Search Results for Tag : courts
International Cases
Russian Constitutional Court can look into decisions of international courts(15.12.2015)
President Vladimir Putin of Russia has granted assent to a Bill that allows Russia’s Constitutional Court to look into decisions of international cour.....
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Judgments
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.....
Tags : Civil Courts, Jurisdiction, Suit, Maintainability
Notifications & Circulars
1023 Fast Track Special Courts will be set up for Speedy disposal of Rape and POCSO Act Cases(09.01.2020)
Incidents of rape and gang rape of minor girls below age of twelve years and similar heinous crimes against women have shaken the conscience of the en.....
Tags : Fast Track, Special Courts, Speedy disposal
Cabinet approves eCourts Phase III for 4 years(13.09.2023)
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the eCourts Project Phase III as a Central Sector Scheme spanning four.....
Tags : ECourts, Approval, Scheme
Cabinet approves continuation of Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Fast Track Special Courts for further three years(29.11.2023)
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the continuation of Fast Track Special Court (FTSCs) as, a Centrally S.....
Tags : Continuation, Scheme, Fast Track Special Courts
Designating all CJM Courts of Chhattisgarh as Special Courts for the purposes of Sec. 280A of IT Act, 1961 & Sec. 84 of Black Money Act, 2015(22.08.2022)
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 280A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) read with section 84 of the Black Mone.....
Tags : Magistrate Courts, Special Courts, Designation
Judges appointed to various High Courts(06.04.2016)
The President approved appointments of numerous Judges and Additional Judges to the Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Allahabad.....
Tags : Appointment, judges, high courts
News
Madras HC Allows Subordinate Courts to Function in Full Capacity from February 8(02.02.2021)
Madras High Court has allowed the Subordinate Courts in the State of Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Puducherry to work in full capacity pre-COVID p.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Functioning of Courts
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.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Ability of Constitutional Courts to Grant Bail
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.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Ability of Constitutional Courts to Grant Bail
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.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Ability of Constitutional Courts to Grant Bail
Madras HC: Trial Courts can Remand Accused for Adopting Dilatory Tactics(31.05.2016)
Madras HC has said that trial courts can cancel bail granted to the accused in criminal cases and remand them to judicial custody if they indulge in d.....
Tags : Madras HC , trial courts
Govt. Notifies Ordinance To Widen Pecuniary Jurisdiction Of ‘Commercial Courts’(07.05.2018)
Government has notified an ordinance to amend the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and the Commercial Appellate Division in High Courts Act of 2.....
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Govt. Notifies Ordinance To Widen Pecuniary Jurisdiction Of ‘Commercial Courts’(07.05.2018)
Government has notified an ordinance to amend the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and the Commercial Appellate Division in High Courts Act of 2.....
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Allahabad HC: Special Courts Under SC/ST Act Empowered to Take Direct Cognizance of IPC Offences(12.03.2020)
Allahabad High Court has held that Special Courts under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/ST Act) are e.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Special Courts Under SC/ST
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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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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Supreme Court: Lower Courts Can Write Judgments in Tamil or English(12.05.2017)
Supreme Court has stayed a judgment passed by Madras HC in 2014 quashing a circular issued by HC in 1994 permitting Lower Courts in State to write jud.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Lower Courts, TN Official Language (Amendment) Act
Bombay High Court Junks Plea Challenging Vires of Contempt of Courts Act(18.05.2017)
Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition challenging constitutional validity of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, filed by Advocate Satish Uke who in Fe.....
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Delhi HC Nominates Distt Judges, Addl Distt Judges As Commercial Courts(11.07.2018)
Delhi High Court has nominated all the district judges/additional district judges of respective districts as Commercial Courts, as an interim measure .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Commercial Courts
Supreme Court Expresses Prima Facie View that Centre has Duty to Create Additional Courts(04.03.2021)
Supreme Court has expressed a prima facie view that the Union Government has a duty to create additional courts for the better administration of the l.....
