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Jan 12, 2023 17:41   |   Aamod Vairagkar
Adding date for payment on cheque subsequently by complainant without consent of its drawer amounts to material alterations and frees its drawer from criminal liability

The marriage of the parties was solemnized as per Christian rites and ceremonies. On realizing that their marriage was a mistake, and not having consummated the marriage, the parties filed a joint petition for divorce before the Family Court. However

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Sep 13, 2021 18:41   |   Shweta Jana
[POCSO] Evidence of child witness needs to be scrutinized with extreme care and caution; judgement of conviction quashed: Bombay High Court

Single-judge Justice Anuja Prabhudesai at the Bombay High Court has recently reversed the conviction of a man accused of charges under Indian penal code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The man was accused of raping

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Sep 13, 2021 18:31   |   Tanya Joshi
Proceedings before Delhi HC stayed by Supreme Court, no coercive action ordered in the Amazon v. Future Group case

Proceedings in the case of Amazon and Future Retail Limited pending before the Delhi High Court for four weeks were stayed by the Supreme Court today.  Stay has been ordered on the enforcement of the emergency arbitrator’s order by

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Sep 13, 2021 18:28   |   Tanya Joshi
94-year-old freedom fighter’s pension to be paid in 6 weeks: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently said that statutory bodies should not hijack justice when implementing compassionate policies like Freedom Fighters Pension Scheme.  “The approach of the statutory authorities to the compassionate p

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Sep 13, 2021 18:25   |   Shweta Dattatray Kulkarni.
The right to religion is only effective if the person survives: Madras High Court declined to lift restrictions, amid the Covid19 pandemic.

CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR.SANJIB BANERJEE, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE P.D.AUDIKESAVALU Case No: W.P.No.19218 of 2021 THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS declined to lift the restrictions by stating that the res

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Sep 13, 2021 18:23   |   Shweta Dattatray Kulkarni.
The Courts need to be cautious enough to see that under the garb of personal liberty or under allegation of marriage, victim is not used as a shield to escape from the offences: Allahabad HC

Case No: CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 5156 of 2021 Justice: Hon'ble Surya Prakash Kesarwani.              Hon'ble Piyush Agrawal. Allahabad High Court while

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Sep 13, 2021 18:20   |   Shweta Dattatray Kulkarni
Karnataka High Court directed the University (RGUHS) to re-conduct the ‘Practical Examinations’ and announce the results.

Justice: THE HON' BLE MR.JUSTICE R DEVDAS THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU partly allowed the writ petitions by directing Respondent-University (RGUHS) to re-conduct the ‘Practical Examinations’ and announce the results

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Sep 13, 2021 18:17   |   Shweta Jana
It is the responsibility of the heads of Corporations and Municipalities to ensure that no private person indulges in any manual scavenging activity: Madras High Court

A Division Bench composed of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice PD Adikesavalu at the Madras High Court has recently directed the corporations and municipality to ensure that no person engages in manual scavenging. The court was hearten

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Sep 13, 2021 18:09   |   Shweta Jana
Once a representation is given in English it is the duty of the Union Government to give a reply in English only: Madras High Court

The Bench comprising of Justices N Kirubakaran and M Duraiswamy at the Madras High Court, recently adhering to the Official Languages Act 1963 and Official Languages Rules 1976 held that once a representation is given an English it is the duty of

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Sep 13, 2021 12:20   |   Shweta Jana
Police authorities are obligated to enforce COVID-19 protocols with humanism; derogatory language is contrary to the constitutional morality: Kerala High Court

Single judge Justice Devan Ramachandran at the Kerala High Court has recently remarked that the police officials should not use derogatory language as it is contrary to the constitutional morality. The petitioner approached the Court making se

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Aug 12, 2021 09:05   |   Parth Sagdeo
Nagpur businessman Arun Upadhyaya directed to pay Rs 100 crore to Hong Kong-based company: Supreme Court

 The Supreme Court of India directed Nagpur based businessman Arun Upadhyaya and his company Gemini Bay Transcription Pvt Ltd (GBT) to pay a sum of Rs 100 crore to Hong Kong-based company Integrated Sales Service Limited (ISS).  In Sep

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Jul 20, 2021 19:05   |   Parth Sagdeo
Maharashtra government infroms the Bombay High Court that Door to door vaccination will begin in Mumbai from August 1, 2021

