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3. Heard finally by consent of the learned Counsel for both
the parties.
4. Being aggrieved by the judgment passed by Railway
Claims Tribunal, Member (Judicial) and Member (Technical)
Nagpur Bench, Nagpur, in Claim Application No. OA
(Iiu)/NGP/2011/335 on 23/08/2013 dismissing the ... | A married daughter of a victim of a railway accident would also be entitled to compensation under the Railways Act even though she may not be dependent on him, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has held.
"If Section 123(b)(i) of the Railway Act is perused, it is the definition of dependant wherein daughter is i... |
ivil Appeal No. 4586 of 1989.
From the Judgment and Order dated 14.3.1983 of the Delhi High Court in R.F.A. (O.S.) No. 3 of 1983.
Pallav Shishodiya and D. Bhandari for the Appellant.
V.C. Mahajan, Arun Madan and C.V.S. Rao for the Respondents.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by RAY, J.
Special leave granted.
Ar... | The appellant is a firm dealing in the manufacture and sale of Tents and Tarpaulins at Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
It carried on a regular business of supplying these goods to defence services.
The Director General of Supplies and Dis posal invited tenders for the supply of tents and the appel lant firm submitted its tender,... |
Heard the learned counsel for the Appellant and the
Respondent who appears in person.
2. The Appellant wife has filed this appeal challenging the
order passed by the Family Court, Bandra, dated 13 November
2005, rejecting the Civil Misc. Application No.85/2008 filed by the
Appellant for setting aside the ex part... | Observing that a woman who filed three criminal cases against her husband would be fully aware of the legal procedure, the Bombay High Court refused to set aside a divorce decree granted by the Family Court owing to her non-appearance.
A division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Sharmila Deshmukh rejected the wife's... |
Present: Mr. Nikhil Ghai, Advocate for the appellant.
1. This appeal is directed against conviction and sentence of
Parveen Kumar (appellant) vide judgment and order dated 29.11.2004, in
case of FIR No. 76 dated 10.3.2002, under Sections, 7, 13(1)(d) read with
13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 19... | The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently acquitted a public servant convicted for accepting bribe in a case under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, on the ground that evidence of 'demand' and 'acceptance' of bribe was not available.
The appellant, a patwari, in 2004 had appealed against his conviction and sentence ... |
2. With the consent of the learned advocates appearing for the
respective parties, the petition was taken up for its final
disposal.
3. In this petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of
India, the prayer of the petitioner is to quash and set aside
the appointment order dated 24.7.2019 of the respondent
No.... | The Gujarat High Court has made it clear that the Assistant Director of Information (Journalism) Class II Recruitment Rules, 2015 nowhere stipulate that Journalism experience necessarily has to be from a government organization for appointment to the post of Assistant Director of Information (Journalism) Class II.
"Now... |
The captioned writ petition is filed by the plaintiffs feeling
aggrieved by the order of the learned Judge passed on
I.A.No.13 filed under Order 6 Rule 17 of CPC.
2. The present petitioners have instituted a suit for
partition and separate possession in O.S.No.32/2015 by
specifically contending that suit schedule pr... | The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that a plaintiff's request for amendment of plaint can be considered even after commencement of trial, in case the fundamental character of the suit is not changed and no prejudice is caused to the responding party.
Observing thus, single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar ... |
1. This petition challenges the impugned order dated 02.09.2021
passed by the learned Trial Court in case FIR No.207/2016 registered at
police station Tilak Marg titled State vs Dinesh Chand Sharma whereby
an application of the petitioner under Section 311 Criminal Procedure
Code (hereinafter referred as Cr P C) wa... | The Delhi High Court has held that a mere change of counsel would not suffice to recall witnesses to put certain suggestions in the manner the new counsel desires. Rejecting an application under Section 311 of Cr.P.C, Justice Yogesh Khanna noted that since considerable delay has taken place, the victim's plight also ca... |
award passed in Motor Accident Claim Petition No.22 of 2010 by the
Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Auxiliary), Dhrangadhra dated 28 th
November, 2014, by which the Tribunal has dismissed the Claim Petition.
2. The brief facts of the case are as such that, on 26.09.2009, at about
10:00 hours claimant was riding his... | The Gujarat High Court recently directed the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal to consider the claim petition filed by a motor accident victim, even though there was a delay of about 1 month in reporting the matter to the Police.
The direction was passed in a First Appeal filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act ... |
Case :- CRIMINAL REVISION No. - 2660 of 2022
Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another
Counsel for Revisionist :- Raghawendra Kumar Singh
Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
The present revision has been preferred with a prayer to
allow this revision and quash/set aside the order dated
26.04.2022 passed by learned Add... | The Allahabad High Court recently explained the difference between the Section 174 CrPC [Police to enquire and report on suicide, etc.] and Section 157 CrPC [Procedure for investigation preliminary inquiry]. The Court emphasized that the preparation of inquest under Section 174 Cr.P.C. is in fact in the nature of inqui... |
“What God has joined together, let no one separate” is the sublime ideal read in the Bible
(Matthew 19:6, Mark 10:9). Do spouses in that union have the right to separate their
marriage, mutually, before the aura of the marriage period of one year vanishes, is the
question presented in these matters. Two young Christian... | The Kerala High Court on Friday said that the Union Government should seriously consider having a uniform marriage code in India in order to promote the common welfare and good of spouses in matrimonial disputes.
The Division Bench of Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Shoba Annamma Eapen said the law at present d... |
This petition has been filed to direct the Sessions Judge Special
Court for Exclusive Trial under POCSO Act, Chennai, to receive the application
filed under Section 167(2) of Cr.P.C., in Crl.M.P.SR.No.337 of 2021 and
entertain the same and release the petitioner on default bail in Crime No.6 of
2021 on the file of the ... | The dictum in the matters of personal liberty of an accused is not to be too technical and be in favour of personal liberty, the court observed.Reiterating that the date of remand will be computed while considering an application for statutory bail, Madras High Court observed that the right to default bail is part of t... |
2.The petitioner aspires to become a Doctor. He wrote NEET and
scored 409 marks. He was not selected in the first round of counselling.
He was however kept on waiting list. On 07.04.2022 at about 07.30
P.M, he received a text from the second respondent through SMS to
register before 10.00 P.M. The petitioner is a res... | State obliged to compensate students deprived of entitlement on account of digital divide, Court said.Observing that digitisation should lead to empowerment and not deprivation, the Madras High Court recently directed the Director of Medical Education and its Selection Committee to award a compensation of Rs. 1 lakh to... |
ivil Appeal No. 2967 of 1986.
From the Judgment and Order dated 28.7.1986 of the Allahabad High Court in W.P. No. 1793 of 1980.
Satish Chandra, R.B. Mehrotra, S.K. Mehta, Atul Nanda and Aman Vachher for the Appellant.
J.M. Khanna, R.B. Misra and Ms. Anil Katiyar for the Respondents.
The Judgment of the Court was delive... | The Municipal Board, Jaunpur invited applications for the post of Tax Inspector.
The employees working in the Revenue Department of the Municipal Board were eligible for consideration alongwith the outsiders.
