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Hanuman Chalisa row: MP-MLA Couple approach High Court seeking cancellation of FIR

25 Apr 2022
On Monday, Amravati MP Naveneet Rana & Maharashtra MLA Ravi Rana approached the High Court of Bombay seeking cancellation of the FIR in connection with the Matoshree-Hanuman Chalisa row. O...
 

Subsequent purchaser has to plead to prove that he was a bona fide purchaser, who entered into the transaction prior to the order of attachment.: Supreme Court

25 Apr 2022
In the present case the Top Court dismisses a Special Leave Petition filed by the Petitioner before the Apex Court under Order XXI Rule 58 of CPC in order to attain the benefit of sub- section (2...
 

Revision petition of the petitioner was dismissed by the Karnataka High Court by making relevant observations pertaining to Code of Criminal Procedure.

25 Apr 2022
The Court was dealing with a revision petition of the petitioner Iqbal Ahmed who was involved in a case of fabrication passports with the purpose of human trafficking. The Court of a Single - Judge Be...
 

Non disclosure of facts pertaining to the pendency of a criminal case against an employee is in itself a ground to terminate the services of the said employee.

25 Apr 2022
The Apex Court dealt with an appeal assailing the impugned judgement of the Division Bench of the High Court wherein the quantum of punishment was intervened in a case pertaining non- disclosure of fa...
 

Supreme Court agrees to hear petitions related to Article 370

25 Apr 2022
On Monday, the Apex Court said it will list pleas for a hearing challenging the abrogation of Article 370 & the bifurcation of Jammu & Kashmir in the month of July. A bench headed by C...
 

Application preferred under Section 12 of the Act cannot be barred by limitation as its scope is only limited for seeking a response from the opposite party: Supreme Court

25 Apr 2022
A single - judge Bench of Justice Uday Umesh Lalit held that the application preferred under Section 12 of the Act demands response from the opposite party so that the Magistrate can pass appropr...
 

An application seeking execution of a decade old order passed by the Apex Court pertaining to revision of pensions

25 Apr 2022
The present application before the Apex Court is instituted by the All India Bar Association of Judges, seeking the execution of an order dated October 8, 2012 of this Court. The Top Court in the said...
 

Onus to Prove the Genuineness of a Document is on Plaintiff, only then Defendent has to discredit it, Read HC Order

25 Apr 2022
The Chhattisgarh High Court has reiterated that initial onus to prove genuineness of the document relied on is on the plaintiff and then the defendent has to discredit it to deprive the former of reli...
 

Witness to Wife’s murder shot dead in Court complex; Lawyers suspended work

25 Apr 2022
On Friday, a 43-year-old man who had come to depose as a witness in the murder case of his wife was shot dead by 2 unidentified armed men on a motorcycle in the Sonipat Court Compl...
 

Fake Nursing Colleges: HC seeks inspection report of all 674 Nursing Colleges

25 Apr 2022
A division bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the MP Nursing Registration Council to present an inspection report of all the 674 nursing colleges in the state by April 26, the d...
 

SC commutes Death Sentence in a Rape & Murder of a Minor to Jail for whole Life, Read Judgment

25 Apr 2022
While commuting death sentence of a POCSO case accused, who was convicted of rape and murder of a minor, the Supreme Court quoted the famous Irish Poet, Oscar Wilde to state that "The only differ...
 

Special Court takes cognizance of ED charge sheet against Enamul Haque, Ex-TMC leader in Smuggling Case

25 Apr 2022
A Special Court in the national capital has taken cognizance of a charge sheet filed by the ED against Ex-Trinamool Congress youth wing leader Vinay Mishra, his brother Vikas Mishr...
 

Need attention & faster disposal rates: Judiciary would take about 324 years to dispose of current pending cases, says SC Judge

25 Apr 2022
Saying that the judiciary has been given ‘express powers’ under many provisions in the Constitution, Apex Court Judge Justice Abdul Nazeer on Sunday said many efforts of jud...
 

SC to HCs: Shun the Practice of disposal of Writs otherwise than on Merits, Read Order

25 Apr 2022
While depricating the practice of disposal of writs in a machanical manner, the Supreme Court reiterated that there is duty cast upon High Courts to issue a reasoned order when a number of ground...
 

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25 Apr 2022
The Indian Dispute Resolution Centre and LatestLaws.com are organizing the 1st National ADR Tournament, 2022, from 6th to 7th August, 2022.  About the Organizations:  Indian Dispu...
 

