied(18.02.2022)

Delhi High Court has observed that while seeking review of orders passed in a civil suit, the grounds mentioned in Order XLVII Rule 1 of the Code of C.....

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NCDRC Cautioned by Supreme Court: Hierarchy of Judiciary Must Be Respected(15.05.2024)

SC has closed contempt proceedings against two members of NCDRC who ignored order of Supreme Court while issuing non-bailable warrants and observed th.....

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BCI Suspends Licence of 15 Lawyers(25.09.2015)

Bar Council of India (BCI) has suspended licences of 15 advocates with “mob mentality“ who created a ruckus in Madras High Court last week and barred .....

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Allahabad High Court Stays Construction of Hotel by Akhilesh Yadav(20.08.2018)

Allahabad High Court has stayed the proposal of former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav to construct a heritage hotel at Vikramaditya Marg, a high securi.....

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Karnataka HC Issues Notice Questioning Legality of Nominating People to State Board for Wildlife(16.04.2021)

Karnataka High Court has issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation questioning the legality of nominating nine people, including the son of an MLA.....

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Parliament Passes Benami Transactions Bill and Institutes of Technology Bill(03.08.2016)

Parliament has passed the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2016 and the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

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Supreme Court: Can Bar Assn Prohibit Advocate From Representing An Individual?(18.06.2018)

Supreme Court has issued a notice to the State of Madhya Pradesh and the Bar Council of India on a petition filed by a man against the Jabalpur Distri.....

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SC: Women at Advance Stage of Pregnancy, Top Priority While Effectuating Cross-Border Evacuation(11.05.2020)

Supreme Court has dismissed a plea who sought for deployment of military forces in each State for proper implementation of the national lockdown in wa.....

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BCI: End-Term Examination Mandatory in All Law Schools or Universities(10.06.2021)

Bar Council of India has notified its decision that an end-term examination is mandatory to be conducted by all Law Schools or Universities, and the U.....

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Madras High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail to IIT-M Professors in PhD Scholar Sexual Harassment Case(21.04.2022)

Madras High Court has granted Anticipatory Bail to two professors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) in relation with a case for se.....

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Relaxation in submission of 'Bill of Export' as evidence of export obligation discharge for supplies made to SEZ units in case of Advance Authorisation(03.06.2024)

1. Para 4.21 (iv) of FTP specifies that the authorisation holder needs to file Bill of Export for export to SEZ unit/developer/co-developer in accorda.....

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Delhi High Court Stays Rs. 462 Crore Demand by Anti-Profiteering Body from HUL(17.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has stayed the demand of ?462 crore, made on Hindustan Unilever (HUL) by the National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA).

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CCI to Investigate Odisha State Civil Supplies Corp for Anti-Competitive Practices(21.11.2019)

Competition Commission of India has ordered a detailed investigation against Odisha State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd for alleged unfair business w.....

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Bombay HC Refuses Bail to Man Who Assured Favourable Court Decision For Release on Bail(29.09.2021)

Bombay High Court has refused bail to a man accused of cheating a woman by guaranteeing a favourable court decision for her son's release on bail, obs.....

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SC: Plaintiff Must Prove Sale/Advertisement Expenses to Establish Goodwill in Passing Off Suit(18.09.2023)

Supreme Court has held that in a suit for passing off, plaintiff must prove the figures of sales and expenditure incurred on the advertising and promo.....

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Chhattisgarh HC: Suo Motu Cognizance Taken of on-Functioning of State Bar Council(07.02.2025)

Chhattisgarh High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of non-functioning of State Bar Council of Chhattisgarh since 2021. The Court has noted that var.....

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Guj. HC: Forcing Children Aged Below 3 Yrs to Attend Pre-School is an Illegal Act on Part of Parents(05.09.2023)

Gujarat High Court has held that forcing children to go to a pre-school below the age of 3 years is an 'illegal act' on the part of the parents.

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All. HC: There Must be Insistence on Part of Insurance Companies for Disclosure of Specific Details(01.05.2025)

Allahabad High Court has held that insurance companies must insist upon filling specific details in the form for issuing insurance policy. Once policy.....

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Himachal Pradesh HC Seeks Response on Availability of Covid Facilities in State(26.07.2021)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has sought response of the State Government on the availability of Covid 19 facilities in the State with regards to the am.....

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Kerala HC: Court Can Strike Off Defence for Willful Non-Compliance of Order for Interim Maintenance(21.06.2022)

Kerala High Court has held that Court can strike off the defence of the defaulter if they willfully refuse to comply with its order directing payment .....

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Kar. HC: Family Courts Must Decide Divorce Cases Within One Year(27.07.2023)

Karnataka High Court while observing that matrimonial causes should be tried & disposed off on a war footing, at least as a concession to the shortnes.....

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Bombay High Court Upholds Merger of Rs 5,600 Crore-Scam Hit NSEL & Parent FTIL(05.12.2017)

Bombay High Court has upheld the government's order directing the merger of the erstwhile Financial Technologies (India) Ltd (FTIL) and its subsidiary.....

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Delhi HC Imposes Cost on Jail-Superintendent for Not Sending Asthma Patient's Medical Report(15.10.2020)

Delhi High Court has imposed a cost of Rs. 5,000/- to be recovered from the salary of the Jail Superintendent concerned who failed to send asthma pati.....

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Finance Ministry Extends Due Date for Filing of Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for FY 2020-2021(10.09.2021)

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the due date of filing of income-tax returns and various reports of audit for the Assessment Year 20.....

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Delhi High Court: Fill Vacancies in NCPCR in 90 Days(20.02.2018)

Delhi High Court, while taking serious note of the inaction of Centre in filling up vacancies in the National Commission for Protection of Child Right.....

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Rajasthan High Court Grants Bail to Chartered Accountant Accused of Wrongly Availing ITC(13.02.2020)

Rajasthan High Court has granted bail to Paridhi Jain, a Chartered Accountant accused of wrongfully availing the Income Tax Credit (ITC).

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Gauhati HC Allows Tea Estate Owners to Decide on Daily Wages of Plantation Workers(18.03.2021)

Gauhati High Court has allowed tea estate owners in Assam to decide if they want to follow the State government’s order on increasing the daily wages .....

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Supreme Court Grants Bail to Handicapped Accused Who Was Undetrial for 4 Years(09.02.2022)

Supreme Court has granted bail to an accused charged under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and Maharashtra Control of Organised C.....

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Delhi HC Grants Bail to POCSO Accused After Victim Offers to Stand as Surety for Him(30.01.2023)

Delhi High Court has granted bail to a 20 year old in a POCSO case after victim, the wife of accused, told the court that they were in a consensual re.....

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Supreme Court: Concept of 'Parental Alienation Syndrome' Discussed in Child Custody Dispute(09.05.2024)

SC has stated that Courts ought not to prematurely and without identification of individual instances of 'alienating behaviour', label any parent as a.....

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Madras HC Directs TACTV to Select Control Room Operators Through Transparent Process(16.11.2016)

Madras High Court has give time till November 21 for Tamil Nadu Cable TV Corporation (TACTV) to come out with a concrete proposal for selecting Distri.....

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Parents are Obligated to Spend on Education of Their Children: Bombay HC(14.01.2019)

Bombay High Court has observed that parents are obligated to spend money on their children's education and that such monetary transactions shouldn't b.....

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Meghalaya HC: Granting Bail on Humanitarian Grounds Not Legally Tenable(14.12.2021)

Meghalaya High Court has observed that granting of bail on humanitarian grounds is not legally tenable while setting aside the bail granted to an accu.....

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Madras HC Directs Railway Officials to File Detailed Report to Prevent Elephant Deaths(23.12.2021)

Madras High Court has directed the railway officials to file a detailed report by January 7 listing out the steps they propose to take to prevent elep.....

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Del. HC: Appln. U/S 34 A&C Act Doesn’t Cease to be Only Because Procedural Requirements Not Complied(13.01.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that an application to set aside an arbitral award under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) .....

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Patna HC to Government: Shut 49 Brick Kilns for Failure to Shift to Cleaner Technology(07.02.2023)

Patna High Court has directed the government to shut 49 brick kilns that failed to shift to cleaner technology and produce fly ash bricks, despite a c.....

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BCI Allows Registration of Foreign Lawyers/Law Firms in India(15.03.2023)

Bar Council of India has notified the Bar Council of India Rules for Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 20.....

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Kerala HC Directs Government to Issue Directions to Deal with Pleas for Raising Buildings(06.04.2021)

Kerala High Court has directed the government to issue directives to local bodies on the procedure to deal with applications seeking permission to rai.....

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All. HC Cancels Bail Granted to Advocate Accused of Sending Obnoxious Messages to Lady Judge(22.03.2023)

Allahabad High Court has canceled bail granted by a local court to advocate who has been accused of sending obnoxious messages to a lady judge, and st.....

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Gujarat HC Notices CBFC, Filmmaker, Centre(23.09.2016)

Gujarat HC has issued notices to Central Government, Central Board of Film Certification and Director of Parched, Leena Yadav, on a PIL seeking ban on.....

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Karnataka High Court Asks State Government to Submit Report on Prison Facilities(20.06.2019)

Karnataka High Court has asked the State Govt to submit a comprehensive report on the facilities provided to the prisoners in jails across the State b.....

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Consider Allotting Two Plots to House Displaced People: Bombay High Court(27.03.2018)

Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra government to consider allotting two plots in suburbs, originally reserved for a cancer hospital and a pub.....

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Delhi Court Directs Tihar Jail Authorities to Give Urgent Medical Treatment to Bhim Army Chief(09.01.2020)

Delhi Court has passed an interim direction to the Tihar Jail Authorities to provide urgent medical treatment, if required, to Bhim Army Chief, Chandr.....

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Kar. HC Grants Bail To Drama Artist Accused Of Throwing Acid On Co-Artist To Eliminate Competition(14.10.2022)

Karnataka High Court While allowing the petition, has granted bail to a woman who allegedly, with a view to take revenge and spoil another woman co-ar.....

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Bar Council of India Issues Notice for Advocates Regarding Declaration of Existence in Profession(17.01.2024)

BCI issued notice regarding Advocates Declaration of Existence in Profession under BCI Certificate and Place of Practise (Verification) Rules, 2015. T.....

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Calcutta High Court Dismisses Madan Mitra’s Bail Application(07.08.2015)

Calcutta High Court has rejected the bail application of State Transport Minister Madan Mitra, an accused in Saradha scam case.

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Bombay HC Upholds FTII Decision Refusing Admission to Colour Blind to Film Editing Course(08.03.2017)

Bombay High Court has upheld decision of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) not to grant a colour blind candidate admission to film editing.....

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CIVIL - SC Issues Directions Regarding Rehabilitation of Cured Mental Patients(05.03.2019)

Supreme Court has issued some directives for rehabilitation of those who are cured of mental illness but still languishing in asylums due to unwilling.....

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MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION - Delhi HC Sets Aside TRAI Rule on MNP Charges(11.03.2019)

Delhi High Court has set aside Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) decision to lower the fees for Mobile Number Portability (MNP) from Rs 1.....

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SC: Complaint Filed Under Section 138 NI Act Filed on Behalf of Company Not Liable to be Dismissed(11.11.2021)

Supreme Court has held that a complaint filed on behalf of a company under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 is not liable to be dis.....

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Ker HC: Accused not Entitled to Bail u/s 37 NDPS Act if Trial Doesn’t Start Within a Specific Period(11.01.2024)

Kerala High Court has held that S.37 of NDPS Act doesn’t lay down any stipulation that accused in entitled to be released on bail if trial doesn’t com.....

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SC Refuses to Interfere with Bail Granted to Chinmayanand in Sexual Exploitation Case(03.03.2020)

Supreme Court has dismissed the Special Leave Petition filed by Shajahanpur law student challenging the order passed by Allahabad High Court which gra.....

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Punjab & Haryana High Court : U-Turn by Prosecutrix Before Court not Enough to Grant Bail to Accused(31.03.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court while hearing the bail plea of a rape accused, has held that "U-turn" by the prosecutrix before the trial Court is not .....

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Madhya Pradesh HC Orders Inquiry Against SHO for Failure to Produce Case Diary(25.01.2022)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered enquiry against a Station House Officer (SHO) for not producing case diary in a case despite being repeatedly or.....

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MP HC Advises Trial Courts Not to Issue Non-Bailable Warrant at First Instance(18.08.2017)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has advised Trial Courts not to exercise its power to issue non-bailable warrant in a routine and mechanical manner and in t.....

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Calcutta High Court Allows Bail to Lifer in Jail for 20 Years(01.08.2019)

Calcutta High Court has granted bail to a lifer who had been in jail for the past 20 years for allegedly shooting at a jewellery trader, snatching his.....

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Karnataka HC Directs to Ensure Submission of Proposal for Video Conferencing Facilities(14.07.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to ensure that the State Revenue Department submits a proposal to the Finance department under .....

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Delhi HC: Film Titles Can be Registered Under Trademark Law(27.05.2022)

Delhi High Court while rejecting a contention that titles of films cannot be registered under Trademark Law, has held that the word 'SHOLAY' being the.....

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To claim a refund of the fuel and RAF levy, a licensed distributor of fuel must obtain the fuel directly from stocks of a licensed warehouse (not a depot)(06.08.2024)

The Appellant is a licensed distributor of fuel (LDF). In March 2017, it submitted the refund related to 25 consignments of diesel exported to Lesotho.....

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Monitoring of availability of cash in ATMs(10.08.2021)

1. The Reserve Bank of India has a mandate to issue banknotes and the banks are fulfilling this mandate by dispensing banknotes to the public through .....

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Delhi HC Expresses Concern Over Trial Courts Accepting Bail Applications Despite Pendency Before HC(06.07.2022)

Delhi High Court while referring it as ‘Disturbing Trend’, has expressed concern over the practice of Trial Courts in entertaining the bail applicatio.....

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All. HC: Can’t Refuse Anticipatory Bail Merely Over Non-Payment of Money Under a Contract(03.08.2023)

Allahabad High Court while observing that it is becoming a general practice to set criminal law into motion for putting pressure on parties to commerc.....

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Bom HC Grants Relief to Karan Johar by Refusing Release of 'Shaadi Ke Director Karan Aur Johar' Film(10.03.2025)

Bombay High Court has granted relief to film-maker and producer Karan Johar by refusing to lift stay on the release of a film "Shaadi Ke Director Kara.....

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Delhi High Court: Minutes of Full House Meetings of Bar Council Cannot Be Disclosed(16.02.2017)

Delhi High Court has held that minutes of Full House Meetings of Bar Council cannot be disclosed and put in public domain or on Council’s website.

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CIVIL - SC Stays Haryana Government’s Move to Permit Construction in Aravali Zone(05.03.2019)

Supreme Court has stayed Haryana Government's decision of amending Punjab Land Preservation Act (LPA) which allows construction in sections of ecologi.....

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SC: Section 12(5) Of Arbitration & Conciliation Act is Mandatory & Non- Derogable Provision(22.01.2021)

Supreme Court has observed that the Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 read with the Seventh Schedule, which deals with ineli.....

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Centre Tells SC: No direction Can be Issued to Parliament to Frame UCC(19.10.2022)

Law Ministry has told the Supreme Court that the court cannot direct Parliament to frame or enact any law, as it sought dismissal of Public Interest L.....

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SC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Quashing of Condition for Eligibility of Civil Judge Exam(30.12.2020)

Supreme Court has issued notice in a plea which seeks to quash the pre-requisite condition of three years of practice as an Advocate to be eligible fo.....

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Allahabad High Court Grants Bail to Sharjeel Imam in Sedition Case Filed Over His Speech at AMU(29.11.2021)

Allahabad High Court has granted bail to Sharjeel Imam in a sedition case registered against him in Aligarh for allegedly delivering an anti-national .....

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Bombay HC Passes Urgent Interim Order in Favour of Hindustan Unilever Limited(12.01.2021)

Bombay High Court has passed urgent interim orders in favour of Hindustan Unilever Limited against “disparaging” advertising by another soap manufactu.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2020(02.12.2021)

Lok Sabha has passed the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2020 that proposes the establishment of a national registry and registrat.....

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SC to HCs’: Application for Bail Arising Out of Same FIR Should be Listed Before Same Bench(19.12.2023)

Supreme Court has directed all High Courts to list bail applications arising out of the same FIR before the same bench to avoid conflicting decisions,.....

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Bombay High Court Directs State to Fill Vacancies in Child Welfare Institutions Within Three Months(19.02.2024)

Bombay High Court while warning that neglecting to safeguard the rights and well being of children can lead up to cycles of abuse and also affect educ.....

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Allahabad High Court Cancels Appointment of UPPSC Chief(15.10.2015)

Allahabad High Court has set aside appointment of Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) chairman Dr Anil Yadav, while declaring it “ultra vi.....

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Dhatri Hair Care Oil and Massage Oil are Ayurvedic Medicines: CESTAT(19.07.2018)

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that “Dhatri Brand Hair Care Herbal Oil” and “Dhatri Brand Massage Oil” are ayurvedic.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice to Government, Facebook, Google, Twitter for Security of Children(20.05.2020)

Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Centre, Facebook, Google and Twitter on a plea seeking removal of groups like ‘Bois Locker Room’ to protect.....

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CCI Nods for Investment by FIL Capital(22.01.2016)

Competition Commission of India (CCI) has granted approval to proposed investment by FIL Capital Investments (Mauritius) II Limited in Cipla Health Li.....

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Madhya Pradesh HC Serves Notice to State Govt After PIL Challenges Constitution of Wildlife Board(27.08.2019)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notice to the State Government over alleged breach of norms in the constitution of State Wildlife Board while res.....

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SC Dismisses Plea to Allow Warkaris to Perform Pilgrimage to Temple in Pandharpur(19.07.2021)

Supreme Court has dismissed the petition seeking directions to State of Maharashtra to grant permission to Warkaris of Sant Namdev Maharaj Sansthan an.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Juvenile Justice (Amendment) Bill, 2021(29.07.2021)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2021, to "strengthen the child protection setup under th.....

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Raj HC to State: Provide Details of Curriculum & Management of Madrasas(18.07.2023)

Rajasthan High Court while hearing a PIL to declare the enactment of Rajasthan Madarsa Board Act, 2020, as unconstitutional, has directed State Govern.....

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SC: Unless Execution of Will Proved as Per Evidence Act, Its Mere Registration Will Not Make it Valid(06.01.2025)

Supreme Court has restated that unless execution of will is not proved as per the requirements of Section 63 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 and Se.....

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Calcutta HC: Husband and Wife Collectively Responsible for Creating Congenial Atmosphere(27.03.2024)

Calcutta High Court while disallowing an application for dissolution of marriage, has held that in a marriage it is the collective responsibility of b.....

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SC: Domicile Reservation Should Not Become ‘Wholesale Reservation’(01.05.2023)

Supreme Court has held that while reservation in favour of residents is permissible, yet reservation to extent of 75% of total seats makes it a wholes.....

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Mad HC: Inspection of Rehabilitation Centres Necessary to Safeguard Public Interest(21.04.2023)

Madras High Court while observing that rehabilitation/de-addiction centres can’t be run by any individuals without obtaining a proper permission and l.....

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SC Questions Logic Of Separating Families Of ‘Foreigners’ Detained In Assam Jails(14.09.2018)

Supreme Court has questioned the logic of separating family members of the declared foreign nationals in detention centres.

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NGT Questions Environment Ministry on Drilling of Seven Oil Wells in Eastern Assam(23.07.2020)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Environment Ministry, Oil India Limited (OIL) and two other entities to explain how the proposed drilli.....

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Kerala HC: Land Used For Cultivating Long Duration Crops Not Ecologically Fragile(28.04.2022)

Kerala High Court has ruled that the land primarily used for the cultivation of crops of long duration can’t be stated as ecologically fragile land un.....

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#Union Budget 2022-2023: Acceleration of Corporate Exit and Launch of E-Bill System(01.02.2022)

Finance Minister has said that accelerated corporate exit will be facilitated by reducing it from 2 years to 6 months. E-bill system will be launched .....

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Utt. UCC Bill: Mandatory to Register Live-In Relationship Within 1 Month Of Entering Into It(07.02.2024)

Uttarakhand's Uniform Civil Code Bill (UCC Bill) tabled during the special session proposed the mandatory registration of live-in relationships within.....

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Bom HC: Civil Court Can Invoke Sec 151 CPC to Dismiss a Suit as Infructuous if Cause of Action Ends(20.03.2026)

Bombay High Court held that civil court can use its inherent powers under Section 151 CPC to dismiss a suit as infructuous when events render the orig.....

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SC Refuses to Stay Maharashtra Government’s Decision to Allow Metro Car Shed at Aarey(30.11.2022)

Supreme Court has allowed the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation to pursue its application before the Tree Authority seeking permission for the felling of .....

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Bombay HC:4 Weeks Anticipatory Bail Granted to Journalist in FIR Over Tweet on Ghaziabad Incident(21.06.2021)

Bombay High Court has granted 4 weeks transit anticipatory bail to journalist Rana Ayyub in the FIR registered by the Uttar Pradesh police over her tw.....

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Delhi HC: Non Filing of Response Due to Technical Glitch in E-Filing Portal(04.05.2022)

Delhi High Court has observed that the taxpayer could not file a response under the Faceless Scheme due to a technical glitch in the e-filing portal.

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Lok Sabha Passes Employee’s Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2016(10.08.2016)

Lok Sabha has passed the Employee's Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2016, that would raise the cap on amount of compensation to be taken up by high cou.....

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Mother and Father Not Equally Responsible for Child Maintenance: Delhi HC(02.05.2019)

Delhi High Court has said that it would be incorrect to hold both the parent equally responsible for the expenses of the child and also agreed with a .....

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Kerala High Court Extends Interim Orders, Interim Bails, Orders u/s 138 NI Act(04.06.2021)

Kerala High Court has extended the interim orders granted on 19th May, 2021, till 15th June, 2021, including orders relating to Section 138 of the Neg.....

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Delhi HC: Sufficiency of Stamp Duty on Agreement Cannot be Adjudicated u/s 11 of A&C Act(14.04.2022)

Delhi High Court has observed that the Court can’t adjudicate on the issue whether the claims made by the petitioner are barred by limitation while de.....

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SC: Filing Incomplete Chargesheet Without Investigation Won’t Extinguish Right to Get Default Bail(26.04.2023)

Supreme Court has held that if investigating agency files a chargesheet without completing investigation, the same would not extinguish the right of t.....

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SC Seeks Centre’s & Six State’s Response over Cow Vigilantism(07.11.2016)

Supreme Court has asked Centre and six State Governments to file replies on Public Interest Litigations (PIL) related to cow vigilantism within a peri.....

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Gauhati High Court Directs to Maintain Status Quo on Gogoi Security(23.01.2020)

Gauhati High Court has directed the Government to maintain the status quo regarding the security cover of former Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi.

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SC: Detailed Reasons Not Required in Order Imposing Punishment on Findings of Enquiry Officer(09.02.2021)

Supreme Court has observed that detailed reasons are not required to be recorded by the Disciplinary Authority in an order imposing punishment by acce.....

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Kerala HC Grants Bail to Headload Worker Who Shared Indecent Facebook Posts Against Muhammad Nabi(21.09.2022)

Kerala High Court has granted bail to a headload worker booked under Section 153 A of Indian Penal Code and Section 120(o) of the Kerala Police Act fo.....

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Mad. HC to State: Consider a Procedure for Registering Deed of Familial Association for LGBT Couples(20.11.2023)

Madras High Court while directing State Government to consider the proposal for introducing “Deed of Familial Association” to recognize the civil unio.....

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Ker HC: Dismissal For Default Alone Cannot Justify Rejecting Restoration Plea For Lack of Vigilance(19.01.2026)

Kerala High Court held that dismissal for default alone cannot justify rejecting a restoration plea citing lack of vigilance, noting that a previous d.....

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SC: Mere Intimidation to Silence Kidnapped Child Not Sufficient to Prove Threat to Life(07.03.2023)

Supreme Court has held that intimidation of the kidnapped child victim, for the purpose of making him silent, cannot be enough to suffice the ingredie.....

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Orissa HC: Remand Date to be Excluded From Calculation of Statutory Period for Granting Default Bail(26.04.2022)

Orissa High Court has reiterated that while calculating the statutory period for granting default bail under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Pr.....

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Allahabad HC: Accused Must Apply for Bail in All Offences he is Wanted(23.05.2023)

Allahabad High Court has held that no person can be permitted to apply for bail in part, that too firstly getting bail u/s 437 CrPC and later on takin.....

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RCom default: NCLAT Rejects Contempt Petition Against Anil Ambani(24.07.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has rejected contempt petitions filed against Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani and other officials .....

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SC: Hindu Joint Family Even If Partitioned Can Revert Back and Reunite to Continue Joint Family Statu(02.07.2021)

Supreme Court has observed that a hindu joint family even if partitioned can revert back and reunite to continue the status of joint family.

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Madras HC: "State Obligated To Preserve Practices of All Religions"(16.05.2022)

Madras High Court has reiterated that the State has an obligation to provide basic amenities to the pilgrims whenever there is a large gathering of pe.....

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Delhi HC Denies Interim Bail to Manish Sisodia in PMLA Case(06.06.2023)

Delhi High Court has denied interim bail to Manish Sisodia in the PMLA case related to implementation of previous liquor policy in Delhi and observed .....

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SC Sets Aside HC's Bail Condition That District Magistrate Should Take Over Jauhar University Land(25.07.2022)

Supreme Court while setting aside a bail condition imposed by the Allahabad High Court to seal the premises of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University at Rampu.....

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Ministry of Finance: Income Tax Officials Can’t Access E-mails, Bank Accounts of All Assesses(27.03.2025)

Ministry of Finance has informed that Income Tax officials cannot access the personal emails, Bank accounts of all the assesses. However, there are pr.....

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SC: Every Member of Armed Forces Who Gets Disability Pension Need Not be Dragged to the Court(31.01.2025)

SC has stated that appeals are being filed by Centre challenging orders wherein benefit of disability pension has been granted to members of armed for.....

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Bombay HC Warns of Action on Deaths of Children Due to Malnutrition(24.08.2021)

Bombay High Court has warned Maharashtra government of action if there are any more deaths of children due to malnutrition or a lack of medical attent.....

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Uttarakhand HC Stays 30% Quota to Women With Domicile in State Civil Services(29.08.2022)

Uttarakhand High Court has stayed a government order of the year 2006 that sought to provide 30 percent horizontal reservation only to the women candi.....

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Supreme Court Refuses Anticipatory Bail to Dunki Facilitator(17.06.2025)

Supreme Court has refused to grant relief of anticipatory bail to an accused who was a dunki facilitator and defrauded complainant on the promise of s.....

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Gauhati HC Asks State to Apprise Court of Alleged Encounter Killings and Action Taken(04.01.2022)

Gauhati High Court has asked the State Government to apprise the Court about the alleged encounter killings and the action taken by the State in a Pub.....

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P&H HC Grants Bail to Army Personnel in Chandigarh University Video Leak Case(22.12.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court while granting bail to Army man Sanjeev Singh, who was arrested in the Chandigarh University video leak case, has observ.....

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MP HC Grants Bail to Two Muslim Men Arrested over Instagram Reel Allegedly Supporting Iran(14.04.2026)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted bail to Wasim Khan and Yousuf Mehafooz, arrested last month over an Instagram reel expressing support for Iran a.....

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Kerala High Court: Consensual 2-Year Relationship Turning Sour Cannot Be Called Sexual Assault(19.09.2025)

Kerala High Court while granting bail to a 32-year-old man accused of sexually exploiting a divorced woman on the promise of marriage has noted that t.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Responses on Plea Seeking Details of Wrong Uploaded Photo of Hathras Rape Victim(19.04.2021)

Delhi High Court has sought the responses of the Centre and three social media platforms Facebook, Google and Twitter on a petition seeking details of.....

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Jharkhand HC: Wages to Include Privileges or Benefits that Can be Measured in Terms of Money(07.02.2022)

Jharkhand High Court has held that wages under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923 include privileges or benefits that can be measured in terms of mo.....

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SC: No Requirement for Environmental Clearances for NH 45-A Villuppuram -Nagapattinam Highway(20.01.2021)

Supreme Court has held that there is no requirement for obtaining environmental clearances for NH 45-A Villuppuram -Nagapattinam Highway as land acqui.....

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Bombay HC Denies Bail to Jyoti Jagtap in Elgar Parishad Case(17.10.2022)

Bombay High Court has denied bail to Jyoti Jagtap, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad Case under the anti-terror Unlawful Activities (Pre.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Finance Bill 2016(05.05.2016)

Lok Sabha has approved the Finance Bill 2016 with minor changes including withdrawal of the proposal to tax withdrawal on provident fund.

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DSK Builder, Family Can't Fly Out of Country: Bombay High Court(19.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has vacated its interim stay from the arrest warrant granted to Pune-based builder Deepak Sakharam Kulkarni, his wife and son. The f.....

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Supreme Court Stays High Court Proceedings Against Cadila Pharma CEO in Child Custody Case(16.12.2019)

Supreme Court has stayed the proceedings before the Bombay High Court against Rajiv Modi, Chairman and CEO of Cadila Pharmaceuticals, on a petition fi.....

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DGFT Notifies Extension of Date for Mandatory Electronic Filing on Non-Preferential CoO(20.10.2021)

Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has notified the extension of the Date for Mandatory electronic filing of the Non-Preferential Certificate of.....

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Kerala HC Orders Action Against Traffic Police Officers Found Using Mobile Phones on Duty(03.08.2022)

Kerala High Court has directed the Police Commissioner of Kochi to take action against traffic police officers who were found using mobile phones whil.....

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SC: SIT Inquiry Ordered into Vantara Wildlife Centre(26.08.2025)

SC has ordered the constitution of Special Investigation Team, headed by ex-SC Judge Justice J Chelameswar, to investigate Vantara (Greens Zoological .....

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NCLAT: Corporate Debtor’s Guarantor Liability Unchanged Despite Internal Adjustments Among Creditors(15.09.2025)

NCLAT ruled that internal adjustments like merger or demerger among financial creditors don’t affect the corporate debtor’s guarantor liability. The l.....

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Delhi HC Dismisses Freelance Journalist Rajeev Sharma's Plea Seeking Modification of Bail Condition(03.02.2022)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea filed by freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma seeking modification of a bail condition imposed on him in connectio.....

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Delhi HC: Omnibus PIL rejected over Missing Persons Case(19.02.2026)

Courts cannot issue general directions on policing without specific facts. Omnibus PILs lacking concrete instances or refusal of FIR registration are .....

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Bombay High Court: Disabled Employee Shifted Cadre Can’t Claim Past Service Seniority(30.03.2026)

Bombay High Court held that a disabled employee shifted to a new cadre under Section 47 of the Disabilities Act cannot claim seniority based on past s.....

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J&K&L HC: Women Accused in Non-Bailable Offences Form a Distinct Class Beyond Sec 437 CrPC Rigour(02.01.2026)

Reiterating that women accused of non-bailable offences form a distinct class warranting special consideration, the J&K&L HC granted bail to three wom.....

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SC: PILs Becoming an Instrument of Blackmail Against Infrastructural Projects(19.12.2022)

Supreme Court has remarked that PILs are becoming an instrument of blackmail when infrastructural and building projects were concerned.

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Hyderabad HC Directs Telangana Government to Compensate Land Losers as per New Act(17.11.2016)

Hyderabad High Court has directed Telangana Government to pay enhanced compensation under new Land Acquisition Act to land losers at Nampally stretch .....

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Madras High Court Appoints Officials to Inspect Fares at Theatres in Madurai and Usilampatti(14.01.2019)

Madras High Court has appointed 23 advocate commissioners to carry out inspection regarding fares at cinema theatres in the city and Usilampatti.

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Lok Sabha Passes NDPS(Amendment) Bill 2021 to Correct a Drafting Error(14.12.2021)

Lok Sabha has passed the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2021 seeking to amend the NDPS Act, 1985 to correct a drafting e.....

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Karnataka HC Directs Departmental Enquiry Against Officers Who Fail to Check Illegal Constructions(23.12.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the State government or Municipal Corporations to initiate departmental enquiry against those Officers who show or h.....

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Cal. HC Grants Bail to UAPA Accused in Custody Since Three Years(13.01.2023)

Calcutta High Court while granting bail to an accused in a case registered under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), has observed that there .....

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Gujarat Assembly Passes Freedom of Religion Amendment Bill 2021(02.04.2021)

Gujarat Assembly has passed the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill 2021 which seeks to penalize forcible or fraudulent religious conversion .....

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SC to HCs: Record All Essentials Such as FIR No., Police Station Etc in Bail Orders(18.03.2023)

Supreme Court has directed High Courts to ensure that in bail/anticipatory bail matters, all basic essentials (i.e. FIR No., Date, the concerned polic.....

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BCI Directs SBCs to Initiate Discipl. Action Against Advocates Soliciting Work Through Online Portal(09.07.2024)

Bar Council of India (BCI) has issued directions to State Bar Councils to take disciplinary action against advocates soliciting work through online po.....

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Supreme Court Says 'NCTE Guidelines Binding', Teachers’ Eligibility Test Not Mandatory(26.07.2017)

Supreme Court has held that qualifications prescribed by National Council for Teachers’ Education (NCTE) were binding on States and Teachers’ Eligibil.....

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Apex Court Stays Proceedings Before Madras HC in Case Against Tamil Magazine(12.07.2019)

Apex Court has stayed further proceedings in the Madras High Court in a case against Tamil magazine Nakkheeran for publishing articles allegedly denig.....

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Allahabad HC: Incomplete & Defective Gang Charts in UP Resulting in Easy Bail for Accused(21.06.2021)

Allahabad High Court has taken serious note of "half backed" gang-charts being filed under the U.P. Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) .....

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Hyderabad Court Convicts IM Co-founder Yasin Bhatkal & Others for Dilsukhnagar Blasts(13.12.2016)

Hyderabad Court has convicted Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and four others for Dilsukhnagar blasts in 2013.

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You are Parents of Your Child Forever: SC to Parting Couple(29.11.2018)

Supreme Court, while allowing a married couple to ‘part as friends’, has reminded them about the duty towards their child and also observed that the c.....

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Economic offences are required to be dealt with strictly especially in the matters relating to grant of bail(19.10.2020)

In present matter, the J&K State Co-operative Bank Ltd. (JKSCBL) sanctioned a loan in the amount of Rs. 250 crores without obtaining field report, bal.....

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SC: Karnataka HC's Observations Against ACB Irrelevant in Bail Application(18.07.2022)

Supreme Court while staying the directions passed by the Karnataka High Court against the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), has held that the judge while .....

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Del. HC to MCD: Ensure No Illegal Dumping of Electrical, Plastic and Medical Garbage in Delhi(21.08.2023)

Delhi High Court has directed MCD to ensure that there is no illegal dumping of electrical, plastic and medical garbage in Delhi, and also to take ap.....

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Kerala High Court: Channels and Media to be More Vigilant While Giving News(14.04.2025)

Ker. HC has urged channels to be more vigilant while giving news items and stated that by publishing and telecasting mere allegations, channels and me.....

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Madras High Court: Investigation Under PMLA Against Private Contractors, Stopped(18.07.2024)

Madras High Court has stopped the Enforcement Directorate from investigating in an alleged illegal sand mining case under the Prevention of Money Laun.....

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Rajasthan HC Issues Directions to Trial Courts to Compile Necessary Details of Accused Persons(05.07.2021)

Rajasthan High Court has issued a slew of directions to all the trial courts in the State to compile necessary details of accused persons in a compreh.....

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Calcutta HC: GST Dept Cannot Seize Vehicle for Want of Second E-Way Bill(18.05.2022)

Calcutta High Court has ruled that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) department shall not seize the vehicle in the absence of second e-way bill since t.....

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Cal. HC: Civil Courts are Barred from Deciding Validity of Plant Variety Registration(12.06.2023)

Calcutta High Court has held that civil courts have no jurisdiction to decide the validity of plant variety registration under Protection of Plant Var.....

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NCLT, Mumbai Initiates Insolvency Process Against Anil Ambani Over Personal Guarantee(24.08.2020)

National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai has allowed an application filed by State Bank of India to initiate insolvency proceedings against Reliance Comm.....

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Calcutta HC: Vehicle Can't be Detained for Want of Second E-Way Bill When the First was Valid(24.05.2022)

Calcutta High Court bench has held that the GST department cannot detain vehicles in the absence of a second e-way bill as the first e-way bill was va.....

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Hyderabad High Court Grants Telangana 3 Months Time to Consider Revival of CCI Adilabad Unit(28.02.2017)

Hyderabad High Court has granted three months’ time for Government of Telangana to take all appropriate steps to see that Adilabad unit of Cement Corp.....

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NCLAT Allows 22 IL&FS Group Firms to Service Debt Obligations(12.02.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has passed an order permitting 22 group companies of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS), th.....

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Supreme Court Issues Notice in Plea Challenging Tamil Nadu Land Acquisition Laws Act, 2019(22.12.2020)

Supreme Court has issued notice to the Tamil Nadu Government in a plea seeking declaration of the Tamil Nadu Land Acquisition Laws (Revival of Operati.....

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JH HC: Person Not Being Railway Servant Travelling In Goods Train Not Entitled To Compensation(26.07.2022)

Jharkhand High Court has held that if a person, not being a railway employee, is traveling in a goods train and falls down from such a train, then he .....

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SC: Can’t Presume Validity of Will Merely Because it is Registered(09.10.2023)

Supreme Court has held that mere registration of the Will would not be sufficient to prove its validity, as its lawful execution necessarily had to be.....

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Madras HC: Disciplinary Action for Officers Sanctioning Public Buildings on Water Bodies(13.10.2025)

Madras HC directed the State Govt to issue circulars mandating disciplinary action against officers who sanction public buildings on water bodies and .....

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J&K High Court: Ex-Militants Can’t Get Govt. Job Back(23.12.2015)

Jammu & Kashmir HC has rejected a petition seeking re-employment under the state's rehabilitation policy for surrendered militants and held that a gov.....

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Bombay HC Suggests Railways to Run Locals from Churchgate to Central Suburbs(24.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has suggested Railways to consider starting trains from Churchgate to Central Suburbs like Thane, Dombivli, Ambernath and so on to r.....

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Madras HC Pulls up State Government for Toddler’s Death in Borewell(30.10.2019)

Madras High Court has pulled up Tamil Nadu Government for waiting an incident like the death of two year older toddler after falling into an abandoned.....

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Gauhati High Court Imposes Interim Stay on Assam Govt's Order to Evict 244 Villagers(21.12.2021)

Gauhati High Court has restrained the Assam government from evicting 244 people from Dhekiajuli town in Assam's Sonitpur district. The Court has direc.....

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Delhi Court Declares Couple Legal and Biological Parents of Surrogate Child(31.12.2021)

Delhi Court has declared a couple as legal and biological parents of a child born out of a surrogacy arrangement, observing that there is no law in th.....

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Kerala High Court: Bail Application Allowed on Ground of Procedural Infraction by Detecting Officer(05.03.2024)

Kerala High Court while granting bail to the accused for possessing narcotic substances, has held that when a detecting officer does not follow a mand.....

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SC: TN Highways Act Can't be Invalidated Due to Variance from RFCTLARR Act(10.05.2023)

Supreme Court has held that Tamil Nadu Highways Act 2001 is not liable to be invalidated on ground that its provisions manifest discrimination or arbi.....

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Supreme Court: Reasons for Cancelling Bail to Co-Accused Also Applies to Another Accused(05.04.2022)

Supreme Court has held that the reasons which weigh with the Court to cancel the bail granting to co-accused would also apply in bail preferred by ano.....

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Mumbai Court: Woman Groped on Street Can't be Prosecuted as Participant to Crime(12.04.2023)

Mumbai Sessions Court while upholding discharge of Shilpa Shetty in a 2007 obscenity case has observed that a woman being groped on the street can’t n.....

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Delhi High Court: Investigation Must Commence Immediately in Missing Children Cases(11.07.2024)

Delhi High Court has held that in missing children cases it is extremely important that immediate investigation and inquiries be conducted by the poli.....

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Delhi High Court Issues Notice To State Govt On Illegal Path Labs Across Delhi, NCR(10.09.2018)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to State Govt on a PIL seeking closure of all unauthorized pathological and diagnostic labs being run by un-qualifi.....

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Bombay HC Disposes of PILs Seeking Directions for Relief Against 'Inflated' Electricity Bills(17.07.2020)

Bombay High Court has disposed of two Public Interest Litigations seeking directions for relief against the allegedly inflated and exorbitant electric.....

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SC: UP Govt. to Pay Compensation to Accused Not Released Despite Bail Order(25.06.2025)

Supreme Court came down heavily on the State of Uttar Pradesh and directed the payment of Rs 5 Lakhs as provisional compensation to the accused who wa.....

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# GST Changes Applicable From 01.01.2021: Compulsory Payment by Cash of At Least 1% of Tax Liability(29.12.2020)

New Rule 86B has introduced restrictions on the use of amount of Input Tax Credit (ITC) available in electronic credit ledger. As per the said Rule, a.....

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J&K&L HC: Charge-Sheet in Photostat Copies Cannot be Termed as Incomplete For Grant of Default Bail(29.07.2022)

Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court has held that a charge-sheet even in the form of its photostat copies when placed on record cannot be termed as in.....

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Delhi HC: Can Apply 'Family of Marks' Concept to Injunct Specific Marks(04.07.2025)

Delhi High Court has held that even though the concept of a 'family of marks' is not expressly mentioned under the Trade Marks Act, 1999 but the same .....

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Bombay High Court Refuses to Stay RBI Scheme for Lakshmi Vilas Bank Merger with DBS Bank(27.11.2020)

Bombay High Court has rejected a prayer for ad-interim stay on Reserve Bank of India's amalgamation scheme for the merger of Lakshmi Vilas Bank with t.....

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Patna HC to Chancellors: Decide Representation Against Illegal Appointment/Financial Irregularities(13.09.2022)

Patna High Court has directed the Chancellor of Universities of Bihar to decide a representation against alleged illegal appointments and financial ir.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Consumer Protection Bill, 2019(07.08.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Consumer Protection Bill, 2019. The Bill seeks to establish authorities for timely and effective administration and settlem.....

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Bombay HC Seeks Reply on Sudha Bharadwaj's Plea for Default Bail in Bhima Koregaon Case(23.06.2021)

Bombay High Court has directed the National Investigating Agency and State to file their replies in lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj's plea seeking def.....

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Delhi HC: Convict Under POCSO Act Not Barred From Seeking Parole(09.05.2022)

Delhi High Court has reiterated that a convict under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 is not barred from seeking parole, as d.....

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Bom HC: Temporary Injunction Granted in Favour of Pidilite in Infringement of Registered Design Suit(18.06.2024)

Bom. High Court has granted interim injunction in favour of Pidilite Industries Limited and has restrained Astral Limited from using Pidilite's regist.....

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Madras High Court Restrains Warring Groups In Film And Television Producers Guild(13.09.2018)

Madras High Court has ordered that the warring groups in Film and Television Producers Guild of South India should neither conduct any meeting nor ope.....

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Madras HC: Time Limit for Availing Transitional Input Tax Credit Under GST Mandatory(21.07.2020)

Madras High Court has ruled that the time limit for availing Transitional Input Tax Credit (ITC) is mandatory in nature, not directory. The Court also.....

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Delhi HC Issues Guidelines for Shielding of POCSO Victims During Bail Hearings(19.01.2023)

Delhi High Court has issued directions regarding the presence of POCSO victims during bail hearings, while observing that the same has an adverse impa.....

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All. HC Rejects PIL Seeking Release of Justice Rohini Commission Report on OBC Sub-Categorisation(03.05.2024)

Allahabad High Court has rejected a PIL seeking direction to Union Government for publishing report dated 21.07.2023 of Justice Rohini Commission on s.....

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Uttarakhand HC Directs Govt. to Install Ventilators in Hospitals Dedicated for COVID-19 Treatment(22.04.2020)

Uttarakhand High Court has directed the State Government to install ventilators in the hospitals which are dedicated the treatment of COVID-19 patient.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking Compensation for Failure to Arrange Adequate Healthcare(05.05.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice on a petition seeking compensation from the Delhi Government for failing to arrange adequate healthcare facilities .....

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SC Strikes Down 10.5% Reservation in Tamil Nadu for Vanniyars(31.03.2022)

Supreme Court has struck down the 10.5 percent reservation in Tamil Nadu that is provided to Vanniyars, a Most Backward Community (MBC), in government.....

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Cal. HC: Facilitation Council Can Arbitrate Claims After Supplier’s Registration Under MSMED Act(10.04.2023)

Calcutta High Court has held that Facilitation Council would have exclusive jurisdiction to decide on reference, and to refer the same for arbitration.....

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Punjab & Haryana HC Grants Bail to Woman in Double Murder Case Filed Two Years After Deaths(03.03.2026)

Punjab and Haryana High Court granted regular bail to a 39-year-old woman accused of conspiring to murder her husband and his alleged paramour’s wife,.....

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Tripura HC: Divorced Daughter Cannot Claim Family Pension if Divorce Happens After Parent’s Death(06.04.2026)

Tripura High Court ruled that a daughter divorced after her pensioner father’s death is not entitled to family pension, stating that eligibility must .....

Tags : Tripura State Civil Services (Revised Pension) Rules, Divorced Daughter, Family Pension



Delhi High Court: Late Payment of TDS Does Not Absolve Criminal Liability under the Income Tax Act(08.01.2026)

Delhi High Court held that a belated or subsequent deposit of TDS does not absolve an assessee or company officials from criminal liability under Sect.....

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SC: Silence During Investigation Does Not Ipso Facto Mean Non-Cooperation to Deny Bail(12.02.2026)

Supreme Court has observed that bail cannot be denied merely because an accused refuses to answer questions from the investigating officer, as such re.....

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Ker. HC Allows Restoration of PIL Seeking Enactment of Law Against Superstition & Human Sacrifice(26.06.2023)

Kerala High Court has allowed restoration of a PIL seeking direction to be issued to State to consider enactment and implementation of ‘Kerala Prevent.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice to DCPCR & Others on Plea for Rehabilitation of Affected Children(13.08.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to DCPCR & Others on a petition seeking requisite steps to eradicate the problem of child beggary and related probl.....

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Delhi HC Rejects Manish Sisodia’s Bail Plea in PMLA Case(04.07.2023)

Delhi High Court has denied bail to Manish Sisodia and other co-accuseds Hyderabad businessman Abhishek Boinpally, AAP’s communications incharge Vijay.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Liquor Policy, Manish Sisodia, Bail



Jh. HC: No Internet Facility to be Suspended on Ground of Conducting Examination(24.09.2024)

Jharkhand HC has held that no internet facility, will be suspended within the State of Jharkhand on the ground of conducting any examination as it is .....

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Rajasthan HC: Right to Live With Dignity as Human Being Includes Being Able to Act as a Good Husband(28.10.2024)

The Rajasthan High Court while allowing interim bail of Petitioner for 3 months on medical grounds of his wife has observed that Article 21 of the Con.....

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Supreme Court Gives Relief to Couple who Pleaded Guilty for Marrying off their Under-Aged Kids(16.11.2018)

Supreme Court has set aside a High Court order to conduct de novo trial under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 against a couple who pleaded.....

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ITAT, Kolkata Directs CIT (A) to Send Notices to Advocates Through Email(07.02.2022)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Kolkata has directed the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) to send notices to the advocate of the assessee thr.....

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Orissa High Court: Writ Courts Can’t Decide Child Custody Unless It’s Illegally Retained(26.02.2026)

Orissa High Court held that writ courts should not decide child custody disputes via habeas corpus petitions unless custody is illegally retained and .....

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Grand Venice Fraud Case: Supreme Court Cancels Bail of Satinder Singh Bhasin(03.04.2026)

Supreme Court cancelled businessman Satinder Singh Bhasin’s bail in the Grand Venice fraud case in Greater Noida, ordering him to surrender within a w.....

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Bom. HC: Banks to Show Evidence to Borrowers Before Invoking Circular on Wilful Default(27.03.2024)

Bombay High Court has held that commercial banks need to show the evidence to defaulting borrowers before invoking the master circular on wilful defau.....

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Tripura HC Orders SIT Probe in Alleged Public Humiliation and Suicide of Woman(07.06.2021)

Tripura High Court has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into an incident where a young lady was allegedly subjected to public h.....

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Madras HC: Age of Superannuation Fixed By AICTE Binding on All Universities/Institutions(18.04.2022)

Madras High court has ruled that the regulations prescribed by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) are binding on all universities a.....

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Madhya Pradesh High Court Orders Removal of All Illegal Statues Erected at Public Places(07.03.2022)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State Government to remove all statues erected at public places on or after 18.01.2013, throughout the Stat.....

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Deprivation of liberty must be considered a punishment, unless it can be required to ensure that, an accused person will stand his trial when called upon(07.07.2018)

The Applicants filed an application for the grant of bail in their favour in the FIR before the Court of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, which .....

Tags : Bail, Denial, Validity



Gauhati HC Issues Procedure for Filing & Hearing of Urgent Cases via Video Conferencing(17.04.2020)

Gauhati High Court has decided to hear only urgent matters through video conferencing via Vidyo app until 3rd May, 2020.

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P&H HC: Owner of Vehicle Not Vicariously Liable for Any Misdeclaration by Owner of Goods(10.03.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the owner of the vehicle who is seeking only release of the vehicle is not liable to pay fine for the conf.....

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Ker. HC: Grounds for Bail Prescribed by Apex Court in Susantha Ghosh Case Not Exhaustive(15.03.2023)

Kerala High Court while observing that grounds for bail prescribed by Supreme Court in Susanta Ghosh v. State of West Bengal (MANU/SC/0094/2012) are n.....

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Delhi HC: Child Witnesses Can be Pliable, Easily Influenced(13.07.2016)

Delhi HC has observed that though child witnesses are "dangerous" as they could be easily influenced, there was no obstacle in accepting their evidenc.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2019(17.03.2020)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2019 to convert Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan in New Delhi; Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rash.....

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Voting rights to be given to enclave dwellers(08.02.2016)

Whereas India and Bangladesh executed an enclave exchange last year, the Indian government is preparing to grant voting rights to former enclave dwell.....

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Why Not Declare Newborn’s Right To Mother’s Milk A Fundamental Right: Madras HC(04.01.2018)

Madras High Court has posed a query before the Centre as to why it cannot bring an Act making it obligatory on the part of women to breastfeed as has .....

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Lok Sabha Passes Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019(03.12.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed a Bill to replace an Ordinance for effecting reduction of corporate tax rates. The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 will amen.....

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Allahabad HC Issues Contempt Notice for Violation of Court's Order on Operation of Brick Kilns(01.11.2021)

Allahabad High Court has issued a contempt notice to the District Magistrate of the Mathura district, Navneet Singh Chahal for his failure to ensure c.....

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SC: Can’t Prove Will by Random Witness Saying he Saw Attesting Witness Sign it(22.11.2023)

Supreme Court has held that for Section 69 of Evidence Act, in order to prove the genuineness of a will, it is not enough to merely examine a random w.....

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Bombay HC Dismisses Anil Ambani's Plea against SBI's Fraud Loan Classification(03.10.2025)

Bombay High Court refused to quash the State Bank of India’s order classifying the loan account of Reliance Communications and its chairman, Anil Amba.....

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Supreme Court: No Grounds for High Court to Mandate Bail Bonds After Six Months in Custody(13.09.2024)

Supreme Court has stated that there is no valid reason for the High Court to impose the condition whereby the bail bonds will have to be furnished by .....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging New Policy to Not Grant Retail Liquor License(30.07.2021)

Delhi High Court has sought response from the Delhi Government on a petition challenging Clause 2.4 of the Tender conditions of its New Excise Policy .....

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Tamil Nadu State Department (GST) Issues Circular Allowing New Registrations to Avoid Bill Traders(09.06.2022)

Goods and Services Tax (GST), Tamil Nadu State Department has issued a circular regarding allowing of new registrations to track and avoid bill trader.....

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All. HC: When Warrant of Arrest is Issued, Applicant Not Entitled to Invoke Extraordinary Power(23.10.2024)

Allahabad HC has observed that when warrant of arrest or proclamation is issued, the applicant is not entitled to invoke the extraordinary power. Cert.....

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Government to set up National Tribal Advisory Council(29.10.2015)

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs will set up a National Tribal Advisory Council to monitor and implement tribal welfare schemes. The Council is proposed.....

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SC Dismisses Centre’s Appeal Against Disability Pension On Ground of Delusional Disorder(20.09.2017)

Supreme Court has dismissed Centre’s appeal against the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s 2010 judgment, granting disability pension on the ground of de.....

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Delhi HC: ‘Busybodies’ With Oblique Interest Can’t be Allowed to Waste Judiciary’s Time(24.05.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that while Court is cognizant of the liberal rules pertaining to public interest litigation, it must also ensure that busybo.....

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Supreme Court Directs Centre to Provide Data on Implementing Child Marriage Prohibition Act(10.08.2017)

Supreme Court has asked Centre to provide data on number of Child Marriage Prohibition Officers, appointed under Child Marriage Prohibition Act, 2006 .....

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Lok Sabha Passes Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019(24.07.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019, to amend the provisions under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. It was passed through a voi.....

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SEBI Fines IL&FS Securities, Alliance and Others for Alleged Fraudulent Transfer of Mutual Funds(05.07.2021)

Securities and Exchange Board of India has imposed penalties totalling more than Rs 32 Crores on IL&FS Securities Services (ISSL), Allied Financial Se.....

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Delhi HC: Striking Off Tenant's Defense Under Order XVA CPC Doesn't Justify Default in Rent Payment(17.05.2022)

Delhi High Court has ruled that a tenant's failure to pay rent as directed by the court under Order XVA(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) .....

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Mad. HC: Teachers Appointed Before July 2011 Must Possess TET for Future Promotion(06.06.2023)

Madras High Court has held that teachers appointed prior to July 29, 2011, are eligible to continue in service even if they have not qualified Teacher.....

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NGT Seeks Response from Centre on Construction in Asola Wildlife Sanctuary(07.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notice to Ministry of Environment and Forests, Delhi Govt., National Board for Wildlife and others, on a plea.....

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Punjab, Tamil Nadu Passes State Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bills(20.06.2017)

Punjab and Tamil Nadu State Assemblies have passed Punjab State Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, 2017 and Tamil Nadu State Goods and Services Tax (G.....

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Karnataka HC Directs State to Decide on Extending Benefits of Compensation to Farmers’ Families(22.04.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to take a policy decision on extending benefits of compensation to the families of farmers who .....

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SC to Centre: Ensure E-Filing of All Revenue Appeals Before HCs And Tribunals(09.02.2023)

Supreme Court has directed Centre to ensure that the entire filing of Revenue appeals before the High Courts and the Tribunals is carried out in the e.....

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Delhi High Court Issues Notice Seeking Centre’s Response on Plea for Special Probe(12.02.2020)

Delhi High Court has sought the Centre’s response to a plea seeking Court-monitored probe by a committee or a special investigation team into the poli.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Police Crackdown



Delhi HC Seeks Centre's Response on Petition for Inclusion of Severe Mental Illness as Comorbidity(16.03.2021)

Delhi High Court has sought the Centre's response on a petition seeking directions for the inclusion of mental illnesses in the classification of como.....

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Madras HC to TN: Look into Suggestions on Wetland to Halt Deluge(07.09.2016)

Madras HC has directed Tamil Nadu Government to look into suggestions made in a PIL against mindless conversion of wetland areas so as to avert floodi.....

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ITAT Mumbai Strikes Down Addition to Shilpa Shetty’s Income(01.07.2019)

ITAT Mumbai has struck down addition to Rs 5.4 crore to Shilpa Shetty’s income for the financial year 2010-2011. She was a brand ambassador for the IP.....

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Karnataka HC Directs State to Evolve Scheme for Vaccination of Persons with Benchmark Disability(28.04.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to evolve a scheme or mechanism for giving priority to vaccination of covid-19, to persons with.....

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Appellate Court cannot overturn order of acquittal only on basis that another view is possible(10.04.2024)

In present case, the Appellants, who are father and son, were prosecuted for the offence punishable under Section 302, read with Section 34 of the Ind.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Kerala HC: 30th March’s Government Order Doesn’t have Force of Law to Permit Commercial Film Making(28.07.2025)

Ker. HC has observed that government order dated 30th March 2013 issued by State of Kerala does not have the force of law to permit commercial film ma.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes National Waterways Bill, 2015(10.03.2016)

Rajya Sabha has passed the National Waterways Bill, 2015.

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It is not possible for Supreme Court to scrutinize documents as to its sufficiency or otherwise(31.01.2017)

Present appeal by way of special leave impugns final judgment passed by High Court whereby High Court allowed the Appeal filed by Respondents and ther.....

Tags : Scheme, Benefit, Eligibility



FIR Delay May be Condoned if Complainant Appears to be Reliable and Without Motive: SC(02.04.2019)

Supreme Court has reiterated that the delay in lodging FIR can be condoned if the complainant appears to be reliable and without any motive for implic.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021(24.03.2021)

Lok Sabha has passed the Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021, which seeks to put in place a statutory framework for regulation of technological advan.....

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AAAR, UP: 18% GST Applicable on Body Building, Mounting of Body on Chassis of Tippers(20.01.2022)

Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR), Uttar Pradesh has ruled that 18% goods and services tax (GST) is applicable on body building, mounting o.....

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SC: Bail Applications Should Not be Heard for More Than 10 Minutes(09.12.2022)

Supreme Court has observed that bail applications should not be heard by courts for more than ten minutes as lengthy hearings lasting for days in bail.....

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Parents Obligated to Spend on Education of Their Children: Bombay HC(14.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has expressed surprise that till date, India has just one narco test facility centre, which is at the Forensic Science Laboratory in .....

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Allahabad High Court Issues Direction to Not File FIR Under Section 66A IT Act(14.12.2021)

Allahabad High Court has issued a direction to all the District Courts in Uttar Pradesh and to the Director-General of Police, Uttar Pradesh that no F.....

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Karnataka Govt Tables Bill to Impose Restrictions on Religious Conversion, Inter-Faith Marriages(22.12.2021)

Karnataka Government has introduced the Karnataka Protection of Right To Freedom Of Religion Bill, 2021, which seeks to impose restrictions on religio.....

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Gujarat HC Cautioned Against Uncontrolled Human Interference in Wildlife Spots(12.01.2023)

Gujarat High Court while cautioning against uncontrolled human interference in wildlife spots has observed that if human beings start entering the ter.....

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Delhi HC Directs Trial Courts to Not Insist Bail Applicant for Filing Signed/Attested Documents(15.05.2020)

Delhi High Court has directed that in bail matters, there will be no insistence on filing of the signed/attested vakalatanama, affidavits or applicati.....

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Madras HC Grants Relief to Man Who Failed to Obtain Passport Due to FIR Against Him(14.05.2021)

Madras High Court has granted relief to a man who failed to obtain a passport due to a First Information Report, which was registered against him for .....

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Calcutta HC Seeks Response in Plea Seeking Deployment of Parliamentary Forces in WB Municipal Poll(08.02.2022)

Calcutta High Court has sought response from the State Election Commission as well as the State government in a batch of PILs seeking deployment of ce.....

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SC: Criminal Law Not for Money Recovery(20.01.2023)

Supreme Court while observing that recovery of money is essentially within the realm of civil proceedings, has held that there is no justification in .....

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Supreme Court Extends Deadline for Filing Appeals(24.03.2020)

Supreme Court has converted itself into a virtual Court and has indefinitely extended the statutory deadline for filing of Appeals/Petitions/Suits in .....

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Rajasthan HC Dismisses Plea Opposing Closure of Century Old Railway School Running in Losses(16.02.2022)

Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation opposing the decision of the railway authorities to close down the railway senior seco.....

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All. HC: Amendment to S. 169(3) of UPZALR Act Struck Down to the Extent of Mandatory Regis. of Wills(13.05.2024)

All. HC has struck down the 2004 amendment of Section 169(3) of U.P. Zamindari Abolition & Land Reforms Act, 1950 to the extent that it mandates regis.....

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SC: Cannot Try Juvenile Accused as Adult Unless Preliminary Assessment and Report by JJB Available(27.03.2024)

Supreme Court has held that the accused child’s conviction cannot be sustained unless a preliminary assessment conducted by the Juvenile Justice Board.....

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Ghatkopar Building Collapse: Bombay High Court Dismisses Bail Pleas of Shiv Sena Worker, Contractor(27.07.2018)

Bombay High Court has rejected the bail pleas of a Shiv Sena worker and a contractor arrested in connection with a building collapse incident in which.....

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Patna HC Seeks State's Response on Availability of Medicines, Oxygen Cylinders and Black Marketing(10.05.2021)

Patna High Court has sought response of the State Government on the aspect of availability of Covid medicines, oxygen cylinders in rural areas especia.....

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Chhattisgarh High Court: Illegitimate Child Also Entitled to Compassionate Appointment(21.03.2022)

Chhattisgarh High Court has held that even the illegitimate son/daughter is also entitled to a compassionate appointment.

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Director of a company is liable for any loss, damages or costs sustained by the company as a consequence of any breach by the director(24.04.2024)

Present appeal concerns the interpretation of Section 218(2) of the Companies Act, 2008. The high court considered and upheld an exception to the part.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Income Tax Amendment Bill(29.11.2016)

Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill 2016, which proposes 30% tax on undisclosed income plus 10% penalty beside a 33% surcharge and 75% tax and 10% p.....

Tags : Taxation Laws, Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill 2016, demonetisation, Lok Sabha



FIR Against PVR's Directors, Promoters for Cheating, Forgery(29.11.2017)

FIR Against PVR's Directors, Promoters for Cheating, Forgery

Tags : The case came to light when Elan Group filed a complaint in the court, which on November 17 directed the local police to register an FIR against Chairman and Managing Director of PVR Limited Ajay Bijli, and directors Niharika Bijli, Sanjeev Kumar Bijli and others.



SC Asks 2002 Gujarat Riots Victim Bilkis Bano to Approach Authorities for Job and Accommodation(27.10.2020)

Supreme Court has asked Bilkis Bano, who was gang- raped when she was five months pregnant during the 2002 Gujarat riots, to approach the authorities .....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Contempt Application Filed By Telecom Watchdog(03.09.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice on an application for initiation of contempt, filed by Telecom Watchdog in the case pertaining to grant of telecom .....

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SC: Members of RPF Can Seek Benefit Under Employees Compensation Act(03.10.2023)

Supreme Court has held that an officer of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) can seek compensation under Employees Compensation Act, 1923 even though .....

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Telangana HC: Appointment of Arbitrator by One Party after Due Notice Cannot be Challenged(01.07.2025)

Telangana High Court has observed that appointment of an arbitrator solely by one party in accordance with the agreed terms & after giving due notice .....

Tags : Telangana High Court, Unilateral Appointment, Fair Opportunity



Bombay HC: Civil Appeal May be Filed Against Family Court's Order Under Domestic Violence Act(01.03.2021)

Bombay High Court has held that the reliefs canvassed under Sections 19 to 22 of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 are predominantly of the civil nature.....

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All. HC: Muslim Woman Entitled to Custody of Child Until he Attains 7 Years of Age(15.12.2023)

Allahabad High Court has held that as per the Mohammedan Law, a mother a entitled to the custody of a male child until he completes the age of 7 years.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Muslim Woman, Custody, Child



Delhi HC: Director Disputes in a Company Do Not Qualify as Genuine Hardship to Delay ITR Filing(09.12.2025)

Delhi High Court held that internal disputes among company directors do not constitute 'genuine hardship' under Section 119(2)(b) of the Income Tax Ac.....

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Delhi HC: Plaintiff Doesn’t Have Vested Right to File Rejoinder under CPC(15.09.2025)

Delhi HC held that filing a replication is judicially permitted but not a statutory right. It allows the plaintiff to clarify or rebut the defendant's.....

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P&H HC: Habeas Plea in Child Custody Case Not Maintainable if Child is With Natural Guardian and Safe(26.03.2026)

P&H HC held that a habeas corpus petition in a child custody dispute is not maintainable when the child is with a natural guardian and no imminent thr.....

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ITAT Cuttack: Non-Availability of PAN of Deductee Cannot be Used to Escape from Filing TDS(28.01.2020)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Cuttack has held that the non-availability of a Permanent Account Number (PAN) of the deductee is not an excuse .....

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Madras HC to TN Govt.: Consider Representation of VAOs(15.12.2015)

Madras High Court has directed Tamil nadu Government to consider plea of a Village Adminstrative Officer (VAOs) to fix 'inter-seniority' for them, al.....

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Conviction cannot be based on a DNA report when it is established that there has been no quality control or quality assurance and the sampling has been improper(04.10.2017)

By the impugned judgment and order, the Sessions Court held four Accused persons guilty under Sections 363 and 376(D) read with 34 of the Indian Penal.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Gauhati HC Grants Bail to Man Who Uploaded Objectionable Photos of Lord Rama(09.10.2020)

Gauhati High Court has converted an interim bail granted to a man who uploaded the objectionable photos of Lord Rama into an absolute one.

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Delhi HC Dismisses Anticipatory Bail Plea of Accused in Jahangirpuri Riots Case(03.06.2022)

Delhi High Court has dismissed anticipatory bail plea filed by an accused in connection with the Jahangirpuri riots seeking directions on police not t.....

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SC Extends Interim Bail Granted to Satyendar Jain in Money Laundering Case on Medical Grounds(10.07.2023)

Supreme Court has extended the interim bail granted to former cabinet minister of the Delhi Government Satyendar Jain in the money laundering case on .....

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Supreme Court: Article 14 is a Concept Clothed in Positivity Based on Law(15.11.2024)

SC has held that the idea of equality under Article 14 is a concept clothed in positivity based on law. It can be invoked to enforce a claim having sa.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Article 14, Illegality



UK. HC Bans Storage, Sale Of Fire Crackers In Haldwani's Ramlila Maidan For Safety Of Residents(21.10.2022)

Uttarakhand High Court has directed the state authorities to forthwith stop the storage or retail sale of firecrackers in the Ramlila maidan area of H.....

Tags : Uttarakhand High Court, Ramlila, Nainital, firecrackers



Ministry of Finance Extends Due Date for Filing of Income Tax Returns(31.12.2020)

Ministry of Finance has extended the due date for filing of income tax returns for the financial year 2019-2020 (AY 2020-21) till 10th January, 2021. .....

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Madras High Court Returns Custody of Child to Adoptive Mother(29.11.2021)

Madras High Court has set aside an order of the Child Welfare Committee to lodge a child in one of the reception homes in a custody battle between the.....

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Kerala HC to Devaswom Boards: Extend Proper Facilities to Sabarimala Pilgrims During Festival(14.11.2022)

Kerala High Court has directed Travancore Devaswom Board and Cochin Devaswom Board to ensure that proper facilities are provided to Sabarimala pilgrim.....

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Cal. HC: Social Boycott of a Citizen Has No Place in Civilized Society(02.01.2024)

Calcutta High Court has observed that any social boycott of a citizen or his family member by the local residents has to be dealt with strictly by the.....

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Karnataka High Court Cancels Nithyananda's Bail in 2010 Rape Case(06.02.2020)

Karnataka High Court has cancelled the bail granted to the self-styled godman Nithyananda in 2010 in a rape case. The Court cancelled the bail allowin.....

