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Delhi HC Denies Interim Protection to Chairman of UP Bar Council - 19.06.2020
Delhi High Court has denied interim protection to Mr Hari Shankar Singh, the Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh State Bar Council, who has been restrained from performing his duties by the Bar Council of India pending the elections to the said State Bar Council.
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SC: Person in Whose Name Vehicle Stands Registered on Date of Accident to be Treated as 'Owner' - 19.06.2020
Supreme Court has observed that, it is the person in whose name the motor vehicle stands registered, who would be treated as the owner of the vehicle, for the purposes of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
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Uttarakhand HC: Non-Payment of Subsistence Allowance Violative of Article 21 of Constitution - 18.06.2020
Uttarakhand High Court has reiterated that payment of subsistence allowance to a Government employee placed under suspension is a matter of "right”. The Court further stated that the non-payment of such allowance is violative of the right of the employee under Article 21 of the Constitution of India, 1949.
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SC: Death Penalty Cannot be Imposed by Giving Retrospective Effect to POCSO Amendment - 18.06.2020
Supreme Court has refused to apply retrospectively the imposition of death sentence under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, included with effect from 6th August, 2019.
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SC Directs CBSE to Take Decision on Holding of Class XII Board Examinations - 18.06.2020
Supreme Court has directed Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) to hold consultation and take a decision by next week regarding the conduct of Board examinations in a plea seeking cancellation of Class XII exams which are to be held in July in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SC: Contingent Clause Cannot be Read to Mean Tenancy for More Than One Year Period - 18.06.2020
Supreme Court has observed that, merely because a Rent deed contains a clause which binds the tenant to increase the rent by certain percentage each year, it cannot be read to mean that the tenancy was for a period of more than one year.
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Delhi HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Waiver of Outstanding Rent of Tenants - 18.06.2020
Delhi High Court has rejected a plea seeking waiver of the outstanding rent of tenants due to the economic hardship caused by the lockdown.
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Punjab & Haryana HC: Marriage in Violation of Minimum Age Limit is Voidable, Not Void - 17.06.2020
Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the concerned authorities to register the marriage of a Hindu-couple, while holding that marriages solemnized in violation of age restrictions under Section 5 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 are not void.
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Bombay HC: Domain Name Registrar may Suspend Registration but Cannot "Block Access" - 16.06.2020
Bombay High Court has held that domain name registrars as Endurance Domains Technology, Go Daddy and Porkbun can only suspend registration of specific domain names but "blocking access" is another matter.
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