Respondent No. 3, the seniormost Tax Collector in Municipal Board, was called for interview but he refused to a... |
This writ petition is filed by the employer aggrieved by the orders
passed under Section 7-C of the Employees Provident Fund &
Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, dated 12.11.2021 by the Assistant
Organization, Regional Office I, Hyderabad, who determined an amount of
Rs.15,21,834/- as contribution in respect of an int... | The Telangana High Court in a Writ Petition ruled that an order cannot be passed under Section 7C of The Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (EPF act) for determination of escaped amount unless the employer is given a reasonable opportunity of representing his case Brief facts of the case ... |
1. Detailed submissions on various applications, including applications
seeking leave to defend filed on behalf of the defendants, were heard on 10th
July, 2022, 23rd August, 2022 and 5th September, 2022, when judgment was
reserved and one week‟s time was granted to the parties to file written
submissions. Written... | The Delhi High Court recently while dealing with two summary suits filed by creditors of Bhushan Steel limited against the ex-promoters of Bhushan Steel namely Brij Bhushan Singhal and Neeraj Singhal for recovery of money held that the interim moratorium under section 96 of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC/C... |
Writ Petition is filed praying for issuance of a Writ of
Mandamus, to direct the respondent No.5 to re-issue the Passport of the
petitioner in Application Reference No.21-2003341220 dated 28.09.2021.
2. Heard either side.
3. The writ petitioner is an Indian Citizen. He is presently
carrying on business in Malaysia. It ... | The Madras High Court has observed that the pendency of a criminal case that is at the FIR stage is not a bar for the issuance of a passport. However, in cases where the final report has been filed, permission of the concerned Court has to be obtained for issuance of a Passport, it further said.
Justice GR Swaminathan... |
This Criminal Original Petition has been filed to direct the respondent
police to alter the FIR in Crime No.25 of 2022 on the file of the respondent
police station by including the Sections 420, 417 and 379 IPC therein. Even
though the petitioner sought to include Section 379 I.P.C, the learned counsel
for the petition... | Allowing an application for alteration of FIR filed by an estranged wife, the Madras High Court recently directed the respondent police to register offences under Section 417 and 420 of IPC for cheating against the husband who deceived the wife by non-disclosing his impotency. Justice V Sivagnanam of the Madurai Bench ... |
I was recently hearing a matter pertaining to the affairs of a
registered society. I posed a casual question whether the membership
of the society is confined to any particular caste. The counsel for the
petitioner exclaimed in disbelief-”Milord, the society is named after
V.O.C”. I understood what he meant. For the... | While dealing with a challenge to the suspension of a law student, the Madras High Court stressed pon the need to install portraits of Dr. BR Ambedkar in Law colleges. Justice GR Swaminathan, therefore, directed the Director of Legal Studies, Chennai to issue a circular mandating the installation of portraits of Dr. Am... |
3. The instant petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1973 has been filed by the petitioner praying for quashing of FIR
bearing No. 26/2017 registered at Police Station Baba Haridas Nagar, Delhi
for offences punishable under Sections 354/452/506/509/354B/34 of the
4. Notice. Mr. Panna Lal... | The Delhi High Court has observed that the tendency of filing cases of outraging modesty of a woman under Section 354 and 509 of Indian Penal Code, in the disputes between neighbours to settle scores needs to be curbed.
Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma made the observation while quashing an FIR registered under sec. 354, 4... |
Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CRIMINAL) No. - 5 of 2022
Counsel for Applicant :- Sudhir Mehrotra
Counsel for Opposite Party :- R.V. Pandey,Abhishek Mishra,Ashutosh
Pursuant to order dated 04.08.2022, contemnor is present in the Court.
Contemnor vide order dated 04.08.2022, was held guilty for committing
contempt for br... | The Allahabad High Court last week sentenced a police officer to undergo simple imprisonment for 14 days after holding him guilty of contempt for deliberately bypassing the mandate of the Supreme Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar.As per the Arnesh Kumar judgment, the arrest should be the exception whe... |
1. Heard Sri Satya Prakash Rathor, learned Amicus Curiae for the
appellant and Sri S.B. Maurya, learned counsel for the State and perused the
material on record.
2. This jail appeal has been filed by the appellant Gabbar Patel @
Dharmendra challenging the impugned judgement and order dated
25.09.2006 passed by Ad... | The Allahabad High Court has observed that even if an accused pleads guilty in his statement recorded under Section 313 CrPC, even then the prosecution has to establish its case beyond so as to obtain an order of the court regarding the guilt of the accused."...mere stating of being guilty (by the accused) in the state... |
The police after investigation submitted a charge
sheet for the offences punishable under Section 498 A
read with Section 34 of IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of
2. The summary of the charge sheet is that
the marriage of Accused No.1 and respondent No.2
was solemnized on 08.10.2009 in accordance with
islamic customs and tr... | The Karnataka High Court while quashing a case registered by a woman against her ex-husband and in-laws under section 498-A (dowry harassment) said the charge sheet filed on the basis of omnibus and general allegations is without any substance.
A single judge bench of Justice Hemant Chandangoudar allowed the petition ... |
This intra Court appeal arises out of a judgment
dated 09.02.2010 passed by the learned Single Judge
by which writ petition preferred by the appellant
has been dismissed and order dated 18.08.2008
passed by the Karnataka Information Commission has
been upheld. In order to appreciate the grievance of
the appellant, rele... | The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Information Commission to decide afresh whether the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) is a public authority within the meaning of Section 2(h) of the Right to Information Act.
A bench of Justices Alok Aradhe and S Vishwajith Shetty allowed the appeal preferr... |
tion (Civil) No. 1695 of 1987 Etc.
(Under Article , ' 23 of the Consitution of India).
Govind Mukhotey, J.D. Jain and B.B. Sinha for the Petition ers.
Dr. Y.S. Chitale, Mahabir Singh, K.B. Rohtagi and Sha shank Shekhar for the Respondents.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by OJHA, J.
The petitioners in these wri... | These writ petitions were filed by licencesed dealers who manufacture woollen fabrics and blankets.
They purchase sheep hair and make them yarn for use in manufacturing the above items.
The challenge is against the insistence of the State Govt.
to treat sheep hair as agricultural produce under the Punjab Agricultural P... |
1. Claimant has preferred the appeal against the judgment of dismissal of
claim application filed under section 92(A) of the MV Act (old) and under
Section 142(2) of the M.V. Act of 1988 in Title Claim Suit No.37/92.
2. Claimant the widow of the deceased filed the claim case with regard to
the death of Ja... | The Jharkhand High Court recently held that a Motor Accident Tribunal cannot deny compensation to the wife of the deceased, merely for non-joinder of his remaining heirs, i.e. sons and daughters.Justice Gautam Kumar Choudhary observed,"Compensation is assessed on the basis of dependency and not on heirship. Only those ... |
The instant appeal has been filed by the Insurance
Company (defendant in the claim petition) against the judgment
and decree dated 23.10.2021 passed by the Additional District
Judge No.4, Bikaner in Civil Original Suit No. 07/2020, whereby
while allowing the suit filed by the dependents of the deceased
Premaram @ ... | The Rajasthan High Court has observed that remarrying of the deceased's wife does not disentitle her from claiming compensation for death of her husband under Employees' Compensation Act, 1923. The court added that the amount of compensation awarded by the trial court looking at the young age of the deceased and number... |
2. The present case is having history of repeated litigation by
land owners to get compensation of the land owned by them. The
land owners’ land admeasuring area of Ac 3.23 guntas in
Survey No. 268 of Attapur Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, Ranga
Reddy District was sought to be acquired for the purpose of
ext... | In a relief to the land owners who are yet to get compensation for their lands acquired 40 years ago, the Supreme Court directed the authorities to pay compensation within two months.