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P&H HC: Court can Impose Composite Civil Imprisonment in Case of Default in Payment of Maintenance(22.11.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that in the exercise of its powers under Section 125(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, a court ca.....

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Ker. HC: Non-Compliance with Vigilance Manual Directions Doesn't Vitiate Probe(26.03.2024)

Kerala High Court while observing that the Vigilance Manual is not a statute and was not enacted by the legislature has held that mere non-compliance .....

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Chhattisgarh HC: MSME Facilitation Council can Also Administer Arbitration(18.04.2022)

Chhattisgarh High Court has held that the bar under section 80 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 which prevents the conciliator acting as .....

Tags : Chhattisgarh High Court, section 80 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Ministry of Micro, small & Medium Enterprises



P&H HC in Bail Plea: Accused Damaged Religious Feelings of Public at Large(28.04.2023)

Punjab and Haryana High Court while rejecting bail plea of Naga Baba Dalip Giri in a rape case, observed that accused miserably misused his position a.....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Religious Gurus, Rape, Bail



Madras HC Asks Govt. to Protect Inter-Caste Couples(14.04.2016)

Madras HC, while being distressed by killing of young couples in the name of family honour, has directed Tamil Nadu Government to implement measures t.....

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Why No Fixed Working Hours for Cops, Asks Madras High Court(27.03.2018)

Madras High Court has directed the authorities to answer a query as to why not the state government fix definite working hours for the police force.

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Delhi High Court Directs Tihar Jail to Provide Treatment to Bhim Army Chief(10.01.2020)

Delhi High Court has directed the Tihar Jail authorities to facilitate medical treatment to jailed Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar Azad, who is suffer.....

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Delhi HC Directs Jamia Millia Islamia To Regularise Sharjeel Usmani's Admission To MA Course(17.10.2022)

Delhi High Court has permitted former Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) student Sharjeel Usmani to appear in the third semester examinations for 'MA in .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Aligarh Muslim University, Sharjeel Usmani, Millia Islamia University



Bom HC: Student Should be Timely Informed About Eligibility Status to Avoid Wastage of Time & Money(18.01.2024)

Bombay High Court while quashing Mumbai University’s decision of declaring a student ineligible for a course when he had already completed two semeste.....

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Kar. HC: Self-Acquired Property Thrown in Common Hotchpot Shall be Treated as Joint Family Property(21.02.2024)

Karnataka High Court has held that if a Hindu family member voluntarily throws his/her self acquired property into common hotchpot with the purpose of.....

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Kerala HC Notifies Electronic Filing Rules for Courts (Kerala), 2021 (Rules)(10.05.2021)

Kerala High Court has notified its Electronic Filing Rules for Courts (Kerala), 2021 (Rules) for Courts across the state. The new rules prescribe e-fi.....

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Madras High Court Grants Interim Bail to Subbiah Shanmugam, Former President of ABVP(22.03.2022)

Madras High Court has granted interim bail to Subbiah Shanmugam, former national president of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), in a case boo.....

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Supreme Court: Regulations of University Grants Commission are Binding on Universities(16.04.2024)

Supreme Court while directing Jamia Milia Islamia University to reinstate teachers on a permanent basis even after University Grants Commission’s lett.....

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Madras High Court Asks Bar to Retain Only 5-year Law Degree Courses(07.10.2015)

Madras High Court has asked Bar Council of India to abolish 3-year law degree courses at earliest and retain only 5-year courses in stream on par with.....

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Cabinet approves the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019(12.06.2019)

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved to introduce a Bill, namely, the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) .....

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SC: HCs Can Issue Additional Directions Under Article 226/227 While Considering Bail Pleas(16.05.2023)

Supreme Court has held that High Courts can issue directions by virtue of powers under Article 226/227 while considering bail pleas and observed that .....

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Lok Sabha Passes National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2019(16.07.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the bill namely the National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2019 to allow India's anti-terror agency to investigate cases.....

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Bombay HC Directs Man Accused of Assaulting Public Servant to Deposit Amount(31.07.2020)

Bombay High Court has directed a man accused of assaulting a public servant and attributing motives to him for closing down shops belonging to people .....

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Orissa HC Orders Inquiry into Complaints of Medical Negligence at State-Run COVID Facility(12.07.2021)

Orissa High Court has formed a committee to conduct an inquiry into the allegations of medical negligence in the treatment of victims during COVID-19 .....

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Rajasthan HC Grants Bail to Murder Accused in Custody Since 2015 Along With Her Minor Daughter(23.05.2022)

Rajasthan High Court has granted bail to a woman, accused in a murder case, who has been incarcerated since 2015, along with her minor daughter. Rajas.....

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SC: Court Cannot Refuse Bail Application on Merits Saying Accused Went Back on Promise to Settle(05.10.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that a Court cannot refuse to hear a bail application on merits on the ground that the accused had failed to comply with th.....

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Willful Defaulter under RBI Act can’t be represented through Advocate/CA: Madhya Pradesh HC(02.04.2019)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a ‘willful defaulter’ under Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act cannot be represented through the lawyers or Chart.....

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Madras HC Directs on Encroachment on Forest Land and Preservation of Wildlife Corridors(24.03.2021)

Madras High Court has observed that no encroachment must be allowed on forest land and directed the Tamil Nadu Government to take all steps to ensure .....

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Supreme Court Clarifies Lawyers Not Barred from Using Mobile Phones to Attend VC(20.01.2022)

Supreme Court has clarified that Supreme Court's notification dated January 17, 2022 asking lawyers to avoid using mobile phones during virtual court .....

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SC Sets Aside Allahabad HC’s Order Issuing Non-Bailable Warrants Against Noida CEO(13.12.2022)

Supreme Court has allowed the plea filed by Chief Executive Officer of New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA), Ritu Maheshwari IAS, challe.....

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Madras HC Dismisses PILs Against AIADMK's General Council Meet at SRMC(31.12.2015)

Madras HC has dismissed two PILs against the event for AIADMK's general council meeting to be held at Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Cen.....

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Orders passed by NCDRC in exercise of its jurisdiction are subject to appeal before the Supreme Court(07.11.2017)

Present appeals have been brought before this Court invoking Section 37(1)(a) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, as amended by Arbitration.....

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SC: ‘Public Tranquility’ to be Read in Restricted Sense Synonymous with Public Order and Safety(09.12.2020)

Supreme Court has held that the term 'public tranquility' as per Section 153A(b) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 must be read in a restricted sense syn.....

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SARFAESI Act is applicable to Cooperative Banks(05.05.2020)

In present case, the question relates to the scope of the legislative field covered by Entry 45 of List I viz. ‘Banking’ and Entry 32 of List II of th.....

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NGT Pulls Up Haryana Government for Not Taking Requisite Action on Illegal Dumping of Garbage(11.06.2021)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the Haryana government for not taking requisite action on a plea seeking remedial action against illegal d.....

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Madras HC: Mere Signing of Statement Admitting Tax Liability, Doesn't Amount to Self-Ascertainment(21.04.2022)

Madras High Court has ruled that merely because an assessee has, signed a statement admitting tax liability under the stress of investigation, and hav.....

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Securities and Exchange Board of India launched Saa?thi 2.0 mobile application(03.06.2024)

The updated "Saa₹ thi" app introduces a user-friendly interface with comprehensive tools aimed at simplifying complex financial concepts. It includes .....

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SC: Conditions Under Section 45 of PMLA Applicable to Anticipatory Bail Applications(27.02.2023)

Supreme Court has held that conditions under Section 45 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for grant of bail are applicable to anticipatory .....

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When the evidence of the official witnesses is trustworthy and credible, there is no reason not to rest the conviction on the basis of their evidence(03.07.2020)

In facts of instant case, the Excise Circle Inspector (PW3) of Hosdurg Excise Range found the Petitioner/accused with a can containing three litres of.....

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Bom. HC: No Police Mock Drills While Depicting Members of Particular Community as Terrorists(07.02.2023)

Bombay High Court while hearing a PIL seeks guidelines for police mock drills has directed that no mock drills be conducted depicting persons of a par.....

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Kar. HC: Individual Role of Each Accused Can’t Be Considered in Bail Application(19.01.2023)

Karnataka High Court has held that individual role of accused can’t be considered while deciding bail application filed by accused who was part of an .....

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Delhi HC: Selection of Positions Cannot Be Approved Without Being Routed Through Academic Council(17.05.2019)

Delhi High Court has ruled that to effect selections and faculty positions at Jawaharlal Nehru University, approval of Academic Council is necessary.

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Power Ministry Calls for Public Comments on Proposed Amendments to Electricity Act(20.04.2020)

Ministry of Power has published a draft of Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020 for comments on its website with various provisions that will pave way f.....

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MP HC: Tehsildar Who Allegedly Misused Post Not Entitled for Protection(14.03.2022)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a Tehsildar, alleged to have misused her position by extending undue benefit to her husband as well as her ser.....

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SC Rejects Plea Seeking Review of Stormwater Drainage System(16.12.2015)

Supreme Court has rejected a petition seeking for direction to Centre and Tamil Nadu Government to set up an expert committee to inspect and scientifi.....

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Remove Illegal Flex Boards or be Personally Liable: Kerala HC to Heads of Local Self Govt Institution(25.10.2018)

Kerala High Court has warned the various heads of Local Self Government institutions to ensure the removal of all illegal flex boards /banners/hoardin.....

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Bombay HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to School Manager Booked for Rape(12.10.2020)

Bombay High Court has granted Anticipatory bail to a school manager booked for allegedly raping a lady observing that in the First Information Report .....

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Gauhati HC: Second Wife Not Entitled to Family Pension in Existence of First Wife(06.06.2022)

Gauhati High Court has held that in Hindu religion there is no concept of Bigamy and therefore, a second wife is not entitled to a family pension in t.....

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Meg HC Prohibits Felling of Tress Till Issues Regarding Shillong-Dawki Road Project are Solved(12.07.2023)

Meghalaya High Court has ordered that further felling of trees for the purpose of package I of the Shillong-Dawki Road project should not be carried o.....

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SC: Union to Frame Action Plan for Implementation of Feeding and Child Care Rooms in Public Areas(20.11.2024)

Supreme Court while hearing a public interest litigation, has asked the Central Government to frame an action plan regarding facilities of child care .....

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Delhi HC: Fosters- SABMiller Cross-Border Deal Not Taxable(27.07.2016)

Delhi HC has junked revenue authorities’ attempts to tax transfer of intangible assets in the cross-border transaction between British beer major SABM.....

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NCLAT Allows Banks to Declare Defaulting IL&FS Accounts as NPAs(03.05.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has allowed banks to declare as non-performing assets the accounts of IL&FS and its group companies th.....

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Delhi HC: 'Mutual Will' Comes Into Effect on Death of Either of Joint Testators(29.04.2020)

Delhi High Court has held that the rights in favour of the ultimate beneficiary under the mutual will accrue on the demise of either of the executants.....

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Delhi HC Calls for High Level meeting for Assessing Demand for Tocilizumab in India(07.05.2021)

Delhi High Court has called for a high level meeting for assessing the demand for Tocilizumab in India and also to discuss the modalities for import a.....

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SC to Punjab Govt.: Continue Steps to Stop Illegal Transportation of Spurious Liquor(28.03.2023)

Supreme Court while closing proceedings in plea pertaining to issue of large-scale manufacture and sale of illicit liquor in state of Punjab has direc.....

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Delhi High Court: MCD, DDA Ordered to Frame Rules for Levying Fine on Encroachers(31.05.2024)

Delhi High Court has ordered the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to make encroachers liable for illegal enc.....

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J&K HC: Usage of Public Facilities for Commercial Exploitation Can't be Permitted(09.09.2020)

Jammu & Kashmir High Court has stressed that the Government Doctors cannot be permitted to "use their employment for private practice and commercial e.....

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SC Dismisses Ex-Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's Plea to Quash CBI FIR in Corruption Case(19.08.2021)

Supreme Court has dismissed former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's petition seeking to quash the FIR registered by the CBI over the corrupti.....

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Delhi HC: HC Can’t Control Day to Day Affairs of Trial Court in Exercise of Revisional Power(08.07.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that a High Court, in exercise of its Revisional power, cannot be seen as controlling the day to day affairs of the Trial Co.....

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Mad. HC: CCI has Jurisdiction Over Pleas Filed Against Google's New User Choice Billing System(08.08.2023)

Madras High Court while dismissing majority of pleas filed by Indian startups against Google's new user choice billing system, has observed that the m.....

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Supreme Court: Let Her Fly... Let Her Be Airborne All The Time(20.12.2016)

Supreme Court, while rejecting Centre’s view that Air Force officer has no entitlement to a commission, has offered relief to woman pilot Sandeep Kaur.....

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SC Dismisses Plea Against Extra-Judicial Killings and Handcuffing of Persons(15.10.2020)

Supreme Court has dismissed a plea raising the concerns regarding extra-judicial killings and handcuffing of prisoners.

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Delhi High Court Disposes Plea Alleging Dead Rat in Amul Buttermilk Packet(10.09.2021)

Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a woman's plea alleging that a dead rat or rotten chicken flesh was found in Amul's buttermilk Packet, there.....

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SC: Arbitral Tribunal Can Grant Post Award Interest Included in Sum of Award(26.04.2022)

Supreme Court has ruled that the Arbitral Tribunal can grant post-award interest on the sum of the award including the interest component. The Court r.....

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Delhi HC: Family Courts Not Expected to Adopt Hyper-Technical Approach(22.05.2023)

Delhi High Court has observed that even though the Courts are required to decide matters relating to family law expeditiously, Court is expected to no.....

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Kerala HC Directs Kollam Police to Probe Alleged Forgery of NEET Score Card of Candidate(02.06.2023)

Kerala High Court has directed the District Police Chief, Kollam, to conduct an enquiry in the matter of alleged manipulation in the National Eligibil.....

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Karnataka HC: No Bar on Step Parent to Become Adoptive Parent of Child(13.10.2020)

Karnataka High Court has declared a stepmother as the legally adoptive mother of the minor child and the couple as parents of a minor child for all le.....

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DGFT Relaxes Provision of Submission of 'Bill of Export' for Supplies Made to SEZ Units(09.06.2022)

Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has relaxed the provision of the submission of a "Bill of Export" for supplies made to the SEZ units in ca.....

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SC: Article 8 to be Applicable on People Residing Outside India on Date of Commencement of COI(21.10.2024)

Supreme Court has held that the provision of Article 8 of Constitution of India will only apply to someone ordinarily residing on the date of commence.....

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Rajasthan High Court Imposes Unique Bail Condition Banning Youth from Social Media for Three Years(22.09.2025)

Rajasthan High Court granted bail to a 19-year-old accused of circulating explicit content and intimidating a complainant on social media. The Court i.....

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HP High Court: Possession of Intermediate Quantity of Opium Poppy Not Punishable under S.37 NDPS Act(29.10.2025)

Himachal Pradesh High Court held that possession of 7.033 kg of poppy husk constitutes an intermediate quantity, and therefore, the stringent bail con.....

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SC: Conviction Can Be Based on Solitary Evidence of Child Witness, If It Inspires Confidence(29.05.2017)

Supreme Court has confirmed conviction of a woman for murder of her husband, based on testimony of her 12-year old son that he saw her presence in the.....

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Jharkhand HC Seeks Detailed Report on Availability of PPE for Health Workers(06.04.2020)

Jharkhand High Court has sought a detailed report from the State Government regarding the steps being taken to ensure the availability of medical equi.....

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SC Gives Suggestions to Centre on Prison Reforms: CSR Funded Private Jails(30.09.2022)

Supreme Court while observing the questionable conditions of jails in the country, has suggested to Central government the idea of private jails and r.....

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Bombay HC: Furnace Oil Not Part of ‘Plant & Machinery’, No Complete Sales Tax Set-Off(13.11.2025)

Bombay High Court held that manufacturers cannot claim full sales tax set-off on furnace oil used in producing goods partly sold in Maharashtra and pa.....

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SC: Chargesheet Can’t be Said to be Incomplete Merely Because it was Filed Without Sanction(01.05.2023)

Supreme Court while observing that merely because chargesheet was filed without it can’t be considered an incomplete chargesheet, has held that accuse.....

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Kerala HC Allows Screening of Anand Patwardhan Documentary 'Reason' In Film Festival(26.06.2019)

Kerala HC has allowed Screening of Anand Patwardhan Documentary 'Reason/Vivek' at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival going on in Th.....

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Uttarakhand HC: Fundamental Right to Life of Van Gujjars Families Being Violated(26.05.2021)

Uttarakhand High Court has ruled that the fundamental right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution of India, 1949 of Van Gujjars families was be.....

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Delhi Court Denies Bail to Jamia Alumni President in Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case(08.04.2022)

Delhi Court has denied bail to Shifa-Ur-Rehman, President of Jamia Millia Islamia Alumni Association in connection with the Delhi riots larger conspi.....

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SC: If Actions of Cabinet Committee are Validated by CoM, Rules of Business Not Violated by State(24.04.2023)

Supreme Court has held that when Cabinet Sub-Committee is merely acting on behalf of entire Council of Ministers (CoM), then it cannot be claimed that.....

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U’khand Govt Should Have Set Example By Complying With Environment Laws for Assembly Building: NGT(17.09.2018)

NGT has expressed its disquiet over the “deliberate” non-compliance of environmental laws by the Uttarakhand government in constructing the new Legisl.....

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P&H HC: Accused Enjoying Interim Bail in Pandemic Not Entitled To 'Dual Benefit' of Default Bail(24.07.2020)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has denied default bail to an accused on the grounds that he was not entitled to dual benefit of default bail and interi.....

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Cal. HC: Objection on Maintainability Hits Root of Judicial Proceeding if it Raises Question of Law(11.11.2022)

Calcutta High Court has held that an objection on maintainability of writ petition cannot be raised at eleventh hour and that such an objection cannot.....

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Del. HC: Unilateral Withdrawal from Divorce by Mutual Consent Amounts to Cruelty(28.12.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that unilateral withdrawal from divorce by mutual consent amounts to cruelty if such conduct is not based on justifiable gro.....

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One Sided Clauses in Builder-Buyer Agreements is Unfair Trade Practice: SC(03.04.2019)

Supreme Court has held that the incorporation of one-sided clauses in a builder-buyer agreement constitutes an unfair trade practice as per Section 2 .....

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Parliament Passes GNCTD Amendment Bill to Enhance Powers of Delhi Lieutenant Governor(25.03.2021)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The Bill seeks to enhance the powers of Lieutenan.....

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Kerala HC Directs State to Explain Actions in Furtherance of K-Rail Silver Line Project(20.01.2022)

Kerala High Court has directed the State government to explain its actions taken in furtherance of its K-Rail Silver Line project and to justify the m.....

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Delhi Court Grants Interim Bail to Umar Khalid for One Week(13.12.2022)

Delhi Court has granted interim bail to Umar Khalid for a period of one week in the larger conspiracy case of 2020 Northeast Delhi riots, to attend hi.....

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It is unlawful to discriminate against part-time workers, when a retirement pension falls due for payment(12.07.2017)

Appellant is a retired self-employed barrister, who also held part-time judicial office as a recorder (a part-time judge of Crown Court) between 1 Mar.....

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KHC: Providing Transportation Facilities is Not Replacement to Establishing Schools(11.07.2019)

Kerala High Court (KHC) has held that mere transportation facilities to the students is not a replacement to establishing schools for elementary educa.....

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Gauhati HC Asks Authority to Identify Areas Where Marginalized Families Need Assistance(18.06.2021)

Gauhati High Court has asked authorities of Kamrup Metropolitan district to identify the areas where marginalised families need assistance in form of .....

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Madras HC: Section 34 Proceedings Are Summary in Nature; Does Not Permit Additional Evidence(29.04.2022)

Madras High Court has ruled that the challenge proceedings under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 are summary in nature, hence.....

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Kerala High Court: Publication of Justice Hema Commission Report, Stayed(25.07.2024)

Kerala High Court has passed an interim order staying the publication of Justice Hema Commission Report as was directed by the State Information Commi.....

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Supreme Court: While a Child’s Welfare is Paramount, It is Not the Sole Factor in Custody Disputes(05.02.2026)

Supreme Court emphasised that child custody decisions cannot be based solely on welfare, holding that courts must also consider other relevant factors.....

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CCEA approves Creation of National Technical Textiles Mission(26.02.2020)

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to set up a National Technical Tex.....

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Madras HC Grants Compensation to Woman's Family Who Fell from Overcrowded Train(26.03.2021)

Madras High Court has ordered compensation of Rs. 8 lakh along with 6% interest to the family of a woman who died in the year 2014 as she was travelli.....

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Delhi HC Inquires CBI on Securing Conditions of Bail of James Michel in Agusta Westland Chopper Scam(21.01.2022)

Delhi High Court has inquired from the Central Bureau of Investigation how the presence of Christian James Michel, accused in the Agusta Westland Chop.....

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SC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Raj Kundra in Pornography Case(13.12.2022)

Supreme Court has granted anticipatory bail to Raj Kundra and other co-accused in the several FIR's arising out of the porn videos case registered by .....

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Freedom to exercise reproductive rights includes right to make choice regarding sterilization on basis of informed consent and free from any form of coercion(14.09.2016)

Instant public interest petition raised very important issues concerning entire range of conduct and management, under auspices of State Governments, .....

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Gauhati High Court Grants Bail to Ex-Army Man Who Was Detained After Being Declared 'Foreigner'(10.06.2019)

Gauhati High Court has granted interim release of ex-army man Mohammad Sanaullah, who was arrested and sent to detention centre on May 28, after a For.....

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Delhi High Court Cancels Bail of 72 Yrs Old Accused in POCSO Case(01.02.2022)

Delhi High Court has cancelled the bail granted to a 72 years old man, who is accused of raping a 7 years old girl child and is booked for the offence.....

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SC Issues Directions to Avoid Delay in Release of Prisoners Who Are in Custody Despite Bail Granted(03.02.2023)

Supreme Court has issued guidelines on the issue of undertrial prisoners who continue to be in custody despite having been granted the benefit of bail.....

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J&K&L HC: District Judge Serving as Reference Court under Land Acquisition Act Acts as a Civil Court(17.03.2026)

J&K&L HC held that a District Judge acting as a Reference Court under the Land Acquisition Act functions as a civil court, passing judicial orders tha.....

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Madras HC: TET Not Mandatory For Teachers Recruited Before November 15, 2011(12.04.2017)

Madras HC has asked State Government not to compel school teachers recruited before November 15, 2011, to clear Teacher Eligibility Test scheduled for.....

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Meghalaya HC: No Discretion for Governor in Appointments in District Councils in Tribal Areas(19.02.2020)

Meghalaya High Court has held that the Governor of the State does not have any discretion in the matter of appointments to the Executive Committee of .....

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Delhi HC Stays PCI Communication Barring Govt Agencies from Advertising in Hindustan Media(08.03.2021)

Delhi High Court has stayed a communication issued by the Press Council of India (PCI) to the Government Departments, which had effectively barred all.....

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Allahabad HC: Non Grant of Anticipatory Bail After IO Submitted Charge Sheet Not in Public Interest(07.04.2021)

Allahabad High Court has observed that non grant of anticipatory bail to an accused only on the ground that charge-sheet has been submitted by the Inv.....

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HP HC: Water is State Property; Not Private Entitlement of People Who Use it(24.03.2023)

Himachal Pradesh High Court while observing that it is a misconception that water belongs to villagers who use it, has held that Water is State proper.....

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SC Directs 3 Member Committee to Examine Objections to Delhi Bar Council Elections(15.05.2018)

Supreme Court has directed a three-member committee to examine the objections to the Delhi Bar Council elections held in April this year.

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Punjab & Haryana High Court Issues Directions for Filing of Regular Second Appeals(24.02.2020)

Punjab and Haryana High Court have laid down rules for the filing of Regular Second Appeals, to enable easier understanding of the facts of the case. .....

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CBIC Notifies Reduction in Applicability of GST E-invoicing Threshold(09.03.2021)

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has notified the reduction in the applicability of Goods and Services Tax E-invoicing threshold fro.....

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SC: Any Premises Belonging to Council of Scientific and Industrial Research is Public Premises(14.01.2022)

Supreme has Court has held any premises belonging to, or taken on lease by, or on behalf of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research is public pr.....

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Telangana HC: Railway Not Liable to Compensate if Passenger Dies Due to Own Negligence(28.04.2022)

Telangana High Court has ruled that Railway is not liable to compensate under Section 124A of the Railways Act, 1989 if the passenger died due to own .....

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Bom. HC: Maharashtra Govt Criticized for Exhibiting Mindset to Curtail Liberty of Undertrials(19.07.2024)

Bom. HC while granting bail to an accused, has observed that despite the consistent view of Apex Court on subject of pre-trial bail, State exhibits a .....

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SC Grants Bail to Indrani Mukerjea in Sheena Bora Murder Case(18.05.2022)

Supreme Court has granted bail to Indrani Mukerjea, after being in judicial custody for 6.5 years, who is the prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder .....

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Del HC: Can’t Restrict Discretion to Choose HC or Session Court for Anticipatory Bail Plea(12.06.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that it is discretionary for the Applicant either to approach the High Court or the Court of Session since both the Court ha.....

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SC: Strangers Cannot File Appeal Unless They Satisfy Court That They are 'Aggrieved Persons’(24.08.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that strangers cannot be permitted to file an appeal under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 unless he satisf.....

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Gurugram Court rejects Bail Application of 2 CAs’ in Gurugram GST Refund Fraud Case(24.05.2022)

ACJM, Gurugram has rejected the bail applications filed by two Chartered Accountants in the recent GST refund fraud case.

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Delhi HC Directs Centre to Fix MRP of Coronary Stents by March 1(23.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has directed Central Government to fix Maximum Retail Price (MRP) and a ceiling price by March 1, 2017, for coronary stents, used to .....

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Bail is not to be withheld as a punishment; Court has to keep in mind nature of accusations and evidence in support thereof and severity of the punishment(21.10.2019)

In present matter, FIR came to be lodged against both the bail Petitioners. Issue in present case is relating to grant of bail. Learned Senior Counsel.....

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P & H HC Denies Pre-Arrest Bail to Rape Accused Due to 7 Months' Delay in FIR(31.08.2020)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that a delay of even 7 months in reporting the incident of rape would not entitle the accused to anticipato.....

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MP High Court Allows Plea of SC-PwD Candidate in Civil Judge Selection(26.07.2021)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that vertical reservation can be granted in favor of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes.....

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Kerala HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Actor Vijay Babu in Rape Case(22.06.2022)

Kerala High Court has granted pre-arrest bail subject to conditions to Malayalam actor-producer Vijay Babu in the case wherein an actress accused him .....

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BCI to SC: Practicing Advocates Cannot Simultaneously Work as Full Time Journalists(17.12.2024)

Bar Council of India has informed the Supreme Court that practicing advocates cannot simultaneously work as full time journalists as there are rules t.....

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AP HC: Rape Cannot be Considered As a Mere Physical Assault(02.04.2025)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that rape cannot be considered as a mere physical assault. Therefore, the cases relating to granting of bail in off.....

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SC Slams SDMC Over Illegal Buildings in Dwarka(15.01.2019)

Supreme Court has asked South Delhi Municipal Corporation to explain why it has not taken action against unauthorised constructions in Dwarka despite .....

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Kerala HC Directs Indian Railways to Accept Lawyers’ ID Card as Valid Proof for Train Journey(01.10.2018)

Kerala High Court has directed the Indian Railways to treat identity cards issued to lawyers by respective Bar councils as a valid identity proof to u.....

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SC Grants Time for Vijay Kurle, Nilesh Ojha & Rashid Khan Pathan to Surrender(19.08.2020)

Supreme Court has allowed 16 weeks time for surrendering for Vijay Kurle, Nilesh Ojha and Rashid Khan Pathan who were convicted for contempt.

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BCI Extends Registration Date for AIBE XVI Till August 14(19.07.2021)

Bar Council of India (BCI) has decided to extend the last date of registration for the All India Bar Exam (AIBE) XVI till August 14, 2021. The payment.....

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Del HC: Can’t Classify Woman Based on Their Education/Occupation for Bail U/S 45(1) of PMLA(15.06.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that PMLA doesn’t define woman and it is not the intention of Constitution or PMLA to classify women on basis of thei.....

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Del. HC: Can’t Delve into Domain of Experts in Assessing Functional Disability of Medical Aspirant(13.09.2024)

Del HC has clarified that Court’s power are not so expansive as to allow it to create or modify eligibility criteria for pursuing medical education. T.....

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SC Notices Shahabuddin, Bihar & Central Government over Plea Seeking to Shift Shahabuddin to Tihar(24.10.2016)

Supreme Court has issued notice to Ex-RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin, Bihar Government and Centre seeking their reply to shift Shahabuddin from Siwan Dis.....

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Karnataka HC Suggests Setting Up of Facility for Complaints of Violation of Social Distancing Norms(07.06.2021)

Karnataka High Court has suggested the State government to consider setting up a facility allowing citizens to lodge complaints about violation of soc.....

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Madras HC: Writ Petition is Not Maintainable to Enforce Arbitral Award(18.04.2022)

Madras High Court has observed that a writ petition cannot be filed to enforce an arbitral award when an alternative remedy is available under section.....

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Madras HC: Why Only Games Like ‘Rummy’ Being Banned in the Name of Social Evil(28.04.2023)

Madras High Court while hearing challenge to Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act 2022, has questioned as to w.....

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Bombay HC Puts on Hold Transfer of Employee Having Mentally Challenged Child(14.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has stayed transfer of an employee of Maharashtra Association for Cultivation of Science, an autonomous body under Union Government .....

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Kerala High Court Declines to Stay Bail of IAS Officer Sriram Venkitaraman in Road Accident Case(08.08.2019)

Kerala High Court has declined to stay a magistrate court order granting bail to Sriram Venkitaraman, the suspended IAS officer accused of killing a j.....

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Uttarakhand High Court Orders Online Tuition Course for Juvenile in Children's Home(25.06.2021)

Uttarakhand High Court has directed the Superintendent of the Children's Home in Haridwar to make arrangements for online tuition of a juvenile, willi.....

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Bombay HC Asks Government to Increase Compensation for Victims of Rail Accident(17.10.2016)

Bombay HC has said that Government must enhance the compensation paid to victims of rail accidents to ensure that the amount marches with time.

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NGT Restricts Height of Kasauli Buildings(10.10.2018)

National Green Tribunal has restricted the height of buildings to two storeys plus an attic to regulate construction in the Kasauli Planning Area

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Finance Minister Tables Taxation Laws Amendment Bill to Withdraw Retrospective Tax(06.08.2021)

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has tabled the Taxation Laws Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha, which seeks to withdraw the contentious retrospective ta.....

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Kerala HC to Registrar, District Judiciary: Introduce Child-Friendly Rooms in Family Courts(30.06.2022)

Kerala High Court while suggesting introduction of child-friendly rooms in all Family Courts in the State, has directed Registrar of the District Judi.....

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Violation of SC Order: SC Accepts Magistrate's Apology; Imposes Fine on Police Officer(03.09.2024)

The Supreme Court has accepted the unconditional apology of the Magistrate and imposed a fine of Rs. 25,000 on the Police Officer, for the arrest and .....

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BCI Issues Circular Suggesting Monthly Stipend to Advocates in Urban and Rural Areas(16.10.2024)

BCI has issued a circular making recommendation that junior advocates should be paid a monthly stipend of Rs. 20,000 in urban areas and Rs. 15,000 in .....

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Bombay HC Rules ‘Court Cannot Ignore Illegal Detention’(04.11.2016)

Bombay High Court, while granting bail to a Gondia man arrested for murder and cases under Arms Act and SC/ST Act, has said that court can’t turn Nels.....

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Rajasthan High Court: Application for Anticipatory Bail by Juvenile Maintainable(05.09.2019)

Rajasthan High Court has ruled that an anticipatory bail application may be moved by a juvenile apprehending arrest. The Court observed that merely be.....

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SC Stays Proposed Demolition of Patna’s Collectorate Building(21.09.2020)

Supreme Court has stayed the proposed demolition of Patna's famous Collectorate building also known as 'Afim ka Bhandar' by directing that status quo .....

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CBIC Notifies Nil Excise Duty Rate for Ethanol Blended Petrol(06.07.2022)

Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs (CBIC) has notified nil central excise duty rate for the products ethanol-blended petrol.

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Cal. HC: Vigilant Monitoring Required to Prevent Illegal Manufacture of Packaged Drinking Water(02.08.2023)

Calcutta High Court while observing that vigilant monitoring over all packaged drinking water manufacturers is required to prevent illegal manufacturi.....

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SC: Parameters for Grant of Anticipatory Bail in Serious Offence Like Corruption Are to be Satisfied(07.03.2025)

SC has observed that parameters for grant of anticipatory bail in a serious offence like corruption are required to be satisfied. Anticipatory bail ca.....

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Kerala High Court: Court Granting Bail Can Cancel it, if Conditions are Violated(28.05.2024)

Kerala High Court has held that the legal position is settled that when a Court grants bail after imposing conditions, violation of any of the conditi.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, S. 439(2) of CrPC, Cancellation of Bail



Government Proposes to Introduce Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill(24.11.2021)

Central Government has proposed to introduce the Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021. As per the list of business, t.....

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Gauhati High Court: Notify the Child Protection Policy and the rules under the Juvenile Justice Act(01.04.2024)

Gauhati High Court has asked the State Government to notify the rules under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2015, and the Child Protec.....

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Mad. HC: Sufficient Knowledge in Tamil Language A Sine Qua Non for Service in Group-IV Posts(03.06.2024)

Mad. HC has upheld Govt. order mandating candidates to secure minimum qualifying marks of 40% in Tamil Paper in examination conducted by the Tamil Nad.....

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Madras High Court: No Floor Test in Tamil Nadu Assembly till September 20(15.09.2017)

Madras High Court has ordered that no floor test would be conducted in Tamil Nadu Assembly till September 20.

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When a judge decides that, an accused is not mentally fit to stand trial, it is then necessary to consider whether accused may become fit within six months(08.08.2019)

In present matter, on 29 July, 2019, the accused appeared at a hearing to determine whether he was fit to be tried. Reports obtained by the Court conc.....

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SC: Accused Entitled to Bail for Offence with Upto 10 Yrs Jail, If Police Fails to File Charge Sheet(17.08.2017)

Supreme Court has held that an accused is entitled to statutory bail u/s 167(2)(a)(2) of Code of Criminal procedure if the police failed to file charg.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2019(01.08.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill has been passed with three Government amendments. Under the Bill the penalti.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Response on Making Covid-19 Care Facility Inside JNU(13.07.2021)

Delhi High Court has sought response of the Delhi Government on its proposal to make a Covid-19 care facility inside Jawaharlal Nehru University after.....

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Gujarat HC Denies Bail to Congress Leader Accused of Conspiring Murder of BJP Councilor(26.05.2022)

Gujarat HC has rejected the bail application filed by Congress Leader, who was charged for allegedly committing the offences u/s 302, 303 of IPC, whil.....

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The equivalence of a qualification is not a matter that can be determined in exercise of power of judicial review(06.08.2024)

The Appellant, appeared in the written test on 10th October, 2009 and cleared the exam. The KPSC invited the Appellant vide letter dated 03rd October,.....

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SC: Erstwhile Rulers Need Not Pay Tax On Income From Leasing Palaces(13.12.2016)

Supreme Court has held that Erstwhile rulers are not required to pay tax on income earned by letting out a portion of their residential palace.

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Bombay High Court Asks Maharashtra Govt to Set Up Child-Friendly Courts on Priority(27.11.2018)

Bombay High Court has directed Maharashtra Government to set up child-friendly courtrooms in all the judicial premises across the state on a “priority.....

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Singapore Arbitral Tribunal Injuncts RIL-Future Group Deal in Plea by Amazon(26.10.2020)

Singapore International Arbitration Tribunal has injuncted Reliance Industries Ltd.'s acquisition of some Future Group entities for Rs 24,713 Crores o.....

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Delhi Court: Mere Criticism of Political Parties No Ground to Invoke S.153A & 295A IPC(18.07.2022)

Delhi Court while granting bail to co-founder of Alt News Mohammed Zubair, has held that he voice of dissent is necessary for healthy democracy, there.....

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Delhi HC: Sterilization and Immunization of Stray Dogs is an Important Public Function(21.08.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that sterilization and immunization of stray dogs is an important public function, has directed State to ensure that .....

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Patna High Court: Can Grant Child Custody on Basis of Present Day Circumstances(10.04.2025)

Patna High Court while rejecting a father’s plea for custody over his minor daughter, has observed that the sense of security which the child needs, t.....

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Kerala High Court: Not Feasible to Direct Shifting Bio Toilets from Sabarimala to Wayanad(05.08.2024)

Kerala High Court has held that it is not feasible to temporarily give the bio-toilets placed at various places in the trekking path in Sabarimala to .....

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SC to Courts: Don’t Grant Bail in Cheating Cases Merely Because Accused Agreed to Deposit Money(05.07.2023)

Supreme Court has reminded High Court and Trial Courts to not follow the practice of directing deposit of amount as a condition for granting anticipat.....

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Raj. HC: PO Omitting to Mention Date of Arrest in Order Rejecting Bail is a Significant Oversight(24.09.2024)

Rajasthan High Court has observed that the date of arrest of accused is an integral and crucial part of a bail order and the Presiding Officer omittin.....

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Kerala Court Dismissed Anticipatory Bail Application of CPM Leader Accused of Abetting ADM's Suicide(29.10.2024)

A Kerala Court has denied anticipatory bail to CPM Member and former Kannur district Panchayath President, PP Divya, who is accused of abetting the su.....

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Delhi HC: Court May Grant Leave Under Order XI Rule 5 to File New Documents Not Filed with Plaint(23.08.2021)

Delhi High Court has ruled that under Order XI Rule 5 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908, the Court can grant leave to the plaintiff to file documents .....

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SC to Union Government: Introduce Separate Act to Streamline Grant of Bail(11.07.2022)

Supreme Court has recommended the Union Government to introduce a special enactment in the nature of a Bail Act to streamline the grant of bail.

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Supreme Court Clarifies Won't Get Into Soldiers' Fight for Credit of Kargil War Victory(27.08.2019)

Supreme Court has held that reports of the defence forces, which contain role of officers at the time of engagement, are not justiciable and that it i.....

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Kerala HC Lifts Bail Condition Imposed on Former PWD Minister V.K. Ebrahim Kunju(19.07.2021)

Kerala High Court has lifted the bail condition imposed on Former PWD Minister V.K Ebrahim Kunju to the effect that he cannot leave the jurisdictional.....

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Kerala HC Seeks Response in Plea Seeking Clarification to Penalize Devices While Driving(29.07.2021)

Kerala High Court has sought response of the State Government in a plea seeking clarification on the move by the Police department to penalize the use.....

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All. HC: Burden on Disciplinary Authority to Prove Employee's Willful Absence from Service(18.07.2023)

Allahabad High Court while observing that absence from duty without prior permission may amount to unauthorized absence, but it doesn’t always mean wi.....

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SC: Unnecessary to Implead Civil Authority in Bail Applications by Foreigners under Foreigners Act(07.01.2025)

SC has held that it is unnecessary to implead civil authority or Registration Officer in bail applications by foreigners under Foreigners Act, 1946 as.....

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SC Refuses to Lower Cut-Off Marks for NEET Super-Speciality Courses(10.05.2022)

Supreme Court has denied lowering the cut-off percentile for admission to NEET super-speciality courses, stating that doctors have to deal with patien.....

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Bom. HC: Bar Council of Mah. & Goa Directed to Take Action Against Lawyer Who Appeared Without Band(21.06.2024)

Bombay High Court has directed the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa to take action against a lawyer who appeared in the court without proper attire as.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Details of Missing Children(23.11.2015)

Delhi High Court has directed police to give details of the number of children reported missing in the past four years and the present status of these.....

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Delhi High Court Rejects Plea Against Installation of Mobile Tower(24.06.2019)

Delhi High Court has rejected a plea against installation of mobile tower in a North Delhi locality, noting that there was no scientific data availabl.....

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Bombay HC Takes Serious Note of Defective Ventilators Provided to Marathwada Region(26.05.2021)

Bombay High Court has taken serious note of at least 113 defective ventilators of the 150 ventilators provided to the Marathwada region through the PM.....

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Delhi HC: Filing Complaint with Unrelated Government Office Does Not Constitute Notice(07.04.2022)

Delhi High Court has observed that mere filing of a complaint with an unrelated government office expressing one's grievance does not constitute a not.....

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SC Grants Bail to Two Alleged Accused in a UAPA Case After 4.5 Years in Custody(19.04.2023)

Supreme Court while granting bail to two alleged persons in the 2018 murder case of two leaders of Telugu Desam Party, has observed that materials pla.....

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SEBI Notifies New Disclosure Norms on Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting(12.05.2021)

Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has notified the new disclosure norms pertaining to Business responsibility and sustainability reporting b.....

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AP HC Permits TTD to Allot Padmavati Nilayam at Tiruchanur for Setting Up of Collectorate(25.03.2022)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has permitted the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) to allot the Padmavathi Nilayam at Tiruchanur for setting up the offi.....

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Karnataka Assembly Passes State GST Bill(16.06.2017)

Karnataka State Assembly has unanimously passed 'Karnataka Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017'.

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Top Court: Property Inherited From Father by Sons Becomes Joint Family Property(04.07.2019)

Top Court has observed that property inherited from father by sons becomes joint family property in the hands of sons.

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Delhi HC Asks to Implement Suggestions to Improve Movement of Persons with Disabilities(04.03.2022)

Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government to endeavour to implement suggestions of stakeholders on the facilities to encourage movement of perso.....

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CIVIL - No More Appeals to Maintain Illegal Constructions: Madras HC(20.02.2019)

Madras High Court has condemned practice of allowing an encroacher to file an appeal to maintain an illegal construction under Section 113-C of TN Tow.....

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ITAT, Delhi: License Fee Paid to Indian Railway Allowable as Depreciation(18.02.2020)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Delhi has held that depreciation under section 32 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is allowable in respect of the amo.....

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Allahabad HC Issues Notice to UP Dy-CM Keshav Maurya in Illegal House Grabbing Case(17.12.2021)

Allahabad High Court has issued a notice to Keshav Prasad Maurya, Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh directing him to file a counter affidavit in .....

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CBIC Extends Deadline for Filing of Returns in Forms GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C(30.12.2021)

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has extended the deadline of Goods and Services Tax Annual Returns, Forms GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C for th.....

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All. HC: Bail Granted to Assessee Since Proceedings u/s 70 and 74 of GST Act Pending for Too Long(04.03.2024)

Allahabad High Court while granting bail to an assessee who had availed excess input tax credit, has stated that since the proceedings under Section 7.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Bail, Section 70 of GST Act, Section 74 of GST Act



Karnataka HC Asks State to Clarify Stand on Bearing Rail Fare of Migrants Who Can't Pay(20.05.2020)

Karnataka High Court has asked the State to clarify on whether it really wants to take a stand that a migrant worker who has no income and is not in a.....

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CESTAT: No Service Tax on Activity of Installing and Maintaining Fixed Facility for Supplying Oxygen(17.03.2022)

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Kolkata has ruled that service tax is not applicable on the activity of installing and ma.....

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NCDRC Members Roasted for Issuing Warrants Despite SC’s Order Directing Non-Coercive Steps(25.04.2024)

SC expressed concern on National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission's (NCDRC) order issuing non-bailable warrants despite Supreme Court’s order di.....

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Bombay High Court Refuses Bail to Armaan Kohli in Narcotics Case(21.12.2021)

Bombay High Court has rejected the bail application of actor Armaan Kohli in a drug trafficking case. The Court has granted bail to alleged consumers .....

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SC: Heroin And Other Drugs Are Ruining The Youths(05.01.2023)

Supreme Court while rejecting application for anticipatory bail of a man, who had 24 grams of Heroin and Brown sugar in possession with him, has obser.....

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P&H HC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into Alleged Illegal Mining Activities at Dadam(23.03.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice to the Haryana government on a plea seeking Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the alleged i.....

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Madras HC to State: Can State Specify Percentage of Disability for Reservation In Recruitment?(13.06.2017)

Madras High Court has questioned Additional Advocate General on the source of power of Government to specify percentage of disabilities for reservatio.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019(03.07.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare noted that the Bill would be .....

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Shipping Bill (Post Export Conversion in Relation to Instrument Based Scheme) Regulations, 2022(22.02.2022)

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157 read with section 149 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Board, hereby makes the following .....

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Concerns About Rise in Low-Quality Law Colleges Raised by Bar Council of India(17.04.2024)

Bar Council of India while raising concern regarding the increase in the number of substandard law colleges in India has suggested thorough inspection.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes the Boilers Bill, 2024(05.12.2024)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Boilers Bill, 2024 which repeals the previous Boilers Act, 1923. The new bill includes provisions for regulation of boilers.....

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Cal. HC Lifts Stay Order on Recruitment of Civil Judges who Qualified WBJS Exam(19.03.2025)

Calcutta High Court while dismissing multiple pleas that had challenged the conduct of West Bengal Judicial Services Exam, 2022, has lifted the stay o.....

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Lok Sabha passes the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2016(16.12.2016)

In last lap of winter session of this year, Lok Sabha  has passed Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2016, replacing the Persons with Disabiliti.....

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Delhi High Court Drops Contempt Case Against Tamil Magazine Editor(15.10.2019)

Delhi High Court has dropped a contempt case against Swaminathan Gurumurthy, the editor of Tamil magazine Thuglak, for having retweeted an article all.....

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Bombay HC Directs Shifting of Terminally Ill Undertrial Prisoner in Naxal Blast Case(09.09.2021)

Bombay High Court has allowed a terminally ill prison inmate suffering from stage four cancer to take palliative care or pain management at a hospice .....

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Kerala High Court Introduces Paperless Courts for Bail & Tax Matters from 1st August(22.07.2022)

Kerala High Court, as a part of the first phase in the implementation of paperless courts, has decided to introduce paperless courts in Bail Jurisdict.....

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P&H HC: Measured Legal Response Necessitates Vigilance at Point of Entry(24.03.2025)

Punjab & Haryana High Court has stated that a measured legal response necessitates vigilance at the point of entry rather than the indiscriminate deni.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Arbitration & Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021(15.02.2021)

Lok Sabha has passed the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 by voice vote. The Bill seeks to amend the Arbitration and Conciliation A.....

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SC: Court Must Consider Bail of Accused if Trial is Delayed for No Fault to Accused(31.10.2023)

Supreme Court while listing out factors to be considered for grant of bail, has observed that when the trial is not proceeding for reasons not attribu.....

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J&K HC: Civil Remedy Alone Cannot Be Used To Quash Criminal Proceedings in Enso Tower Case(31.12.2025)

J&K HC held that the existence of a civil dispute does not prevent criminal prosecution. The court refused to quash a 2020 theft FIR in the Enso Tower.....

Tags : Civil Remedy, Criminal Proceedings, Quash



Jharkhand HC: Regular Bail Plea During Interim Bail is Not Maintainable under Section 483 BNSS(04.02.2026)

Jharkhand High Court held that an accused released on interim bail is not deemed to be in “custody” for seeking regular bail under Section 483 of the .....

Tags : Regular Bail, Interim Bail, Plea



Allahabad HC Directs to File Personal Affidavit in PIL Seeking Constructive Disposal of Cooking Oil(16.03.2022)

Allahabad High Court has directed the Commissioner, Food Safety & Drug Administration (State of UP) to file his personal affidavit in a Public Interes.....

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Del. HC: For Purposes of Article 19(6) of COI National Council for Teacher Education is ‘State’(23.04.2024)

Delhi High Court has held that for the purposes of Article 19(6) of the Constitution of India, National Council for Teacher Education shall come under.....

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Madras HC Rejects PIL Challenging Use of 'Derogatory Terminologies' for Persons with Disabilities(26.04.2021)

Madras High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation Petition without giving any directions/relief which sought removal of the 'derogatory t.....

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Gauhati HC to State: Why POCSO Act Added in Child Marriage Act?(15.02.2023)

Gauhati High Court while granting anticipatory bail to certain accused in different matters booked under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, .....

Tags : Gauhati High Court, Anticipatory Bail, Child Marriage, POCSO



Punjab Assembly Passes Indian Penal Code (Punjab Amendment) Bill, 2016(23.03.2016)

Punjab Assembly has passed Indian Penal Code (Punjab Amendment) Bill, 2016 that seeks life imprisonment for sacrilege of the Guru Granth Sahib.

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Supreme Court Stays Madras High Court Order on Bar Council Elections(22.02.2018)

Supreme Court has stayed the order passed by the Madras High Court on February 16, in which the High Court had issued a slew of directions aimed at en.....

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SC: Court Can Exempt Accused from Personal Appearance Before Grant of Bail(03.05.2024)

Supreme Court has observed that power to grant exemption from personal appearance under the Code of Criminal Procedure should not be read in a restric.....

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Madhya Pradesh HC Grants Bail on Condition to Provide Volunteer Services(22.04.2020)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has released an Indore-resident, apprehended for lockdown violation, on bail provided that he renders "voluntary services" f.....

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APTEL Directs TANGEDCO to Supply Electricity to Vedana Sterlite’s Copper Plant in Tuticorin(05.05.2021)

Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has directed the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) to supply electricity to Ved.....

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ITAT, Bangalore: Delay in Filing Form 67 Cannot be Reason to Deny Foreign Tax Credit(31.03.2022)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has observed that Rule 128 of the Income Tax Rules which requires the assessee to submit Form 67 before filin.....

Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Rule 128 of the Income Tax Rules, filing Form 67, Form 67, Foreign Tax Credit



Del. HC to Centre: Hold Consultation for Making Visually & Hearing Impaired Friendly Films(07.04.2023)

Delhi High Court has directed Centre to hold consultation with film producers, OTT platforms, television broadcasters, association of theatre owners, .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Films, Visually & Hearing Impaired



Delhi Court Upholds Juvenile's Conviction in 2011 Delhi HC Blast Case(11.08.2016)

A Delhi Trial Court has upheld conviction of a juvenile in 2011 Delhi High Court blast case, saying that the teenager was a "co-conspirator" in the te.....

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Mad. HC: English Not a Mandatory Subject to Get Eligibility Certificate From NMC(18.01.2024)

Madras High Court while directing National Medical Commission (NMC) to grant an eligibility certificate to a Foreign Medical Graduate, has held that n.....

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Del. HC: Copy of Arbitration Award Must Be Given Only to The Parties And Not Their Agents/Advocates(20.02.2024)

Delhi High Court has held that the term party under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act refers only to the parties themselves and not their advocates.....

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Bombay High Court: Unchaste Wife Not Entitled for Permanent Alimony(01.10.2015)

Bombay High Court while setting aside an order of a family court granting Rs1,500 as permanent alimony to wife to be paid by husband while granting hi.....

Tags : Bombay High Court,family court,alimony to wife



Madras High Court Directs Bar Council of Tamil Nadu to Initiate Action Against Seven Advocates(12.06.2019)

Madras High Court has directed the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to initiate disciplinary action against seven advocates involved in duplic.....

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Madras HC: Time Limit for Filing Written Statements to Counter Claims Not Mandatory(31.01.2022)

Madras High Court has held that the mandatory time limit of 120 days to file a written statement in a commercial suit is not applicable to written sta.....

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SC: Registry to Consider SCAORA's Suggestion of Open Houses for Addressing Case Filing Issues(21.02.2025)

Supreme Court has directed the Registry to take actions on the suggestion provided by Supreme Court Advocates'-On-Record Association's (SCAORA) to hol.....

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Madras HC Says Juveniles Cannot Seek Immunity(17.02.2016)

Madras HC has held that juveniles apprehending arrest in criminal cases cannot approach the High Court and seek a direction to Juvenile Justice Boards.....

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Supreme Court Slams Primeval Conditions in Jails(23.11.2018)

Supreme Court bench has expressed disappointment over the condition of jails and also expressed displeasure over lack of video conferencing facilities.....

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Delhi HC Might Review Extended Interim Bails Granted to Prisoners in View of COVID-19(21.10.2020)

Delhi High Court has said that extended interim bails and paroles granted to prisoners in view of the COVID-19 pandemic might be reviewed after prison.....

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Kerala HC Grants Bail to Actor Sreejith Ravi in POCSO Case(15.07.2022)

Kerala High Court has granted bail to Malayalam actor Sreejith Ravi in a POCSO case registered against him for allegedly exhibiting nudity in front of.....

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Cal HC: Reference to Master Facility Agreement Not Sufficient to Incorporate Arbitration Clause(16.08.2023)

Calcutta High Court while observing that arbitration clause can’t be incorporated by reference without clear intention of parties, has held that a gen.....

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Bombay HC: Entertainment Duty not leviable on Billiard Tables being Exclusively provided to Members(22.07.2022)

Bombay High Court has held that the entertainment duty cannot be levied on Billiard Tables as the services are exclusively provided to the Members of .....

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Supreme Court Explains Distinction between Gift/Settlement Deed & Will(26.03.2025)

SC has observed that in case of gift, it is a gratuitous grant by owner to another person, in case of a settlement, the consideration is mutual love, .....

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Jhar. HC: Standard of Proof to Rebut Presumption Under NI Act is of Preponderance of Probabilities(16.08.2022)

Jharkhand High Court has held that when an accused under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act has to rebut the presumption in favour of .....

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Del. HC: In Cases Covered Under S. 479 of BNSS, Courts Must Not Mechanically Adjourn Bail Pleas(31.01.2025)

Delhi High Court has held that in cases that are covered by Section 479 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Trial Courts should not mechanica.....

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Calcutta HC Directs Disclosure of Status of CCTVs in All police Stations and Child-Friendly Corners(17.11.2020)

Calcutta High Court has directed the Home Secretary, Government of West Bengal to disclose the status of CCTVs in all police stations including child-.....

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All. HC: Relationship Between Logic and Experience Important in the Context of Invoking Precedents(28.08.2023)

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Government to provide infrastructure and financial assistance for procuring essential electronic gadgets for condu.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court has observed that to decide a case with similar facts and circumstances, relationship between logic and experience is important in the context of invoking precedents, and they must not be applied mechanically.



NGT Asks Aviation Ministry, DGCA to Provide Incentives to Pilots Who Cause Less Noise Pollution(18.01.2017)

National Green Tribunal has directed Ministry of Civil Aviation and aviation regulator DGCA to mull over possibility of providing incentives to pilots.....

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NCLT Allows Former Directors of IL&FS to Withdraw Rs. 2 Lakh Per Month(21.01.2019)

National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has allowed the former directors of IL&FS Group to withdraw Rs. 2 lakh each per month from one of their bank acco.....

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If cheque is not issued for discharge of any debt or other liability, Section 138 of NI Act cannot be invoked(15.11.2019)

Present is an appeal filed under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) impugning an order and judgment passed by the Judicial Mag.....

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Supreme Court: Ossification Test Results Not A Conclusive Evidence For Person’s Age(02.12.2016)

Supreme Court, while holding that a medical test does not give an accurate finding regarding age of a person, has held that an accused cannot be decla.....

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Delhi HC to Govt: Rehabilitate Those Wrongfully Jailed(04.12.2017)

Delhi High Court, while empathizing with victims of wrongful imprisonment, has said that there is an "obvious gap" in law to compensate and rehabilita.....

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SC Stays Delhi High Court Order Denying Extension of Interim Bail to Undertrials(30.10.2020)

Supreme Court has stayed the order of the Delhi High Court denying further extension of interim bails granted to undertrials.

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Kar. HC: Courts Must Ascertain Religious/Charitable Nature of Trust Before Exercising Jurisdiction(18.08.2022)

Karnataka High Court has held that for exercising jurisdiction under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure, civil court is to first draw factual f.....

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Kerala HC: Pendency of Civil Suit No Bar on Directing Eviction of Aggressor from Shared Household(22.05.2025)

Kerala HC while observing that pendency of civil suit is no bar on directing eviction of aggressor from shared household under Domestic Violence Act, .....

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Karnataka HC Directs Proton Mail to Block Offensive E-Mails Sent to Female Employees of Moser(04.07.2025)

Karnataka High Court has directed Proton Mail to block offensive e-mails sent to female employees of M Moser Design Associates after noting that proce.....

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Delhi High Court: Father Cannot Relinquish His Responsibility Towards Unmarried Daughters(10.01.2022)

Delhi High Court has observed that a father cannot abandon his responsibility of looking after his unmarried daughters. The court held that father has.....

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Supreme Court: Efforts to Settle Civil Disputes Through Criminal Prosecution Must be Avoided(23.01.2024)

SC while observing that mere breach of contract doesn’t amount to an offence u/s 420 or 406 of IPC unless dishonest intention is shown, has held that .....

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Gujarat HC: Customary Divorce Entitles Daughter to Family Pension(01.05.2026)

Gujarat High Court overturned CAT's rejection and ruled that a deceased railway employee's daughter, who obtained a customary divorce and was dependen.....

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SC Grants Compensation to February 2011 Rail Accident Victims(05.07.2016)

SC has awarded compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to families of 18 people who were killed in February 2011 in a train accident at Shahajahanpur district .....

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Stigma of Juvenile Case can’t Stunt Job Prospect in Adulthood: Allahabad HC(18.04.2019)

Allahabad High Court has held that stigma of facing a criminal case as a juvenile cannot stunt someone’s employment prospects in adulthood.

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Action under Section 7 of the IBC could be invoked even against a (corporate) guarantor(26.03.2021)

Two central issues arise for determination in present appeal are (i) Whether an action under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IB.....

Tags : Insolvency Process, Maintainability, Corporate Guarantor



Ker. Court: Media Personnel Can't be Jailed for Reporting(20.03.2023)

Kerala Court, Kozhikode while granting anticipatory bail to the Executive Editor and other employees of Asianet News in connection with the allegation.....

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Ori HC: No Bar Against Anticipatory Bail in cases under SC/ST Act if No Prima Facie Offence Made Out(29.01.2024)

Orissa High Court has held that there is no absolute bar against grant of anticipatory bail to an accused under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Trib.....

Tags : Orissa High Court, Anticipatory Bail, SC/ST Act, Prima Facie Offence



Supreme Court: Lifting Corporate Veil May Include Group Assets in Holding Company’s CIRP(06.05.2026)

Supreme Court observed that to protect homebuyers and enable completion of stalled real estate projects, the corporate veil may be lifted during Corpo.....

Tags : Corporate Veil; Assets; Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process



Karnataka HC Requests Government to Consider Handing Over of Old Election Building(16.11.2021)

Karnataka High Court has requested the State government to consider handing over the Old Election Building and the Karnataka Government Insurance Depa.....

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SC: 1Km ESZ Rule Won't Apply to Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary(01.12.2022)

Supreme Court has held that its order mandating 1-kilometer Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around protected forests will not apply to Tungareshwar Wildlife .....

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Madras HC: No Default Bail Claiming Benefit of SC Order Extending Limitation(13.05.2020)

Madras High Court has held that accused cannot claim 'default' bail taking advantage of the suo moto order passed by the Supreme Court to extend limit.....

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Allahabad HC Directs State on Policy for Provision of Compensation to Illegally Detained Citizens(14.06.2021)

Allahabad High Court has directed the State Government to strictly implement its policy of granting compensation to a citizen, who has been illegally .....

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Bombay HC Rules 'Taunting One's Wife For Lack of English Speaking Skills Not Cruelty'(23.01.2017)

Bombay High Court while granting bail to a man charged with abetment to suicide of his deceased wife, has ruled that taunting a wife and ridiculing he.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Cruelty, English Speaking Skills



NCLT Directs to Start Insolvency Proceedings Against AVP Buildtech(11.11.2019)

National Company Law Tribunal has directed to initiate insolvency proceedings against Delhi-based real estate firm AVP Buildtech Ltd by admitting a pl.....

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MCA Relaxes Additional Fees and Extension of Last Date of Filing of CRA-4(03.12.2020)

Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has notified relaxation of additional fees and extension of the last date of filing of CRA-4 (form for filing of c.....

Tags : Ministry of Corporae Affairs, Extension of Last Date of Filing of CRA-4



J&K&L HC: No Vicarious Liability Under Criminal Law Unless Strictly Mandated by Statute(08.08.2022)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that in criminal law, there is no concept of criminal vicarious liability and only if there is a stat.....

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Supreme Court: Verification Process to Identify Fake Lawyers Must Be Expedited(27.01.2025)

Supreme Court while hearing a transfer petition by Bar Council of India has expressed concern over delay in verification of advocates and has stated t.....

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J&K HC: Can’t Deny Passport Merely for Criminal Antecedents of Family Members(13.02.2025)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that a person cannot be denied passport merely on the ground of presence of criminal family background.

Tags : J&K High Court, Criminal Antecedents, Family Members



Allahabad HC Grants Bail to Man Accused of Beating People Raising Slogan of ‘Jai Sri Ram’(28.06.2022)

Allahabad High Court has granted conditional bail to a man accused of beating people were returning back to their house raising the slogan of 'Jai Sri.....

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Raj. HC: Competent Authority Must Record its Satisfaction While Suspending a Civil Servant(30.08.2024)

Raj. HC has held that in cases of suspension of civil servants the competent authority must record its satisfaction and if suspension is made merely o.....

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Del. HC: Prosecution and Legal Departments to Exercise Due Diligence before Initiating Cases(11.10.2024)

Del. HC has stated that frivolous cases undermine efficiency of judiciary, causing distress to litigants. Therefore, it is imperative that prosecution.....

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SC: Functional Disability is the Determining Factor to Claim Total Disablement(20.07.2023)

Supreme Court has held that it is the functional disability and not just the physical disability which is the determining factor in assessing whether .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Functional Disability, Physical Disability, Total Disablement



SC Orders Release of Prisoner on Finding that He Was Juvenile at the Time of Offence(09.01.2025)

Supreme Court has ordered release of a prisoner who spent 25 years in jail after finding that he was a juvenile at the time the offence was committed.

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Framework for Corporate Debt Market Development Fund (CDMDF)(27.07.2023)

1. Chapter III-C has been inserted vide amendments to SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 vide Gazette notification no. SEBI/LAD- NR.....

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Supreme Court Hints at Directing CBI Probe into Builder-Banks Nexus(06.03.2025)

Supreme Court has hinted at directing a CBI probe into a builder-banks nexus and expressed that some real estate companies and banks which sanction lo.....

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SC Grants Bail to Varavara Rao on Medical Grounds(10.08.2022)

Supreme Court has granted bail to Bhima Koregaon case accused Varavara Rao, who was arrested in 2018, on medical grounds.

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Centre Informs Supreme Court about No Intention to bring Separate Law on Bail(29.01.2025)

Central Government has informed the Supreme Court that the provisions relating to Bail and Bonds in Chapter-XXXV of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha San.....

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Allahabad HC: Allowing Jail Premises to be Used for Committing Crime is Serious Threat(11.11.2020)

Allahabad HC has observed that if the premises of a district jail facility are itself so porous and its administration so lax, as may allow such jail .....

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SC to Centre: Either Share The Draft of Trafficking Bill or We'll Call Cabinet Secretary to Court(05.09.2022)

Supreme Court while taking exception to Centre’s disinclination in not sharing the draft of the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Care and Rehabilit.....

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SC: Court Should Not Interfere With Order Granting Deemed Conveyance Under MOFA(22.04.2025)

SC has observed that in writ jurisdiction, the Court should not interfere with the order granting deemed conveyance under Section 11(4) of Maharashtra.....

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NGT Notices Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum over Air Pollution(05.12.2016)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notice to two public sector oil companies asking them whether they use any diesel vehicle which is more than .....

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Delhi HC Affirms Assessee Not Entitled to Claim Deduction Until Liability Has Accrued(13.02.2020)

Delhi High Court has held that the Assessee is not entitled to claim the deduction until the liability for which deduction is claimed has accrued.

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Delhi HC Directs Factions of Munjal Family to Approach Arbitration in Trademark Dispute(18.03.2021)

Delhi High Court has directed two factions of the Munjal family battling over a trademark to approach an arbitrator, as has been stipulated in the set.....

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Kerala High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking to Remove Malayalam Film Churuli from OTT Platform(11.02.2022)

Kerala High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking a directive to remove Malayalam film Churuli from the OTT platform alleging that dialogues use.....

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Bombay High Court: Pardanashin Woman Allowed to Amend Written Statement(11.03.2024)

Bombay High Court has allowed a pardanashin woman to amend her written statement on the ground that the woman was illiterate and was unable to underst.....

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Delhi High Court: What is the Role of BCI in Maintaing Legal Education Standards?(05.06.2018)

Delhi High Court has said that it will consider the scope of powers of the Bar Council of India (BCI) and the steps that can be taken by the BCI to en.....

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Karnataka HC Directs State to Look Into Lack of Food Security for Daily Wage Workers(27.03.2020)

Karnataka High Court has asked the State Government to urgently look into the issue of lack of food security to daily wage workers, migrant workers an.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice on PIL Over Illegal Constructions And Encroachments In Okhla Industrial Area(23.02.2022)

Delhi High Court has issued notice on a suo moto public interest litigation registered over the issue of illegal constructions and encroachments of pu.....

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Apex Court Upholds NCLAT Order Against Encashing IL&FS’ Guarantees(21.11.2019)

Apex Court has upheld the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal’s October 15, 2018 order disallowing encashing of bank guarantees furnished by IL&FS.....

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SC Directs Issue Instructions to Implement Reservation in Promotions for Persons with Disabilities(29.09.2021)

Supreme Court has directed the Union of India to issue instructions "at the earliest and not later than four months", in accordance with the proviso t.....

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Del. HC: Can’t Deny Any Person with Disability to Carry on Any Trade or Business(15.09.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that it would be wholly retrograde, and in derogation of the constitutional guarantees under Articles 14, 19 & 21, to deny t.....

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MP HC: Court Has Power to Decide if Children Should be Rescued or Kept in Childcare Institution(07.02.2025)

MP HC while hearing petition filed by several parents for production of children that are in custody of Child Welfare Committee, has stated that High .....

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SC: Failure of Accused to Discharge Burden Not Relevant in Case Governed by Circumstantial Evidence(16.09.2021)

Supreme Court has observed that the failure of accused to discharge burden under Section 106 of the Evidence Act, 1872 is not relevant in a case gover.....

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Del. HC: Courts Can’t be Used as a Forum for the Purpose of Facilitating Marriages(05.09.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that Courts of law cannot be used as a forum for the purpose of facilitating marriages by first lodging an FIR allegi.....

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Madras HC Rejects Plea to Stop Government from Firing Teachers(02.05.2019)

Madras High Court has rejected a plea from school teachers to restrain the government from terminating their services for not passing the Teachers Eli.....

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Delhi HC Directs on Accepting Electronic Filing of Caveats on E-Filing Portal(04.06.2021)

Delhi High Court has directed the District and Sessions Judge (Headquarters) to ensure that as long as the e-filing portal of the Delhi District Court.....

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Karnataka High Court Directs Restaurant to Earmark Hookah Smoking Area, Obtain License(15.04.2022)

Karnataka High Court has directed a restaurant, Soho Pub & Grill, to earmark separate area in its premises, after obtaining a licence, for allowing it.....