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Supreme Court Urges Centre to Create Additional Courts for Section 138 NI Act(05.03.2021)
Supreme Court has urged the Central Government to consider the establishment of additional courts to deal with the "grotesque" problem of pendency of .....
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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 .....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Existing VC Facilities at District Courts & Tribunals
SC Iterates Cardinal Principles, A Judge Must Adhere To(23.03.2016)
Supreme Court, while observing that judges of constitutional courts increasingly deviating from the impassioned and impartial path of adjudication, h.....
Tags : Supreme Court, constitutional courts
Karnataka HC Asks State Govt on Procedure to Appoint Prosecutors in MP/MLA Courts(24.11.2020)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to place on record the procedure followed by it for making choice of the public prosecutors who.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Prosecutors in MP/MLA Courts
Allahabad HC Asks for Filing of Affidavit for Provising Necessary Infrastructure to Revenue Courts(24.11.2020)
Allahabad High Court has asked the State Chief Secretary to file an affidavit indicating the steps taken by the Uttar Pradesh Government to provide ne.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Infrastructure to Revenue Courts
Special NDPS Court: Blanket Order to Bar Courts from Taking Cognizance of Affidavit Cannot be Passed(26.10.2021)
Special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Court, Mumbai has observed that it cannot pass blanket orders to bar courts from taking cognizance .....
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Delhi High Court Notifies VC Rules, Allows Public to View Virtual Proceedings(28.10.2021)
Delhi High Court has notified High Court of Delhi Rules for Video Conferencing for Courts 2021, which seek to consolidate, unify and streamline the pr.....
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Delhi HC: Refusal of Defendant to Settle Dispute Satisfies Requirement of Pre-Litigation Mediation(01.09.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that when the plaintiff makes an offer to the defendant to amicably settle the dispute and the defendant refuses the offer t.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Pre-Litigation Mediation, Commercial Courts Act
Special Courts For MPs/MLAs: SC Seeks Response From HC Registrars, Chief Secys Of States(13.09.2018)
Supreme Court directed Chief Secretaries and Registrar General of HCs of 18 states to furnish information on its queries regarding setting up of fas.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Special Courts
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.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Physical Filings at Subordinate Courts
Delhi HC Seeks Response on Digitisation of District Courts(30.07.2020)
Delhi High Court has sought response from the Finance Secretary of the Delhi Government on the proposals to digitise the District Courts which have be.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Digitisation of District Courts
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.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Family Courts Act, 1984
Cal HC: Repeal and Amendment Act of 2016 Does Not Remove S. 2A(2) of Industrial Disputes Act(17.04.2023)
Calcutta High Court has held that Repeal and Amendment Act of 2016 does not have the effect of removing section 2A(2) from Industrial Disputes Act, 19.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Labour Courts/Tribunals, Jurisdiction, Repeal, Industrial Disputes Act
Industrial Tribunal, Rouse Avenue Courts Issues POSH Guidelines for IIT Delhi(18.04.2023)
Industrial Tribunal of Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Courts while observing that sexual harassment of women is an expression of unhealthy human relationship, h.....
Tags : Industrial Tribunal, Rouse Avenue Courts, POSH, IIT Delhi
SC Seeks Reply on Plea Seeking Setting Up of Separate Pay Commission for Judges(15.09.2015)
Supreme Court has issued notice to Centre, State and Registrar General of all high courts on a petition filed by All India Judges Association, seeking.....
Tags : Supreme Court ,Centre, State,Registrar General of all high courts
Aarti Industries Gets Approval from Bombay, Gujarat High Court for Amalgamation Scheme(22.09.2015)
Chemicals & pharma firm Aarti Industries has received approval from High Courts of Bombay and Gujarat for a scheme of amalgamation of Gogri and Sons I.....
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President Gives Assent to Commercial Courts (Amendment) act, 2018(22.08.2018)
President of India has given assent to Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Act, 2018 w.....
