The Negotiable.....Tags : Negotiable instruments, amendment, act, retrospective
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India - Czech Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation held in Prague(23.10.2018)
The eleventh session of India - Czech Republic Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation (JCEC) was held on 22nd - 23rd October 2018 at Prague. The Ind.....
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Uttarakhand HC: Any Activity Creating Hatred, Tension Can't Lead to Fair Elections(28.09.2020)
Uttarakhand High Court has observed that for fair and peaceful election, during the election campaign, party or candidate should not indulge in any ac.....
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Central Government specifies the sovereign wealth fund as the specified person for the purposes of clause (b) of Explanation 1 to section 10(23FE) of the Income-tax Act, 1961(27.06.2022)
In exercise of powers conferred by sub-clause (vi) of clause (b) of the Explanation 1 to clause (23FE) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 o.....
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SC Accepts Delhi Govt. Statement to Make budgetary provisions to Contributions Towards RRTS Project(26.07.2023)
Supreme Court while noting that if INR 1100 crores can be spent for advertisement in the last 3 financial years, contributions can be made to infrastr.....
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Delhi. HC: Wrong Section in Application Not Fatal if No Prejudice Caused to Court/Opposite Party(10.01.2025)
Delhi High Court has observed that courts generally prioritize substance over form, especially if the intention and relief sought by the party are app.....
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SC: Patient with 92 Percent Burn Injuries Can be in Healthy State of Mind to Give Dying Declaration(12.08.2019)
Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a murder convict by upholding the dying declaration given by his deceased wife. The Court ruled that mere fact.....
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Delhi HC: Investigation Into Reason for Judge's Recusal Would be Interference with Course of Justice(14.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that an investigation for recusal into the cause or reason by a judge, mainly, by a litigant, would itself be an interfe.....
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Rajasthan HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Direction to Conduct Census to Centre in Specific Time Frame(20.04.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation seeking a direction to Union government to conduct the Census in scheduled timeline, s.....
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Ker. HC: Emp. Messaging in Pvt. Whatsapp Group About Safety of Company Doesn’t Attract Disc. Proc.(21.06.2024)
Kerala High Court has held that an employee sending messages on a private WhatsApp group regarding the safety of company cannot attract disciplinary p.....
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SC: Maintain Secular Ethos of Constitution by Keeping Election a Secular Exercise(02.01.2017)
Supreme Court, while hearing several petitions in Hindutva case, has said that no politician can seek vote in name of caste, creed, or religion and d.....
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Supreme Court Asks UP Home Secretary to Clear Stand on Validity of 16 Year Old Muslim Girl's Marriage(19.09.2019)
Supreme Court has summoned the Home Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Government, asking him to come clean on the State’s stand on a petition filed by a .....
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Karnataka HC Summons Vijay Mallya to Appear on 24 November(21.10.2016)
Karnataka High Court has summoned Vijay Mallya to appear before it on 24 November for allegedly violating an “oral undertaking” given before Bengaluru.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Vijay Mallya, Debt Recovery Tribunal
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Madras High Court: Practice of Recalling Witnesses Repeatedly Should be Stopped(20.06.2019)
Madras High Court has held that the practice of treating petitions under Section 311 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in a casual manner and r.....
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Madras HC: Can't Claim Specific Post When Two Posts Are Same Cadre with Identical Pay Scale(07.03.2022)
Madras High Court has iterated that when two posts carry equivalent scale of pay and are treated as equal categories under the Rules, the petitioners .....
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JKL HC Invokes Absolute Liability, Grants Compensation to Mother of Deceased in Electrocution Case(03.03.2023)
Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court while invoking Absolute Liability to grant compensation to mother of 13 year old who died due to electrocution, ob.....
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SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Criminal Prosecution on Director General of BSF(09.02.2021)
Supreme Court has dismissed as withdrawn a petition seeking criminal prosecution of Rakesh Asthana, the present Director General of Border Security Fo.....
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Renewal of lease is a privilege and if a tenant wishes to claim privilege, he must do so strictly within the time limited for the purpose(14.02.2017)
Appeals have been preferred by Orissa Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation ('IDCO') and also by Jindal Stainless Ltd. aggrieved by impugn.....
Tags : Land, Resumption, Direction, Validity
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CIVIL - Pregnancy of Candidates Not Reason to Change Selection Rules: Patna HC(07.03.2019)
Patna High Court has observed that right of a female to have child at pre-employment stage can't compel employer to mould terms and conditions of sele.....
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Bombay HC: Plea Challenging Rejection of Nomination Papers Cannot be Entertained(18.01.2021)
Bombay High Court has held that a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1949 challenging the rejection of nomination papers by.....
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CBIC Notifies Procedure for Refund of Excise Duty on Purchase of Petrol or Diesel(12.11.2021)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has notified the Procedures for a refund of excise duty on the purchase of petrol or diesel or fuel.....
Tags : Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Refund of Excise Duty on Purchase of Petrol or Diesel
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Ker. HC: Commercial Courts Act Does Not Provide For Second Appeals(12.01.2024)
Kerala High Court has held that the legislature introduced a non-obstante clause in sub-section (2) of S. 13 of the Commercial Courts Act limiting the.....
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Kerala HC Orders Police Protection for Municipal Chairperson After Alleged Abuse by Political Rivals(10.09.2021)
Kerala High Court has directed the police to protect the Chairperson of the Thrikkakara Municipality Ajitha Thankappan from any threat from any source.....