In this case, the land was acquired for the purpose of extension of the Nehru Zoological Park in 1981. Despite taking possession, award ... |
1. This writ petition is filed by the petitioners seeking the following
“(a) Issue a Writ, Order or Direction in the nature of Certiorari
or any other Writ, Order or Direction of like nature quashing
and setting aside the letters dated 18.08.2018 and 28.03.2019
both issued by Respondent No.1 to Petitioner No.1 dire... | "Exception 3 does not deal with the claim period. It deals with right of the creditor to enforce his rights under the bank guarantee"In an important judgment, the Delhi High Court has interpreted Exception 3 to Section 28 of the Indian Contract Act 1872 to hold that it does not deal with 'claim period' under Bank Guara... |
Ms Gauri Godse, i/b. Mr. Rohit Joshi for the Respondent.
1. Learned counsel for the Petitioner-husband states that the
Petitioner-father has had no access to the children since June-2020. He
states that the father of the Petitioner is having health issues and he
would like to see his grandchildren. It is stat... | The Bombay High Court on Wednesday observed that non-custodial parent cannot be deprived of his right to spend quality time and enjoy the company of the children. Moreover, the children also have right to love and affection of both parents as well as grandparents. The Petitioner herein is the non-custodial parent. His ... |
. Present application has been filed under Section 482 of the
Code of Criminal Procedure (for short "Cr.P.C.") for quashing the
First Information Report (for short "FIR") bearing Crime No.341 of
2020 registered with Bhagyanagar Police Station, Dist. Nanded for
the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 323, 504... | The Bombay High Court recently observed that a married woman being asked to do household work does not mean that she is being treated like a maid servant. The court also observed that without description of alleged acts of the husband and in-laws, it cannot be determined whether they committed cruelty towards the wife.... |
Seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.62 of 2016 on the file of
the Special Court constituted u/s.43(1) of the Prevention of Money
Laundering Act, 2002 [Principal Sessions Judge], Chennai, the present
petition has been filed.
2. At the outset, it may be necessary to state that in a prosecution under
the Prevention... | The Madras High Court has made it clear that Supreme Court's decision in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary and others v. Union of India and others does not preclude the Enforcement Directorate from prosecuting a person for offence of money laundering under PMLA, merely because such person was not prosecuted for the predicate of... |
Correctness or otherwise of the judgment and order dated
06.09.2021, passed in Criminal Revision No. 17/2019, by the learned
Additional District Judge, Bilasipara by which the learned Additional
District Judge, Bilasipara has affirmed the judgment and order dated
04.10.2019 passed in Misc. Case No. 244/2017 by the lear... | The Gauhati High Court has held that a man cannot escape his liability under Section 125, Cr.P.C. to provide maintenance to his second wife when he had suppressed the subsistence of his first marriage to her. While dismissing the application made by the husband (petitioner herein) to quash the order of maintenance pass... |
dated 30.08.2021 passed by 2nd Jt. Civil Judge Senior Division,
Nanded below Exh.118 in Special Civil Suit No.27 of 2020 allowing
application filed by respondent nos.1 and 2 - original plaintiffs for
amendment of the plaint under Order-VI, Rule-17 of the Code of Civil
Procedure (hereinafter referred to as the ‘CPC’).
2... | The Bombay High Court recently reiterated that an amendment that completely changes the nature of the suit cannot be permitted.
Justice Sandeep V. Marne of the Aurangabad bench set aside a trial court order which allowed amendment to prayers in a property dispute despite observing that the plaintiffs were bringing a n... |
1. This is an application under Section 482 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure to quash the First Information Report in Crime
No. 355/2020 dated 12th November, 2019 registered with Ramanand
Police Station, Dist. Jalgaon and consequent criminal proceeding
criappln1122.21.odt
being RCC No. 66/2021 pending on ... | The Bombay High Court recently quashed an FIR against a judicial officer accused of subjecting her brother’s wife to physical and mental cruelty.
A division bench of Justice Anuja Prabhudessai and Justice R. M. Joshi of Aurangabad said that this case of Section 498A IPC is being used to settle personal score.
“...the F... |
ivil Appeal No. 4802 of 1989.
From the Judgment and Order dated 7.9.1987 of the Bombay High Court in First Appeal No. 24 of 1986.
Anil Dev Singh, C. Ramesh, C.V.S. Rao and P. Parmeshwa ran for the Appellants.
S.K. Mehta, Dhruv Mehta, Aman Vachher, Atul Nanda and S.M. Satin for the Respondent.
The Judgment of the Court ... | By a notification issued under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act and published in the Government Gazette on 26.10.1967, the State Government declared its intention to acquire the land of the Respondent on 23.2.1968.
A notifica tion under section 6 of the Act was published in the Gazette and on 5.3.1969.
The Land Ac... |
1. This criminal appeal under Section 374(2) CrPC arises out of
judgment and order dated 31st August, 1982 passed by the IVth
Additional Sessions Judge, Lucknow in Sessions Trial No.170 of
1981, convicting accused, Ram Khelawan (appellant no. 1) under
Section 302 IPC and accused Budhu and Ram Dutt (appellant no. 2)
und... | The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday upheld the life sentence of two accused in connection with a murder case that dates back to the year 1980. The Court, however, directed the state government to consider their case for remission.
The Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh and Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi asked the stat... |
Judgment reserved on: 22.12.2021
% Judgment delivered on: 02.05.2022
Through: Md. Azam Ansari, Advocate with
Mr. Ashfaqu e Ansari, Advs.
Versus
Through: Mr. Gaurav Goswami with Mr. Tarun
Goomber and Mr. Pankaj Mendiratta,
Advs.
1. The appellant/husband preferred this appeal under S ection 19 of
Family Courts Act, 1984 ... | While dissolving a marriage, the Delhi High Court recently held that a husband and wife are two pillars of the family and neither can be expected to run a household single-handedly [Sunil Sharma v. Preeti Sharma].
A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh noted that in the present ... |
Neutral Citation Number of LPA -676/2022 : 2022/DHC/005243
Date of decision: 29thNOVEMBER , 202 2
+ LPA 676/2022 & CM APPL s. 50205/2022, 50206/2022, 50208/2022
Through: Ms. Maninder Acharya, Senior
Advocate with Mr. Ishan Dewan,
Mr.V. Siddharth, Mr. Viplav
Acharya, Ms. U dita and Ms.
PriyalBopana, Advocates
versus
Thr... | The Delhi High Court recently held that a borrower cannot ask for alteration of a contract by way of a writ petition and a contract can only be altered through mutual consent between parties [Supertech Realtors Private Limited v Bank of Maharashtra].
A Division Bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice S... |
+ W.P.(C) 3031/2020 & C.M. No. 15227/2021, C.M. No. 15228/2021
C.M. No. 15229/2021, C.M. No. 15358/2021, C.M. No. 15359/2021
C.M. No. 15360/2021, C.M. No. 15361/2021,C.M. No. 15362/2021
C.M. No. 15363/2021
versus
versus
..... Petitioner
versus
versus
..... Petitioner
versus
..... Petitioner
versus
versus
..... Responde... | The Delhi High Court on Saturday directed the Central government to ensure that the national capital receives its allocated share of 490MT of oxygen.
The order was passed by a Division Bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli in a batch of petitions raising issues relating to COVID-19 management.
"We direct Cen... |
Through: Mr.Arvind Nigam and Mr.Dayan
Krishnan, Sr. Advs. w ith Mr.Sites h
Mukherjee, Mr.Sandeep D. Das,
Ms.Anusha Nagarajan,
Mr.Raghuvendra Singh and
Ms.Arushi Mishra, Advs.
versus
Through: Dr.Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv.
with Ms.Haripriya Padmanabhan,
Ms.Pooja D har, Mr.Shrutunjay
Bhardwaj and Ms.Ashima Chauhan,
A... | The Delhi High Court today ordered for the dispute between L&L Partners Senior Partner Mohit Saraf and Founder Rajiv Luthra to be decided by mediation.