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Delhi High Court Wants Quick Response on Setting Up More Courts(11.06.2019)
Delhi High Court has given the AAP Government time till July 4 to start the process of setting up nearly 40 more courts in the city, including fast tr.....
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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 .....
Tags : Supreme Court, High Courts, Constitution, Bail, Directions
J&K&L HC: J&K Special Tribunal Can Refer Contempt Matters to High Court(29.05.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that J&K Special Tribunal is deemed to be a court subordinate to High Court for purposes of Secti.....
Tags : J&K&L HC, J&K Special Tribunal, Contempt of Courts Act
SC: Divorce Decrees Granted by Church Courts are Invalid(05.07.2016)
SC has said that divorce decrees granted by Ecclesiastical Tribunals, popularly known among Christians as church courts, had no legal sanctity and any.....
Tags : SC, divorce decree, Church Courts
Writ Maintainable Against Interlocutory Orders of Commercial Courts: Gujarat HC(18.06.2018)
Gujarat High Court has ruled that writ petitions under Article 227 of the Constitution of India can be entertained by High Court against interlocutory.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Commercial Courts
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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SC Directs WB Govt to Designate More Special Courts to Try Offences Specified in NIA Act's Schedule(03.12.2021)
Supreme Court has directed the State of West Bengal to designate more dedicated Courts of Sessions as Special Courts for the trial of offences specifi.....
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Kerala HC: Non-Constitution of Special Courts Cannot Affect Seizure & Confiscation Proceedings(05.12.2022)
Kerala High Court has held that non-constitution of Special Courts under Section 30B of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 .....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Mines and Minerals, Special Courts
Bom HC: No Appeal Under Commercial Court Act Against Court Order Refusing to Return/Reject a Plaint(20.12.2023)
Bombay High Court has held that the Trial Court’s order refusing to return or reject a plaint is not appealable under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015,.....
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SC: Minimal Interference by Courts in Terms of Section 48 of Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996(14.02.2020)
Supreme Court has held that while considering grounds for setting aside a foreign award, Court must warrant minimal interference. The Court has emphas.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Interference by Courts, Arbitration
SC: High Courts Not Precluded from Entertaining Writ Petitions Even if Disputed Questions of Facts(17.02.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that a High Court is not precluded from entertaining a writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1949 e.....
Tags : Supreme Court, High Courts Jurisdiction Where Disputed Questions of Fact
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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SC: High Courts Not Subordinate to Supreme Court(15.02.2023)
Supreme Court while considering SLP seeking to direct Patna High Court to decide a pending writ petition within a time bound schedule, has observed th.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Subordinate Courts, Constitutional Courts
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.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Allahabad High Court, E-Filing Facility, District Courts
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
Bombay HC: Police Officers, Advocates Should Not Fight with Each Other(28.12.2016)
Bombay High Court has observed that it can’t be forgotten that Advocates, Police Officers, Public Prosecutors and Courts are stake holders in criminal.....
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Apex Court to Commercial Courts: Don’t Hear all High Value Pleas(11.10.2019)
Apex Court has cautioned the Commercial Courts from entertaining all the pleas, involving high value, coming before it as it is fraught with the conse.....
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SC To HCs’: Dispose Sec 11(5) & 11(6) Applications Pending For Over 1 Year Within 6 Months(25.05.2022)
SC while emphasising the need for High Courts to decide applications for appointments of Arbitrators has observed that if the arbitrators are not appo.....
Tags : Supreme Court, High Courts, Arbitration, Appointment
SC: Proceedings in High Courts on Paper Leak in NEET-UG 2024 Exam, Stayed(20.06.2024)
Supreme Court while issuing notice on the transfer petition filed by the National Testing Agency, has stayed proceedings in petitions filed by Rajasth.....