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SC: Self-Regulatory Mechanism for Media Houses is to be Made Effective(16.08.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that penalties against media houses must be of proportion to profits you make from that show, has stated that while Cour.....
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NCLAT: Can’t Admit Application u/s 9 of IBC When Debt is Discharged after Receipt of Demand Notice(21.03.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that application under Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 cannot be admitted if the corporate debtor.....
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SC: If ED Claims that it has Fundamental Rights, it Should Worry about Rights of Others too(10.04.2025)
Supreme Court while questioning Directorate of Enforcement (ED) for filing petition for transfer of corruption case, has stated that If ED claims that.....
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Madras HC Orders Madurai Collector to Provide Job for Widow(11.08.2016)
Madras HC, while granting relief to a 35-year-old widow, who lost her daughter in an accident involving a sand-laden cart in 2010, has directed a Madu.....
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SC Upholds Madras HC Direction Appointing Retired Police Officer to Head SIT Probing Idol Theft Case(15.04.2019)
Supreme Court has upheld the Madras High Court's appointment of A.G. Ponn Manickavel as the head of Special Investigation Team to probe Idol Theft cas.....
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NCLAT Decides to Close Umang Realtech Insolvency Resolution Process(19.02.2020)
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has decided to close the corporate insolvency resolution process against Umang Realtech if the company manages.....
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Telangana HC: Dying Declaration Can Be Sole Basis of Conviction If It Is True & Voluntary(16.02.2022)
Telangana High Court has reiterated that Dying Declaration can be the sole basis of conviction if the deceased makes the statement in a fit state of m.....
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MP HC: Maintenance Can’t be Sought by Woman from Second Marriage if First Marriage Subsists(13.03.2024)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a woman, having solemnized second marriage to another person is not entitled to maintenance under Section 125 .....
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Changes in origin declaration for self-certification under UK Developing Countries Trading Scheme(18.03.2024)
1. It is hereby informed to all concerned that the United Kingdom (UK) has replaced its existing origin declaration process under Generalized Scheme o.....
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NCLAT: Can’t Condone Delay Beyond 15 Days in Filing Appeal(27.01.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that as per proviso under Section 61(2) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 delay in filing appeal beyond 15 da.....
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Six institutions incorporated as IITs(25.05.2016)
The Union Cabinet granted retrospective approval to amendment of the Institutes of Technology Act 1961 for the incorporation of six new Indian Institu.....
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Bombay High Court: Dying Declaration Recorded by Magistrate Cannot be Doubted(02.05.2018)
Bombay High Court has held that a dying declaration recorded by a Magistrate cannot be doubted.
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Sanction Under Sec.197 CrPC Required Only if Offence Has Nexus With Duties of Public Servant : SC(05.04.2019)
Supreme Court has held that in order to attract rigor of section 197 Cr.P.C. the offence alleged against a Government Officer must have some nexus wit.....
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Telangana HC Issues Notice in PIL Seeking Operationalisation of Second Phase of MMTS Trains(29.11.2021)
Telangana High Court has issued notices to State government and the South Central Railway (SCR) in a Public Interest Litigation petition seeking opera.....
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SC to Centre: Produce Files Related to Appointment of Arun Goel as Election Commissioner(24.11.2022)
Supreme Court Constitution Bench has asked Attorney General to produce related to the recent appointment of Arun Goel, a former bureaucrat, as the Ele.....
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SC: Section 12(5) Of Arbitration & Conciliation Act is Mandatory & Non- Derogable Provision(22.01.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that the Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 read with the Seventh Schedule, which deals with ineli.....
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All. High Court Explains ‘Prima Facie Satisfaction’ of Magistrate Before Summoning/Issuing Process(21.02.2024)
Allahabad High Court has observed that the Magistrate before summoning/issuing process against an accused has to hold an enquiry under Section 202 of .....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Section 202 of CrPC, Prima Facie Satisfaction
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RBI Eases FDI Norms to Boost Start-Ups(03.02.2016)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has relaxed several rules including Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms to boost start-up activity in the country.
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Where advertiser failed to show a reasonable basis or prior substantiation for claims, consumer was believed to be acting under false or misleading representation(s).(19.12.2018)
In instant matter, proceedings initiated vide Show Cause Notice issued to Options International (SMCPvt.) Limited ('Respondent' or 'Options') by Compe.....
Tags : Deceptive Marketing Practices, Penalty, Imposition
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Delhi HC Directs Removal of Objectionable Content on Social Media Platform(23.10.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed social media platforms to immediately remove links to objectionable content related to a 24-year-old woman. The Court ha.....
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Delhi HC: Threshold for Extending Exclusive Rights to Shape of Product is High in Trademark Law(20.07.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that in the law of trademarks, the threshold for extending exclusive rights to the shape of a product is quite high. The Cou.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Trademark, Secondary Meaning
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Del. HC: No Bar on Jurisdiction of Civil Courts to Allow Suit for Recovery of Arrears of Maintenance(24.08.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that once amount becomes due and payable, it becomes a legal debt, the recovery of which can be sought by way of a ci.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Jurisdiction, Recovery, Maintenance
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SC: Members of RPF Can Seek Benefit Under Employees Compensation Act(03.10.2023)
Supreme Court has held that an officer of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) can seek compensation under Employees Compensation Act, 1923 even though .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Railway Protection Force, Employees Compensation Act, 1923
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Supreme Court Quashes Cruelty Case and Cautions against Misuse of Law(11.06.2025)
Supreme Court has quashed an FIR filed under Section 498A of Indian Penal Code, 1860 against a woman’s husband and in-laws and cautioned against the m.....
