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SC: Defamation Complaint can be validly filed by Members of an Organization, Read Order

29 Mar 2022
The Supreme Court has held that Members of an organization can validly file complaint under Section 499 IPC for Defamation. The Division Bench of Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Aniruddh...
 

Electricity Subsidy Scheme for Lawyers' Chambers: Delhi Govt Budget Allocation 2022-23

28 Mar 2022
The Delhi Govt has announced that the existing electricity subsidy scheme shall be extended to Lawyers' Chambers inside court premises during the annual budget presentation for 2022-23 in the...
 

Two Delhi High Court Judges Take Oath Of Office

28 Mar 2022
Two new Delhi High Court judges on Monday took oath of office, taking the total strength of the court to 35. Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi administered the oath of office to Justices Poonam A B...
 

Two new judges assume office in Madras High Court

28 Mar 2022
Madras High Court Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari on Monday administered oath of office to Justices Nidumolu Mala and S. Sounthar, who had been elevated from the Bar as additional judges of the...
 

Bank Fraud of 20 Crores, CBI arrests accused

28 Mar 2022
The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an absconding accused in a bank fraud case on his arrival from Nairobi, Kenya. The arrested accused ( a  Director of a firm) was   also...
 

CBI Court grants three year Rigorous Imprisonment to then Minister of Bihar Government for possessing disproprotionate assest

28 Mar 2022
The Special Judge, CBI Cases, Ranchi (Jharkhand) has today sentenced Shri Bandhu Tirkey, former Minister, Government of Bihar to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs. Three lakh f...
 

Heavy Young Heathens sue NBC, U.S. Figure Skating and figure skaters over usage of their songs in Beijing Olympic Games

28 Mar 2022
Brothers Robert and Aron Marderosian have filed a lawsuit against NBC, U.S. Figure Skating, and figure skaters Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier accusing them of violating their copyrights by making u...
 

NALSA Chairman to SLSAs: Free Legal Aid does not mean Poor Legal Aid

28 Mar 2022
Stressing on the need provide high quality services, Justice UU Lalit of the Supreme Court and the Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority expressed his opinion on the qu...
 

SC Explains: Applicability of Sec.188 CrPC if part of Offence Committed in India, Read Judgment

28 Mar 2022
The Supreme Court has significiently observed that Section 188 CrPC will not be attracted if part of the offence is committed in India. The full-bench of Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, Justice S. R...
 

Internship Opportunity at Morgan Stanley, Mumbai [For CS]: Apply Now

28 Mar 2022
About Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The F...
 

Paid, International Internship Opportunity with Linklaters, London: Apply by June 23

28 Mar 2022
About Linklaters Linklaters LLP is a multinational law firm headquartered in London. Founded in 1838, it is a member of the “Magic Circle” of elite London-headquartered law firms. &nbsp...
 

Paid Internship Opportunity at PSP Legal, Advocates and Solicitors, Delhi [Stipend Rs 10K]: Apply Now

28 Mar 2022
About the Law Firm PSP Legal, Advocates, and Solicitors is a full-service firm, based in Panchsheel Park, New Delhi. Our expertise spreads across a broad span of business disciplines and major indu...
 

HC: Usage of term Arbitration alone in Contract would not constitute an Arbitration Clause, Read Order

28 Mar 2022
The Delhi High Court has observed that mere use of the word 'Arbitration' in the Clause's heading wouldn't inference that there exists an agreement to seek dispute...
 

Final Year Law student Bail plea rejected accused of uploading pornographic & obscene photographs of Faculty members on social media [Read Judgment]

28 Mar 2022
On 21 March 2022, the Additional Session Judge [Shri Avatar Singh Barda], SAS Nagar, Punjab while dismissing a bail application filed by an accused who was booked for circulating morphed images o...
 

Shivalinga appears before court after summons sent to Chhattisgarh temple

28 Mar 2022
In a bizarre incident, a Shivalinga, which was uprooted from a temple in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, was brought to the Tehsil office here to appear before the court after a summon was issued ag...
 

[Investigation over, charge sheet filed] No allegation of forgery of any document is made against the applicant: HC grants bail to Rohingya woman accused of forging identity cards [Read Judgment]

28 Mar 2022
The Gujarat High court recently comprising of a bench of  Rajendra Sareen while granting bail to Rohingya woman accused for forging identity cards observed that the applicant is in jail since 21....
 

HC: Notice of VAT Audit invalid if issued beyond limitation date of Reassessment [Read Order]

28 Mar 2022
The Bombay High Court recently comprising of a bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Milind Jadhavwhile dealing with the issue of permissibility of re-assessment of audits observed that notice of...
 

‘If an end is not put to the criminal proceedings, it would amount to grave injustice to the petitioner’: HC Quashes FIR U/S 498A RPC over a comprise b/w parties [Read Order]

28 Mar 2022
The Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court recently comprising of a bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar while quashing an FIR under Section 498A of Ranbir Penal Code [offence of cruelty], observed that it...
 