Tags : Supreme Court, NEET-UG 2024, High Courts, Paper Leak
Delhi High Court Abolishes Traffic Courts in Delhi(11.09.2017)
Delhi High Court has abolished all 13 Traffic Courts with effect from today, which have a pendency of over 55,000 cases in the Capital.
Tags : Delhi High Court, Traffic Courts
Supreme Court to States: Why Long Delay in Forming Rights Courts(08.07.2019)
Supreme Court has sought a response from the Central Government, the States and the Union Territories on the prolonged delay for over a quarter of a c.....
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Karnataka HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of Legal and Technical Issues Faced by Trial Courts(29.05.2020)
Karnataka High Court has taken suo motu cognizance to address various legal and technical issues that would arise before the District and Trial Courts.....
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Kerala HC Issues Advisories for Functioning of Subordinate Courts in View of Covid-19 Surge(23.04.2021)
Kerala High Court has issued advisories and guidelines for the functioning of subordinate courts in view of the surge in COVID-19 cases in the State. .....
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Kerala HC: District Court Has Jurisdiction to Execute Arbitral Award(10.03.2023)
Kerala High Court while evaluating the scheme of Commercial Courts Act, 2015 has held that District Court has the jurisdiction to execute an arbitral .....
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SC to Trial Courts: Do Not Mention Caste of Parties in Cause Titles(15.03.2023)
Supreme Court has directed Trial Courts to refrain from continuing practice of adding one's caste next to name in cause titles of judgments.
Tags : Supreme Court, Trial Courts, Caste, Cause Titles
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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Supreme Court: ‘Patently Erroneous’ Orders Can’t Be Recalled By Criminal Courts(31.07.2018)
Supreme Court has observed that a Criminal Court including High Court cannot recall an earlier order invoking Section 362 of the Code of Criminal Proc.....
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SC Says Virtual Courts Good During Times of Social Distancing(04.05.2020)
Supreme Court has said that open court hearings are not a right, and that virtual courts were as good as open courts during a pandemic which demanded .....
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Allahabad HC: All Subordinate Courts & Tribunals in Uttar Pradesh to Remain Closed(04.05.2020)
Allahabad High Court has announced that all subordinate Courts in Uttar Pradesh, including the Commercial Courts, Motor Accident Claims Tribunals and .....
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SC: Const. Courts Can Impose Life Sentence for Fixed Term Without Remission(30.03.2023)
Supreme Court has held that even in case where capital punishment is not imposed, Constitutional Courts can impose fixed term sentence by directing th.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Life Sentence, Remission, Capital Punishment, Constitutional Courts
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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Karnataka High Court: Writ Courts Cannot Transcend the Barriers of Law(11.06.2024)
Karnataka High Court has held that no writ can be issued in derogation of law. Writ Courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Writ Courts, A. 142 of COI, Extraordinary Power
Punjab & Haryana HC: Lower Courts Cannot Entertain School Fees Hike Cases(02.11.2016)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that Lower Courts will no longer entertain cases against private schools in fee-related matters or pass judgme.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Lower Courts, Fees Hike, private schools
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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Karnataka HC Asks BCI If It Has Powers to Relax Requirements of Moot Courts, Internships(17.07.2020)
Karnataka High Court has directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to clarify if it has powers to relax rules and if it has been exercised to allow Law .....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Powers to Relax Requirements of Moot Courts, Internships
Delhi HC: Party Can't Exhaust Alternate Remedy in SC Before Approaching HC U/Art. 227(03.05.2022)
Delhi High Court has ruled that a party cannot be bound for exhausting the alternate remedy available before the Supreme Court before approaching the .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Supreme Court, High Courts, Articles 226, Articles 227, Constitution
PIL on Stray Dog Issue Refused by Supreme Court(17.07.2024)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed regarding prevention of accidents arising due to stray dogs issue and .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Public Interest Litigation, Constitutional Courts
SC: Intricate Enquiry Whether Claims are Time Barred Must Not be Conducted by Referral Courts(19.07.2024)
Supreme Court while deciding an application on appointment of arbitrator, has held that an intricate evidentiary enquiry must not be conducted by the .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Appointment of Arbitrator, Referral Courts
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.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Child Custody, Family Courts
SC: Can’t Pass Uniform Directions in Matters of Evening Courts & Virtual Hearings at District Level(09.09.2024)
Supreme Court while dismissing a petition seeking provisions of virtual hearing and evening courts at District level, has stated that these are matter.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Evening Courts, Virtual Hearings, District Level
SC: Referral Courts at Referral Stage Must Not Venture into Questions Involving Complex Facts(11.09.2024)
Supreme Court has restated that once there is existence of a valid arbitration agreement, then referral courts at referral stage would not be justifie.....
