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High Court of Orissa
Termination of service for suppression of information about pending criminal case in verification roll, cannot be reversed merely due to non-issuance of show-cause notice to employee. : AIROnline 2022 ORI 126

High Court of Madhya Pradesh
Person engaged as contractor and never worked as company employee, if dies during work, his family cannot be compensated by company as his ‘employer’. : AIROnline 2022 MP 328

High Court of Chhattisgarh
Merely because father is natural guardian, custody of minor cannot be handed over to him. : AIROnline 2022 CHH 750

Supreme Court of India
Bail granted to accused, who does not cooperate in expeditious disposal of trial, is bound to be cancelled : AIROnline 2022 SC 639

Madhya Pradesh High Court
Benefit of exemption from payment of entertainment tax granted to multiplexes, shall be available to owner and lessee of multiplex equally : AIROnline 2021 MP 718

Karnataka High Court
In absence of mandatory endorsement of documents admitted in evidence, eviction decree cannot be passed in favour of plaintiff on ground that no documents were produced by defendants : AirOnline 2021 Kar 833

Supreme Court Of India
Statements made during talk show by Journalist Vinod Dua regarding inadequate facilities to deal with Covid-19 pandemic, can at best be termed as expression of disapprobation of actions of Government, and would not amount to sedition : Aironline 2021 SC 275

High Court Of Jammu And Kashmir
Offence of cheque dishonour can be made out only when dishonoured cheque is drawn by drawer in favour of drawee, for discharge of legally enforceable debt : AIROnline 2021 J&K 283

Punjab And Haryana High Court
Jurisdiction to try eviction petition should be reckoned with reference to date of filing of eviction petition and not from date of rent agreement : Aironline 2021 P&H 335

What’s In The News ?

Updated On : Jan 01, 1970 | Neeraj Salodkar

Delhi HC: Interest must be disclosed by RTI applicant while seeking information

An RTI applicant seeking information should disclose his/her interest in it to prevent a “roving and fishing inquiry,” held the Delhi High Court and upheld the order of the Central Information Commission to deny material to an applicant u

Updated On : Jan 01, 1970 | Neeraj Salodkar

Media trial hinders justice: Bombay HC on coverage of Sushant Singh Rajput death case

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday held the media trial by TV channels against Mumbai Police in the case regarding the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput was prima facie insolent. "Criticism of city police by TV media was unfair, because

Updated On : Jan 01, 1970 | Neeraj Salodkar

First case registered under the love jihad law in MP

Bhopal: A 25-year-old married man was arrested for sexually exploiting a 22-year-old girl under the new anti- 'love jihad' law in the Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh. It is the first case to have been registered after the love jihad law cam

Updated On : Jan 01, 1970 | Neeraj Salodkar

FIR filed in UP against the director of Tandav and Amazon's India head of content.

A criminal case has been lodged against the makers of the web show 'Tandav' and Amazon's India head of content for allegedly offensively portraying Hindu gods and goddesses, afflicting people's religious sentiments. The FIR was regis

Updated On : Jan 01, 1970 | Neeraj Salodkar; Arundhati Roy

Gratuity payable to teachers of Govt Aided Schools: SC to examine who is liable to pay

An issue regarding “who is liable to pay gratuity to teachers of government-aided schools under the Payment of Gratuity Act?” has been raised in a Special Leave Petition filed against a Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment. The Supreme Cour

Updated On : Jan 01, 1970 | Neeraj Salodkar; Akshat Jain

Denial of opportunity to adduce evidence means denial of a fair trial, says Kerala High Court

In Antony Rosario Fernando vs. the State of Kerala, the Kerala High Court said that the trial judge does not have absolute discretion to trim or reject the list of witnesses submitted by the accused. The Court made the observation on a judgment of a

Updated On : Jan 01, 1970 | Neeraj Salodkar; Akshat Jain

WhatsApp users are free to use some other app, says Delhi High Court in WhatsApp privacy policy case

A Single Judge Bench of Delhi High Court declined to notice a petition challenging the new privacy policy of WhatsApp. The petition sought an immediate injunction on WhatsApp's new privacy policy and directions to the Centre to formulate guidelin

Updated On : Jan 01, 1970 | Neeraj Salodkar

Physical hearings challenged Delhi High Court

A writ petition has been filed by a group of women advocates in the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court’s decision to resume physical hearing of the national capital case. The petitioners contended that they were given no choice to o