Call for Submissions for Working Document on Penal Law Reforms in India, by LexQuest Foundation: Submit by April 10

28 Mar 2022
About the Organisation LexQuest Foundation (LQF) is a non-partisan, non-profit law & policy research and action organization established in 2014 in New Delhi. They conduct extensive legal and p...
 

HC: Offending Driver’s Statement recorded in Motor Accident Case cannot form part of Charge-sheet [Read Order]

28 Mar 2022
The Gujarat High court recently comprising of a bench of Justice Umesh Trivedi while dismissing an appeal filed under section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 challenging the judgment and award pas...
 

[Sec 54 CGST Act, 2017] HC allows Refund of IGST lying in Electronic Credit Ledger [Read order]

28 Mar 2022
The Gujarat High Court recently comprising of a bench of Justice J.B.Pardiwala and Justice Nisha M.Thakore remarked that Input Tax Credit received from input service distributor lying unutilized in el...
 

HC expounds Non-Profit Company imparting Education eligible for Income Tax Exemption for Charitable Activities [Read Judgment]

28 Mar 2022
The Calcutta High Court recently comprising of a bench of Justices T.S. Sivagnanam and Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, remarked that when a Company has been established as a non-profit organiza...
 

HC: Voters must have adequate notice of the dis-qualifications of an election candidate [Read order]

28 Mar 2022
The Bombay High Court recently comprising of a bench of Justice C.V. Bhadang while dealing with the issue of awareness of voters about the credibility of candidates contesting elections remarked that...
 

HC expounds No right, title or entitlement shall be awarded to those individuals who are merely in possession of the land and do not own the same [Read Order]

28 Mar 2022
The Bombay High Court recently comprising of a bench of Justice Milind N Jadhav, while adjudicating a matter dealing with the issue of possession of land and its difference from ownership of the same...
 

Rs.1,00,000 Cost imposed on Advocate for filing Petitions without Vakalatnama, Read HC Order

28 Mar 2022
The Rajasthan High Court has refused to take a lenient approach on Advocate who on multiple occassions, filed petitions without authorization from Litigants by forging signatures on the same...
 

[Section 494 IPC] HC: Second Marriage while divorce decree stayed; appeal dismissed later attracts no offence of Bigamy [Read order]

28 Mar 2022
The Kerala High Court recently comprising of a bench of Justice P. Somarajan held that if a party enters into a second marriage when the appeal of the decree of divorce of the first marriage is still...
 

Courts not to interfere with Contract of Public Service even if Arbitrary, says Supreme Court

28 Mar 2022
The Supreme Court, recently, while setting aside two judgements passed by the Single Bench and the Division Bench of the Jharkhand High Court made a critical observation regarding the interference of...
 

HC Explains: Scope of Sec.73 CrPC and Power of Magistrate to issue NBWs, Read Judgment

28 Mar 2022
The Madras High Court has in recent development to Thirumangalam Entrepreneur Extortion Case, reflected on the scope of Section 73 CrPC and directed the Magistrate to issue non-bailable warrant i...
 

Litigants are suffering as their cases are not being heard, says Bar Chief as Labour Court lying non-operational

28 Mar 2022
Litigants are a harried lot as the Labour Court in Bathinda is lying non-operational after the Judge retired in Feb. The Court caters to litigants of 7 Malwa districts, including Faridkot, Muktsar,...
 

SC: Litigants can't be permitted to take contradictory stand before Courts, Read Judgment

28 Mar 2022
The Supreme Court has observed that a litigant cannot be permitted to approbate and reprobate at the same time. The Division Bench of Justice MR Shah and Justice B.V. Nagarathna while allowing the...
 

Advocate caught on webcam in compromising position with Staffer agrees to pay her Rs 4 lakh

28 Mar 2022
A Lawyer, who was seen in a compromising position with a woman staffer during a virtual court proceeding, was ordered by a division bench of the High Court of Madras to pay Rs 4 lakh to the woman as c...
 

Complaints on School Fee: High Court appoints Special Officers

28 Mar 2022
The High Court of Calcutta has appointed 2 special officers to examine complaints of parents that schools are charging disproportionately high school fees & threatening parents to debar students i...
 

Beant Singh Assassination: SC asks Centre to take an immediate call on Mercy Plea of convict Balwant Singh [Read Order]

28 Mar 2022
The Supreme Court has asked CBI and the Central Government to take an immediate call on Mercy Petition filed by Balwant Singh Rajoana for commutation of death sentence. He has been lodged...
 

Police have every right to quiz those out at night, says High Court

28 Mar 2022
Police have every right to inquire with people who are out at night, said the High Court of Bombay while refusing to quash an FIR against a man who was among an allegedly drunken group that sped away....
 

SC to State: Treat Ayurvedic Doctors at par with Allopathic ones, Read Order

28 Mar 2022
The Supreme Court has held that Ayurvedic Doctors are entitled to be treated at par with Allopathic Doctors under the NRHM/NHM Scheme. A Division Bench comprising of Justice&nbs...
 

Madras High Court judges beat Kerala counterparts in friendly T20

27 Mar 2022
In a friendly Twenty20 cricket match between the Judges of High Courts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu here on Saturday, the latter romped home comfortably while chasing down a modest target with seven wicke...
 
 

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