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CBIC Launches Online Filing of Application for Authorised Economic Operators(13.07.2021)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) has inaugurated the online filing of Authorised Economic Operators (AEO) T2 and T3 applications. The .....
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NCLAT: NCLT Doesn't Have Power to Classify Transaction As Preferential Transaction(16.05.2022)
National Company Law Appellate Law Tribunal, has observed that NCLT does not have the power to suo-moto classify a transaction as a Preferential Trans.....
Tags : National Company Law Appellate Law Tribunal, Section 44, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, Preferential Transaction
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Calcutta HC: No Direction Can Be Passed to Sell Property to Third Party in Section 9 of The A&C Act(20.05.2022)
Calcutta High Court held that no direction can be passed to sell property to third party in Section 9 of the A&C Act. It was held that, to sell the su.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Arbitration and Conciliation, Section 9, Property
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TOI Article: SC Stays Defamation Proceedings Against Editorial Director of Bennet Coleman(13.08.2024)
Supreme Court has stayed defamation proceedings against Editorial Director of Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd, that were initiated over publication of an a.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Editorial Director, Bennet Coleman, Times of India
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Karnataka HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Removal of Alleged Anomalies in Centre's OROP Policy(11.04.2022)
Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed seeking directions to the Union Government to implement the recommendation of one man judicial com.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Union Government, recommendation, one man judicial committee, anomalies, One Rank One Pension
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SC Modified its Previous Order Mandating 1 Km ESZ Around Protected Forests(27.04.2023)
Supreme Court while modifying its previous order dated June 3, 2022 that mandated a 1 km Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around protected forests, has observ.....
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Gujarat High Court Stays Acquisition Process in Dholera SIR(11.12.2015)
Gujarat High Court has stayed land acquisition process in Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) being developed in 35,000-hectare coastal area which.....
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Allahabad High Court Disallows Parallel Proceedings in NCLT and DRT(12.09.2017)
Allahabad High Court has barred parallel proceedings in National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) in a case between St.....
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Madras HC Issues Directions to MACT to Not Draw Decrees for Awards(13.05.2020)
Madras High Court has held that the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal need not draw decrees like regular civil Courts, for the same is not contemplated .....
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MP HC: Condition of Living in Separation for One Year Can't be Waived(31.03.2022)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that one year period of living separately is a must for filing of an application for divorce by mutual consent unde.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, mutual consent, divorce, Section 13B(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act
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ITAT Kolkata: Subsidy Collected Under Technical Upgradation Fund Scheme is Capital Receipt(25.06.2019)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Kolkata has noted that the subsidy received under the technical upgradation fund (TUF) scheme is the capital rece.....
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SEBI Notifies New Disclosure Norms on Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting(12.05.2021)
Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has notified the new disclosure norms pertaining to Business responsibility and sustainability reporting b.....
Tags : Securities and Exchange Board of India, Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting
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SC: Can’t Relax Time Limit Under Rule 4(2) of Declaration of Wild Life Stock Rules(22.03.2023)
Supreme Court has held that the time for making a declaration of the possession of any wild animal or animal article as per the Wild Life Stock Rules .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Time Limit, Declaration of Wild Life Stock Rules
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IRDAI Information and Cyber Security Guidelines, 2023(24.04.2023)
1. IRDAI vide Circular ref: IRDAI/IT/GDL/MISC/082/04/2017 dated 07th Apr, 2017 has issued guidelines on Information and Cyber Security for Insurers, w.....
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CESTAT: Service Tax Not Applicable on Service For Electricity Transmission By GETCO(08.02.2024)
Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) Ahmedabad Bench has held that service tax is not applicable for the erection of bays, sub.....
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CBDT: Form No. 56FF to be Furnished Along with Income Tax Return for Claiming Deduction(31.12.2021)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified Form No. 56FF to be furnished along with the Income Tax Return for claiming section 10A(1B)(b) deduc.....
Tags : Central Board of Direct Taxes, Deduction u/s 10A(1B)(b)
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Mad. HC: Providing Police Protection to Person With Criminal Background Would Send Wrong Signals(03.04.2024)
Mad. HC has held that if the Court directs to give police protection to persons with criminal background, it will send a wrong signal to society and a.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Criminal Background, Police Protection
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SEBI Relaxes Compliance Rules for Brokers(17.04.2020)
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has relaxed compliance requirements for brokers by giving time until 31st May, 2020 for submitting repor.....
Tags : Securities and Exchange Board of India, Brokers Compliance Requirement
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MP HC Dismisses PIL for Fixing Ceiling Limit on Expenses Incurred in Local Body Elections(03.03.2022)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation, which had sought for the Court's direction to the state government to take a fin.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Expenses, Local Body Elections
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Bar Council of India Postpones Proposed Elections to Offices of Chairman & Other Office Bearers(17.12.2021)
Bar Council of India (BCI) has informed the Karnataka High Court that it has postponed the proposed elections to the office of the Chairman, Vice-Chai.....