The mediation will be conducted by Senior Advocate Sriram Panchu.
The matter was heard by a Bench of Justice V Kameswara Rao.
After hearing the parties at length today... |
Criminal Revisional
Jurisdiction
Present:
Hon’ble Mr. Justice
Subhendu Samanta.
of 2018
C.R.R. 1858 of 2018
Mrs. Nandita Sarkar
Tilak Sarkar & Ors.
For the
petitioner
Subir Banerjee
Sandip Bandyopadhyay,Adv.,
Ms. Ruxmini Basu Roy
For the Opposite Party : Mr.
Manjit Sing
, Adv
Adv.
Adv
Mr. Abhisekh Bagal, Adv
Mr. Biswaj... | The Calcutta High Court recently held that depriving a woman of her Stridhan or any other financial or economic resources she is entitled to, would amount to domestic violence under the Prevention of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDV Act) [Nandita Sarkar vs Tilak Sarkar].
Stridhan is gifts/ presents given to... |
The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has
directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the
Council of Ministers : -
Shri Narendra Modi Prime Minister and also in -charge of:
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions;
Department of Atomic Energy;
Department of Spac... | Arunachal Pradesh MP, Kiren Rijiju has been appointed the new Union Law Minister.
Rijiju is a law graduate from the Campus Law Centre, Delhi University.
Before being appointed Law Minister, he was the Union Minister of State for AYUSH, Youth Affairs and Sports and Minority Affairs.
Professor SP Singh Baghel will be t... |
1.The reliefs sought for by the petitioner are as
follows:
“a) direct the Home Ministry to constitute a
“Renaming Commission” to find out original
names of ‘ancient historical cultural
religious places’, named after barbaric
foreign invaders in order to maintain
Sovereignty and to secure ‘Right to Dignity,
Right to Rel... | The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking renaming of historical places and cities which he claimed are currently named after "invaders" [Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay vs Union of India and ors].
A bench of Justices KM Jose... |
The National Law School of India University was established in 1986 to pioneer legal education
reform and anchor the transformation of the Indian legal system through research and policy
interventions. We are dedicated to the realization of core constituti onal values through a vital
democracy committed to freedom and ... | The National Law School of India (NLSIU), Bangalore will be conducting its own online entrance test for admissions this year for its law programmes i.e. the National Law Aptitude Test, 2020 (NLAT).
"Candidates will be selected on the basis of the aggregate marks secured in an online home-based Entrance Examination know... |
No. K-13014/06/2023-US.I
Government of India
Ministry of Law & Justice
Department of Justice
(Appointments Division)
Jaisalmer House, 26, Man Singh Road,
New Delhi-110 011, dated 23rd January, 2024.
In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the
Constitution of India, the President is pleased to... | The Central government on Tuesday cleared the appointment of additional judge Justice Abhay Ahuja as a permanent judge of the Bombay High Court.
A notification to this effect was issued by the Department of Justice, Union Ministry of Law and Justice on January 23, 2024.
The Supreme Court collegium had on January 4 reco... |
ition (Civil) No. 305 of 1988.
(Under Article 32 of the Constitution of India).
Soli J. Sorabjee, Harish, N. Salve, Vasant Mehta, Atul Tewari and Miss Bina Gupta for the Petitioners.
Satish Chandra, Anil B. Divan, Dr. Y.S. Chitale, P.V. Kapur, Anil Kumar Sharma, P.P. Malhotra, Naresh Sharma, (Solicitor General) T.V.S.N... | This writ petition challenged the constitutional validity of the Swadeshi Cotton Mills Ltd. (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1986.
The Central Government had passed an order for taking over the management of six undertakings of the Swadeshi Cotton Mills, in respect whereof there were proceedings in the H... |
ivil Appeal No. 4649 of 1989.
From the Judgment and Order dated 26.7.1988 of the Allahabad High Court in Review Application No. 27(W) of 1988.
Anil Dev Singh and Mrs. section Dikshit for the Appellants.
Yogeshwar Prasad, Vijay Hansaria, Sunil K. Jain, S.K. Jain for the Respondents.
The Judgment of the Court was deliver... | Pursuant to a scheme enacted for the benefit of ex military officials the appellant State appointed the re spondent on 20.8.1979 as Secretary Zila Sainik Board on contract basis for a specified period which was further extended upto 30.8.1985.
On 29.3.1985 the services of the respondent were terminated.
The respondent ... |
(Corrected)
(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 14-10-2022
in CRLA No. 136/2017 14-10-2022 in CRLA No. 137/2017 passed by the
High Court Of Judicature At Bombay At Nagpur)
Date : 15-10-2022 This matter was called on for hearing today.
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG
Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikar... | The Supreme Court on Saturday suspended the decision of the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court acquitting former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba in an alleged Maoist links case. (State of Maharashtra vs Mahesh Tirki and ors)
The order was passed by a bench of Justices MR Shah and Bela M Trivedi at a special si... |
1 of 4 18-ABA-129-24
Shantilal Yashwant Kharat ..Applicant
Versus
State of Maharashtra ..Respondent
Dr. Samarth S. Karmarkar a/w. Janathan D’Silva i/b. Karmarkar
and Associates for Applicant.
Ms. Mahalakshmi Ganapathy, APP for State/Respondent.
Mr. Durivendra Dubey a/w. Mr. Dileep Vishwakarma i/b.
Shashikant Dubey for ... | The Bombay High Court recently rejected the anticipatory bail plea of a man in a cheating case after it found that he had married at least five women and concealed the same [Shantilal Yashwant Kharat v State of Maharashtra].
Justice Sarang V Kotwal concluded there was sufficient material to show that the accused (appli... |
1. Sandesh Madhukar Salunkhe
2. Abhishek Amrit Salunkhe …. Petitioners
v/s.
The State of Maharashtra and anr. …. Respondents
Mr. Umesh Mankapure for the Petitioners.
Ms. M.M. Deshmukh, APP for the State.
Mr. Dilip Shinde for the Respondent No.2.
.With consent, heard finally at the stage of admission.
2.By this Petition... | Husband's relatives making negative comments about wife's cooking skills will not amount to cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Bombay High Court recently observed while quashing a first information report (FIR) by a woman against the relatives of a husband [Sandesh Madhukar Salunkhe & Anr v.... |
Petitioner :- Smt. Rashmi (Corpus)
Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others
Counsel for Petitioner :- Hari Nath Chaubey
Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Dr. Kaushal Jayendra Thaker,J.
Hon'ble Gautam Chowdhary,J.
By way of this petition, the petitioner through his husband, has
sought a direction in the nature of H... | The Allahabad High Court last week directed the release of a major woman from Nari Niketan (shelter for women in distress) after she told the Court she wished to reside with her legally wedded husband [Rashmi v. State of UP].
The direction was passed by a bench of Justices Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Gautam Chowdhary ... |
+ W.P.(C) 3031/2020 & C.M. No. 15227/2021, C.M. No. 15228/2021
C.M. No. 15229/2021, C.M. No. 15358/2021, C.M. No. 15359/2021
C.M. No. 15360/2021, C.M. No. 15361/2021,C.M. No. 15362/2021
C.M. No. 1 5363/2021
versus
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+ W.P.(... | The Delhi High Court today directed the Central government to show cause as to why contempt of court should not be initiated for non-compliance of orders passed with respect to the supply of oxygen to the national capital. (Rakesh Malhotra vs GNCTD)
A Bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli ordered,
"We direct C... |
CRL.P No. 1698 of 2023
CRL.P No. 1698 of 2023
This petition is filed under Section 439 of Cr.P.C. , by
accused No.1, praying to enlarge her on bail in Cri me
No.134/2022 of Yeshwanthapura Police Station.