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Tel. HC Sets Aside Magistrate's Decision to Try Juvenile as Adult in Hyderabad Gang Rape Case(28.04.2023)

Telangana High Court while observing that entire assessment of accused to determine if he is mentally and physically fit to be prosecuted as an adult .....

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SC Directs Akhilesh Govt.to Pay Rs 10 Lakh Compensation for His Father's Wrong(18.11.2015)

SC has directed Akhilesh Govt to compensate for harassment it meted out to Dr Ram Lakhan Singh,Indian Forest Service officer by UP Govt led by his fat.....

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Delhi HC: Child Rape is Inexcusable, Won’t Quash Ordinance(05.09.2018)

Delhi HC while declining to quash the ordinance that allows courts to award death penalty to those convicted of raping girls aged below 12 has said th.....

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Bombay HC: Viewing Pirated Films Online not an Offence(05.09.2016)

Bombay HC has said it is inaccurate to suggest that merely viewing an illicit copy of a film is a punishable offence under the Copyright Act.

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Supreme Court Paves Way for Reimbursement of 14 Lakh Investors in GFIL Scam(14.08.2018)

Supreme Court has cleared the way for reimbursements for almost fourteen lakh investors affected by the scam orchestrated by Chandigarh-based Golden F.....

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Kerala HC: Accused Cannot Get Default Bail If Chargesheet Originally Filed Within Time(26.04.2021)

Kerala High Court has held that the accused cannot get default bail if a chargesheet originally filed within time is re-presented following the period.....

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Cal HC: All Unilateral Appointments Not Invalid Unless Appointed Arbitrator Falls Within Schedule 7(15.02.2023)

Calcutta High Court has held that all unilateral appointment of arbitrator are not invalid per se unless the arbitrator’s relationship falls within th.....

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SC: Criminal Proceedings Which Are of Civil Nature Should be Quashed by HC Without Hesitation(13.03.2024)

Supreme Court has held that although the inherent powers of a High Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure should be exercised spari.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Bill, 2017(28.12.2017)

Rajya Sabha has passed a bill that provides for establishing Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE) in Andhra Pradesh to impart high quality .....

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Kerala High Court Dismisses Bail Plea of CPM Men Charged under Anti-Terror Law(28.11.2019)

Kerala High Court has dismissed the bail application of two Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers who were charged earlier under the Unlawful Act.....

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Delhi HC: Baijal Can Review Order to Repatriate Bureaucrat(23.01.2017)

Delhi High Court has said that decision of Former Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung to repatriate bureaucrat be placed before his successor Anil Baijal,.....

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Child Born Out of Marriage Between Muslim Man and Hindu Woman Entitled to Claim Father's Property: SC(23.01.2019)

Supreme Court has said that although the marriage between a Muslim man and Hindu woman is an irregular marriage, described as "fasid" in Mohamadan law.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Against Central Government’s Surveillance Systems(02.12.2020)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Ministries of Home Affairs, Law, Information Technology and Communications, on a plea against the Central Go.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Vires of Civil Defence Act 1968(05.10.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice on a petition challenging the vires of the Civil Defence Act, 1968, insofar as it allegedly gives unchecked power t.....

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SC Directs Competent Authority to Consider Reinstatement of Suspended 32 Tihar Jail Officials(24.01.2025)

Supreme Court has directed the competent authority to decide the issue of reinstatement of 32 Tihar jail officials who were suspended for extending un.....

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Income Tax Bill, 2025 Set to be Introduced in Lok Sabha Today(13.02.2025)

Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman is set to introduce the Income Tax Bill, 2025 which aims to consolidate and amend the taxation laws of the co.....

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SC Affirms Delhi HC Decision on Maximum 45-Day Period for Filing of Replications(29.06.2021)

Supreme Court has affirmed a Delhi High Court decision holding that the maximum 45-day period for filing of replications is mandatory for even non-com.....

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SC: Court’s Should Avoid Detailed Deliberation of Evidence in Bail Pleas(02.05.2023)

Supreme Court has observed that detailed elaboration of evidence has to be avoided at the stage of grant/rejection of bail/anticipatory bail, as in th.....

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Kerala High Court: Home Guards Cannot be Treated at Par with Civil Police Officers(27.06.2024)

Kerala High Court while denying pay parity to Home Guards with Police Constable, has observed that Home Guards are recruited on daily wages and the re.....

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Madras HC: Government Cannot Arbitrarily Give Away Hills and Hillocks for Exploitation(31.05.2021)

Madras High Court has criticized the practice of mechanically issuing licenses for mining of hillocks, without assessing the impact it may have on the.....

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Rajasthan HC: Establishment of Toll Plaza Can't be Faulted on of Vicinity to Adjoining Villages(11.04.2022)

Rajasthan High Court has held that in the absence of any statutory prohibitions, establishment of Toll Plaza could not be faulted only because the Tol.....

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Bombay HC Directs State & BMC to File Reply in Plea Against Illegal Quarantine(01.05.2020)

Bombay High Court has directed the State Government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to submit their reply to a habeas corpus Petition.....

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Supreme Court Grants Bail to Accused on Deposit of Amount in GST Scam(29.03.2022)

Supreme Court has granted bail to one of the Directors of M/s Miraj Products Private Limited on a condition to deposit Rs. 200 crores as a pre-require.....

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P&H HC: Other Cases Registered Can’t be Sole Reason for Refusing Bail(31.03.2023)

Punjab and Haryana High Court while granting bail to retired army personnel, has observed that mere registration of other cases against the petitioner.....

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NGT Irks Over "Miserable Condition" of New Delhi Railway Station(24.11.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has irked over "miserable condition" existing on railway platforms in Delhi and appointed a local commissioner to inspec.....

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Bombay High Court Seeks State’s Reply over Welfare of Children of Women Prisoners(13.01.2017)

Bombay High Court has directed State Government to file an affidavit on steps taken for welfare of children in prison with their mothers, and those le.....

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SC Gives Relief to Sarwan Singh Phillaur in Money-Laundering Case(31.01.2019)

Supreme Court has stayed proceedings of Mohali special CBI Court against former Punjab jails minister and now Congress leader Sarwan Singh Phillaur in.....

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Supreme Court Asks to File Response in Link Canal Project Case in Tamil Nadu(16.11.2021)

Supreme Court has asked Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to file their responses in six weeks in the case pertaining to Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar link canal proj.....

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Real Estate Bill Becomes Act Now(02.05.2016)

Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2016 has became an act on May 1.

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A claimant for compensation ought not to be burdened with following a trail of successive transfers, which are not registered with registering authority(06.02.2018)

In instant case, an accident took place. By its award, the Tribunal granted compensation. The Tribunal noted that, the registration certificate of the.....

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Jharkhand High Court Grants Bail to 6 Arrested In Tabrez Ansari's Killing(11.12.2019)

Jharkhand High Court has granted bail to six people arrested in connection with the killing of Tabrez Ansari in June. The Court granted bail to the si.....

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Calcutta HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to BJP Leader, RSS Members in Assault Case(18.10.2021)

Calcutta High Court has granted anticipatory bail to BJP Leader, Kailash Vijayvargiya, RSS member Jisnu Basu, and Pradeep Joshi in an assault case in .....

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SC: Entries in Balance Sheet of Corporate Debtor Can be Treated as Acknowledgment of Liability(02.08.2022)

Supreme Court has held that the entries in Books of Account/Balance sheet of a company can be treated as acknowledgement of liability in respect of de.....

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Supreme Court Asks Centre to Revise its Disability Pension Policy(16.07.2025)

Supreme Court has asked the Centre to revise its disability pension policy after expressing concerns over delayed claims for disability pensions by ex.....

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Widow Eligible For Family Pension Even After Re-Marriage: Central Administrative Tribunal(14.09.2018)

Central Administrative Tribunal has ruled that the widow of a deceased government servant is eligible for family pension even after remarriage.

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Bombay HC Sets Aside 10-yr Jail of 2 Simi Men(22.07.2020)

Bombay High Court has set aside the 10-year jail sentence awarded in 2017 to two Simi members by a Jalgaon Court for their involvement in sending some.....

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Karnataka HC: Period Must be Counted for Default Bail U/S 167(2) CrPC if Liberty of Accused Lost(28.04.2022)

Karnataka High Court has reiterated that even when the accused is protected on body warrant, the liberty of the said accused is lost and that period w.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Section 167(2), Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, statutory bail



Ker. HC: Second Opinion to Determine Authenticity of Disability Certificate Can be Sought by MACT(16.07.2024)

Ker. HC has observed that MACT cannot sit as mute spectators while considering claims and are expected to take a pro-active role in decision making pr.....

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Compensate Parents for Loss of Child in Accidents: SC Lays Down Concept of 'Filial Consortium'(19.09.2018)

Supreme Court has observed that in a case where a parent has lost their minor child, or unmarried son or daughter, the parents are entitled to be awar.....

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Supreme Court: How to Determine Capability of Child Witness(25.07.2019)

Supreme Court has ruled that child witness in a criminal case cannot be termed incompetent just because they were unable to identify the person before.....

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MP HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Man Accused of Raping Live In Relationship Partner(05.07.2021)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a man accused of raping his live in relationship partner on the promise to marry her by imp.....

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P&H HC: Partner Cannot Claim Experience of Erstwhile Firm in Independent Capacity(22.03.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a person who was earlier a partner of an erstwhile partnership firm could not claim the benefit of experie.....

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All HC: Guarantor’s Liability Doesn’t Absolve by Itself Upon Approval of Resolution Plan(16.01.2023)

Allahabad High Court has held that approval of a resolution plan under Section 31 of the IBC, does not ipso facto absolve the surety/guarantor of the .....

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SC: Restraining Politician From Political Activities As Bail Condition Violates Fundamental Rights(26.03.2024)

Supreme Court while overturning a bail condition imposed by the Orissa HC, which prohibited a politician from participating in political activities ha.....

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Delhi High Court Grants Bail to Person Accused of Molesting Female Doctors(16.04.2020)

Delhi High Court has granted bail to a person accused of molesting women resident doctors of Safdarjung Hospital after accusing them of spreading COVI.....

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Supreme Court Grants Bail to Perarivalan, Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case Convict(10.03.2022)

Supreme Court has granted bail to AG Perarivalan, one of the seven convicts serving life sentence in the case related to the assassination of former P.....

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Delhi Court Grants Bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav in Land for Job Scam Case(15.03.2023)

Rouse Avenue Court, Delhi has granted bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and daughter Misa Bharti in the alleged “land for job scam” case.

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Delhi HC: Concealing Mental Illness & Abortion Amounts to ‘Cruelty’(30.11.2016)

Delhi High Court has termed concealing mental illness and termination of pregnancy a ground for divorce as it amounts to cruelty.

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Delhi High Court Acquits Man of Murdering Wife, Says He Was of Unsound Mind(29.11.2017)

Delhi High Court Acquits Man of Murdering Wife, Says He Was of Unsound Mind

Tags : The bench said that certain circumstances of the case, like the "ghastly manner" in which the woman was killed, which was evident from 24 injuries on the woman's body caused by several household articles, were perhaps "reflective of his chronic mental state".



SC: Extra Attempt for UPSC Civil Services Exam Under Consideration by Appropriate Authority(27.10.2020)

Supreme Court has disposed of the plea on behalf of 24 UPSC aspirants seeking an extra attempt in the civil service examination in the year 2021 in li.....

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Gujarat HC: Depression Can be Classified as 'Serious Illness' in COVID's Context(03.09.2021)

Gujarat High Court has set aside the order and decision of a government college to cancel the registration and admission of a student as he failed to .....

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Delhi HC: Centre to Expedite Process of Accessibility Features in OTT platforms for PwDs(20.05.2025)

Delhi High Court has directed the Central Government to expedite the process of issuance of guidelines for incorporation of accessibility features, au.....

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Del. HC: “Goodwill” for Purposes of Passing off, is in the Name Under Which Business Is Done(02.07.2025)

Delhi HC has observed that the concept of “goodwill”, for the purposes of passing off, is in the name under which the business is carried out. Even if.....

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Kar. HC: Central Government to Take Steps for Blocking 'Proton Mail' in India(30.04.2025)

Karnataka High Court has directed the Central Government to initiate the process of blocking Proton Mail in India.

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Delhi High Court Gives Nod to Biocon, Mylan to Sell Biosimilar Cancer Drug(06.03.2017)

Delhi High Court gave a green signal to pharmaceutical companies Biocon and Mylan to manufacture and sell its biosimilar drug Trastuzumab for early br.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019(06.12.2019)

Rajya Sabha has cleared the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019, replacing an Ordinance that was used to slash corporate tax rates to stimulate growt.....

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J&K HC: Presumption of Guilt in POSCO Cases Would Come into Play in Pre-Trial Stage(29.12.2020)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that the presumption of guilt against the accused under Section 29 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Off.....

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Del HC: Court’s Jurisdiction in Quo Warranto Writ Limited to Cases Where Office Bearer is Ineligible(28.07.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that the jurisdiction of the Court while issuing a writ of quo warranto is limited to cases where the person holding public .....

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Kar. HC: Failure to Notify Victim of the Bail Application Amount to Violation of his Rights(13.10.2023)

Karnataka High Court has held that failure of Court and prosecution to notify victim of bail application of accused leads to violation of the victim's.....

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Kerala HC: Bonafide Error in Format of Date on E-Way Bill, Warrants Minor Penalty(27.04.2022)

Kerala High Court has observed that a minor penalty can be obligatory for a bona fide mistake in the date on an e-way bill.

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Kar. HC: Parent Losing Child Custody Should be Given Sufficient Visitation Right(24.05.2023)

Karnataka High Court has observed that Court has to ensure that sufficient visitation rights to a parent, who is not given child's custody, should be .....

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Delhi High Court Allows Conviction for Child Rape(24.07.2019)

Delhi High Court has observed the position of law on the reliability of evidence given by child witnesses while upholding a conviction for child rape......

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Allahabad HC Denies Bail to Man Who Allegedly Raped, Posted Woman's Obscene Snaps on FB(05.07.2021)

Allahabad High Court has denied bail to a man 'prima facie' accused of raping and posting obscene photographs of a woman on Facebook with whom he once.....

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CESTAT: Stability Studies, Technical Testing & Analysis of New Drugs Not Subject to Service Tax(17.05.2022)

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has ruled that the stability studies, technical testing and analysis of new drugs are no.....

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SC: Title in Immovable Property Can’t be Conferred Through Will or General Power of Attorney(07.06.2023)

Supreme Court has held that in connection with Will (before death of executant) or General Power of Attorney, the practice of recognizing these docume.....

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All. HC to Arya Samaj Apex Body: Prepare Guidelines to Avoid Solemnizing of Child Marriages(25.04.2023)

Allahabad High Court while directing Sarvadeshik Arya Pratinidhi Sabha to introspect and issue guidelines to avoid solemnising marriages involving min.....

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SC: Arbitral Award Suffers from Patent Illegality if Illegality is Apparent on the Face of it(11.05.2023)

Supreme Court has held that an arbitral award could be said to be suffering from “patent illegality” only if it is an illegality apparent on the face .....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Bill to Merge Three Municipal Corporations in Delhi(06.04.2022)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Delhi Municipal Corporation Amendment Bill, 2022, that seeks amend the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 and unify Sout.....

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SC: Can’t Place Trail Court Judges in a Sense of Fear(12.04.2023)

Supreme Court while deprecating order passed by Madhya Pradesh High Court seeking explanation from a trial court judge for granting bail in a case, ha.....

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Karnataka HC: Illegal to Impose Condition of Furnishing Bank Guarantee While Granting Bail(12.07.2024)

Karnataka High Court while hearing an application on modification of bail condition, has restated that it is illegal to impose a bail condition on the.....

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Karnataka HC: Right to Religion Can't be Invoked to Protect Illegal Structures(20.07.2020)

Karnataka High Court has held that fundamental right to religion under Article 25 of the Constitution of India, 1949 does not extend to offering praye.....

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SC Issues Notice on PIL Seeking Compensation and Rehabilitation of Victims of West Bengal Riots(25.05.2021)

Supreme Court has issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking compensation and rehabilitation of the victims of the alleged state spon.....

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MP HC Grants Temporary Bail to Rape Accused for Taking Care of Wife & Repairing Dilapidated Dwelling(06.04.2022)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted temporary bail to a rape accused for 45 days to take care of his injured wife and to repair his house, which was.....

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SC: ITATs Insisting on Filing Appeals in Physical Mode Would Defeat Purpose of E-Filing(18.04.2023)

Supreme Court while observing that it would defeat the purpose of e-filing if in addition to e-filing, the ITATs insist on filing of appeals in the ph.....

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NCLT Allows Two New Bidders Of Bharati Defence To Submit Plans(13.09.2018)

NCLT has asked ARCS Ship Build Services and Hong Kong-based investor Ricky Nathaniel to join the insolvency resolution process of Bharati Defence and .....

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P & H HC Restricts Filing of Multiple Writ Petitions on Similar Cause of Action(22.07.2020)

Punjab and Haryana High Court last week restricted the practice of filing multiple writ petitions with regard to the same or similar cause of action.

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Bombay HC: No Bar on Court Exercising Jurisdiction Even When Application U/S 7 of IBC is Filed(27.04.2022)

Bombay High Court has ruled that since application under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 is filed, which is pending for consider.....

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Lok Sabha Passes the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025(03.04.2025)

Lok Sabha has passed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 in the ongoing budget session of Parliament. The bill was passed with 288 votes in favour and 232.....

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Ker. HC: Daily Wage Employee Entitled to Subsistence Allowance During Suspension(05.09.2023)

Kerala High Court while observing that a daily wage driver is an employee under Section 2(a) of the Kerala Payment of Subsistence Allowance Act, 1972,.....

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SC: To Determine Functional Disability Courts Can Deviate from Employees' Compensation Act(01.05.2025)

Supreme Court has observed that in order to determine compensation for functional disability, Court has the power to deviate from the schedule given u.....

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Supreme Court Raps Centre over Failure to Make Buildings Disabled-Friendly(25.11.2016)

Supreme Court has slammed Central Government for doing precious little to make Government buildings disabled-friendly.

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Wife Not Personal Possession, Husband Cannot be Guardian, Supreme Court Tells Hadiya(29.11.2017)

Wife Not Personal Possession, Husband Cannot be Guardian, Supreme Court Tells Hadiya

Tags : When the bench asked Hadiya to name any relative or any near acquaintance to be named as her local guardian in college at Salem in Tamil Nadu, she said her husband could be her guardian and she does not want anyone else in that role.



Chhattisgarh High Court Grants Bail to Amit Jogi in Poll Affidavit 'Cheating' Case(04.10.2019)

Chhattisgarh High Court has granted bail to former MLA and Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) state chief Amit Jogi, arrested last month for allegedly g.....

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Patna HC Directs State Government to Sensitize People for Identification of Illegal Migrants(31.08.2021)

Patna High Court has directed the Bihar State Government to specify steps taken to sensitize people of Bihar for identification and deportation of the.....

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Delhi Court to Tihar Jail: Provide Calling Facility Thrice a Week to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam(31.01.2023)

Delhi Court has directed Tihar Jail authorities to provide inmate calling facility for five minutes thrice a week to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, and o.....

Tags : Delhi Court, Tihar Jail, Calling Facility, North-East Delhi riots



J&K&L HC: Preventive Detention under PITNDPS is Valid Only For Activities Defined as Illicit Traffic(09.03.2026)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court held that preventive detention under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Subs.....

Tags : Preventive Detention, Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, Valid



Bombay HC Directs Railways to Take Up Crowd Management Techniques(15.10.2015)

Bombay High Court has directed Central and Western Railway Authorities to take up crowd management techniques to ensure a smooth ride for sub-urban ra.....

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In order to conclude whether one mark is deceptively similar to another, broad and essential features of the two are to be considered(13.07.2018)

The Plaintiff has instituted present suit for permanent injunction restraining the Defendant from using any trade mark that is identical or deceptivel.....

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Allahabad HC Disposes PIL As 'Infructuous' as UP Govt Withdraws Dilution of Labour Laws(20.05.2020)

Allahabad High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation challenging the Uttar Pradesh Government's order for relaxation of certain labour re.....

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AP HC Dismisses CBI Plea for Cancellation of Bail to Y.G. Reddy In Murder Case(17.03.2022)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed the Central Bureau of Investigation’s plea for cancellation of the bail given to Yerra Gangi Reddy, a prime su.....

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Madras High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Ban on Chanting of Mantras in Tamil in Temples(06.09.2021)

Madras High Court has rejected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to be issued to the Tamil Nadu government to withdraw the 'Annai .....

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SC: Personnel Not Entitled to Disability Pension if Injury is Not Attributable to Military Service(19.07.2022)

Supreme Court has held that a military personnel is not eligible for disability pension if there is not even a causal connection between the Military .....

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Del. HC to District Courts: Adopt Standardized Online Filing System(23.08.2023)

Delhi High Court has directed District Courts in the State to adopt a standardized online filing system for pleadings, documents, and miscellaneous ap.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Alleging Surveillance of Mobile Phones and Internet Devices(27.09.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea filed by an Advocate alleging that his mobile phone and internet devices were put under surveillance at t.....

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Kerala Becomes the 1st State to Introduce online Permanent Lok Adalat Services(15.04.2025)

Kerala has become the first state in the country to launch online filing and hearing facilities for Permanent Lok Adalat. The initiative aims at impro.....

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Delhi HC Issues Directions for Rehabilitation of Madrasi Camp Dwellers in National Capital(13.05.2025)

Delhi High Court while directing demolition of the Madrasi Camp, has issued a set of directions for smooth rehabilitation of the camp dwellers.

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ChatGPT Used by Manipur High Court for Research to Pass Order(24.05.2024)

Manipur High Court has stated that it used ChatGPT to research in a service matter related to removal from service of Village Defence Force (VDF) pers.....

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Environment Minister Launches Online Filing of Access and Benefit Sharing Applications(30.03.2017)

Taking yet another important step towards contributing to and promoting Digital India and Ease of Doing Business, Minister of State (Independent Charg.....

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AAR: 18% Goods and Service Tax Applicable on Entry Fee and Amusement Facility in Public Park(21.01.2020)

Authority for Advance Ruling, Rajasthan has ruled that 18% of Goods and Services Tax would apply to the entry fee and amusement facility in the public.....

Tags : Authority of Advance Ruling, Rajasthan, Entry Fee and Amusement Facility in Public Park



Kerala HC: Single Judge Bench Can Take Cognizance and Decide Civil Contempt Petitions(05.02.2021)

Kerala High Court has held that a Single Judge Bench can take cognizance and decide civil contempt petition. The Court has struck down Rule 6 of the C.....

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3.59 crore Income Tax Returns filed on the new e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department(16.12.2021)

Senior officials of Ministry of Finance headed by Secretary, Revenue had a meeting with the Infosys team headed by Shri Salil Parekh, MD & CEO, Infosy.....

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Delhi HC: Merely Because Complainant Married to Accused Does Not Entail Quashing of Rape, POCSO FIR(10.11.2023)

Delhi High Court has observed that merely because the complainant married the accused does not entail quashing of an FIR registered against him for th.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012



SC: Preventive Detention Cannot Override Bail and Requires Proof of a Threat to Public Order(12.01.2026)

Supreme Court quashed a preventive detention order under the Telangana Goonda Act, holding that merely branding a person as a habitual drug offender i.....

Tags : Preventive Detention, Bail, Public Order



Delhi HC to State: Submit Status on Infrastructure, Pendency of Cases in Family Courts(02.08.2022)

Delhi High Court has asked Delhi government to submit relevant data indicating total number of Judges who are presently posted and presiding over Fami.....

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SC: Last Opportu. Given to HCs for Compliance Report on Direction for Constructing Toilet Facilities(17.07.2025)

Supreme Court has granted last opportunity to High Courts for submitting compliance report on directions issued for construction of toilet facilities .....

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AAR, Maharashtra: 18% GST Payable on Reshelling of Old Sugar Mill Rollers(27.10.2021)

Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR), Maharashtra has ruled that 18% goods and services tax payable on Reshelling of old Sugar Mill Rollers.

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SC: Release Convicts on Bail Who've Completed 10 Years of Sentence & Appeals Won't Be Heard Soon(16.09.2022)

Supreme Court has held that all persons who have completed 10 years of sentence, and whose appeals will not be heard in the near future, should be enl.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Bail, Appeals



Madras High Court: Legal & Moral Duty of Husband and Children to Support Wife and Mother(26.09.2025)

Madras High Court upheld a Family Court order directing a husband and his sons to pay Rs. 21,000 monthly maintenance to their wife and mother. The cou.....

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Del HC Clarifies That Breach of Promise to Marry is Not The Same as False Promise Amounting To Rape(03.11.2025)

While granting bail in a rape case, the Delhi High Court, through the court, clarified that a mere breach of promise to marry cannot automatically be .....

Tags : Promise, Rape, Bail



Madras HC Directs TNSEC to Submit Assets Declarations of all Elected Councillors(01.12.2016)

Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC) to submit statements of declaration of assets made by all Elected Councill.....

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Trial of Sohrabuddin Sheikh Fake Encounter Case to Start From Next Week(29.11.2017)

Trial of Sohrabuddin Sheikh Fake Encounter Case to Start From Next Week

Tags : "The court has issued summons to Sohrabuddin's brother Nayamuddin and some others, and the recording of evidence will start from November 29," said special CBI prosecutor B P Raju.



P&H HC Asks for Details on FIRs Registered Against Serving Police Officers(30.10.2020)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked for details of the First Information Reports registered against the serving police officers of all ranks in th.....

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Delhi High Court Directs Temporary Stay of Minor in Children Home(06.09.2021)

Delhi High Court has directed the police to ensure that temporary stay in a children's home is provided to the minor girl, who left her parental home .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Temporary Stay of Minor in Children Home



Kerala High Court: Patient’s Death Due to Mere Error of Judgment Doesn’t Create Criminal Liability(21.05.2025)

Ker. HC has observed that in a case where a patient's death results merely from error of judgment or an accident, no criminal liability could be attac.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Patient’s Death, Criminal Liability



Delhi HC Upholds Rule Restricting Retention of GPRA by Central Armed Police Forces(03.07.2025)

Delhi High Court has upheld the restriction on retention of General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) by personnel of Central Armed Police Forces .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Disability Pension, Financial Security



Madras HC Turns Down Family Court Order Granting Divorce(15.04.2016)

Madras High Court has turned down a 2011 order of a family court allowing divorce plea of a man, holding that the charge of cruelty against the wife h.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Divorce, Family Court



Counting of Bar Council Votes Should be Done District-wise: Madras High Court(28.03.2018)

Madras High Court has ruled that counting of votes to be polled in the election to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on March 28 shall be c.....

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SC Stays CESTAT Judgment Confirming Levy of Service Tax on Operation of Parking Facility(14.01.2021)

Supreme Court has stayed a judgment of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, which had confirmed levy of Service Tax under the head .....

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Bombay HC: Married Daughter of Deceased Also Entitled To Compensation Under Railways Act(17.10.2022)

Bombay High Court has observed that a married daughter of a victim of a railway accident would also be entitled to compensation under the Railways Act.....

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Kerala HC: Disputes Between Parties to a Void Marriage Can be Determined by Family Court(19.01.2024)

Kerala High Court has held that disputes related to void marriages as defined under Section 24 of the Special Marriage Act can be redressed by Family .....

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Mad. HC: Tamil Translation of Books and Judgments Necessary to Make Tamil an Official Court Language(19.12.2023)

Madras High Court while hearing a plea filed to seek permission for indefinite fast demanding to make Tamil official language of court, has observed t.....

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Madhya Pradesh HC Imposes Bail Condition to Register As COVID-19 Warrior(20.05.2020)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has allowed a bail application moved by accused under the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 w.....

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Delhi High Court: ICAI Needs to be Enhanced and Strengthened(05.07.2024)

Del HC has observed that there is a need to strengthen and enhance ICAI by notifying amendments passed by Chartered Accountants, the Cost and Works Ac.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, ICAI, Accountability



Section 438 CrPC (Anticipatory Bail) Applicable in Uttarakhand, Declares Uttarakhand High Court(24.09.2018)

Uttarakhand High Court has declared that provision for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is applicable in the Stat.....

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Gujarat HC Issues Instructions for Physical Filing at Subordinate Courts(28.07.2020)

Gujarat High Court has intimated that all the Subordinate Courts in the State, except the Courts falling in Micro Containment Zones, shall start accep.....

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Supreme Court Directs to Ensure Vaccination of Mentally Ill Patients(06.07.2021)

Supreme Court has issued directions to the Union Government to ensure vaccination takes place for mentally ill patients who have been institutionalize.....

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Calcutta HC: No Direction Can Be Passed to Sell Property to Third Party in Section 9 of The A&C Act(20.05.2022)

Calcutta High Court held that no direction can be passed to sell property to third party in Section 9 of the A&C Act. It was held that, to sell the su.....

Tags : Calcutta High Court, Arbitration and Conciliation, Section 9, Property



Uttarakhand HC Expunges Remark on Mandatory Registration for Live-in couples(01.08.2024)

Uttarakhand High Court expunged its order asking a couple to register their relationship under the Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand, 2024, within 48 ho.....

Tags : Uttarakhand High Court, Uniform Civil Code, Mandatory Registration, Live-in couples



Bombay High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to 33-Year-Old Man in Triple Talaq Case(19.08.2019)

Bombay High Court has granted anticipatory arrest bail to a Mumbra resident in Maharashtra who was booked under the Muslim Women (Protection of Marria.....

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HP HC Seeks Response of District Commissioners on Availability of Medical Facilities(02.08.2021)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has sought response of District Commissioners of all districts in the State to furnish details on the availability of medi.....

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J&K&L HC: Cannot Grant Pre-Arrest Bail in Case Registered Outside Court's Territorial Limits(10.06.2022)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that it has no jurisdiction to grant anticipatory bail in a case which has been registered with a pol.....

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SC Strikes Down Delhi HC’s Bail Condition Requiring Accused to Reside in Delhi During Trial(24.10.2024)

Supreme Court while striking down a bail condition imposed on an accused requiring him to arrange accommodation and reside in Delhi during the trial, .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Bail Condition, Delhi High Court



Delhi HC Slams MCI’s Ethics Committee For Debarring Cardiology Professor Without Proper Probe(31.10.2017)

Delhi High Court has slammed the Ethics Committee of Medical Council of India (MCI) for debarring a Professor of Cardiology from undertaking any post .....

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SC Refuses Plea Against Order Restraining Patanjali Ayurved from Using 'Coronil' Trademark(27.08.2020)

Supreme Court has refused to entertain the Petition challenging the order of Madras High Court which stayed the single bench direction restraining Pat.....

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Kerala HC: Interim Bail Period Not Counted as ‘Detention’ for Statutory Bail under S.187 BNSS(27.10.2025)

Kerala High Court has ruled that the time an accused spends on interim bail cannot be counted as detention when calculating the period for granting st.....

Tags : Interim Bail, Detention, Accused



Mizoram Passes Mizoram Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, 2017(26.05.2017)

Mizoram State Assembly has unanimously passed Mizoram Goods and Services Tax (SGST) Bill, 2017.

Tags : Mizoram State Assembly, Mizoram Goods and Services Tax (SGST) Bill, 2017



Bombay HC Grants Bail to Doctor Accused of Illegal Abortion on Pledge of Serving COVID-19 Patients(03.04.2020)

Bombay High Court has granted bail to a doctor on ground of his pledge to serve people in need during subsistence of the Coronavirus outbreak.

Tags : Bombay High Court, Bail to Doctor Accused of Illegal Abortion



Non-applicability of provisions of Sub-rule (1A) of Rule 9 of the Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005 to the Foreign Portfolio Investor(04.01.2022)

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (i) of clause (h) of sub-rule (2) of rule 9A of the Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of R.....

Tags : Non-applicability, Provisions, Foreign Portfolio Investor



Kerala HC: Law Must be Amended to Hold Landowners Liable for Illegal Paddy Land Reclamation(07.11.2025)

Kerala High Court observed that laws should be amended to hold landowners liable for illegal conversion of paddy lands. The remark came while hearing .....

Tags : Landowners, Paddy Land, Illegal



Supreme Court: Issues of Party Capacity and Maintainability Must Be Decided by Arbitral Tribunal(18.12.2025)

Supreme Court reaffirmed that issues concerning whether a person is a genuine party to an arbitration agreement and entitled to invoke the arbitration.....

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Rajasthan HC Asks State & Central Government to file Response to PIL on Child Death(04.05.2016)

Rajasthan High Court has asked State and Central Government to file its response to a PIL over death of 12 children in a state-run child home for ment.....

Tags : Rajasthan, child death, PIL



Supreme Court Allows HP Govt. to Carry Out Monitored Silviculture Felling of Trees(19.02.2018)

Supreme Court has allowed the Himachal Pradesh Government to carry out “silviculture felling” of trees and directed that the activity be closely monit.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes International Financial Services Centres Authority Bill, 2019(13.12.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the International Financial Services Centres Authority Bill, 2019 by a voice vote thereby paving the way for setting up a unifi.....

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Madras HC Directs State to Conduct Periodical Inspections of Children's Home(19.10.2021)

Madras High Court has directed the concerned State authorities to conduct periodical inspections of Children's Homes in order to regulate the living c.....

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SC to Centre & GST Council: Advise States to Implement Digital DIN System(03.08.2022)

Supreme Court has directed GST Council to issue advisory/instructions/recommendations to the respective States regarding implementation of the system .....

Tags : Supreme Court, GST Council, Document Identification



Delhi HC: Prosecutrix’s Refusal to Undergo Medical Examination Weakens the Case(18.07.2025)

Delhi HC while dealing with anticipatory bail plea of the accused, has observed that refusal of prosecutrix to undergo medical examination despite all.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Medical Examination, Anticipatory Bail



Del. HC to State: Hold Stakeholder Consultation on Draft Advocates Protection Bill(26.05.2023)

Delhi High Court has asked State government to hold stakeholder consultation on the draft Delhi Advocates (Protection) Bill which seeks to provide saf.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Stakeholder Consultation, Advocates Protection Bill



Vigilance Court in Thiruvananthapuram Rejects Vigilance Clean Chit to Former Kerala Minister K M Mani(19.09.2018)

Vigilance Court in Thiruvananthapuram rejected the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) report clearing K M Mani in the sensational bar bribery.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019(25.07.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019 in a bid to save gullible investors from ponzi schemes. The Bill seeks to p.....

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Telangana HC: Anticipatory Bail Application by Juvenile in Writ Petition Not Maintainable(05.07.2021)

Telangana High Court has ruled that filing of an anticipatory bail application by a juvenile under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.....

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P&H HC: Child Adopted Post-Retirement Can't be Denied Family Pension(17.05.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court, in a petition of an adoptive daughter, whose application for the grant of family pension was dismissed on the ground of.....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, family pension, retirement



Del. HC: Haj Pilgrimage is a Religious Practice(08.06.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that Haj pilgrimage and the ceremonies involved therein falls within the ambit of religious practice, held that the s.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Haj Pilgrimage, Religious Practice



SC: Centre Should Do Away with Sterilisation Camps in 3 Years(15.09.2016)

SC has directed Centre to do away with sterilisation camps within 3 years and strengthen primary healthcare centre system, saying "it is time that wom.....

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Madras High Court: Music Maestro Ilayaraja Has Sole Rights Over His Compositions(05.06.2019)

Madras High Court has ordered music maestro Ilayaraja that only he has the right over his own compositions while hearing two cases filed by Ilayaraja .....

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Delhi HC Directs Govt to Take Immediate Steps to Ensure Transparent Allocation of Tocilizumab Doses(11.05.2021)

Delhi High Court has directed the Centre and the Delhi Government to take immediate steps to ensure that the Tocilizumab doses received by tonight and.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Transparent Allocation of Tocilizumab Doses



ITAT, Agra: No Late Fee for Failure to File TDS/TCS Returns Prior to 1st June(24.03.2022)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Agra has held that the late fee shall not apply under section 234E of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for the failure to file .....

Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Failure to File TDS/TCS Returns



Uttarakhand HC Seeks Feasibility Report on Setting Up More Testing Facilities in the State(16.04.2020)

Uttarakhand High Court has sought a feasibility report on setting up three testing facilities in Uttarakhand stating that there was a need for more te.....

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Kerala High Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Accused Roy Vayalat in POCSO Case(09.03.2022)

Kerala High Court has dismissed the anticipatory bail applications moved by No.18 hotel owner Roy J Vayalat and his friend Syju M.Thankachan in a Prot.....

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NGT Notices Uttarakhand Government & MoEF over New Legislative Assembly Building(24.10.2016)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notice to Uttarakhand Government and Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for not taking mandatory clea.....

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Madras High Court Pulls Up Authority on Illegal Constructions in Kodaikanal(20.08.2019)

Madras High Court has observed that Kodaikanal has already become a concrete jungle and has passed directions for conserving the ecology of the well k.....

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Delhi HC Enquires Government in Plea Against Illegal Laboratories in National Capital(02.08.2021)

Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government if it has complied with the 2017 directions of the Supreme Court, setting out the desired qualificatio.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Illegal Laboratories in National Capital



Kerala HC Dismisses Swapna Suresh’s Anticipatory Bail Plea for Raising False Allegations Against CM(10.06.2022)

Kerala High Court has dismissed the anticipatory bail plea filed by Swapna Suresh and Sarith P.S in a case registered against them for allegedly sprea.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Anticipatory Bail, False Allegation



SC: Can’t Uproot Trees for Kolkata Metro Rail Without Permission of CEC(24.10.2024)

Supreme Court while directing Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to look into the matter of uprooting and transplantation of trees for Kolkata metro ra.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Central Empowered Committee, Kolkata Metro Rail



NGT: Minister Cannot Overrule Wildlife Board(31.10.2017)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ruled that the Environment Ministry cannot reject the majority view of National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) without an.....

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Delhi HC: Stamp Duty Insufficiency on Arbitration Agreement is Jurisdictional Issue U/S 16 A&C Act(26.04.2022)

Delhi High Court has ruled that the sufficiency of the stamp duty on the arbitration agreement is a jurisdictional issue under Section 16 of the Arbit.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, stamp duty, arbitration agreement, Section 16, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996



P&H HC: Specific Time Limit for Grant of Sanction for Prosecution Under UAPA Rules 2008 is Mandatory(23.05.2023)

Punjab and Haryana High Court while observing that time grant for prosecution sanction under UAPA (Recommendation and Sanction of Prosecution) Rules, .....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Prosecution Sanction, UAPA, Bail



SC: Asking Advocates to File Physical Copies of Appeal After E-Filing Defeats Purpose of Online Mode(21.08.2024)

SC has observed that asking advocates to file physical copies of appeals in addition to e-filing at NCDRC would defeat the purpose of online mode and .....

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Ker. HC Restrains State Government from Transferring Elephants to Kerala(10.09.2024)

Kerala High Court has restrained the State Government and Chief Wildlife Warden from allowing the transfer of elephants from other States to Kerala. T.....

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Kar. HC: Consent Cannot be Assumed Even if Woman is of Bad Character or Vulnerable(08.07.2022)

Karnataka High Court while setting aside anticipatory bail granted to a police constable accused of sexually assaulting a women over a period of three.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Anticipatory Bail, Consent



UK HC: Academic Council Can’t Delegate Their Core Function to Another Committee(07.08.2023)

Uttarakhand High Court has observed that academic policies including determination of eligibility, qualifications, and equivalence of a particular sub.....

Tags : Uttarakhand High Court, Academic Council, Delegate



Guj HC: Edible Crude Palm Kernel Oil Qualifies for Duty Exemption; End-Use Condition not Applicable(24.11.2025)

Gujarat High Court quashed a Rs. 464 crore duty demand on edible crude palm kernel oil, ruling that the imported oil qualifies for customs duty exempt.....

Tags : Edible Crude Palm Kernel Oil, Exemption, Customs Duty



Delhi HC: Rise in Husband's Income, Living Costs Valid for Increasing Wife's Maintenance(04.09.2025)

Delhi High Court ruled that an increase in the husband's income and his rising cost of living are valid grounds for enhancing a wife’s maintenance. Ju.....

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SC to WhatsApp: Widely Publicise That Users Aren't Bound to Accept 2021 Privacy Policy(02.02.2023)

Supreme Court Constitution Bench has directed WhatsApp to widely publicise its stand that WhatsApp users in India don’t have to accept its 2021 privac.....

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Supreme Court: Call Detail Records Require Section 65B Evidence Act Certificate to be Admissible(12.03.2026)

SC acquitted a man in a murder case, ruling that call detail records cannot be relied upon as evidence unless they are accompanied by the mandatory ce.....

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Bombay HC: ‘Schools Are Not Commercial Venture’(06.12.2016)

Bombay High Court, while chiding a Navi Mumbai school for refusing to admit poor students in its pre-primary section under Right of Children to Free a.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Right of Children, RTE Act, Schools



Calcutta High Court: Accused not Required to be in Country While Seeking Anticipatory Bail(30.08.2019)

Calcutta High Court has ruled that an application for pre-arrest bail could not be said to be non-maintainable merely because the accused was abroad w.....

Tags : Calcutta High Court, Anticipatory Bail



DGFT Extends Date for Mandatory Electronic Filing of Non-Preferential CoO(20.07.2021)

Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has notified the extension of the date for Mandatory electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Ori.....

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P&H HC: Successive Anticipatory Bail Applications Without Substantive Change is 'Abuse of Process'(13.06.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that filing of successive applications for anticipatory bail by a person apprehending arrest, without substanti.....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Anticipatory Bail, Abuse of Process



Del. HC: BCI Must Frame Ethical Code for Self-Represented Litigants(21.07.2023)

Delhi High Court has stated that Bar Council of India (BCI) need to frame some guidelines for establishment of ethical code for self-represented litig.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Bar Council of India, Self-Represented Litigants, Guidelines



SC: Section 143 of Railways Act Seeks to Remedy Illegal Sale of Tickets Irrespective of the Mode(10.01.2025)

SC has observed that Section 143 of Railways Act, 1989 makes no distinction between physical and online sale of tickets. The mischief that the provisi.....

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Bombay HC Imposes Fine on a Woman for ‘Frivolous’ PIL(16.08.2016)

Bombay HC, while observing that people should not rush to courts to file cases in profusion under garb of public interest,has imposed a fine of Rs 250.....

Tags : Bombay HC, ‘Frivolous’ PIL



Supreme Court: Only TNCA-registered Players Can Feature in TNPL(12.07.2018)

Supreme Court has given green signal for Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) to continue with players who are registered with the Tamil Nadu Cricket Asso.....

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Madras HC Denies Bail to Two Korean Nationals Accused of GST Offences(15.04.2020)

Madras High Court has dismissed the Writ Petitions moved by two Korean nationals, who have been in custody, allegedly for not remitting Goods and Serv.....

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Gujarat HC: Anticipatory Bail Can Be Granted If No Prima Facie Offence Is Made Out(08.03.2022)

Gujarat HC has observed that anticipatory bail can be granted if no prima facie offence is made out against the person charged under the Scheduled Cas.....

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Del. HC: Arbitration Award Violating Indian Contracts Act is Patently Illegal(15.03.2023)

Delhi High Court while partially set aside an arbitration award that was passed in contravention of Sections 59-61 of Indian Contracts Act (ICA), 1872.....

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Meg. HC to CISF: Indicate Your Readiness on Deployment for Curbing Illegal Coal Mining(21.03.2023)

Meghalaya High Court has directed Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to indicate within fortnight as to how its deployment can be ensured within.....

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SC: Hospital Vicariously Liable for Doctor’s Negligence(23.04.2025)

Supreme Court, while upholding NCDRC’s order imposing a compensation of Rs. 15 lakhs on the hospital on ground that hospital is vicariously liable for.....

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Delhi HC Irks over Lack of Public Toilets in Delhi(07.01.2016)

Delhi HC has irked over that many people in Delhi defecated in open due to lack of public toilets and asked civic bodies, Railways whether adequate co.....

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Zimbabwe High Court Says Military Takeover Was Legal(27.11.2017)

Zimbabwe High Court has ruled that Military takeover that led to Robert Mugabe's ousting was legal.

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SC: Additional Evidence in Proceedings u/s 34 Arbitration Act Can be Adduced Only in Exceptional Case(24.09.2019)

Supreme Court has observed that proceedings under Section 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act will not ordinarily require anything beyond the recor.....

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Bombay HC: Sessions Court Rejecting Anticipatory Bail Application to Grant 3 days to Avoid Arrest(24.08.2021)

Bombay High Court has held that a Sessions Court rejecting the anticipatory bail application should grant interim protection for at least three workin.....

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Kar. HC: CDR Showing Absence of Accused at Time of Offence Can’t Lead to Closure of Proceedings(26.08.2022)

Karnataka High Court has held that mere production of call record details (CDR) by the accused to show that he was not present at the time of occurren.....

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J&K&L HC: Action for Malicious Prosecution Generally Doesn't Lie Against Civil Proceedings(28.11.2022)

Jammu and Kashmir & Ladakh High Court has held that no action can be brought as a general rule in the cases of civil proceedings even though the same .....

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Madras High Court Restrains Use of Trademark ‘Coronil’(07.08.2020)

Madras High Court has passed an absolute injunction order, restraining Patanjali Ayurved from using the trademark 'Coronil'.

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Delhi HC: Failure to Supply of Legible Copies of Documents Renders Detention Order Illegal(03.05.2022)

Delhi High Court has observed that an order of detention passed by the Detaining Authority based on illegible copies of documents suffers from non-app.....

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Bom. HC: Illegality of Appointment Procedure Not Ground for Rendering Arbitration Agreement Invalid(09.05.2023)

Bombay High Court has held that mere illegality of the appointment procedure would not swipe the entire arbitration agreement into illegality and what.....

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Orissa HC Seeks Response on Disbursement of Compensation to Sanitation Workers’ Families(01.06.2021)

Orissa High Court has sought response of Water Corporation of Odisha (WATCO) on the issue of disbursement of compensation to the families of sanitatio.....

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P&H HC: Call Details Sans Transcript of Conversation Between Co-Accused not Corroborative(13.04.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that mere call details would not be considered to be corroborative material in want of substantive material.....

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Madras HC Orders Teen Mother, Child to Undergo DNA Test(14.11.2016)

Madras High Court has upheld a Mahila Court's order directing a government witness to undergo a DNA test along with her child after she went back on h.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2019(08.08.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2019. This Bill seeks to increase the number of Supreme Court judges from .....

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Kerala High Court Invokes Doctrine of Desuetude to Permit Construction of Commercial Building(25.06.2021)

Kerala High Court has approved the construction of a commercial building on a site reserved for residential buildings as per the Town Planning Scheme .....

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SC: UP officials Don't Respect Orders, Approaching Against HC is Routine(10.05.2022)

Supreme Court has said that it has become a routine affair that Uttar Pradesh officials are approaching it against the Allahabad HC orders and they do.....

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Mad. HC: Provisions Cannot be Overridden by Numerals Inserted for Illustrative Clarity(20.06.2024)

Madras High Court has observed that the numerals that are inserted in provisions by way of abundant caution to provide illustrative clarity cannot add.....

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‘Surrender Your Mobile First!’, Madras High Court Tells Petitioners In PIL Against Mobile Phone Harms(14.09.2018)

A group of public-spirited citizens who filed a PIL in the Madhya Pradesh High Court to control ‘harms’ caused by mobile phone usage has been asked by.....

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SC: Casual Workers Can't be Denied Regularisation if Similar Daily Wagers were Regularised(17.02.2026)

Applying the principle of parity, the Supreme Court regularised the services of four sweepers, holding that once regularisation has been granted to si.....

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Jh. HC: Can’t Cancel Bail Unless There is Violation of Bail Conditions or Accused Impedes Fair Trial(29.05.2024)

Jharkhand High Court has held that bail once granted to an accused person cannot be cancelled unless he violates the condition of the bail or does any.....

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CBDT Notifies Emails as New Communication Mode with Taxpayers(07.12.2015)

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified use of emails as new mode of communication between taxman and taxpayers, as part of government's e-i.....

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Allahabad HC Rules Playground on Campus Mandatory for School’s Affiliation(24.01.2019)

Allahabad High Court has ruled that a playground on the campus is a necessary and essential condition for a school’s affiliation.

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Allahabad HC Directs State to Ensure Construction of Ladies’ Toilets in Police Stations(18.02.2021)

Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to ensure construction of ladies’ toilets in each Police Station in the State, stating .....

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Kerala High Court Asks Petitioner to Analyse Concept of Halal in Sabarimala Spoiled Jaggery Row(25.11.2021)

Kerala High Court has questioned the petitioner organisation that had challenged the alleged use of halal-certified jaggery at the Sabarimala temple i.....

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Cabinet approves National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme(05.07.2016)

The Union Cabinet approved implementation of the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme, by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.<.....

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Children of Intercaste Union can Take on Mother’s Caste: Bombay HC(22.04.2019)

Bombay High Court has held that children from intercaste marriages can take on their mother’s caste and also said that society must give up ‘ancient’ .....

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GSTN Issues Advisory on Auto-population of E-Invoice Details Into GSTR-1(07.04.2021)

Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN has issued Advisory on Auto-population of E-Invoice details into GSTR-1. The notified taxpayers have been advised.....

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Bom HC: Facilitation Council Has No Jurisdiction to Conduct Arbitration Dispute of Works Contract(23.03.2023)

Bombay High Court while observing that works contract is not amenable to provisions of MSMED Act, and therefore Act could not have been invoked by cla.....

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Supreme Court Clears Decks For Andheri Building Redevelopment(08.05.2017)

Supreme Court has cleared decks for redevelopment of a building in Andheri (W), dismissing a plea for intervention filed by four society members who r.....

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Calcutta HC Orders to Stop Payment of Salary to Illegally Appointed Group-D Non-Teaching Staff(26.11.2021)

Calcutta High Court has ordered the West Bengal Central School Service Commission to immediately stop the payment of salary to the 25 appointees of Gr.....

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Karnataka High Court Refuses to Interfere With Stay on Bar Council of India Elections(06.12.2021)

Karnataka High Court has refused to interfere with the interim order passed by the single judge bench, by which it has stayed the holding of elections.....

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Orissa HC: Accused Released on Interim Bail is Deemed to be in Constructive Custody of Court(21.12.2023)

Orissa High Court has observed that even though the word custody has not been defined in CrPC, there is no cavil that the accused who has been release.....

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In a complaint under Section 138 of NI Act, only drawer of the cheque who can be prosecuted(21.02.2024)

Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ('Cr.P.C') praying for quashing of the complaint filed by th.....

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Supreme Court: Arbitral Awards Cannot be Set Aside For Mere Legal Errors or Misreading of Evidence(19.12.2025)

SC overturned the Chhattisgarh High Court’s judgment, holding that it exceeded its limited jurisdiction under Sec 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliati.....

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SEBI Slaps Rs 17 Lakhs Fine on Motilal Oswal for Misuse of Clients’ Funds(02.03.2020)

Securities and Exchange Board of India has slapped a fine of Rs 17 Lakhs on Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. for misuse of client funds as it fai.....

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J&K&L High Court Orders 10 Lakh Compensation in Illegal Deprivation of Land Case(04.01.2022)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has directed the Jammu and Kashmir Government to pay Rs. 10 Lakh as compensation to the petitioners in a case .....

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SC Allows PCI to Consider Applications Received for c for 2023-2024(20.12.2022)

Supreme Court has allowed Pharmacy Council of India's (PCI) application seeking permission to consider for next academic year 2023-24, applications re.....

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Supreme Court: Partnership Veil May be Lifted to Detect Illegal Sub-Letting Arrangements(13.04.2026)

Supreme Court held that a partnership cannot be used to conceal unlawful transfer of possession, and courts may lift the partnership veil to determine.....

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SC Issues Notice in Plea to Bring Bar Councils under POSH Act(29.08.2025)

Supreme Court has issued notice to the Union of India and the Bar Council of India in a plea seeking extension of protection under the Sexual Harassme.....

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CESTAT: No Service Tax on Activity of Installing and Maintaining Fixed Facility for Supplying Oxygen(17.03.2022)

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Kolkata has ruled that service tax is not applicable on the activity of installing and ma.....

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Supreme Court Launches Whatsapp Messaging Services, Advocates and Parties to Receive Updates(25.04.2024)

Supreme Court has announced the integration of Whatsapp messaging services with its IT services and through this initiative, Advocates on Record and p.....

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Bombay HC: Girls Treated as Commodity Even in 21st Century Highly Objectionable to Morality(16.02.2023)

Bombay High Court while granting bail to woman accused of buying another woman’s daughter has remarked that such act of a one year old girl being sold.....

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Madras HC Asks to Regulate Film Publicity Material(10.04.2017)

Madras High Court has asked State Government why a board to regulate film publicity material has not been constituted even 30 years after a legislatio.....

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Why Welfare Funds Not Used to Pay Wages: Delhi HC to State(12.04.2019)

Delhi High Court has asked centre and state to explain why funds collected for the welfare of construction workers are not used to pay daily wages dur.....

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SC Stays Bombay HC Judgment Setting Aside Reservation of Wards in Goa Municipal Councils(05.03.2021)

Supreme Court has stayed the Bombay High Court judgment setting aside a notification issued by the Director and ex-officio Additional Secretary (Munic.....

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CIC Slams BCI for Not Following Mandatory RTI Clause(18.04.2016)

Central Information Commission (CIC) has slammed Bar Council of India (BCI) for not following mandatory proactive disclosure clause of the Right to In.....

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Counting of Bar Council Votes Should be Done District-wise: Madras High Court(28.03.2018)

Madras High Court has ruled that counting of votes to be polled in the election to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on March 28 shall be c.....

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Delhi High Court Issues Notice to Future Retail, Reliance in Amazon Appeal(14.01.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice on Amazon's appeal against Single Judge Bench Justice Mukta Gupta's order on Future Retail's plea on the Reliance-F.....

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AP HC Stops Govt From Taking Over Ahobilam Mutt Temple; finds Violative Of Article 26(d)(17.10.2022)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has ruled that the State's decision to appoint an 'Executive Officer' to control and manage the affairs of Ahobilam Temple i.....

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All. HC: Criminal Proceedings Also Disclosing Civil Dispute Between Parties Not Liable to be Quashed(19.01.2024)

Allahabad High Court has held that the mere fact that allegations in criminal proceedings also make out the existence of civil dispute between the par.....

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Revenue Department Extends Return Filing Date for Large Taxpayers to Oct 17(12.09.2016)

Revenue Department has extended the date to October 17 for filing of tax returns by assesses who are required to submit audited accounts in view of th.....

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Rajasthan HC: Anticipatory Bail Plea Not Maintainable If Accused Already in Custody(26.10.2021)

Rajasthan High Court has held that the anticipatory bail application of a person, already in custody in connection to a criminal case, will not be mai.....

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SC: State Reorganization Can’t Take Away Right of Citizens to Reside & Settle in Any Part of Country(15.09.2022)

Supreme Court while observing that there is only one domicile i.e. domicile of the country and there is no separate domicile for a State, has held tha.....

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Delhi High Court: CLAT PG Scores Cannot Be Used As a Basis for Offering Public Employment(24.09.2025)

Delhi High Court ruled that CLAT PG scores cannot be used for offering public employment. The bench stated that the criteria for eligibility in higher.....

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NCLT Approves Hindustan Unilever’s Ice Cream Business Demerger into Kwality Wall’s(31.10.2025)

NCLT approved the demerger of Hindustan Unilever’s ice cream business into its subsidiary Kwality Wall’s creating an independent entity as part of Uni.....

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Del HC: Suo Moto Case Registered from PIL Against Order Dischar. Accused Storing Child Porn Material(13.05.2024)

Del HC registered a suo moto case from a public interest litigation (PIL) that challenged an order passed by the Trial Court discharging men accused o.....

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Madras HC Denies Bail to Accused in Honour Killing Case(01.07.2016)

Madras High Court has denied bail to an accused in the brutal murder of a Dalit youth at a bus stand in full public view in a suspected honour killing.....

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Rajasthan HC: Attempt to Resolve Civil Dispute by Invoking Criminal Jurisdiction is Abuse of Process(25.05.2022)

Rajasthan High Court has observed that the attempt of a complainant to get the civil dispute resolved by invoking jurisdiction of a criminal court amo.....

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SC: Candidates Not Enrolled in Tel. Bar Council Allowed to Appear for Tel. Civil Judges Exam(07.08.2024)

SC has temporarily allowed candidates from Andhra Pradesh who are not enrolled in Telangana Bar Council to appear for Telangana Civil Judges Exam and .....

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Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India Relaxes Norms for Information Utilities(06.10.2017)

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India has relaxed norms for information utilities, paving way for Indian companies listed on the stock exchanges to.....

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Madras HC: Interim Bail in Habeas Petition Challenging Detention Only in Exceptional Circumstances(05.10.2020)

Madras High Court has observed that interim bail in habeas corpus Petitions challenging preventive detention can be granted only in exceptional circum.....

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Gujarat HC: Bail Granted to 16 Years Old Accused of Committing Un-Natural Sex with 13 Year Old(01.06.2022)

Gujarat High Court has granted bail to 16 years old boy, accused of forcibly committing unnatural sex (sodomy) with a minor boy, aged about 13 years. .....

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SC: Court Must Consider Gravity of Offence and Its Impact on Society Before Granting Bail(10.07.2023)

Supreme Court has held that while the relief of anticipatory bail is a crucial tool to prevent misuse of power of arrest and protects innocent individ.....

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Karnataka HC Directs State to Come Out with Rehabilitation Scheme for Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrants(28.02.2020)

Karnataka High Court has granted one week to the State Government to come out with a scheme for rehabilitation and grant of monetary compensation to t.....

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NCPCR Issues Notice to Netflix to Stop Streaming of Show ‘Bombay Begums’(12.03.2021)

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has issued a notice to Netflix and has asked subscription-based streaming service provider .....

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JKL HC: Compensation for No Fault Liability Adjustable in Compensation Claimed for Fault Liability(20.12.2022)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that compensation paid under the "No Fault liability" provision under Section 140 of Motor Vehicles A.....

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Calcutta High Court: Brother Not Entitled to Family Pension When Eligible Mother Had Not Claimed it(13.04.2026)

Calcutta High Court held that the brother of a deceased government teacher is not covered as “family” under Clause 5(s)(2) of the Pension Scheme, 1981.....

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Supreme Court Asks to Chalk Out Plan to Rehabilitate Evicted Slum Dwellers(07.12.2021)

Supreme Court has asked the Ministry of Railways, State Governments and Municipal Corporations to chalk out a plan with regards to rehabilitation of s.....

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Cal. HC: Equating Consensual Sexual Acts with Rape Undermines the Bodily Integrity of Adolescents(19.10.2023)

Calcutta High Court while observing that law’s unintended effect has been the deprivation of liberty of young people in consensual relationships, has .....

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Illegal Works No Grounds for Cancelling Building Registration: Bombay High Court(24.07.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that registration of a housing society cannot be cancelled, granted or refused on the grounds that illegal or unauthorised .....

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SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Utilization of West Bengal CM Relief Fund for Migrant Workers(20.05.2020)

Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking the Top Court's intervention for directions seeking utilising a portion of the State of West Bengal's Chief.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice to Directorate of Education Over Inoperational School Building Since 2014(17.03.2022)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Directorate of Education, Delhi government, over non-utilization of a full-fledged school building, purporte.....

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Del. HC: Centre Directed to Decide Plea to Recruit Women Through CDS, Within Eight Weeks(27.04.2024)

Delhi High Court has directed the Union Government to decide a plea that has sought the inclusion of women for recruitment in the Indian Military Acad.....

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Delhi HC Dismisses Plea Challenging Change in M Phil and PhD Admission Norms at JNU(16.03.2017)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea against procedure followed by JNU to implement a UGC notification that a professor cannot guide more than three .....

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Cheating Complaints Against Builders Not Civil in Nature: Bombay High Court(11.05.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that complaints filed by public, where they allege of being cheated by a developer or builder, cannot be termed as "civil d.....

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Cheque Offered Only for Security, Supreme Court Sets Aside Conviction Under Section 138 of NI Act(03.04.2024)

Supreme Court set has aside a conviction under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NI Act) on the ground of finding of the civil proc.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Facilities for Students Belonging to EWS(11.05.2020)

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea seeking Court's direction to the Delhi Government to ensure that children belonging to Economically Weake.....

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Karnataka HC: Filing of Common Chargesheet in Different Police Stations Against Law(08.06.2021)

Karnataka High Court has said filing of a common charge-sheet for complaints filed by the individual investors against the same accused in different p.....

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Madhya Pradesh HC: Benefit of MEIS Scheme Can't Be Availed If Not Opted in Shipping Bill(20.04.2022)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that the benefit of the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS Scheme) can’t be availed if it is not opted fo.....

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AFT: Military Personnel Who Refuse to Take Promotion Cadre Test Disentitled from Finan. Upgradation(04.06.2024)

Armed Forces Trib. has held that if a military personnel gives unwillingness to undergo promotion cadre test or unwillingness for promotion those are .....

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Supreme Court: Set Up Open Prisons As Part of Jail Reforms(18.09.2017)

Supreme Court has asked all High Courts to register a suo motu petition to identify kin of prisoners who admittedly died an unnatural death after 2012.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019(26.07.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019, was passed in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday amid high drama. The Bill seeks to .....

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SC Lays Down Tests to Determine 'Fraud Exception' to Arbitrability of Disputes(21.08.2020)

Supreme Court has laid down the tests to determine "serious allegations of fraud" exemption to arbitrability of disputes.

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Gauhati HC Asks Advocate General to Consider on Operation of Child Friendly Courts(19.07.2021)

Gauhati High Court has asked the Advocate General to take up to issue with State Government so that a child friendly Court is made operational at the .....

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Cal. HC to SEC: Requisition Deployment of Additional Paramilitary Forces for WB Panchayat Election(22.06.2023)

Calcutta High Court has directed West Bengal State Election Commission (SEC) o requisition the deployment of additional central paramilitary forces fo.....

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SC: Travesty of Justice if Convict is Unable to Get Benefit of Bail for Inability to Furnish Surety(19.09.2024)

SC has held that it would be a travesty of justice if convict is unable to secure the benefit of bail order for his inability to furnish local surety......

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IL&FS Case: NCLAT Declines Interim Relief to Deloitte and BSR Associates(21.08.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has refused to give interim relief to IL&FS auditors Deloitte and BSR Associates regarding the move to.....

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Madras HC Directs School Education Secretary to Address Complaints of Lack of Toilets in Govt. School(03.11.2016)

Madras High Court has directed School Education Secretary to address complaints of lack of operational toilets, sanitary workers, security staff, func.....

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Apex Court Expresses Despair Over Tussle Between Child Rights Commissions of Centre and West Bengal(04.09.2019)

Apex Court has observed that it is sad that both the Commissions i.e. the Child Rights Commissions of Centre and of West Bengal cannot come to a concl.....

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Gujarat HC Allows Failed Student to Take Next Phase of Exams(21.09.2020)

Gujarat High Court has allowed a 'failed student' to take the next phase of exams while observing that technical glitches could be faced during an onl.....

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SC Expressed Concern Over Man Arrested in Maharashtra Despite Interim Protection Granted by SC(05.07.2022)

Supreme Court has disapproved the act of Maharashtra police obtaining a non-bailable warrant against a man and the order of the Magistrate sending him.....

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Tel. HC to State: Take Steps to Prevent Spread of Diseases Due to Flood(02.08.2023)

Telangana High Court has directed State to file report on steps taken to rehabilitate victims of floods and for ensuring safety and well-being of vict.....

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Delhi HC: Impermissible to Award Less Than Minimum Prescribed Sentence Under Wildlife Protection Act(06.03.2025)

Delhi High Court has stated that it is impermissible to award less than minimum prescribed sentence under Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 as granting a .....

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Telangana HC Directs State to Constitute Child Welfare Committees Within 2 Weeks(29.01.2021)

Telangana High Court has instructed State government to constitute Child Welfare Committees in all 33 districts of the State within 2 weeks, noting th.....

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Madras HC Refuses to IPS Officer Plea to Reject MS Dhoni’s Plaint in Civil Suit Seeking Damages(10.12.2021)

Madras High Court has refused to entertain an application filed by IPS officer G. Sampath Kumar to reject the plaint in a civil suit, preferred by cri.....

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Delhi HC: State Must Avoid Delays Like Prosecutor Appointment(12.08.2025)

Delhi HC has dismissed Sukhbir Singh’s plea for default bail in a MCOCA case, but cautioned that if the State cites seriousness of offence to oppose b.....

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SC: Anticipatory Bail Allowed under SC/ST Act Only if Prima Facie Offense isn't Established(04.09.2025)

SC has ruled that anticipatory bail under SC/ST Act can only be granted if no prima facie offense is established. It noted that if accusations u/s 3 o.....

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Cal. HC: Transporting Goods Without Proper E-Way Bill is Breach(07.03.2023)

Calcutta High Court while observing that transporting of goods in a vehicle without proper E-way bill is a statutory breach, has held that there is no.....

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Del. HC: Infirm Person Can Seek Bail Under PMLA Even if Not Sick(18.03.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that since 'sick' and 'infirm' are separated by 'or', "a person who, though, not sick but infirm would still be entitled to .....

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SC Seeks AG's View on Jairam's PIL on Aadhaar(26.04.2016)

SC has sought Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi's stand on Congress MP Jairam Ramesh's PIL challenging introduction of Aadhaar bill in Parliament as a 'm.....

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Madras High Court Upholds Validity of New Rules for Bar Council Polls(06.02.2018)

Madras High Court has upheld validity of new eligibility conditions imposed by a special committee, chaired by Advocate General Vijay Narayan, for law.....

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Ministry of Railways signs an MoU with Department for International Development, United Kingdom(03.12.2019)

The MoU envisages co-operation with DFID for Energy Efficiency & Energy Self Sufficiency for Indian Railways. The effort is to reduce carbon footprint.....

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Once a plausible version has been put forth in defence at the examination stage, then it is for the prosecution to negate the defense plea(28.07.2020)

The present Criminal Appeal has been preferred by Appellant impugning the judgment of the High Court through which challenge to a judgment passed by t.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Bombay HC Issues Notice to Manufacturer Jyoti CNC Over Dysfunctional Ventilators(29.06.2021)

Bombay High Court has issued notice to Rajkot based ventilator manufacturer Jyoti CNC Automation Limited after the Maharashtra Government complained a.....

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Del. HC Denies Default Bail to NSCN(IM) Leader Alemla Jamir in Terror Funding Case(03.05.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that case has progressed to the stage where part evidence has already been recorded, implying that the charge-sheet f.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Default Bail, NSCN(IM), Terror Funding



Gauhati High Court: State Government Pulled Up for Not Responding to PIL filed for Water Logging(28.06.2024)

Gau. HC has pulled up Assam Government for not filing a response in a PIL filed to raise issue of water logging in the city of Gauhati and stated that.....

Tags : Gauhati High Court, Water Logging, PIL, Water Logging



Telangana HC: State Cannot Compel Testing/Treatment in Government Facilities(25.05.2020)

Telangana HC has held that State cannot compel residents of Telangana to get testing for COVID-19 in designated laboratories decided by them & treatme.....

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AP HC Directs All Convicts and Under Trial Prisoners to be Released on Interim Bail(31.05.2021)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed that all convicts and under trial prisoners to be released on interim bail of 90 days who were readmitted to pr.....