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SC Refers Petitions to Modify 1 Km ESZ Mandate to a Larger Bench(17.01.2023)
Supreme Court has referred the petitions seeking relaxation of the directive to declare one kilometer around protected forests as ecologically sensiti.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Ecologically Sensitive Zones, Larger Bench
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Bombay High Court: Vested Rights of Assessee Can’t be Affected by Retrospective Legislation(04.04.2024)
Bombay High Court has held that the vested right of an assessee cannot be affected by retrospective legislation and the Central Board of Direct Taxes .....
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Meghalaya HC: Plaintiff May File Application u/s 151 r/w Order XX Rule 6A Where No Decree Drawn(04.03.2022)
Meghalaya High Court has held that a plaintiff may file application under Section 151 read with Order XX Rule 6A of Civil Procedure Code, 1908, where .....
Tags : Meghalaya High Court, Suit Decided, Decree Not Drawn
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Ker. HC: Improper to Compel Election Candidate to Answer ED Summons Just Before LS Elections(10.04.2024)
Kerala High Court has held that it is not proper to disturb a candidate contesting elections and compel him to answer summons served by the Enforcemen.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Enforcement Directorate, Lok Sabha Elections
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging MCA Notification for Technical Member Post in NCLAT(18.02.2020)
Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Central Government in a plea challenging the notification of Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), inviting a.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Technical Member Post in NCLAT
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Bombay HC to State: Appoint Senior-most Teachers as HOD, OSD in SSH(17.03.2017)
Bombay High Court has sternly directed Maharashtra government to appoint senior most professors as Head of Department (HOD) or Officers on Special Dut.....
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CIVIL - SC Issues Directions to Improve Conditions of Subordinate Judiciary in States(21.02.2019)
Supreme Court has passed a slew of directions for improving conditions of subordinate judiciary in states and asked Central Government to ensure that .....
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Power Ministry mandates energy accounting of DISCOMs with a view to reduce electricity losses(11.10.2021)
As an important step under the ongoing power sector reforms, Ministry of Power today mandated electricity distribution companies to undertake energy a.....
Tags : Energy accounting, DISCOMs, Electricity losses
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SC to Delhi Police: Cases Against Persons Bursting Firecrackers Not the Solution(15.09.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that filing cases against persons bursting firecrackers may not be the solution as there is no point in taking action af.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Firecracker Ban, Delhi Police
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Delhi HC Directs Amazon to Pay Beverly Hills Polo Club for Trademark Infringement(28.02.2025)
Delhi High Court has directed Amazon Technologies Inc to pay Rs. 339.25 crore to lifestyle brand, Beverly Hills Polo Club for trademark infringement a.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Amazon Technologies, Polo Club
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Supreme Court Sets Aside Bar by NGT on Auroville Township Project(18.03.2025)
Supreme Court while setting aside National Green Tribunal’s order barring Auroville Foundation from developmental activities in their township, has st.....
Tags : Supreme Court, National Green Tribunal, Auroville Township Project
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All. HC: Filing Amendment Application in Pending Application Can’t be Considered Second Application(04.04.2024)
Allahabad High Court has held that for release of property from tenant under Section 21 of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, R.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Amendment Application, Second Application
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Allahabad HC: Special Leave to Appeal Can be Granted When View of Acquitting Judge Is Unreasonable(04.03.2022)
Allahabad High Court has observed that special leave to appeal as envisaged under Section 378(4) of the Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) could .....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Special Leave to Appeal
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Directions Issued by Delhi High Court on Management of Drainage System, Water Logging(10.04.2024)
Delhi High Court after observing that waterlogging and flooding have become perennial issues, has issued directions to the management of the drainage .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Drainage System, Water Logging, Directions
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Gauhati HC: Bye-Elections Can Be Held Even If Member’s Remainder Term Is Less Than A Year(14.07.2017)
Gauhati High Court has observed that there is no bar on Election Commission of India to fill up the casual vacancy even if the remainder of the term o.....
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Karnataka HC: Court Cannot Direct State to Make Law for Protection of 'Gig Workers'(14.05.2020)
Karnataka High Court has said the Court cannot direct the State to make a law or the protection of 'gig workers', stating that they may submit a repre.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Protection of 'Gig Workers'
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Rajasthan HC Asks Bar Council About Steps Taken for Welfare of Advocates Affected by Covid-19(14.05.2021)
Rajasthan High Court has asked the Bar Council of Rajasthan about the steps being taken for the welfare of advocates who are affected by COVID-19 in a.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Welfare of Advocates Affected by Covid-19
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Chhattisgarh HC Issues Notification Barring Mobile Phones in Courtrooms(19.06.2025)
Chhattisgarh High Court has issued a notification barring litigants and parties from carrying mobile phones or any electronic devices inside the court.....
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SC: Effective Resettlement of Ex-Servicemen Necessary to Keep Morale of Serving Members of Defence(18.04.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that effective resettlement of ex-servicemen is necessary to keep the morale of the serving members of the defence forces. .....
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SC: Must Disclose to the Manufacturer, Test Reports Justifying Reclassification(30.04.2025)
SC has observed that a copy of test report justifying reclassification of petrochemical products has to be furnished to manufacturer as unless a copy .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Test Reports, Reclassification
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Delhi HC: Mere Suspicion of an Affair does Not Meet Threshold of Section 306 of IPC(15.05.2025)
Delhi High Court has stated that with respect to charge under Section 306 IPC, the law requires a clearly discernible act of instigation, provocation,.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Section 306, Suspicion of Affair
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CBDT Approves Income Tax Exemption to Patanjali Research Foundation Trust(14.07.2021)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has approved the Income Tax Exemption to Patanjali Research Foundation Trust based in Haridwar under the category.....