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Del HC: Ashish Agarwal Case Intended to Resolve Conflicting Views Expressed by Different High Courts(12.09.2024)
Delhi High Court has observed that the directions in Ashish Agarwal case (MANU/SC/0581/2022; 2022 INSC 510) intended to resolve the impasse which ensu.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Ashish Agarwal Case, High Courts
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.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Matrimonial Status, Family Courts Act
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.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Trial Courts, Bail Applications
Government Increases Threshold Limit for Appeals in Service Tax, Customs Cases(18.12.2015)
Government in order to reduce litigations related to indirect taxes has raised threshold limit for filing appeals before CESTAT and High Courts to Rs .....
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SC Rejects Plea to Play National Anthem in Courts(02.12.2016)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea of a BJP leader and Lawyer seeking playing of National Anthem in all courts before start of proceedings.
Tags : Supreme Court, National Anthem, National Flag, Courts
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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Manipur HC Directs Government to Establish Two Special Courts(05.10.2020)
Manipur High Court has directed the State Government to create two exclusive Special Courts at Imphal at the Sessions and Magisterial levels.
Tags : Manipur High Court, Establishing of Special Courts
SC: Trial/Appellate Court Has Full Discretion to Order Sentences to Run Concurrently(06.07.2022)
Supreme Court has held that Trial court and Appellate Court has full discretion to order sentences for two or more offences at one trial to run concur.....
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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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Guj. HC: Dispute Relating to Property Used in Trade & Commerce Constitutes Commercial Dispute(20.06.2022)
Gujarat High Court has held that to determine whether or not a dispute relating to property is a commercial dispute under Commercial Court's Act, 2015.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Commercial Courts, Property
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.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Family Courts, Divorce Cases
SC Says, There is Nothing Explosive in Patiala House Courts Mob Violence Reports(23.02.2016)
SC has said that there was nothing explosive in reports filed separately in sealed covers by Delhi Police, Registrar General of Delhi HC and its own t.....
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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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Kerala HC Directs Re-Assessment of Merits of 3 Special Prosecutors Appointed in POCSO Courts(03.12.2018)
Kerala High Court has directed re-assessment of merits of three Special Public Prosecutors appointed in the Special Courts under Protection of Childre.....
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Allahabad HC Directs Up Govt to Ensure Courts Start Functioning Within 6 Months(01.09.2021)
Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government and High Court administration to ensure that the Courts start functioning within 6 mont.....
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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.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Online Filing System, District Courts
Madras HC: Places of Worship Cannot be Used to Create Extra-Constitutional Forums(20.12.2016)
Madras High Court, while putting an end to menace of illegal 'sharia courts' functioning from various mosques across Tamil Nadu, has said that authori.....
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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."
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 HC Directs Delhi Government to Release Funds for Requirements of District Courts(22.10.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to release funds for requirements of District Courts starting with funds for purchasing 20% of the .....
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SC: Subsequent SC Decisions Which Have Considered & Distinguished Earlier Judgments Binding on HCs’(18.07.2022)
Supreme Court has held that its subsequent decisions which have considered and distinguished the earlier decisions are binding on High Courts.