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Gujarat HC: Not Mandatory to Hear Victim While Granting Bail in a Bailable Offence(28.08.2020)

Gujarat High Court has held that Courts need not hear the complainant/victim during bail hearings for bailable offences under the Scheduled Castes and.....

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Karnataka High Court Denies Bail to Accused in Gauri Lankesh Murder Case(26.07.2021)

Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition seeking bail filed by Mohan Nayak who is an accused in the journalist Gauri Lankesh murder case, observi.....

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Mumbai Court Grants Bail to Alleged Creator of Bulli Bai App, Neeraj Bishnoi Along Two Others(22.06.2022)

Mumbai Court has granted bail to three accused - Aumkareshwar Thakur, Neeraj Bishnoi and Neeraj Singh in the Bulli Bai App Case wherein several vocal .....

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Lok Sabha Introduces the Merchant Shipping Bill, 2024(11.12.2024)

Lok Sabha has introduced the Merchant Shipping Bill, 2024 which aims at simplifying ownership criteria for merchant vessels in the country and seeks t.....

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SC Seeks View on Plea of Persons With Disabilities to Have the Option of Changing Scribe(20.02.2025)

Supreme Court while hearing a petition filed by persons with disabilities appearing for the Civil Services Examination, 2025, has sought the view of U.....

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National Herald: Court Rejects Vora’s Plea to Restrain Subramanian Swamy from Tweeting About Case(20.11.2018)

A Delhi court has dismissed senior Congress leader Motilal Vora's plea seeking to restrain complainant Subramanian Swamy from tweeting about the Natio.....

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SC: Court Cannot Impose Condition of Deposit of Money While Granting Default/Statutory Bail(16.10.2020)

Supreme Court has held that while granting default bail/statutory bail under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 condition of depos.....

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Rajasthan High Court Gives Nod to Shifting of Tigers to Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve(11.12.2018)

Rajasthan High Court has given a green signal to shifting of tigers from Ranthambore national park to Mukundra Hills tiger reserve by dismissing a pet.....

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Madras HC: If Bill is Presented for Assent Decision Has to be Taken by Governor As Soon As Possible(02.11.2020)

Madras High Court has asserted that when a Bill is presented for assent before the Governor, a decision on it should be taken "as soon as possible".

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Kerala HC Grants Bail to YouTuber Accused of Insulting Scheduled Tribe Woman(24.08.2022)

Kerala High Court while granting bail to youtuber accused of insulting woman belonging to scheduled tribe, has held that lower court was more concerne.....

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Gauhati HC Allows Wife to Stay Separately Due to Assault by Husband for Complexion of Child(06.06.2025)

Gauhati High Court has allowed a woman to live separately from her husband after he started to physically harass the wife and drove her out of the mat.....

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Madras HC Suggests Use of UAVs to Curb Illegal Sand Mining in Tamil Nadu(07.02.2019)

Madras High Court has suggested use of either unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or satellite imagery to curb illegal sand mining in Tamil Nadu.

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Madras High Court Orders Interim Ban on Sale of Edible Oil as Loose Oil(21.12.2020)

Madras High Court has passed an interim order banning the sale of edible oil as loose oil, observing that the edible oils (sold in loose packets) are .....

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Karnataka High Court Directs to Permit Filing of TRAN-1 Electronically or Manually Within 30 days(22.10.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the Good and Service Tax (GST) Authority to permit the filing of TRAN-1 either electronically or manually within 30 .....

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Bombay HC Denies Anticipatory Bail to Chairman of School in Case of Abetting Student's Suicide(18.05.2022)

Bombay High Court in a case of abetting a student's suicide, has denied anticipatory bail to a school's Chairman and disciplinary authority because he.....

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SC: BCI Can Impose Condition That Only Graduate from Recognized Colleges Can Enroll as Advocates(12.06.2023)

Supreme Court has held that rule framed by Bar Council of India (BCI) requiring a candidate for enrolment as an Advocate to have completed his law cou.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Bar Council of India, Enrollment, Advocate



Madras HC Reduces Accident Compensation by Rs 6 Lakh(13.10.2016)

Madras HC has partly allowed an appeal of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC), which contended that it was not liable to pay compensation t.....

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Gujarat high Court Dismisses Shaktisinh Gohil’s Affidavit(26.07.2019)

Gujarat High Court rejected the affidavit of Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil when he filed an affidavit and entered the witness box to depose in conn.....

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Bombay HC Grants Bail to DHFL Promoters Kapil & Dheeraj Wadhwan(24.08.2020)

Bombay High Court has granted bail to DHFL promoters, Kapil Wadhwan and Dheeraj Wadhwan in the Enforcement Directorate's case of money laundering regi.....

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Gujarat High Court Refuses Bail to Lawyer Accused of Cheating & Criminal Breach of Trust(24.05.2022)

Gujarat High Court has refused bail to the Applicant who had allegedly eloped for 3 years with money during the execution of a sale deed, while opinin.....

Tags : Gujarat High Court, Bail, Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust



Supreme Court: High Court Cannot Recall Dismissal Order to Grant Anticipatory Bail Later(19.09.2025)

Supreme Court set aside the Punjab & Haryana High Court's order that recalled a rejected anticipatory bail plea and granted bail. The Court held that .....

Tags : Dismissal Order, Anticipatory Bail, Restoration



Karnataka HC Issues Notice Questioning Legality of Nominating People to State Board for Wildlife(16.04.2021)

Karnataka High Court has issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation questioning the legality of nominating nine people, including the son of an MLA.....

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Rajasthan HC Refuses to Give Directions in Plea Seeking Protection and Maintenance of Wildlife(07.02.2022)

Rajasthan High Court has refused to give directions in a plea seeking protection & maintenance of wildlife to control man-animal conflict & rescue and.....

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SC: Compassionate Aid to Govt Employee’s Family Deductible From Motor Accident Compensation(26.02.2026)

Supreme Court has reaffirmed that compassionate assistance received by a dependent of a deceased employee must be deducted from compensation under the.....

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SC Grants Bail to Doctors as Were Not Provided in Writing, Citing 'Mihir Shah' Verdict(06.04.2026)

Supreme Court recently granted bail to two doctors in a narcotics case, noting that they had not been provided the grounds of their arrest in writing .....

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SC: Central Government Employees under CCS Rules are Not Covered by the Payment of Gratuity Act(12.02.2026)

Supreme Court has held that retired employees of the Heavy Water Plant, Tuticorin, under the Department of Atomic Energy, are not entitled to gratuity.....

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P&H HC Grants Interim Bail to Accused to Marry the Victim(12.06.2025)

Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted interim bail to an accused under Section 69 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, to marry the alleged victim.

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RBI’s Circular issued to extend relief to borrowers during the COVID-19 pandemic is not applicable to defaults prior to the outbreak of the pandemic(18.12.2020)

The present writ petition has been filed challenging the impugned letter sent by Respondent No.1/IL&FS Financial Services Ltd. ('IL&FS'), by which it .....

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ITAT: Father Can’t be Taxed for Cash Deposit in Bank Account Opened in The Name of Major Son(25.07.2022)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Pune Bench while deleting an addition for cash deposit, has held that the clubbing of income under the provision.....

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P&H HC: In Order to Preserve Right to Speedy Trial, S.37 of NDPS Act can be Relaxed(06.10.2023)

Punjab and Haryana High Court while granting bail to an accused who has been in custody for over 3 years in NDPS case, has observed that Section 37 of.....

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Delhi HC: Landlord Not Required to Reveal Business Details for Eviction(10.10.2025)

Delhi High Court held that in today’s dynamic economy, a landlord seeking eviction under Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 for bona.....

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Delhi HC: Why is LLB given Second-Hand Treatment?(29.08.2016)

Delhi HC, while hearing a plea against the Bar Council of India’s (BCI) order on change in the timing of evening classes at Delhi University’s Faculty.....

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Delhi High Court Issues Notice to Centre, Law Commission on a plea for Uniform Civil Code(31.05.2019)

Delhi High Court has issued notice on a PIL seeking a direction to Centre to draft a Uniform Civil Code in the spirit of Article 14, 15 and 44 of the .....

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SC Refuses to Entertain Plea Against Denial of OBC Reservation in Tamil Nadu(22.07.2020)

Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea seeking issuance of directions for setting aside the Centre's decision to implement all India counsellin.....

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Gujarat HC Quashes Criminal Case Against Actor Shah Rukh Khan in Raees Promotion Stampede Case(28.04.2022)

Gujarat High Court has quashed a case against actor Actor Shah Rukh Khan registered against him in association with a stampede that happened at Vadoda.....

Tags : Gujarat High Court, Shah Rukh Khan, Raees promotions, Vadodara Railway Station



Kar. HC: Non-Signatory Defendants Cannot Be Exposed to Arbitration under Section 8 of A&C Act(29.05.2023)

Karnataka High Court has ruled that the non-signatory defendants cannot be exposed to arbitration under Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation .....

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CG. HC: Child Can Testify if he Gives Rational Answers(22.06.2023)

Chhattisgarh High Court has held that child of tender age can be allowed to testify, if he has intellectual capacity to understand the questions and g.....

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SC Allows Candidate with 45% Speech & Language Disability to Pursue Medical Education(20.09.2024)

Supreme Court has allowed a medical aspirant having nearly 45% speech and language disability to pursue medical education after the medical board cons.....

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Kerala HC Allows Vigilance Inquiry against IPS Officer(25.10.2016)

Kerala High Court has permitted Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau to proceed with its preliminary inquiry against State Crime Records Bureau DGP N .....

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Ker. HC Issues Directions for Implementation of Reservation for PwD Appointments in Aided School(15.03.2023)

Kerala High Court while modifying a single bench order directing State to give effect to its 2018 decision regarding PwD (Person with Disability) rese.....

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SC: Can’t Relax Time Limit Under Rule 4(2) of Declaration of Wild Life Stock Rules(22.03.2023)

Supreme Court has held that the time for making a declaration of the possession of any wild animal or animal article as per the Wild Life Stock Rules .....

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Madras HC Suggests “Liberal Approach” for Tamil as Compulsory First Language(25.11.2015)

Madras High Court has ordered authorities to adopt a “liberal approach” on applications filed by students seeking exemption from the rule stipulating .....

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Madras HC Quashes Resolution Removing TNMC President(16.01.2017)

Madras High Court has quashed a resolution passed by a section of members of Tamil Nadu Medical Council (TNMC) removing its then elected president K. .....

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Bombay High Court Allows Egyptian Man's Habeas Corpus Plea Against In-Laws(31.01.2020)

Bombay High Court has allowed a criminal writ Petition filed by Khaled Kassem, an Egyptian citizen who sought the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus .....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice on PIL Seeking Unlimited Attempts to Appear Civil Services Examination(16.11.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation seeking unlimited number of attempts to appear in Civil Services Examination for al.....

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Telangana HC to EC: No Poll Notification for Three MLC Seats(10.05.2019)

Telangana High Court has directed Election Commission (EC) not to issue a poll notification to those MLC seats that have become vacant on account of d.....

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P&H HC: Prohibition of Child Marriage Law Does Not Differentiate on Basis of Religion(03.05.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that even though Muslim Personal law permits marriage upon attaining the age of puberty, the Prohibition of.....

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Kerala HC: No Illegality in Invoking LARR Act for Land Acquisition(30.03.2022)

Kerala High Court has reiterated that the State government was reasonable in acquiring land in furtherance of its K-Rail SilverLine Project by invokin.....

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Gau HC to Centre & State: Stop Illegal Mining by Coal India Ltd in Forest Areas of Digboi Division(03.04.2023)

Gauhati High Court has directed Centre and State government to stop Coal India Ltd. from undertaking mining activities in Saleki Proposed Reserve Fore.....

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Deli HC Asks to Give Clean Chit to Player Manik Batra Over Non-Selection for Championship(16.11.2021)

Delhi High Court has asked the Table Tennis Federation of India to give a clean chit to player Manika Batra, who had made a complaint against the nati.....

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P&H HC: Jail Before Conviction is Punishment as Conviction Rate Low in Our Country(30.11.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court while quashing a lower court's order canceling the bail of a murder accused, has held that imprisonment of the accused b.....

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Rajasthan High Court Directs Asaram Bapu to Surrender, Rejects Bail Extension(27.08.2025)

Rajasthan HC has refused Asaram Bapu’s plea for extension of interim bail on medical grounds in the 2013 rape case. Citing the medical board’s report .....

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Madras HC: Railway Authorities Can't Deboard Valid-Ticket Passengers Heading to Protest(18.09.2025)

Madras HC ruled that railway authorities cannot deboard passenger with a valid ticket simply because they are traveling to participate in a protest. T.....

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Allahabad HC: Being ‘Proclaimed Offender’ Does Not Completely Bar Grant of Anticipatory Bail(07.01.2026)

Allahabad High Court recently held that the issuance of a proclamation under Section 82 CrPC against an accused does not completely bar the court from.....

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Kerala High Court: Disability Pension is Payable to Voluntary Dischargee For Service-Related Illness(10.02.2026)

Kerala HC ruled that voluntary dischargee is entitled to disability pension if chronic condition was caused by military service, holding that service-.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Inland Vessels Bill 2021 to Introduce Uniform Regulatory Framework(03.08.2021)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Inland Vessels Bill, 2021 to introduce a uniform regulatory framework for inland vessel navigation across the country. The .....

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Gujarat HC: Contraband of Small Quantity Does Not Attract Embargo on Bail U/S 37 of NDPS Act(13.06.2022)

Gujarat High Court while granting bail under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) has held that bail under Section 37 of the ND.....

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Kerala HC: State Must Ensure that Digital Platforms are Accessible to Everyone(24.10.2024)

Kerala High Court has observed that the duty of the State to address the unique needs of persons with disabilities extends beyond merely providing acc.....

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Non-Commencement of Trial in Three Months can’t be Ground for Bail: Bombay HC(12.11.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that non-commencement of trial within three months can’t be a ground for granting bail and also Cancelled bail of a murder .....

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Delhi HC Asks Ministry to Decide on Deletion of Defamatory Scenes Against Air Force(31.08.2020)

Delhi High Court has directed the Union Ministry of Information & Broadcasting to consider as representation the plea seeking deletion or modification.....

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Clarification regarding applicability of IGST on repair cost, insurance and freight, on goods re-imported after being exported for repairs, on the recommendations of the GST Council made in its 43rd m(19.07.2021)

1. References have been received seeking clarification on the issues of the applicability of IGST on repair cost, insurance and freight, on goods re-i.....

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SC Denies Anticipatory Bail to a Police Officer(07.03.2024)

Supreme Court has denied pre-arrest/anticipatory bail to a police officer who failed to discharge its fundamental duty as a police officer of carrying.....

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DTCP Comes Up With New Policy to Stop Unauthorised Retention of Investors' Money by BuilderW(29.03.2016)

Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) has come up with a new policy to curb unauthorised retention of investors' money by builders on account.....

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CWC can't Usurp Family Court's Jurisdiction in Child Custody Matters: Karnataka HC(15.02.2019)

Karnataka High Court has observed that Child Welfare Committee (CWC) cannot usurp the jurisdiction of Family Courts in child custody matters pending b.....

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CBDT Notifies Forms for Firms to Avail Lower Corporate Taxes(17.02.2020)

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified Forms 10-IC and 10-ID for existing companies that want to avail lower Income Tax rates and new manuf.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Bill to Increase Foreign Direct Investment in Indian Insurance Sector to 74%(19.03.2021)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which seeks to increase the maximum permissible Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the ins.....

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Gujarat HC Imposes Liability on Insurance Company to Pay Compensation to Family of Deceased(14.02.2022)

Gujarat High Court has imposed liability on the insurance company to pay compensation to the family of the deceased, affirming that it is not necessar.....

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SC: Tenants Possessing Watan Property on Tiller’s Day Entitled to Purchase Watan Property(18.03.2024)

Supreme Court has held that tenants that hold possession of Watan property on ‘Tiller’s Day’ are entitled to purchase the tenanted property under the .....

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Allahabad HC Stays FIR Against Director & Manager in Alleged Mobile Explosion Case(06.01.2022)

Allahabad High Court has stayed a First Information Report (FIR) registered against the Director and Manager of OPPO Mobiles India Pvt. Ltd. in an all.....

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Gauhati HC to State: File Status Reports on Child Sexual Abuse Cases Before HC's JJC Every 6 Months(28.12.2022)

Gauhati High Court while issuing directions for proper enquiry in cases relating to sexual abuse of children has directed State and Assam State Commis.....

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Karnataka High Court: Accused Cannot be Required to Share Live GPS Location as a Condition of Bail(27.04.2026)

Karnataka High Court held that an accused cannot be subjected to continuous electronic surveillance as a bail condition by requiring him to keep his m.....

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Calcutta High Court Stays Construction of Reliance JIO Infocomm Limited Mobile Tower(14.02.2020)

Calcutta High Court has stayed the construction of Reliance JIO Infocomm Limited mobile tower as the local self-governing authorities did not comply w.....

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Delhi High Court Restrains Future Retail-Reliance Deal(18.03.2021)

Delhi High Court has restrained Future Retail from taking any further action on its Rs. 24,713 Crore Reliance deal and held that Future Retail has wil.....

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MP HC: Candidates Cannot Change Domicile Status in Counselling Form After Registration(11.02.2022)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a NEET candidate seeking directions of the Court to allow him to change his domicile statu.....

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SC: Union to Frame Rules Regarding Access of Public Places & Services to PwD(11.11.2024)

Supreme Court has directed the Central Government to frame rules regarding access of public places and services to persons with disability. The direct.....

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Reserve Bank of India Releases December Issue of the Financial Stability Report(31.12.2024)

Reserve Bank of India has released the December issue of Financial Stability Report (FSR) reflecting on the collective assessment of the Sub-Committee.....

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SC: Patna HC Exceeded Bail Jurisdiction by Directing Sahara Chief to Return Investments(14.07.2022)

Supreme Court has held that High Court in an anticipatory bail application had exceeded its jurisdiction and passed orders, inter alia, directing the .....

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SC: Can’t Use Section 106 of Evidence Act to Make Up Prosecution's Inability(27.02.2025)

Supreme Court has observed that Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 must be used with care and cannot be invoked to make up the inability of .....

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Supreme Court Stays Uttarakhand HC Eviction Order to Vacate Land Near Haldwani Railway Station(19.01.2017)

Supreme Court has stayed order of Uttarakhand High Court ordering eviction of encroachment from 23 acres of land near Haldwani railway station.

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Fix Meerut Rapid Rail Project in a Week: SC(21.01.2019)

Supreme Court has pointed Delhi Government's delay over the proposed Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS and asked all stake-holders to finalise the project i.....

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Ministry of Ports, Shipping and waterways issues Draft Merchant Shipping Bill, 2020 for Public Consultation(26.11.2020)

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has issued a draft of the Merchant Shipping Bill, 2020 for public consultation. It aims to repeal and replac.....

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SC: Jurisdiction of Civil Court Cannot be Taken Away Entirely Despite Bar if Error is Pleaded(21.08.2019)

Supreme Court has observed that the jurisdiction of the civil courts cannot be entirely taken away inspite of a bar either expressly or impliedly. The.....

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Delhi High Court Gives Relief to Christian Couple with Faulty Adoption of Child(03.08.2021)

Delhi High Court has given relief to a Christian couple who had looked after a child for six years from her birth, although they had not followed the .....

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TN GST Dept. Issues Instruction to Identify Fake Billing Traders Applying for New GST Registration(13.06.2022)

Tamil Nadu State GST Department has issued guidelines for identifying fake billing traders who apply for new GST registration.

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SC Permits Candidate with Blindness to Attend Interview for Selection of Civil Judges in Rajasthan(25.10.2024)

Supreme Court has allowed a candidate with blindness to attend interview for the selection of Civil Judges in Rajasthan and has stated that quota for .....

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Lok Sabha Passes the Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2024(12.12.2024)

Lok Sabha has passed the Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2024 which seeks to amend the Railways Act, 1989. The bill aims at enhancing the functioning and i.....

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Ker. HC: For Promoting Enmity on Grounds of Religion, Mandatory Jail Sentence Must be Given(20.02.2025)

Kerala High Court while considering a bail application, has observed that there should be mandatory jail sentence for persons promoting enmity between.....

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Madras HC Directs TN Agricultural University to Fill up Vacant ‘Lapsed Seats’(14.10.2016)

Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu Agricultural University to consider representation by Association of Self Finance Agriculture Colleges seeki.....

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Madras HC Directs College to Issue 'Persons Studied in Tamil Medium' Certificate to Student(09.10.2018)

Madras High Court has allowed a petition filed by a Madurai-based law graduate who studied in Tamil seeking direction to a college to issue ‘Persons S.....

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Patna HC Refuses Anticipatory Bail to Men Who Allegedly Posted Vulgar Photos of Goddess Saraswati(06.08.2021)

Patna High Court has denied anticipatory bail to two men alleged to have taken and circulated vulgar photographs with an idol of Goddess Saraswati in .....

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SC Stays Tripura HC Order Calling for MHA Files on Security Cover to Ambani Family(29.06.2022)

Supreme Court has stayed the orders passed by the Tripura High Court seeking the production of files of the Ministry of Home Affairs relating to the s.....

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Bombay HC Imposes Fine on Premier Stationery for Breaching Infringement Order Protecting Fevicol Mark(02.09.2024)

The Bombay High Court has slapped a fine of Rs. 50 lakh on Premier Stationery Industries Pvt. Ltd. for breaching its earlier order restraining Premier.....

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Delhi High Court: Bail Granted by Court on Merits, if Withheld Will Amount to Punishment(11.10.2024)

Delhi High Court while granting bail to a public servant in a corruption case, has stated that if a Court on merits deems it fit to release an accused.....

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All. HC: Scheme of A&C Act Put no Limitation for Application of Doctrine of Severability to an Award(25.09.2023)

Allahabad High Court has held that scheme of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 does not put any limitation on power of the court to apply the.....

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HP HC: Cannot Treat Amount Deposited Under Protest as Admission of Tax Liability(24.06.2025)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that once a taxpayer has deposited an amount 'under protest', the same could not have been considered to be an ad.....

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Supreme Court Explains Bail Orders Should Cite Specific Reasons for Being Granted or Refused(06.12.2019)

Supreme Court has noted that Courts should give specific reasons while granting or denying bail as the issue concerns both the liberty of the Accused .....

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# GST Changes Applicable From 01.01.2021: ITC Availment for Missed Invoices Capped at 5%(29.12.2020)

Rule 36(4) of the Central Goods and Service Tax Rules, 2017 has been amended to the effect that the registered person is restricted from availing the .....

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Bombay HC: Ministers, Political Leaders Should Appeal to Followers Not to Put Up Illegal Hoardings(29.07.2022)

Bombay High Court has remarked against the conduct of political leaders and ministers for not proactively curtailing their followers from putting up i.....

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Bombay HC Says 'No' to Environmental Massacre in Garb of Development(13.04.2017)

Bombay High Court, while observing that environment cannot be massacred in name of development, has asked Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL) to pro.....

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Supreme Court Directs Probe into Illegal Sand Mining Activities Across Rajasthan(20.02.2020)

Supreme Court has directed the Central Empowering Committee to conduct a probe towards illegal mining activities in the State of Rajasthan and submit .....

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Bombay High Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail to Magistrate Accused of Corruption(08.03.2021)

Bombay High Court has refused anticipatory bail to a Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) from Maval Court, in Maharashtra, accused under the Preven.....

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Kerala High Court Asks Centre to Clarify Its Stand on K-Rail SilverLine Project(12.01.2022)

Kerala High Court has asked the Central government to make its stand clear regarding the K-Rail Silverline project while staying the process of laying.....

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SC: Default Bail Can’t be Claimed on Ground of Pending Investigation Against Other Accused(24.01.2024)

Supreme Court has held that statutory right of default bail cannot be claimed by accused under Section 167(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on t.....

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J&K&L High Court: Post-Conviction NDPS Bail Cannot Rest on Long Incarceration Alone(04.05.2026)

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court held that in NDPS cases involving commercial quantity, post-conviction bail cannot be granted merely due to long.....

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Cal HC: Unilateral Appointment Renders Arbitrator Ineligible Even Without Further Allegation of Bias(10.07.2024)

Calcutta High Court has held that even a unilateral appointment of an Arbitrator, without any further allegation of bias, renders the Arbitrator ineli.....

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SC: Injured Passenger is Entitled to Claim by Railway Admin. Irrespective of Not Being at Fault(19.05.2023)

Supreme Court has held that when in course of working of railway, an untoward incident occurs then whether or not there has been any wrongful act, neg.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Finance (No.2) Bill, 2019(19.07.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the Finance (No. 2) Bill, 2019 on July 18, 2019. The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman noted that the tax proposals in th.....

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Madras HC Restrains Youtuber from Posting Defamatory Content Against Tamil News Channel News 18(31.07.2020)

Madras High Court has granted interim relief to News 18 Tamil Nadu which was aggrieved by a "vitriolic attack" on its reputation by YouTuber Maridhas,.....

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Gujarat HC Sets Aside Injunction on Construction of Railway Tracks Near Dargah(16.05.2022)

Gujarat High Court while setting aside an order of the State Waqf Tribunal which granted injunction in favour of the concerned Trustee of Dargah has h.....

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SC Dismisses Plea Against Eligibility Criteria of 75% Marks in Class 12 for IIT-JEE Aspirants(30.05.2023)

Supreme Court has dismissed a plea challenging the rule requiring JEE Advanced candidates to have at least 75 per cent aggregate marks in Class XII (o.....

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Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail to 'Misguided' Muslim Youth Convicted of Karnataka Church Blast(26.12.2019)

Supreme Court has released on interim bail a Karnataka church blast case convict, who was dubbed by the high court as a misguided Muslim youth indulgi.....

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SC: Mechanical Compliance of Stipulations U/Sec 63 Succession Act Does Not Prove Execution of Will(29.11.2021)

Supreme Court has observed that mechanical compliance of stipulations under Section 63 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925, does not prove the executio.....

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Bengaluru Court Orders Blocking of INC & Bharat Jodo’s Twitter for Unauthorised Use of KGF-2's Music(08.11.2022)

Bengaluru Civil Court has directed Twitter to temporarily block accounts of Indian National Congress and Bharat Jodo after MRT Music accused party of .....

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AP HC: Even if the Railway Vigilance Manual Is Procedural, it Can’t be Ignored Completely(22.12.2023)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that although the Railway Vigilance Manual, 1996 is procedural and doesn’t confer any rights to the delinquent, it .....

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Cabinet Approves Setting Up of GST Council(12.09.2016)

Cabinet has approved setting up of the GST Council, which will decide on the rate of tax under the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, likely to .....

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Supreme Court: Similar Trademarks for Different Items Not Breach of Law(27.07.2018)

Supreme Court has ruled that it was no infringement of law if two distinctly different products were marketed by two different companies with "decept.....

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Delhi High Court: Railways Should Develop “Litigation Policy” for Tortuous Claims(08.06.2018)

Delhi High Court has suggested formulation of a “litigation policy” by the Railways to address tortuous claims of compensation filed against it.

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SC Grants Bail to Murder Convict Suffering from Pancreatic Cancer for Medical Treatment(30.03.2020)

Supreme Court has released a murder convict on interim bail to a murder convict from pancreatic cancer to allow him to undergo requisite medical treat.....

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Manipur HC: Court to Examine Conduct of Parties All Through to Ascertain Condonation Application(24.02.2022)

Manipur High Court has held that Courts should examine conducts of parties all through to ascertain whether their non-appearance was a singular stray .....

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Supreme Court Refuses to Stay Madras HC Decision Quashing Appointment of 11 TNPSC Members(10.01.2017)

Supreme Court, while asking what will be fate of a State where a Public Service Commission of Class 10-pass persons interview Class 1 officer-candidat.....

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NCLT Caps Withdrawal Limit from Banks for Former ILFS Directors(24.01.2019)

National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has put restrictions on the former directors of the debt-laden infrastructure financier IL&FS from operating thei.....

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CBIC Notifies Decrease in Customs Duty on Gold and Silver(19.02.2021)

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has notified the decrease in customs duty on gold and silver. The Board has notified the reduction .....

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Guj. HC: Preference to Domiciled Residents in Cadaveric Organ Transplant is Unconstitutional(22.11.2022)

Gujarat High Court while observing that denial of medical treatment to the petitioners who are not domiciles of Gujarat is illegal, has declared uncon.....

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Delhi High Court Asks Delhi Govt to Enhance Capacity of Narco Analysis Test Facility(13.09.2021)

Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government to enhance the said capacity so as to ensure that there is no backlog, observing that the capacity of .....

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Allahabad HC: Biggest Scar on Indian Democracy That Criminals Like Mukhtar Ansari Are Lawmakers(25.07.2022)

Allahabad High Court while denying bail to former UP MLA, has held that it is tragedy of the Indian republic and biggest scar on Indian democracy that.....

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NCLAT: In absence of privity of contract, application u/s 9 of IBC not maintainable(28.03.2025)

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has observed that where there is no privity of contract or any sort of Debtor-Creditor relationshi.....

Tags : Privity of contract, Maintainability of application, Debtor-Creditor relationship, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016



# Budget 2025 – Important Laws(01.02.2025)

# New Income Tax Bill is set to be introduced which seeks to replace the present Income Tax Act, 1961. # Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 to be introduced to de.....

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Madras High Court Issues Notice to State Government in Suicide Case(27.01.2016)

Madras High Court has issued notice to Tamil Nadu Government and ordered the preservation of the body of T Monisha, one of the three girl students who.....

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NCLAT Quashes Insolvency Proceedings Against NCR Realty Firm Paramount Propbuild(29.12.2018)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has set aside insolvency proceedings against Paramount Propbuild, noting that no notice was served to .....

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SC: Our Criminal Justice System Can be a Punishment in Itself(30.11.2022)

Supreme Court while disposing a 13 year old criminal appeal has observed that criminal justice system of ours can itself be a punishment.

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Gujarat High Court Sets Aside Order Which Interfered With Reasoned Arbitration Award(17.06.2024)

Guj. HC while setting aside the order passed by District Judge interfering with arbitral award has held that arbitral awards providing reasoned interp.....

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A fact can be said to have been proved, if it is established beyond reasonable doubt and not on preponderance of probability(05.08.2020)

The Appellant assails his conviction under Section 8C read with Section 20(b)(ii)(c) of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 ("th.....

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Madhya Pradesh HC: Court Has Jurisdiction U/S 11 A&C Act to Appoint New Arbitrator(04.05.2022)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that once the appointment of arbitrator is void ab initio and the arbitrator is barred by virtue of Section 12 (5) .....

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Del HC to BCI: Consider Announcing AIBE Schedule in Advance Every Year(10.05.2023)

Delhi High Court has directed Bar Council of India (BCI) that it should consider announcing in advance, every calendar year the months in which the AI.....

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals of 4 cops, 2 doctors in Bilkis Bano Case(11.07.2017)

Supreme Court has dismissed appeals of two doctors and four policemen including an IPS officer challenging their conviction by Bombay High Court in th.....

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Allahabad HC Issues Notices on Plea for Waiver of School Fees for Children with Disability(29.05.2020)

Allahabad High Court has issued notice to Central Board of Secondary Education on a Public Interest Litigation seeking to waive off school fee for dif.....

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Allahabad HC Directs State Govt. to Fill Vacancies in JJ Board At least 6 Months Prior(15.10.2020)

Allahabad High Court has observed that the State Government should ensure that the vacancies in Juvenile Justice Boards are expeditiously filled up an.....

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SC Upholds Arbitration Award in Favour of Anil Ambani Group Firm(10.09.2021)

Supreme Court has upheld a 2017 arbitration award worth over Rs 2,782 crores along with further interest in favour of Anil Ambani group firm, Delhi Ai.....

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SC: Benefit of Tofan Singh Judgment May be Taken During Regular Bail Hearing(22.07.2022)

Supreme Court while setting aside Anticipatory bail granted to NDPS accused, has held that an accused under NDPS Act may be able to take advantage of .....

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Delhi HC: When No Seat/Venue Specified in Agreement, Jurisdiction to be Decided Under CPC(25.03.2025)

Delhi High Court has observed that court's jurisdiction under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is to be decided under the Civi.....

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Delhi HC: No Benefit of Rehabilitation & Relocation Policy to Jhuggi Clusters Not Notified by DUSIB(12.08.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that notification by Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) is an essential pre-requisite to be qualified/ recognized.....

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Madras HC: Untouchability Includes All Forms of Social Ostracism, Not Merely Caste-Based Practice(26.06.2023)

Madras High Court has observed that Untouchability goes beyond the specific Caste-based practice and includes all practices of social ostracism and ex.....

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MP HC: While Hearing Bail Plea of Juvenile, Gravity of Offence Shouldn’t be Considered(20.09.2024)

MP HC has held that the main object of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children), Act, 2015 is to treat the juvenile offender with utmost.....

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Delhi HC Stays Warrants against Top Officials of Unitech Ltd.(25.10.2016)

Delhi High Court has stayed execution of non-bailable warrants against three top officials of real estate major Unitech Ltd on a complaint alleging de.....

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Delhi High Court Permits Bail to Person Accused of Rape on False Promise to Marry(22.08.2019)

Delhi High Court has allowed bail to a person who was accused of having a physical relationship with a woman on a false pretense of marriage.

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Kerala HC Dismisses Bail of Accused in Case of Stealing of Spirit in Transportation(04.08.2021)

Kerala High Court has dismissed the bail petition of an accused in the case relating to the stealing of 20,386 litres of spirit while transporting it .....

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Kar. HC: Petition U/S 11(6) A&C Act Would be Premature if Precondition of Conciliation Not Fulfilled(13.06.2022)

Karnataka High Court has held that the petition under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation (A&C) Act would be premature when the parties .....

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Madras HC: Only ‘Preponderance of Probability’ Required in Disciplinary Proceedings(25.10.2024)

Madras High Court while upholding the dismissal of two workers, has affirmed that in matters of disciplinary proceedings only preponderance of probabi.....

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Himachal Pradesh HC Seeks Response on Availability of Covid Facilities in State(26.07.2021)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has sought response of the State Government on the availability of Covid 19 facilities in the State with regards to the am.....

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West Bengal Assembly Passes Taxation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill, 2022(22.06.2022)

West Bengal Assembly has passed the West Bengal Taxation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill, 2022 which seeks to replace the Governor with the State Government.....

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SC: Non-participation in a Proceeding of Restitution of Conjugal Rights has Civil Consequences(31.07.2023)

Supreme Court has observed that nonparticipation in a proceeding of a restitution of conjugal rights, of the party who seeks for transfer of such proc.....

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Courts Can Turn Down Child Repatriation, Says Supreme Court(07.12.2017)

Supreme Court has said that Indian courts can decline the relief of repatriation of a child to the parent living abroad even if a foreign court, locat.....

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Bombay HC Seeks I&B Ministry's Reply in Plea Alleging Display of Personal Details on Website(16.10.2020)

Bombay High Court has directed the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to clarify whether personal details of other Rights to Information a.....

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SC: Idea of Punishment is Not to Keep Prisoners in Difficult, Overcrowded Prisons(24.04.2024)

SC while pulling up States and Union Territories on implementation of directions regarding jail infrastructure, has observed that the idea behind puni.....

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Patna HC Orders to Create Dedicated Covid Complaint Email ID for Private Hospitals(26.04.2021)

Patna High Court has directed that if any Dedicated Covid Hospital (private) has a grievance that it is not getting supply of oxygen because of reason.....

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All. HC: Child in Conflict With Law Can't Seek Anticipatory Bail U/S 438 CrPC(15.02.2023)

Allahabad High Court has held that a child in conflict with law can’t file an application under Section 438 of CrPC seeking anticipatory bail as per t.....

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Bombay HC: How Many PU Lands Were Acquired in Last 10 Years(01.07.2016)

Bombay HC has sought to know how many Public Utility (PU) lands were acquired by State Government in the last ten years to honour reservations under M.....

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Delhi High Court Junks PIL Seeking Probe Into Killing of 39 Indians in Iraq(07.06.2018)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking a detailed probe into alleged "lapses" of the Centre in saving 39 Indians, who were killed by ISIS in Ira.....

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Bombay HC Issues Notice to Goa Government on Letter Stating Inadequacy of Medical Facilities(30.03.2020)

Bombay High Court has issued notice to the Goa government after taking cognizance of a letter written to the Chief Justice BP Dharmadhikari by law gra.....

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Conviction of accused cannot be sustained, if sole testimony of prosecutrix found artificial(11.08.2017)

Instant criminal appeal is against the judgment passed by trial Court, whereby Accused Appellant was convicted for offences under Sections 363, 366, 3.....

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NGT Directs Delhi Jal Board to Manage Sewage in Trilokpuri(02.08.2019)

National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to come up with a system for carrying untreated sewage and waste water for treatment fr.....

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Madras HC: Order Denying Bail Under UAPA Can be Challenged Only by Appeal Under NIA Act(15.07.2021)

Madras High Court has held that an order passed by a Sessions Court denying bail to an accused under the Unlawful Activities(Prevention) Act 1967 (UAP.....

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Kerala HC: Ex- MLA PC George Granted Bail in Hate Speech Cases(27.05.2022)

Kerala High Court granted bail to Ex- MLA PC George in hate speech cases.

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Bom. HC: 3-Weeks Interim Protection Granted to Refugee Family Served With ‘Leave India Notice’(13.08.2024)

Bom. HC has granted three weeks interim protection to a refugee family served with ‘Leave India Notice’ as they had overstayed their visa. The protect.....

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SC to Centre: Have Any Schemes Been Formulated for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers?(14.07.2023)

Supreme Court while hearing petition seeking implementation of Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, has .....

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Delhi HC: Section 10 of CPC Does Not Lay an Embargo in Proceeding with Arbitration(11.04.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that Section 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 does not lay an embargo in proceeding during the pendency of insolvency.....

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Allahabad HC: It’s a Child’s Natural Right to Know and Meet His Parents(05.07.2024)

Allahabad High Court has observed that the child's natural right to know and meet his parents is near perfect even during the pendency of custody case.....

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Orissa HC Releases on Bail Man Accused of Rape of Minor Upon Marriage to Victim(28.07.2020)

Orissa High Court has granted bail to a man accused of rape of a minor, noting his submission that while availing interim bail, he has married the sur.....

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SC Directs to Discontinue Practice of Shifting Mentally Ill Patients to Old Age Homes(06.07.2021)

Supreme Court has directed State of Maharashtra to discontinue the practice of shifting mentally ill patients from medical establishments to beggar ho.....

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Patna HC Grants Bail to a Man Accused of Making Fake Calls in Police Superintendent's Name(20.05.2022)

Patna High Court has granted bail to a man accused in the case of making fake calls in the name of Superintendent of Police for pressurizing the compl.....

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SC: Can’t View Slum Rehabilitation Scheme as Real Estate Development Project(02.08.2024)

Supreme Court has held that Slum Rehabilitation Scheme cannot be treated as a real estate development project since there is a public purpose involved.....

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J&K Court Grants Bail to YouTuber Arrested for Uploading Video Depicting Beheading of Nupur Sharma(22.06.2022)

Jammu and Kashmir Court has granted bail to a Kashmiri YouTuber who had been arrested for allegedly uploading a video depicting the beheading of suspe.....

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Lok Sabha Passes the Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2024(12.12.2024)

Lok Sabha has passed the Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2024 which seeks to amend the Railways Act, 1989. The bill aims at enhancing the functioning and i.....

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SC: Should Not Impose Oppressive Conditions While Granting Remission(20.02.2025)

Supreme Court has stated that when a convict is released by granting relief of permanent remission, the conditions imposed by the Government should no.....

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Allahabad HC: Conversion to Islam Bonafide if Individual Embraces by Own Freewill(01.04.2025)

Allahabad HC has observed that a conversion of religion by an individual to Islam can be said to be bona fide if he/she is major and of sound mind and.....

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Karnataka HC Directs Govt. to Provide Braille Text Books For Visually Disabled Students(28.09.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to positively provide textbooks in Braille for all special children (visual disabilities) withi.....

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AP HC Orders Interim Stay on Proceedings Against Chandrababu Naidu in Skill Development Scam(13.09.2023)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has ordered interim stay on Court proceedings against former Chief Minister and N Chandrababu Naidu in connection with the A.....

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Madras HC Declines to Interfere in Matter of Classical Status to Non-Tamil Languages(08.08.2016)

Madras HC has declined to interfere with grant of classical status to languages other than Tamil by Central Government.

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Madras High Court Rejects Plea Against DMK Candidate Senthil Balaji(29.04.2019)

Madras High Court has dismissed a plea for a direction to Election Commission to reject candidature of DMK candidate Senthil Balaji for Aravakurichi b.....

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NCLT: Filing of Default Record Necessary for Section 7 IBC Filings(13.05.2020)

National Company Law Tribunal has directed filing of default record from Information utility along with new Petitions under Section 7 of the Insolvenc.....

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Uttarakhand HC Seeks Response on Priority Vaccination for Persons with Disability(14.06.2021)

Uttarakhand High Court has issued notice on a petition seeking priority Covid-19 vaccination for persons with Disabilities from the age of 18 and upwa.....

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SC Makes Order Granting Bail to Munawar Faruqui ‘Absolute’(25.04.2023)

Supreme Court while transferring all FIRs against stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui lodged against him in different states to Indore, has also confirm.....

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Madras High Court Directs on Appropriate Action Against Illegal Mining Activities(22.06.2021)

Madras High Court has directed the State government to attend to the malaise of plundering of the mineral wealth of the State by unscrupulous elements.....

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Supreme Court to Centre: Set Up Mobile Subscriber Verification Mechanism Within Two Weeks(23.01.2017)

Supreme Court has given Government two weeks to put in place a mechanism for proper verification of all mobile phone subscribers at time of issuing SI.....

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File Responses on Prevention of Torture Bill Within 3 Weeks: SC Directs States, UTs(24.01.2019)

Supreme Court has sought responses and inputs from States and Union Territories on the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2017 within three weeks.

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SC Rejects Plea to Reopen Sterlite Tamil Nadu Plant(03.12.2020)

Supreme Court has refused to allow a Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, to open on an experimental basis for a short time to give the c.....

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Karnataka HC Grants Time for Formulating Uniform Scheme for Scholarship to Children of Deceased(05.10.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to formulate within 30 days a uniform scheme in regards to the grant of scholarships to childre.....

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Del. HC: While Calculating Compensation, Family Pension Paid to Deceased’s Family Cannot be Deducted(24.01.2025)

Delhi High Court has observed that while calculating compensations towards 'Loss of Dependency' payable under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, the family.....

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Ker. HC: To Avoid Handing Over Custody of Minor Child, False POCSO Cases are Often Launched(13.02.2025)

Kerala High Court has observed that in cases when the husband and wife are in loggerheads and one among them sues for custody of a minor child there a.....

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Karnataka HC: Constitutional Functionaries Can't be Summoned as Witnesses on Mere Asking(05.08.2022)

Karnataka High Court has held that in civilised jurisdictions functionaries of constitutional bodies are not subjected to subpoena since they have to .....

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Patna High Court: Claim of Juvenility Can be Raised Before Any Court, at Any Stage(04.08.2025)

Patna HC has observed that the claim of juvenility can be raised before any court, at any stage, even after final disposal of the case and if the cour.....

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Del. HC Calls for User-Friendly Handbook for Accessibility in Missing Children Cases(11.12.2023)

Delhi High Court has called for a standardized checklist in the form of a user-friendly ready-to-use handbook to be maintained in every police station.....

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J&K&L HC: Only Revenue Authorities Can Handle Agrarian Resumption; Civil Courts Cannot Intervene(08.12.2025)

Court held that “Matters arising out of the Agrarian Reforms Act especially resumption proceedings fall exclusively within the domain of Revenue Autho.....

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Supreme Court: Bail Must Be Considered if Speedy Trial Rights are Violated, Regardless of Offence(05.05.2026)

Supreme Court held that the right to a speedy trial cannot be violated regardless of the offence’s gravity, and granted bail to a murder undertrial, c.....

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Madras HC Denies Interim Relief Against Actor Vijay’s Party Over Flag Design(18.08.2025)

Madras High Court refused to restrain actor Vijay’s party TamilagaVetrriKazhagam from using its flag, rejecting claims of trademark and copyright infr.....

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SC Directs UP Authority to Pay Compensation to Individuals Whose Houses Were Illegally Demolished(02.04.2025)

Supreme Court has directed Prayagraj Development Authority to pay compensation of 10 lakhs each to six individuals for illegal demolition of their hou.....

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Cal. HC to Centre: Take Policy Decision on Fixation of Kerosene Oil Prices(13.09.2023)

Calcutta High Court while observing that poorest of poor citizens need kerosene oil to illuminate their homes and prepare their food and oil companies.....

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Delhi HC: Fees Paid by ‘Remfry & Sagar’ to Acquire Goodwill is Expense Deductible u/s 37 of IT Act(04.02.2025)

Delhi High Court has observed that to acquire the goodwill vested in a company run by the family members, the fees paid by law firm Remfry & Sagar sha.....

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SC: Can’t Fully Disregard Evidence of Hostile Witness Cross-Examined by Prosecution(29.04.2025)

SC has observed that whether there is declaration of 'hostility' or not, evidence of witness who has been cross-examined under Section 154 Evidence A.....

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Supreme Court Awards Jail For Life to Man For Honor Killing Pregnant Daughter(02.03.2017)

Supreme Court has sent a man from Karnataka to jail for life for killing his pregnant daughter 13 years ago in a case of honour killing.

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Delhi High Court Demands Information on Wildlife Rescue(14.02.2019)

Delhi High Court has sought the response of Delhi Government, its forest department and the Central Zoo Authority on a PIL seeking setting up of rescu.....

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Cal. HC: Facilitation Council Can’t Delegate Decision Making to a Chartered Accountant(16.10.2023)

Calcutta High Court has held that Facilitation Council cannot desert the task of decision-making and leave it to a Chartered Accountant and depend on .....

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Supreme Court to Punjab Government: Reconsider Rural Medical Officers Incentive(26.05.2017)

Supreme Court has directed Punjab Government to reconsider incentive to be given to Rural Medical Officers afresh by keeping in mind the objective wit.....

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Bombay HC Stays Bail Granted to Former IL&FS CEO & Vice Chairman(06.04.2020)

Bombay High Court has stayed the bail granted to former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Se.....

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Delhi HC Issues Guidelines for Better Functioning of Child Care Institutions(29.09.2022)

Delhi High Court while issuing guidelines for better functioning of child care institutions in national capital, has held it is unfortunate that apath.....

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MP High Court: Railways Liable for Deaths on Tracks if it Fails to Take Preventive Measures(11.11.2025)

Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that the Railways is liable to pay compensation for deaths occurring during unauthorized track crossings if it fails t.....

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SC Acknowledges Child Trafficking as a Grave Reality and Issues Guidelines to Assess Victim Evidence(19.12.2025)

SC, describing child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation as a “deeply disturbing reality” in India, issued detailed guidelines for courts t.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Response of CBI in Bail Plea Filed by Anil Deshmukh’s Lawyer, Anand Daga(10.09.2021)

Delhi High Court has sought response of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the bail plea filed by former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Desh.....

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Allahabad HC Grants Bail to Dowry Death Accused in View of Poor Progress of Trial(25.07.2022)

Allahabad High Court while expressing anguish towards the poor progress of the trial, has granted bail to a dowry death accused in jail for about 6 ye.....

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SC: 'Moratorium' of 1 Year Cannot be Imposed by High Court to Apply for Bail Afresh(28.03.2025)

Supreme Court, while setting aside a condition imposed upon a bail applicant by the Patna HC stating that the accused can only seek bail afresh after .....

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Guj. HC: Child Can't be Equated to Non-Earning Adult, to be Compensated Under Non-Pecuniary Heads(17.08.2022)

Gujarat High Court has held that children who are victims of motor accidents stand on different footing from non-earning adults and Compensation award.....

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SC: Every Member of Armed Forces Who Gets Disability Pension Need Not be Dragged to the Court(31.01.2025)

SC has stated that appeals are being filed by Centre challenging orders wherein benefit of disability pension has been granted to members of armed for.....

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Bombay HC Suggests Railway to Set Up Special Team for Accident Victims(27.01.2016)

Bombay High Court has asked Indian Railways to set up special team to attend suburban railway accident victims and provide them with medical assistanc.....

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President Assents Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Bill, 2024(14.03.2024)

The Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Bill, 2024 has received assent by the President of India Droupadi Murmu. The bill was tabled in the Uttarakhand Leg.....

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Model Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Bill, 2016(29.06.2016)

The Union Cabinet looked into disseminating the Model Shops and Establishment (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Bill, 2016 to State.....

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Explore Pre-litigation Mediation for Compensation Cases: Delhi High Court to Railways(11.06.2018)

Delhi High Court has asked Indian Railways to explore the possibility of having a compulsory pre-litigation mediation for facilitating an early settle.....

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Orissa HC Orders State to Arrange Food, Shelter & Medical Facilities for Migrants(30.03.2020)

Orissa High Court has instructed the State authorities to make apposite arrangements for providing food and shelter to such people, in addition to ens.....

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SC Issues Notice in Contempt Petition Over Failure to Pay Compensation to Victims(25.02.2022)

Supreme Court has issued notice in a contempt petition preferred by victims of spread of toxic pesticide called Endosulfan alleging failure on the par.....

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P&H HC: Before Issuing Notice to Lawyer for Misconduct, SBC must Have ‘Reason to Believe’(31.01.2025)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has clarified that before issuing notice to lawyer for professional or other misconduct, the State Bar Council must have.....

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Delhi HC Agrees to Extend Interim Bail of Prisoners Released to Decongest Prisons(11.11.2020)

Delhi High Court has agreed to extend for 30 more days the interim bail granted to prisoners to decongest jails in light of COVID-19 pandemic.

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Uttarakhand HC: Anticipatory Bail Pleas Allowed for Category A Offences as per Satender Antil Case(28.08.2023)

Uttarakhand High Court has by 2:1 majority held that Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI (MANU/SC/0851/2022) doesn’t mention that anticipatory bail applicatio.....

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SC: After Bar Council term Ends, Muslim Member Appointed on that Ground Can't Remain on Waqf Board(23.04.2025)

The Supreme Court has observed that a person appointed as a member of the State Waqf Board by virtue of being a Muslim member of a State Bar Council c.....

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Delhi HC Rejects Future's Plea for Interim Injunction Against Amazon(21.12.2020)

Delhi High Court has declined to grant Future Retail Ltd's (FRL) plea for an interim injunction restraining Amazon from writing to Securities and Exch.....

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Supreme Court Refuses Bail to Lawyer in UAPA Case for Alleged Link with ISIS(22.10.2021)

Supreme Court has refused to grant bail to a lawyer arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 in 2017 in Gujarat for allegedly dis.....

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Delhi High Court Closes Suo Moto Case After Delhi Govt Withdraws Order for Covid Facility(29.04.2021)

Delhi High Court has been informed that the Delhi Government has withdrawn its order giving 5-star covid facility for Judges and their families at Ash.....

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Bombay HC: Threshold of Public Interest Must to Stop Bypassing of Civil Courts(29.03.2022)

Bombay High Court has held that a writ Court should not exercise its powers in contractual matters under Article 226 of the Constitution, unless the s.....

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Delhi Court: Manish Sisodia 'Architect of Criminal Conspiracy' in Liquor Policy Scam(03.04.2023)

Rouse Avenue District Court, Delhi while denying bail to former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia in liquor policy scam case, observed tha.....

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SC Says, We Cannot Be Soft on Terror Accused(25.11.2015)

SC has refused to grant an interim release from Tihar jail on health grounds to Marie Emmanuelle Verhoeven, accused of murdering Chilean senator in te.....

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Supreme Court Asks If AAP Govt Diverted 900 Crore From Workers’ Fund(16.01.2017)

Supreme Court has sought answers on a PIL which has accused Arvind Kejriwal-headed AAP Government in Capital of illegally diverting Rs 900 crore from .....

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Karnataka HC Directs State to Place on Record Report on Investigation to Trace Missing Children(23.02.2022)

Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to place on record, in two weeks time, a report of the investigations done to trace 141 childre.....

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Supreme Court: Bail Matters Should Rest and End With High Courts(24.05.2024)

While expressing its opinion regarding involvement in bail matters, the Supreme Court has observed that it should not get involved in bail matters and.....

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Jharkhand HC Quashes Merit List of 6th Combined Civil Service Examination 2016(08.06.2021)

Jharkhand High Court has quashed the merit list of the 6th Combined Civil service Examination, 2016 which was conducted by the State Public Service Co.....

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Allahabad HC: Application for Extension of Time for Passing Award Lies Only Before High Court(20.04.2022)

Allahabad High Court has observed that the Court for the reason of an application under Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 woul.....

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Kar. HC: Cannot Make Construction of Memorial for Film Actor Subject Matter of PIL(05.06.2024)

Karnataka High Court has observed that construction of memorial of a film star cannot become subject matter of public interest litigation (PIL). It is.....

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NCLT Grants Immunity to New IL&FS Board(11.10.2018)

National Company Law Tribunal has empowered newly appointed board of the debt-laden Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services as the court has debar.....

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Orissa HC to State: Provide More Ambulances to Jails(10.03.2023)

Orissa High Court while giving directions for improving the conditions of jails across the State has directed State government to ensure that at least.....

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IL&FS Should Pay 80% Dues of Small Creditors: NCLAT(17.04.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has observed that IL&FS should distribute funds to small creditors, in a manner that 80 per cent of th.....

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P&H HC Sets Aside Order Denying Children Custody to Mother Relying on Infidelity Allegations(05.04.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside a Trial Court's Order by which the custody of the children was denied to the Mother by relying on allegati.....

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SC: If Serious Offences are Subsequently Added in FIR, Bail Can be Cancelled(20.03.2023)

Supreme Court while setting aside bail in a Casting Couch case has held that if serious offence are added in FIR, Court can direct that accused be arr.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill(27.07.2016)

Lok Sabha has passed Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, making employment of children below 14 years as cognisable offence for .....

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Top Court Stays Trial in Sexual Assault Case Against Malayalam Actor Dileep(06.05.2019)

Supreme Court has stayed the trial against Malayalam Actor Dileep in the sexual assault he had been implicated in. The trial will remain stayed until .....

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Ministry of Health and family Welfare Revises National Policy for Admission of COVID Patients(10.05.2021)

Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has revised the National Policy For Admission of COVID Patients to various categories of COVID facilities......

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Tripura HC: Non-Placing and Non-Consideration of Bail Orders Vitiates Subjective Decision(21.03.2022)

Tripura High Court has observed that non-placing and non-consideration of bail orders, wherein bail had been granted to detenu in cases referred to in.....

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Chhattisgarh HC: State / Local Authority Can Realise Tax / Fees on Erection of Mobile Towers(17.02.2020)

Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld the validity of the rules issued by the Chhattisgarh State Government where it notified the authority of local auth.....

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SC Grants Time to Centre to Respond to Non Functioning of National Board for Wildlife(19.03.2021)

Supreme Court has granted Centre time to respond to the Public Interest Litigation filed regarding non-functioning of National Board for Wildlife cons.....

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Ministry of Corporate Affairs Extends Due Date of Filing Annual Return and Financial Statement(15.02.2022)

Ministry of Corporate Affairs ( MCA ) has again extended the due date of filing Annual Return and Financial Statement. The MCA has also relaxed the le.....

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HP HC: Highly Unlikely One Would Keep ID in Bag Along With Contraband; Grants Bail to NDPS Accused(25.05.2022)

Himachal Pradesh High Court while granting bail to an accused under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 said that it is highly u.....

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SC: Practice of Courts in Gujarat to Let IO Seek Police Custody While Granting Bail is Illegal(08.08.2024)

SC has held that the practice prevailing in Gujarat, that IOs are given liberty to seek police custody remand of accused after Court has granted antic.....

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Intervention of the Court is envisaged only in few circumstances like fraud or bias by the Arbitrators or violation of natural justice(03.10.2017)

The Appellant, in present appeals, has challenged the legality and correctness of the judgment and order passed by High Court of Calcutta. Appellant s.....

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SC: Rights of Accused Should Not Become Illusory by Imposition of Disproportionate Bail Conditions(07.10.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that the conditions which a Court imposes for the grant of bail have to balance the public interest in the enforcement of c.....

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Kerala HC: Anticipatory Bail Maintainable even if Accused is in Abroad(01.06.2022)

Kerala High Court while granting anticipatory bail to actor Vijay Babu in a rape case held that accused being abroad does not preclude him from having.....

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SC: Only Principal Civil Court Can Decide Dispute of Apportionment of Compensation(10.07.2023)

Supreme Court has held that any dispute regarding apportionment of compensation under National Highways Authority Act, 1956 would have to be decided b.....

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Calcutta HC: Post-Award Interest is Not Advisory but Mandate of A&C Act(04.05.2022)

Calcutta High Court has held that award of future or post-award interest is not advisory but a mandate of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 a.....

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Del. HC: Court Must Step in When Wife Seeks Help in Procuring Evidence to Prove Husband’s Adultery(11.05.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that Right to Privacy is not absolute, has held that when a wife seeks help of Court for procuring evidence which wou.....

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Gujarat High Court: Past Service of Daily Wagers to Qualify for Pension(05.04.2022)

Gujarat High Court has observed that past services of the daily wagers where they have completed 240 days of continuous service under Section 25B of t.....

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Mumbai Court: Woman Groped on Street Can't be Prosecuted as Participant to Crime(12.04.2023)

Mumbai Sessions Court while upholding discharge of Shilpa Shetty in a 2007 obscenity case has observed that a woman being groped on the street can’t n.....

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Supreme Court: Presumption of Non-Application of Mind if Bail Order Lacks Reasons(12.07.2024)

Supreme Court has held that where an order refusing or granting bail does not furnish the reasons that inform the decision, there is a presumption of .....

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Ker. HC Quashes Case Against Rehana Fathima Over Video of Children Painting on Her Semi-Naked Body(05.06.2023)

Kerala High Court has quashed case against Rehana Fathima in the matter relating to the circulation of a video that showed her children painting on he.....

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Kerala HC Disposes Plea Questioning Practices Related To Engaging Foreign Pilots On Contract(30.09.2021)

Kerala High Court has directed a former Indigo Airlines Captain, a Portuguese national who had questioned practices related to engaging foreign pilots.....

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JH. HC: Criminal Liability Can’t be Levied in Every Case of Breach of Contract(20.09.2023)

Jharkhand High Court has held that criminality cannot be fastened upon the accused persons on mere breach of contract in every case, and parties shoul.....

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Gujarat High Court: Police is Not there to Conciliate Matters(11.02.2025)

Gujarat High Court while hearing a matter concerning alleged fraudulent transactions over sale of two plots where police allegedly asked the parties t.....

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SC Directs UP & NCT Delhi to Submit Action Taken Report on Centre's SOP for Cases of Missing Children(22.09.2021)

Supreme Court has directed the State of UP and NCT of Delhi to submit their response with regard to action taken report with reference to Standard Ope.....

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JKL HC: Militancy Fighters Not Eligible for Benefits Under Swantantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme(07.09.2023)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that only those persons who have participated in the National Freedom Struggle are eligible for benef.....

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SC Publishes Assets and Liabilities of Judges on its Website(06.05.2025)

Supreme Court has published the list of assets and liabilities of the Judges on its website in order to show transparency and boosting public confiden.....

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Bombay HC Restrains Use of Ventilators Which Have Undergone Repairs for Treatment(03.06.2021)

Bombay High Court has said it would not permit the Central government to use ventilators which undergo major repairs for treatment as it could put the.....

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SC: Pronouncing Operative Portion Without Preparing Entire Judgment(11.04.2023)

Supreme Court while upholding the dismissal of civil judge on account of misconduct, observed that charges which revolve around gross negligence and c.....

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Del. HC: DDA Directed to Remove Encroachments & Illegal Construction on Yamuna River Bank(11.07.2024)

Delhi High Court while disposing of a plea regarding unauthorized construction on the Yamuna river bank, has directed the Delhi Development Authority .....

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Delhi High Court Issues Notice To State Govt On PIL For Nursery, Kindergarten in Govt Schools(10.09.2018)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to Government on a PIL stressing on provision for nursery and kindergarten in Govt schools.

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SC Holds NHAI Liable to Compensate Death Caused by Failure to Prevent Illegal Mining(16.07.2020)

Supreme Court has upheld an order passed by the National Green Tribunal directing the National Highways Authority of India to pay compensation to lega.....

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Delhi HC: High Court's Supervisory Jurisdiction Over Orders Under Order 39 Rules 1&2 Restricted(26.04.2022)

Delhi High Court has ruled that the scope of interference in exercise of its supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 227 of the Const.....

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Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Removal of Mobile Towers for Maintaining Public Health(01.03.2021)

Allahabad High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking removal of a mobile tower from a residential area on the ground that it has deleterious eff.....

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SC Extends Interim Bail Granted to Satyender Jain Till January 8(15.12.2023)

Supreme Court has extended the bail granted to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain in May this year till January 8. However, initially, the be.....

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Delhi HC: ECI Cannot Resolve Internal Disputes of Unrecognised Parties; Civil Court Must Decide(09.12.2025)

The Court held that “The ECI will not recognize any rival faction of a registered unrecognized party in case of internal disputes, as it is not for th.....

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Bombay High Court: Lilavati Trust FIR Against HDFC Bank CEO Driven by Personal Vendetta(06.05.2026)

Bombay High Court held that the FIR by Lilavati Trust against Sashidhar Jagdishan arose from personal vendetta linked to recovery proceedings by HDFC .....

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Kerala HC Rejects Anticipatory Bail to IT Firm Owner in Sexual Harassment Case Citing Probe Anomalies(12.09.2025)

Kerala HC denied anticipatory bail to IT firm owner Venu Gopalakrishnan in a sexual harassment case, citing serious allegations and probe anomalies. B.....

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Bombay HC: Work Performed by Workman Prior to Accident Relevant to Determine Disability(02.02.2022)

Bombay High Court has reiterated that the work that a victim was performing before the accident has relevance to the determination of the question as .....

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Gau. HC: Presence of Arbitration Clause Will Not Bar Civil Court’s Jurisdiction(03.02.2025)

Gauhati High Court has held that the mere presence of arbitration clause in an agreement will not bar the jurisdiction of civil court but the same sha.....

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Karnataka HC: Mere Registration of Multiple Cases Not a Ground to Cancel Bail(17.11.2020)

Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a rape survivor seeking to cancel bail granted to the accused on the ground that he is a habitu.....

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SC: Advocate Acting as Real-Estate Agent for Client Amounts to Professional Misconduct(04.09.2023)

Supreme Court while upholding BCI Penalty to suspend an advocate for 5 years for gross professional misconduct, has held that advocate acting as a Rea.....

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SC: Soldier Cannot be Asked to Prove that Disease Was Contracted by Him on Account of Service(28.04.2025)

SC while ordering disability pension, has stated that a soldier cannot be asked to prove that disease was contracted by him on account of military ser.....

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Allahabad HC Denies Bail to Disciple Anand Giri in Mahant Giri Suicide Case(12.09.2022)

Allahabad High Court has rejected the bail application filed by Anand Giri, the prime accused in the alleged suicidal death of Mahant Narendra Giri wh.....

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SC: When Court Concludes that Person is Entitled to Bail, Granting Bail for Limited Period Illegal(04.12.2023)

Supreme Court has observed that when a Court concludes that the accused is entitled to be enlarged on bail pending trial, granting bail only for a lim.....

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SC: Civil Proc. Outcome Binding on Criminal Proc. to Extent of Making Sentence/Damages Unsustainable(05.04.2024)

Supreme Court has observed that the outcome of a civil proceeding shall only be binding on the outcome of a criminal proceeding to the extent of holdi.....

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Madras HC: Signing of Statement Admitting Tax Liability Not Lead to Self-Assessment(20.04.2022)

Madras High Court has ruled that the signing of a statement by the taxpayer admitting tax liability under the stress of investigation and making payme.....

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Kerala HC: Strict Actions to be Taken Against Illegally Modified Vehicles & Recording Video(05.06.2024)

Ker. HC has issued a set of directions for the State to take strict actions under the Motor Vehicles Act of 1988, against individuals having Illegally.....

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Kerala HC Dismisses Akhila Bharat Hindu Mahasabha’s Plea for Muslim Women’s Entry to Mosques(11.10.2018)

Kerala High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Akhila Bharat Hindu Mahasabha seeking directive to the Centre for issuing an order enabling Muslim.....

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Delhi HC Rejects Scriptwriters Plea for Injunction on Release of Film Lootcase on Hotstar(05.08.2020)

Delhi High Court has reaffirmed that there can be no Copyright in an idea/ theme. The Court has refused to pass an injunction order, restraining the r.....

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Minor Girl Going with Accused on Her Own is a Mitigating Circumstance to Grant Bail: Gujarat HC(01.02.2019)

Gujarat High Court has granted bail to man accused of sexually harassing a 17-year-old girl and court considered it a "mitigating circumstance" that a.....

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SC Directs Magistrates/Collectors to Take Steps as per SOP for Care and Protection of Children(16.11.2021)

Supreme Court has directed all the District Magistrates/ Collectors of all the state governments and UTs to take steps in accordance with the Standard.....

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SC to Expert Committee: Examine to What Extent Recommendations Have Been Adopted by Government(30.11.2022)

Supreme Court has directed the expert committee constituted to tackle the problem of the dissemination of child pornography and sexual assault videos,.....

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Form Panel to Curb Illegal Mining: Madras HC(26.04.2019)

Madras High Court has suggested to State government to nominate higher officials known for impeccable integrity and unimpeachable honesty in the High-.....

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Madras HC Grants Bail to Indonesian Citizen Accused of Spreading COVID-19(12.05.2020)

Madras High Court has stipulated by way of condition while granting bail to a COVID-affected Islamic preacher, along with 11 Indonesian citizens, of e.....

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J&K HC Upholds Validity of NHRC Order Granting Compensation to Family of Child(14.06.2021)

Jammu & Kashmir High Court has upheld the validity of an order passed by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) granting monetary compensation of Rs .....

Tags : Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Compensation to Family of Child



SC: Posting Anticipatory Bail Plea After 2 Months Can't be Appreciated(22.06.2022)

Supreme Court has held that posting an application for anticipatory bail after a couple of months cannot be appreciated and stated that in such matter.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Anticipatory Bail, Personal Liberty



SC: Concerned Over Wrong & Rampant Conversions of Civil Disputes into Criminal Cases(17.12.2024)

Supreme Court while hearing a plea seeking quashing of charges under Indian Penal Code, 1860, has expressed concerns over rampant practices of convert.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Rampant Conversions, Civil Disputes, Criminal Cases



Gau. HC: Cannot Take Up New Ground in Appeal Except Plea of Maintainability(20.02.2025)

Gauhati High Court while dismissing an appeal against judgment of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, has stated that except a plea of maintainability, no.....

Tags : Gauhati High Court, Plea of Maintainability, New Ground



Ker. HC: State Government to Implement its Monthly Scholarship Scheme for Disabled Children(02.04.2025)

Kerala High Court has directed the State to ensure strict compliance of its 2015 policy for persons with disabilities providing for monthly scholarshi.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Monthly Scholarship Scheme, Disabled Children



SC Slams SDMC Over Illegal Buildings in Dwarka(15.01.2019)

Supreme Court has asked South Delhi Municipal Corporation to explain why it has not taken action against unauthorised constructions in Dwarka despite .....