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Sole Testimony of Prosecutrix can be Ground for Conviction: Delhi HC(30.04.2019)
Delhi High Court has reiterated that the sole testimony of the prosecutrix if found reliable, can be the sole ground for convicting the accused and al.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Sole Testimony of Prosecutrix
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SC Stays Kerala HC Judgment Allowing Live-In Couple to Reclaim Surrendered Biological Child(04.05.2021)
Supreme Court has stayed the operation of a Kerala High Court judgment that restored the custody of a surrendered child to his biological parents, a c.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Reclaiming Surrendered Biological Child
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Kerala HC: Waiver of Pre-Deposit u/s 35F for Filing Appeal Destroy Legislative Intent(07.04.2022)
Kerala High Court has observed that waiver of pre-deposit for filing appeal under section 35F of the Central Excise Act, 1944 would destroy the legisl.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, waiver, pre-deposit, section 35F Central Excise Act, 1944, legislative intent
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Allahabad HC: Section 6 of GST Act is Enacted to Avoid Possibility of Conflicting Orders(11.04.2022)
Allahabad High Court has observed that section 6 of Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 is enacted to avoid possibility of orders of conflict and holds n.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, section 6 of Goods and Services Tax Act 2017, jurisdiction
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DoT aims to disconnect mobile connections taken fraudulently(23.05.2024)
Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has identified approximately 6.80 lakh mobile connections suspected to have been obtained using invalid, non-ex.....
Tags : Suspect connections, Re-verification, Proof of Identity
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Delhi HC Seeks CBI's Response in Bail Plea Filed By Sub Inspector Abhishek Tiwari(17.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has sought CBI's response in the bail plea filed by Sub Inspector Abhishek Tiwari in connection with the allegations of leaking sensi.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Sub Inspector Abhishek Tiwari
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P&H HC: Bail May Be Granted If Case Not Concluded in 60 Days from initiation of Prosecution Evidence(22.08.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that in terms of Section 437(6) of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), bail ought to be granted where the trial .....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Bail, Prosecution Evidence
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SC: Greater Representation of Women in Judiciary, Would Greatly Improve Quality of Decision Making(23.05.2025)
SC has observed that it has been stressed that increased diversity within judiciary enables it to better respond to diverse social and individual expe.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Decision Making, Representation of Women
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Calcutta HC: Cannot Implead Arbitrator in Application u/s 36(2) of A&C Act Unless Fraud Established(23.06.2025)
Calcutta High Court has held that in an application under Section 36 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 the Arbitrator need not be impleaded as.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Section 36, Arbitrator
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SC: Cannot Use Article 142 to Frame Guidelines on Judicial Recusal(19.05.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that recusal is a matter of discretion of the judge. Jurisdiction under Article 142 of Constitution of India cannot be exer.....
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Gauhati HC Directs GST Commissioner to Decide Application Seeking Fixation of Special Rate(20.08.2021)
Gauhati High Court has directed the Goods and Service Tax Commissioner to decide the application seeking for fixation of a special rate to the value a.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, Application Seeking Fixation of Special Rate
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SC: Electricity Dues Can be Recovered by Subsequent Occupier of Premises(22.05.2023)
Supreme Court while upholding the condition enabling distribution licensee to insist on clearance of electricity dues of previous consumer before resu.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Electricity Arrears, Subsequent Occupier, Premises
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Madras High Court Seeks Jayalalithaa's Fingerprint Details From Bengaluru Jail(29.11.2017)
Madras High Court Seeks Jayalalithaa's Fingerprint Details From Bengaluru Jail
Tags : The matter relates to a petition filed by P Saravanan, DMK candidate for the November 2016 Thirupparankundram Assembly bypoll, challenging the election of AIADMK's A K Bose.
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P&H HC: Married Couple Cannot be Deprived from Seeking Protection Merely because Marriage is Void(14.10.2019)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that married couple even if is case of invalid or void marriage or absence of any marriage cannot be depriv.....
Tags : P & HC, Protection
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Delhi HC: When Provision Declared Unconstitutional, It Does Not Get Repealed or Wiped Out(02.08.2021)
Delhi High Court has held that when a provision is declared unconstitutional, it does not get repealed or wiped out; if the defects are cured through .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Provision Declared Unconstitutional
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Gujarat HC: Scope of Judicial Review is Limited in Contractual Matters Involving Technical Issues(13.06.2022)
Gujarat High Court while refusing to interfere with order of Dispute Resolution Panel, has held that the scope of judicial review in contractual matte.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Contractual Matters, Technical Issues
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Delhi HC: Court Must Not Interfere in Poll Process(07.02.2017)
Delhi High Court has observed that Courts should ordinarily refrain from interfering with election process once it has commenced and even if there is .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Election
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SEBI Tightens Asset Quality Disclosure Norms for All Listed Banks(01.11.2019)
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has tightened the asset quality disclosure norms for banks and directed all listed lenders to make discl.....