The Maharashtra government informed the Bombay High Court that it has designed a policy for door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination on an experimental basis for the elderly and persons with disabilities. The Court in its order recorded that "Th

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Jul 20, 2021 18:57   |   Parth Sagdeo
Raj Kundra remanded by the Mumbai Court to police custody till July 23 in porn film case

A Mumbai Court remanded businessman and husband of Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra to police custody till July 23, 2021, concerning a pornographic film racket case. Kundra has been booked under Sections 292, 293 (sale of obscene mate

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Jul 18, 2021 18:10   |   Parth Sagdeo
Common High Court set up for the state of J&K and Ladakh and it has been named as the 'High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh'

A 'Common High Court for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh' has been officially renamed as the 'High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh .' President Ram Nath Kovind has signed the Jammu a

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Jul 17, 2021 16:47   |   Parth Sagdeo
Plea that alleged theft of court pleadings by the former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and associates dismissed: Bombay High Court

The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court dismissed a petition that was filed by a Nagpur based lawyer seeking an investigation into a complaint that alleged that the former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis and his associates had obtain

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Jul 16, 2021 20:47   |   Anjali Agrawal
Delhi Court imposes costs of Rs. 25,000 as Delhi Police "miserably failed in their statutory duties."

(State v. Mohd. Nasir) Today, a Delhi Court dismissed Delhi Police’s challenge to an order directing registration of FIR which was the complaint of a man who had suffered an eye injury during riots violence in February 2020 and imposed c

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Jul 16, 2021 20:38   |   Anjali Agrawal
Delhi court releases a 19-year-old held in murder case on bail after calling him a "neo-adult"

(State v. Nikhil Kumar) A court in Delhi granted bail to a 19-year-old boy charges for murder observing that he was only a “neo-adult.” The court observed that though he wasn’t “quite a child in the eye of the law,&

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Jul 16, 2021 20:30   |    Anjali Agrawal
Prisoners safe from COVID and more secure in jail

(Pradeep Rajbhar & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra) Two men accused in a double murder and dacoity case move interim bail applications. Mumbai Court rejects the same, taking in view the swaying second wave of COVID and observing the fact that

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Jul 16, 2021 18:56   |   Parth Sagdeo
Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya states that he will not hold court till virtual hearing glitches are resolved

For the first time a High Court judge refused to hold the court citing the reason of technical glitches in video conference hearings and stated that unless connectivity issues are resolved completely, he will not be part of such hearings. Just

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Jul 16, 2021 18:47   |   Parth Sagdeo
Central Govt.’s response sought by the Delhi High Court in respect to the plea preferred by the wife of Youtube Vlogger Karl Rock challenging cancellation of his Visa

The Delhi High Court sought a response from the Central government on a plea by Manisha Malik, wife of New Zealand Youtube Vlogger Karl Edward Rice (Karl Rock) challenging the decision of the government to blacklist Rice thereby preventing him fro

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Jul 14, 2021 16:35   |   Parth Sagdeo
Notice issued in the plea seeking guidelines to regulate advertisement of cryptocurrency exchanges on TV: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court issued a notice in a plea seeking guidelines to regulate the advertisement of cryptocurrency asset exchanges in India. A Bench comprising of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the Central governm

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Jul 14, 2021 16:29   |   Parth Sagdeo
‘Your Lordship’ not mandatory to address the Court “Use ‘sir’”: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court while hearing a SARFAESI case expressed that lawyers may address judges as "sir", in place of honorifics such as "My Lord" and "Your Lordship." The observation was made after the lawyer addre

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Jul 14, 2021 16:20   |   Parth Sagdeo
Notice has been issued to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari in election petition by Mamata Banerjee challenging Nandigram results: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court issued notice to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari in the election petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging Adhikari's election from the Nandigram constituency in the 2021 assembly elections.

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Jul 14, 2021 01:23   |   Anjali Agrawal
Mentally ill persons should be taken "more seriously" amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Supreme Court to Central government.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court asked the Central government to make mentally ill people their utmost priority amid the COVID pandemic for testing, tracing, and vaccinating them, and that the Central government should take into note the condition of

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Jul 14, 2021 01:19   |   Anjali Agrawal.
Refused anticipatory bail to a man accused of obstructing the COVID vaccination drive: J&K Court.

(Ghulam Jeelani Rather v. Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir). Jammu & Kashmir Court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of a person accused of spreading disinformation against COVID-19 vaccination and obstructing vaccination drive a

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