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HC reiterates to punish a contemnor, it must be established that disobedience of the order is ‘wilful’ [Read Judgment]

23 Apr 2022
The Single Bench of the Delhi High Court in the case of Indra Pasricha vs Deepika Chauhan & Ors consisting of Justice Subramonium Prasad in order to punish a contemnor, it has to be established th...
 

HC reiterates that the condonation of delay would also apply in computing prescribed periods within which Courts or Tribunals can condone delay [Read Judgment]

23 Apr 2022
The Single Bench of the Delhi High Court in the case of /S. Lifestar Pharma Pvt Ltd vs M/S. Starlife Healthcare consisting of Justice Prathiba M. Singh while condoning the delay in filing the written...
 

Lawyer who went missing found dead in sewage tank

23 Apr 2022
On Friday, the body of a 29-year-old lawyer, who went missing a couple of days ago, was recovered from a sewer disposal tank in Sainik Colony. Police identified the deceased as Himanshu, a native o...
 

HC reiterates that if the arbitrator commits an error in the construction of the contract, that is an error within his jurisdiction [Read Judgment]

23 Apr 2022
The Single Bench of the Delhi High Court in the case of Delhi Development Authority vs M/S Watcon Water Specialists Pvt. Ltd. & Anr consisting of Justice Vibhu Bakhru while setting aside the impug...
 

Extortion Case: Lawyer, Auto Driver held for demanding Rs 7 crore from Builder

23 Apr 2022
On Thursday, the anti-extortion cell of city crime branch arrested 2 persons, including a lawyer, for demanding Rs 7 crore from a developer, for not complaining against him to Slum Rehabilitation...
 

HC: Courts should analyze if the accused has not committed an offence and if he is likely to commit any offence when free while granting bail [Read Judgment]

23 Apr 2022
The Single Bench of the Delhi High Court in the case of Alok Saxena vs The State (NCT of Delhi) consisting of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh while dismissing a bail application observed that the test tha...
 

MSRTC Strike Case: Court grants bail to Advocate and 109 others

23 Apr 2022
On Friday, a Mumbai Court granted bail to Lawyer Gunratan Sadavarte & 109 others for being at the forefront of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) employees’ agitat...
 

HC reiterates that sporadic instances of the sexual relationship between a wife and a person other than her husband would not amount to ‘living in adultery’ [Read Judgment]

23 Apr 2022
The Single Bench of the Delhi High Court in the case of Sh. Pradeep Kumar Sharma vs Smt. Deepika Sharma consisting of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh while dismissing a criminal revision petition u/s 397/...
 

'Very surprising & unfortunate': Girl in Inter-caste Marriage abducted from Advocate’s chamber, HC orders Police to act

23 Apr 2022
The High Court of Allahabad has ordered Police to find a girl who was abducted from a lawyer’s chamber in front of the High Court on April 20, after she petitioned for protection from her family...
 

HC: Petitioner had no locus to challenge the bid process due to non-fulfillment of the requisite terms of participation in the bid [Read Judgment]

23 Apr 2022
The Division Bench of the Delhi High Court in the case of M/S Keepwell Security Services vs Department of Women And Child Development Caretaking Branch & Anr. consisting of Justice Navin Chawla an...
 

HC observes that invalidation of the main agreement does not necessarily invalidate the arbitration agreement [Read Judgment]

23 Apr 2022
The Single Bench of the Delhi High Court in the case of Parsvnath Developers Ltd. vs Future Retail Limited consisting of Justice Vibhu Bakhru while allowing an arbitration petition observed that inval...
 

HC: [Defamation] No prima facie offence would be made out until there was an intention to cause harm [Read Judgment]

23 Apr 2022
The Single Bench of the Delhi High Court in the case of Manikandan B. & Anr vs Pavan Gaur consisting of Justice Asha Menon while quashing proceedings in a complaint case observed that in a case of...
 

Supreme Court refuses to stay NGT order against setting up of new wood-based industries in Uttar Pradesh

23 Apr 2022
The Supreme Court has refused to stay the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) order quashing Uttar Pradesh's notice dated March 1, 2019, regarding the setting up of new wood-based industries, sawm...
 

HC: Personal liberty should be curtailed only when it becomes imperative according to the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case [Read Judgment]

23 Apr 2022
The Single Bench of the Delhi High Court in the case of Mukesh Khurana vs State of NCT Delhi consisting of Justice Asha Menon while allowing a bail application observed that the power to release on an...
 

High Court orders BBMP, 'Start filling potholes immediately'

23 Apr 2022
The fight against bad roads and lack of infrastructure in the capital of Karnataka has taken a new turn, with the Karnataka High Court ordering the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the local...
 

HC expounds Divorced Muslim women can claim Maintenance u/S. 125 CrPC from her Husband as long as she doesn’t remarry [Read Judgment]

23 Apr 2022
The Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench recently comprising of a Single Judge Bench of Justice K S Pawar while dealing with a revision petition filed under Section 125 Crpc for the grant of maintenanc...
 

High Court takes note on delay in proceedings

23 Apr 2022
Taking judicial cognizance of the “hazardous trend” on the part of the prosecution to delay proceedings for unexplained reasons, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear to both...
 

SC reiterates victim has the right to be heard at every stage from investigation to the culmination of Trial in Appeal/Revision [Read Judgment]

23 Apr 2022
The Supreme Court recently comprising of a three-judge Bench of Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli held that a 'victim' as defined under Section 2(wa) o...
 

A Patent fight begins between Impossible Foods and Motif Foodworks

23 Apr 2022
Impossible Foods which is famous for manufacturing meatless burgers had recently sued its competitor Motif Foodworks. They have made accusations on the startup of not only copying its technology for i...
 

Jharkhand AG: High Court did not order ED probe against CM Hemant Soren in money laundering case

23 Apr 2022
The Advocate General of Jharkhand rejected the claim of the petitioner's lawyer Rajeev Kumar about the court's directions regarding the ED probe on the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Clarifyi...
 

The statutory time limit for filing final reports must be strictly complied: HC directs police to file all final reports online [Read order]

23 Apr 2022
The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently comprising of a bench of Justice R Subramanian and Justice N Sathish Kumar while allowing a Habeas Corpus Petition remarked that there is a trend of delay in fil...
 

Kanakamala ISIS case: court sentences accused to three-year imprisonment

23 Apr 2022
NIA court in Kochi sentenced Siddiqul Aslam, an accused in the Kanakamala Islamic State (IS) module case, to three years imprisonment. In 2016, the NIA busted a group called Ansar-ul...
 

Plea moved in Supreme Court against Halal certified products

23 Apr 2022
A petition has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to ban Halal certified products across India and withdraw Halal certified products from the markets. lawyer Vibhor Anand had filed th...
 
 

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