Tags : Securities and Exchange Board of India, SEBI
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Kerala HC Directs State to Address Police Officers Deposing Against Prosecution in Criminal Cases(16.09.2021)
Kerala High Court has directed the State government to address the issue of police officers deposing against prosecution in criminal cases after their.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Police Officers Deposing Against Prosecution
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Kerala HC: District Collectors Will be Answerable for Accidents Caused by Road Potholes(22.08.2022)
Kerala High Court has ordered that every future road accident caused by potholes would have to be explained by District Collectors, and directed that .....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Potholes, Road Accidents, District Collectors
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Delhi HC: Waiver to Section 12(5) of Arbitration Act to be Given Once Tribunal is Constituted(19.05.2025)
Delhi High Court has observed that party giving no-objection to the applicability of Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 has t.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Section 12(5), Arbitral Tribunal
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Calcutta HC: In Absence of Express Provision, Aadhaar Act Cannot be Applied Retrospectively(16.06.2025)
Calcutta High Court has observed that in absence of any provision allowing retrospective application of the Aadhaar Act, 2016 applying it to the acts .....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Article 20(1), Retrospective Application
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Kerala HC: Non Release of Seized Documents in Supreme Court is Illegal(01.04.2022)
Kerala High Court has held that the income tax department is unauthorized to retain the seizure of title deeds under Section 132 of the Income Tax Act.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, income tax department, title deeds, Section 132 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, Special Leave Petition
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Cal. HC: Prosecutor’s Opinion Must be Based on materials collected by the Investigating Officer(05.04.2023)
Calcutta High Court while expressing displeasure at conduct of public prosecutor (PP) for not raising objection to bail application, observed that PP .....
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Madras HC: Manifest Intention to Arbitrate is Sine Qua Non for Filing Application Under S.9(22.04.2022)
Madras High Court has ruled that manifest intention to arbitrate is a sine qua non for filing an application under Section 9 of the Arbitration & Conc.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Section 9 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996, sine qua non, arbitration
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SEBI’s New Margin Rules Postponed to December 1(21.07.2020)
Securities and Exchange Board of India has postponed the implementation of the enhanced margin requirements for trading in the stock market, aimed at .....
Tags : Securities and Exchange Board of India, Margin Rules
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Delhi HC Establishes Intellectual Property Division to Deal With Intellectual Property Cases(07.07.2021)
Delhi High Court has established the Intellectual Property Division (IPD) to deal with all matters related to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), exce.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Intellectual Property Division
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ITAT: 30% Depreciation Allowable to Motor Lorries Used for Transportation of Goods on Hire(31.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Cuttack bench has held that 30% depreciation is allowable to motor lorries in the business of transportation of .....
Tags : ITAT, Depreciation, Transportation
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SC Clarifies That Judgement Stating B.Ed Graduates Can't Be Primary School Teachers Operates Prospe.(09.04.2024)
Supreme Court has clarified that the judgment delivered by the Court that Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree holders cannot be primary school teache.....
Tags : Supreme Court, B.Ed Graduates, Primary School Teachers, Prospective Application
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SC: Application for Correction of Decree Only Maintainable Before HC Where Decree Confirmed(14.02.2022)
Supreme Court has observed that in cases where the decree passed by the trial court merges with judgment and decree passed by the High Court, then the.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Application for Correction of Decree
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Bombay High Court’s Third Judge Opines in 2023 IT Rules Amendment Case(12.03.2024)
The third Judge in the 2023 IT Rules Amendment Case while refusing to stay Central government notification for forming Fact Check Units has opined tha.....
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Arrested by Enforcement Directorate in Liquor Policy Case(22.03.2024)
Enforcement Directorate has arrested Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case that is related to the alleged liquor policy s.....
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CBDT Issues Guidelines for Selection of Cases for Scrutiny for the year 2017-18(10.07.2017)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued guidelines for compulsory selection of returns/ cases require scrutiny for the year 2017-18.
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Telangana HC: Municipal Elections Must be Held Within Five Months(26.06.2019)
Telangana High Court has directed Sate Government that the municipal elections in the state must be conducted within five months.
Tags : Telangana High Court, municipal elections
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MP HC: Need to Decongest Prisons Housing Double the Number of Their Capacity(12.05.2021)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that in view of the fact that all the Jails in Madhya Pradesh are presently housing prisoners almost double the.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Decongestion of Prisoners
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Kerala HC Issues Directions to Address Perils of Pedestrians(27.02.2023)
Kerala High Court while issuing directions addressing concerns of pedestrians on roads has observed that lives of citizens particularly pedestrians ar.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Directions, Pedestrians
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Delhi HC Directs CPC to Determine And Process Refund Due to LG Under a Rectification Order(02.03.2022)
Delhi High Court has directed the Central Processing Centre to determine and process the refund due to LG Electronics in accordance with the law afte.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, LG Electronics, Refund
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Karnataka HC Becomes the First Court to Hear Arguments of Speech & Hearing-Impaired Advocate(09.04.2024)
Karnataka High Court has created history by becoming the first court in the country to hear submissions advanced by a speech and hearing-impaired advo.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, First Court, Sign Language Interpreter, Speech & Hearing-Impaired
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SC Denies to Consider Again It’s Verdict on Anti-Defection Law(03.08.2016)
SC has denied to re-consider its two-decade-old verdict on anti-defection law holding that an elected or nominated member of Parliament of a political.....