2. Heard the learned counsel for petitioner and the
learned High Court Government Pleader for responden t-
State and... | The Karnataka High Court recently refused to grant bail to a woman alleged to have stabbed her husband to death, while remarking that it cannot release the petitioner on bail merely because she is a woman. [Dilli Rani v. State]
The Court was hearing a bail plea filed by a woman booked for murder, criminal conspiracy an... |
Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 1011/2022
Date : 25-11-2022 This petition was called on for hearing today.
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Saurabh Kirpal, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Adv.
Ms. Niharika Karanjawala, Adv.
Mr. Vardaan Wanchoo, Adv.
Mr. Shreyas Maheshwari, Adv.
Mr. Ritwik Mohapatra, Ad... | The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Central government and the Attorney General for India R Venkataramani on two petitions filed by gay couples seeking recognition of same sex marriage under the Special Marriage Act [Supriyo @ Supriya Chakraborty v. Union of India].
A bench comprising Chief Justice of Indi... |
Khalil Abbas Fakir ….. Applicant
Tabbasum Khalil Fakir @
Tabbasum Gulam Husain Ghare & Anr. ….. Respondents
Ms.Shaheen Kapadia a/w. Ms.Mahenoor Khan, Mr.Irfan Unwala i/b.
Ms.Vrushali Maindad for the Applicant.
Mr.Saurabh Butala a/w. Adv. P.V . Shekhawat, Ms.Shagufa Patel,
Ms.Swati Khot, Ms.Nitita Mandaniyan for the Res... | The Bombay High Court recently held that a divorced Muslim woman is entitled to mahr (lumpsum maintenance amount payable by husband to wife on divorce) from her husband as stipulated under Section 3 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 (MWPA) even if she has remarried.
Single-judge Justice R... |
K. Vinod Chandran & M.R. Anitha, JJ.
W.P(C) No.11312 of 2021
Dated, this the 24th day of May, 2021
Vinod Chandran, J.
The above writ petition is filed seeking
inclusion of Judicial Officers and Lawyers in the
priority category for vaccination against COVID 19. The
learned Counsel for the petitioner points out the
decla... | The Kerala High Court on Monday urged the State government to look into prioritising COVID-19 vaccination for judicial officers and court staff on par with other "State employees", who are already being administered vaccination on priority basis (Benny Anthony Parel v. Union of India).
A Bench of Justices Vinod Chandra... |
W.P.(C) No. 5319 of 2023
Vikash Kumar Dubey Petitioner(s).
Versus
1.The Jharkhand State Bar Council, Ranchi.
2.Bar Council of India, 19, New Delhi.
3.Sarawan Kumar @ Shrawan Ram Respondent(s)
For the Petitioner(s) : M/s. Sheo Kr. Singh & R.N. Chatterjee, Advocates.
For the Bar Council : Ms. Neha Bhardwaj, Advocate.
For... | The Jharkhand High Court recently quashed disciplinary proceedings initiated by the State Bar Council against a lawyer who allegedly was in an "illicit" physical relationship with his client [Vikash Kumar Dubey v. The Jharkhand State Bar Council].
Justice Ananda Sen concluded that the complaint was filed with mala fide... |
vil Appeal No. 2 15 152 (NM) of 1986 etc.
From the Order dated 8.5.1984 of the Customs Excise and Gold Control/Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi in Appeal No. 2530/83 D & Cross objections 27/84, Order No. 258/84 D and Misc.
Order No. 67 84 D. A.K. Ganguli, P. Parmeswaran and Hemant Sharma for the Appellant.
Gobinda Mukhoty... | The Respondent Company was in the business of dyeing acrylic yarn received from traders and manufacturers of hosiery goods on job basis.
It was paying duty at the rate of Rs. 10 per K.G. in terms of Notification No. 125/75 CE dated 12.5.1975 on the presumption that base yarn had dis charged duty liability before it was... |
The petitioners/accused 1 to 8 are knocking at the doors of
this Court in the subject petition calling in quest ion proceedings in
SC & ST (Spl.) Case No.24 of 2016 arising out of cr ime in Crime
No.146 of 2016 for offences punishable under Sectio ns 3(1)(10)
and (11) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Trib es (Prev... | The Karnataka High Court recently refused to close a criminal case against persons accused of blocking the entry of a Scheduled Caste (SC) family into a temple and attacking them [Pandurangabhat and ors v. State and anr.]
Justice M Nagaprasanna underscored that a deity in a temple does not belong to a select few and th... |
( 1 ) cra 108.21
with Criminal Application No.1993/2021
Parmeshwar s/o Muktiram Dhage
Age: 36 years, Occ: Agri,
R/o Partur, Tal Partur, Dist. Jalna ..Applicant
Versus
1.The State of Maharashtra,
through P .I., Partur Police Station,
Jalna.
2.Minakshi W/o Umesh Puri
Age: 25 years, Occu: Household,
R/o Dixit Galli, Partu... | The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court recently held that touching any part of a woman’s body without her consent, specially in the dead of the night by a stranger, amounts to outraging her modesty punishable under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code(IPC) [Parmeshwar Dhage v. State of Maharashtra].
Justice MG ... |
1 FULL TEXT OF THE SPEECH DELIVERED BY HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA SHRI JUSTICE N V RAMANA AT THE FIFTH CONVOCATION OF HIDAYATULLAH NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY RAIPUR, CHHATTISGARH 31 JULY 2022 This university of law has been named after one of the greatest legal luminaries of the past century, Justice Mohammed Hida... | The Constitution of India is meant for every citizen and every individual must be made aware of their rights and duties, the Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana said on Sunday.
A constitutional republic shall only thrive when its citizens are aware of what their Constitution lays down and it is the collective duty o... |
Through: Mr. KS Choudhary, Adv.
versus
Through: Mr. Ajay Vikram Singh, APP
Mr. Shilankar Shakya, Adv. for R -2-4
SI Satyapreet, PS Jaitpur
1. This is a petition filed seeking quashing of the FIR No. 416/2017 dated
12.08.2017 registered at PS Jaitpur Section 323/506/509/354/354B/34
IPC.
2. As per the FIR, the complaint ... | The Delhi High Court recently ordered a group of people to plant ten trees and look after them for a decade while quashing a first information report (FIR) registered against them.
Justice Jasmeet Singh said that the trees shall be planted near their residence in consultation with the investigating officer concerned.
... |
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1551 Year-2019 Thana- PATNA COMPLAINT CASE District-
Patna
Mr. Rahul Gandhi
... ... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar through The Secretary Deptt. of Home Old Secretariat,
Patna (Bihar) & Anr.
... ... Opposite Parties
Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ansul, Advocate
For the State :... | The Patna High Court on Monday stayed till May 15, the proceedings before a Bihar court against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed against him by Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Sushil Kumar Modi.
The interim stay Justice Sandeep Singh stayed the proceedings on a plea by Gandhi to quash the summo... |
Writ Petition (PIL) No. 58 of 2020
Writ Petition (PIL) No. 97 of 2019
Writ Petition (PIL) No. 50 of 2020
Writ Petition (PIL) No. 51 of 2020
Writ Petition (PIL) No. 67 of 2020
Writ Petition (PIL) No. 70 of 2020
Mr. Shiv Bhatt, the learned counsel for the petitioner in WPPIL
No. 58 of 2020.