CJI Ramana completes One Year in SC: What shall be his Priorities in remaining Four months?

25 Apr 2022
On Sunday, CJI Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana completed a year as the 48th Chief Justice of India, leading the Apex Court in several interventions from ordering an enquiry into the Pegasus snooping allega...
 

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25 Apr 2022
*LatestLaws.com is a proud Media Partner of 3rd edition of Law Fest – “LÈGALITE” organised by Bennett University to be held on 30th April & 1st May 202...
 

The bail application shall not be rejected in a single sentence on the ground of an appeal case lying sub – judice before the Appellant Authority

25 Apr 2022
The Appellant in the present case has undergone 14 years of actual imprisonment and 16 years of remission while the appeal is still lying pending for almost 7 years. The Top Court condemned the Allaha...
 

Efficacy test is required to determine the application of exclusionary clauses.

25 Apr 2022
Factual Background The present writ petition is filed to challenge the Arbitral award pronounced on December 12, 2020 by the Arbitral Tribunal constituting sole Arbitrator.  Brief facts of the...
 

Gravity of offence should be the paramount factor in deciding the sentence of an accused.

25 Apr 2022
The Apex Court in the present case dealt with the appeals instituted by the State in order to assail the impugned order and judgment of the High Court of Rajasthan dated May 6, 2015 wherein...
 

Entertaining a writ petition under Article 32 is confined to only determine if there was infringement of any Fundamental Right: Supreme Court

25 Apr 2022
The Apex Court dealt with the preliminary objections filed against the present writ petitions challenging the Haryana Gurudwara Act, 2014 to be in contradiction with the Sikh  Gurdwara Act 1...
 

Given the misuse of Rape Laws by Women we need to keep Accused's name Anonymus: Ex. Chief Justice

24 Apr 2022
Retired Judge of the Supreme Court Justice B.N. Srikrishna spoke about the low conviction rate in rape cases & said, “There is no doubt that rape laws are being misused in the country.&rdquo...
 

SC expounds person with other jobs can be provisionally enrolled with Bar Council for six months

24 Apr 2022
The Supreme Court on Thursday comprising of a division bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh said that a person engaged in other professions can be allowed to provisionally enroll with a bar counc...
 

SC expounds If Section 11 application is not decided within a year, the purpose of the arbitration would be frustrated [Read Order]

24 Apr 2022
The Supreme Court recently comprising of a division bench of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna while expressing displeasure over the time taken by the Telangana High Court to dispose of an arbitratio...
 

In this era of instant noodles, people expect instant Justice: CJI NV Ramana

24 Apr 2022
The Apex Court has continued hearing cases through the virtual mode in the spirit of providing accessibility to Advocates practising across the country & it should be strengthened in future, said...
 

Justice Chandrachud stresses on protecting personal liberty of Undertrials

24 Apr 2022
Saying that the number of undertrial prisoners (UTPs) languishing in the country's jails is far greater than convicts, Apex Court Judge Justice DY Chandrachud on Saturday called upo...
 

Joint Statement on meeting between Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas of India and Minister of Mines and Energy of Brazil on Cooperation between India and Brazil in the Energy Sector, Bioenergy and Biofuels

24 Apr 2022
1.         The Minister of Mines and Energy of the Federative Republic of Brazil, H.E. Mr. Bento Albuquerque paid an official visit to the Republic of India on April...
 

India’s first pure green hydrogen plant commissioned in Jorhat

24 Apr 2022
Oil India Limited (OIL) has taken the first significant step towards Green Hydrogen Economy in India with the commissioning of India’s First 99.999% pure Green Hydrogen pilot plant, with an inst...
 

Central Government amends Nidhi Rules, 2014 to safeguard the interest of general public

24 Apr 2022
Under the Companies Act, 1956, a Nidhi or Mutual Benefit Society meant a company which the Central Government declared as Nidhi or Mutual Benefit Society by notification in the official gazette. Under the...
 

SEBI signs MoU with the Manitoba Securities Commission, Canada

24 Apr 2022
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Manitoba Securities Commission (MSC) have entered into a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for mutual co-operation, exchange of info...
 

SEBI issues operational guidelines for “Security and Covenant Monitoring using Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)”

24 Apr 2022
In order to strengthen the process of security creation and monitoring of security created, asset cover and covenants of the non - convertible securities , SEBI vide circular dated August 13, 2021 had...
 
 

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