Tags : SC , Anti-Defection Law
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Manipur HC Quashes Detention of Manipur Journalist's Under NSA for Facebook Posts Against PM & CM(09.04.2019)
Manipur High Court has released Manipur journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem, who was detained under the National Security Act on November 27, 2018 for m.....
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SC: Writ Jurisdiction in Election Matters Not Appropriate Where Alternative Machinery Available(17.02.2020)
Supreme Court has held that once alternate machinery is provided by the statute, the recourse to writ jurisdiction in matters related to elections is .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Writ Jurisdiction in Election Matters
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SC: Single Bench Hearing Transfer Petitions Cannot Pass Mutual Consent Divorce Decree(20.09.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that a single bench hearing Transfer petition cannot pass a decree divorce by mutual consent under Section under Section 13.....
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Gujarat HC: Revisional Power Can't be Invoked With Unclean Hands(23.08.2022)
Gujarat High Court has upheld the decision of Sessions Court rejecting the complaint under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on the ground that.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, SC/ST Act, Electricity Theft
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SC: No Further Reservation Required for Women in Senior Executive Members of SCBA(23.05.2025)
SC has observed that out of six candidates declared elected, three are women candidates. It is clarified that the object of minimum representation to .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Senior Executive Members, Six Candidates
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Kar. HC Declares S. 3(1) of Karn. Electricity (Taxation on Consumption) Act, 1959 Unconstitutional(25.06.2025)
Karnataka High Court has declared Section 3(1) of the Karnataka Electricity (Taxation on Consumption) Act, 1959 which was amended in the year 2003 and.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Section 3(1), Unconstitutional
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SC: Arbitral Tribunal Has Discretion to Include in Sum Awarded, Interest at Rate as it Deems Reasonab(19.05.2025)
SC has observed that arbitral tribunal has discretion to include in the sum awarded, interest at such rate as it deems reasonable on the whole or any .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Arbitral Tribunal, Section 31(7)(a)
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SC: Special Leave to Appeal Against HC Judgment Enforcing Foreign Award Only on Narrow Ground(15.10.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that an appeal under Article 136 of the Constitution of India, 1949 against a High Court judgment that recognizes and enfor.....
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SC Refuses Urgent Listing for Plea Against Firecrackers Ban in Delhi-NCR(13.10.2022)
Supreme Court while refusing to grant urgent listing for matter pertaining to bursting of green crackers on Diwali, has stated that the matter shall b.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Urgent Listing, Firecracker Ban
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Bar Council of India Issues Notice for Advocates Regarding Declaration of Existence in Profession(17.01.2024)
BCI issued notice regarding Advocates Declaration of Existence in Profession under BCI Certificate and Place of Practise (Verification) Rules, 2015. T.....
Tags : Bar Council of India, Declaration, Profession
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Madras HC: Non-Consideration of Vital Aspects in Documents Valid Ground to Review Order(23.02.2022)
Madras High Court has held that material aspects that were not considered by the Disciplinary Authority can be construed as new evidence by the Review.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Non-Consideration of Vital Aspects
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Central Government notifies Public Tech Platform for Frictionless Credit(22.02.2024)
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 158A of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) and section 20 of the Integrated Good.....
Tags : Public Tech, Platform, Frictionless Credit
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Mad. HC: Jail is The Rule And Bail an Exception Under The Prevention of Money Laundering Act(29.02.2024)
Madras High Court has held that Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act turns the principle of bail is the rule and jail is the exception.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Section 45 of PMLA, Bail
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Karnataka HC Directs State to Create Grievance Redressal Mechanism Within 3 Days(23.04.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to create a grievance redressal mechanism within three days to receive complaints from public a.....
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JKL HC: Can’t Proceed With Prosecution Against Partners Without Arraigning Firm as Accused(20.02.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that existence of Section 66 in the Food Safety and Standard Act 2006 is a clear indicator of the fac.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Food Safety and Standard Act, Prosecution
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Chh. HC: Can’t Build Matrimonial Home With Bricks & Stones, Love & Respect Between Spouses Required(27.04.2024)
Chhattisgarh High Court while dismissing the wife’s plea of divorce under Sections 13(1)(i-a) and 13(1)(i-b) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, has obse.....
Tags : Chhattisgarh High Court, Section 13 of HM Act, Matrimonial Home
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Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs Notifies Customs Tariff Amendment Rules, 2021(04.02.2021)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has notified Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dump.....
Tags : Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Amendment Rules, 2021
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Madras HC Dismisses Plea Challenging Rejection of Bid in Tender Process(14.12.2021)
Madras High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the rejection of a bid in a tender process for The Court has held that the Court cannot interfe.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Rejection of Bid in Tender Process
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NCLAT: Salary Incrementation is Valid by Employment Agreement or Board Resolution(16.05.2022)
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, (NCLAT) has observed that salary incrementation is valid only by an employment agreement or board resolution .....
Tags : National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, Section 9
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P&H HC: 30 Days between Date of Effecting Proclamation & Date Nominated for Appearance is Mandatory(20.05.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a clear period of 30 days starting from the date when a proclamation under Section 82 of the Cr.P.C. is ac.....
Tags : Punjab & Haryana High Court, Section 82 CrPC, Mandatory
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SC: Before Complainant Adopts Remedy u/s 156(3) of CrPC, He Must Exhaust Remedies u/s 154(21.03.2025)
SC has observed that before a complainant chooses to adopt a remedy under Section 156(3) of the CrPC, 1973 he must exhaust his remedies under sub-Sect.....