Tags : Supreme Court, SDMC, Dwarka, Illegal Building



Lok Sabha Passes Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019(21.11.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019 that seeks to streamline operations of chit funds in India and protect the interests of inv.....

Tags : Lok Sabha, Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019



Madras HC Directs Ministry to Consider Framing Appropriate Laws to Prevent Illegal Immigrants(29.09.2021)

Madras High Court has directed the Union Home Ministry to consider framing appropriate laws, in three months, to prevent illegal immigrants from commi.....

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Karnataka HC Grants Bail to Six Women Accused of Pelting Stones on Policemen(30.04.2020)

Karnataka High Court has granted bail to six women who were alleged to have formed unlawful assembly during the ongoing lockdown period in Hubli distr.....

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MP HC: Preliminary Assessment Under Section 15 Not Mandatory for Grant of Bail Under Section 12(29.03.2022)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that the Juvenile Justice Board's power to grant bail under Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protec.....

Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Bail, Juvenile Justice, Assessment



SC Affirms Centre’s Notification Making E-Filing Mandatory in DRTs & DRATs(30.03.2023)

Supreme Court while affirming notification of the Ministry of Finance which makes e-filing mandatory in DRTs and DRATs, has observed that e-filing not.....

Tags : Supreme Court, E-Filing, Mandatory, DRT, DRAT



Complaint filed on behalf of a company under Section 138 of the NI Act not to be dismissed merely for reason that it stated the name of Managing Director first followed by Company's name(10.11.2021)

The case made out in the complaint is that, a sum of Rs.1,60,000 was advanced to the Respondent by the Company and the cheques were issued to repay th.....

Tags : Cheque bounce, Complaint, Maintainability



Delhi HC Grants Bail to Yes Bank's Former MD Rana Kapoor in Money Laundering Case(25.11.2022)

Delhi High Court has granted bail to Yes Bank co-founder Rana Kapoor in a money laundering case being probed by Enforcement Directorate with regard to.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Bail, Yes Bank



Gujarat HC: Too Early To Give Final Certificate to Ahmedabad Civil Hospital(27.05.2020)

Gujarat High Court has said that it was still too early to give a "final certificate" to the Government regarding the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, while .....

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Bombay HC Restrains PMLA Adjudicating Authority from Passing Orders on Anil Deshmukh's Assets(07.12.2021)

Bombay High Court has restrained the Adjudicating Authority under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act from passing orders on the provisional attach.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Anil Deshmukh's Assets



SC: Twin Conditions Under RPwD Act Creating Barriers(19.10.2023)

Supreme Court has held that under Right to Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act 2016, the nature of inclusion of specified categories only to the excl.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Persons with Disabilities, Twin Condition



P&H HC Directs Counselling of Minor Girl Held in Illegal Custody of Mother(28.08.2025)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed PGIMER, Chandigarh to counsel a minor girl who was allegedly held in illegal custody of her mother in the p.....

Tags : P&H High Court, Minor Girl, Illegal Custody



SC Cancels Chhota Rajan's Bail in 2001 Jaya Shetty Murder Case(18.09.2025)

SC cancelled the bail granted by the Bombay High Court to gangster Chhota Rajan, sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2001 Jaya Shetty murder case. T.....

Tags : Bail, Murder, Life Imprisonment



Patna HC: PwD Recruitment Must Comply With RPwD Act; Executive Resolutions Cannot Override the Law(11.02.2026)

Patna High Court held that recruitment to posts reserved for persons with disabilities must strictly follow Section 34(2) of the RPwD Act, 2016, and t.....

Tags : Recruitment, Persons With Disabilities, Executive Resolutions



Orissa HC Strikes Down 'Onerous' Kin-Surety Bail Condition, Upholds Right to Liberty(09.09.2025)

Orissa HC waived a bail condition requiring one surety to be a relative, deeming it ‘onerous’ and against bail’s purpose. Justice Satapathy held that .....

Tags : Bail, Accused, Onerous



Delhi HC Denies Bail to Accused Allegedly Involved in Fake MBBS Admissions Scam(12.02.2021)

Delhi High Court has rejected the bail application of a person accused of being part of a large-scale conspiracy by one 'Crack Ur Career Pvt Ltd', whe.....

Tags : Delhi HC, Bail



Bom HC: State's Obligation to Protect Citizens from Wild Animal, Any Injury Caused is Govt's Failure(27.09.2022)

Bombay High Court has held that while it is State’s duty to protect wild animals and not allow them to wander outside restricted zone, it is also obli.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Wild Animal, State Obligation



Supreme Court Quashes Rajasthan Village Renaming, Says Government Must Follow its Own Policy(24.12.2025)

Supreme Court ruled that the Rajasthan government violated its binding policy by naming new revenue villages after individuals, set aside the High Cou.....

Tags : Village, Government, Policy



Delhi High Court: Co-Accused’s Abscondence Can Be a Relevant Factor in Granting NDPS Bail(03.02.2026)

Delhi High Court held that the abscondence of a co-accused is a relevant factor in considering bail under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, while hearing a .....

Tags : Accused, Bail, Heroin



Allahabad High Court Directs UP Govt. to Improve Condition of Basti District Jail(17.11.2020)

Allahabad High Court has directed the State Government to take appropriate and remedial action to improve the condition of the Basti district jail.

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All. HC: Telephonic Conversation Between Accused Persons Admissible Even if Obtained Illegally(01.09.2023)

Allahabad High Court has held that evidence can’t be refused to be admitted on the ground that it had been obtained illegally, and therefore telephoni.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Evidence, Admissibility, Telephonic Conversation



Supreme Court: High Courts Should Not Routinely Grant Interim Bail(25.04.2025)

SC has observed that though, it may be necessary in some cases to grant interim bail to take care of specific contingencies, but as a routine, interim.....

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Supreme Court: Witnesses to Sale Deed/Will Need not Essentially Know its Contents(30.09.2019)

Supreme Court has observed that the witnesses to documents such as Sale Deeds and Wills need not essentially know what is contained in them.

Tags : Supreme Court, Will



MP HC: Revenue Authority Does Not Have Power to Determine Validity of Will(25.08.2021)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that that a revenue authority does not have the power to determine the validity of a will while considering an appl.....

Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Validity of Will



SC Refuses to Entertain PIL Seeking Probe Into Rafale Deal Based on Reports of French Agency(29.08.2022)

Supreme Court has refused to entertain a PIL seeking inquiry into the Rafale deal in the light of certain reports in a French news portal alleging pay.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Rafale Deal, PIL



Kerala HC: Bank Can’t Escape Liability if Negligently Cheque Encashed with Forged Signature(18.06.2025)

Kerala High Court has observed that if a bank negligently encashes a cheque with a forged signature then it cannot escape liability.

Tags : Kerala High Court, Forged Signature, Liability



HP HC: Can’t Set Aside Award Unless Patent Illegality Established u/s 34 of A&C Act(14.11.2024)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has stated that an interference with the award can only be made under Section 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.....

Tags : HP High Court, Section 34, Patent Illegality



Delhi HC Allows Sushant Singh Rajput's Father to Approach Single Judge Against Release of Film(27.07.2021)

Delhi High Court has granted liberty to the father of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, to approach the single judge with his grievance perta.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Release of Film "Nyay: The Justice."



SC to States: Comply With the Provisions of Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act 2016(18.07.2023)

Supreme Court has directed States to comply with the provisions of the Right of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 before September 30, 2023, and to a.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act, Appointment



Mahila Court in Chennai Convicts Accused for Pushing Woman in Front of a Moving Train(31.12.2024)

Mahila Court in Chennai has convicted an accused for murdering a woman by pushing her in front of a moving train. The accused has been sentenced to de.....

Tags : Mahila Court, Moving Train, Death Sentence



Bombay HC: Mother Can't be Asked to Choose Between Child & Career(14.07.2022)

Bombay High Court while observing that woman cannot be asked to choose between her career and child, has directed her estranged husband to give his no.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Child, Career, No Objection



Bombay HC: Can’t Allow a Person to Perform Illegal Act by Seeking Defence of Illiteracy(27.02.2025)

Bombay High Court while dismissing a man’s plea seeking compensation from Municipal Corporation for demolishing his "unauthorised" structure, has obse.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Illiteracy, Illegal Act



Delhi HC: TN Govt. Tried to Place Hurdles in IPS Officer Archana Case(01.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has said that Tamil Nadu Government tried to place hurdles by refusing to relieve 1980 batch IPS officer Archana Ramasundaram after i.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Tamil Nadu, IPS officer, deputation



Supreme Court to Hear Fresh Plea to Stall Release of Padmavati Outside India(29.11.2017)

Supreme Court to Hear Fresh Plea to Stall Release of Padmavati Outside India

Tags : Sharma alleged that grave damage will be done to social harmony if the movie is allowed to be released outside India.



Kerala HC Denies Anticipatory Bail to M Siva Sankar on Alleged Money Laundering(29.10.2020)

Kerala High Court has denied anticipatory bail to M Siva Sankar IAS, former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala, observing that there .....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Anticipatory Bail to M Siva Sankar



Delhi Court Extends CBI Custody of Anil Deshmukh's Lawyer Anand Daga, Sub Inspector(06.09.2021)

Delhi Court has extended the CBI custody of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's lawyer, Anand Daga and Sub-Inspector Abhishek Tiwari by t.....

Tags : Delhi Court, Anil Deshmukh's Lawyer Anand Daga, Sub Inspector



SC Grants Bail to 65 Years Old Accused in Cheating and Forgery Case(21.05.2025)

Supreme Court while granting bail in a cheating and forgery case to a 65 year old accused suffering from 50% visual disability, has stated that it is .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Cheating, Forgery Case, Visual Disability



Delhi HC: Disability Pension Ensures that a Soldier is Not Left Without Support(03.07.2025)

Del. HC has observed that disability pension ensures that a soldier who suffers disability due to service conditions is not left without support & is .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Disability Pension, Financial Security



SC: Bail Application Filed Through Advocate Not to be Considered Appearance of Absconding Accused(18.03.2024)

Supreme Court has held that filing of an anticipatory bail through an advocate would not and could not be treated as an appearance before a court by a.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Section 82 of CrPC, Section 83 of CrPC, Bail Application, Absconding Accused



CIC Suggests Declaration of Threat of Honour Killing in Marriage Form(12.08.2016)

Central Information Commission (CIC) has suggested to Central and State Governments to include a declaration by couple who intend to have a court marr.....

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Document containing contract to transfer right, title or interest in an immovable property for consideration is required to be registered, if party wants to rely on same(04.07.2018)

Instant appeal emanates from the decision of the High Court dated 2nd December, 2016 allowing the application preferred by Respondent Nos. 1 & 2 (Defe.....

Tags : Suit agreement, Document, Admissibility



J&K HC Seeks Details to Decide Viability of Shifting Capital to Srinagar(13.04.2020)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court have sought a detailed account of financial and administrative intricacies involved in the shifting of the capital from J.....

Tags : Jammu & Kashmir High Court, Viability of Shifting Capital



Rajasthan HC: Proper Facts & Evidence Must Be Placed Before Court to Invoke PIL Jurisdiction(07.03.2022)

Rajasthan High Court has observed that a citizen approaching the court in a public interest jurisdiction holds greater duty to make full research and .....

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JKL HC: Can’t Attach Vicarious Liability of Officials Unless Statute Specifically Provides So(13.03.2023)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that when the company is an offender, it is trite position of criminal jurisprudence that no vica.....

Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Vicarious Liability, Company



NAA Imposes Penalty of Rs. 223 Crores on HUL for GST Profiteering(28.12.2018)

National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA) has imposed a penalty of Rs. 233 crore on the Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) for not passing GST rate cut ben.....

Tags : National Anti-profiteering Authority, Hindustan Unilever Ltd.



P&H HC Grants Bail to British National Accused of Targeted Killings of RSS Leaders in Punjab(17.11.2020)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed the bail plea of British national, Jagtar Singh Johal @ Jaggi, who has been behind the bars since three year.....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Killings of RSS Leaders in Punjab



Del. HC Seeks Explanation from Trial Court for Passing Non-Reasoned Bail Order in POCSO Case(01.09.2023)

Delhi High Court while directing Registry to seek an explanation from a trial court judge for passing a non-reasoned order granting bail to a POCSO ac.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Bail Order, POCSO, Non-Reasoned



Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Alleging Inaccessibility of Swiggy and Zepto Applications for PwDs(24.04.2025)

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea alleging inaccessibility of Swiggy and Zepto applications for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) and has so.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Swiggy, Zepto, Persons with Disabilities



Chhattisgarh HC: High Court Cannot Decide on When Hindu Can Execute Will(24.08.2021)

Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that a High Court, while exercising its Public Interest Litigation jurisdiction, cannot decide the question as to.....

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Court of Chief Commission for PwD to Practo: Make App And Website Fully Accessible for Disabled(29.08.2022)

Court of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities on Wednesday directed Practo, an online healthcare service provider, to make its website and.....

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CCI Approves TATA Chemicals-Yara Fertilisers Deal(28.11.2016)

Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved proposed acquisition of Urea and Customised Fertilisers business of Tata Chemicals by Norway's Yara.....

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Madras High Court Seeks Jayalalithaa's Fingerprint Details From Bengaluru Jail(29.11.2017)

Madras High Court Seeks Jayalalithaa's Fingerprint Details From Bengaluru Jail

Tags : The matter relates to a petition filed by P Saravanan, DMK candidate for the November 2016 Thirupparankundram Assembly bypoll, challenging the election of AIADMK's A K Bose.



Delhi HC Directs Adoption of Measures Against Child Porn Content to Social Media Platforms(27.10.2020)

Delhi High Court has passed an order directing intermediaries i.e social media platforms to take all effective measures available with them to ensure .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Child Porn Content on Social Media



Karnataka HC Directs KSLSA to Conduct Survey on Condition of Public Toilets in Bengaluru City(01.09.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA) to conduct a survey of public toilets in Bengaluru city so as t.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Condition of Public Toilets in Bengaluru City



Del. HC: There Must be Uniformity in Eligibility Conditions for Recruitments of Teachers(26.09.2023)

Delhi High Court has observed that there must be a uniform eligibility conditions for recruitment to posts of Primary Teachers, post graduate teachers.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Uniformity, Eligibility, Teachers



Bombay HC Restrains Identities from Using Bottles Deceptively Similar to Trade Dress of ‘Parachute’(27.06.2025)

Bombay High Court has restrained Zee Hygiene Products Pvt. Ltd. and other identities from using labels, packaging that are deceptively similar to regi.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Parachute, Deceptively Similar



Relaxation in provision of submission of 'Bill of Export' as an evidence of export obligation discharge for supplies made to SEZ units in case of EPCG Authorization(27.07.2022)

1. The requirement of submitting 'Bill of Export' for supplies made to SEZ is prescribed under the Foreign Trade Policy. Recently, the requirement of .....

Tags : Relaxation, Submission, Bill of Export



Bombay HC: Can’t Treat Amount of Subsidy Received by Assessee from RBI as ‘Interest’ under IT Act(17.06.2025)

Bom. HC has observed that the amount of subsidy received by the Assessee is not relatable in loan or advance given by the assessee to the RBI and ther.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Bill of Exchange, Promissory Notes



NGT Seeks Details of Borewells Installed by DMRC(28.02.2017)

NGT has directed Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to furnish a list of borewells it has installed and quantity of water extracted by it, following .....

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Tax Benefit can be Availed on Multiple Flats' Sale, Says ITAT(12.02.2019)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that a taxpayer can avail of the tax benefits where long-term capital gains arising on sale of more than.....

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Orissa HC: Filing of Forged Document in Court Amounts to Criminal Contempt(22.12.2020)

Orissa High Court has held that that filing of a forged or fabricated document in the Court with a purpose of getting any relief amounts to criminal c.....

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SC Dismissed Plea to Relax Lawyers’ Dress Code During Summer(26.07.2022)

Supreme Court has declined to entertain a petition seeking relaxation of dress code for lawyers during the summer season. The Court while dismissing t.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Dress Code, Bar Council of India



SC: No High Court Shall Deny Access to VC Facility or Hearing Through Hybrid Facility(09.10.2023)

Supreme Court has directed that no High Court shall deny access to video conference facility or hearing through hybrid facility to any member of the b.....

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Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Tamil Nadu Land Acquisition Laws Act 2019(30.06.2021)

Supreme Court has held that the Tamil Nadu State legislature had legislative competence to enact Tamil Nadu Land Acquisition Laws (Revival of Operatio.....

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SC to Centre: Provide Update on the Status of Sex Workers' Rehabilitation Bill(05.05.2023)

Supreme Court has sought an update from the Centre on the status of Workers' Rehabilitation Bill which aims for prevention of trafficking, and the reh.....

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Manipur HC Notifies Launch of Hybrid Functioning, Mandatory E-Filing in District Courts(01.07.2024)

Man. HC notified launch of hybrid mode of functioning in district courts from July 1 and also intimated that e-filing would be mandatory in district c.....

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Allahabad HC: Bail Condition Against the Mandate of Fair Justice to Victim Should Not be Imposed(31.05.2021)

Allahabad High Court has held that while granting bail in sexual offences against a woman, a bail condition which is/are against the mandate of "fair .....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Bail Condition



Rajasthan HC Dismisses Challenge to Civil Judge Exam Preliminary Merit List(11.04.2022)

Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a batch of writ petitions questioning the correctness and legality of the merit list prepared after Preliminary Exa.....

Tags : Rajasthan High Court, merit list, Preliminary Examination, Rajasthan Civil Judge Cadre



Tripura HC: Bail Granted to HIV-Positive Accused in NDPS Case(08.07.2024)

Tripura HC has granted bail to an accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, who is HIV positive, on the ground that the .....

Tags : Tripura High Court, NDPS, HIV Positive, Bail



Mad. HC: Order of Facilitation Council without Following Due Process Can’t be Considered an Award(05.10.2023)

Madras High Court has held that order passed by the MSEF Council without issuing notice of arbitration, opportunity to parties file their pleadings an.....

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SC: Employers Must Accommodate Workers Who Acquire Disability(04.08.2025)

Supreme Court has held that employees who acquire disabilities during service must not be abandoned or prematurely retired without being afforded a fa.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Disability Rights, Employment Law



SC: Stamp Duty Based on Legal Nature of Instrument, Not Its Name(10.10.2025)

Supreme Court held that in determining stamp duty liability, the key factor is the true legal character of the instrument, not the name or title given.....

Tags : Stamp Duty, Instrument, Liability



CG. HC: Partner Not Liable for Abetment of Suicide in Cases of Love Failure(12.12.2023)

Chhattisgarh High Court while observing that for a wrong decision taken by a man of frail mentality, another person can’t be blamed as having abetted .....

Tags : Chhattisgarh High Court, Abetment of Suicide, Love Failure



Supreme Court: If Tribunal Ends Case For Unpaid Fees, Parties Must Seek Recall Before Using S.14(2)(09.12.2025)

SC held that an arbitral tribunal may terminate proceedings under Section 38(2) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act if a party fails to pay its sh.....

Tags : Arbitration and Conciliation Act, Arbitral Tribunal, Termination



Delhi HC: No Certification for Films That Mock Religions or Incite Hate in a Secular Society(12.09.2025)

Delhi HC held that films mocking religions or inciting hatred can't be certified in a secular society. Justice Manmeet Singh Arora noted that glorifyi.....

Tags : Certification, Films, Religions, Secular Society



Tel. HC: Indian Courts Must Independently Examine Foreign Court Judgments on Child Custody(14.09.2023)

Telangana High Court has held that while dealing with custody matters of children of foreign nationality, a competent court in India is entitled and i.....

Tags : Telangana High Court, Child Custody, Foreign Court



All HC: It’s Known that Students in UP are Suffering Due to Non-Availability of Principal & Teachers(04.02.2025)

Allahabad High Court while hearing a petition over non-appointment of teaching staff, has remarked that it is well known fact throughout the State of .....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Non-Availability, Principal



SC: CBI to Conduct Preliminary Enquiries in ‘Builder-Banks’ Nexus(30.04.2025)

Supreme Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to conduct preliminary enquiries into the National Capital Region’s nexus of builders a.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Preliminary Enquiries, ‘Builder-Banks’ Nexus



Gujarat HC Permits Canadian Woman to Undergo Kidney Transplant Without Domicile Certificate(28.07.2022)

Gujarat High Court while allowing Canadian woman to undergo kidney transplant without domicile certificate, has held that the Right to Live includes t.....

Tags : Gujarat High Court, Kidney Transplant, Domicile Certificate



SC: State Must Provide for Counselling for Child Victims of Sexual Offences(12.10.2023)

Supreme Court has suggested that whenever a child is subjected to sexual assault, the State or the Legal Services Authorities should ensure that the c.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Sexual Offences, Child Victims, Counselling



Kerala HC Cancels Mohanlal’s Ivory Ownership Certificates(24.10.2025)

Kerala High Court held that the ownership certificates issued by the Kerala government to actor Mohanlal for possessing ivory are illegal and unenforc.....

Tags : Ownership Certificates, Wildlife Protection Act, Ivory



Allahabad High Court Grants Bail to Man Booked Under UP Anti-Conversion Law(01.06.2021)

Allahabad High Court has granted bail to a man booked under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religion Conversion Act, 2020 who has been accus.....

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Gujarat HC: There Cannot Be Deemed Waiver of Section 12(5) of A&C Act(12.04.2022)

Gujarat High Court has held that unless the embargo placed under Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is waived by the parties,.....

Tags : Gujarat High Court, embargo, Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996



Supreme Court: People Don’t Purchase High-End Luxurious Cars to Suffer Discomfort(10.07.2024)

SC while granting relief to two companies who purchased cars from Mercedes-Benz, has observed that people do not purchase high-end luxurious cars to s.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Mercedes-Benz, Safest Automobile



Pat. HC: Child Custody Matters Can be Altered With Respect to Needs of Child Under Sec. 26 of HMA(18.05.2023)

Patna High Court while observing that child custody matters can be altered keeping in mind needs of child, has stated that under Section 26 of Hindu M.....

Tags : Patna High Court, Child Custody, Hindu Marriage Act



Delhi High Court Directs Civic Bodies to Remove Illegal Hoardings(17.07.2019)

Delhi High Court has directed the authorities, including the civic bodies, to remove all illegal hoardings and banners installed in public areas. Whil.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Illegal Hoardings



Bombay HC Directs State to Pay Compensation to Men Detained Illegaly(28.12.2020)

Bombay High Court has directed the State government to pay Rs.50,000 each towards compensation to two men who were illegally detained in Beed District.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Illegal Detention, Compensation



J&K&L High Court Closes PIL Seeking Islamic Banking Window(27.07.2022)

Jammu & Kashmir High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking introduction of Islamic Banking (Shariah Compliant windows) in all.....

Tags : Jammu & Kashmir High Court, Islamic Window, PIL



Ker. HC: Anticipatory Bail Can’t be Granted Merely Because Accused was 18 at time of Offence(12.10.2023)

Kerala High Court while rejecting bail plea of a man accused of committing rape on his disabled cousin sister, has held that accused cannot be granted.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Anticipatory Bail, Rape



Punjab & Haryana HC: Family Property Disputes Cannot Be Resolved under Maintenance of Parents Act(04.11.2025)

Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, cannot be invoked to resolve family pr.....

Tags : Family, Property, Maintenance



J&K&L HC Rules it Illegal and Inequitable to Deny Regularisation to a Daily Wager After 34 Years(16.12.2025)

J&K&L High Court dismissed the UT's challenge to a daily wager’s regularisation, holding that denying regularisation after over 34 years of service is.....

Tags : Illegal, Regularisation, Daily Wager



Delhi High Court: Marriage With the Victim Cannot Absolve an Accused of Rape under POCSO(10.04.2026)

Delhi High Court observed that a rape accused cannot be absolved of repeated rape under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act.....

Tags : Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, Accused, Rape



Del. HC: Medical Condition of Epilepsy Cannot be Attributed to One’s Service(29.11.2024)

Delhi High Court while dismissing an appeal of a Navy officer seeking disability pension on the ground of epilepsy, has observed that a disease like E.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Epilepsy, Medical Condition



Supreme Court Asks Solicitor General on Tribunal Reforms Bill 2021 Passed by Parliament(16.08.2021)

Supreme Court has asked the Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta on the Tribunals Reforms Bill 2021 passed by the Parliament re-enacting the very s.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Tribunal Reforms Bill 2021



Delhi HC Stays Bail Granted to Ex-Congress Leader Sajjan Kumar(06.07.2022)

Delhi High Court has stayed a Trial Court order which had granted bail to former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in connection with a case of rioting and.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots, Bail



Ker. HC: Subsequent Bail Plea Can be Filed When there is Substantial Change in Facts & Circumstances(03.08.2023)

Kerala High Court has observed that subsequent application for pre-arrest bail can be entertained only if there is a substantial change in facts and c.....

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Allahabad HC: Mandatory for Seller to Download E-Way Bill Once Goods Put in Transit(10.03.2025)

Allahabad High Court has held that it is mandatory on the part of the seller to download the e-way bill once the goods are put in transit. Subsequent .....

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SC: Government of Uttarakhand Explains ‘Misutilization’ of CAMPA Funds(20.03.2025)

Government of Uttarakhand has explained the misutilization of CAMPA (Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority) funds to the S.....

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Fraudulent or dishonest intention must exist at the time of initial promise or formation of contract(27.07.2020)

The Petitioner being the convict has challenged the judgment and order of conviction and sentence delivered in case by the Judicial Magistrate, by mea.....

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Central Government Extends Last Date of Filing of QPRs/APRS by SEZ/EOU/Developers(30.06.2021)

Ministry of Commerce and Industry extended the last date of filing Quarterly Progress Report (QPRs) or Annual Performance Report (APRS) by Special Eco.....

Tags : Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Last Date of Filing of QPRs/APRS by SEZ/EOU/Developers



Del HC: Prosecution Can’t Only Recite from Complaint to Oppose Bail in Cases With Add. Conditions(03.05.2023)

Delhi High Court has observed that prosecution can’t only recite from complaint while opposing bail plea, he would have to establish foundational fact.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Prosecution, Bail, Twin Condition



Calcutta High Court: Cannot Compel Lawyers to Cease Work for Protest(01.07.2024)

Cal. HC has observed that no one can be compelled to observe a strike or cease work. Lawyers discharge public function for litigants, thus resolution .....

Tags : Calcutta High Court, Bar Council, West Bengal



SC: 'Patent Illegality' a Ground Available to Set Aside Domestic Arbitral Awards(25.05.2020)

SC has observed that an arbitral award can be set aside under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 if it is patently illegal.

Tags : Supreme Court, Patent Illegality



SC Notifies Use of Email for Requests for Mentioning Fresh Matters Before Vacation Benches(31.05.2021)

Supreme Court has notified that requests for mentioning of fresh matters before Vacation Benches is to be made only by email. The direction has been i.....

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Delhi HC: State Govt Can't Cause Impediment to Grant/ Refuse Recognition to Institutes(22.04.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that while it is for the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) to grant or refuse recognition to the institutes upon.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, National Council for Teacher Education, State Government



Kerala High Court: E-Toilets to be Build for Flood Affected Tribal Families(12.06.2024)

Kerala High Court has directed the state authority to build e-toilets for around 300 families residing on the banks of Chaliyar and Punnapuzha rivers .....

Tags : Kerala High Court, E-Toilets, Tribal Families



Tripura High Court Acquits Editor, Accused in Murder Case(11.12.2015)

Tripura High Court has acquitted Sushil Chowdhury, Editor of a vernacular daily who had been awarded life imprisonment till death by a district court .....

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Delhi High Court Issues Directives for Installing CCTV Cameras in Tihar Jail(17.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has directed the Director-General Prison of Tihar and Secretary of the Public Works Department to conduct a meeting and finalise the .....

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Kerala HC: No Bar on Filing Anticipatory Bail Applications in Triple Talaq Cases(10.08.2020)

Kerala High Court has held that Anticipatory Bail application under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is not barred in a case in wh.....

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Rajasthan HC Dismisses Review Petition Challenging Answer Key of Preliminary Exam As Misconceived(03.05.2022)

Rajasthan High Court has rejected a review petition challenging the answer key of Preliminary Examination for selection to the post of Rajasthan Civil.....

Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Rajasthan Civil Judge, answer key, Preliminary Examination, selection



Supreme Court: Upload Nodal Officer Details on Vatsalya Portal for Missing Child Cases(16.10.2025)

Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Union of India to ensure that all States and Union Territories provide details of designated Nodal Officers for .....

Tags : Nodal Officer, Child Cases, Portal



NCLAT New Delhi: Insolvency Pleas Cannot Be Admitted When Information Utility Records Show a Dispute(15.12.2025)

NCLAT held that the existence of a dispute recorded with an Information Utility mandates rejection of an insolvency plea by an operational creditor, a.....

Tags : Insolvency, Dispute, Information Utility



Madras HC: Courts Cannot Remain Silent When Single Disputed Vote Could Determine Government’s Fate(12.05.2026)

Madras High Court, while restraining TVK MLA Seenivasa Sethupathi from participating in any floor test after his one-vote victory in Tiruppattur, obse.....

Tags : Silent; Vote; Government’s Fate



SC Grants Interim Bail to Mahesh Raut on Medical Grounds in Bhima Koregaon Case(16.09.2025)

SC granted interim bail for six weeks to Mahesh Raut, accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, on medical grounds due to his Rheumatoid Arthritis. Despite .....

Tags : Interim Bail, Bhima Koregaon Case, Medical Grounds



Gauhati HC Dismisses Appeal Against Order Granting Bail to Akhil Gogoi in Riots Case(13.04.2021)

Gauhati High Court has dismissed the State appeal filed against the order of a Special NIA Court that granted bail to activist Akhil Gogoi, in connect.....

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Tamil Nadu Government Brings Ordinance Banning Online Games Involving Betting(23.11.2020)

Tamil Nadu Government has signed an ordinance to "ban online gaming" involving betting in the backdrop of rise in number of suicides by gamers, who al.....

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Bombay HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance of Gadchiroli Elephants Shifting to Zoo(09.09.2022)

Bombay High Court while taking suo moto cognizance of forest department’s decision to move wild elephants from Gadchiroli forest to zoo, has observed .....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Wild Elephants, Gadchiroli Forest



SC Explains Relevant Principles for Examining the Admissibility of Secondary Evidence(30.11.2023)

Supreme Court while observing that if a document that is required to be stamped is not sufficiently stamped, then the law is well settled that a copy .....

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Jharkhand HC: Fresh Anticipatory Bail Plea Not Maintainable After Earlier Rejection under S. 482 BNSS(13.10.2025)

Jharkhand High Court clarified that Section 482 of the BNSS, which governs anticipatory bail, has limited scope and does not allow revival of "reasons.....

Tags : Anticipatory Bail, Rejection, Arrest



Dispute cannot be decided by arbitrator, when Trust Act provides for sufficient remedies to aggrieved persons by giving them right to approach Civil Court(17.08.2016)

In facts of the present case, since parties could not settle disputes/differences and nor could they agree for appointment of arbitrator amicably, Res.....

Tags : Arbitration application, Maintainability, Remedies, Civil Court



Gujarat HC Denies Bail to Asaram Who Pleaded Easy Vulnerability to COVID-19 Due to Old Age(31.03.2020)

Gujarat High Court has rejected the bail application moved by the self-styled godman, Asaram, apprehending easy susceptibility of the deadly Corona vi.....

Tags : Gujarat High Court, Bail, Asaram



SC Allows Uttarakhand Govt. to Demolish 4 Illegal Religious Structures on Public Land(20.11.2020)

Supreme Court has allowed the state of Uttarakhand to demolish four illegal religious structures on public land in Haridwar by the extended deadline o.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Illegal Religious Structures



SC: Serious Difficulties Regarding Application of POCSO to Cases of Relationship Among Young Adults(08.09.2022)

Supreme Court has held that it has faced certain difficulties while considering the applicability of Protection Of Children From Sexual Offences, 2012.....

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All. HC: Principles of Natural Justice Should Compulsorily be Followed(28.11.2023)

Allahabad High Court while setting aside an order of blacklisting and cancellation of the mining lease, has observed that in a civilized society princ.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Natural Justice, Civilized Society



Orissa HC: Railways Strictly Liable for Passenger’s Death After Falling From Train(13.10.2025)

Orissa High Court ruled that a passenger’s accidental fall from a moving train, followed by being run over, qualifies as an 'untoward incident' under .....

Tags : Railways, Passenger, Death, Train



SC Refuses to Extend Bail of Prisoners Released to Decongest Prisons During Covid-19(02.03.2021)

Supreme Court has refused to extend the bail of the prisoners who were released last year to decongest jails in Delhi due to the outbreak of Covid-19 .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Bail of Prisoners



P&H HC: Mechanical Grant of Bail is a Disturbing Trend emerging in the Trial Courts(15.12.2023)

Punjab and Haryana High Court while observing that a very disturbing trend of granting bail mechanically is emerging with the trial Courts, has stated.....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Bail, Judicial Discipline



Calcutta HC Directs Private Medical Colleges to Follow MCI Admission Rules(27.09.2016)

Calcutta HC has asked private medical colleges in West Bengal to follow Medical Council of India Guidelines on admission of students under management .....

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Sstrict or literal interpretation of provisions has to be consistent with object of Act(10.06.2020)

The appeal concerned the application of Section 34A of the Estate Agency Affairs Act 112 of 1976, which precludes an estate agent from claiming commis.....

Tags : Provision, Applicability, Public interest



#Union Budget 2022-2023: Aim for Ecologically Sustainable Roads in Hilly Areas(01.02.2022)

Finance Minister has highlighted that in regards to plans of development of ecologically sustainable roads in hilly areas, the Government aims to prov.....

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Supreme Court: Under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 Jail is The Rule and Bail is Exceptio(09.02.2024)

Supreme Court while observing that under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 jail is the rule and bail is exception has denied bail to a man on.....

Tags : Supreme Court, UAPA, Bail



Delhi HC: Victim’s Negligence Cannot Bar Compensation in Railway Accident Cases(23.03.2026)

Delhi High Court held that a victim’s negligence cannot deny compensation in railway accidents, emphasizing that once an “untoward incident” occurs, t.....

Tags : Victim’s Negligence, Railway Accident Cases, Compensation



Enforcement Directorate Arrests Kapil Wadhawan in Iqbal Mirchi Case(28.01.2020)

Enforcement Directorate has arrested Dewan Housing Finance’s former Chairman and Director, Kapil Wadhawan for his alleged role in financing the loan t.....

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CBFC Releases Notification to Display Title, Credits in Language of Dialogues of Film(12.02.2021)

Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has called upon filmmakers to display the title, casting and credits of a film in the language of the movie.....

Tags : CBFC, Title, Film



Prabhat Gupta Murder Case: Allahabad HC Upholds Acquittal of Ajay Mishra 'Teni'(22.05.2023)

Allahabad High Court has upheld the acquittal of Union Minister of State for Home, Ajay Mishra Teni in a 23 year old Prabhat Gupta Murder Case

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Bail, Prabhat Gupta Murder Case, Ajay Mishra 'Teni'



Mad. HC Stays Press Release Inviting Suggestions on Bill as Centre Fails to Provide Translated Copy(02.06.2023)

Madras HC has granted interim stay on the press communique issued by the Joint Committee on the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023, inviting su.....

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Supreme Court Expresses Disinclination Towards Entertaining Plea of Euthanasia(21.08.2024)

Supreme Court while hearing a plea for euthanasia, of a man suffering from diffuse axonal injury with Permanent Vegetative state, Quadriplegia with 10.....

Tags : Supreme Court, 100% Disability, Euthanasia



Kar. HC Upholds CR of Judge for Preparing Order Sheets of Proceedings That Did Not Take Place(01.07.2022)

Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a former Civil Judge, Junior Division against order passed by the state government ordering com.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Compulsory Retirement, Civil Judge



SC: Can’t Use PIL Jurisdiction for Formulation of Centralized Rating Mechanism of Taxpayers(09.09.2024)

SC while dismissing PIL seeking formulation and implementation of a centralized rating mechanism of taxpayers under the Central Goods and Services Tax.....

Tags : Supreme Court, PIL, Centralized Rating Mechanism, GST Administration



Tel. HC: Teacher Eligibility Test Guidelines Framed to Ensure that Competent Persons are Recruited(05.12.2024)

Tel. HC has observed that guidelines for conducting Teacher Eligibility Test have been framed to ensure that competent persons are recruited as Teache.....

Tags : Telangana High Court, Teacher Eligibility Test, Competent Persons



SC: Court Cannot Dismiss Appeal Filed by Accused on Default of Advocate of Accused(18.08.2021)

Supreme Court has observed that a Court cannot dismiss the appeal filed by an accused merely because of non-representation or default of the advocate .....

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SC: A Proficient Advocate Must be Physically Fit(08.07.2022)

Supreme Court while granting relief of enhanced compensation, to an advocate who had suffered 100% permanent disability due to an accident, has held t.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Compensation, Advocate, Disability



SC Dismisses Senthil Balaji's Plea Challenging ED Custody in PMLA Case(07.08.2023)

Supreme Court has dismissed plea filed by Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji challenging the custody by the Enforcement Directorate in the money laund.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Senthil Balaji, ED Custody, PMLA



Kerala HC Stresses on The Need for Proper Sex Education(22.07.2022)

Kerala High Court has expressed its concerns over the glaring absence of adequate sex education in schools amid the rising number of child pregnancies.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Child Pregnancies, Sex Education



Del. HC: Participation in Arbitral Proc. Doesn’t Imply Acceptance of Arbitrator’s Unilateral Appoin.(24.03.2025)

Delhi High Court has held that mere participation in the arbitration proceedings cannot tantamount to acceptance of unilateral appointment of Arbitrat.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Unilateral Appointment, Arbitration Proceedings



SC Directs Centre to Block Porn Sites Showing Child Pornography(29.02.2016)

Supreme Court has directed the Centre to make a plan to block websites showing child pornography and sought its response to a plea to ban viewing of p.....

Tags : Supreme Court, child pornography



Proved circumstances must be consistent only with hypothesis of guilt of Accused and totally inconsistent with his innocence(08.01.2018)

Present appeal preferred by the State challenges the judgment of the High Court acquitting the Respondent under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code, 186.....

Tags : Acquittal, Validity, Evidence, Credibility



Madras HC: Buyer Not Liable for Seller’s Tax Default; Purchase Tax Can’t Be Imposed under TNGST Act(05.11.2025)

Madras High Court held that under Section 7A of the Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act, 1959 (TNGST Act) purchase tax cannot be imposed on a buyer solel.....

Tags : Buyer, Tax Default, Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act



Kerala HC: Civil Courts Cannot Grant Injunctions in NCLT Matters and Such Orders Can Be Set Aside(17.12.2025)

Kerala High Court reiterated that civil courts lack jurisdiction over matters within the exclusive domain of the NCLT, holding that injunctions grante.....

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Supreme Court: Courts Cannot Replace an Authority’s Discretion, and Sets Aside Direction to Governor(10.04.2026)

Supreme Court held that granting an extraordinary pension under the Uttar Pradesh Civil Services (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 1981, falls within the.....

Tags : Authority’s Discretion, Uttar Pradesh Civil Services (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, Governor



Supreme Court: Appeals Must Include Certified Copies of Orders, as E-Filing Alone is Insufficient(13.05.2026)

Supreme Court held that filing an appeal before the NCLAT without a certified copy of the challenged order is not a curable procedural defect but a fu.....

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AAR: Activity of Bus Bodybuilding is Supply of Goods and Services Depending on Principal Supply(07.12.2021)

Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR), Uttar Pradesh has ruled that activity of bus body building is supply of goods and services depending on the princip.....

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All. HC: Accused Charged Under Both SC/ST Act and POCSO Entitled to Take Recourse Under POCSO(17.10.2023)

Allahabad High Court has held that where an accused has been charged under the SC/ST Act and the POCSO Act, a Special Court under the POCSO Act, would.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Anticipatory Bail, SC/ST Act, POCSO



Supreme Court: Under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 Jail is Rule and Bail is Exception(09.02.2024)

Supreme Court while observing that under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 jail is the rule and bail is exception has denied bail to a man on.....

Tags : Supreme Court, UAPA, Bail



Delhi HC: Illegal Termination Does Not Automatically Entitle Employee to Reinstatement or Back Wages(26.03.2026)

Delhi High Court clarified that illegal termination does not automatically entitle an employee to reinstatement or back wages, and refused relief to w.....

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ITAT Mumbai Allows Depreciation on Goodwill Resulting from Acquisition of Business Unit(28.01.2020)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Mumbai has allowed depreciation on goodwill resulting from the acquisition of Business Unit of Lee & Muirhead Pvt.....

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MP HC: Ad-Interim Bail Granted to Co-Accused Prakhar Vyas And Edwin Anthony in Munawar Faruqui Case(12.02.2021)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted ad-interim bail to Prakhar Vyas and Edwin Anthony, colleagues of Munawar Faruqui who were arrested on January 2 .....

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P&H HC: Juvenile's Right to Travel Abroad Can be Curtailed(29.09.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a juvenile who is in conflict with law does not have any fundamental or statutory right to pursue higher e.....

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J&K&L HC: Gold Voluntarily Given to Customer is 'Entrustment'; Theft Excluded from Insurance Cover(29.12.2025)

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court held that when insured property is voluntarily handed over on trust, it amounts to entrustment, and any dishones.....

Tags : Voluntarily, Customer, Insurance Cover



SC: Can’t Apply Rule of Listing Bail Pleas from Same FIR Before Same Bench if Roaster Changes(12.02.2025)

Supreme Court has clarified that the rule of listing bail pleas from same FIR before same bench will not be applicable if there is change in Judge’s r.....

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Karnataka High Court Imposes Rs 10 Lakh Cost on Petition Filed Over Business Feud(22.09.2021)

Karnataka High Court has imposed an exemplary cost of Rs 10 lakh on a PIL petitioner, a fish supplying agent, for filing a petition against a fishmeal.....

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Del. HC: Causing Financial Instability to Wife Comes Within the Ambit of Mental Cruelty(07.09.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that the term “mental cruelty” is wide enough to take within its ambit the “financial instability”, has observed that.....

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P&H HC: Can’t Grant Bail on Ground of Long Custody When Recovery is Heavy(06.05.2025)

Punjab & Haryana High Court while refusing to grant bail to an accused, has observed that bail cannot be granted to an accused on the ground of long c.....

Tags : P&H High Court, Long Custody, Bail



Journalists Appeal Against Jail Term For 'Breach of Privilege', Karnataka High Court to Hear on Monday(29.11.2017)

Journalists Appeal Against Jail Term For 'Breach of Privilege', Karnataka High Court to Hear on Monday

Tags : The Assembly, during its ongoing winter session, re-confirmed the one-year-jail term and Rs 10,000 fine for writing articles that "breached the privilege of MLAs".



Bombay HC Rejects Anticipatory Bail to Man Who Assaulted Cop(27.10.2020)

Bombay High Court has rejected an anticipatory bail application filed by a father and son duo who were accused of beating up a policeman who asked the.....

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Kar HC: Right to Health Stands Enforced Only with State’s Obligation to Create Medical Facilities(27.01.2025)

Karnataka High Court has stated that when the right to health and right to medical-care is treated as fundamental right, it stands enforced only with .....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Fundamental Right, Medical Facilities



Calcutta HC Orders Fresh Trial in Cases Related to Murder & Possession of Illegal Weapons(14.02.2025)

Calcutta High Court while ordering fresh trial in cases related to murder & possession of illegal weapons, has stated that such matters should not be .....

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Bombay HC: Accept Cheques & Demand Drafts For Bails and Sureties(02.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has issued a notice directing all subordinate Courts in State to begin accepting cheques and demand drafts instead of provisional ca.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Cheques, Demand Drafts, Bails, Sureties



CWC Can't Be Mute Spectator to Police Misbehaviour to Kids: Delhi High Court(04.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has lashed out at Child Welfare Commission (CWC) for being a "mute spectator" to misbehaviour towards rescued children by police.

Tags : Delhi High Court, Child Welfare Commission



Bombay HC Pulls Up I&B Ministry Over Disclosure of Personal Details of RTI Applicants(30.10.2020)

Bombay High Court has pulled up the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting after being informed that personal details of more than 4000 of Rig.....

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Bombay HC: Not Necessary to Refuse Bail in Every Case of Economic Offence(22.08.2022)

Bombay High Court has held that bail can’t be refused to accused merely because offence is in nature of economic offence. Court also stated that while.....

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Bombay HC Rules, ‘Relationship Not a Factor That Affects Credibility of Witness’(12.01.2017)

Bombay HC, while observing that ‘relationship’ is not a factor to affect credibility of a witness, has dismissed appeals moved by six convicts, who we.....

Tags : Bombay HC, credibility, witness



P&H HC Rejects Cops' Plea for CBI Probe in Sacrilege & Behbal Kalan Firing Cases(28.01.2019)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has rejected a petition for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the sacrilege and police firing incidents.....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Sacrilege & Behbal Kalan Firing Cases



Karnataka High Court Seeks Specific Details from State Govt on New Class Rooms Built or Repaired(19.02.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to furnish a list giving addresses and other details of the schools (Government aided) wherein .....

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Kerala HC Allows Teenager With 40% Disability to Take KEAM Exam in PwD Quota(23.11.2022)

Kerala High Court while observing that neurostimulator is neither a treatment nor a cure has held a 19 year old suffering from primary generalized dys.....

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Police Not Allowed to Tutor Witnesses, Supreme Court Directs Action Against Police Officers(08.04.2024)

Supreme Court while admonishing Tamil Nadu Police for tutoring witnesses, has directed the Tamil Nadu's Director General of Police to initiate an enqu.....

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CESTAT, Mumbai Holds 4G Mobile Towers that are Movable in Nature and Eligible for CENVAT Credit(20.04.2022)

Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has ruled that the 4G mobile towers are movable in nature and entitled for CENVAT credit.

Tags : Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, 4G mobile towers, CENVAT credit



Supreme Court: Do not Link Law & Order Situation in J&K to Justify Status Quo in Bar Administration(10.01.2017)

Supreme Court has refused to link law and order situation in J&K to continue with a three-decade long status quo in administration of State Bar Counci.....

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Undivided Share in Joint Family can be Disposed by Will: SC(25.01.2019)

Supreme Court, while dismissing appeals from a partition suit, has held that undivided interest of a Hindu in a joint family property can be disposed .....

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P&H High Court Imposes Cost on Runaway Couple for Manipulation of Aadhar Card Details(19.02.2021)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a runaway couple's protection petition with costs for manipulation of date of birth as mentioned in their .....

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Allahabad HC Denies Bail to Juvenile Who Allegedly Raped His 8 Year Old Student(23.11.2022)

Allahabad High Court while denying bail to a Juvenile who allegedly raped his 8 year old student has held that he needed counseling by psychiatrists/e.....

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SC: Findings of Gurwinder Singh Judgement Regarding Bail Won’t Disturb Ratio of K.A.Najeeb Judgement(08.04.2024)

SC has observed that findings in Gurwinder Singh Vs. State of Punjab and Ors (MANU/SC/0088/2024)with regard to granting of bail for accused under Unla.....

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Mad. HC: Govt. Directed to Consider Representation Seeking Regulation of Pet Boarding Facilities(06.06.2024)

Madras High Court has directed the Government of Tamil Nadu to consider representation made by an animal rights activist regarding the regulation of P.....

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Bombay HC: Petitions on Ground of Exceptional Circumstances by Arbitral Tribunal Not Maintainable(11.04.2022)

Bombay High Court has held that remedy under Section 16 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 lies elsewhere and the petitioners cannot file W.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Article 226, Article 227, Constitution of India, exceptional circumstances



Delhi High Court: Eviction From Jhuggis With Rehabilitation Does Not Violate Article 21(12.05.2026)

Delhi High Court held that eviction of jhuggi dwellers with rehabilitation at an alternative site does not violate Article 21, provided authorities fo.....

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SC: Execution of Arbitral Award Cannot be Stalled Just Because Section 37 Appeal is Pending(18.09.2025)

Supreme Court held that execution of an arbitral award cannot be delayed merely because an appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation.....

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Supreme Court Directs States to Follow NHRC Plea, File Information on Encounter Killings(05.07.2017)

Supreme Court has directed various states to file their replies on a plea of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking direction for mandatorily.....

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SC Directs All States to Provide Number of Migrant Children in Each State(13.04.2021)

Supreme Court has directed all States to provide data pertaining to numbers of migrant children and children of migrant workers in the State as well a.....

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Telangana HC Directs to Ensure Provision of Facilities to Students to Attend Online Classes(04.02.2022)

Telangana High Court has instructed the government to ensure facilities were provided for students to attend classes online in all government schools,.....

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J&K&L High Court: Illegal Occupation of Shamilat Land Cannot Become Legal Right(20.02.2026)

Reaffirming that unlawful occupation of common village land cannot crystallise into a legal right, even if permanent structures have been erected, J&K.....

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NGT Directs Railways to Strictly Impose Fine(05.07.2016)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Railways to “strictly” impose a fine of Rs. 5,000 on those littering rail tracks.

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Bombay HC Imposes Cost of Rs. 25,000 on Petitioner Challenging Municipal Tax on Mobile Towers(17.04.2019)

Bombay High Court has imposed a cost of Rs.25,000 on GTL Infrastructure Limited, a petitioner challenging demand notices issued with respect to munici.....

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Kerala High Court Acquits Accused in Nilambur Congress Party Officer Murder(05.04.2021)

Kerala High Court has acquitted the accused in Nilambur Congress Office Murder case, stating that the lingering doubts pervades every aspect of the ev.....

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SC: Rehabilitation Scheme Under SICA Binds All Creditors(20.03.2023)

Supreme Court while observing that rehabilitation scheme under Section 18 of the SICA, 1985 shall bind all the creditors including the unsecured credi.....

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Delhi HC Asks District Courts to Ensure Video Conferencing Facility(01.05.2020)

Delhi High Court has asked all the subordinate Courts to create proper facility of video conferencing in the complexes of all the district Courts.

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Central Government Introduces Bill to Collect Biometrics of Prisoners(29.03.2022)

Central government has introduced the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022. The bill proposes to repeal Identification of Prisoner Act, 1920.....

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SC: Getting Bail Would be Impossible if Courts Does Plain & Literal Interpretation of S. 37 NDPS Act(31.03.2023)

Supreme Court while granting bail to undertrial prisoner arrested 7 years ago under NDPS Act, has observed that plain & literal interpretation of cond.....

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Kerala High Court Proposes Action Against Illegal Flag Masts Under Land Conservancy Act(26.11.2021)

Kerala High Court has ruled that every unauthorized flag mast will have to prima facie be made subject to provisions of the Kerala Land Conservancy Ac.....

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SC Issues Notice to State of Uttar Pradesh on Applicability of New Policy on Release of Prisoners(06.12.2021)

Supreme Court has issued notice to the State of Uttar Pradesh on the issue whether the cases of those prisoners serving life-sentence which were requi.....

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Del. HC: Family Court Can Extend the Time for Filing Written Statement in Exceptional Circumstances(20.12.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that for expeditious disposal of family disputes, the schedule for filing a written statement must be followed, has h.....

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SC Constitutes Committee to Examine Issue of Safaris in Tiger Reserves & National Parks(07.03.2024)

Supreme Court has directed the constitution of a committee to decide the issue of safaris within Tiger reserves, national parks, and wildlife sanctuar.....

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Delhi High Court: Halfway Homes For Mentally Ill Prisoners Urgent(20.03.2017)

Delhi High Court has issued a slew of directions to expedite setting up of halfway homes for mentally-ill prisoners and recruiting trained staff to be.....

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A person who cannot be identified, cannot be sued under a pseudonym or description, unless circumstances are such that, service of claim form can be effected or properly dispensed with(20.02.2019)

The question at issue on present appeal is in what circumstances, is it permissible to sue an unnamed Defendant. On 26 May 2013, Ms Bianca Cameron was.....

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Juvenile Justice Board: Minor Who Allegedly Murdered Ryan Student Pradyuman To Be Tried As Adult(20.12.2017)

Juvenile Justice Board, Gurugram has held that a class 11th student arrested for the murder of a seven-year-old boy Pradyuman Thakur in the premises o.....

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Gravity alone cannot be a decisive ground to deny bail, rather competing factors are required to be balanced by the Court while exercising its discretion(06.11.2020)

Bail Petitioner, who is behind the bars since 14.5.2020 in FIR registered under Sections 341, 323, 325, 307, 504, 506, 201 and 34 of Indian Penal Code.....

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MP HC: Accused Can’t be Compelled to Languish in Jail in Absence of Progression of Trial(26.07.2024)

MP High Court while allowing bail application of an accused, has held that if there is delay in progression of trial, then no one can be allowed to la.....

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Parliament Passes Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019(31.07.2019)

Parliament has passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 five days after it got the nod from Lok Sabha. This comes nearly .....

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Supreme Court: Bail Condition to Compensate Victims Cannot be Imposed(13.07.2021)

Supreme Court has observed that a condition for payment of compensation to victims cannot be imposed at the stage of bail. The Court has approved that.....

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Chhattisgarh HC: 'Welfare of Child' is Paramount Consideration in Deciding Their Custody(26.05.2022)

Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that guardianship cases could not be solely decided by interpreting legal provisions, noting that 'welfare of the.....

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Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 Introduced in Lok Sabha Sent to Joint Parliamentary Committee(09.08.2024)

The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 introduced in the Lok Sabha on 08.08.2024 in the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, has been referred to a Joint P.....

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Gujarat HC Declines Anticipatory Bail to Man Accused of Forcefully Converting Religion of 100 Hindus(11.04.2022)

Gujarat High Court has dismissed anticipatory bail to a man accused of forcefully converting religion of 37 Hindu families and 100 Hindus for offences.....

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Supreme Court: Cannot Allow Bail Condition Enabling Police to Track Movement of Accused(08.07.2024)

Supreme Court has held that there can't be a bail condition defeating the very objective of bail. There can't be a bail condition enabling the police .....

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Delhi HC Directs Govt to Submit Report Against Buildings on Ensuring Seismic Structure Stability(29.07.2020)

Delhi High Court has directed the municipal bodies as well as the Delhi Government to submit a report stating that steps they have taken to ensure tha.....

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Madras HC Directs to Ensure New Buildings are Constructed with Access to Persons with Disabilities(06.07.2021)

Madras High Court directed the Tamil Nadu Government to make sure that no new buildings in the state are constructed or sanctioned without ensuring ac.....

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Madras HC: Joining of Son in Execution of Sale Deed Does Not Raise Presumption of "Family Property"(20.05.2022)

Madras High Court observed that merely because a son has been added as a co-vendor in a sale deed would not give rise to the presumption that the prop.....

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SC: Bail Condition that Husband Should Fulfill Physical & Financial Requirements of Wife, Set Aside(03.08.2024)

SC has set aside the condition set by HC while granting bail to a husband in a cruelty case, which required the husband to fulfill all physical and fi.....

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SC Refuses to Pass Interim Order to Restrain Coercive Steps Against Future Retail(03.02.2022)

Supreme Court has refused to pass any interim order to restrain coercive steps by the consortium of banks against Future Retail Ltd(FRL) over loan def.....

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Bombay HC: Single Mother Recognized as Complete Parent for Child’s Identity(19.02.2026)

Bombay High Court has held that school records must reflect a child’s true social identity. A minor raised exclusively by a single mother may adopt he.....

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J&K&L HC: Bail is Not Absolute For Juveniles in Heinous Cases and Can be Denied to Serve Justice(30.03.2026)

J&K & Ladakh High Court held that a juvenile cannot claim bail as a right under Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, and bail may be denied i.....

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P&H HC Cites Bhagavad Gita, Directs Regularisation of Daily Wage Workers For Public Good(05.01.2026)

Punjab & Haryana High Court, citing the principle of Rajdharma, held that a welfare State cannot demand continuous service from workers while keeping .....

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P&H High Court: Anticipatory Bail on Settlement Can be Revoked if Compromise is Broken(06.02.2026)

P&H High Court held that an accused cannot seek anticipatory bail based on a compromise and later back out. It recalled a 2022 bail order, stating tha.....

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SC: Failure of Promise to Marry in Prolonged Relationship Not to Deem Consensual Sex as Rape(02.03.2021)

Supreme Court has said in a prolonged live-in relationship, consensual sex between a couple could not be categorised as rape if the man failed to keep.....

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SC: Can’t Grant Bail Merely Because Accused is a Woman(15.12.2023)

Supreme Court while observing that the first proviso of Section 45 of PMLA is not mandatory and benefit may be extended only after considering facts a.....

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SC: Bail Can't be Cancelled For Police Non-Appearance Once Chargesheet is Filed and Trial is Attended(10.12.2025)

Supreme Court held that bail cannot be revoked merely because an accused failed to report to the police at intervals, especially after the investigati.....

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Chhattisgarh High Court Denies Plea for Delayed Filing of GST TRAN-1(25.02.2020)

Chhattisgarh High Court has denied pleas for delayed filing of form GST TRAN-1, ruling that the writ benefit cannot be extended to such indolent perso.....

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Jharkhand HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance of Murder of a Family as Part of 'Witch-Hunt'(09.03.2021)

Jharkhand High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of the 'disturbing' killings of five members of a family in the State, including a five years old c.....

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Madras HC Allows Suit Seeking Declaration of Exclusive Copyright over Broadcast of JILLA Movie(17.01.2022)

Madras High Court has allowed a civil suit that sought a declaration of the exclusive copyright of Sun TV Network over the broadcast of JILLA movie, w.....

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Writ petition should normally not be entertained against mere issuance of show cause notice(14.11.2019)

Present Appeal under Section 35L of the Central Excise Act, 1944 arises out of Order passed by the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal,.....

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Supreme Court Allows Foundation Ceremony for New Parliament Building Without Altering Site(07.12.2020)

Supreme Court has allowed the Central Government to conduct the foundation ceremony of the Central Vista project without altering the status of the si.....

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P&H HC Grants Bail to SAD Leader Bikram Singh Majithia in Drug Case(10.08.2022)

Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted bail to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia in a drugs case registered against him by the P.....

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NCLAT Dismisses Appeal against Order Rejecting Application u/s 9 of IBC against Hindustan Unilever(30.01.2025)

NCLAT New Delhi bench has dismissed an appeal filed against an order that rejected an application under section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Cod.....

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Supreme Court Criticizes Tahsildar Disobeying Directions of High Court(22.04.2025)

Supreme Court has criticized Deputy Collector in Andhra Pradesh who, in his capacity as Tahsildar disobeyed High Court’s directions and removed slum-d.....

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Gujarat HC Rejects Plea Alleging Violation of Election Code of Conduct by GST Council(22.11.2017)

Gujarat High Court has dismissed a PIL which sought that the decisions taken by the GST council at its Guwahati meeting be declared null and void on t.....

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SC: Army Officer not Entitled to Disability Pension if he Sustained Injuries During Household Acts(23.09.2019)

Supreme Court has ruled that an army official is entitled to disability pension only if the disability is attributable to military or aggravated by mi.....

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Calcutta High Court Holds West Bengal Govt's 'Duare Ration Scheme' to be Illegal(29.09.2022)

Calcutta High Court has held that West Bengal 'Duare Ration Scheme' under which the State government delivers foodgrains through the public distributi.....

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Delhi HC: Working Mothers Cannot be Forced to Bear Full Childcare Burden While Fathers Evade Duty(29.12.2025)

The court observed “A Court of law cannot burden, nor does the law mandate, that the working mother should be forced to exhaust herself physically, em.....

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Delhi High Court: Elective Surgery Does Not Bar Grant of Interim Bail on Medical Grounds(04.02.2026)

Delhi High Court held that the non-emergency nature of a medical procedure alone cannot justify denial of interim bail, especially where ongoing pain .....

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All. HC: Inconsistency in Bail Orders Having Similar Facts Undermine Public Confidence in Judiciary(06.06.2024)

All. HC has observed that when courts grant bail to one accused and deny it to another under similar circumstances without providing clear justificati.....

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Calcutta HC Allows Applications Filed by WB Govt, CM Mamata Banerjee for Accepting Affidavits(30.06.2021)

Calcutta High Court has allowed the applications filed by State of West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and the State Law Minister Moloy Ghata.....

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SC Upholds Madras HC’s Order Quashing State’s Decision of Constituting Anti-Land Grabbing Cell(08.05.2023)

Supreme Court has upheld Madras High Court’s decision of quashing Tamil Nadu government’s 2011 order wherein it had constituted Land Grabbing Special .....

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Clarification in respect of GST liability and input tax credit (ITC) availability in cases involving Warranty/ Extended Warranty(26.06.2024)

1. Reference is invited to Circular No. 195/07/2023-GST dated 17.07.2023 (herein after referred to as "the said circular") clarifying certain issues r.....

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SC: Creators Need to Know the Difference between Disability Humour and Disabling Humour(09.07.2024)

Supreme Court while laying down guidelines for ensuring sensitive portrayal by creators on visual and electronic media, has observed that creators sho.....

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SC to Centre, MP Govt: Why No CBI Investigation In Bhopal Jail-Break Encounter(25.07.2017)

Supreme Court has issued notice to Centre, State and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a Petition demanding independent investigation into alle.....

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Gujarat High Court Grants Bail to Five in Una Dalit Flogging Case(05.12.2016)

Gujarat High Court has granted conditional bail to five persons in controversial Una dalit flogging case, in which 32 persons were arrested following .....

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Supreme Court Directs High Courts to Remain Vigilant of Attempts to Misuse PILs(07.12.2018)

Supreme Court has reminded the high courts of staying watchful of attempts to misuse public interest litigations for promotion of personal agenda.

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Shipping Ministry issues draft "Coastal Shipping Bill, 2020" for public consultation(29.10.2020)

In accordance with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's vision for augmenting people's participation and transparency in the governance, Ministry of Sh.....

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Supreme Court Initiates Suo Motu Action to Curb Spiralling Child Rape Incidents(12.07.2019)

Supreme Court has initiated a suo motu action on the rising incidents of child rape and a growing perception of slack law enforcement. The Court while.....

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Orissa HC: Anticipatory Bail Plea of Journalist Suman Chattopadhyay Dismissed(21.06.2021)

Orissa High Court has dismissed the anticipatory bail plea filed by journalist Suman Chattopadhyay apprehending arrest by the CBI in connection with t.....

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SC: For National Security Interest, Inquiry Proceedings of Civil Servant Can be Done Away With(15.05.2023)

Supreme Court has held that inquiry proceedings of civil servants can be done away with if President or Governor is satisfied that inquiry would not b.....

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Delhi HC: Magistrates Should Record Statements of Juveniles Through Video Conferencing(30.07.2020)

Delhi High Court has directed that the statements under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 of children in need of care and protection' s.....

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Allahabad HC Denies Bail to Man Accused of Operating Illegal International Call Set Up(12.07.2021)

Allahabad High Court has denied bail to a man accused of operating an illegal international call set up and who was terminating foreign calls in India.....

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Allahabad High Court Refuses to Stay the Release of Film 'Chehre'(01.09.2021)

Allahabad High Court has refused to grant a stay on the release of Amitabh Bachchan starrer 'Chehre' in an appeal filed by Writer Uday Prakash allegin.....

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Bom. HC: Epilepsy Not a Ground to Seek Divorce(27.09.2023)

Bombay High Court has held that the condition of “epilepsy” is neither an incurable disease nor can it be considered a mental disorder or a psychopath.....

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Bombay HC: Can Consider Experience of Proprietor who Becomes Partner in LLP as LLP’s Experience(27.06.2025)

Bombay High Court has observed that for evaluating LLP's eligibility in a public tender, experience of a proprietor who becomes partner in a Limited L.....

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Calcutta HC: Cannot Deny Electricity Solely on Ground of Not Furnishing Ownership(14.07.2025)

Calcutta High Court circuit bench at Port Blair has held that electricity cannot be denied to an illegal occupant of government revenue land on the gr.....

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Allahabad HC: Right to File Bail Plea Sans Delay & Access to Legal Aid Intertwined(15.09.2022)

Allahabad High Court while emphasizing that right to file bail without delay and access to legal aid of an eligible prisoner are intertwined has sugge.....

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MP HC Upholds Order Directing Husband to Maintain Wife and Kids, Citing His Liability Shirking(23.09.2025)

Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed a man’s plea challenging a family court’s maintenance order for his wife and children. The court noted the husband.....

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Bombay HC: March of Development in Mumbai Cannot Trample Heritage Structures(14.07.2025)

Bombay HC has observed that whilst the march of development and infrastructural projects cannot be halted in a city like Mumbai, such a march cannot b.....

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Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Anil Deshmukh in Money Laundering Case(06.10.2022)

Bombay High Court has granted bail to former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, 73, in a money laundering case being investigated by the Enforce.....

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SC Informed Accessibility Facilities for Visually Impaired Candidates in AIBE and CLAT Expected Soon(17.11.2025)

Supreme Court was informed that accessibility facilities for visually impaired candidates, including JAWS screen reader, customised keyboards, and the.....

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Bom HC: Family Courts Cannot Casually Order a Spouse’s Medical Examination to Assess Mental Health(17.04.2026)

Bombay High Court held that while Family Courts may direct medical examination of a spouse to assess mental disorder, such orders cannot be passed cas.....

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SC: TET Qualification Mandatory for Teachers in Minority Institutions(02.09.2025)

SC has stated that on applicability of Teachers' Eligibility Test to in-service teachers in minority institutions, those aspiring for appointment & th.....

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Chhattisgarh HC: Scheduled Tribe Persons Can Voluntarily Choose to be Governed by Hindu Marriage Act(06.03.2026)

Chhattisgarh HC held that a Scheduled Tribe person who voluntarily adopts Hindu customs and traditions and submits to the jurisdiction of courts under.....

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Gau. HC: Assam Govt. Criticised for Notifying Draft Rules and the Draft Child Protection Policy(26.08.2024)

Gau. HC has observed that delay in notifying the Draft Rules as well as the Draft Child Protection Policy discloses that the State Government or its c.....

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SC: HCs Passing Orders Directing Disposal of Trials Within a Time Schedule is Contrary to Law(07.10.2024)

SC has held that while rejecting bail applications, the HCs are passing orders directing disposal of trials within a time schedule. Apart from the fac.....

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Gau HC: Crim. Petitions Filed after 1st July, 2024 in FIRs before said Date to be Filed Under BNSS(14.11.2024)

Gauhati High Court has held that all the criminal petitions, bail applications filed after 1st July, 2024 in FIRs registered prior to this date are li.....

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SC: If there are 2 Judgments Inconsistent with Each Other, Court Should Try to Reconcile them Both(03.03.2025)

SC has observed that if two decisions of this Court appear inconsistent with each other, the High Courts are not to follow one and overlook the other,.....

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AP HC Directs Government Not to Coerce Unwilling Aided Schools to Accept Merger Offer(05.10.2021)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the government not to coerce unwilling aided schools to accept its merger offer and that necessary instructions.....

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BCI Postpones All India Bar Examination to be Held on August 16(31.07.2020)

Bar Council of India has decided to postpone the date of the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) which was to be held on 16th August, 2020 in wake of the.....

