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Section-138 NI Act: High Court expounds: Magistrate has wide powers to ensure compliance of his orders [Read the Order]

20 May 2019
May 20, 2019: Patna High Court has held that the statutory provisions under the Cr.P.C. confer wide jurisdiction to the Court of Magistrate to ensure the compliance of the orders passed by it. &nb...
 

If enquiry officer exonerates, employee cannot be dismissed without giving reasons [Read the Order]

20 May 2019
May 20, 2019: Supreme Court has expressed that where the Enquiry Officer exonerates the employee, the Disciplinary Authority cannot impose the punishment of dismissal from service without giving re...
 

Do Men really have equal rights?: Supreme Court has imposed huge cost on a husband for issuance of notice to wife in a transfer petition [Read the Order]

20 May 2019
May 20, 2019: Supreme Court directed notice in a transfer petition filed by a husband but made it subject to the payment of cost of Rs.50000/- to meet the expenses of the wife who is opposite party...
 

If Government does not offer reasonable and acceptable explanation, delay should not be condoned [Read the Order]

20 May 2019
20.05.2019: Supreme Court has declined to condone the delay on the part of the government when it found that there was no reasonable explanation offered by the government.   A bench of J...
 

Court brings an end to ‘Fake Sureties and Docu drama’, with stringent checks and rules in this City

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: The directives come six months after the Mumbai crime branch busted a fake surety racket in October 2018, unearthing 242 such cases.Ensure strict check of documents submitted as proof e...
 

Husband gets rid of Wife just because she couldn't bear a Child, staged it as Suicide but Arrested for Murder

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: The accused, Naresh Sabharwal, tried to portray the murder as a case of suicide, but the victim’s post-mortem report revealed that she was strangled to death. A 34-year-old Mumbai’s An...
 

Family income does go down after a Divorce. Find what a Study Report tells on its effects on Kids' Education?

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: Income decline after Divorce affects a Child’s Educational future in more than one ways. A recent study in States has found the negative financial repercussions of divorce substantia...
 

A person filed frivolous PIL: He suffered an exemplary cost of Rs. 50000 and debarment from filing further PIL [Read the Order]

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: Supreme Court found that one PIL was filed of which prayers were not worthy for consideration, it then imposed an exemplary cost on the petitioner and further directed its registry no...
 

"Wordmark" Infringement: A Grand Victory for Iceland against Iceland Supermarket

19 May 2019
May 19,2019: The use of word “Iceland” was held invalid for UK based super chain Iceland Food Ltd. The Cancellation Division of European Union Intellectual property office has given this judgment in...
 

Ruling out 'Right to Vote'? SC man alleges of being prevented from voting. Here's his story

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: On Sunday, in the last phase of polling, residents of an Uttar Pradesh village in Chandauli Lok Sabha constituency, near Varanasi, alleged that some people forcefully applied ink on the...
 

Military Law: Donald Trump may pardon US Soldiers convicted of shooting unarmed civilians in Iraq

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: On Saturday, Donald Trump has asked for files to be prepared on pardoning several US military members accused of or convicted of war crimes, including one slated to stand trial on charg...
 

Plea by Masses: Thousands appeal online to let Indian-woman with rare disease stay in UK

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling on the UK Home Office to allow an Indian woman suffering from a rare disease stay in Britain.The petition for Bhavani Espathi,...
 

Polling Phase 7: Tej Pratap Yadav's guard thrashes Journalist, 'Conspiracy to kill me', he quotes after filing FIR

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: On Sunday, Private Security Guards of jailed RJD Chief Lalu Prasad’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav roughed-up a Cameraperson while he was covering Yadav at a polling booth.Yadav later alle...
 

"Will still wait for Justice", says 1984 Riots Survivors after political hike of incident

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: On Sunday, Punjab went for polls with Congress leader Sam Pitroda's flippant remark that "1984 hua to hua" and the BJP's relentless offensive over it has brought the anti-Sikh riots bac...
 

Opening of Political Action for Sunny Deol: EC serves him notice for violating MCC by holding public meeting

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: On Saturday, the Election Commission has issued a notice to BJP Candidate Sunny Deol for violating the Model Code of Conduct.EC took serious note of a 'public meeting' held by Deol in P...
 

After High Court asks for response, Police files a bundled 400 page charge-sheet in Alwar Gang Rape Case

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: On Saturday, Police in Rajasthan filed an over 400-page chargesheet in the Alwar gangrape case in a Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) Court with six people named as accused....
 

Sri Lanka freed 762 prisoners indulged in minor offences on Buddha Purnima

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: On Saturday, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena granted amnesty to 762 prisoners to mark Buddha Purnima, also known as Vesak festival.An event was held at the Welikada prison to...
 

Supreme Court enunciates: Civil Judges could no longer serve as District Judges

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: On Saturday, the Supreme Court has ordered that no new appointment of Civil Judges could be made to the post of District Judges against the quota reserved for the practicing lawyers.Suc...
 

'Defeat' for Vice Admiral Bimal Verma as Defence Ministry rejects his plea challenging appointment of Navy Chief

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: On Saturday, the Defence Ministry rejected the plea of Vice Admiral Bimal Verma, who had challenged the appointment of Vice Admiral Karambir Singh as the next Chief of the Indian Navy.V...
 

All's well in Election Commission? Ashok Lavasa recuses himself from meetings deciding on MCC. Here's whats wrong

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: On Saturday, Election commissioner Ashok Lavasa, who has recused himself from meetings where decisions pertaining to the model code of conduct are decided, wrote at least three letters...
 

