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AgustaWestland Case: Special Court summons former Defence Secretary, 4 retired IAF Officials

11 Apr 2022
On Monday, a Special Court issued summons against Ex-Defence Secretary & Ex-Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG), Shashi Kant Sharma & 4 India Airforce (IAF) retired officials in ...
 

Statutory Bail under Sec.167 CrPC: Period shall be computed afresh when Additional graver Offence is added, Read HC Order

11 Apr 2022
The Rajasthan High Court has held that computation of period of detention for Statutory Bail under Section 167 CrPC has to be afresh if on re-arrest of accused, graver offence(s) are added. Th...
 

'I wish to give benefit of Probation of Offenders Act to the Accused': Man learning to drive let off after he runs over his Victim

11 Apr 2022
A now 32-year-old man found guilty of running over a resident in his Vile Parle building in 2012 has been let off on a bond of good behaviour after he told the court that he was recently mar...
 

Murder: High Court Lawyer found dead near Engineering College

11 Apr 2022
A 65-year-old Advocate of Andhra Pradesh High Court was found murdered close to a private engineering college near Kurnool on Sunday. The police have identified the advocate as Avula Venkateswarlu,...
 

MSRTC protest at Sharad Pawar's home: Senior Police Inspector suspended

11 Apr 2022
On Sunday, Senior inspector of Gamdevi police station R J Rajbhar was suspended for failing to handle the situation when over a hundred MSRTC workers stormed into the compound of Sharad Pawa...
 

Guidelines laid by HC for assessment of Parties arriving at a Settlement Decree, Read Text

11 Apr 2022
The Karnataka High Court, in order to eleminate the procedural irregularities, has issued guidelines for assessment of Parties entering into a Settlement Decree. The single-judge bench of...
 

High Court tells Police not to harass missing 9-year-old’s Family

11 Apr 2022
The High Court of Gujarat has asked the Bharuch Police not to harass the family of a 9-year-old mentally disturbed girl while making the efforts to trace her, saying, “Means are equally imp...
 

Bar Council of India to take up Advocates’ dress code issue

11 Apr 2022
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has told the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court that it has constituted a 5-member committee to have detailed deliberations with the bar & the judiciary...
 

 Court hopes that Government will make all efforts to bring fishermen back from Sri Lankan Jails

10 Apr 2022
The Division Bench of the Madras High Court, comprising Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy in the case of G.Thirumurugan @ Theeran Thirumurugan v. Union of...
 

 Member of Indian Legal Service cannot be appointed as Judicial Officer, Madras High Court declares Section 32 of Benami Property Transactions Act, uncostitutional

10 Apr 2022
The Division Bench of the Madras High Court, comprising Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy in the case of V. Vasanthakumar Vs The Union of India has declar...
 

Inclusion of Chennai Airport for embarkation of the Haj pilgrims is the decision of Haj Committee - Madras High Court

10 Apr 2022
 The Division Bench of the Madras High Court, comprising Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy in the case of Popular Front of India Vs Haj Committee of...
 

CBI arrests Assistant Divisional Engineer , Central Railway, Nagpur for demanding & accepting bribe of Rs.1.80 Lakhs

10 Apr 2022
The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an Assistant Divisional Engineer(South), Central Railway, Nagpur for demanding & accepting bribe of Rs.1.80 Lakh from the Complainant. A case was r...
 

Police Department has not investigated the matter properly which involved heinous crime against the women': HC directs DCP to file a personal affidavit within 3 weeks [Read order]

10 Apr 2022
The Delhi High Court recently comprising of a bench of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh while dealing with plea involving allegations of rape noted that there was a serious fault in the investigation condu...
 

'The writ petition has been filed with very vague assertions': HC directs Authorities to consider representation against alleged Illegal religious conversions in Ganganagar city [Read order]

09 Apr 2022
The Rajasthan High Court recently comprising of a bench of Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Vinod Kumar Bharwani refused to hear a public interest litigation against alleged illegal religious convers...
 