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Delhi HC: Both Parents Are Involved In Overall Development of their Children(13.05.2022)

Delhi High Court while dealing with a contempt plea filed by a wife for the alleged non-compliance of the order passed by the family court, has observ.....

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Delhi Court Grants Bail to DU Professor Arrested Over Post Relating To Gyanvapi Mosque(23.05.2022)

Delhi Court has granted bail to Ratan Lal, a professor of history at Delhi University, arrested over a social media post about the recent controversy .....

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Delhi HC Annuls NDMC Bye-Laws, Ask Civic Agency to Refund Excess Property Tax(21.08.2017)

Delhi High Court has struck down New Delhi Municipal Council (Determination of Annual Rent) Bye-laws, 2009, and asked NDMC to refund the excess tax co.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2019(02.08.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill aims at making India an international arbitration hub by provid.....

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Karnataka HC: Children from Void/Voidable Marriages Eligible for Compassionate Appointments(15.07.2021)

Karnataka High Court has said that Children born from all void or voidable marriages, irrespective of the personal laws applicable to their parents, a.....

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Rajasthan HC: Transgender Bill May Make Gender Identity Rights Dependent on State Approval(31.03.2026)

Rajasthan High Court observed that the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, recently passed by Parliament, risks convertin.....

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Chhattisgarh High Court Grants Bail to Chaitanya Baghel in Alleged Liquor Scam Case(05.01.2026)

Chhattisgarh High Court has granted bail to Chaitanya Baghel, son of former Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel, in two liquor scam case.....

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SC: Properties Acquired by Karta are Presumed to be Joint Hindu Family Assets unless Proven Otherwise(06.02.2026)

The court said that “Where acquisitions are made during the subsistence of the joint family, and where ancestral properties yielding income are shown .....

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SC: P&H HC Needs to Take Firm Stand for Ensuring Proper Bar Election in Haryana(28.05.2025)

SC while criticizing P&H State Bar Council for not taking firm stand regarding irregularities in bar election, has remarked that if procedure has not .....

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Supreme Court: Crime as Juvenile Cannot be Ground to Refuse Government Job(02.12.2019)

Supreme Court has ruled that the criminal record of a juvenile could not be an obstacle for getting a government job and other benefits after the pers.....

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Karnataka High Court Grants Bail to Kerala CPI(M) Leader's Son Bineesh Kodiyeri in PMLA Case(29.10.2021)

Karnataka High Court has allowed the bail application filed by Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of Kerala CPI (M) leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan who was arrested b.....

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Bombay HC Takes Exception on CWCD's Refusal to Renew Licenses of 57 Child Care Homes(19.09.2022)

Bombay High Court has taken strong exception to the decision of Commissioner of Women and Child Development (CWCD) to out-rightly reject license renew.....

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SC: HC Judge Can't Deny Referring Bail Plea to Previous Judge Due to Roster Change(30.09.2025)

Supreme Court recently criticised a High Court judge for refusing to refer a regular bail plea to the same judge who had earlier heard the anticipator.....

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Supreme Court Dismisses Govt.'s Allegation Over RIL Arbitration(23.09.2015)

SC has dismissed Govt.'s allegation of biasness against an arbitrator in an ongoing arbitration to resolve a row with Reliance Industries over Panna-M.....

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Cal HC: Theft Claims and Public Humiliation Alone Don’t Amount To Abetment of Suicide U/S 306 IPC(04.02.2026)

Calcutta HC set aside convictions u/s 306/34 IPC, holding that while the deceased died by suicide, mere allegations of harassment or being labelled a .....

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Karnataka HC Pulls Up BBMP for Not Carrying Out Proper Survey of Illegal Structures(01.02.2021)

Karnataka High Court has pulled up the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for not properly carrying out a survey to identify illegal religious .....

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Chhattisgarh HC Directs GST Authority to Re-Open Online Portal to Enable Filing of Form TRAN-1(10.12.2021)

Chhattisgarh High Court has directed the Goods and Services Tax Authority to re-open online portal to enable filing of Form TRAN-1 electronically or a.....

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Bar Council of India Imposes 3-Year Moratorium on New Legal Education Centers(14.08.2025)

The Bar Council of India has enforced a 3-year moratorium on new law colleges and courses. It aims to curb substandard institutions and academic malpr.....

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SC Slams HC for Questioning Lack of Arrest Instead of Deciding Anticipatory Bail Plea(05.09.2025)

Supreme Court while granting anticipatory bail to a man in a corruption case, has criticised Punjab and Haryana high court for issuing a "cryptic and .....

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SC: Entry Bill of Subsequent Imported Goods to be Discarded if Undervalued to Previous Similar Goods(18.03.2024)

Supreme Court has held that the transaction value mentioned in the bills of entry can be discarded in case it is found that there are any imports of i.....

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Ker HC: Apply Caution While Considering Bail in POCSO Case Against Parent Litigating Child's Custody(09.03.2023)

Kerala High Court while allowing bail to father accused of sexually assaulting minor son has observed that Courts must exercise caution while consider.....

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SC: New Arbitration Bill Fails To Provide a Statutory Appeal Against Tribunal Termination Orders(10.12.2025)

Supreme Court criticised the new Arbitration and Conciliation Bill for not addressing the ambiguity on relief against an arbitral tribunal’s terminati.....

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Gujarat High Court: Separate Compensation is Payable For Stillborn Child in Railway Accident Case(08.05.2026)

Gujarat High Court held that a 9-month foetus is to be treated as a child, allowing compensation under the Railways Act for a stillborn child. It rule.....

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Gujarat HC: Writ Courts Interfering in Arbitral Procedure Orders Defies A&C Act’s Purpose(15.09.2025)

Gujarat HC ruled that writ courts should interfere in arbitral procedural orders, only if, they are completely perverse, made in bad faith, or in rare.....

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Kerala HC: Disability Pension is Not Payable if the Condition is Unrelated to Military Service(05.02.2026)

Kerala HC dismissed a writ challenging the Armed Forces Tribunal’s denial of disability pension for Generalised Anxiety Disorder, holding that pension.....

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Del. HC: Both, a Sensitive Heart and an Alert Mind Required by Judges in Child Sexual Assault Cases(09.05.2023)

Delhi High Court has observed that it is duty of every Court to have a sensitive heart and an alert mind while recording and conducting trial in sexua.....

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SC Asks Centre to Provide Details of PM CARES for Children for Benefit of Orphans(02.06.2021)

Supreme Court has asked the Centre to provide the details of the scheme 'PM CARES for children' which was announced by Prime Minister on 29th May, 202.....

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SC Issues Notice in Plea Challenging Exorbitant Enrolment Fees Charged by State Bar Councils(10.04.2023)

Supreme Court has issued notice to Central government, Bar Council of India and all the State Bar Councils in the writ petition challenging the exorbi.....

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Supreme Court: Secularism Held to be Constitution’s Basic Structure in Many Judgements(11.07.2024)

Supreme Court while hearing a Public Interest Litigation to delete the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secularism’ from the Constitution, has observed that sec.....

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Del. HC: Filing Piece-Meal Charge-sheet for Defeating Right to Default Bail is Against Article 21(22.05.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that picking one aspect of the investigation and filing a piecemeal charge-sheet to defeat the applicant’s right to default .....

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Accused Is Entitled to Default Bail Even if Charge Sheet Returned Due to Technical Reason: SC(25.09.2018)

Supreme Court has held that an accused is entitled to default bail under Section 167(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure even if the charge sheet filed b.....

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'Shabby Investigation, Laconic Trial’: SC Acquits Man in Child Rape-Murder Case(27.08.2025)

SC has set aside the death penalty in a child rape-murder case, citing lack of credible evidence, broken chain of custody of DNA samples, and procedur.....

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Delhi HC: Pressuring Husband to Cut Ties With His Family Amounts to Cruelty; Ground For Divorce(18.09.2025)

Del. HC observed that a wife's persistent pressure on her husband to sever ties with his family constitutes cruelty and is grounds for divorce. Addit.....

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Bombay HC Ensures Immediate Listing Of ABA, Bail Pleas(05.07.2017)

Bombay High Court has started listing anticipatory bail applications on board as soon as they are filed, and regular bail applications are listed with.....

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Delhi HC Directs Government to Seek Instructions on Computer Facility for Under-Trial Prisoners(14.04.2021)

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi government to seek instructions on prayers for computer, internet facility with limited website access, and physic.....

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Madras HC Directs to Close Down All Bars Attached to Retail Liquor Shops Across State(04.02.2022)

Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) to close down all the so-called bars attached to the retail liquor shop.....

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Supreme Court: Illegality in a Search Does Not Invalidate the Evidence Collected(24.02.2026)

Supreme Court observed that “While the search may be illegal, the materials or evidence gathered or collected in the course of such search can still b.....

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Orissa HC Orders To Plant At Least 50 Trees As Penalty In Disposal Of Land Encroachment Case(20.05.2022)

Orissa High Court has ordered the Tahalisdar, Kakatpur to plant 'at least 50 trees' as a penalty for passing a 'bizarre' order in a land encroachment .....

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Delhi HC Stays Centre's Directions to FSSAI Prohibiting Blending of Mustard Oil(05.10.2020)

Delhi High Court has stayed the directions issued by the Central Government to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India prohibiting the blendi.....

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Karnataka HC to State: File Status Report on Steps Taken to Prevent Illegal Slaughtering of Animals(28.06.2022)

Karnataka High Court has issued notice to the state government seeking their response about the steps taken for prevention of illegal slaughtering of .....

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SC: Committee to Review Recommendation on MBBS Admissions for Aspirants With Mental Health Condition(29.08.2024)

Supreme Court has directed the expert committee constituted by the National Medical Council to review recommendation on MBBS admissions for aspirants .....

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BCI Writes Letter to CJI Suggesting Regular Evaluation of Mental Health of Judicial Officers(10.10.2024)

Bar Council of India (BCI) has written a letter to CJI suggesting regular evaluation of mental health of judicial officers so that early signs of burn.....

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Karnataka HC Warns of Contempt Against Officials for Failing to Rehabilitate Villagers(09.10.2020)

Karnataka High Court has said it would initiate proceedings under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 against government officers who for the last 37-yea.....

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Gurugram Court: Bail Denied to Accused in GST Scam Case(03.06.2022)

Gurugram Sessions Court has denied bail application of an accused of GST scam allegedly involved in availing and passing on fraudulent ITC to non-exis.....

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Ker HC: Authority Can’t Issue Detention Order Without Determining Nature of Bail Conditions(12.07.2023)

Kerala High Court has observed that detaining authority must consider if bail conditions are sufficient to prevent detenu from continuing to indulge i.....

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Ker. HC: Children's Courts Were Specified for Purpose of Speedy Trial Only(18.11.2024)

Ker HC has observed that for speedy trial of offences against children, children's courts were specified and it cannot be said, as result of such an i.....

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SC Grants Bail to Teesta Setalvad in Case Related to Fabrication of Evidence in 2002 Riots Cases(20.07.2023)

Supreme Court has granted bail to activist Teesta Setalvad in the Gujarat police case over alleged fabrication of evidence in the 2002 riots cases and.....

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Gau HC Asks Assam Govt. to Inform about Implementation of SOP on Medical Facilities for Transgenders(09.01.2025)

Gauhati High Court has asked the Assam Government to provide information about implementation of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the Unio.....

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Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail to Accused on ‘Trial Basis’(04.03.2025)

Supreme Court while granting bail to accused in the Chhattisgarh Coal Levy Scam Case, has observed that the release of the petitioners on interim bail.....

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SC: Criteria to be Considered for Cancellation of Bail and Challenging Bail Order are Separate(31.07.2019)

Supreme Court has observed that grounds for consideration of an application seeking cancellation of bail and an application challenging the bail order.....

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CBIC Launches Online Filing of Application for Authorised Economic Operators(13.07.2021)

Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) has inaugurated the online filing of Authorised Economic Operators (AEO) T2 and T3 applications. The .....

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Allahabad HC Denies Bail to 34 Cops Accused of Killing 10 Sikhs in 'Fake' Encounter(26.05.2022)

Allahabad High Court has denied bail to 34 Cops who have been accused of killing 10 Sikh men in an alleged fake encounter in the year 1991 treating th.....

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Supreme Court: National Green Tribunal to Monitor Silicosis Prone Industries(09.08.2024)

SC has directed NGT to oversee impact of silicosis prone industries and factories across India and ensure that the CPCB comply with the directions of .....

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SEBI: 5 Year Ban Imposed on Industrialist Anil Ambani for Diversion of Funds(26.08.2024)

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a ban of five years on industrialist Anil Ambani from the securities market for the dive.....

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SC: Criminal Cases Having Civil Character Should be Quashed When Parties Resolved Disputes(04.10.2024)

SC has stated that criminal cases having overwhelmingly and predominantly civil character, particularly those arising out of commercial transactions o.....

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Maras HC: TN Law Regulating Online Games Won't Apply To Games of Skill Like Poker & Rummy(10.11.2023)

Madras HC while upholding the validity of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act 2022 has observed that the .....

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SC: Bail Should Not be Refused Mechanically Nor Granted Based on Irrelevant Considerations(12.01.2026)

Supreme Court overturned the Allahabad High Court’s bail order for a man accused of raping and sexually assaulting a minor under the Protection of Chi.....

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Supreme Court: Illegal Change of Land Use under Punjab Act Cannot be Legalised Later(17.02.2026)

SC observed that a ‘Change of Land Use’ permission granted under the Punjab Regional Town Planning and Development Act without legal authority on the .....

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World gets the redefined units of measurement of kilogram, Kelvin, mole and ampere(20.05.2019)

After decades of ground-breaking laboratory works, the world's scientific and technical community, in a landmark and historic decision taken in the re.....

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SC: Family Members on Parental Side of Hindu Widow Not ‘Strangers’ Under Hindu Succession Act(25.02.2021)

Supreme Court has said that family members on the parental side of a Hindu widow cannot be held to be ‘strangers’ and her property can devolve upon th.....

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Delhi Court Frames Murder Charges Against Wrestler Sushil Kumar(13.10.2022)

Delhi Court has framed murder charges against wrestler Sushil Kumar and 17 other accused for the murder of 27-year-old former junior national wrestlin.....

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Madras HC: Arbitrator Can’t Pierce Corporate Veil to Bind Non-Signatory and Partly Sets Aside Award(28.11.2025)

Madras High Court partially set aside an arbitral award, ruling that an arbitrator cannot pierce the corporate veil or treat a non-signatory as an alt.....

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Delhi HC Quashes Delisting Order Issued by Railways Without Show Cause Notice(10.12.2021)

Delhi High Court has quashed a delisting order issued to an entity by the Railways without any show cause notice and reasonable opportunity to defend .....

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P&H HC: Default Bail Can Be Granted by Magistrate/Sessions Court Even If Bail Plea Pending Before HC(14.08.2025)

Punjab & Haryana HC has ruled that Magistrates/Sessions Courts can grant default bail under Sec 167(2) of Criminal Procedure Code, even if, regular ba.....

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SC: Consumer Complaint by Allottee Against Builder Not Barred by RERA Act(03.11.2020)

Supreme Court has held that a complaint before Consumer Fora by allottees against builders is not barred by the Real Estate (Regulation and Developmen.....

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Madras HC Raises Concern Over Rise in Sexual Exploitation of Children(26.08.2022)

Madras High Court while upholding life imprisonment of man convicted for sexually abusing five children, has held that rising trend of sexual exploita.....

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Allahabad High Court: Police are Carving Out a Larger than Life Image for Themselves(10.06.2025)

All. High Court has observed that police are carving out a larger than life image for themselves shielding themselves from receiving and attending to .....

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Supreme Court Quashes Bail Condition Forcing Conjugal Life With Wife(04.08.2025)

Supreme Court struck down a bail condition requiring a husband to resume conjugal relations and to maintain his wife with dignity, calling it a violat.....

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Gujarat HC Seeks Explanation from Vigilance Cell(12.02.2016)

Gujarat High Court has sought explanation from its Vigilance Cell for not seeking remand of two Judges after their arrest last year on charges of corr.....

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NCLT Orders Liquidation of Nagarjuna Oil Corporation(13.12.2018)

National Company Law Tribunal, after multiple failed bids, has ordered liquidation of Nagarjuna Oil Corporation (NOCL), which is an associate firm of .....

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ITAT, Ahmedabad: Transaction Not Colorable Because Assessee Claimed Depreciation on Goodwill(19.11.2020)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Ahmedabad has held that the transaction cannot be regarded as a colorable device merely on the basis that assess.....

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SC Refuses Interim Bail to Shabir Ahmed Shah; Issues Notice on His Bail Petition(05.09.2025)

Supreme Court issued notice on Kashmiri Separatist Shabir Ahmed Shah’s bail plea in a terror funding case but denied interim bail, despite his lawyer .....

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Supreme Court: DDA Must Adopt a Litigation Policy To Screen Cases and Avoid Unnecessary Filings(22.01.2026)

Supreme Court imposed a cost of Rs. 10,000 on the Delhi Development Authority, noting its consistent delay in challenging orders, and emphasized that .....

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Delhi HC: Sexual Harassment of a Child is a Cognizable And Non-Bailable Offence(28.11.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that sexual harassment of a child, which is punishable under Section 12 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCS.....

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Commissioner is empowered to entertain even a new ground not urged before lower authorities while exercising revisional powers(03.07.2017)

Petitioner, Rites Limited, has filed present petition challenging order passed by Respondent. By order dated 10th December 2010, CIT(A) dismissed appe.....

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Delhi HC Asks Government to List Steps Taken to Help Seriously Ill(28.05.2020)

Delhi High Court has asked the Centre and the Aam Aadmi Party Government to inform about the steps taken by them to treat seriously-ill corona patient.....

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Karnataka HC Directs on Road Map for Imparting Education to Children if Schools Cannot Open(01.06.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the government to prepare a road map for imparting education to children in the event if physical opening of school .....

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Delhi HC: Claims Raised Before Arbitral Tribunal Cannot be Rejected if Not Mentioned in Notice(13.04.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that it is not necessary that a notice issued under Section 21 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 should quantify.....

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Del. HC: Authorities to Ensure Publicity of Child Helpline No. Dealing With Child Begging(10.07.2024)

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government and Delhi Police to ensure publicity to child helpline number 1098 which deals with the issues of c.....

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SC Cancels POCSO Conviction, Observing Crime Resulted from Love, Not Lust, After Marriage(31.10.2025)

Supreme Court, invoking its powers under Article 142, quashed a man’s conviction under Section 366 IPC and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences.....

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SC to Centre and BCI: Review Rules to Ensure Lawyers Are Fit to Conduct Full Trial(14.09.2015)

SC has asked Centre and Bar Council of India (BCI) to revisit Advocates Act and pertinent rules to make certain that lawyers who start arguing a case .....

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Allahabad High Court Says 'No' to Writ u/a 226 to Regularise Illegal Appointment(29.05.2017)

Allahabad High Court has noted that a writ petition under Article 226 of Constitution to regularise an illegal appointment will not stand the test of .....

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SC Issues Notice in Amazon Plea Challeging Delhi HC Stay on Future-Reliance Retail Stake Sale(22.02.2021)

Supreme Court has issued notice in the plea by Amazon challenging Delhi High Court's stay on the implementation of its own order passed by the Single .....

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Delhi HC: Mere Engagement Does Not Permit a Person to Sexually Assault His Fiancé(06.10.2022)

Delhi High Court while denying bail to a man accused of raping his fiancé multiple times on the pretext of their planned marriage, has held that mere .....

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Bom HC: SEBI Settlement Doesn’t Protect Accused from Criminal Liability in Serious Economic Offences(17.11.2025)

Bombay High Court held that settling SEBI adjudication proceedings does not absolve an accused from criminal liability in serious economic offences. P.....

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Mad. HC: Continuing Trial Without Identifying Accused Causes Embarrassment & Vilification of Victim(01.02.2024)

Madras High Court while quashing a sexual harassment case has held that since the accused person had not been identified for 3 years, continuing the p.....

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Bombay High Court: State Cannot Withhold Aid to Child Homes While Supporting Ladki Bahin Yojana(08.05.2026)

Bombay High Court observed that the Maharashtra government cannot deny financial aid to institutions caring for vulnerable children while funding welf.....

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Delhi HC Directs Status Quo to be Maintained on Reliance-FRL Stake Sale Deal on Amazon's Plea(03.02.2021)

Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to Amazon directing all authorities and parties to maintain status quo on the Reliance-Future Retail Ltd s.....

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Karnataka HC to State: Explore More Ways to Advertise Child Helpline for Better Awareness(04.11.2022)

Karnataka High Court has suggested state government to explore more ways to advertise the child helpline for a better and effective awareness.

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SC: Non-Discovery of Incriminating Material Not Equal to Non-Cooperation(26.08.2025)

Supreme Court while granting anticipatory bail to an accused, has stated that merely because nothing incriminating could be discovered would not mean .....

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Kerala HC: Income of Parent Who Abandoned Family Shouldn’t Count For EWS Reservation Eligibility(15.09.2025)

Kerala HC ruled that if a parent abandons the family, their income need not be considered for the child’s EWS certificate. The judgment came while hea.....

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Patna HC Denies Anticipatory Bail to Former VC of Magadh University, Dismisses Plea to Quash FIR(27.05.2022)

Patna High Court has dismissed the plea to quash the FIR registered against former Vice Chancellor (VC) of Magadh University Dr. Rajendra Prasad. The .....

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SC: Notice Issued in Petition Challenging Ker. HC Order Related to Downloading of Child Pornography(13.08.2024)

Supreme Court has issued notice in a petition challenging Kerala High Court’s order in which it was held that a person merely downloading child pornog.....

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Bombay HC Slams State for Not Registering Illegal Hoardings Complaints(17.10.2016)

Bombay HC has rapped State for refusing to register complaints against illegal hoardings in Mumbai.

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NGT Restricts Height of Kasauli Buildings(10.10.2018)

National Green Tribunal has restricted the height of buildings to two storeys plus an attic to regulate construction in the Kasauli Planning Area

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Delhi High Court Grants Bail to RJD MP Amrendra Dhari Singh in Money Laundering Case(06.08.2021)

Delhi High Court has granted bail to RJD Rajya Sabha MP Amrendra Dhari Singh in connection with a money laundering case related to the alleged fertili.....

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Allahabad HC: Can't Allow Bail on Parity When Co-Accused Was Granted Bail Without Assigning Reasons(30.06.2022)

Allahabad High Court has held that if bail is granted to similarly place co-accused persons without assigning any reasons, then, on the basis of such .....

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SC: Bail Not to Be Denied on Ground That Trial Is Expedited(03.09.2024)

SC while issuing notice in a Special Leave Petition filed by a dacoity-accused challenging the decision of Calcutta High Court rejecting his bail plea.....

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Supreme Court Sets Aside Bar by NGT on Auroville Township Project(18.03.2025)

Supreme Court while setting aside National Green Tribunal’s order barring Auroville Foundation from developmental activities in their township, has st.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014(16.12.2016)

Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014, which aims at securing and enhancing rights and entitlements of disabled persons has been passed by Lo.....

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Telangana High Court Seeks Explanation from State, ‘Why Demolish Newer Secretariat Buildings?(15.10.2019)

Telangana High Court has directed the State Government to explain as to why it wanted to demolish the existing secretariat buildings, including those .....

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Allahabad HC Calls for Reply on Plea Seeking Availability of Public Documents in 'Braille'(09.09.2021)

Allahabad High Court has called for the reply of the State Government and the High Court administration and have been granted 3 weeks' time to filed t.....

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Kerala HC Grants Bail to Journalist Nandakumar Accused of Verbally Abusing Woman Colleague(21.07.2022)

Kerala High Court has granted bail to journalist T.P Nandakumar who was arrested last month on charges of verbally abusing a former woman employee and.....

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SC: Lawyer Covered Within Doctrine of Absolute Privilege While Responding During Proceedings(15.10.2024)

Supreme Court while dismissing a defamation suit against a lawyer, has observed that the lawyer was well within his right and within the framework of .....

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Del HC Grants Bail to Tahir Hussain in Cases Related to North-Delhi Riots(12.07.2023)

Delhi High Court has granted bail to Tahir Hussain in five different cases registered against him in connection with 2020 North-East Delhi riots.

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SC: Litigant Owes a Duty to be Vigilant about Pending Judicial Proceedings(25.11.2024)

SC has observed that even if it is assumed that a lawyer was careless or negligent, this, by itself, cannot be a ground to condone long & inordinate d.....

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Delhi High Court Seeks Response of CBI, ED in Christian Michel's Fresh Bail Pleas(20.07.2021)

Delhi High Court has sought response of the CBI and Enforcement Directorate in the fresh bail pleas filed by Christian Michel, accused in connection w.....

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Kar. HC: No Bar on Adoption of Privately Owned Elephants Under Wildlife Protection Act(14.06.2022)

Karnataka High Court has held that Section 40 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 permits private ownership of live elephants and there is no bar .....

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Gau. HC Cancels Bail Granted to Hostel Warden Accused to have Sexually Assaulted 21 Children(24.07.2023)

Gauhati High Court while stressing the need to sensitize judges handling POCSO Cases, has Suo moto cancelled bail granted by the trial court to a Host.....

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Bom. HC: Party Can Waive Ineligibility of Arbitrator by an Express Agreement in Writing(14.11.2024)

Bombay HC has observed that a party can waive ineligibility of an arbitrator by an express agreement in writing under Section 12(5) of Arbitration and.....

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Parliament Passes Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021(28.07.2021)

Parliament has passed the Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021, citing "enormous technological development" in the field of marine navigation and the .....

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SC to BCI: Give Details of Action Taken Against Bar Associations for Court Boycotts(18.07.2023)

Supreme Court has directed the Bar Council of India to furnish details within two weeks of the instances where any Bar Association has called for a st.....

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Ker. HC: 'Mridanga Vision' Proprietor to Surrender in Case Related to Accident of Thrikkakara MLA(02.01.2025)

Kerala High Court while disposing of an anticipatory bail plea in the matter related to accident caused to Thrikkakara MLA Uma Thomas, has directed th.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020(16.09.2020)

Lok Sabha has passed the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020 by voice vote. The Bill seeks to amend the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and a.....

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Scope of judicial review is limited to the deficiency in decision making process and not the decision(20.06.2022)

The sum and substance of the grievances of the Petitioners is that, their names have not been included in the final selection list by the Selection Co.....

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Guj. HC Issues Notice on Plea Seeing Implementation of 4% Reservation in Promotions for PwDs(22.01.2025)

Gujarat High Court has issued notice to the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and the Department of the Empowerment of Persons with Dis.....

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Utt. HC: PIL Filed Against Recently Implemented 'Uniform Civil Code Uttarakhand 2024'(12.02.2025)

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed challenging the recently implemented 'Uniform Civil Code Uttarakhand 2024' in the Uttarakhand High Court o.....

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Anti-Terror Bill in Gujarat Gets President’s Assent(06.11.2019)

President has approved the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Bill passed the State Assembly in the year 2015. The Bill is aimed at figh.....

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Central Board Direct Taxes Issues E-Filing ITR 6 Schema Changes for AY 2021-22(23.09.2021)

Central Board Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued e-Filing ITR 6 Schema Changes for Assessment Year 2021-22. The purpose of this document is to track the c.....

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Uttarakhand HC to State: Formulate the Tourism Development Plan(11.09.2023)

Uttarakhand High Court while observing that the policy of the State, in practice, appears to be only to commercialise the hills, without any emphasis .....

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Delhi HC: Dispute between Author, Manikarnika Films and Netflix Referred to Mediation(08.05.2025)

Delhi High Court has referred the dispute between author of the book ‘The Emergency’, Manikarnika Films and Netflix to mediation over alleged breach o.....

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Chhattisgarh HC Refuses Bail to Aide of Former Congress Treasurer in ?540 Crore Coal Levy Case(31.03.2026)

The court said that “Considering the FIR and other material placed on record which prima facie shows involvement of the applicant in the crime in ques.....

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SC: Mere Participation in Arbitration Doesn’t Bar Challenging Arbitrator; Waiver Must be in Writing(06.01.2026)

Supreme Court ruled that participation in arbitration does not waive the right to challenge an arbitrator’s eligibility, clarifying that any waiver mu.....

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Gauhati HC: POCSO Probes Must be Child-Friendly, With Sensitized Investigators to Ensure Clear Truth(09.02.2026)

Gauhati High Court emphasized that POCSO investigations must be child-friendly and sensitive, with counselling, support persons, and clear statements,.....

Tags : Probes, Investigators, Child-Friendly



Consider Loss of Internal Organs as Disability: Madras HC(16.04.2019)

Madras High Court has ruled that loss of internal organs is a permanent disability and directed the government to amend the relevant rules accordingly.....

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Delhi HC Directs Police for Report on Alleged Illegal Detaining of Man in Matrimonial Dispute Matter(05.04.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice on a petition alleging illegal detaining and beating of a man involved in a matrimonial dispute by the Delhi Police.....

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SC Passes Guidelines to Ensure Access to CLAT for Candidates With Disabilities(18.03.2023)

Supreme Court has passed guidelines to ensure better accessibility for candidates with disability to appear in CLAT examination.

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Bombay HC Issues Contempt Notice to RBI Regional Director(27.07.2016)

Bombay HC has issued contempt notice to Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Regional Director in a contempt plea filed by Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Karmachari.....

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Supreme Court Intervenes As Only 9 Of 14,000 Make It To Civil Judge Interview(06.05.2019)

Supreme Court appointed its former judge Justice A K Sikri to assess the evaluation of the main written exam with only nine candidates making it to th.....

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Bombay HC Grants Pre-Arrest Bail to Man Who Accused Tablighi Jamaat Members(30.04.2020)

Bombay High Court has granted ad-interim relief to Abuzar Abdul Kalam, a 42-year-old man who accused members of the Tablighi Jamaat of assaulting him .....

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ITAT, Chandigarh: Tax Authorities Cannot Evade Responsibility to Collect Correct Taxes(10.05.2021)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Chandigarh has held that the Tax authorities cannot evade responsibility to ensure only correct and due taxes ar.....

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Supreme Court Directs Preventive Detention to Curb Illegal Mining in Chambal Sanctuary(20.04.2026)

In a suo motu case on illegal sand mining in the National Chambal Sanctuary, the Supreme Court issued strict directions to MP, Rajasthan and UP to act.....

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Gujarat HC: Giving Probe Papers to Complainant Before Chargesheet is filed Is 'Prima Facie Dangerous'(11.08.2025)

Gujarat HC, while directing SP to take action against IO, who gave investigation papers to complainant, has held that sharing investigation papers wit.....

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Calcutta HC Rejects PIL Requesting CBI Investigation in 15-Year Caste Certificate Fraud Allegations(03.09.2025)

Calcutta High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking cancellation of caste certificates and a CBI probe into alleged irregular grant of caste certificates .....

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Orissa High Court Grants Bail in OTET Leak Case, Ruling Allegations Alone Can’t Punish(09.03.2026)

Orissa High Court granted bail to eight individuals, including the Vice-President of the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha, arrested for their alle.....

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SC: Injured Passenger is Entitled to Claim by Railway Admin. Irrespective of Not Being at Fault(19.05.2023)

Supreme Court has held that when in course of working of railway, an untoward incident occurs then whether or not there has been any wrongful act, neg.....

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Family Court: No 'Toilet' at Home Amounts to Cruelty(21.08.2017)

A Family Court in Rajasthan’s Bhilawara District has granted a woman’s plea for divorce, ruling that absence of a toilet at home amounts to cruelty.

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Lok Sabha Passes Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019(02.08.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill, which has already been passed in Rajya Sabha, d.....

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Cabinet Notifies Continuation of CSS for Development of Infrastructure Facilities(15.07.2021)

Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary for ano.....

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Allahabad HC Rejects Bail Plea of High Court Advocate Accused of Sexually Assaulting Law Student(27.05.2022)

Allahabad High Court rejected bail application of High Court advocate who has been accused of sexually and physically assaulting a 20 year old law stu.....

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SC: Del. HC Direction that OPS is Applicable to Paramilitary Forces/CAPF Personnel, Stayed(13.08.2024)

Supreme Court has stayed an order passed by Delhi High Court directing that the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), in accordance with Central Civil Services (P.....

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Bom HC to State: Submit Report on Appointment and Performance of Child Marriage Prohibition Officers(13.07.2023)

Bombay High Court while hearing a PIL seeking effective implementation of Prohibition of Child Marriages Act, 2006, has directed State Government to s.....

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Delhi HC Directs to Issue Directions for Starting Treatment of Children Suffering from Rare Diseases(03.02.2022)

Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to issue communications to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Centres for Excellence est.....

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Delhi HC: Failed Relationship Cannot Be Criminalized as Rape(18.02.2026)

Delhi HC held consent cannot be retrospectively withdrawn after a consensual relationship ends. It ruled criminal law cannot punish failed relationshi.....

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Bom HC Cancels Bail of Accused Supplying Fake Medicines, Says it Weakens Public Trust in Healthcare(27.03.2026)

Bombay High Court held that supplying fake medicines to government hospitals poses a grave threat to public health and undermines trust in healthcare,.....

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SC: Merely Leasing an Apartment Does Not Bar a Flat Buyer’s Consumer Complaint Against the Builder(05.02.2026)

Supreme Court observed that merely leasing or renting a residential flat does not exclude the owner from the definition of “consumer” under the Consum.....

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Guidelines for Utilization of Steel Slag in Road Construction released(01.07.2024)

Member (Science) Niti Aayog, Dr. V.K. Saraswat in the First International Conference on Steel Slag Road jointly organized by CSIR-CRRI and PHDCCI at N.....

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Illegal Banquet Halls: NGT Directs Forfeiture of Performance Guarantee Submitted by Delhi Govt(12.07.2019)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed forfeiture of performance guarantee of Rs 5 crore deposited by the Delhi Government, expressing dissatisfac.....

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CBIC: 5% GST Applicable on Composite Supply of Service of Milling Wheat Into Flour(18.06.2021)

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has clarified that 5% Goods and Services Tax is applicable on the composite supply of service by wa.....

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Bombay HC: Agreement on Name of Arbitrator Would Not Amount to Waiver of Notice(02.05.2022)

Bombay High Court has observed that simply because the Arbitration agreement provides for the name of the arbitrator, the same would not amount to a w.....

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Kerala High Court: Denial of Ordinary Leave Reduces Convict’s Chances of Rehabilitation(26.07.2024)

Kerala High Court has observed that denying ordinary leave to convicts for long years can have detrimental effect on the prisoner's reformation and re.....

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Supreme Court Refuses to Intervene in Gorakhpur Child Deaths Tragedy(14.08.2017)

Supreme Court has refused to take sou motu cognizance of death of over 60 children at a state-run hospital in Gorakhpur, saying that the matter was be.....

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Delhi HC: Circumstances Arising Out Of Marital Relationship Includes Parents-In-Law(14.07.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that the words "circumstances arising out of marital relationship" used in reference to filing of suit for injunction under .....

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Bom. HC: Natural Guardian Can Exercise Powers of 'Manager' of Joint Family Properties(28.02.2025)

Bombay High Court has held that natural guardian under Hindu Minority & Guardianship Act, 1956 can exercise powers for dealing with rights of the mino.....

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Mumbai Court Issues Process Against Anil Deshmukh For Non-Compliane Of ED Summons In PMLA Case(04.10.2021)

A local court in Mumbai has issued a process against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on an application filed by the Enforcement Directo.....

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Chennai Court Rejects Minister Senthil Balaji’s Bail Plea in PMLA Case(21.09.2023)

Chennai Court has dismissed the bail plea of Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji in PMLA case and observed that allegations against Balaji are categori.....

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SC: BCI to Hold Meeting on Resolving Issues About 1-Year Teaching Requirement to Accept 1-Yr LL.M(12.02.2025)

Supreme Court has suggested the Bar Council of India (BCI) to hold a stakeholder meeting to resolve issues like requirement of 1 year teaching experie.....

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SC Reduces Jail Sentence Awarded to Man Accused of Killing a Person for Stealing Pigeon(22.09.2021)

Supreme Court reduced jail sentence awarded to an accused who allegedly killed a person for 'stealing' his pigeon. The Court has said that the killing.....

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Bombay HC: Builders Who Dupes Residents Are Threat to Economy(27.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has observed that builders like Sachin Kelkar, accused of cheating residents in Vile Parle and even banks by selling off a security .....

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Delhi High Court: Court cannot Quash Disability Certificate Issued by Medical Authority(08.11.2019)

Delhi High Court has ruled that when a disability certificate is issued by a competent medical authority the plea demanding the quashing of such certi.....

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ITAT, Bangalore: Independent Building with More Than One Residential Unit Eligible for Capital Gain(27.09.2021)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Bangalore has held that an independent building with more than one residential unit within it shall be eligible .....

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Delhi High Court Judges Express Concern Over Draft Arbitration & Conciliation (Amendment) Bill 2024(15.04.2025)

Delhi High Court judges have expressed their concerns over the Draft Arbitration & Conciliation (Amendment) Bill 2024 expanding the scope of ‘patent i.....

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SC: Where Serviceman Discharged from duty by Authority Onus of Proving Disability Lies on Authority(09.05.2025)

SC has observed that in a situation, where the serviceman himself had not applied for discharge from service due to disability, but has been discharge.....

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SC to Centre: Grant Disability Pension to Kargil War Veteran Discharged Due to Alcohol Dependency(02.08.2022)

Supreme Court has suggested Union Government to not interfere with disability pension payable to a soldier who was discharged from service on discipli.....

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All. HC: Two Public Employers May Have Different Views Regarding Suitability of Candidate(26.11.2024)

Allahabad High Court has held that two different public employers may have different views regarding the suitability of a candidate for appointment an.....

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Kerala HC Seeks IO Report in Rape Case Filed by Olympian Mayookha Johny's Friend(20.07.2021)

Kerala High Court has sought the investigating officer's report in the matter where Olympian athlete Mayookha Johny's friend was allegedly raped and b.....

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Kerala HC: No Hyper Technical Approach Needed When Accused Produces Evidence of Juvenility(14.06.2022)

Kerala High Court has held that courts shall not employ a hyper technical approach when the accused produces sufficient evidence in support of his arg.....

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Delhi HC: Can’t Make Organizer of Public Meeting Liable for Hate Speech by a Participant(24.07.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that conduct of one person in a public meeting cannot be tied to another person present therein holding him vicarious.....

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SC: Plea of Juvenility Not Properly Considered by Courts Can’t be Treated as Final(10.01.2025)

Supreme Court has held that when Courts fail to properly consider plea of juvenility it cannot be considered as final and parties can raise fresh plea.....

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Supreme Court Transfers PIL of 1985 on Cleaning of River Ganga to NGT(25.01.2017)

Supreme Court has transferred a PIL on cleaning of river Ganga, pending for over a decade, to National Green Tribunal (NGT) which is hearing the matte.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Code on Wages Bill, 2019(05.08.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Code on Wages Bill, 2019, which allows the Centre to set a minimum statutory wage, a move expected to benefit 500 million w.....

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Gauhati HC Admits NIA's Appeal Against Discharge of Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi in Chandmari Case(16.07.2021)

Gauhati High Court has admitted National Investigating Agency's appeal against the order of the Special NIA Court discharging him of all the charges i.....

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Meghalaya HC: Act of Holding Hands Of Child Can’t be Considered As Sexual Assault Under POCSO Act(30.05.2022)

Meghalaya High Court has ruled that the act of holding the hands of a child and saying that her hands are beautiful cannot be considered an act of sex.....

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To Review Effectiveness of Maharashtra Slum Areas Act, Bombay HC Constitutes Special Bench(14.08.2024)

Bombay High Court has issued a notification for constitution of a special bench for hearing the PIL filed for comprehensive audit of the Maharashtra S.....

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Supreme Court: No Attempt to Enact Uniform Civil Code Despite Repeated Court Appeals(16.09.2019)

Supreme Court has indicated dismay over the failure of successive governments to enact a Uniform Civil Code despite repeated appeals from the Court. T.....

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Supreme Court Explains When Does Plaintiff’s Right to Sue Accrues in Civil Cases(10.01.2025)

Supreme Court has explained that in a civil case, right to sue arises when there is a cause of action that justifies legal action and there has been a.....

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Punjab and Haryana HC Directs Haryana DGP to Initiate SIT Probe over Honour Killing of Banur Youth(15.12.2016)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) to get alleged honour killing of Banur youth case investigated by.....

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Supreme Court: Child has Right to Affection of Both Parents(09.10.2019)

Supreme Court has observed while considering a special leave petition filed by a father that a child has a right to the affection of both his parents......

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Allahabad HC Quashes Govt Order Cancelling Retailer's License for Selling Beef, Hurting Sentiments(07.09.2021)

Allahabad High Court has quashed an order of a Food Safety Officer who cancelled the retailer license of a man, named Ikrar Husain, obtained under the.....

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Kar. HC: Courts Must Accept Duly Sworn Affidavits Regarding Residential Proof of Child/Wife(20.07.2022)

Karnataka High Court has held that family courts shall accept the affidavit by wife and children indicating their place of residence away from matrimo.....

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SC: Can’t Claim Salary Once Appointment is Declared Illegal & Void Ab Initio(24.08.2023)

Supreme Court has held that once the appointment of employee has been declared illegal and void ab initio, continuing in service and salary claims bec.....

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Del. HC: Judicial Review of Govt Contracts Permitted If Illegality in Decision Making Process Exists(06.09.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that scope of judicial review in matters of government contracts is limited and can only be exercised if there is patent unr.....

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Accused must apply for anticipatory bail in the State where the FIR has been lodged.(20.11.2023)

The facts giving rise to the present appeal is that the complainant was who is a victim of harassment, torture, assault and demand of dowry and was th.....

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Delhi HC: Age Document under JJ Act Not Final If Its Authenticity is Questionable(09.10.2025)

Delhi High Court held that a document given higher preference for determining a victim’s age under the Juvenile Justice Act cannot be treated as “gosp.....

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Supreme Court: Hostile Witness Testimony Can't Be Discarded; Consistent Parts Remain Valid(09.12.2025)

Supreme Court held that a witness’s testimony cannot be rejected merely because the witness is declared hostile. The Court clarified that any part of .....

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Allahabad HC: MPs, Judges and Ministers May Use ‘Hon’ble’; Civil Servants are Not Entitled to it(05.05.2026)

Allahabad High Court held that constitutional functionaries exercising sovereign powers must be addressed as “Hon’ble” in all official communications,.....

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SC Orders Status Quo on Mhadei Tiger Reserve, Seeks CEC Report on Goa’s Proposed Project(10.09.2025)

Supreme Court directed the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to examine the proposal to notify Goa's Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary and surrounding areas a.....

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Madras High Court Grants Conditional Bail for Suspects in Techie Subhasri’s Death(12.11.2019)

Madras High Court has granted conditional bail to former AIADMK Councillor C Jayagopal and his relative, the suspects in the 23-year old techie Subhas.....

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Madras High Court Seeks Response from Central Authorities Over Mental Health Facilities(03.12.2020)

Madras High Court has called upon the Central health authorities to answer the specific queries raised by the Court on the issue of "inadequate treatm.....

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GST applicability on liquidated damages, compensation and penalty arising out of breach of contract or other provisions of law(03.08.2022)

1. In certain cases/instances, questions have been raised regarding taxability of an activity or transaction as the supply of service of agreeing to t.....

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P&H HC Takes Stern Stand on Centre’s Failure to Grant Disability Pension to Armed Forces Officer(27.01.2025)

P&H HC has taken a stern stand on Centre’s failure to grant disability pension to armed forces officer and has stated that entire celebrations of Inde.....

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Kar. HC: Union to Inform about Further Steps Taken to Stop Illegal Use of ‘Proton Mail’(14.02.2025)

Karnataka High Court has directed the Union Government to inform whether any further steps have been taken to stop 'illegal use' of banned proton mail.....

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Post held as a member of Waqf Board not co-terminus to post as member of Bar Council of State(22.12.2016)

By present writ petition, Petitioner, a member of Waqf Board seeks direction to quash and set aside impugned Notification issued by Respondent No.1 on.....

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Allahabad HC Calls on IO to Explain How Charge-Sheet u/s 34 and 120-B IPC Were Filed(05.11.2020)

Allahabad High Court has called upon the investigating officer and the circle officer attached with Police Station Akhand Nagar, District Sultanpur to.....

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Delhi HC: Can Arrest Accused after Curing Procedural Defects of Prior 'Illegal Arrest'(16.07.2025)

Delhi High Court has observed that once procedural defects of a prior illegal arrest are cured, there is no statutory or judicial bar on re-arrest of .....

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Madras HC Upholds Decision to Not Issue Eligibility Certificate to OCI Medical Student to Practice(26.10.2021)

Madras High Court has refused to interfere with a decision taken by the National Medical Commission (NMC) to not allow a student who had pursued medic.....

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Karnataka HC Directs Haveri Deputy Commissioner to Act Against Alleged Illegal Slaughter Houses(16.09.2022)

Karnataka High Court has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Haveri district to expeditiously take action on the representation made to it about alleg.....

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Supreme Court: No Additional Post-Award Interest if Award Fixes Interest Rate until Payment(25.09.2025)

Supreme Court held that if an arbitral award sets a composite interest rate covering the entire period from cause of action to payment, the award hold.....

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NCLAT: Director’s Resignation Doesn’t Release Personal Guarantor from Continuing Guarantee Liability(03.11.2025)

NCLAT, New Delhi, held that resignation from directorship does not relieve a personal guarantor from liability under a continuing guarantee, which rem.....

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Bombay High Court Agrees to Separate PIL on Mobile Tower Radiation(15.09.2015)

Bombay High Court has agreed to separate PIL filed by Juhi Chawla Mehta and others from two other suits filed against mobile tower radiation.

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SC: Litigants Liable for Contempt on Violating Undertaking Given by their Advocate(08.09.2023)

Supreme Court has held that willful breach or disobedience of an assurance in the form of an undertaking given by a counsel/advocate on behalf of his .....

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Allahabad HC: No Bar on Accused to Seek Bail if Petition Seeking Quashing of FIR is Dismissed(06.05.2025)

Allahabad High Court has observed that if an accused’s petition seeking quashing of the FIR is dismissed it will not create a bar on the filing of an .....

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BCI Issues Advisory Cautioning About Unauthorised LL.M Programmes(01.07.2025)

Bar Council of India (BCI) has issued a public advisory warning people about unauthorized LL.M programmes offered by certain universities through vari.....

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Delhi HC: National Commission for Scheduled Castes Not Equivalent to Civil Court(01.08.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that merely because the Commission has the powers of a Civil Court for the purpose of carrying out investigations or enquiri.....

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J&K HC: Can’t Invoke Principle of ‘No Work, No Pay’ When Termination is Illegal(15.07.2025)

J&K High Court has observed that the principle of ‘no work, no pay’ cannot be invoked in a case where the person has been forced to sit ideal because .....

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SC Dismisses PCI Appeals Challenging HC Judgments Which Set Aside 5-Year Ban on New Pharmacy Colleges(15.09.2022)

Supreme Court has dismissed a batch of appeals filed by the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) against the judgments of certain High Courts which set asi.....

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SC Dismisses Plea Challenging Mandate for Advance Notice & Publication of Personal Details(30.08.2022)

Supreme Court has refused to entertain a petition challenging certain provisions of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (SMA) which mandate parties to marr.....

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SC: Once Plaint in Respect of Main Relief Stands Barred, Other Reliefs Claimed Also Fall Down(17.04.2025)

SC has observed that once the plaint or the suit in respect of the main relief stands barred by time, the other ancillary relief claimed therein also .....

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P&H HC Calls for Urgent Proposals on Prison Safety Measures(15.05.2025)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Government of Punjab to make efforts for installation of security equipment and to take measures to streng.....

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Supreme Court Issues Notice to Rajeev Kumar on CBI's Appeal Challenging his Anticipatory Bail(02.12.2019)

Supreme Court has sought response from Indian Police Service officer Rajeev Kumar on Central Bureau of Investigation’s appeal challenging the anticipa.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Complainant's Plea Challenging Anticipatory Bail of MP Prince Paswan(28.10.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice on the plea filed by complainant challenging the anticipatory bail granted to Lok Janshakti Party MP Prince Paswan .....

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Bombay HC: Tehsildar Can Correct Revenue Records During Pendency of Acquisition Proceedings(19.09.2022)

Bombay High Court has held that Tehsildar has the jurisdiction under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, to correct status of land in the revenue recor.....

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Supreme Court: BCI Has No Authority to Interfere with Legal Education(24.03.2025)

Supreme Court while dismissing Bar Council of India's challenge to a Kerala High Court order allowing murder convicts to attend law classes online, ha.....

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In a case of theft of a vehicle given for valet parking, hotel cannot claim exemption from liability on basis that they are protected by an ‘owner’s risk’ clause(14.11.2019)

In the facts of present case, on the night of 1st August, 1998, Respondent No. 2 herein (Complainant No. 2) visited the Appellant-hotel in his Maruti .....

Tags : Theft, Liability, Exemption



Calcutta HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance of Illegal Smuggling & Trading of Endangered Birds(07.12.2020)

Calcutta High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of the illegal smuggling and trading of endangered species of birds in the State.

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Delhi HC: Object of Default Bail Linked With Accused’s Right under Article 21(10.08.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that object of default bail is inherently linked to Article 21 of the Constitution of India, laying emphasis on safeguarding.....

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SC: High Court Must Muster Courage and Exercise its Discretion of Granting Bail Judiciously(28.01.2025)

SC while castigating Allahabad HC for refusing to grant bail, has stated that trial court declined bail as trial courts seldom muster the courage of g.....

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Madras HC Orders Anna University to Fill Up Teaching Posts by Regular Appointments(11.11.2020)

Madras High Court has rapped the Anna University for giving "scant regard" to the UGC and AICTE guidelines and functioning at the strength of temporar.....

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SC Directs NOIDA to Pay Compensation to Land Owner Who Was Dispossessed Illegally(09.08.2021)

Supreme Court has directed New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) to pay compensation to aggrieved land-owners who were dispossessed of th.....

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47th GST Council Meeting Update(30.06.2022)

GST Council proposes that comprehensive changes in FORM GSTR-3B to be placed in public domain. GST Council constitutes GoM in relation to constitutio.....

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Rights of Mutation: Del. HC Initiates Suo Motu PIL Over Lack of Policies for Mutation of Property(06.09.2024)

Delhi High Court while initiating a suo motu PIL on the issue of absence of any policy regarding mutation of village properties notified as urbanized,.....

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BCI Directs Pvt. Universities to Not Use Prefixes ‘Bharatiya’, ‘National’ for Conducting Competitions(17.10.2024)

BCI has issued a direction prohibiting private law universities from using names such as "India," "National," “Bharatiya” in competitions as it is mis.....

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P&H HC Dismisses Bail Application Filed on the Ground of Compromise(08.06.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court while dealing with a petition seeking regular bail has held the compromise cannot be taken as a ground for grant of bail.....

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Mad HC: Person Sending Message has to take Responsibility for Having Forwarded Message to Others(17.07.2023)

Madras High Court while refusing to quash criminal proceedings initiated against actor and BJP politician S.Ve Sheker for his derogatory remarks again.....

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Delhi HC: Admissions Can't be Delayed Due to RCI's Dispute with Aptitude Test Organisers(29.09.2025)

Delhi High Court refused to stall admissions of specially-abled candidates to diploma courses, despite a contractual dispute between the Rehabilitatio.....

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Madras HC: Only Senior Citizens Entitled to File Appeal Under Senior Citizen Act(24.02.2021)

Madras High Court has held that only senior citizens/ parents are entitled to file an appeal against an order passed by the Tribunal under the Mainten.....

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Delhi HC: A Will will Be a Will Only When it will Lay to Rest Wishes of Who is at Rest(13.10.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that it is the foremost duty of the Court to carefully give a purposeful meaning to the words and logical interpretation to .....

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Kerala HC: Arrest is Illegal if Accused isn’t Produced in 24 Hours and Rearrest From Prison is Barred(25.11.2025)

Kerala High Court, invoking its inherent powers under Section 528 BNSS, set aside a remand order and granted bail to an NDPS accused, holding that his.....

Tags : Arrest, Prison, Illegal



Bom HC: LARR Authority Can Examine Limitation Issues in Land Acquisition References under 2013 Act(29.04.2026)

Bom HC has held that the Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority under 2013 Act, functioning as a substitute for the reference cour.....

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Delhi HC: Court Cannot Permit Quashing of FIR Relates to Heinous Offences Against Children(01.02.2021)

Delhi High Court has held that the Court cannot permit quashing of First Information Report merely on the ground that the parties have entered into a .....

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SC: Wildlife Warden of Telangana to Take Immediate Steps to Protect Wildlife(17.04.2025)

SC while hearing a matter on large scale tree felling in Telangana, has directed Wildlife Warden of Telangana to examine and put into effect immediate.....

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Delhi HC: Summons Issued to Nashville Fried Chicken' in Trademark Infringement Suit by KFC(15.05.2025)

Delhi High Court has issued summons to “Nashville Fried Chicken” in a trademark infringement suit by fast-food restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken.....

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Delhi HC: Cross-Examination Can’t Encompass Questions Which Intend to Cause Humiliation to Witness(03.08.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that the cross-examination cannot encompass questions that are scandalous or intended to cause humiliation to the witness.

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SC: MSME Suppliers Can Pursue Time Barred Debts through Conciliation Proceedings but Not Arbitration(18.07.2025)

Supreme Court has held that MSME supplier's right to recover the principal amount and interest thereon subsists even after the expiry of the limitatio.....

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Supreme Court Permits Kerala Actor Dileep Limited Access to Video in Actress Assault Case(02.12.2019)

Supreme Court has partially allowed a plea by Malayalam actor Dileep and granted him access to a memory card of a mobile phone in the 2017 actress ass.....

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Allahabad High Court Grants Bail to Man Arrested for Allegedly Possessing 349 Kilogram of Ganja(27.10.2021)

Allahabad High Court has granted bail to a man booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) from whose possession .....

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SC: Facilitation Council Cannot Review Its Own Decisions(19.09.2022)

Supreme Court has held that Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act does not empower the Facilitation Council to review its own decisions.

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Bombay HC: Marriage, Childbirth Not Grounds to Quash POCSO FIR(29.09.2025)

Bombay HC held that if a minor girl falls in love, marries an adult man, and bears his child, it does not negate offences under the Protection Of Chil.....

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Supreme Court Directs Joint Monitoring Team to Submit Report on Alleged Contempt by Karnataka(24.02.2021)

Supreme Court has directed the Joint monitoring team to submit report on issues in contempt plea filed by State of Goa with alleging illegal diversion.....

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SC to Gali Janardhan Reddy: Remain Out of Bellary District During Mining Scam Case Trial(11.10.2022)

Supreme Court has refused to completely lift the bail condition imposed on former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy that he should not enter Bel.....

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Patna High Court: Mere Two-And-A-Half-Year Incarceration is Not Sufficient for Bail under UAPA(25.11.2025)

Patna High Court held that cases involving national security and public safety under UAPA are unlike ordinary criminal matters, and mere incarceration.....

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Bombay HC: Restricting Compensation For Wild Animal Damage to Select Species Violates Article 14(29.04.2026)

Bombay High Court has ruled that limiting compensation for crop and tree damage caused by wild animals to only certain specified species, while exclud.....

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SC Directs Demolition of Commercial Building Raised in Prohibited Zone(16.07.2025)

Supreme Court while refusing to quash criminal case against a Kerala based builder who raised a commercial building in a prohibited zone, has directed.....

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Bombay HC Denies Bail to Churchill Alemao in Berger Bribery Case(15.09.2015)

Bombay High Court at Goa has dismissed appeal filed by Ex-Goa PWD Minister Churchill Alemao challenging rejection of his bail application by lower cou.....

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Delhi HC Asks Ardee Builders' Account Statement of Deposits Received From Prospective Tenants(31.05.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed Ardee Builders to file an affidavit within a week, affirming that they have not created any third party rights over the .....

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SC Bars NCLT, Mumbai from Passing Final Orders on Future Plea for Calling Shareholders’ Meeting(23.02.2021)

Supreme Court has allowed the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai, to continue proceedings on Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail’s plea seeking.....

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Delhi Court Denies Bail to Saleem Malik in Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case(07.10.2022)

Delhi Court has denied bail to Saleem Malik alias Munna, an accused in case alleging larger conspiracy behind 2020 North East Delhi riots and held tha.....

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Delhi High Court: Unproven Immoral Conduct of a Parent Cannot Influence Child Custody Decisions(18.11.2025)

Delhi High Court held that child-custody decisions cannot hinge on unproven allegations about a parent’s moral conduct, emphasizing that the welfare o.....

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Kar. HC Dismisses Appeal Against 30% Cap on Trade Margin of 42 Anti-Cancer Drugs(28.03.2023)

Karnataka High Court has dismissed an appeal against single judge bench order which had upheld a 2019 order issued by Ministry of Chemicals and Fertil.....

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Kerala HC: Non-Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse is Bailable Offence Under POCSO Act(25.11.2022)

Kerala High Court while observing that if statute does not declare a particular offence as bailable or non-bailable, reference has to be made to sched.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Non-Reporting, Child Sexual Abuse



Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2015(02.12.2015)

The Union Cabinet has approved introduction of a Bill proposing to set up a Biotechnology Centre at Faridabad. It will enable the Centre to function a.....

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Notify Names of Family Court Judges: Delhi HC to State(15.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has ordered the state government to notify the names of family court judges recommended by it for manning nine family courts in the c.....

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SC Issues Notice on Plea Against Bihar State Pharmacy Registration Council(06.08.2020)

Supreme Court has issued notice to Bihar Government on a Petition filed against an order of the Patna High Court whereby the plea against fake registr.....

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Kerala High Court Denies Bail to Man Who Injures Two Policemen(01.07.2021)

Kerala High Court has denied bail to a man who brutally injured a couple of Police Officers who stopped him for not wearing a mask. The Court has obse.....

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Parliament Passes Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2019(31.07.2019)

Parliament has passed the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which seeks to tighten Corporate Social Responsibility norms and ensure stricter action for.....

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Orissa HC Seeks State's Response on Availability of RT-PCR Testing Facilities in Rural Areas(13.07.2021)

Orissa High Court has sought response from the State government in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking urgent directions to ensure the availabi.....

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J&K&L HC Grants Bail to Accused Charged Under UAPA(26.05.2022)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has granted bail to a man booked under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, merely because he was seen .....

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Supreme Court: Blacklisting Orders Must be Justifiable and Proportionate(09.08.2024)

SC has held that orders of blacklisting are a drastic remedy and they need to be justifiable and proportionate. It further observed that debarring a p.....

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Bom. HC: For Exemption Under Notification u/s 15(1) of Bombay Rent Act, Purchase of Goodwill is Must(10.10.2024)

Bombay High Court has observed that in order to obtain the benefit under notification issued by the State Government under Section 15(1) of the Bombay.....

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SC: Despite Evidence in Dowry Death Cases, Grant of Bail Shakes Public Confidence(04.03.2025)

Supreme Court while cancelling bail granted to family members in a dowry death case after noting that prima facie evidence regarding dowry demand was .....

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SC: Civil Court Has No Jurisdiction in Boundary Dispute Between Maharashtra Panchayat & Municipality(23.04.2026)

SC held that civil courts have no jurisdiction to decide disputes over determination of municipal limits, as such issues are governed by statute, uphe.....

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Madras HC Directs to Submit Report on Compensation Paid And Rehabilitation Measures Taken(09.12.2021)

Madras High Court has directed the state to submit a report detailing the quantum of compensation paid to the families of deceased manual scavengers s.....

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SC Upholds Conviction of Punjab Jail Official For Undertrial Escape Plot(12.08.2025)

The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Punjab jail official for conspiring to help an undertrial escape, citing breach of trust and misuse o.....

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SC Concerned over Illegal, Tree Felling in Himachal after Timber Logs Float in Flood Waters(04.09.2025)

SC has expressed concern over illegal tree felling in Himachal Pradesh after videos showed timber logs floating in floodwaters. A bench led by Chief J.....

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Bombay HC Stops FTIL from Distributing Dividend(01.10.2015)

Bombay HC has stopped Financial Technologies India Ltd (FTIL) from distributing dividend to its shareholders till time the court decides petition file.....

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Karnataka High Court Grants Bail to HIV-Positive Woman(13.06.2019)

Karnataka High Court while observing that an accused being HIV-positive is also a fact to be considered for enlarging them on bail has granted bail to.....

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SC Allows 2022 MP Civil Judge Recruitment Without 3-Year Practice Or 70% LL.B Marks Criteria(23.09.2025)

Supreme Court held that the 2022 Civil Judge (Junior Division) recruitment in Madhya Pradesh will proceed under the un-amended rules. It ruled that th.....

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Supreme Court: Bar Councils Cannot Charge Over Rs 750 for Enrollment or Withhold Applicants’ Docs(31.10.2025)

Supreme Court has given State Bar Councils a final chance to comply with its directions, warning they cannot charge enrollment fees above Rs 750 for g.....

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NGT Issue Notices to 14 Builders for Unauthorized Harnessing of Groundwater(14.09.2015)

NGT has issued notices to 14 builders in Delhi-NCR for extracting water flouting rules, after perusing inspection reports filed by local commissioners.....

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Supreme Court Says 'No' to Pleas Seeking Stay on Conviction of IPS Officer in 2002 Bilkis Case(31.05.2017)

Supreme Court has refused to stay conviction of an IPS officer in sensational 2002 Bilkis Bano case.

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SC Issues Notice in Amazon Plea Challeging Delhi HC Stay on Future-Reliance Retail Stake Sale(22.02.2021)

Supreme Court has issued notice in the plea by Amazon challenging Delhi High Court's stay on the implementation of its own order passed by the Single .....

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Ker. HC Cracks Whip on Buses With Illegal Alterations & YouTube Vloggers Promoting Such Vehicles(07.10.2022)

Kerala High Court while initiating suo moto proceedings on Vadakkancherry bus accident, has called for strong action against tourist buses fitted with.....

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#Union Budget 2022-2023: Launch of New Portal for Skilling; Expansion of One Class, One TV Channel(01.02.2022)

Finance Minister has said that a new portal will be launched for skilling. One Class, One TV channel, will be expanded from 12 to 200 TV Channels to h.....

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Uttarakhand Becomes The First State to Pass The Uniform Civil Code Bill(08.02.2024)

The Uttarakhand State Legislative Assembly on 07.02.2024 passed the Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand, 2024 Bill and with this Uttarakhand becomes the f.....

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Delhi HC: Mediation Settlement Does Not Remove Criminal Liability But Can be Considered For Bail(23.03.2026)

Delhi High Court granted anticipatory bail in a cheating case, noting that although a mediation settlement does not absolve criminal liability, it is .....

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Delhi HC: Consensual Romance With Minor Nearing 18 May be Considered For Bail in POCSO Case(04.02.2026)

Delhi High Court granted bail in a POCSO case, noting that while a minor’s consent holds no legal value, the romantic nature of the relationship and t.....

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Madras HC Rules in Favour of Original Jurisdiction of HC for Hearing Child Custody Cases(02.09.2022)

Madras High Court full bench has with a 3:2 majority ruled in favor of original jurisdiction of high court for hearing the child custody and guardians.....

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SC Advises Man to File Suit for Alleged Disability Due to Covishield Vaccine(22.04.2025)

Supreme Court has advised a petitioner to file a suit for damages rather than a writ petition for alleged disability developed due to administration o.....

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Delhi HC Seeks Status Report on Steps Taken for Rehabilitation of Children Affected by Beggary(24.08.2022)

Delhi High Court has sought a detailed status report containing zone wise steps taken in entire NCT region, from the Centre, State as well as Delhi Co.....

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Madras HC: Welfare Govt. Should Strive to Enforce Prohibition Rather than Establishing Liquor Shops(06.06.2025)

Madras High Court has stated that it is a constitutional philosophy and the Directive principles insist that a welfare Government should strive wholeh.....

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Kerala High Court Urges Excise Department and BEVCO to Provide Walk-in Facilities at Liquor Outlets(21.10.2021)

Kerala High Court has urged the Excise Department and BEVCO to start thinking about providing walk-in facilities at liquor outlets, instead of letting.....

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Guj. HC: Citizenship Exclusive Domain of Centre, Civil Court Can’t Decide on Matter of Renunciation(05.08.2022)

Gujarat High Court has held that civil courts have no jurisdiction to entertain and decide the question about citizenship of a person and that the sai.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Amazon's Plea Against FRL - Reliance Rs. 25000 Cr Stake Sale(01.02.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice on Amazon's plea seeking interim injunction against Future Retail Ltd (FRL) and Reliance Industries Ltd's deal wort.....

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Orissa HC Directs GSTN to Take Steps to Facilitate Filing of TRAN-1(10.12.2021)

Orissa High Court has directed the Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN) to either modify the Goods and Service Tax (GST) portal to facilitate filing o.....

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All HC: Don't Remand Accused to Custody If Chargesheet Filed Sans Arrest(14.08.2025)

The Allahabad High Court has directed UP trial courts not to remand accused to custody if chargesheet is filed without arrest. The Court observed that.....

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SC Urges Centre to Increase Financial and Insurance Support for Cadets Injured in Military Training(05.09.2025)

Supreme Court urged the centre to increase monetary and insurance benefits for cadets disabled during training, noting that the current ex gratia amou.....

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SC Directs on Student Representation Challenging School’s Failure to Adopt Evaluation Procedure(01.02.2022)

Supreme Court has directed the School Result Committee to decide the student's representation within 2 weeks, in a writ petition filed by Class XII pa.....

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Del. HC to Tihar Medical Superintendent: Ensure Efficient Medical Treatment of Former PFI Chairman(02.02.2023)

Delhi High Court has directed Medical Superintendent of Tihar Jail to ensure that efficacious medical treatment is provided to former Popular Front of.....

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Calcutta HC Allows Bail Application of Former TMC aide Ayan Sil in Recruitment Scam Case(03.12.2024)

Calcutta High Court has allowed a bail application filed by the former TMC leader, Santanu Banerjee's aide Ayan Sil in connection with the recruitment.....

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Delhi HC Asks Labour Courts/ Tribunals to Include Details of Workmen & Management(21.07.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued directions to all Labour Courts, Tribunals and Authorities to include details of workmen and management while passing orde.....

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ITAT: Income Tax Liability Won’t Arise for Unsecured Loan Transactions Done by Group Entities(16.06.2022)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai Bench has held that income tax liability won’t arise for unsecured loan transactions done by group entiti.....

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Kar. HC Issues Guidelines on Civil Imprisonment for Willful Contempt of Court Orders(24.07.2023)

Karnataka High Court has issued guidelines to be followed while ordering civil imprisonment to an accused for willful contempt of court orders under O.....

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Ker. HC Declares Rule 12(9) of the Kerala Paddy Land and Wetland Rules as Ultra Vires(14.01.2025)

Kerala High Court has declared Rule 12(9) of the Kerala Paddy Land and Wetland Rules that levy a fee for the area of a building exceeding 3000 square .....

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J&K HC: Can Appoint Commissioner for Investigation Only when Evidence is Inconclusive(17.03.2025)

J&K High Court has observed that there can be appointment of a Commissioner for local investigation under Order 26 Rule 9 of the Civil Procedure Code,.....