Mr. Dushyant Mainali, the lear... | The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday expressed its displeasure at the failure of the State government in ensuring compliance with COVID protocol while holding religious events or gatherings like Kumbh Mela and Char Dham Yatra in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Bench of Chief Justice RS Chauhan and Justice Alok... |
SC no.03/21
State Vs Kuldeep and ors.
FIR no.78/20
PS Karawal Nagar
14.09.2021
Present: Sh.Manoj Chaudhary, Ld.Special PP for the State
alongwith IO Inspector Manoj Kumar.
Sh.Abdul Gaffar, Ld.Counsel for accused Mohd.Irshad
alongwith accused produced in J/C physically.
Sh.A.A.Khan, Ld.Counsel for accused Furkan alongwi... | A Special Court dealing with Delhi Riots cases has referred to the Gujarat High Court verdict in a Godhra Riots case on separation of trial on the basis of faith after it came on record that the accused on trial belonged to two different faiths [State v. Kuldeep and ors].
Calling it a “peculiar situation”, Additional S... |
W.P.No. 2325 of 2022
K.Arunachalam ... Petitioner
1.The Principal Secretary to Government
Health and Family Welfare Department
Fort St. George,
Chennai – 600 009.
2.The Principal Secretary to Government
Revenue and Disaster Management Department
Fort St. George,
Chennai – 600 009.
3.The Additional Secretary/ Commission... | The Madras High Court recently held that a kin of a COVID-19 victim can claim benefits/ compensation either under the Central government scheme or State government scheme but not both.
Justice CV Karthikeyan, therefore, rejected a petition filed by a deceased nurse's husband, seeking a compensation of ₹50 lakh from the... |
1 Judgment Pocso Case 749-2021
Presented on : 30-06-2021
Registered on : 07-07-2021
Decided on : 31-03-2022 & 04/04/2022
Duration : 0Y , 9Mths, 4 Days.
Exhibit- 25
The State of Maharashtra ]
(At the instance of Worli Police ]
Station Mumbai, in C.R.No.266/2021]..Complainant.
Versus
Sachin Suresh Wadekar ]
Aged: 37 year... | A special court in Mumbai on Monday convicted and sentenced a 37-year-old man to 25 years in jail for offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) after he was found guilty of raping his adolescent daughter multiple times [The State of Maharashtra vs Sachin Suresh Wadekar].
Special Jud... |
$~S-10 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.A. 82/2021 NATASHA NARWAL ..... Appellant Through: Mr. Adit S. Pujari, Ms. Tusharika M a t t o o & M r. K u n a l N e g i , Advocates. versus STATE OF DELHI NCT .... Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Prasad, Mr. Amit Mahajan, and Mr. Rajat Nair, SPP for the State with M... | The Delhi High Court on Monday granted interim bail for three weeks to Pinjra Tod member, Natasha Narwal in the Delhi riots case after her father passed away due to COVID-19.
The release will be subject to furnishing personal bond of Rs. 50,000.
She was also directed to provide her telephone number to the Station House... |
vil Appeal No. 135 I(N) of 1973.
From the Judgment and Decree dated 14.3.1973 of the Rajasthan High Court in S.B. Civil Second Appeal No. 201 of 1966.
K.K Jain, Pramod Dayal and A.D. Sanget for the Appellant.
U.N. Bachavat, Sushil Kumar Jain, Sudhanshu Atreya and L.C. Agarwala for the Respondents.
The Judgment of the C... | This case is concerned with a garden with temples and other buildings at Jaipur claimed to be the property of Darjee (Tailors) community popularly known as 'Bagichi Darjian '.
It was claimed by different persons at different intervals on different grounds.
One Narayan, Pujari on the temples was said to have sold the Ba... |
Date of decision: 19th April, 2023
Through: Ms. Smi ta Ma an, present in person.
versus
Through: Mr Rakesh Kumar , CGSC with Mr.
Sunil ,Mr. Giriraj Shrama and Mr.
Prince Roshan , Advocate s.
with Mr. Abhishek Khari , Advocate .
Prathiba M. Singh J. (Oral)
1. This hearing has been done through hybr id mode.
2. The prese... | The Delhi High Court recently ordered the passport authority to delete the name of the biological father from a minor child’s passport noting that the man had deserted the child even before he was born and had given up all his rights.
Justice Prathiba M Singh said that under certain circumstances the name of the biolog... |
+ W.P.(C) 6726/2019 & CM Appl s. 28266/2019 , 47351/2019
Through Mr. Chander Mani Grover, Advocate
versus
Through Ms. Avnish Ahlawat, Standing
Counsel for NCT of Delhi (Services)
with Mrs. Tania Ahlawat, Mr. Nitesh
Kumar Singh and Ms. Palak
Rohmetra, Advocates
Mr. Kanwal Jeet Arora, Member
Secretary, DSLSA with Ms. Meg... | The Delhi High Court on Thursday awarded compensation of Rs 15,000 per month to a pair of two-year-old twins who lost their mother due to postpartum complications [Master Lavish & Ors v. Government of NCT Delhi & Ors].
Justice JR Midha passed the order in a writ petition filed on behalf of the twins through their mater... |
Criminal Revision No.535 of 2023
Manoj Kumar @ Manoj Sao, son of Deoki Sao, resident of Village & P.O.
Jamu, P.S. Markacho, District Koderma, Jharkhand . ..... …... Petitioner
Versus
1. The State of Jharkhand
2. Deoki Sao, son of Late Bodhi Sao, resident of Village & P.O. Jamu, P.S.
Markacho, District Koderma, Jharkhan... | It is the pious duty of a son to support his aged father and pay him maintenance even if the father is earning, the Jharkhand High Court recently said while upholding a family court order directing a man to pay maintenance to his aged father [Manoj Kumar @ Manoj Sao V/S The State of Jharkhand and Others].
Justice Subha... |
W.P.No.18418 of 2021
W.P.No.18418 of 2021
Rangarajan Narsimhan ...Petitioner-in
Person
1.The Principal Secretary,
Tourism, Culture & Religious Endowments,
Secretariat, Fort St. George,
Chennai - 600 009.
2.The Commissioner,
Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments,
119, Uthamar Gandhi Salai,
Nungambakkam, Chennai - 60... | The Madras High Court on Friday declined to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) petition which had raised grievance that the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department (HR &CE Department) was forcing Hindu temples to perform pujas in Tamil language as well, instead of only Sanskrit (Rangar... |
March 25, 2022
WPA (P) 130 of 2022
The Court on its own Motion
In re: The Brutal Incident of Bogtui Village,
Rampurhat, Birbhum
WPA (P) 124 of 2022
Anindya Sundar Das
vs.
Union of India and others
WPA (P) 125 of 2022
Tarunjyoti Tewari
vs.
Union of India and others
WPA (P) 126 of 2022
Priti Kar
vs.
The State of West Ben... | The Calcutta High Court on Friday transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CB) the investigation into the violence in Birbhum district of West Bengal, in which 8 persons were killed allegedly in retaliation to the murder of local All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Bhadu Sheikh.
The order was passed by... |
Versus
Leave granted.
