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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; Arundhati Roy

89 Accused Persons granted bail in Palghar Lynching Case

A Special Court in Thane has granted bail to 89 people who were accused and arrested in the Palghar lynching case, wherein two sadhus and their driver were lynched to death by a mob in Palghar eight months ago. The Counsel representing the accused pe

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

Court grants anticipatory bail to bank executive in ‘mis-selling’ case

Mumbai: A Sessions Court has recently granted anticipatory bail under section 438 of Cr.P.C to an HSBC Bank portfolio manager, as no prima facie case of misappropriation of funds through false and fabricated documents is seen, who was accused by a se

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

Efforts being made to extradite Mallya from the UK: Centre tells SC

New Delhi: The Centre is taking all the required efforts to extradite fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, who is accused in a bank loan default case of over Rs 9000 crore involving his defunct Kingfisher Airlines from the UK. The Centre informed the S

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

Three years’ RI to man for assaulting a minor neighbor

Mumbai: Recently, a special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act Court has convicted a 47-year–old hairstylist and sentenced him to three years rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old minor girl, who is hi

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

Homebuyers' Plea gets rejected, IBC tweaks held valid: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, in a ruling, upheld the amendments that have been made in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), wherein it has been made mandatory that a minimum of 100 or 10% of the total homebuyers of a project were nee

Updated On : Jan 01, 1970 | Neeraj Salodkar; Anaya Tulankar

HC seeks Haryana govt stand on plea against 50 % quota for women in panchayat polls

Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday sought the Haryana government's stand on a plea challenging a statutory provision for reserving 50 percent seats for women candidates in the state's village panchayats. The bench sough

Updated On : Jan 01, 1970 | Neeraj Salodkar; Anaya Tulankar

Delhi HC seeks Centre's response over Aarogya setu app

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sought the response of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) and Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) of its various departments on an appeal seeking particulars of the Aarogya Setu

Updated On : Jan 01, 1970 | Neeraj Salodkar; Anaya Tulankar

We'll keep our personal views on farm laws aside: Members of the SC-appointed panel

The Supreme Court-appointed panel's first meeting was held on Tuesday to discuss the issue at hand with the farmers protesting against the three farm reform laws and the Centre. "Panel members will keep their personal views on farm laws asid