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Delhi HC: AIIMS Can't Prescribe Eligibility Criteria That Nullifies Recognition Granted by INC(19.07.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that it is open for AIIMS to prescribe eligibility criteria and setting the bar for admission in courses so long as the rest.....

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Ker. HC: Every Mentally Diseased Person is Not Ipso Facto Exempted from Criminal Responsibility(21.08.2023)

Kerala High Court while observing that every mentally diseased person is not ‘Ipso Facto’ exempted from criminal responsibility, has held that mere ab.....

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SC: President Must Take Decision within Three Months on Reserved Bills(14.04.2025)

Supreme Court has observed that the President is required to take a decision on the bills reserved for his consideration by the Governor within a peri.....

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Supreme Court Puts On Hold NGT’s Order Halting Pune Metro Rail Work(23.01.2017)

Supreme Court has stayed National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) interim order which had halted work on a proposed portion of Pune Metro Rail route passing th.....

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Jharkhand HC Stays Summons Against Rahul Gandhi in a Defamation Complaint(22.01.2019)

Jharkhand High Court has stayed the summons issued by a lower court against Congress president Rahul Gandhi on a defamation complaint filed by a BJP y.....

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SC Directs Repatriation of Children in Children Protection Homes(01.12.2020)

Supreme Court has directed for repatriation of children lodged in Children Protection Homes in eight states back to their families to take place as pe.....

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CESTAT, Ahmedabad: Base Oil SN50 Cannot be Classified as High Speed Diesel(05.10.2021)

Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad, while setting aside the redemption fine and penalties imposed on Rajkamal Ind.....

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SC Slams HC for 2-Year Bail Delay, Calls for Sensitivity in Liberty Cases(01.08.2025)

Supreme Court strongly criticized the Punjab & Haryana High Court for taking two years to hear a bail application, stressing that courts must be sensi.....

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Del. HC: Woman Can be 'Karta' of HUF(08.12.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that to say that a woman can be a coparcener but not a Karta of Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) would be giving an interpretati.....

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SC: HC Cannot Grant Pre-Arrest Bail Without Quashing FIR; Accused Must Approach Sessions Court First(05.12.2025)

Supreme Court recently reiterated that High Courts cannot grant pre-arrest bail while refusing to quash the FIR, emphasizing that the accused must fir.....

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Rajasthan HC Orders Status Quo on Demolition of Illegal Encroachment on Kotputli Road(13.01.2022)

Rajasthan High Court has directed the Nagar Palika, Kotputli to decide the objections submitted by 25 petitioners pursuant to the notices issued to th.....

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Madras HC: State Vicariously Liable for Neglect, Compensation Granted to Man for Injuries Upheld(25.01.2024)

Madras High Court while upholding an order granting compensation to a man who suffered injuries during a bandh, has held that State would be vicarious.....

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SC: Dowry Deaths Remain a Grave Social Issue, Especially in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Karnataka(05.05.2026)

Calling dowry deaths a serious social problem, especially in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Karnataka, the Supreme Court cancelled a husband’s bail and set .....

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Meghalaya HC Refuses to Interfere with Summon to District Council for No-Confidence Motion(31.01.2022)

Meghalaya High Court has refused to interfere with a notice issued by the Governor of Meghalaya under Rule 36(5) of the Assam and Meghalaya Autonomous.....

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SC: Can Quash Criminal Proceedings When Attempt Was to Cloak Civil Dispute as Criminal Offence(31.01.2023)

Supreme Court has held that criminal proceedings can be quashed under Section 482 CrPC when it is found that the attempt was to give a cloak of crimin.....

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Calcutta High Court: Voluntary Transfer Affects Seniority But Keeps Past Service For Promotion(10.03.2026)

Calcutta High Court held that a Railway Protection Force member requesting or mutually exchanging a transfer loses seniority at the new posting, but t.....

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Supreme Court Rejects PIL Seeking Guidelines To Regulate Cryptocurrencies(16.11.2023)

SC has rejected to consider a PIL seeking guidelines for trading and mining of cryptocurrency and observed that even though the petitioner had filed t.....

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MP High Court: Mere Illness of a Family Member, If Improving, is Not Sufficient for Interim Bail(14.01.2026)

Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed a plea for interim bail, observing that the mere illness of a family member, particularly when the condition is im.....

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In a criminal case, resting entirely on circumstantial evidence, all circumstances are required to be proved solidly beyond reasonable doubt(20.07.2018)

The Appellant was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) in Sessions Case and was sentenced to.....

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Delhi HC: Cannot Issue Directions to Bar Council of Delhi to Make Enrolment Process Online(23.02.2021)

Delhi High Court has observed that it cannot issue directions to the Bar Council of Delhi to make its enrolment process completely online as it is a p.....

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Delhi HC Dismisses Sachin Waze's Plea Against UAPA Sanction in Antilia Bomb Scare Case(07.10.2022)

Delhi High Court has dismissed the plea moved by former Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze for quashing of the prosecution sanction granted under Unlaw.....

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AP HC: Fulfilling Rehabilitation Promises to Displaced is State’s Constitutional Obligation(19.11.2025)

AP HC emphasized that when the Government promises jobs or rehabilitation to land-displaced persons/families, it must honour those commitments without.....

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Supreme Court: Court Cannot Order an Accused to Surrender While Denying Anticipatory Bail(27.04.2026)

Supreme Court “If the Court wants to reject the anticipatory bail, it may do so but the Court has no jurisdiction to say that the petitioner should no.....

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Delhi Court Grants Bail to Shankar Mishra in Air India Urination Case(01.02.2023)

Delhi Court has granted bail to Shankar Mishra, who is accused of urinating on an elderly woman on a New York-Delhi Air India flight in November last .....

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Mad. HC: Court Has to Independently Deal With Bail Application on its Own Merits(23.01.2025)

Madras High Court has held that the Courts cannot keep the bail application of an accused pending to enable the concerned authority to pass a detentio.....

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Delhi HC: DU and BCI to Evolve Mechanism for Online Classes(12.02.2025)

Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi University (DU) and the Bar Council of India (BCI) to evolve mechanism for specific time-frame in which students .....

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Kerala HC : Lawyer Owes Paramount Responsibility to Client First and Court Second(23.09.2021)

Kerala High Court remarked that a lawyer owes paramount responsibility to his client first, and to the court second, while dismissing the anticipatory.....

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Bom. HC Directs ‘Triller’ to Pay 300,000 USD to ‘Zee’ for use of Copyrighted Music(11.09.2023)

Bombay High Court has directed Video Sharing Platform ‘Triller’ to pay unpaid dues of USD 300,000 to Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited for use of .....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Copyrighted Music, Triller, Zee



SC Dismisses PIL Seeking Direction on State of Tamil Nadu to Implement NEP(09.05.2025)

Supreme Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation that sought direction upon the State of Tamil Nadu to implement the National Education Policy.....

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Madras HC Rejects Habeas Corpus Petition of Woman Claiming Child’s Custody(30.11.2016)

Madras HC, while slamming parents of 14 year old girl, who was abandoned by her father soon after her birth, for laying a claim over her, has ordered .....

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Patrons of Accused Still Outside CBI Net, Says Vyapam Whistle Blower(29.11.2017)

Patrons of Accused Still Outside CBI Net, Says Vyapam Whistle Blower

Tags : Rai on Thursday filed, in the CBI court, applications opposing anticipatory bail pleas of SN Vijaywargiya of People's Medical College, NM Srivastava, the then joint director in the Medical Education Department, and Ajay Goenka of Chirayu Medical College besides an official of People's Medical College.



Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Act, 2016 Receives President’s Assent(16.12.2016)

Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016 which was passed by Lok Sabha on 29.11.2016 has received President’s Assent.

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Delhi High Court Seeks Government Response on Pakistan Family’s Plea(14.10.2019)

Delhi High Court has sought the reply of the AAP Government on a Pakistan national’s plea against denial of admission to his three children by a State.....

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Karnataka HC Directs State to Take Action Against Illegal Building Permissions Granted(08.09.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to take action against persons in authority, who granted "illegal permissions" in respect of va.....

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SC: Power of Arrest Must be Used Sparingly(21.07.2022)

Supreme Court while ordering the release of Mohmmed Zubair on interim bail in all the FIRs registered by the UP Police over his tweets, has held that .....

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J&K HC: Can’t Allow Party to Unilaterally and Retrospectively Alter the Rent Amount(20.03.2025)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that it is not permissible to allow a party to alter the rent amount fixed with the tenant, unilaterally and ret.....

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SC: Rohingya Children Can Approach HC if Denied Admission in School Even after being Eligible(18.02.2025)

SC has stated that the appropriate course of action for Rohingya children seeking admission in Delhi Schools would be to first approach the concerned .....

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SC: Courts Should Inform Accused Availability of Right to Avail Default Bail(27.10.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that Courts should inform the accused of the availability of their indefeasible right to avail 'default bail' once it accru.....

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Delhi Court Grants CBI Custody of Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh’s Lawyer(03.09.2021)

Delhi Court has granted CBI two days custody of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's lawyer, Anand Daga and Sub-Inspector Abhishek Tiwari .....

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Supreme Court Has Asked States to Regularise Existing Court Managers(19.05.2025)

Supreme Court while expressing concerns over Court Managers working on a contractual basis has directed that all States should regularise the existing.....

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SC Seeks Explanation from Madras HC Registry for Not Listing Bail Applications under SC/ST Act(02.07.2025)

Supreme Court has sought an explanation from Madras High Court’s Registrar General for not listing anticipatory bail plea filed under the SC/ST (Preve.....

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Delhi HC: No Further Extension of Interim Bails by District Courts, Closes Suo Moto Extension(26.10.2021)

Delhi High Court has disposed of its plea concerning the suo moto petition registered on the extension of interim orders in all matters pending before.....

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Patna HC Closes PIL Seeking Measures for Protection of Transgender Inmates in Jail(16.09.2022)

Patna High Court while closing a PIL seeking measures for protection of inmates belonging to transgender community, whether in police or judicial cust.....

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SC: Duty on Insurer to Indemnify If Insured Suffers Sudden Sickness or Ailment(10.12.2021)

Supreme Court has observed that if the insured suffers a sudden sickness or ailment which is not expressly excluded under the policy, a duty is cast o.....

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Allahabad HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to AMU Professor Over Alleged Rape(14.08.2025)

The Allahabad High Court has granted anticipatory bail to AMU professor Dr. Jitendra Kumar booked for referring to rape in Hindu mythology during a cl.....

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SC: Witness Protection Not a Substitute for Bail Cancellation, Raps HC For 'Cyclostyled' Orders(05.09.2025)

Supreme Court slammed the Allahabad HC for passing cyclostyled, template orders in bail cancellation cases, wrongly treating the witness protection sc.....

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Allahabad HC: HC May Grant Habeas Corpus Writ Only for Children Detained in Illegal Custody(01.02.2022)

Allahabad High Court has observed that the power of the High Court in granting a writ of Habeas Corpus in child custody matters may be invoked only in.....

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SC: Storage Facility for Edible Oil Not Allowed Outside Port Area(03.02.2023)

Supreme Court while observing that word ‘within’ used for CRZ-I and ‘in’ used for CRZ-II in the CRZ Notification of 2011 cannot be interpreted to incl.....

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Del HC: Subsequent Bail Pleas From Same FIR Should Usually Go Before the Judge Who Denied the First(17.03.2026)

Delhi High Court observed that subsequent bail applications from the same FIR should ordinarily be heard by the same judge who rejected the earlier pl.....

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Bom. HC: Child Custody Orders Can be Moulded Keeping in Mind Needs of the Child(08.05.2023)

Bombay High Court while observing that child custody orders can’t be rigid and final, has held that they can be moulded keeping in mind the needs and .....

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Bombay HC Allows Equal Custody of Child to Both Parents(05.10.2016)

Bombay HC, while granting paramount importance to child’s need of both parents, has allowed equal custody of a seven-year-old boy, who is a slow learn.....

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Madhya Pradesh High Court Grants Bail to 8 Tablighi Jamaat Members(27.05.2020)

Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted bail to eight members of Tablighi Jamaat, including six foreigners, arrested under sections 188, 269 and 270 of .....

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Bombay HC Orders Inquiry into Alleged Illegal Detention of 37-Year Old Lawyer(01.06.2021)

Bombay High Court has ordered an inquiry into the alleged illegal detention of a 37-year-old lawyer from Mumbai. The Court has also transferred the ki.....

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Bombay HC: Court Does Not Have Adjudicatory Powers Under Section 27 of A&C Act(12.04.2022)

Bombay High Court has observed that the Court under Section 27 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 does not have the jurisdiction to conside.....

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BCI Directs SBCs to Initiate Discipl. Action Against Advocates Soliciting Work Through Online Portal(09.07.2024)

Bar Council of India (BCI) has issued directions to State Bar Councils to take disciplinary action against advocates soliciting work through online po.....

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SC to States: Examine Socio Economic Reasons Behind Demand for Illegal Arms(17.05.2023)

Supreme Court in a suo motu case has directed State Governments and Union Territories to file their response as to why is there a demand for such kind.....

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Supreme Court Seeks Nationwide Data on Child Rape(16.07.2019)

Supreme Court has asked amicus curiae Senior Advocate V Giri to collect data relating to child rape cases from various states and place before it havi.....

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SC Issues Notices in Plea for Alternative Solutions to Protect Crops Without Killing Wild Animals(31.07.2020)

Supreme Court has issued notices to States of Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, among others in a plea seeking action against the indiscriminate use of.....

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Kerala HC Stays Notice to Demolish Buildings in Lakshadweep for Alleged Encroachment of Public Land(12.07.2021)

Kerala High Court has stayed the show-cause notices issued to Lakshadweep inhabitants to demolish their buildings within 2 days on the ground that the.....

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CESTAT Delhi: No Service Tax Payable on Service Charges Collected by Rajasthan CDF from Milk Unions(23.05.2022)

Custom, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Delhi has ruled that no service tax is payable on the service charges collected by the Rajas.....

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Disability Bill Receives President's Assent(29.12.2016)

Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2016 which aims at securing and enhancing rights and entitlements of disabled persons has received President.....

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Allahabad High Court Grants Bail to 9 Thailand Nationals(09.11.2020)

Allahabad High Court has granted bail to 9 Thailand Nationals who attended Markaz at Nizamuddin, New Delhi in March, 2020.

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Meghalaya HC: POCSO Act Not Meant to Breakdown Happy Family Relationship(02.09.2022)

Meghalaya High Court while quashing FIR against a minor's partner has held that POCSO may not be applied to break down happy family relationship and S.....

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Patna HC: Bail to the Juvenile is a Rule and Refusal of the Same is an Exception(21.04.2025)

Patna HC has observed that it clearly emerges that Section 12 of J.J. Act, 2015 overrides the bail provisions as contained in the Criminal Procedure A.....

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Madras HC Rejects Plea for Removing Titles Given to Dalit Habitations(05.12.2016)

Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking directions to Tamil Nadu Government to remove ‘discriminatory’ titles such as ‘cheri, kuppam, colony’ gi.....

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NCLT Attaches Properties of 9 Former IL&FS Directors(04.12.2018)

National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has passed an interim order to attach all movable and immovable properties of nine former directors of IL&FS.

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Gauhati HC: Offspring from Illegitimate Marriage of Deceased Entitled to Family Pensionary Benefit(02.11.2020)

Gauhati High Court has held that offspring from an illegitimate marriage of a deceased will also be entitled to the family pensionary benefit of such .....

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Kerala HC: Transportation of LPG Cylinders is a Public Utility Service(23.08.2022)

Kerala High Court while declaring the transportation of LPG Cylinders to be a 'public utility service' as defined in Section 2(n) of the Industrial Di.....

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Supreme Court Expresses Concern Over Delay by Delhi HC in Deciding Bail Plea(30.05.2025)

Supreme Court has stated that this Court has time and again emphasised the importance of the liberty of citizens. Time and again, it is said that ther.....

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SC: High Court and Trial Courts to Decide Bail Plea on Merits of the Case(31.07.2025)

SC has stated that the High Courts and the Trial Courts shall decide the plea for regular bail or anticipatory bail strictly on the merits of the case.....

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NCLAT: IBC Auctions are Not Ordinary Contracts, and Market Volatility Does not Excuse Bid Defaults(03.12.2025)

NCLAT at New Delhi held that a successful bidder in a liquidation e-auction cannot evade payment obligations by citing market fluctuations or unrelate.....

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LCI 265th Report: No Tax Relief on Interest on Money Deposited for Maintenance of Minor Child(21.03.2017)

Law Commission of India in its 265th report has recommended to Government that interest earned on money deposited by a parent for maintenance of a min.....

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EDUCATION - Reconsider Upper Age Limit for Admission to LL.B. Courses: SC to BCI(13.03.2019)

Supreme Court has directed Bar Council of India to reconsider, after hearing various stakeholders, the upper age-limit for taking admission to five-ye.....

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#Union Budget 2021-2022: National Railway Plan Created for Future Ready Railway System(01.02.2021)

National Rail Plan has been created to bring a future ready Railway system by 2030. Finance Minister has said that the dedicated Eastern and Western F.....

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Calcutta High Court: Juvenile Accused Eligible to Apply for Anticipatory Bail under Section 438 CrPC(17.11.2025)

Calcutta High Court held that juveniles can file anticipatory bail applications under Section 438 CrPC. The court clarified that the Juvenile Justice .....

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Delhi High Court: Judges Would Have to Recuse if Children as Central Govt Counsel is Treated as Bias(22.04.2026)

Delhi High Court observed that accepting a litigant’s plea of bias based on judges’ children being empanelled as government counsel could lead to wide.....

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Bombay HC Sets Aside Special NIA Court's Decision Staying Own Bail Order for Bookie Naresh Gaur(09.12.2021)

Bombay High Court has paved the way for release of Naresh Gaur, the first recipient of bail in the Ambani Terror Scare and Mansukh Hiran Murder Case. .....

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SC: Adverse Possession Plea Cannot Be Raised First Time in Appeal(12.08.2025)

The Supreme Court has held that adverse possession must be specifically pleaded, framed as an issue, and proved at trial. It cannot be introduced for .....

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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to ?3,500 Fee for All India Bar Examination(03.09.2025)

Supreme Court has dismissed a petition challenging the Rs. 3,500 fee for the All India Bar Examination (AIBE). The bench agreed with the Bar Council o.....

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CAT To Ker. Govt.: No Appointments or Transfers to IAS Cadre Posts Without CSB Recommendation(16.11.2023)

Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Ernakulam Bench has passed an interim order refraining the State Government from issuing orders of appointment,.....

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Supreme Court: Criminal Law Not a Tool for Civil Disputes or Personal Vengeance(25.09.2025)

Supreme Court quashed a criminal case where an FIR was filed in a purely civil dispute that was wrongly given a criminal angle. The Court criticized t.....

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Supreme Court Clarifies How Delay in Issuing Arbitral Award Can Lead to its Setting Aside(03.11.2025)

Supreme Court has ruled under the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996, that mere delay in an arbitral award does not invalidate it. However, an inord.....

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Punjab and Haryana High Court Refuses to Stay Haryana Polls Bar(15.09.2015)

Punjab and Haryana HC has denied to stay provisions of Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2015, through which education qualification was set up.....

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Delhi Assembly Passes State Good And Services Tax (GST) Bill(01.06.2017)

Delhi Assembly has passed State Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill even as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal pitched for capping tax rate at a maximum of .....

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SC Dismisses Plea Against Disciplinary Enquiry for Failure to Consider Parole Applications(23.02.2021)

Supreme Court has dismissed the plea of a Jail Superintendent opposing the decision of the government to initiate departmental enquiry against him for.....

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Gujarat HC: Not Our Duty to Tell State to Construct Schools, Hospitals(07.10.2022)

Gujarat High Court while hearing a PIL highlighting the fact that despite orders of collector passed in 2016, authorities haven't constructed civil ho.....

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SC: AICTE Regulations Do Not Govern Direct Recruitment of Engineering Professors by State PSCs(20.01.2026)

Supreme Court held that the All India Council for Technical Education Regulations are not applicable to direct recruitment for professor posts in engi.....

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Draft Notaries (Amendment) Bill issued for stakeholders' consultation(07.12.2021)

To give opportunity to young eligible legal practitioners aspiring to serve as Notary Public, the draft Bill proposes to restrict the renewal of certi.....

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SC Clubs 81 FIRs Against Builder, Grants 6-Month Bail to Aid Settlement with Home Buyers(18.08.2025)

SC has clubbed 81 FIRs against builder Alok Kumar in ?13.94cr fraud case and granted 6-month bail to enable settlement with home buyers. Court said pr.....

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P&H HC Grants Bail to UAPA Accused After 5 Years, Citing State’s Failure to Set Trial End Date(08.09.2025)

Punjab & Haryana HC granted bail to Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967accused after 5 years in jail, citing trial delays. The court ordered ba.....

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Bombay HC Pulls Up Govt. over Delay in Razing Illegal Shrines(21.09.2016)

Bombay HC has pulled up State for not enforcing its own Government Resolution on demolishing illegal religious shrines that came up after September 29.....

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KHC Recommends Drive to Check Illegal Vehicles Which Shuttle School Kids in Violation of MV Act(19.06.2019)

Karnataka High Court (KHC) has recommended to the State Government and police authorities to carry out a special drive outside schools, to check on il.....

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Delhi HC Asks DMRC to Take Instructions Over Payment of Arbitral Award to DAMEPL(01.02.2022)

Delhi High Court has asked Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to take instructions as to how it will make the payment of arbitral award to Delhi Airp.....

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Madras HC: Repeated Remand Orders U/S 37 A&C Act are Unworkable Without Reversing Merits(18.11.2025)

Madras High Court held that multiple remand orders under Section 37 of the Arbitration Act were unworkable because earlier findings on merits were nev.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Surrogacy and Assisted Reproductive Technology Bills(09.12.2021)

Rajya Sabha has cleared the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020, and the Assistive Reproduction Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2021. The two bills aim to.....

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SC Refuses to Delete Remarks Against Senthil Balaji(12.08.2025)

The Supreme Court has declined to expunge remarks in past judgments against ex-TN minister, Senthil Balaji in the cash-for-jobs scam but clarified the.....

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SC: High Courts must Justify Framing Additional Questions of Law in Second Appeals(04.09.2025)

Supreme Court has ruled that High Courts must record reasons when framing an additional question of law in second appeals in civil cases. While Sectio.....

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Del HC: Can’t Disqualify Jhuggi Dwellers from Rehabilitation Only for Lack of Name in Electoral Roll(01.02.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing jhuggi jhopri dwellers can’t be disqualified from rehabilitation under State’s policy merely because their name doesn.....

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Cal HC: Delay in FIR is Not Fatal in Motor Accident Claims When Families Rush Victims to Hospital(10.03.2026)

Calcutta HC observed that delay in filing an FIR in motor accident cases is not fatal, as families often prioritize rushing the injured to hospital. T.....

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SC Simplifies 2018 Guidelines on Living Will/Advance Directive(06.02.2023)

Supreme Court while considering an application by the Indian Council for Critical Care Medicine, has modified directions relating to advance medical d.....

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SC: Examining Contradictions and Witness Credibility Exceeds the Scope of Section 319 CrPC(18.03.2026)

Supreme Court held that courts cannot conduct a “mini trial” while summoning an additional accused under Section 319 CrPC, setting aside the Allahabad.....

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J&K&L High Court: Successive Bail Applications Can Be Filed Even Without Change in Circumstances(22.12.2025)

High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh held that a change in circumstances is not required for filing successive bail applications, allowing the H.....

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SC: Prior Written Demand is Not Mandatory For an Industrial Dispute to Exist or be Referred(28.01.2026)

Supreme Court held that a trade union is not required to issue a formal “charter of demands” to the management before approaching the Conciliation Off.....

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SC: Government Cannot Avoid Responsibility as Data Shows COVID Vaccines Caused Some Deaths(11.03.2026)

Supreme Court held that the government cannot evade responsibility for deaths or serious injuries following COVID-19 vaccination, emphasizing that und.....

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SC Calls for Status Report from Union, Internet Intermediaries on Steps Against Child Pornography(20.09.2022)

Supreme Court has directed Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati to furnish status report of Government and internet intermediaries to the Cour.....

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Delhi HC: Vigilance Inquiry Can't be Impediment for Person to Travel Abroad:(17.11.2023)

Delhi High Court while allowing a woman to travel outside the country for her honeymoon has held that vigilance inquiry cannot be an impediment for a .....

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Karnataka HC: Appeals Against Acquittal in Bailable Offences Lie Only Before High Court(16.01.2026)

Karnataka High Court set aside a Sessions Court conviction for causing death by negligence, holding that the State wrongly appealed an acquittal befor.....

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Ker. HC Defers Recovery of Disability Pension From 26 Yr. Old Suffering From 80% Mental Disability(17.11.2023)

Kerala High Court has deferred the recovery of the disability pension from a 26-year old for a period of 3 weeks. The Court also called for the record.....

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Allahabad HC: Will in Favor of Someone Does Not Affect Compassionate Appointment Based on Dependency(14.01.2026)

Allahabad High Court held that under the U.P. Recruitment of Dependents of Government Servants Dying-in-Harness Rules, 1974, compassionate appointment.....

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SC Summarises Law on Appeals Against Grant of Bail; Sets Aside Bail of Olympian Sushil Kumar(18.08.2025)

SC has held that appeal against bail is distinct from bail cancellation. Bail can be overturned for illegality or non-consideration of key factors but.....

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Punjab and Haryana HC: Arrest without Exchange of Fire Can Still Be Treated as an Encounter(09.09.2025)

P&H HC has ruled that the arrest of armed militants even without an exchange of fire qualifies as an “encounter” for granting reservation benefits to .....

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Kerala HC: Arrest Grounds Need Not Be Shared With Foreigner’s Family If FRRO Or Embassy is Informed(20.03.2026)

Kerala High Court held that when a foreign national is arrested, informing the accused along with the FRRO or their embassy suffices, and it is not ne.....

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SC: Benchmark Disability not a Precondition to Obtain Scribe(12.02.2021)

Supreme Court has held that facility of scribe can be provided for persons with disabilities other than those having benchmark disabilities.

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Delhi HC to Trial Court: Consider Sharjeel Imam's Bail Plea Afresh(27.09.2022)

Delhi High Court while permitting Sharjeel Imam to withdraw his application for regular bail, has asked Trial Court to consider his application seekin.....

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Gujarat HC: Not All Injuries Reduce Earning Capacity; Functional Disability Must Be Assessed(23.12.2025)

Gujarat High Court held that not all injuries lead to loss of earning capacity and functional disability must be assessed for compensation, noting tha.....

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Gauhati HC: Only A Family Court Can Grant A Divorce under Muslim Law, Not A Civil Judge(13.01.2026)

Gauhati High Court held that a civil judge cannot authenticate a talaq or grant a divorce decree under Muslim law, and that only the Family Court or t.....

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SC: Criminal History Crucial in Bail Decisions(18.02.2026)

Supreme Court set aside the Allahabad High Court’s bail order granted to habitual offender accused of large-scale financial fraud. Held, criminal ante.....

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Bombay HC: An Adopted Child’s Caste is Considered the Same as That of the Adoptive Parents(02.02.2026)

Bombay High Court held that an adopted child’s caste is the same as that of the adoptive parents, quashing the Deputy Collector, Pune’s order, in a ca.....

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President Promulgates Arbitration and Conciliation Ordinance, 2020(04.11.2020)

President of India, Mr. Ram Nath Kovind has promulgated the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, through which changes have been .....

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Delhi HC Grants Bail to Mohd. Saleem Khan in Connection with murder of Constable Ratan Lal(27.09.2021)

Delhi High Court has granted bail to Mohd. Saleem Khan while denying it to Mohd. Ibrahim in connection with murder of Head Constable Ratan Lal and cau.....

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Tamil Nadu Government Notifies Acts on Basis of ‘Deemed Assent’ of Governor(15.04.2025)

Tamil Nadu Government has notified ten State Acts on the basis of a judgment of Supreme Court that declared the laws as “deemed to have been assented.....

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BCI Notifies Amend. to Rules Allowing Law Firms & Lawyers to Practice Foreign Law in India(15.05.2025)

BCI has notified amendments to the Bar Council of India Rules for Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 2022 .....

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Allahabad HC: Seriousness of Offence Alone Cannot be The Basis for Granting Bail(02.08.2022)

Allahabad High Court while granting bail to an accused in GST Scam case, has held that the seriousness of the offences alone is not conclusive of the .....

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SC: Cannot Quash Criminal Proceedings Only because of Pending Civil Cases on Same Subject Matter(17.07.2025)

Supreme Court has clarified that pendency of civil proceedings on the same subject matter, involving the same parties is no justification to quash the.....

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Supreme Court: Privy Purse Privileges of Princely Rulers are Not Enforceable Legal Rights(16.03.2026)

Supreme Court dismissed a plea by the Mizo Chief Council alleging that the Union acquired lands of tribal chiefs in the erstwhile Lushai Hills without.....

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AAR: Activity of Fabrication of Body Building on Tippers, Trailers Attracts 18% GST(23.01.2020)

Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR), Karnataka has ordered that activity of fabrication of bodybuilding on tippers and trailers attracts 18% Goods and .....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021(09.02.2021)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021, by a voice vote. The Bill amends the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisat.....

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SC to States: Submit Data on Those Who Have Jumped Bail & Parole(23.09.2022)

Supreme Court has directed the state governments to inform the Court about the number of persons who have jumped bail or parole and whether proceeding.....

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SC: Limited Anticipatory Bail can be Granted by HC/Sessions Court Even if FIR Filed in Another State(20.11.2023)

Supreme Court has held that High Court/Session Court should grant limited anticipatory bail in the form of interim protection under section 438 of CrP.....

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Allahabad HC: Victim Compensation under POCSO Act Cannot be Withheld For Lack of Injury Report(19.01.2026)

Allahabad High Court held that under the Uttar Pradesh Rani Lakshmi Bai Mahila Samman Kosh Rules, 2015, compensation must be granted if the FIR disclo.....

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Madras HC: Accused Can be Convicted Under POCSO Act Solely on Testimony of Victim Child(27.10.2021)

Madras High Court has reiterated that an accused can be convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 solely based.....

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Delhi HC: Temporary Official Appointed on Work Charge Basis Can’t Claim Seniority for Such Period(16.09.2022)

Delhi High Court has held that a temporary official, who is purely appointed on daily rated or work charge basis for specific period to do a specific .....

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SC: Arbitral Award Must Align with Parties' Agreement; Rejects Chinese Firm’s Appeal(29.09.2025)

Supreme Court upheld the cancellation of a ?995 crore arbitral award to Chinese firm SEPCO, ruling that the tribunal erred by reinterpreting contract .....

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NCLT Mumbai: Independent Directors Cannot Automatically Avoid Liability for Fraud under IBC(04.11.2025)

NCLT Mumbai ruled that independent directors cannot automatically evade liability for a company's alleged fraud under the IBC, stating that holding th.....

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Bombay HC: Insolvency Cannot be Used to Evade a Family Court’s Maintenance Order(24.11.2025)

Bombay High Court held that the Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909 cannot be used to frustrate or indirectly stay a Family Court’s maintenance orde.....

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Bombay HC Directs Grandmother to Hand Over Custody of Grandchild to Parents(05.03.2021)

Bombay High Court has directed a woman to immediately hand over custody of her 12-year-old grandchild to the child’s parents. The Court has held that .....

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Allahabad HC: Failure of Investigating Agency to Record Statements to be Recorded Seriously(10.01.2022)

Allahabad High Court has observed that the failure of the investigating agency to record statements of witnesses during an investigation must be viewe.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Investigating Agency, Failure to Record Statements



Kerala HC Issues SOP for Real Time Scrutiny of E-Files(02.01.2023)

Kerala High Court has issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for real time scrutiny of e-files. The process involving scrutiny of files from 8 am.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, SOP, E-Files, Scrutiny



SC to Ex-MLA in Money Laundering Case: Duped Homebuyer Must be Safeguarded First, then Consider Bail(28.04.2026)

In a money laundering case linked to a housing project, the Supreme Court asked former MLA Dharam Singh Chhoker to show cause why his bail plea should.....

Tags : Money Laundering; Homebuyer; Bail



Gujarat High Court Irks over Frivolous PILs(05.10.2015)

Gujarat HC irked over rampant misuse of public interest litigations (PIL) in several cases, has ruled that imposing a heavy fine is not enough in such.....

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Calcutta High Court Summons Medical Council Registrar(14.06.2019)

Calcutta High Court has directed the Registrar of the West Bengal Medical Council to appear before this court personally on July 2 with the documents .....

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#Economic Survey 2021-2022: Railways to Emerge as Engine of National Growth(31.01.2022)

The Indian railway sector in the next 10 years will see a very high level of capital expenditure leading to it eventually becoming the engine of natio.....

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Lucknow Court Orders Release of Kerala Journalist Siddique Kappan on Bail(02.02.2023)

Lucknow Court has signed an order to release Kerala Journalist Siddiqui Kappan on Bail and directed to release Kappan, if not wanted in any other case.....

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J&K & Ladakh High Court: Section 479 BNSS Does Not Grant Automatic Bail After Detention Period(13.03.2026)

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court held that Section 479 of the BNSS, read with its provisos, does not entitle an accused to automatic bail merely .....

Tags : Bail, Detention Period, Accused



Delhi HC: Pending Probate Proceedings Do Not Prevent Filing FIR For Alleged Will Forgery(19.01.2026)

Delhi High Court refused to quash an FIR alleging forgery of a registered Will, holding that pending probate proceedings on the Will’s validity do not.....

Tags : Forgery, Will, Probate Proceedings



Bombay HC Quashes Family Court Order Asking Man to Stay with Wife(14.09.2016)

Bombay HC has quashed a Family Court order thereby granted relief to a husband, that asked him to live with his wife.

Tags : Bombay HC, Family Court



SC: Genuineness of Will Cannot be Doubted Merely Because it was Executed in Favour of Neighbour(03.06.2019)

Supreme Court has observed while rejecting the plea of the widow of the deceased testator that merely because the testator executed the Will in favour.....

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Provisions of compassionate appointment are applicable upon employees of the District Rural Development Agency(05.05.2021)

The writ Petitioner had challenged an order whereby claim for grant of compassionate appointment under the U.P. Recruitment of Dependents of Governmen.....

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Finance Bill 2017: Govt Proposes to Make Aadhaar Mandatory For Filing Tax Return & Pan Card(22.03.2017)

Government has proposed to make Aadhaar card mandatory to file Income Tax Return (ITR) and for permanent account number (PAN) from July 1.

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CIVIL - Failure to Pay Mobile Bills Not a Crime but a Civil Disputer between Operator & Customer: Kerala HC(13.03.2019)

Kerala High Court has quashed a criminal 'cheating' case against a man accused of not paying Mobile bills and observed that transaction involved as be.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Failure to Pay Mobile Bills



SC Directs to Provide Information About Financial Stability of Families of Children Restored to Paren(01.02.2021)

Supreme Court has directed the State Governments/Union Territories to provide information in 2 weeks about the financial stability of the families of .....

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In absence of any evidence to show meeting of minds, it is not safe to hold a person guilty under Section 120-B of IPC(07.12.2021)

Present Appeal is directed against the judgment passed by the High Court whereby, the High Court has dismissed the Appeal filed by the Appellant / acc.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Gujarat HC Seeks State’s Response over Illegal Downloading of ‘Pokemon Go’(06.10.2016)

Gujarat HC has asked State Government to inform it about possible actions it can take to prevent illegal downloading of the location-based augmented r.....

Tags : Gujarat HC, Pokemon Go, illegal downloading



Supreme Court Appoints Committee Headed by Justice Amitava Roy to Look Into Jail Reforms(25.09.2018)

Supreme Court has constituted a three-member committee headed by its former judge Justice Amitava Roy to look into the aspect of jail reforms across t.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Repealing and Amending Bill, 2019(05.08.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2019. This Bill will repeal 58 old central laws which the Government said has been done to ach.....

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Kerala HC Seeks State Response on Reopening Retail Outlets on All Days(16.07.2021)

Kerala High Court has sought the State's response regarding its opinion on reopening retail outlets including textile stores on all days amid the ongo.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Opening of Retail Stores



Notification issued pertaining to base premium for third party insurance for unlimited liability(26.05.2022)

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, in consultation with the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India, has published Motor Veh.....

Tags : Notification, Premium, Unlimited liability



Madras HC Directs ADGP to Consider Transferring Policeman on Heath Grounds(21.10.2016)

Madras High Court has directed Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) to consider a plea made by a policeman suffering from Guillain Barre Syndr.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Additional Director General of Police, Guillain Barre Syndrome



Cabinet approves signing of Bilateral Investment Agreement between India Taipei Association in Taipei and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India(24.10.2018)

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the signing of Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA) between India Taip.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Anil Ambani's Plea Seeking Impleadment of Chinese Banks(13.10.2020)

Delhi High Court has issued notice in an application moved by Anil Ambani seeking the impleadment of Chinese banks in his pending Petition challenging.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Anil Ambani, State Bank of India



CESTAT: Process of Crushing And Screening Iron Ore Can be Classified as Iron Ore Fines(08.06.2022)

Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Mumbai has held that the process of crushing and screening iron ore can be classified as ir.....

Tags : CESTAT, Iron ore, Countervailing Duty



Bombay HC Stops Release of Promos of Bengali Film, Based on Sheena Bora Murder Case(18.02.2016)

Bombay High Court has stopped release of promos of an upcoming Bengali film, Dark Chocolate, based on Sheena Bora murder case, after accused Peter Muk.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Sheena Bora murder case, Bengali Film



Testimony of an injured witness can be acted upon even without any corroboration as he is having a special status in law(16.11.2018)

Present Criminal Appeal is preferred by the Appellants who have been convicted by the learned Sessions Judge, vide impugned judgment and sentenced to .....

Tags : Conviction, Legality, Witnesses, Credibility



Delhi HC Issues Notice over Plea Seeking Status Report on Child Abuse Cases(20.01.2016)

Delhi HC has sought response of Delhi Government and Police Commissioner on plea filed by Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi's Bachpan Bachao Andolan se.....

Tags : Delhi HC, Child Abuse Cases



Jurisdiction of civil Courts cannot be completely taken away in spite of either an express or implied bar(19.08.2019)

The order of assessment and the demand for payment of property tax made on the Respondents was the subject matter of challenge in a civil suit filed b.....

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Conviction on basis of a solitary eye witness is sustainable only if there is reliable evidence proving guilt of accused(06.08.2019)

In facts of present case, the two Appellants have been convicted under Sections 302, 149 and 148 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The Appellants submit.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Parliament Passes Taxation (Amendment) Bill, 2019 Replacing the Ordinance Promulgated by President in September, 2019(05.12.2019)

Rajya Sabha has cleared the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019, replacing an Ordinance that was used to slash corporate tax rates to stimulate growt.....

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Union Budget 2017-18: Key Updates(01.02.2017)

#No cash transactions above Rs 3 lakh. #MSMEs with 50 crore turnover will get a 5% reduction in corporate income tax. #Cash donations to political p.....

Tags : Budget 2017-18, Union Budget, Rail Budget, Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister



Lok Sabha Passes Finance Bill, Appropriation Bill by Voice Vote(14.03.2018)

Lok Sabha has passed the Finance Bill approving the budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1. Applying the guillotine process, the Bill was passed.....

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Cabinet approves Companies (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019(04.03.2020)

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, has approved the Companies (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 to amend the Companies Act, 2013. The chang.....

Tags : Bill, Amendment, Approval



SC Questions Govt. for its Mandate on Framing Uniform Civil Code for all Religions(13.10.2015)

SC while hearing petition challenging legal provision that compels Christian couples to wait for at least 2 years for divorce, whereas this period is .....

Tags : SC, Uniform Civil Code



Delhi HC: Bail Can Be Cancelled If Granted By Trial Court on Irrelevant Material(09.06.2017)

Delhi High Court has set aside an order of grant of bail, observing that such orders can be cancelled to prevent miscarriage of justice, if they are b.....

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Application under Section 438 of Cr. PC is maintainable, even if, a person has been declared as proclaimed offender(12.05.2020)

Present is first bail application preferred by the Applicant under Section 438 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) wherein he is apprehending h.....

Tags : Bail, Absconder, Entitlement



Orissa HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to SUM Hospital Trustees in Fire Mishap Case(25.11.2016)

Orissa High Court has granted anticipatory bail to Saswati Das and Arati Ranjana Nayak, both trustees of SUM Hospital where fire mishap had occurred o.....

Tags : Orissa High Court, anticipatory bail, SUM hospital, fire



Arthur Road Jail, Sanjay Dutt's Former Prison, May House Vijay Mallya Too(29.11.2017)

Arthur Road Jail, Sanjay Dutt's Former Prison, May House Vijay Mallya Too

Tags : The Westminster Magistrates' Court had earlier this month rejected India’s extradition request for a UK-based alleged bookie, on the grounds that his human rights would be violated in Delhi’s notoriously overcrowded Tihar Jail.



In rape cases, the finding of guilt can be recorded even on the basis of uncorroborated testimony of the prosecutrix, if cogent and reliable(23.10.2020)

The present appeal is preferred under Section 374 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) on behalf of the Appellant challenging the judgment and o.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



CIC: Bar Councils Come Under RTI(31.03.2016)

Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that bar associations are constituted under a law made by Parliament and therefore come under Right to .....

Tags : Central Information Commission, Bar Councils



Government has reconstituted the Indian Council of Historical Research(11.02.2019)

As per Rule 3 of Rules of ICHR, New Delhi, 1972, the Government has reconstituted the Council of Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), New Del.....

Tags : Historical Research, Council, Constitution



FASTag to be available free of charge for 15 days(12.02.2020)

In order to further increase digital collection of user fee via FASTag at NH fee plazas, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to wa.....

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Ministry of Food Processing Industry establishes GST facilitation cell to guide industry about GST regime(06.07.2017)

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has established a four member GST Facilitation Cell at its office to guide the industry about the new tax r.....

Tags : GST facilitation, cell, Establishment



Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Removal of Illegal Content Against Minors(29.05.2020)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Union of India in a plea seeking removal of fake news and hate speech on social media platforms through desi.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Illegal Content Against Minors



Modi Government Notifies Rules for Land Acquisition Bill 2013(21.12.2015)

Modi Government has notified rules for Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013, pass.....

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Delhi High Court Questions Delay in Ruling on Building Collapse(29.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has sought an explanation from a trial court judge about why there has been a delay while deciding a plea about a building collapse i.....

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A special leave petition challenging the order of High Court rejecting the review petition cannot be entertained, when main judgment in the writ Petition is not challenged(05.10.2020)

Present special leave to appeal has been filed against the Division Bench judgment of the Kerala High Court rejecting the Review Petition filed by the.....

Tags : Dismissal, SLP, Maintainability



EDUCATION - Reconsider Upper Age Limit for Admission to LL.B. Courses: SC to BCI(13.03.2019)

Supreme Court has directed Bar Council of India to reconsider, after hearing various stakeholders, the upper age-limit for taking admission to five-ye.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Bar Council of India, Upper Age Limit for Admission to LL.B. Courses



Parties may waive the applicability of Section 12(5) of A&C Act by way of an express agreement in writing after the disputes have arisen(28.01.2021)

The Petitioner has filed the present petition under Sections 14 and 15 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ('A&C Act'), seeking that the man.....

Tags : Arbitrator, Appointment, Eligibility



NGT: Environmental Clearance Must for Railway Projects(07.07.2016)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has made it mandatory to obtain environmental clearances for Indian Railway projects before any work begins on the groun.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal , Indian Railway



Mental Illness of Death Row Convicts Ground to Spare Them from Execution by Hanging : SC(19.04.2019)

Supreme Court has said that, mental illness of people on death row, if developed post conviction, would be a mitigating factor for appellate courts fo.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Mental Illness



Electronic filing and issuance of Preferential CoO for India's exports under IMCECPA w.e.f. 01st April 2021(01.04.2021)

1. In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice(s) 34/2015-2020 dated 19.09.2019, 41/2019-2020 dated 12.12.2020, 53/2019-2020 dated 02.03.2020, 01/2020.....

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Cabinet approves Bilateral Technical Arrangement between India and Switzerland on the identification and return of Swiss and Indian Nationals(12.09.2016)

The Union Cabinet under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing of the Technical Arrangement between .....

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Bombay High Court Refuses to Grant Bail for Sexual Predator(17.06.2019)

Bombay high court has declined to grant bail to a 31-year-old man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old Facebook friend after calli.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Bail



Delhi HC Grants Police Protection to Inter Faith Couple Apprehending Honour Killing(01.02.2022)

Delhi High Court has granted police protection to an inter faith couple who was apprehending honour killing at the hands of woman's family members, af.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Honour Killing



Delhi HC Asks Centre to Consider ‘Facial Recognition’ System for Missing Children(12.09.2016)

Delhi HC, while stressing on need of a system by which information and details of missing child can be matched with children who are found and recover.....

Tags : Delhi HC, Missing Children



Lok Sabha Passes Central Educational Institutions (Reservations in Teachers’ Cadre) Bill(02.07.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the Central Educational Institutions (Reservations in Teachers’ Cadre) Bill, 2019. It seeks to provide for the reservation of pos.....

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Indian Boiler (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 - Draft(24.02.2022)

The following draft regulations to amend the Indian Boiler Regulations, 1950, which the Central Boilers Board proposes to make in exercise of the powe.....

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Consultation Paper on Cloud Computing(10.06.2016)

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India introduced a paper

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Karnataka HC Directs Keeping of Minor Girl in Juvenile Centre to Allow Her to Continue Her Studies(29.11.2021)

Karnataka High Court has come to the rescue of a minor girl who willingly left her parents home as they allegedly discontinued her education and were .....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Keeping of Minor Girl in Juvenile Centre



SC: Civil Court Can Try Suit Filed by Borrower Against Bank, But Has No Power to Transfer it to DRT(11.11.2022)

Supreme Court while observing that Civil Court has jurisdiction to try a suit filed by a borrower against a Bank or Financial Institution has held tha.....

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Del. HC: No Privacy Issues MCD SMART Mobile Application(27.12.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that policy mandating attendance by paramedical staff of MCD on SMART Mobile Application is not arbitrary or unfair, .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, MCD SMART Mobile Application, Privacy



Federal Tax, State Tax and Disability Tax in USA Eligible for Credit Under Income Tax Act: ITAT(02.04.2019)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Hyderabad has held that the federal tax, state tax and medicare-cum-disability tax in USA is eligible for sectio.....

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SC Refuses to Entertain Param Bir Singh's Plea Seeking CBI Probe Against Anil Deshmukh(24.03.2021)

Supreme Court has asked Former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh to approach Bombay High Court with his plea seeking CBI investigation in the allege.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Bail Plea of Shahrukh Pathan in North East Delhi Riot Case(20.01.2022)

Delhi High Court has issued notice on the bail plea filed by Shahrukh Pathan, the man who pointed a gun at a policeman during North East Delhi riots, .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Bail Plea of Shahrukh Pathan



Allahabad HC: Anticipatory Bail Plea Not Maintainable if Accused Already in Custody in Another Case(13.12.2022)

Allahabad High Court has held that the anticipatory bail application of an accused is not maintainable if he is in jail in connection with another cri.....

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Electronic Filing of First Appeal before CIT (Appeals)(31.12.2015)

Electronic filing of appeal before CIT(Appeals) has been made mandatory for persons who are required to file the return of income electronically. The .....

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A document is restricted information, if the disclosure of same could reasonably be expected to frustrate the deliberative process of the Competition Commission(13.10.2017)

The initial complaint was submitted to the Commission by Mr Parsons ("the Parsons complaint") wherein he alleged that the tyre manufacturers simultane.....

Tags : Litigation privilege, Documents, Disclosure, Protection



Housing Ministry Directs CPIO to Remove Personal Details of RTI Applicants(10.12.2020)

Union Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (Housing Ministry) has directed all the Central Public Information Officers and Appellate Authorities under .....

Tags : Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Personal Details of RTI Applicants



Delhi HC Orders Removal of Illegally Constructed Temple on Public Land(21.12.2021)

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to remove a temple, alleged to be illegally constructed on a public land in city's Defence Colony a.....

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MP HC Grants Pre-Arrest Bail to Vendor Accused of Selling Adulterated Paneer(05.01.2023)

Madhya Pradesh High Court while granting anticipatory bail to vendor accused of selling adulterated paneer, has observed that there was no evidence to.....

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SC Directs CEC to Examine and Submit Report on RVNL Plea to Cut Trees for Railway Line Project(24.03.2022)

Supreme Court has directed the central empowered committee (CEC) to examine and submit report in a matter in which the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL).....

Tags : Supreme Court, Railway Line Project



Madras High Court Seeks Report on Action Taken on Complaints Against Milk Adulteration(13.06.2017)

Madras High Court has directed Government to file a status report on action taken on complaints against milk adulteration.

Tags : Madras High Court, Milk Adulteration



Parliament Approves Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019(03.07.2019)

Parliament has approved Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019 that seeks to extend the period for reconstitution of the Central Council f.....

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Calcutta HC Quashes Order Imposing Penalty for Expiry of E-Way Bill as No Intention to Evade Tax(02.03.2022)

Calcutta High Court has quashed the order imposing penalty for expiry of e-way bill as there was no intention to evade tax. The Court has set aside th.....

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Delhi HC: Woman Cannot be Held Liable for Her Lover Committing Suicide Due to Love Failure(17.04.2024)

Delhi High Court has held that if a lover commits suicide due to love failure, the woman cannot be held to have abetted the commission of suicide. For.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Suicide, Love Failure



SC Imposes Rs 25,000 Fine on Bar Council of India over CLAT(16.08.2016)

Supreme Court has imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Bar Council of India, the apex body for lawyers, for failing to respond to a plea seeking setting up .....

Tags : Supreme Court, CLAT, Bar Council of India



Panchayats Can Give Building Approvals: Madras High Court(16.07.2018)

Madras High Court has held that panchayats can use their executive authority and sanction building approvals in their territory, after a compulsory co.....

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Allahabad High Court Issues Clarifications on E-Filing Procedure(15.04.2020)

Allahabad High Court has modified the e-filing procedure for taking up urgent matters. The Advocates would have an additional option of filing with th.....

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SC: Provisions of CPC Cannot be Diluted and Objections from Judgment Debtor Required to Draft Deed(09.03.2022)

Supreme Court has observed that the provisions of Order XXI Rule 34 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 cannot be diluted and it has to invite object.....

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Del. HC to State: Construct Toilets for Transgender People in 8 Weeks(15.03.2023)

Delhi High Court while noting that toilets have not been constructed at all for transgender people, has directed State government to ensure that publi.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Transgender, Public Toilets



Guidelines for Implementation of Shipbuilding Financial Assistance Policy(05.07.2016)

The Ministry of Shipping approved guidelines for implementing the Shipbuilding Financial Assis.....

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Defect of Manual Filing of Appeal Instead of E-Filing is Curable: ITAT(19.04.2019)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Jaipur bench has allowed an assessee to re-file an appeal which was supposed to be filed electronically but was .....

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Online filing of requests for closure of advance authorizations(30.03.2021)

1. DGFT has revamped its IT systems to provide a paperless, contact-less, electronic interface to the exporters/importers and other stakeholders of DG.....

Tags : Online filing, Requests, Advance authorizations



SC: Judges Not Following Judgments on Bail Might be Taken Off from Judicial Work & Sent for Training(22.03.2023)

Supreme Court while observing that even after 10 months of judgment, district judiciary is not complying with direction in Satender Kumar Antil case, .....

Tags : Supreme Court, District Judiciary, Satender Kumar Antil case



Bombay HC: Investors in Illegal Structures Project Can be Prosecuted(13.04.2017)

Bombay High Court has said that an investor in a construction firm that builds illegal structures is liable to face criminal prosecution.

Tags : Bombay High Court, Illegal Structures



Delhi HC Denies Bail to Chartered Accountant for Committing Non-Disclosure of Documents(20.02.2020)

Delhi High Court has denied bail to Chartered Accountant Nitin Johari, ex-Chief Financial Officer of Bhushan Power & Steel Limited for committing an o.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Bail to Chartered Accountant



SC: Anticipatory Bail Granted Does Not Automatically End with Filing of Chargesheet(08.03.2021)

Supreme Court has reiterated that the anticipatory bail once granted does not automatically end on the filing of the charge¬sheet.

Tags : Supreme Court, Anticipatory Bail



Karnataka HC Directs to Take Appropriate Necessary Steps for Medical Treatment to Mentally Ill(13.01.2022)

Karnataka High Court has directed the Karnataka State Mental Health Authority to take appropriate and necessary steps for providing proper medical tre.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Medical Treatment to Mentally Ill



Del. HC Upheld Stay on Notices by DGHS To Companies Involved in Surrogate Ad. of Tobacco Products(25.01.2024)

Delhi High Court has upheld the stay on the show cause notices issued by Director General of Health Services (DGHS) to two companies for allegedly inv.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Surrogate Advertisements, Tobacco Products, Dilbagh Pan Masala, Vimal Elaichi



Supreme Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to Pawan Khera in an FIR Filed by Assam Police(04.05.2026)

Supreme Court granted anticipatory bail to Congress leader Pawan Khera in an FIR by Assam Police, filed on a complaint by Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, wife of.....

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Jharkhand HC Sanctions ABCIL, Grasim Merger(25.11.2015)

Jharkhand HC has sanctioned scheme of amalgamation of Aditya Birla Chemicals (India) Ltd. (ABCIL) with Grasim Industries Ltd, ABCIL.

Tags : Jharkhand HC , ABCIL, Grasim



Supreme Court Directs Delhi Govt to Drive Out DTC Buses Parked at Millennium Depot(16.01.2017)

Supreme Court has ordered Delhi Government to drive out by February 4 the last of Delhi Transport Corporation's 320 cluster buses parked at Millennium.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Delhi Transport Corporation, Millennium Bus Depot



AAR, Rajasthan: Fortified Rice Kernels and Fortified Milk, Classified as ‘Otherwise Prepared’(30.01.2020)

Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR), Rajasthan has ruled that the Fortified Rice Kernels and Fortified milk are classified as ‘otherwise prepared’ and .....

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Kerala High Court Issues Strict Instructions to Expeditiously Remove Illegal Flag Posts in State(16.11.2021)

Kerala High Court has issued strict instructions to the State to ensure that no new unauthorised flag posts are installed in the State and to remove t.....

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SC to States: Furnish Data of Cases Where Prisoners is in Jail for Not Fulfilling Bail Conditions(30.11.2022)

Supreme Court has directed all State Governments to issue directions to the jail authorities to submit certain particulars of under trial prisoners wh.....

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Madras HC Directs Government to Desilt Waterbodies Across State(26.04.2019)

Madras High Court has directed all district collectors to deepen and desilt waterbodies in their districts following a Public Interest Litigation (PIL.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Desilt Waterbodies



Allahabad HC Seeks Report from Govt Regarding Availability of Adequate Medical Equipments(12.05.2020)

Allahabad High Court has sought a detailed report from the State Government regarding the availability of requisite medical equipments and adequate nu.....

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Gujarat HC: No Express Bar of Application of Anticipatory Bail to Children in Conflict with Law(14.06.2021)

Gujarat High Court has observed that there is no express bar of application of anticipatory bail under Section 438 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.....

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Madras HC: Manifest Intention to Arbitrate is Sine Qua Non for Filing Application Under S.9(22.04.2022)

Madras High Court has ruled that manifest intention to arbitrate is a sine qua non for filing an application under Section 9 of the Arbitration & Conc.....

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Meghalaya High Court: Bail Plea Rejected Despite Delay in Trial(14.06.2024)

Meghalaya High Court has rejected the bail plea of an accused even when there was a delay in the commencement of trial under the Protection of Childre.....

Tags : Meghalaya High Court, POCSO, Bail Plea, Gravity of Offence



NGT: No Jurisdiction to Deal with Issue of Mobile Towers Radiation(11.12.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has held that issue of radiation from mobile tower was beyond its jurisdiction as such an issue does not fall under the .....

Tags : National Green Tribunal, Mobile Towers Radiation



Third Party PIL is Not Maintainable: Madras High Court(22.10.2018)

Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL which sought a direction to the authorities to withdraw the permission granted for running the Good Shepherd Mat.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Third Party, PIL



SC Gives Green Signal to NCRTC for Construction of Rail Transit Line Viaduct(10.08.2020)

Supreme Court has allowed the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) to construct a railway line viaduct in the statutory forest area o.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Construction of Rail Transit Line Viaduct



Madras HC: TET Not Compulsory for Teachers In Minority Institutions(03.05.2022)

Madras High Court has reiterated that Teacher Eligibility Test qualification cannot be made applicable to minority institutions.

Tags : Madras High Court, Teacher Eligibility Test , minority institutions



Meg. HC to State: Indicate Actions Taken Against Illegal Coal Mine Operations(10.05.2023)

Meghalaya High Court while observing that kingpins of illegal coal mining in state had been nurtured and protected by the State, has directed State to.....

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Delhi HC Quashes Criminal Complaint Against Sunil Shetty(11.07.2017)

Delhi High Court has quashed a criminal complaint filed against bollywood actor and action star Sunil Shetty by a stuntman alleging criminal conspira.....

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Madras HC: Appeal Against Acquittal in Cheque Bounce Cases to be Filed Before High Court(29.05.2020)

Madras High Court has held that the appeal against acquittal of the accused in a cheque bounce case can be filed only before the High Court under Sect.....

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Delhi High Court Quashes Termination and Directs Reinstatement of Air India Pilots(02.06.2021)

Delhi High Court has quashed the Air India’s decision on termination of services of pilots including contractual ones due to financial difficulties in.....

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NGT to DM Prayagraj & Kaushambi: Take Action Against Alleged Illegal Sand Mining in Yamuna(10.04.2023)

National Green Tribunal, Principal bench has directed District Magistrates of Prayagraj and Kaushambi districts in Uttar Pradesh to take action agains.....

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All. HC: Bail Denied to Man Accused of Murdering Woman Who Refused to Convert After Marriage(11.07.2024)

Allahabad High Court has denied bail to a man who was accused of killing a woman after she refused to convert to Islam following her marriage with the.....

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All HC Pulls Up Doctor and Seeks Expl on Finding his Diagnosis in Disability Certificates Illegible(10.09.2018)

Allahabad High Court has told a doctor found to be routinely issuing disability certificates to be careful as the diagnosis mentioned by him was “not .....

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SC: Certificate is Condition Precedent to Admissibility of Electronic Evidence(15.07.2020)

Supreme Court has held that the certificate required under Section 65B(4) of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 is a condition precedent to the admissibili.....

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Karnataka HC Refuse Anticipatory Bail to Ex-Member of Legislative Council in Extortion Case(26.04.2022)

Karnataka High Court has declined anticipatory bail to a Former Member of Legislative Council and another person in an alleged extortion case, registe.....

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Allahabad HC Denies Bail to Advocate Accused of Raping Client(22.05.2023)

Allahabad High Court has denied bail to an advocate accused of repeatedly making physical relationships with his client, against her wishes after thre.....

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PIL In Delhi High Court Seeks To Make Health & Yoga Science Mandatory Upto 8th Standard Curriculum(16.05.2022)

Public interest litigation has been filed in the Court seeking directions on the Centre and the Delhi Government to make "Health and Yoga Science" a m.....

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All. HC Refuses Bail Stating that it is Unusual for Woman to Present False Story of Sexual Assault(02.06.2023)

Allahabad HC while refusing to grant bail to a man accused of raping a 17-year-old girl has observed that it would be unusual for a woman to present f.....

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Cal. HC: Government Should take Steps to Extend Benefits of Child Care Leave to Fathers(14.08.2024)

Cal. HC has observed that time has come when the Government should treat its employees equally without any discrimination between the male and the fem.....

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Telangana High Court Dashes K Chandrashekar Rao's Plan for Errum Manzil(17.09.2019)

Telangana High Court has set aside the decision of the Council of Ministers to construct a new legislative Assembly complex at the Errum Manzil palace.....

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Madras HC Hopes State Govt to Complete Vaccination of People with Disabilities by September End(09.08.2021)

Madras High Court has said that it hopes that the State Government will completely vaccinate people with disabilities residing in the State by Septemb.....

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J&K&L HC Grants Rs. 5 Lakh Compensation to Reserved Category Candidate Denied Seat in NEET MDS 2021(30.06.2022)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ordered the Board of Professional Entrance Examination to grant Rs. 5 lakh compensation to a medical aspir.....

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SC: Civil Courts or Family Courts Are In Better Position to Deal With Child Custody Cases(09.09.2024)

SC has observed that Civil/Family Court dealing with child custody cases is in advantageous position. A child can be brought to play centre, where jud.....

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Raj. HC: Candidate's rejection merely because he suffered disability below the minimum degree illegal(03.12.2024)

The Rajasthan HC while imposing cost on Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited for rejecting the candidature of a person with disability has observed.....

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AAR, Andhra Pradesh: 18% GST Payable on Drinking Water Supply Through Mobile Tankers(17.08.2021)

Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR), Andhra Pradesh has ruled that 18% Goods and Service Tax (GST) is payable on Drinking water supply through mobile ta.....

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HP HC: Petition U/S 11 of A&C Act Would be Non-Maintainable After Filing Petition U/S 13 of A&C Act(07.07.2022)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that a party cannot file a petition under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation (A&C) Act after it has a.....

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SC Denies Bail to Yes Bank Founder Rana Kapoor in PMLA Case(07.08.2023)

Supreme Court while observing that while the period undergone by accused is substantial, but this is a case that rocked the entire banking system, has.....

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BCI Issues Warning against Practice of Advocates Advertising their Legal Services(18.03.2025)

BCI has issued a stringent warning against the increasingly prevalent and unethical practice of advocates advertising their legal services through soc.....

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Supreme Court: All Buildings Carrying Mobile Towers Can be Charged Property Tax(16.12.2016)

Supreme Court of India has declared that all buildings carrying mobile towers can be charge property tax as everything that falls under definitions of.....

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Rate relief is allowed where a dwelling's rateable value is increased by facility required for meeting needs of a person who resides in hereditament and has a disability(09.09.2019)

Mrs Quinn who is a person with a disability for the purposes of Article 31A of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 ("the 1977 Order") applied purs.....

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Supreme Court Grants Ad Interim Bail to 97 Convicts Lodged In UP Jails for Over 20 Years(08.09.2021)

Supreme Court has granted ad-interim bail to 97 convicts lodged in two different jails of Uttar Pradesh for over 20 years. The Court has also issued n.....

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Kerala HC: Tahsildar to Recategorise & Reassess Tax, Once Paddy Land is Converted as per Statute(21.07.2022)

Kerala High Court has held that once paddy land is converted in due compliance with statutory mandates, the Tahsildar has to reassess the tax and make.....

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SC Disapproves Bail Condition that Upon Filing of Charge Sheet, Trial Court Shall Take Coercive Steps(21.03.2025)

Supreme Court while disapproving with order of Patna High Court imposing a condition that upon filing of the charge sheet, the trial court shall take .....

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Delhi HC Allows Line-Up of Movie ‘Faraaz’ at London Film Festival Subject to Non-Screening(02.09.2022)

Delhi High Court has allowed Bollywood Filmmaker Hansal Mehta and others who produced the film 'Faraaz' to file the movie's entry for screening in the.....

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Jh. HC: Can’t Rule Out Insurance Company’s Liability Only because Claimants Provide Wrong Policy No.(21.04.2025)

Jharkhand HC has observed that merely providing a wrong policy number by claimants, liability of the insurance company cannot be ruled out because cla.....

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Delhi HC Dismisses Zahoor Watali's Appeal Against Denial of Bail on Ground of Covid-19(23.08.2022)

Delhi High Court has dismissed appeal filed by Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali challenging the Trial Court order denying him bail last y.....

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Raj. HC: Can’t Extend ‘Child Specific’ Safeguards to Victim to Attaining Majority During Trial(30.05.2025)

Rajasthan HC has held that procedural safeguards given under Section 3392) and 37 of POCSO Act, 2012 cannot be extended to victim who attained majorit.....

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Bombay High Court Grants NIA Time to Respond in Anand Teltumbde's Bail Appeal(21.10.2021)

Bombay High Court has granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) two weeks to respond to Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde's bail appeal. The Court h.....

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Kar. HC Directs Media Outlets to Block Articles Displaying Names of 2 Acquitted of Alleged Crimes(04.08.2022)

Karnataka High Court has directed 17 media outlets to temporarily block articles, videos and comments displaying names of two Petitioners in connectio.....

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HP HC: No Detention Merely for Suspected Heroin in Blood(01.08.2025)

Himachal Pradesh High Court granted bail in an NDPS case, ruling that it is not permissible to detain a person solely on the presumption that their bl.....

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Madras HC Directs State to Take Action Against Noise Pollution, Building Violations(01.11.2021)

Madras High Court has directed the State authorities to take appropriate actions to ensure that noise pollution or violations of building rules on acc.....

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SC: If Exact Assessment of Age Can’t be Done, One Year Margin on Lower Side can be Granted(23.11.2023)

Supreme Court has observed that Rule 12(3)(b) Juvenile Justice Rules, 2007 provides that in the case exact assessment of the age cannot be done, Court.....

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Supreme Court Rejects Senthil Balaji’s Plea Calling it ‘Misconceived’(06.10.2025)

Supreme Court rejected ex-Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji's plea to remove remarks that led to his resignation. In April, a bench warned Balaji t.....

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Delhi HC Defers Decision on Roche's Plea against Zydus' Cancer Drug(23.08.2016)

Delhi HC has deferred a decision on maintainability of a petition by Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG to stop Zydus Cadila from selling a copy of its.....

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Delhi High Court Raps Authorities for Illegal Parking(29.05.2019)

Delhi High Court has ordered the traffic police, municipal corporations and other stakeholders to ensure that vehicles are not parked on pavements and.....

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Supreme Court Declines to Proceed on Contempt Action Against Maharashtra Forest Officials(01.03.2021)

Supreme Court has declined to proceed further with a contempt action against Maharashtra forest officials over the killing of Avni, a “man-eater” tigr.....

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SC: Court Can’t Impose Bail Condition that Husband Must Resume Conjugal Life with Wife(08.12.2023)

Supreme Court has held that the High Court while granting an anticipatory bail should not impose a condition that the husband (accused under Section 4.....

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Supreme Court: Police and Courts Should Act as Initial Filters to Prevent Baseless Prosecutions(03.12.2025)

Supreme Court expressed concern over the practice of filing charge sheets and framing charges in cases with little chance of conviction, emphasizing t.....

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SC: Parties Who Consent to Arbitration Can't Later Oppose Award on Non-Arbitrability Grounds(18.08.2025)

SC has held that once parties consent to arbitration and accept a consent decree, they’re estopped from later challenging the award as non-arbitrable .....

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Graft Case: SC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Patwari(08.09.2025)

SC granted anticipatory bail to a Patwari in a corruption case, criticizing Punjab & Haryana HC for a “cryptic and unusual” order.

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Bombay HC Denies to Stay on Demolition of Building near Airport(21.09.2016)

Bombay HC has denied to stay its order directing demolition of the top three floors of a residential building near the international airport here due .....

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Australian High Court Rules Sperm Donor is Legal Parent of Child(20.06.2019)

Australian High Court has held that the claim of a 'sperm donor' that he is the legal parent of the child born by artificial insemination is correct......