HC rules unmarried daughters can claim Marriage expenses under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 [Read order]

09 Apr 2022
The Chhattisgarh High Court recently comprising of a bench of Justice Goutam Bhaduri and Justice Sanjay S. Agrawal ruled that an unmarried daughter can claim expenses related to her marriage from pare...
 

AAR expounds payment of Equated Yearly Instalments made under Annuities Model, including interest on delayed payments made to the contractor, is exigible to GST [Read order]

09 Apr 2022
The Telangana Bench of Authority for Advance Ruling recently comprising of members B. Raghu Kiran and S.V. Kasi Visweswara Rao, ruled that payment of Equated Yearly Instalments made under Annuities Mo...
 

Lawyers Threatens to sue Trial Court Lady Judge, HC imposes Cost, asks to tender apology, Read Order

09 Apr 2022
The Allahabad High Court while reprimanding an Advocate who threatened lady Judge, asked her to tender a written apology and also give an undertaking that he would not repeat such conduct in near&nbsp...
 

Police registers FIR in 3-year-old Rape Case after Court issue warrant against IO

09 Apr 2022
Police have registered an FIR in an alleged 3-year-old rape case after Delhi Court issued a bailable warrant against the Investigation Officer (IO) for non-appearance. The case pertains to a compla...
 

HC: Unlike in a criminal case, in a case of infringement of registered Trade Marks or of passing off, the similarity of the marks used is to be considered [Read Judgment]

09 Apr 2022
High Court of Delhi was dealing with the Regular First Appeal filed under Section 96 read with Order XLI Rule 1 & 2 CPC and Section 151 CPC by the plaintiff before the learned Trial Court. The app...
 

HC acknowledges Right to be Forgotten, directs removal of Judgment from Court Portal and NJDG, Read Order

09 Apr 2022
The Bombay High Court while acknowledging Right to be Forgotten, noted that it is a component of Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The Division Bench of Justice G.S. Patel and Justice M...
 

HC: This is not a commercial suit where there is no discretion given to the Court to condone the delay beyond the maximum prescribed condonable period [Read Judgment]

09 Apr 2022
High Court of Delhi was dealing with the petition filed on behalf of the defendant’s seeking condonation of delay in filing of their written statements. The present summary suit has been filed u...
 

High Court seeks Archaeological Survey of India's report on Puri Temple safety

09 Apr 2022
On Friday, the High Court of Orissa directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to file an affidavit to counter allegations that constructions undertaken as part of the Puri heritage corridor pr...
 

'True function of a Lawyer is to unite Parties': Developing expertise in negotiation & mediation is much-needed for new-age Lawyers & Law Students, says CJI Ramana

09 Apr 2022
On Saturday, CJI NV Ramana said that the rapid development of technology has resulted in increased complexity even within the legal & regulatory landscape of the coun...
 

US Court reinstates President Biden Federal Employee Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate

09 Apr 2022
On Thursday, a panel of the U.S. court of appeals restored President Joe Biden's executive decision that made it mandatory for the federal civilian employees to get vaccinated again...
 

Pakistan Court sentences Hafiz Saeed to 31 years in prison

09 Apr 2022
On Friday, a Pakistani Court sentenced a militant leader linked to the Mumbai terrorist attacks to 31 years in prison on charges of terror financing, his lawyer said. The sentence is the lates...
 

Fodder Scam Case: High Court grants 1 week's time to CBI to reply to Lalu Prasad Yadav's bail appeal

09 Apr 2022
The High Court of Jharkhand on the request of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has granted one week's time to the central agency to file its reply to the bail plea filed by Rashtriya Jana...
 

Schools can’t recommend shop for Stationery and Uniform: School Education Directorate

09 Apr 2022
Haryana School Education Directorate has ordered its district-level officials to start action against private recognised schools for compelling the students to purchase stationery & uniform from a...
 

SC Explains: Circumstances when Preventive Detention can be ordered, Read Judgment

09 Apr 2022
The Supreme Court has held that mere apprehension of a breach of law and order is not sufficient to order "preventive detention." The Division-Bench of Justice DY Chandrachud an...
 
 

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