Tags : Supreme Court, Judgments, Binding, High Courts
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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Madras High Court: ‘Katta Panchayats’ Subverts Judicial Process(20.01.2017)
Madras High Court, while holding that 'katta Panchayats' (Kangaroo Courts) subverted judicial process, has warned it will frame guidelines if State Go.....
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COMMERCIAL - 120 Days Deadline to File Written Statement in Commercial Suits is Mandatory: SC(19.02.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that proviso added to Code of Civil Procedure by Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Act, 2015, is mandatory and n.....
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COMMERCIAL - Deadline of 120 Days to File Written Statement in Commercial Suits is Mandatory: SC(19.02.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that proviso added to Code of Civil Procedure by Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Act, 2015, is mandatory and n.....
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Delhi High Court Junks Plea to Replace Delhi Police with CISF in District Courts(26.12.2019)
Delhi High Court has observed that the existing security system at the district courts provided by police was "sufficient enough" to protect visitors .....
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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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Allahabad High Court Issues Notice on PUCL's Plea Seeking Establishment of Fast-Track Police Courts(14.12.2021)
Allahabad High Court has sought reply of the Uttar Pradesh Government, Union Government, and others on a plea filed by People's Union For Civil Libert.....
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Bom. HC: Commercial Court Can’t be Regarded as Person Or Institution Under Section 11(6) of A&C Act(06.09.2022)
Bombay High Court has held that the jurisdiction and power of the High Court in relation to the appointment of an arbitral tribunal under Section 11 o.....
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SC Issues Notice To Lawyers, Police Over JNU Violence(26.02.2016)
Supreme Court has issued notices to three lawyers caught on video leading the violence at Delhi's Patiala House courts last week during the hearings o.....
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Bombay High Court Extends Interim Orders Passed by Courts and Tribunals Till October 8(24.09.2021)
Bombay High Court has extended the life of all interim orders passed by courts and tribunals in Maharashtra and Goa till 8th October 2021, indicating .....
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SC: HC Can Only Exercise Jurisdiction Over State of Which It is the High Court(06.04.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that the jurisdiction of a High Court is limited to the territorial jurisdiction of the States of which it is the High Cour.....
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Allahabad HC Seeks Reply on Plea for Establishment of Special Human Trafficking Courts(09.12.2020)
Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh Government about the steps taken to establish special Courts for trying cases relating to human traff.....
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Delhi HC Orders All Subordinate Courts to Sit Physically on Alternate Day Basis(15.01.2021)
Delhi High Court has instructed the Principal District & Sessions Judges and the Principal Judge, Family Court to start physical hearings on alternate.....
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Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea For Expeditious Disposal Cases Pending Before NIA Courts(17.11.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea seeking early and efficacious disposal of cases falling under Scheduled Offence of the National Investiga.....
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Del. HC: Special Courts Can Try Offences Against Persons Who Had Ceased to be MP or MLA(09.01.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that Special MP/MLA Courts are eligible to try offences pending against the persons who had ceased to be an MP or MLA at the.....
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Ker. HC: Commercial Courts Act Does Not Provide For Second Appeals(12.01.2024)
Kerala High Court has held that the legislature introduced a non-obstante clause in sub-section (2) of S. 13 of the Commercial Courts Act limiting the.....
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Portal for public access of National Judicial Data Grid launched(19.09.2015)
As a next step to the ‘eCourts’ initiative, the Supreme Court released the public access portal of the NJDG for District Courts. The same will provide.....
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SC: 'Concurrent Findings of Fact by Trial Court & Appellate Courts Binding on Apex Court'(31.07.2017)
Supreme Court has observed that if there are concurrent findings of fact by Trial Court, first and second Appellate Courts, such findings are binding .....
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SC: No Power on Supreme Court to Exercise Superintendence Over High Courts(22.02.2024)
Supreme Court while refusing to direct High Court to decide a criminal matter expedetiously, has observed that there is no provision in Chapter-IV und.....