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Bombay HC Takes Suo Motu Cognisance of Dangerous Journey for Young Children to Reach School(01.02.2022)

Bombay High Court has taken suo moto cognisance of a news report about the pitiable conditions in which young girls from a village in Satara District .....

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Madras HC Makes E-Filing Mandatory for Anticipatory Bail(06.02.2023)

Madras High Court has made e-filing mandatory in both Principal bench in Madras and the Madurai bench. This facility is initially compulsory for Antic.....

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Calcutta High Court: Serving a Show-Cause Notice Via Email is Valid under PMLA Regulations(18.03.2026)

Calcutta HC held that under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the Adjudicating Authority must verify at the outset that all relied-upon documents ar.....

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SC Rejects Bail Application of Akhil Gogoi in UAPA Case Relating to Anti-CAA Protests(11.02.2021)

Supreme Court has dismissed plea by peasants' rights activist Akhil Gogoi, challenging the Gauhati High Court order rejecting his bail plea. The Court.....

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SC: Keeping Bail Application Pending for 8 Months Not Consistent With Right to Liberty(27.09.2022)

Supreme Court while granting liberty to Anil Deshmukh to approach the Bombay High Court Bench assigned to hearing his bail application, has remarked t.....

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Supreme Court: Mutation of Revenue Records Can Be Based on a Will(23.12.2025)

Supreme Court held that mutation of land records can be carried out on the basis of a will and cannot be denied merely because the claim is testamenta.....

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Supreme Court: Only Civil Court of Original Jurisdiction Can Extend Arbitral Tribunal’s Mandate(30.01.2026)

Supreme Court held that applications to extend an arbitral tribunal’s mandate under Section 29A(4) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 must .....

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International organisations conducting religious pilgrimage exempt from tax(17.05.2016)

The Ministry of External Affairs exempted from tax international organisations facilitating religious pilgrimage services offered by the Ministry.
.....

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Bar Council of Chhattisgarh Entitled to I-T Exemption: Chhattisgarh High Court(02.05.2018)

Chhattisgarh High Court has held that Bar Council of the State is entitled for income tax exemption under Section 10(23A) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 .....

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A candidate seeking appointment to a civil post cannot have an indefeasible right to appointment merely because of appearance of his name in merit list(15.01.2020)

In facts of present case, the candidates who were initially appointed as Lower Division Clerks and promoted as Upper Division Clerks/Head Clerks invok.....

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Supreme Court: Need to Protect Witnesses for Better Conviction Rate(28.11.2016)

Supreme Court has expressed concern over recent "phenomenon" where witnesses are turning hostile in high-profile cases to frustrate justice delivery s.....

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President Kovind Says 'Unacceptably Low' Number of Judges from Weaker Sections in Higher Judiciary(29.11.2017)

President Kovind Says 'Unacceptably Low' Number of Judges from Weaker Sections in Higher Judiciary

Tags : Telling the higher judiciary that it was its "sacred duty" to "groom" district and sessions judges and raise their skill so that more and more of them can be elevated to High Courts, President Kovind said "We need to take long-term measures to remedy this situation."



Negligence by the business operator does not have to be proved(16.10.2020)

In facts of present case, Highbury Poultry Farm Produce Ltd. (“HPFPL”) operates a poultry slaughterhouse. The birds have their legs shackled to a movi.....

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Medicinal products should be clearly distinguishable(03.06.2016)

Public interest supports a lesser degree of proof showing confusing similarity in trade mark, even if two medicinal products are not identical or of t.....

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Madras HC Tells TRB to Extend Tamil Medium Quota to 30 Applicants(08.04.2019)

Madras High Court has directed Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) to extend reservation for more than 30 candidates who studied in Tamil medium (PSTM) a.....

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SC Orders 2674 Prisoners in Delhi Released on Interim Bail to Surrender Within 15 Days(04.03.2021)

Supreme Court has directed 2674 prisoners of Delhi jails, who had been granted interim bail by trial courts and the Delhi High Court, to surrender wit.....

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Court can lift corporate veil to determine common business goal and privity of interest(17.08.2015)

The corporate veil can be lifted by the Court in “diverse circumstances” to determine the true nature of a company or a group of companies. The Appell.....

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Delhi High Court: Hospitals Can't Hold Patient Hostage For Unpaid Bills(28.04.2017)

Delhi High Court has said that hospitals cannot hold patients “hostage” to extract money for unpaid bills.

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Supreme Court Eases Deadline for Filing of Cases(07.05.2020)

Supreme Court has extended indefinitely the statutory deadline under Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 for filing of appeals/petitions/suits and .....

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SC Pulls Up West Bengal Govt for Not Uploading Information of Children Orphaned During COVID(08.06.2021)

Supreme Court has asked the State of West Bengal to comply with the Court's previous orders, and gather and upload the information regarding children .....

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Mere demand of dowry is not sufficient to bring home the offence to an accused(21.06.2021)

The Appellants being aggrieved against the judgment and order of conviction and sentence passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge has preferred.....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Madras HC Dismisses Criminal Revision Case while Showing Empathy with Girl Child(26.10.2015)

Madras HC has dismissed a criminal revision case of a girl child, brought by her maternal grandmother, not having been able to receive any maintenance.....

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Rehabilitation Homes for Mentally Ill Persons: SC Seeks Status Report(04.10.2018)

Supreme Court has sought reports within two weeks from state governments and Union Territories on the status of setting up rehabilitation homes for pe.....

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Delhi HC Grants Bail to NDPS Accused on Lack of Medical Evidence(30.09.2020)

Delhi High Court has granted bail to a person accused under sections 20 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 by noting tha.....

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Lok Sabha Passes LLP (Amendment) Bill To Boost Ease Of Doing Business(09.08.2021)

Lok Sabha has passed the Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which seeks to encourage the start-up ecosystem and further boost the ea.....

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Bombay HC Rejects Intervention Application of Godhra Riots Survivor(27.10.2016)

Bombay High Court while rejecting Intervention Application (IA) filed by Bilkis Bano, survivor of a gang-rape and witness to murder of her family, in .....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Intervention Application, Bilkis Bano, Godhra riots



Convicts Too Must Breathe Fresh Air, Maintain Family Ties, Says Supreme Court(03.10.2017)

Supreme Court has said and favoured a "humanistic approach" while dealing with pleas for parole or furlough to those serving long jail term by observi.....

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Karnataka HC Dismisses Plea of Kyrgyzstan National Seeking Relaxation of Bail Condition(15.09.2020)

Karnataka High Court has dismissed a Petition filed by a Kyrgyzstan national seeking to relax bail condition imposed by the trial Court directing auth.....

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In the absence of demonstrable and material misdirection, Trial Court’s findings of fact are presumed to be correct(30.07.2021)

The Appellant was arrested and charged with murder. Appellant raised an alibi defence during trial before the South Gauteng High Court (trial court). .....

Tags : Conviction, Evidence, Credibility



Court denies bail to former Delhi Law Minister(22.09.2015)

Noting the litany of serious charges leveled against Somnath Bharti, former Law Minister for the State of Delhi, the Court dismissed his petition “tha.....

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Supreme Court Expresses Shock Over 2 Lakh “Missing” Children(23.08.2018)

Supreme Court has expressed shock over discrepancies in two government-commissioned surveys, both a year apart, which shows that over two lakh childre.....

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Balance Sheets entries can amount to acknowledgement of debt for purpose of extending limitation(15.04.2021)

In present matter, Corporate Power Ltd. ["the corporate debtor"] set up a thermal power project in Jharkhand, and for so doing, availed of loan facili.....

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Section 69(2) of Partnership Act, 1932 is not a bar to a suit filed by unregistered firm, if the same is for enforcement of statutory right(31.01.2022)

Present appeal, by the Plaintiff of a suit for declaration and injunction, is directed against the judgment, as passed by the High Court, whereby the .....

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SC: No Income Tax Liability for UAE Exchange in India(27.04.2020)

Supreme Court has ruled that no income tax can be levied on its liaison offices in India in respect of the principal business carried by it in United .....

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Bombay High Court Denies Interim Relief to Anil Deshmukh on His Plea Against CBI FIR(07.05.2021)

Bombay High Court has granted liberty to the State of Maharashtra and former State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh to approach the vacation bench in case .....

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Mere facts that, the weapon used is not recovered cannot be a ground not to rely upon the dying declaration(01.04.2022)

The State has preferred the present appeal against the impugned judgment passed by the High Court by which the High Court has acquitted the Respondent.....

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Court restricts iBall from importing mobiles, handsets and other devices(02.09.2015)

Ericsson was successful in its plaint alleging infringement of its patents by several mobile devices imported by and sold as iBall products. Some of t.....

Tags : Mobile, patent, speech, codec



Bombay High Court: Lessen Gap Between Train Footboard and Platform(08.08.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that there is no harm in learning or adopting a new technology, as is available in Western countries, where there seems to .....

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Karnataka HC Directs Centre, State to Release Funds for Children with Rare Genetic Disease of LSD(26.04.2021)

Karnataka High Court has directed the Government of India to pay a sum of Rs 3 crore and the State Government to pay a sum of Rs 2 Crore to the Indira.....

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Ker. HC Refuses to Suspend Sentence of Man Accused of Attempting to Travel to Syria for Joining ISIS(14.02.2023)

Kerala High Court while dismissing applications seeking suspension of sentence of 3 persons, who were convicted for attempting to travel to Syria for .....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Bail, Syria, Suspension



Bombay High Court Irks over State for Not Demolishing Illegal Shrines(21.01.2016)

Bombay High Court has irked over State Government, as not even 10 per cent of illegal religious shrines have been demolished in three months and aske.....

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Discretion to grant or deny pre-arrest bail cannot be exercised de hors the gravity of offence(20.08.2019)

In first application, Petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in FIR registered under Section 120B read with Section 420 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and.....

Tags : Pre-arrest bail, Grant, Offence, Seriousness



Calcutta HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of Unnatural Deaths of Elephants, Bisons Etc(07.09.2020)

Calcutta High Court on its own motion has taken cognizance of the issue of unnatural death of Elephants, Bisons and other wild animals, birds, reptile.....

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Kerala High Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail to Two Accused in ISRO Espionage Case(27.07.2021)

Kerala High Court has granted interim anticipatory bail to former police officers S. Vijayan and Thampi S. Durga in the ISRO espionage case for two we.....

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Liability to pay advance tax arises only on the accrual of income in the hands of the assessee and not prior(11.07.2023)

The relevant facts in this case are that the assessment proceedings in assessee’s case for A.Y. 2014-15 were completed on. Thereafter, the AO had issu.....

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Bombay High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail to Actor Sahil Khan in Abetment to Suicide Case(08.12.2021)

Bombay High Court has granted pre-arrest bail to actor and fitness entrepreneur Sahil Khan in an abetment to suicide and defamation case.

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In exercise of writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution, factual determination of rights cannot be undertaken(23.10.2023)

Challenge raised in the present writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950 is to the decision taken as indicated in the .....

Tags : Possession, Public utility, Legality



Union Budget 2017-18: Key Updates(01.02.2017)

#Income Tax rate for annual income between Rs 2.5 lakh to 5 lakh reduced to 5% from 10%. #Zero tax liability for people with annual income of Rs 3 la.....

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Delhi High Court Seeks Response From Police On Suhaib Ilyasi(16.03.2018)

Delhi High Court has sought a response from the Delhi Police on former TV anchor and producer Suhaib Ilyasi's plea challenging his conviction and life.....

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Second complaint lie only on fresh facts or on previous facts, only if, a special case is made out(02.03.2020)

In the facts of present case, the father of the complainant passed away. It is submitted that, on 2nd November, 2010, vehicle maruti -800 owned compla.....

Tags : Forged documents, Second complaint, Maintainability



Kerala HC: Mere Possibility of Individual Occupying Premises Not Adequate to Make Necessary Party(17.01.2022)

Kerala High Court has ruled that a mere possibility of an individual occupying the premises through a licence is not adequate to make them a necessary.....

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Delhi High Court: Belated Filing Of Documents By Defendant Not Permissible Without Leave Of Court(28.01.2022)

Delhi High Court has observed that provisions of Order VIII Rule 1(3) Civil Procedure Code, 1908 make it clear that document which ought to be produce.....

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Central Government declares the services engaged in iron & steel industry to be a public utility service for ID Act, 1947 for a further period of six months effective from 17th Feb., 2024(14.02.2024)

Whereas the Central Government is satisfied that public interest so requires that the services engaged in the Iron and Steel, which is covered under i.....

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DCCBs can allow existing customers to withdraw upto Rs. 24,000 from their accounts : RBI(14.11.2016)

The Reserve Bank of India has today clarified that District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs) can allow their existing customers to withdraw money fro.....

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Delhi High Court:Suspension of Sentence or Grant of Bail Cannot Imply that Conviction Stops Operating(17.10.2019)

Delhi High Court has clarified that suspension of sentence, pending an appeal does not imply a suspension of order of conviction. The Court held that .....

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Karnataka HC Issues Notice on Plea Against Levy of Property Tax on Buildings & Lands(16.12.2021)

Karnataka High Court has issued notice on a plea challenging certain provisions of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act 1976 that provide for levy.....

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Delhi HC: Failure on Wife’s Part to Disclose Mental Disorder Before Marriage Constitutes Fraud(27.12.2021)

Delhi High Court has annulled marriage between a husband and wife after 16 years observing that the failure on wife's part to disclose her mental diso.....

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Delhi High Court: Wife Igniting Animosity and Hostility in Child Against Father Amounts to Cruelty(04.03.2024)

Delhi High Court has held that the act of the aggrieved wife of igniting animosity and hostility in the minor child against the father is not only an .....

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MP High Court Issues Notice to Govt., Commissioner over Sharmila’s Petition on Land Encroachment(07.12.2015)

MP High Court has issued notices on State Government and Commissioner, Bhopal Municipal Corporation on a petition filed by actress Sharmila Tagore for.....

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Submission of valid report of Public Prosecutor indicating progress of investigation and disclosing specific reasons for extension of period of detention is sine-qua-non for such extension(24.01.2018)

Challenge in instant application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr. PC) is the order passed by learned Chief Judicial Magi.....

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Delhi HC Grants Bail to Riots Accused Noting That Accused Was Not in Vicinity of Affected Area(17.02.2021)

Delhi High Court has granted Regular Bail to Riots Accused, Cab Driver named Mohd. Danish, noting that as per the CDR details of the petitioner, he wa.....

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SC Clarifies Rights and Entitlements Under Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act, 2016(24.11.2021)

Supreme Court has clarified that the rights and entitlements under the Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act, 2016, including the right of persons w.....

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Dishonest inducement is the sine qua non to attract the provisions of Sections 415 and 420 of IPC(20.03.2024)

The present appeal challenges the order passed by the learned Single Judge of the High Court, whereby the High Court rejected the petition filed by th.....

Tags : FIR, Provision, Applicability



Indian Trusts (Amendment) Bill, 2015(13.08.2015)

The Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha, makes amendments to the Indian Trusts Act, 1882. The Bill suggests changes to update the Act, 1882 by removing .....

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GST: Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh State Assemblies Passes State GST Bill, 2017(17.05.2017)

Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh assemblies has unanimously passed State Goods and Services Tax Bill 2017.

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Rajasthan HC Asks Child Welfare Committee to Compensate Girl for Illegally Confining Her(09.04.2020)

Rajasthan High Court has ordered the Chairperson of a Child Welfare Committee to pay compensation of Rs. 50,000 against the confinement of a girl in t.....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Directions on NCLAT to Modify SOP on Electronic Filing(21.05.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea seeking directions on the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal to modify its Standard Operating Proced.....

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NCLAT: Failure to Reply to Demand Notice Does Not Preclude Corporate Debtor from Raising Dispute(15.03.2022)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has held that the mere fact that the corporate debtor did not reply to the demand notice by the Operational Cr.....

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SC: Time Limit u/s 14(3) of JJ Act to Ascertain Physical & Mental Health of Juvenile is Directory(08.05.2024)

SC has held that time limit to prescribe physical and mental health of juvenile so provided in Section 14(3) of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 cannot .....

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Gujarat HC Rejects Challenge to Levy of Increased Enrollment Fee by Bar Council(27.03.2020)

Gujarat High Court has dismissed a Writ Petition which challenged the right of the Bar Council of India and Bar Council of Gujarat to levy as well as .....

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Allahabad HC Denies Bail to Man Who Allegedly Sent Girlfriend's Intimate Pictures to Her Family(23.02.2022)

Allahabad High Court has denied bail to a man who allegedly shared intimate pictures of his girlfriend with her family members as it noted that this w.....

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Power to grant a pre-arrest bail under Section 438 of the CrPC is extraordinary in nature and is to be exercised sparingly(17.05.2024)

The present application is filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) read with Section 482 of the CrPC seeking pre-arrest.....

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Identity, credit-worthiness and genuineness of transactions have to be explained by the assessee, if the amount pertaining to it credited in books of account(22.05.2024)

Present appeal preferred by the appellant/Revenue, challenges an order, of the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) ['CIT(A)']. By the order under cha.....

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Mobile App for Packaged Products(25.07.2017)

In the interest of consumers, the Government, in cooperation with GS-1 India, has launched a new Mobile App "Smart Consumer" in December, 2016. Using .....

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IL&FS Case: NCLT Permits MCA to Prosecute Deloitte Haskins, BSR Associates(19.07.2019)

National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has permitted the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) to prosecute the auditors of IL&FS Financial Services (IFIN.....

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Telangana HC Directs State to Allow Media Coverage of Secretariat Demolition(31.07.2020)

Telangana High Court has directed the State Government to allow the media to cover and report/telecast the demolition activity of the Secretariat buil.....

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Discontinuation of monthly Solvency Returns(12.05.2022)

Ref: Circular No. IRDAI/F&A/Cir/Misc. 126/05/2021 dated 6th May 2021

In view of the difficult and challenging times faced by the Indian econo.....

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Punjab & Haryana HC: ‘Paramilitary Jawans’ Are Akin to Soldiers in Indian Army(30.01.2017)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that work of paramilitary jawan is "arduous and akin to soldiers in Indian Army", and hence it calls for a high.....

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Madras High Court Grants Conditional Bail to Environment Activist Mugilan(14.11.2019)

Madras High Court has granted conditional bail to an environment activist Mugilan in a rape case, directing him to appear before police once in every .....

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Allahabad HC Imposes Cost on Plea for Speedy Disposal of Bail Application Not Filed(04.12.2020)

Allahabad High Court has dismissed a Criminal Writ plea with a cost of Rs. 10,000/- which was filed seeking a direction for speedy disposal of the bai.....

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Accused is not required to prove his defence beyond a reasonable doubt but only by preponderance of probabilities(04.08.2022)

The present appeal arises from the judgment passed by the High Court dismissing the Appellant's appeal against judgment passed by the First Additional.....

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For claiming Input Tax Credit, genuineness of the transaction and actual physical movement of the goods has to be proved by the dealer(13.03.2023)

The issue is with respect to interpretation of Section 70 of the Karnataka Value Added Tax Act, 2003 (KVAT Act, 2003). By the impugned judgment passed.....

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NGT Issues Notice to Chief Wildlife Warden over Safety of Tigers near Bhopal(29.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to Chief Wildlife Warden, Secretary Forest Department and Inspector General of Police, Bhopal, seekin.....

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Bombay HC Directs MMRCL to Provide Constructed Space to State’s Administrative Tribunal(04.11.2016)

Bombay High Court has directed Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL) to give an undertaking stating that it will provide 18,000 square feet constructe.....

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Madras High Court: Family Courts Overburdened with Increasing Matrimonial Disputes(10.09.2019)

Madras High Court has rejected a contempt petition against a Family Court Judge and has observed that the Family Court Judges are under Judicial suffo.....

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Madras HC Directs BCTNP to Obtain Details of Members of Bar Associations(17.08.2021)

Madras High Court has directed the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (BCTNP) to write to 250 plus Bar associations in the State and obtain deta.....

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J&K&L HC: Person Absconding And Evading Execution of Warrant Not Entitled to Anticipatory Bail(06.07.2022)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that a person against whom a warrant who is absconding and evading the execution of a warrant, is not.....

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Kar. HC: Child Born in 'Batil' Marriage is Illegitimate(04.08.2023)

Karnataka High Court while observing that child born in a 'Batil' marriage under Mohammadan Law, is illegitimate, has held that he does not have any r.....

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Supreme Court Raps Manipur Government Over 'Fake' Encounter Killings(11.08.2015)

Supreme Court has said, fact that compensation has been paid to heirs of victims of security forces' encounter killings in Manipur "amply indicate" th.....

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Kerala High Court: Family Court Can’t Delegate Recording Of Evidence(06.04.2018)

Kerala High Court has held that evidence in matrimonial cases has to be recorded by the court itself, and that the Advocate Commissioner can be appoin.....

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Supreme Court Raps Bengal, UP as Child Rape Cases Pile Up(27.12.2019)

Supreme Court has come down heavily on Governments of West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh for an "extremely deplorable state of affairs" with regard to tria.....

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SC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking National Level Plan for Rehabilitation of Covid 19 Affected Families(29.11.2021)

Supreme Court has issued notice in a writ petition seeking formulation and preparation of National Level Plan in tandem with the State Government to e.....

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Ker. HC: Indulging in Criminal Activity Amounts to Supervening Circumstance for Bail Cancellation(09.11.2022)

Kerala High Court has held that misuse of liberty granted to an accused person by indulging in criminal activities, thereby violating conditions impos.....

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Pat. HC: Leveling of False Allegation of Illicit Relations Amounts to Mental Cruelty(26.12.2023)

Patna High Court has held that leveling of false allegation by one spouse to the other having alleged illicit relations with different persons outside.....

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Distribution of false or misleading information that is capable of harming the business interests of another undertaking' shall be deemed to constitute a deceptive marketing practice(30.03.2018)

The Complainant is a company incorporated under the Companies Ordinance, 1984 in Pakistan since 19 February 1970. It is engaged in the business of pro.....

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CESTAT: IILM Business School Liable to Pay Service Tax on MBA, PGP Programme(27.01.2020)

Central Excise and Service Tax Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad has held that as the service provided by Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (.....

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Kerala HC: E-Way Bill Mandatory Where Value of Each Invoice Individually Lower Than Rs 50k(11.02.2021)

Kerala High Court has ruled that E-Way Bill is mandatory for transporting goods where value of each invoice is lower than Rs 50,000 individually but e.....

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Classification of goods that undertake lifting and handling functions and have mobility as a function(22.09.2022)

1. Various references have been received in the Board regarding the classification of the goods referred as Truck Cranes or All Terrain Cranes. These .....

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For an interim or final moratorium under Section 96 of IBC to come into force, application filed by debtor should be complete in all respects and without any procedural defects(17.11.2023)

The Petitioner who is a sleeping partner in the 3rd respondent-Limited Liability Partnership Firm, seeks to declare that the provisions of the Insolve.....

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SC: Delay in Filing Appeals Beyond 90, 60 or 30 Days Can be Condoned(22.03.2021)

Supreme Court has overruled its 2019 verdict in the case M/s NV International vs State of Assam which had strictly held that a delay of more than 120 .....

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Kerala High Court Sets Aside Single Judge Order Staying Land Survey in K-Rail Silver Line Project(15.02.2022)

Kerala High Court has set aside an interim order issued by a Single Judge directing the State to defer steps for the survey taken in furtherance of it.....

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Mere breach of contract, by one of the parties, would not attract prosecution for criminal offence in every case(12.03.2024)

The Appellants before present Court have challenged the order of the High Court by which their petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedur.....

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Delhi HC: Trial Court Judges Should Remain Sensitive During Child’s Testimony(08.08.2016)

Delhi HC has said that trial court judges are expected to “remain sensitive” while recording statements of children and required to take active part w.....

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SC Asks TN Govt to Decide Premature Release Plea of a 'SriLankan Refugee' Who Spent 3 Decades in Jail(26.04.2019)

Supreme Court has directed Tamil Nadu Government to decide representation submitted by a 'Sri Lankan Refugee' who spent 30 years in jail seeking remis.....

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Madras HC Denies Bail to Man Accused of Robbery(12.05.2020)

Madras High Court has denied bail to a robbery accused that has been in custody for almost 2 months. The Court has further observed that there would b.....

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Gauhati HC Directs to Ensure Availability of Facilities to Covid Patients in Home Isolation(14.06.2021)

Gauhati High Court has directed the Nagaland Government to ensure that Covid-19 patients being recommended home isolation have sufficient number of ro.....

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Delhi HC: Restraint Order Against Husband Under DV Act from Making Arrangement for Child Visitation(21.04.2022)

Delhi High Court has ruled that the domain and extent of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and Family Courts Act, 1984, being two c.....

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Mad. HC: State Bound to Take Care of Adults With Mental Health Illness and No Family Support(12.06.2024)

Madras High Court while directing the State to provide lifelong accommodation and medicare to a 20 year old mentally disabled man, has observed that p.....

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Accounting Treatment of Enhanced Provision of Pension Scheme(18.04.2016)

In light of the pay revision of officers and employees carried out by public sector insurers in 2015-2016, the Insurance Regulator Development Authori.....

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An unstamped instrument is not admissible in evidence even for collateral purpose, until the same is impounded(23.03.2018)

In present suit, Plaintiff has filed the document dated 9th September, 1994 evidencing family settlement which was claimed by the Plaintiff as memoran.....

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AAR, Tamil Nadu: Drilling of Borewells Not ‘Support Service for Agriculture’(20.01.2021)

Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR), Tamil Nadu has held that the drilling of borewells for supply of water in agricultural land is not ‘Support Service.....

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HC Slams Kerala Govt For 'Playing Hide and Seek' Over Issue of Unauthorised Flags, Banners(18.10.2022)

Kerala High Court asked the State to not to play a 'hide and seek' game with the court by asking the state government to come clean on whether it want.....

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Lok Sabha Passes Bankruptcy Bill(06.05.2016)

Lok Sabha has passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy code 2016 with all the amendments proposed by the joint committee of Parliament being accepted by t.....

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Bombay High Court Slams Mumbai Civic Body for Using Illegal Hoarding for Ad(19.02.2018)

Bombay High Court has slammed Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) for using a hoarding, which the civic body had itself termed illegal earl.....

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National Green Tribunal: Green Laws Must for Railway Stations(16.12.2019)

National Green Tribunal has observed that railway stations across the country are required to obtain necessary environmental permissions as several po.....

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SC: Period for Filing of Written Statement Directory In Civil Suits; But Mandatory in Commercial Suit(20.10.2021)

Supreme Court has observed that the period of 90 days for filing of written statement under Order VIII Rule 1 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 in civi.....

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Bombay HC: Unclean & Unhygienic Toilets Affect Right of Every Girl Child to Live With Dignity(04.08.2022)

Bombay High Court has held that any failure on the part of authorities/concerned schools to provide for basic facilities of clean and hygienic toilets.....

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J&K and Ladakh High Court Amends Jammu and Kashmir General Rules (Civil), 1978(29.07.2025)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has introduced amendment to the Jammu and Kashmir General Rules (Civil) of 1978 as a step towards ensuring pro.....

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SC Slams Assam Government Over Illegal Foreigners(02.04.2019)

Supreme Court has accused Assam Government of playing hide and seek with court's resolve to unravel the mystery of over 40 lakh people not figuring in.....

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Kerala High Court Issues Guidelines to Family Courts for Early Disposal of Cases(24.03.2021)

Kerala High Court has issued guidelines to streamline and prescribe a uniform procedure for disposal of cases before Family Courts in the State, obser.....

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P&H HC Makes Declaration Regarding Status of Minor Children from First Marriage Mandatory(20.01.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it mandatory for parties moving the High Court with their protection pleas in case of Live-in relationships or .....

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Bombay HC Grants Bail to Anil Deshmukh in Corruption Case(12.12.2022)

Bombay High Court has granted bail to former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act regarding illega.....

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Norms Eased for Isolated, Small Gas Fields(29.12.2015)

Oil ministry has relaxed rules for selecting power, fertilizer,steel and city gas distribution companies in NorthEast region for allocation of natural.....

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Delhi HC: Cannot Be Exempted From Maintaining Child Even If Other Spouse Earns Sufficiently Well(16.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has reiterated that a spouse cannot be exempted from contributing towards maintenance of a minor child even if the other spouse, with.....

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NGT Imposes Rs 50 Cr Fine on 5 Illegal Miners in Saharanpur(19.02.2016)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed five persons involved in illegal mining in Saharanpur area to pay an environmental compensation of Rs 50 cr.....

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Suitability of Candidate can be Considered Even After Disclosure by Him of Pending Criminal Cases: SC(27.11.2018)

Supreme Court has observed that even after disclosure is made by a candidate about criminal cases pending against him, the employer would be well with.....

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Bombay High Court Refuses Bail to Men Caught with Over 203 Kg Marijuana(23.10.2020)

Bombay High Court has refused to grant bail to two men facing prosecution for offences punishable under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.....

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Bombay HC: Child in Conflict With Law Can Seek Anticipatory Bail(18.07.2022)

Bombay High Court has held that a child in conflict with law as per the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 can file an appli.....

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SC: Can’t Expect Witness to Give Graphic Details of Overt Acts of Each Accused(21.08.2023)

Supreme Court has held that in a case involving Section 149 of the IPC one cannot expect a witness to speak with graphic detail about the specific ove.....

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SC Expresses Displeasure at Instances of UP Police Turning Civil Disputes Being into Criminal Dispute(08.04.2025)

Supreme Court has expressed displeasure at the act of UP Police turning civil disputes into criminal cases. The Court termed it as a 'complete breakdo.....

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SC Issues Notice on Bail Application Upon Accused's Plea That Victim Had Consented(08.12.2020)

Supreme Court has issued notice on a bail plea of a man accused of rape of a girl, who was a minor aged 17 years 8 months at the time of the offence, .....

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Supreme Court Sets Aside HC Order Condoning Delay of 1011 Days in Filing Second Appeal(21.12.2021)

Supreme Court has set aside a High Court's order condoning a huge delay of 1011 days in preferring a second appeal in a case where no sufficient or sa.....

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Bombay HC: Alcohol in Medical Report Proof of Inebriation(05.01.2023)

Bombay High Court while observing that alcohol in medical report proof of inebriation, has held that an accident while boarding a train in such a stat.....

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Madras HC: Courts Can't be Rigid about Minor Bail Violations(14.09.2016)

Madras HC, while dismissing a petition seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail to two accused in a harassment case, has said that courts can't be ex.....

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HP High Court: Judgment Passed by Single Member of the Juvenile Justice Board is Void Ab Initio(03.06.2019)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that judgment passed by a single member of the Juvenile Justice Board is void ab initio as per the provisions of .....

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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Ex Gratia Payment to Families of Judicial Officers(10.05.2021)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to GNCTD, Department of Finance, GNCTD, Department of Home Affairs, Delhi Secretariat, Department of Law and Justic.....

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Frequently asked questions on Corporate Social Responsibility(25.08.2021)

1. The broad framework of CSR has been provided in Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 (herein after referred as 'the Act'), Schedule VII of the Ac.....

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Ker. HC: Right to Bail is Not to be Denied Merely Because of the Sentiments of the Community(26.09.2023)

Kerala High Court has held that even in case of serious accusations, right to bail is not to be denied merely because of the sentiments of the communi.....

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Bombay HC: Can’t Deny Payment to Contractor for Extra Work Approved by Railways(26.06.2025)

Bombay High Court has observed that a contractor cannot be denied payment for extra work when such work is accepted, measured, and not objected to con.....

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Bombay HC Asks Govt to Inform About COVID-19 Conditions Prevailing in Mumbai(22.03.2022)

Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra government to inform it about the COVID-19 conditions prevailing in Mumbai when restrictions were imposed .....

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Supreme Court: Enable E-Filing & Virtual Appearance Facilities At UP District Courts(16.04.2024)

Supreme Court has asked the Registrar General of the Allahabad High Court that e-filing facility must be enabled at the e-Sewa Kendras of the District.....

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SC Put Stay on Gujarat HC’s Order on Essar Oil(12.08.2016)

SC has stayed a Gujarat High Court ruling declining exemption to Essar Oil Ltd from paying Value Added Tax (VAT) on kerosene and LPG.

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Raise Height of Tracks to Avoid Flooding: Bombay High Court to Railways(11.07.2018)

Bombay High Court has rapped Central and Western Railway for their inability to take preemptive measures ahead of Mumbai rains.

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Madras HC: Decision to Convert Railway Coaches to Isolation Wards Cannot be Interfered With(13.04.2020)

Madras High Court has lauded the Government for taking timely steps and creating mobile isolation wards in train coaches, while dismissing a plea seek.....

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Bombay HC: Principal Can't Be Prosecuted For Cruelty Under JJ Act For Teacher’s Action(08.03.2022)

Bombay HC has held that the headmaster of a school cannot be prosecuted for cruelty under the Juvenile Justice Act (JJ Act) for a teacher's actions me.....

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Bombay HC: Family Court Must Examine Terms of Mutual Consent Divorce(09.01.2017)

Bombay High Court has cautioned Family Courts across Maharashtra to not grant decree of divorce on mere presentation of a joint application by spouses.....

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Lok Sabha Passes National Institute of Design (Amendment) Bill, 2019(27.11.2019)

Lok Sabha has passed the National Institute of Design (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which declares the four National Institutes of Design in Andhra Pradesh, .....

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Delhi Court Dismisses Regular Bail Plea Filed by Sharjeel Imam in 2019 Case(22.10.2021)

Delhi Court has dismissed the regular bail plea filed by Sharjeel Imam in a 2019 case alleging that he delivered provocative speeches which led to Del.....

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Ker. HC Grants Bail to Psychiatric Patient Citing Further Detention Would Adversely Affect His Illnes(15.09.2022)

Kerala High Court while granting bail to accused suffering from psychotic illness, stated that since major part of the investigation is over and the p.....

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HP HC: Accidentally Shooting a Person, Mistaking them for a Wild Animal, is Negligence, Not Murder(23.09.2025)

The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that accidentally shooting a person while mistaking them for a wild animal amounts to death caused by negligence .....

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Meg. HC to State: Identify 'Kingpins' of Illegal Coal Mining(14.03.2023)

Meghalaya High Court while hearing a PIL on menace of Illegal Coal Mining in State, has directed State government to identify kingpins of illegal coal.....

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Parliament Updates: To Ensure Equal Rights to People Affected By HIV, AIDS Lok Sabha Passes HIV Bill(12.04.2017)

Lok Sabha has passed a crucial bill that ensures equal rights to people affected by HIV and AIDS in terms of getting treatment, jobs or admissions to .....

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Delhi High Court Directs Police to Take Proactive Steps to Find Missing Children(20.02.2020)

Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Police to take proactive steps to trace missing children. The Court has directed Anti- Human Trafficking Units.....

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Supreme Court Issues Notice in Plea Regarding Non Functioning of National Board for Wildlife(08.03.2021)

Supreme Court has issued notice in a public interest petition filed regarding non-functioning of National Board for Wildlife constituted under Wildlif.....

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Delhi HC Upholds Interim Injunction Against Cigarette Brand TOPAZ For Using 'Similar Packaging'(10.01.2022)

Delhi High Court has upheld the ex-parte interim injunction passed against TOPAZ, a cigarette brand, for allegedly passing off its goods as that of an.....

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Kar. HC: Rule of Locus Standi to be Construed Liberally in Matters of Illegal Grant of State Largess(23.01.2024)

Karnataka High Court has held that rule of locus standi should be construed liberally in matters that are related to illegal grant of State largess wh.....

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Telangana High Court Asks State its Policy for Missing Children(07.01.2020)

Telangana High Court has asked the State whether it has any policy to deal with the problem of missing children and also on how to deal with other sta.....

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Delhi HC Refuses to Entertain Former PFI Chairman’s Plea Seeking Bail on Medical Grounds(13.10.2022)

Delhi High Court has dismissed the plea moved by E Abubacker, former chairperson of Popular Front of India (PFI), for bail on medical grounds, who was.....

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Kar. HC: Juvenility of the Accused Must be Ascertained Before Trial; Court Lays Guidelines(16.01.2024)

Karnataka High Court while issuing guidelines to be followed by Trial Court and Special Courts for ascertaining juvenility of accused, has observed th.....

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PIL Filing Rules Amended by Bombay High Court(06.08.2015)

Bombay High Court has amended the Bombay High Court Public Interest Litigation Rules, 2010.

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Supreme Court: Frivolous Filings Delays Administration of Justice(07.03.2017)

Supreme Court, while sending across a strong message to litigants who file frivolous and groundless petitions in courts, has imposed Rs. 5-lakh cost o.....

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CRIMINAL - Amended SC-ST Act Doesn't Limit Court's Jurisdiction to Grant Anticipatory Bail: Calcutta HC(01.03.2019)

Calcutta High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a journalist who was charged under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocitie.....

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Interest income earned on deposits in the Bank is also in the nature of business income eligible for deduction under Section 80P(2) of IT Act(06.01.2021)

The assessee is a Co-Operative Credit Society and carries on its activities of in providing loans to its members and earns interest income and also ac.....

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Kar HC: Preventive Detention under Goonda Act Cannot Rest on Offences Committed During Juvenile Age(04.05.2026)

Karnataka High Court held that a preventive detention order under the Karnataka Goonda Act, 1985 against a 19-year-old was vitiated, as most offences .....

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Patna HC Directs State to Set Up Website for Civil Society Members to Register(28.04.2021)

Patna High Court has asked the State to set up a website where civil society members, who want to help the Government in combating the Covid-19 surge .....

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Delhi Court Grants Bail to Bulli Bai App Case Accused(29.03.2022)

Delhi Court has granted bail to accused in Bulli Bai App case on humanitarian grounds stating that since the accused were first-time offenders, consta.....

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SC Expresses Displeasure at Trial Courts Not Following its Judgment on Bail(03.04.2023)

Supreme Court while expressing displeasure at trail courts repeatedly dismissing bail applications in violation of its judgments, has also criticized .....

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NGT Sets Committee to Check Illegal Dumping in 4-Laning Project in Bilaspur(24.11.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted committee of officers from HP Pollution Control Board, Ministry of Environment and Forests Regional Offi.....

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CIC: PM’s Travel Bills Can’t be Disclosed for Security Concerns(13.01.2017)

Central Information Commission has held that procedure involved in raising bills for chartered flights for Prime Minister's visit abroad cannot be dis.....

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Delhi High Court Disposes Plea for Enhancing Pecuniary Jurisdiction of Civil Judges(01.12.2021)

Delhi High Court has disposed of a public interest litigation seeking enhancement of pecuniary jurisdiction of Civil Judges for adjudicating original .....

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Ker. HC: Aadhaar Card Not Recognized as Document for Proof of DoB Under Juvenile Justice Act(21.11.2022)

Kerala High Court has held that Aadhaar card is not recognized by Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, as a document of proof.....

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Finance Bill, 2017 Receives Presidential Assent, Takes Effect From Today(03.04.2017)

President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the Finance Bill, 2017 to give effect to provisions like bar on cash transactions above Rs 2 lakh a.....

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CESTAT: Refund of Unutilised Credit Can't Denied if Amount Voluntarily Debited/Credited in GSTR-3B(20.01.2020)

Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has held that the refund of unutilized credit cannot be denied if the Assessee voluntarily d.....

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Central Government Introduces Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021(05.02.2021)

Central Government has introduced the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in Lok Sabha to amend the arbitration law to ensure that all.....

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Allahabad High Court Issues Direction to Not File FIR Under Section 66A IT Act(14.12.2021)

Allahabad High Court has issued a direction to all the District Courts in Uttar Pradesh and to the Director-General of Police, Uttar Pradesh that no F.....

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Madras HC Lifts Gag Order Imposed Against Minister for Milk & Dairy Development(31.01.2019)

Madras High Court has lifted a gag order imposed by a single judge restraining Minister for Milk and Dairy Development K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji from mak.....

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DGFT Notifies Extension of Date for Mandatory Electronic Filing of Non-Preferential CoO(16.11.2021)

Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has notified the extension of the Date for Mandatory electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Ori.....

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Supreme Court Refuses to Entertain PIL to Double the Number of Judges(29.11.2022)

Supreme Court while observing that getting more judges is not the panacea of all evils, has refused to entertain a PIL filed by BJP leader and Advocat.....

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Punjab and Haryana HC: No Reimbursement for Medical Bills of Fathers-In-Law(10.12.2015)

Punjab and Haryana HC has ruled that woman government employees cannot claim reimbursement for medical expenses incurred on their fathers-in-law.

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NCLAT Grants Moratorium to IL&FS on Creditors Procedings(16.10.2018)

National Company Law Apellate Tribunal has granted a moratorium on all creditor actions against IL&FS and its group companies for 'Larger Public Inter.....

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Bombay HC Disposes of BJP MLA's PIL Against Electricity Inflated Bills(10.08.2020)

Bombay High Court has disposed of a public interest litigation filed by Mangal Prabhat Lodha, President of Bharatiya Janta Party Mumbai Unit against t.....

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Delhi HC: Husband & Wife Two Pillars of Family, Whole House Crashes Down if One Gets Weak(03.05.2022)

Delhi High Court has upheld an order passed by the Family Court allowing divorce in favour of the wife under section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage A.....

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Bom. HC: Provide Laptops/iPads to Prosecutors for Implementing E-Filing System(09.11.2023)

Bombay High Court while observing that to make the mechanism of E-fling effective, it is absolutely essential that prosecutors are provided with the f.....

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Delhi HC: Right to Higher or Professional Education is Fundamental and Cannot be Curtailed Lightly(12.01.2026)

Court held that “The right to pursue higher or professional education even though not explicitly spelt out as a fundamental right in part III of the C.....

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SC Rejects Pleas Seeking Enquiry into Kargil Scam(13.10.2015)

Supreme Court has rejected a bunch of pleas seeking enquiry into alleged multi-crore scam in purchase of defence equipments in 1999 Kargil operations.

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Govt Tightens Noose For July 1 GST Roll Out, Revises Rates For 66 Items, Eases Bizz Rules(12.06.2017)

Government has decided to lower rates on 66 goods and services, from pickles and cheaper cinema tickets to insulin and instant food mixes and also eas.....

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Transfer of Shares being an internal family realignment cannot be treated as Gift or Perquisites(12.05.2020)

The Assessee is an investment company. Return of income was electronically filed declaring total income of Rs. 2,75,836. During the course of assessme.....

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Madras HC Directs to Frame Regulations on Use of Mobile Phones and Cameras During Office Hours(16.03.2022)

Madras High Court has criticised the public servants who utilise mobile phones and cameras during office hours unnecessarily and directed the Governme.....

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SC: Government of Himachal Pradesh Directed to Review its Policies on Child Care Leaves(23.04.2024)

Supreme Court while expressing concern over the lack of policies on Child Care Leaves especially for women who have differently abled children, has di.....

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SC: Judiciary has to Modernize and Adapt to Technology(09.05.2023)

Supreme Court has observed that if some judges are uncomfortable with e-files, answer is to provide them training and not to continue with old and out.....

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NGT Directs to Take Remedial Action Over Alleged Illegal Sand Mining in Hamirpur District(02.06.2021)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has disposed of a plea with direction to the Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh, and District Magistrate, Hamirpur to take r.....

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Karnataka HC Grants Bail to Juvenile Incarcerated for 2.5 Yrs(14.04.2022)

Karnataka High Court has passed an order to grant bail while observing that the maximum punishment in regard of allegation of conspiring with adult ac.....

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SC: Hazardous to Apply Princ. of Order XXI of CPC Where Illegal Auction Sale by State is in Question(11.07.2024)

SC has held that in cases where the legality of an auction sale conducted by the State is questioned on ground of mala fides, undue favour for extrane.....

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Petitioner cannot be denied the right of getting an opportunity to participate in Orientation/Refresher Courses conducted by UGC, merely because she is under suspension(21.07.2017)

By present petition, Petitioner seeks a writ in nature of certiorari quashing impugned letter/e-mail dated 6th June, 2017 communicated by Respondent N.....

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Karnataka HC Issues Summons to BBMP for Failure of Delivery of Food Kits(14.07.2020)

Karnataka High Court has issued summons to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner and the Additional Chief Secretary of the State .....

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Delhi High Court to Indian Railways: Stop Giving Contaminated Water to Passengers(20.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has told the Indian Railways to stop giving contaminated water to passengers as their health is important.

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CESTAT, Ahmedabad: ‘Bulk Milk Coolers’ of Co-Op Societies for Storage, Eligible for Duty Exemption(13.02.2020)

Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad has held that Bulk Milk Coolers that are manufactured and supplied to various Co-.....

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Kerala HC Directs State on Convening Special Medical Board to Assess Disability of Special Children(18.03.2021)

Kerala High Court has directed the State government to take an appropriate decision on convening special medical boards to assess the disability of sp.....

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SC Refuses to Entertain Azam Khan's Plea Seeking Interim Bail to Participate in Election Campaign(09.02.2022)

Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea seeking ad-interim ex-parte bail filed by Mohammad Azam Khan, Samajwadi Party's candidate from Rampur in.....

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Kar. HC Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Man For Posting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ Message on FB(27.01.2023)

Karnataka High Court has quashed proceedings initiated against a man for posting on his Facebook page a message,the contents of which, as claimed by P.....

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Calcutta HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Youth Leader iIn Case of Alleged Violence During Protest(20.04.2022)

Calcutta High Court has granted anticipatory bail to prominent youth leader and president of West Bengal Demorcatic Youth Federation of India, Meenaks.....

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Orissa HC: Date of Submission of Chargesheet is Only Relevant Date for Grant of Default Bail(25.04.2022)

Orissa High Court has held that date of submission of chargesheet is the only relevant date that should be taken into consideration while granting def.....

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Delhi HC Constitutes Committee for Implementation of National Rare Diseases Policy(19.05.2023)

Delhi High Court while constituting a five member committee to effectively implement National Policy for Treatment of Rare Diseases, 2017, has stated .....

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Kerala HC: Education Loan Can’t be Rejected for Low CIBIL Score of Student(31.05.2023)

Kerala High Court has held that an application for education loan by a student could not be rejected by a bank on the ground of a low Credit Informati.....

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Allahabad HC Amends 10-Day Bail Rule, Cuts It Down to 2 Days(24.09.2018)

Allahabad High Court has amended its 10-day bail rule, bringing down to two days the mandatory 10-day notice served to the government counsel on a bai.....

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Rajya Sabha Passes Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019(02.08.2019)

Rajya Sabha has passed the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019. The Bill gives powers to the Central Government to designate an indi.....

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Karnataka HC Upholds Rules That Allow Companies to Operate Retail Liquor Shops(16.07.2021)

Karnataka High Court has upheld the rules that allows the government-owned or controlled companies to operate retail liquor shops sans limitation fixe.....

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Punjab & Haryana High Court: No Bar Under JJ Act to Grant Bail to Child In Conflict with Law(03.06.2024)

P&H HC has held that application for grant of anticipatory bail under section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 at behest of child in confli.....

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Ker. HC: Railway Stops Can’t be Provided on Personal Demands(02.05.2023)

Kerala High Court while dismissing plea seeking direction for permitting a stop for 'Vande Bharat Train Service' at Tirur Railway Station, has held th.....

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BCI: Bar Associations to Refrain from Protests and Agitations Against New Criminal Laws(27.06.2024)

After receiving representations from several bar associations expressing concerns about the new criminal laws, the Bar Council of India has appealed t.....

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Delhi Court Remands Olympic Wrestler Sushil Kumar to 4 Days Police Custody in Murder Case(31.05.2021)

Delhi Court has remanded to four days police custody Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar and his associate Ajay Kumar arrested in connection with the Chhatr.....

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Allahabad HC: Learning Driving License, Voter ID Card Can't Be Considered to Determine Juvenile's Age(11.04.2022)

Allahabad High Court has observed that the Learning Driving License and Voter I.D. Card should not be taken into account while determining the age of .....

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Mad. HC: Disciplinary Procee. to be Initiated Against Lawyers Soliciting Work Through Online Service(04.07.2024)

Madras High Court has directed State Bar Councils to initiate disciplinary proceedings against lawyers soliciting work through online websites and add.....

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Supreme Court: Spell Out Stand on Panel Regulating MCI(18.07.2017)

Supreme Court has given Centre until Tuesday to spell out its stand on status of Oversight Committee (OC), constituted by the apex court last year to .....

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Telangana High Court to State Govt: Do Not Demolish Secretariat & Errum Manzil Till Further Orders(09.07.2019)

Telangana High Court has directed the State Government not to demolish the existing Secretariat buildings and the Errum Manzil in order to construct a.....

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CBDT Relaxes Electronic Filing of Income Tax Forms 15CA / 15CB in View of Technical Difficulties(15.06.2021)

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has relaxed the Electronic Filing of Income Tax Forms 15CA / 15CB, in view of the difficulties reported by taxpay.....

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Allahabad HC: Clerical/Procedural Mistake in Pleadings Can be Rectified Under Order VI Rule 17 CPC(29.04.2022)

Allahabad High Court has observed that a clerical/procedural mistake that has occurred in the verification of pleadings can be rectified by moving the.....

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Supreme Court: Stay Should be Granted in Bail Order Only in Exceptional Cases(23.07.2024)

Supreme Court has held that though court may have power to grant stay on bail, it must be done only in exceptional circumstances. Normally bail orders.....

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Madras High Court Acquits Accused and Makes Witness Take His Place(24.09.2018)

Madras High Court has acquitted a convict from all charges levelled against him in a child rape case and ordered de novo trial by implicating one of t.....

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Delhi HC Orders Immediate Release of Prisoner Detained Despite Bail(30.05.2022)

Delhi High Court reprimanded Delhi Police for delaying age verification of accused kept in custody despite having bail order in his favor. The Court d.....

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Del. HC: Rajdeep Sardesai to Take Down Defamatory Video of BJP Leader Shazia Ilmi(14.08.2024)

Delhi High Court has directed journalist Rajdeep Sardesai to take down video posted by him on ‘X’, showing BJP leader Shazia Ilmi allegedly abusing a .....

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Madras HC Allows Tangedco Appeal Against Order Directing Provision of Employment(09.08.2021)

Madras High Court has allowed an appeal preferred by Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) against a Single Bench order that d.....

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47th GST Council Meeting Update(30.06.2022)

GST Council waives GST registration requirements for small online sellers. GST late fee waived for delay in filing of GSTR-04 and CMP-08. GST Counci.....

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SC: Board to Examine Whether Candidate with Speech Disability is Eligible for Medical Education(04.09.2024)

Supreme Court has directed Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College, Pune to constitute a medical board for examining whether a candidate with s.....

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Del. HC: Provisions of Guardians and Wards Act Can’t Curtail Right of Appeal Under Family Courts Act(17.10.2024)

Delhi High Court has stated that the provisions of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 could not curtail the right of appeal available to an individual .....

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CIC to Bar Council of India: Publish Inspection Reports of Law Colleges on Website(07.06.2022)

Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Bar Council of India to publish inspection reports of law colleges on its website. CIC stated that t.....

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SC Grants Bail to Juvenile Who Spent More Than 2 Years in Custody as an Adult(17.07.2023)

Supreme Court has granted bail under Section 436-A of CrPC to a juvenile who has spent more than 482 days as an adult in jail and another 242 days in .....

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HP HC: When Award is Passed Without Giving Reasons, it Suffers from Patent Illegality(02.12.2024)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that when an award is passed without giving reasons regarding the adjudication of disputes, the award is said to .....

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Chhattisgarh High Court: Evidence of Child Witness if Found Competent Could be Basis of Conviction(02.09.2019)

Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that testimony of a child witness can be the sole basis for conviction in a criminal trial. The Court observed that .....

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Allahabad HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance of Noise Pollution by Modified Silencers on Bikes(21.07.2021)

Allahabad High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of Noise pollution generated through modified silencers specifically Bullet Bikes and the other two.....

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SC: Plea of Self Defence Need Not be Proved Beyond Reasonable Doubt(15.06.2022)

Supreme Court has held that accused who takes up the plea of self defence need not prove it beyond reasonable doubt and that it would suffice if he co.....

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P&H HC: Legislature Didn't Intend to Debar Juvenile from Seeking Relief of Pre-Arrest Bail(27.07.2020)

Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that a petition for grant of pre-arrest bail cannot be said as non-maintainable as there is no indication that th.....

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CBDT Extends Electronic Filing of Income Tax Forms 15CA / 15CB(06.07.2021)

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the electronic filing of Income Tax Forms 15CA/15CB to 15th July, 2021. Taxpayers can submit the sai.....

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Sikkim HC Rejects Plea Challenging State's "One Family One Job" Policy(20.05.2022)

Sikkim High Court has refused to interfere with the State Government's 'One Family One Job' scheme and observed that the beneficial nature of the Sche.....

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Bom. HC: Proactive Measures Required to Curb Menace of Illegal Hawkers(31.07.2024)

Bombay High Court while asking the Maharashtra Government to take proactive measures to overcome the problem of illegal hawkers, has observed that no .....

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Supreme Court: Don't Grant Bail If Higher Courts Gives Pre-Arrest Relief(14.08.2017)

Supreme Court has asked Trial Courts to immediately discontinue with the practice of granting regular bail in cases that are pending in higher Courts.

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Supreme Court Explains Bail Cannot be Granted Without Providing Reasonable Reasons(30.07.2019)

Supreme Court has explained that bail cannot be granted without providing any reason as to on what grounds even though of a prima-facie nature it is c.....

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NGT Issues Directions to Authorities to Implement Measures for Safety of Wild Elephants(12.07.2021)

National Green Tribunal has initiated suo moto proceedings on the basis of a media report titled "Night, early morning trains cause most elephant deat.....

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JKL HC: Juvenile Justice Board has all the Trappings of a Criminal Court(24.07.2023)

Jammu & Kashmir High Court has held that Juvenile Justice Board has all the trappings of a Criminal Court, and therefore proceedings pending before th.....

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P&H HC: While Adju. Pre-Arrest Bail Plea Manner in Which Accused is Arraigned in FIR is Important(13.01.2025)

Punjab & Haryana High Court has explained that while adjudicating a plea for anticipatory bail, the court cannot remain oblivious to the circumstances.....

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J&K HC: Failure of Trial Court to Frame Issue of Maintainability Doesn’t Limit Powers of Appellate Co(11.03.2025)

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has observed that if the Trial Court omits to frame an issue on the maintainability of the suit it does not limit the app.....

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Rajasthan HC Issues Bailable Warrants Against 6 Accused on Kin's Plea Against Their Acquittal(07.09.2021)

Rajasthan High Court has issued a bailable warrant against six persons who were acquitted in the year 2019 in the Pehlu Khan lynching case by an Alwar.....

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Allahabad HC: CrPC Doesn’t Indicates That Proclaimed Offender is Barred to File for Pre-Arrest Bail(21.07.2022)

Allahabad High Court has held that Section 438 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) doesn't say that a proclaimed offender would be barred to file ant.....

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Delhi HC: BCI to Enroll South Korean Citizen as Advocate(20.03.2025)

Delhi High Court has directed the Bar Council of India to enroll a South Korean citizen as an advocate within two days. The Court observed that enroll.....

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Madras HC: Bar Associations Cannot Pass Resolutions Against Representing a Person(25.05.2022)

Madras High Court while condemning the act of the Karaikudi Bar Association in passing a resolution stating that no one shall represent certain accuse.....

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Delhi High Court: Registrar General to Decide Plea for Increasing E-Filing Size Limit(07.08.2024)

Delhi High Court has directed its Registrar General to decide a plea regarding increase in the e-filing size of documents to be filed before the Delhi.....

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HP HC Orders Action Against Officials Who Failed to Prevent Illegal Dumping of Muck in Forest Areas(06.07.2023)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has ordered disciplinary action against government officials for their failure to prevent the illegal dumping of muck in f.....

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Cal HC: Enterprise Contracting with Govt Recognised Concessionaire Can be Granted Benefit of S. 80IA(27.09.2024)

Calcutta High Court has held that benefit of deduction under Section 80IA(4) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 can be granted to an enterprise contracting w.....

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GST: Retail Sale Price Declared on the Footwear Package is Inclusive of Goods and Service Tax(04.10.2017)

Central Government has clarified that Retail Sale Price declared on the Foot ware Package is inclusive of Goods and Services Tax (GST).

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Non-applicability of the provisions of section 31 read with clause (t) of section 56 of Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to primary co-operative banks till 31st December, 2020(29.09.2020)

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 53 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949), the Central Government, on the .....

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Bom. HC Stays Suspension of Female Advocate for Total Disregard to Principles of Natural Justice(27.01.2025)

Bombay High Court has stayed an order passed by the Bar Council of India (BCI) suspending the license of a female advocate and stated that there has b.....

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SC: Filing of Fresh Bail Application after its Rejection or Cancellation is Right of Accused(17.02.2025)

SC has observed that filing of a fresh bail application, once an earlier one has been rejected, or if granted and thereafter cancelled, is a matter of.....

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Supreme Court: No Extension for Payment of Compensation for Illegal Mining(14.12.2017)

Supreme Court has dismissed the plea of Odisha miners' to extend the deadline for staggered payment of over Rs 17,576 crore of compensation for illega.....

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Haryana Government Passes Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2020(06.11.2020)

Haryana Government has passed a bill, Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2020 providing 75 per cent reservation for local candidates a.....

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Allahabad HC: No Rule to Deny Bail in Case of Grave Economic Offence(02.09.2022)

Allahabad High Court while granting bail to Kanpur based businessman in case for allegedly stashing cash amounting to Rs. 196.57 Crores, has held that.....

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SC Expresses Disapproval of Foreign Court’s Order Imposing Travel Ban on Minor Child(21.04.2025)

Supreme Court while expressing strong disapproval of a foreign Court order imposing travel ban on a child whose parents were involved in a matrimonial.....

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Parliament Passes Bill to Amend Act Regulating Major Airports in India(05.08.2021)

Parliament has passed the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The Bill proposes to amend Section 2(i) of the Airpo.....

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SC Stays Del. HC Order Which Held that Old Pension Scheme is Applicable to Paramilitary Forces(10.07.2023)

Supreme Court has stayed the judgment of the Delhi High Court which has held that benefit of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) in accordance with CCS (Pens.....

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P&H HC: Can Grant Bail to Accused if Trial Not Likely to Conclude Soon(07.11.2024)

Punjab & Haryana High Court has stated that if the trial is not likely to conclude soon, an accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.....

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Del. HC: 24 Seven Files Suit for Trademark Violation against Godfrey Phillips(26.12.2024)

Retail store 24 Seven has filed a suit against Godfrey Phillips India Limited in the Delhi High Court, for using its trademark unauthorizedly. Godfrey.....

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Kar. HC: Dysfunctional Limbs Render 100% Functional Disability(14.07.2022)

Karnataka High Court has held that if medical evidence indicates that minor child cannot straighten one of the lower limbs and one of the upper limbs .....

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NCLAT: If Tribunal Closed on Last Day of Filing Appeal, it can be Filed on the Day Tribunal Reopens(25.02.2025)

NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that, if on the last day of filing an appeal under section 61 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) the Tri.....

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Delhi HC Grants Bail to Man Accused of Speeding Away Car With Cop on Bonnet(29.09.2021)

Delhi High Court has granted bail to a man accused of speeding away his car with a police officer on its bonnet. The Court said that he will not be ab.....

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Cal. HC: Public Can’t Be ‘Held Ransom’ by Protesters by Causing Rail Blockades(20.09.2023)

Calcutta High Court while observing that road and rail blockades are variants of ‘bandh’ and therefore they are illegal and impermissible has held tha.....

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Ker. HC: Agitations Don’t Give Licence to Put up Stages on Public Road(11.02.2025)

Kerala High Court has observed that any person can have the agitations in an appropriate way, but that will not give a license to put up stages on the.....

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Kerala HC Dismisses PIL Alleging Camp Workers Were Ill-Treated and Forced to Perform Menial Work(21.09.2021)

Kerala High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that alleged that camp workers, who are engaged in the armed police battalions for .....

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SC Grants Protection to Editors Guild of India Members from FIRs by Manipur Police(06.09.2023)

Supreme Court has granted interim protection to members of the Editors Guild of India from the FIRs registered by the Manipur police over a fact-findi.....

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SC: Unless Extraordinary Circumstances Exist, Bail Should be Granted for Offences u/s 132 CGST Act(02.05.2025)

Supreme Court has observed that person accused of committing offences under Section 132 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 should normall.....

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# GST Changes Applicable From 01.01.2021: Extension on Period for Filing of Revocation Application(29.12.2020)

Finance Act, 2020 has amended Section 30(1) of the Central Goods and Service Act, 2017 to provide that on sufficient cause, the Additional/Joint Commi.....

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SC: Wish of Child is Different from Best Interest of Child(01.08.2022)

Supreme Court while allowing father’s plea seeking child custody has held that the question of 'what is the wish/desire' of the child is different and.....

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J&K HC: Cannot Equate Irregular Appointments with Illegal Appointments(14.07.2025)

Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh HC while distinguishing between irregular & illegal appointments, has observed that services of irregularly appointed persons.....

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Delhi HC: Denying Candidature of Physically Disabled Person Due to 'No Vacancy' Violates RPwD Act(29.10.2025)

Delhi High Court held that rejecting the candidature of a physically disabled individual on the ground of 'no vacancy' violates the Rights of Persons .....

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MCA: Mandatory to File Overdue Returns Before Applying for Striking off Name for LLPs(29.05.2017)

Government has amended Limited Liability Partnership Rules, 2009 making it mandatory for LLPs to file overdue returns before filing an application to .....

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SC Directs JJBs, Children's Courts to Consider Releasing Children on Interim Bail(06.04.2020)

Supreme Court has directed the Juvenile Justice Boards and Children Courts to consider releasing all children alleged to be in conflict with the law o.....

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Allahabad HC: Person Out on Regular Bail Can be Granted Anticipatory Bail in Added Sections(04.10.2022)

Allahabad High Court has held that a person who has already been granted regular bail under Section 439 of CrPC and if it found that he has not misuse.....

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Supreme Court Bans Mining in and Around National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries(13.11.2025)

Supreme Court reaffirmed that no mining shall be allowed within national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, or one kilometer around them. Extending its Apri.....

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AAR: GST Payable on Services of Boarding and Lodging Facility for Officials of Municipal Corporation(03.01.2022)

Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR), Telangana has held that the goods and services tax (GST) payable on services of boarding and lodging facility for o.....

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Allahabad HC Grants Bail to Siddique Kappan in PMLA Case(26.12.2022)

Allahabad High Court has granted bail to Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan in connection with a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case initiat.....

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Bombay HC: Child Care Leave Protects Motherhood and Denial Violates Rights of Mother and Child(17.04.2026)

Bombay High Court held that the Child Care Leave policy recognises a woman’s role in family stability and child upbringing, and directed that the Gove.....

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Delhi High Court Dismisses Bail Pleas of Umar Khalid and Other Accused in 2020 Delhi Riots Case(02.09.2025)

Delhi High Court has passed an order, denying bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and seven other accused persons in the 2020 Delhi riots case.

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Kerala HC: Failure To Record Victim’s Intellectual Disability isn’t Fatal if Competent to Testify(06.03.2026)

Kerala HC held that investigating officer’s failure to note victim’s intellectual disability during investigation does not invalidate the prosecution .....

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SC: Absconding Accused Cannot Claim Anticipatory Bail Solely Because a Co-Accused Was Acquitted(16.02.2026)

Supreme Court held that an absconding accused who deliberately evades trial cannot invoke the principle of parity to seek anticipatory bail merely bec.....

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HP HC: Declaration as ‘Absconder’ Not to Preclude from Filing Anticipatory Bail Application(02.11.2020)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has made it clear that declaration of an accused as an "absconder" under Section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 197.....

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P&H HC: Bail May Be Granted If Case Not Concluded in 60 Days from initiation of Prosecution Evidence(22.08.2022)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that in terms of Section 437(6) of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), bail ought to be granted where the trial .....

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Ministry of Rural Development Invites Suggestions on Draft Registration Bill, 2025(28.05.2025)

Ministry of Rural Development has invited suggestions on draft Registration Bill, 2025 which aims to align it with a modern, online, paperless and cit.....

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Supreme Court: Girl’s 'Sex Life' No Ground for Bail in Rape Case(02.12.2019)

Supreme Court has noted that medical evidence suggesting a victim of sexual assault to be "habituated to sex" was no ground for a high court to grant .....

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Meghalaya HC Issues Notice on PIL Plea Alleging Non-Availability of Modern Cancer Care Facilities(01.11.2021)

Meghalaya High Court has issued notice to the Union of India and State Government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed alleging inordinate.....

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AP HC Grants Bail to Chandrababu Naidu in Skill Development Scam Case(21.11.2023)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has granted regular bail to former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu in the multi-crore Skill development scam case.

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MP HC Denies Bail to Lawyer, Accused of Minor Rape, Trafficking(01.10.2025)

Madhya Pradesh High Court refused bail to an advocate accused of raping and trafficking a minor girl, who identified him during court proceedings. The.....

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Madras HC: Builders Cannot Escape Provisions of RERA Where Amenities Not Provided(26.02.2021)

Madras High Court has held that builders and real estate developers cannot escape from the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 if they .....

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Kerala HC Dismisses Candidate's Plea for Postponement of Either AIBE or AILET due to Clash in Timings(04.12.2023)

Kerala High Court has refused to issue a direction to postpone the 18th All India Bar Examination, 2024 (AIBE) or All India Law Entrance Test, 2024 (A.....

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Supreme Court: Bail Cannot be Granted Solely on Parity; Accused’s Specific Role Must be Assessed(01.12.2025)

Supreme Court set aside the Allahabad High Court’s bail order granted on the ground of parity, holding that bail cannot be granted solely based on par.....

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Allahabad HC Issues Contempt Notice to DMs Over Failure to Shut Down Brick Kilns(13.12.2021)

Allahabad High Court has issued a contempt notice against the District Magistrates of two districts of Uttar Pradesh, Gautam Budh Nagar and Bulandshah.....

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Allahabad HC Grants Bail to AMU Professor Accused of Linking Rape to Hindu Scriptures(14.08.2025)

The Allahabad High Court has granted anticipatory bail to AMU professor Dr. Jitendra Kumar booked for referring to examples from Hindu mythology durin.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, AMU, anticipatory bail, Hindu mythology, freedom of expression, academic freedom, IPC 153A, 295A



Child's Emotional Attachment with Grandparents Not Enough to Deny Custody to Parents: Bombay HC.(08.09.2025)

Bombay HC ruled that a child's custody can't be granted to grandparents solely due to emotional attachment, which doesn’t outweigh biological parents'.....

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Meghalaya HC Pulls State Government for Aiding Illegal Coal Mining(03.02.2023)

Meghalaya High Court has rapped State Government for its inaction against illegal coke plants functioning in the state and observed that it is a matte.....

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Gujarat HC: Person is Entitled to Compensation For Injury or Death Within Railway Station Premises(17.03.2026)

Gujarat High Court held that anyone suffering injury or death within railway station premises, including platforms, waiting halls, or offices, is enti.....

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Bombay HC: Railway Employee With Valid Privilege Pass is Bona Fide Passenger Despite Missing Entries(22.01.2026)

Bombay High Court held that a railway employee with a valid privilege pass remains a bona fide passenger under Section 124A of the Railways Act, 1989,.....

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