2. A Division Bench judgment of Rajasthan High Court, dated
25.11.2021, is under challenge before this Court. Apart from the
appeals, there are three Writ Petitions as well before this Court,
on the same issue. All the same, while dealing with these cases,
for facts, we would be referring to Civil... | The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) candidates are ineligible to hold primary school teacher posts. [Devesh Sharma v. Union of India and ors]
A Bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sudhanshu Dhulia upheld a Rajasthan High Court decision to quash a 2018 National Council for Teacher Educat... |
Through: Ms. Petal Chandhok, Advocate.
versus
Through: Mr. Tushar Mehta, SGI, Mr. Chetan
Sharma, ASG, Mr. Amit Mahajan,
Mr. Anil Soni, CGSC, Mr. Shriram
Tiwary, Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. Akshay
Gadeock, Mr. Sahaj Garg, Mr. Vinay
Yadav, Mr. Rajat Nair, Advocates.
Mr. Rahul Mehra, Senior Advocate
with Mr. Satyakam, ASC Mr. Gau... | While clarifying that it was not seeking more oxygen for the national capital at the cost of other States, the Delhi High Court today asked the Central government to explain how States of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra were getting more than their demand. (Rakesh Malhotra vs GNCTD)
In view of the submissions by Senior ... |
Neutral Citation Number:2023/DHC/000409
W.P.(CRL)1326/2022 Page 1
% Reserved on : 7th October, 2022
Decided on : 19th January , 2023
Through: Mr. M. Sufian Siddiqui , Mr.
Rakesh Bhugra and
Ms. Alya Vero nica, Advocate s
Through: Mr. Sanja y Jain, ASG with
Mr. Nishant Tripathi , Mr. Aka sh
Kishore, Ms. Harshita Sukhija ... | The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan challenging the Delhi Police's decision to list him as 'bad character' after opening the 'history sheet' against him.
However, Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain dismissed the plea after having reserved the judgement on October 7.
... |
ITEM NO.7+29+30 Court 11 (Video Conferencing) SECTION X
Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 623/2021
Item No. 29
Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 631/2021
Item No. 30
Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 632/2021
Date : 11-06-2021 These petitions were called on for hearing today.
For Petitioner(s) Ms. Pallavi Pratap, AOR
Mr. Sanjay... | The Supreme Court on Friday ordered All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to postpone the INI CET Examination, 2021 by one month (Poulami Mondal v. All India Institute of Medical Sciences).
The exam which was scheduled to be held on June 16, can be held any time after expiry of a month, the Court clarified.
... |
1 of 5 17 & 20-aba-94 & 97-24
Ms. Nandita Saha ..Applicant
Versus
State of Maharashtra ..Respondent
Ms. Raadhika Nanda ..Applicant
Versus
State of Maharashtra ..Respondent
Mr. Abhishek Yende a/w. Surbhi Agrawal a/w. Vishal Dhasade for
Applicants in both ABAs.
Ms. Mahalakshmi Ganapathy, APP for State/Respondent in both
... | The Bombay High Court on January 15 granted interim protection from arrest to two women (applicants/ accused) booked for allegedly defrauding Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi of ₹1.55 crores [Nandita Saha v. State of Maharashtra and connected matter].
Single-judge Justice SV Kotwal granted protection till February 22 to Na... |
ivil Appeal No. 1810 of 1982.
From the Judgment and Order dated 30.3.1982 of the Delhi High Court in S.A.O. No. 204 of 1980.
Ram Panjwani and Vijay Panjwani for the Appellant.
Avadh Behari Rohtagi and P.N. Gupta for the Respondent.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by V. RAMASWAMI, J.
The tenant is the appellant.... | The Respondent landlord filed a petition under section 14(1)(b) of the Delhi Rent Control Act 1958 for an order of eviction of the appellant tenant from a shop situate at G.T. Road, Delhi on the ground that the tenant Duli Chand had sub let or parted with the possession of the said shop after the 9th of June 1952 to M/... |
Reportable
Miscellaneous Application No. 2157 of 2023
Writ Petition (Civil) No. 1137 of 2023
X … Petitioner
Versus
Union of India and Anr. …Respondents
Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI
Table of Contents
A. Facts and procedural history
1. The Registry is directed to anonymize the name of the petitioner in this
judgment,... | A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea to abort a pregnancy that had crossed the threshold of 24 weeks under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (MTP Act) in view of a medical report that the foetus is viable.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiw... |
1.This appeal has been preferred assailing the correctness
of the judgment and order of the High Court of Madhya
Pradesh at Gwalior dated 28.09.2010 passed in Criminal
Appeal No.231 of 2003 dismissing the appeal of the appellant
and confirming the conviction and life sentence recorded by
the Trial Court under Section 3... | In a case of circumstantial evidence, the chain of evidence has to be complete in all respects and also exclude any other theory, the Supreme Court emphasised recently while acquitting a man in a 22-year-old murder case [Laxman Prasad @ Laxman v. State of Madhya Pradesh].
A division bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Ah... |
The Roster of Sitting of the Hon’bl e Judges of this Court effec tive from 28.11.2022 is as under:-
Division Benches
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Satish Chandra
Sharma (Chief Justice)
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Subramonium
Prasad
1. All PIL matters.
2. Letters Patent Appeals (other than service matters) for the
years 2021 and 2022.
3.... | The Delhi High Court's Intellectual Property (IP) Division has had a change in its roster.
With effect from November 28 (Monday), Justices C Hari Shankar, Sanjeev Narula and Amit Bansal will deal with the IP cases.
Earlier, Justices Prathiba M Singh, Navin Chawla and Jyoti Singh were sitting on the IP Division.
Apar... |
Crl.O.P.No.19916 of 2022
Dated :21.08.2022
Coram:
Crl.O.P.No.19916 of 2022
Sathish ... Petitioner
Vs
The State rep.by
The Inspector of Police,
Kanchi Taluk Police Station,
Kancheepuram District.
Crime No.560 of 2022 ... Respondent
Prayer: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 439 of Cr.P.C.,
praying to enla... | The Madras High Court held a special sitting on Sunday and granted interim bail to an accused person for performing the last rites and rituals of his father who passed away on August 18 [Sathish v. State].
Single-judge Justice G Jayachandran, after hearing the parties, granted interim bail for three days to the petitio... |
For the convenience of the exposition, this judgement is divided in the following
parts: -
i) Notification dated 27.10.2021 constituting the Selection Committe e ... 5
ii) Notification dated 01.11.2021 inviting applications for selection of
iii) Letter of the Minister for Higher Education / Pro-Chancellor dated
22.11.2... | The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the re-appointment of Dr. Gopinath Raveendran as the Vice Chancellor of Kannur University, holding that the Kerala government's unwarranted interference in the matter has vitiated the appointment.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj... |
S.B. Criminal Misc(Pet.) No. 6068/2021
1. Alok Dhir S/o Shri L P Dhir, Aged About 61 Years, R/o C
361 Defence Colony, New Delhi.
2. Sasi Madathil S/o Shri Kondooli Raman Nair, Aged About
61 Years, working for gain at A 270 1st and 2nd Floor,
Defence Colony, New Delhi.
----Petitioners
Versus
1. State Of Rajasthan, Throu... | An order passed by a Jaisalmer court on February 12, 2020 issuing non-bailable arrest warrants against Dhir and Dhir managing partner, Alok Dhir in relation to the State Bank of India (SBI) loan scam, was stayed by the Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday (Alok Dhir & Ors. vs. State of Rajasthan).
Single-judge Justice Vinit... |
1.By presenting this petition under Section 25 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908, the petitioner-wife seeks transfer of proceedings
instituted by the respondent-husband under Section 25 of the Guardians
the Family Court, West District, New Delhi or any other court of competent
jurisdiction at New Delhi, on the groun... | The Supreme Court recently emphasised that child custody cases under the Guardians and Wards Act cannot be transferred from one court to another merely based on the apprehensions of parties to the dispute.