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CIVIL - Only Advocates can Plead and Argue on Behalf of Litigants Before Courts: Calcutta HC(25.02.2019)
Calcutta High Court has observed that acting and appearing for another will not include a right to plead or argue before a court of law and held that .....
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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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Karnataka High Court Refuses Further Time to Govt for Appointing Prosecutors in District Courts(06.01.2020)
Karnataka High Court has refused grant of extensions to the State Government for filling up vacant positions of Public Prosecutors, Senior Assistant P.....
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Calcutta HC Seeks Response in PIL Seeking Establishment of Special Courts for NDPS Cases(17.01.2022)
Calcutta High Court has sought response from the State government in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking the establishment of Special .....
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Rajasthan HC: Power of Judicial Review Vested in High Courts is Basic Feature of Constitution(18.01.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has reiterated that power of judicial review vested in High Courts under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is one of the b.....
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Gujarat HC Issues SOP for Functioning of Subordinate Courts in State From Jan 24 Till Further Orders(24.01.2022)
Gujarat High Court has issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the functioning of subordinate courts in the state with effect from January 24 .....
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Del. HC Refuses to Direct Trial Courts in National Capital to Issue Notice At Pre-Trial Stage(08.02.2024)
Delhi HC while refusing to direct trial courts in the national capital to compulsorily issue notice to the complainant or victim in a criminal case at.....
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Supreme Court Asks Its Registry to Not Refer Trial Courts As Lower Courts(12.02.2024)
Supreme Court has asked its registry to not use the term ‘Lower Courts’ for ‘Trial Courts’ and has further added that even the record of the Trial Cou.....
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Allahabad HC Issues Guidelines for Functioning of District Courts, Tribunals from Jan 10(10.01.2022)
Allahabad High Court has decided to issue certain guidelines that shall be applicable to all the Courts (including Tribunals) subordinate to the High .....
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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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Allahabad High Court Issues Notice on PUCL's Plea Seeking Establishment of Fast-Track Police Courts(14.12.2021)
Allahabad High Court has sought reply of the Uttar Pradesh Government, Union Government, and others on a plea filed by People's Union For Civil Libert.....
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Gujarat HC: Courts Can't Sit in Chair of Financial Experts U/Art 226(04.01.2023)
Gujarat High Court has held that writ courts exercising jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution cannot sit in the armchair of financial exp.....
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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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SC: High Courts Shall Not Pass Order of 'No Coercive Steps' While Dismissing Petition u/s 482 CrPC.(14.04.2021)
Supreme Court has stated that while dismissing/disposing of the quashing petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and/or und.....
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All. HC: Use Terms District Judiciary & Trial Courts Instead Of 'Subordinate Judiciary/Courts(19.01.2023)
Allahabad High Court has issued a notification stating that the terms 'district judiciary' and 'trial Courts' shall be used instead of 'subordinate ju.....
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Court Remands Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to Judicial Custody till 15th April(01.04.2024)
Rouse Avenue Courts has remanded Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal to judicial custody till 15th April 2024 in a money laundering case related .....
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J&K High Court Stays Cabinet Decision on Abolition of ASMM Courts(27.08.2015)
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has stayed cabinet decision regarding abolition of 38 Additional Special Mobile Magistrate (ASMM) Courts in state.
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Del. HC: Record Rooms of District Courts in Grim Situation, Record to be Weeded Out Efficiently(24.04.2024)
Delhi High Court has observed that the situation in record rooms of the District Courts is grim and the process of weeding out of the record needs to .....
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SC Put Stay on Cases against Miners’ Payment towards Additional Royalty(17.08.2016)
SC has stayed all cases at various High Courts across the country relating to miners having to pay additional royalty under the amended Mines and Mine.....
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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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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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Delhi HC Put Stay on Transfer of IPR Cases to Lower Courts(04.12.2015)
Delhi High Court has decided not to transfer out any pending intellectual property rights cases to lower courts irrespective of their pecuniary value .....