In a first, Germany criminalizes BDS (Boycott, Disinvest and Sanction) Movement against Israel, says its "Anti-Semitic"

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: The German Parliament, the Bundestag, has just passed an unprecedented piece of legislation condemning the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS), declaring it anti-Semitic an...
 

Jauhar Debate: 'Suicide' says Law, 'Pride' says Politicians; Here's how CM Ashok Gehlot arguing history

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: On Saturday, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot said the past practice Jauhar, or self-immolation by women facing capture by invaders, was a matter of pride."Jauhar has been all about sacrifice...
 

Naxal Terror: Maoist Leader awarded with 'life sentence' for 'waging war against state’

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: On Saturday, Maoist Leader Sabyasachi Panda alias Sunil, who allegedly masterminded the killing of VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati in 2008, was sentenced to life for waging war...
 

As agitation on recent 'Abortion Laws' in American States grows; female Lawmakers speaks about rape

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: Ever since the series of Abortion Laws has started in American States, it has faced the wrath from public. Questions are getting raised on men trying to control female bodies by making...
 

Court rejects pre-arrest bail plea of doctor involved in multi-million scam to fraud insurance agency. Here's what he did

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: On Saturday, the Sonepat District and Sessions Court turned down the anticipatory bail plea of a 34-year-old doctor, Ambuj Jain, who had allegedly conducted post mortem examinations in...
 

Advisory against Pacemaker malfunction; India’s drug controller on awareness mission

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: On Saturday, India’s drug controller issued an advisory for patients and health care providers against Medtronic’s Astra pacemakers after a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alert a...
 

Arvind Kejriwal fears life threat from BJP; says will be assassinated like Indira Gandhi by own security officers

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: Alleging that the BJP was after his life, Delhi CM and Aam Aadmi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal Saturday claimed that he will be assassinated like former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by hi...
 

Rohingyas and Illegal Citizenship: Man arrested at Airport with fake Indian passport

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: On Wednesday, a 24-year-old Rohingya from Myanmar was arrested from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport for allegedly procuring a fake Indian passport and an Aadhaar card to tra...
 

Cheque bounce cases: Appeal does not lie against dismissal of complaint under Section-204 CrPC [Read the Order]

19 May 2019
Order of dismissal of a complaint under S.204(4) is therefore, not appealable under S.378 of the Code. May 19, 2019:  Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that if a case is dismissed for non...
 

Section-138 NI Act: Dismissal of case for want of process fee does not result in acquittal of accused [Read the Order]

19 May 2019
When there is a specific provision to dismiss a complaint for non-payment of process fees etc., such an order cannot be treated as an order of acquittal. May 19, 2019:   Madhya Pradesh High...
 

Case has to be remitted to Magistrate for recording pre-charge evidence even if sessions court has already framed charge [Read the Order]

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: Delhi High Court has observed that even if charge is framed by sessions court, if it finds that pre-charge evidence was not recorded, it should remit the case to the Magistrate for re...
 

Committal of case to sessions court is illegal without recording pre-charge evidence [Read the Order]

19 May 2019
May 19, 2019: Delhi High Court has accepted that Magistrate has to follow the procedure of pre-charge evidence even in cases triable by the court of sessions.  A bench of justice Sachdeva has p...
 

Ex-Prisoners to be roped in to build 2BHK Houses

18 May 2019
May 18, 2019: The motive behind the scheme is to reduce poverty and homelessness while ensuring that inmates who are released from the prisons will be employed to work at such construction sites.Buoy...
 

London Mayor Sadiq Khan calls for preferential norms for Indian Businesses, Students

18 May 2019
May 18, 2019: London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for similar preferential norms for Indian companies and students as those offered to China in order to boost foreign direct investment (FDI) from Indi...
 

Former CIA official gets 20 years of imprisonment on charges of spying for China

18 May 2019
May 18, 2019: The former official, Kevin Mallory, was convicted under the Espionage Act for selling classified US “defense information” to a Chinese intelligence agent for USD 25,000. A former offic...
 

Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee serves Defamation notice to PM Modi

18 May 2019
May 18, 2019: The two-page letter demanded unconditional apology within 36 hours from Modi & threatened “appropriate proceedings” in case the apology is not issued. Trinamool Congress leader &am...
 

Godse had killed Mahatma Gandhi, but Pragya Thakur killed his Soul: Nobel peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi

18 May 2019
May 18, 2019: Kailash Satyarthi criticised BJP's Bhopal candidate and other BJP leaders for their remarks on Godse and called on the BJP leadership to immediately expel them.Speaking about Pragya Tha...
 

New Law allows Sikhs in United Kingdom to Buy and keep upto 3-ft long Kirpans

18 May 2019
May 18, 2019: ‘The Offensive Weapons Bill’ received the royal assent on Thursday.The United Kingdom government has passed an amendment by which Sikhs in the country will be allowed to own a longer ‘k...
 

Separating Chairman / Managing Director Positions: A challenge for Corporates By: Bhumesh Verma

18 May 2019
May 18,2019: From the business / management perspective, the two top posts of the Chairman and the Managing Director are very vital in any organization. Most of the executive powers may be concentrat...
 

HC expounds: 'Chur Chur Naan' and 'Amritsari Chur Chur Naan' are completely generic terms, no monopoly rights over them

18 May 2019
May 18,2019: The Delhi HC has expounded that,"There cannot be any monopoly over the terms 'Chur Chur Naan' and 'Amritsari Chur Chur Naan' as they are completely generic".Justice Pratibha M Singh furt...
 
 

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