The Court made the observation while rejecting a plea filed by a wife to transfer proceedings in a child custody c... |
This petition is filed by the petitioners under Sectio n 438
of Cr.P.C. seeking anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest
in Crime No.44 of 2022 of Vidhana Soudha Police Stat ion,
Bengaluru for the offences punishable under Sections 420 ,
465, 468 of IPC.
2. Heard the arguments of learned Senior counsel for
the pe... | The Karnataka High Court recently granted anticipatory bail to the wife and son of a lawyer accused of offences under Sections 420, 465, 468 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for sending fake orders to a client [Umadevi Murugesh and Anr. vs State of Karnataka].
Justice Rajendra Badamikar observed that although it was all... |
Re: Filling up vacancies of judges in the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court of India has a sanctioned strength of thirty -
four Judges and is presently functioning with thirty -one Judges . Thus,
there are three clear vacancies. That makes it imperative for the
Collegium to take steps to fill up the vacancies with a vie... | The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday recommended the elevation of two High Court Chief Justices, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice SV Bhatti as judges of the apex court.
Justice Bhuyan is currently serving as the Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court while Justice Bhatti is the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court... |
Siddharth Mukesh Bhandari …Appellant(s)
Versus
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The State of Gujarat and Ors. …Respondent(s)
1.Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with th... | The Supreme Court recently reaffirmed that granting stay on investigation or any other interim relief by the High Court while exercising its powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), should be done only in the rarest of rare cases [Siddharth Mukesh Bhandari v. State of Gujarat and Another].
A D... |
ivil Appeal No. 1372 of 1987.
From the Judgment and Order dated 29.1.1986 of the Rajasthan High Court in Spl.
Appeal No. 336 of 1984.
J. Sorabjee, Roxena Swamy, Sushil Kr.
Jain and L.C. Agarwala for the Appellant.
Anil Dev Singh, Hemant Sharma, C.V.S. Rao, Mrs. Sushma Suri (N.P.) and Ms. A. Subhashini (N.P.) for the Re... | The appellant is a partnership firm carrying on business of manufacturing and selling carpets in the State of Rajas than.
It owns three factories.
When the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner took steps to direct the appellant firm to comply with the provisions of the , the appellant con tested the applicability of th... |
(Arising out of S.L.P.(Crl.) Nos. 6854-6855 of 2023)
Leave granted.
2.Heard the learned counsel appearing for the
appellant and the learned senior counsel appearing for
the respondent-State.
3.The present appellant-Niranjan Das was Accused No.2
before the Trial Court. He was convicted by the Trial
Court for the offence... | The Supreme Court recently set aside a Calcutta High Court decision wherein the High Court had awarded the life sentence to a murder accused, on the very same day that it appointed an advocate to defend the accused [Niranjan Das vs State of West Bengal].
The top court emphasised that courts should give adequate prepara... |
Through: Mr. Sunil Mehta & Mr. Ishan Roy
Choudhary, Advocates.
versus
Thro ugh: Mr. Sanjeev Mahajan, Advocate.
1. The present matter is at the stage of final arguments.
2. At joint consent of the counsels for the parties, the matter was listed
on 16 .04.2024.
3. After the date was given and item No. 11 was taken, the
p... | The Delhi High Court has initiated suo motu criminal contempt of court case against an Indian woman living in Australia for using derogatory language against a judge and the Court while being logged in through virtual conferencing (VC).
On January 10, one Anita Kumari Gupta was logged into the Court through VC. After ... |
1 1.3-BA-st-2386-2020
Rhea Chakraborty, ]
Age: 28 years, Actress, ]
Residing at : 101, Primrose Apartments, ]
Near Ajivasan Hall, Next to SNDT College, ]
Juhu Road, Santacruz (West), ]
Mumbai – 400 049 ]
(Currently lodged at Byculla Prison) ] .... Applicant
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1. The Union of India ]
(Through Intelligence Officer, ... | Justice SV Kotwal of the Bombay High Court today granted bail to Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty, Dipesh Sawant and Samuel Miranda in cases registered under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act by the NCB.
The Court, however, rejected the bail applications filed by Abdul Parihar and Showik Chak... |
Through: Mr. RHA Sikander, Mr. Jatin Bhatt,
Mr. Sanawar, Mr. Dhruv Yadav, Mr.
Aayushmaan Aggarwal, Mr. Harshit
Gahlot, Advs.
versus
Through: Mr. Amit Prasad, SPP for State with
Mr. Madhukar Pandey, SPP with Mr.
Ayodhya Prasad, Mr. Sulabh Gupta,
Advs. with IO Amit Bhati, PS Special
Cell
Mr. Ripu Daman Bhardwaj, CGSC
Exe... | The Delhi High Court recently stayed the execution of a search warrant issued by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) and some other orders passed by the the lower court allowing the Delhi Police to search the office of advocate Mehmood Pracha.
Single-judge Justice Jasmeet Singh passed the order after noting that t... |
IDIA s tudents from diverse backgrounds s oar to new heights in CLAT 2020
Press Release
India ( 6 October 2020)
IDIA Charitable Trust (IDIA) is ready to welcome its new batch of Scholars including Jai Singh
Rathor , who has performed brilliantly and obtained All India R ank 3 in Common Law
Admission Test (CLAT) 2020. B... | Following the declaration of the results of this year's Common Law Admission Test (CLAT 2020), at least three IDIA scholars have emerged as top rank holders.
Three IDIA scholars have bagged ranks 3, 5 and 48 from among the 53,226 undergraduate candidates whose results were declared today.
Jai Singh Rathor has emerged 3... |
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https://suswagatam.sci.g... | The Supreme Court of India has launched a dedicated portal for visitors, litigants and journalists to get electronic passes to enter the top court's premises.
The portal, named SuSwagatam, allows visitors, litigants, counsel, judicial law clerks, staff, parties-in-person and journalists to apply for electronic passes o... |
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Special Leave Petition (Civil) Diary No 19206 of 2023
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Mutum Churamani Meetei & Ors ... Respondent(s)
Special Leave Petition (Civil) Diary No 19210 of 2023
Writ Petition (Civil) No 540 of 2023
Writ Petition (Civil) No 576 of 2023
Writ Petition (Civil) No 572 of 202... | The Supreme Court on Monday constituted a three-member all-women judicial committee headed by former Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal to examine the probe being conducted to ensure justice to all who are victims in the incidents of violence in the State.
The committee will also comprise former jud... |
1. In this clutch of writ petitions maintained under
Article 32 of the Constitution, the Court is called
upon to consider the true effect of Article 324 and,
in particular, Article 324(2) of the Constitution. The
said sub -Article reads as follows:
“324(2) The Election Commission shall consist
of the Chief Election Com... | In a significant judgment passed on Thursday, the Supreme Court called for a committee including the Chief Justice of India to appoint members of the Election Commission of India (ECI).
In its verdict, the Constitution Bench also went on to comment on independence of Election Commissioners, the rise of money power and ... |
Re: Filling up vacancies of judges in the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court of India has a sanctioned strength of thirty
four Judges and is presently functioning with thirty -one Judges . The
Supreme Court has a huge backlog of cases. In view of the ever
mounting pendency of cases , the workload of judges has increased
... | The Supreme Court on Monday recommended the names of Chief Justices of three High Courts for elevation as judges of the apex court.
The names proposed are:
- Delhi High Court Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma
- Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Augustine George Masih
- Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta... |
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