Search Results for Tag : Privilege

International Cases

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.....

Tags : search and seizure, legal advice, privileged information, canada

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.....

Tags : Privilege, Annexure, Declaration

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

News

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.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Absolute Privilege, Judicial Proceeding

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.....

Tags : Jharkhand High Court, Wages to Include Privileges or Benefits

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 .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Absolute Privilege, Judicial Proceedings

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.....

Tags : Privy Purse Privileges, Legal Rights, Princely Rulers

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: 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,.....

Tags : Railway Employee, Privilege, Bona Fide

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.....

Tags : Calcutta High Court, Judicial Review of Power of Privilege by State Legislature

Judgments

Section 499 of the IPC does not give absolute privilege to statements made in a Court of law in the judicial proceedings(10.03.2021)

Present petition is filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C) by the accused for quashing complaint and all proceedings aga.....

Tags : Absolute privilege, Complaint, Quashing of

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