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Bombay HC to State: Install Video Conferencing Facility in All Courts by March, 2017(07.12.2016)
Bombay High Court has directed Maharashtra Government to ensure that video conference facility is installed in all courts across Maharashtra by March .....
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Delhi HC Directs Subordinate Courts Not to Pass Adverse Orders in Non Urgent Matters(07.08.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed subordinate Courts to not to pass adverse orders in non urgent matters where the advocate/litigant is unable to join the.....
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SC: High Courts Are Duty Bound To Issue Writ Of Mandamus For Enforcement Of A Public Duty(10.08.2020)
Supreme Court observed that the High Courts not only have the power to issue a Writ of Mandamus or in the nature of Mandamus, but are duty-bound to ex.....
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Delhi HC Dismisses Challenge to Notification Conferring Powers of Special Courts(25.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the notification conferring powers of Presiding Officer of the Designated Court and Special Court co.....
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SC Agrees to Hear Centre's Plea Seeking Stay on Proceedings Before Various HC Against Demonetisation(17.11.2016)
Supreme Court has agreed to hear a fresh plea of Centre seeking stay on proceedings before various High Courts and Other Courts, apart from Apex Court.....
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Supreme Court on Demonetization: “We Cannot Stop Shut Courts for Aggrieved People”(18.11.2016)
Supreme Court has refused to stay proceedings against scrapping of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 banknotes filed in various High Courts across country.
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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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Supreme Court: Performance Audit of Maharashtra Slum Areas Act, Directed(01.08.2024)
SC while suggesting audit of Maharashtra Slum Areas Act, 1971 has stated that reviewing and assessing implementation of statute is an integral part of.....
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Supreme Court Dismisses Plea to Include Tribunals in National Judicial Data Grid(25.07.2024)
Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking inclusion of tribunals in national judicial data grid on the ground that national judicial data grid is a part .....
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Delhi High Court Lacks Original Jurisdiction to Try Matters Under Family Courts Act(28.08.2017)
Delhi High Court has clarified that it lacked the original civil jurisdiction to try matters falling under Section 7 of Family Courts Act.
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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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Karnataka HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Dispensing of Regulation to Engage in Moot Courts(03.09.2020)
Karnataka High Court has disposed of a Petition filed by two final year students of the Bangalore University, seeking directions to the Bar Council of.....
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Delhi HC to District Courts: Allow Lawyers/Parties to Appear Virtually Without Prior Request(06.06.2023)
Delhi High Court has directed District Courts to allow any of the parties or their lawyers to appear through hybrid or video-conferencing mode during .....
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Cal. HC: High Court’s Commercial Division Can Hear Appeals Under A&C Act Filed on Original Side(22.08.2024)
Cal. HC has held that language used in S. 10(2) of Commercial Courts Act, 2015 is “shall”, which is mandatory and implies that even if an application .....
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Consumer Courts Not Meant For Enriching Consumers: Delhi State Commission(05.12.2017)
Delhi State Consumer Commission had held that Consumer Courts are not meant for enriching the consumers.
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Kerala HC: Criminal Courts of District Judiciary Cannot Recall their Earlier Orders(25.10.2024)
Kerala High Court has held that it is explicit that the criminal courts of the District Judiciary cannot recall their earlier orders. An illegal order.....
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Supreme Court: Can’t Discriminate High Court Judges on the Basis of Source of Appointment(06.11.2024)
Supreme Court has observed that High Courts are constitutional institutions recognised by Article 216 of the Constitution of India and it doesn't make.....
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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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Gau. HC Issues Guidelines Regarding Release of Seized Money in Cyber Frauds or Crimes(08.10.2024)
Gau. HC has issued guidelines directing Trial Courts not to insist on registration of FIRs in matters already registered on NCRP on cyber frauds / cri.....
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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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