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NCLAT: Under Section 99 of IBC Ten-Day Time Period is Directory Not Mandatory(09.04.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that under Section 99 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 the ten day period within which the Resolution Profes.....
Tags : NCLAT New Delhi, Section 99, Resolution Professional
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Kerala HC Directs State to Decide on Giving Additional Charge to Director of Mining Department(01.06.2021)
Kerala High Court has directed the State government to revisit its decision to give C.K. Baiju, Director-in-Charge of the Mining and Geology Departmen.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Additional Charge to Director of Mining Department
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Calcutta HC Quashes Re-Assessment Passed Without Application of Mind(04.04.2022)
Calcutta High Court has observed that the re-assessment passed under section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 without the application of mind is not su.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, Quashment of Re-Assessment
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Del. HC: Himachal Pradesh Directed to Release Water to Delhi, Haryana Government to Not Interrupt(06.06.2024)
Delhi High Court in order to resolve the water crisis that has gripped the residents of the national capital, has directed the Himachal Pradesh Govern.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Himachal Pradesh Government, Water Crisis, 137 Cusecs
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Hyderabad HC Stays Telangana Secretariat Building Blocks Demolition(02.11.2016)
Hyderabad High Court has directed Telangana Government not to demolish Secretariat building blocks until further orders.
Tags : Hyderabad High Court, Telangana Government, Secretariat building
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Unitech Case: Supreme Court Directs NBCC to Finish 74 Projects(30.07.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that UNITECH is incapable of fulfilling its commitment and has asked the NBCC to take up Unitech’s 74 projects affecting 17,00.....
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Calcutta HC Issues Interim Stay on Teacher Recruitment Process for Upper Primary Schools(02.07.2021)
Calcutta High Court has imposed an interim stay on West Bengal government's ongoing process of recruitment of teachers for primary schools till the ne.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Teacher Recruitment Process for Upper Primary Schools
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Orissa HC Directs Inspector General of Registration to Ensure Strict Compliance with RERA(23.05.2022)
Orissa High Court has directed the Inspector General of Registration to ensure strict compliance with the provisions of the Real Estate Regulatory Aut.....
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Kar. HC: Article 261 Provides Legitimacy and Conclusiveness to Judicial Records(24.11.2023)
Karnataka High Court has held that the ‘full faith and credit clause’ was introduced under Article 261(1) of the Constitution to provide legitimacy an.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Judicial Records, Conclusiveness, Article 261
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Income Declaration & Tax Dispute Resolution Schemes to Come into Force from Tomorrow(31.05.2016)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has said that the Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 and the Direct and Indirect Tax Dispute Resolution Schemes 2016.....
Tags : Central Board of Direct Taxes, Income Declaration Scheme, 2016, Tax Dispute Resolution Schemes
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Supreme Court to Unitech: Deposit Money or Properties Will be Auctioned(03.05.2018)
Supreme Court has said that the drastic decision of auctioning personal properties of directors of embattled real estate firm Unitech and its subsidia.....
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Sanction Under Sec.197 CrPC Required Only if Offence Has Nexus With Duties of Public Servant : SC(05.04.2019)
Supreme Court has held that in order to attract rigor of section 197 Cr.P.C. the offence alleged against a Government Officer must have some nexus wit.....
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SC: Mechanical Compliance of Stipulations U/Sec 63 Succession Act Does Not Prove Execution of Will(29.11.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that mechanical compliance of stipulations under Section 63 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925, does not prove the executio.....
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SC: State Electricity Commissions Have Full Autonomy in Determination & Regulation of Tariff(24.11.2022)
Supreme Court has held that State Electricity Commissions possess full autonomy in the determination and regulation of tariff, and State and the Centr.....
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Supreme Court: Prosecution Witness Identifying Accused at Police Station Not Proper TIP(18.03.2024)
Supreme Court while acquitting the accused, has held that the process of prosecution witness identifying accused persons at the police station cannot .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Prosecution Witness, Test Identification Parade
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SC: Can Apply Doctrine of ‘Lis Pendens’ Even if Section 52 of TPA Inapplicable in a State(07.05.2024)
Supreme Court has held that there can be no doubt that even if Section 52 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 does not apply in its strict sense to .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Lis Pendens, Section 52 of TPA
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SC Orders Unitech to Refund Rs 15 Crore to Gurgaon Housing Project Investors(17.08.2016)
SC has ordered real estate giant Unitech to refund Rs 15 crore to investors in delayed housing projects in Gurgaon. However, it agreed to hear the com.....
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All HC:Administering of Oath to Deceased Before Recording Dying Declaration Doesn't Render it Invalid(31.05.2019)
Allahabad High Court has held that the mere fact that in the dying declaration, a sort of oath has been administered to the deceased before recording .....
Tags : Dying Declaration
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Supreme Court Issues Notice on Pleas for Compensation to Victims of Wrongful Prosecution(23.03.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation filed by advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, seeking directions to the Cen.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Compensation of Victims of Wrongful Prosecution
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#Economic Survey 2021-2022: Finance Minister Tables Economic Survey: Projected GDP Growth Rate at 8%(31.01.2022)
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has tabled the Economic Survey report in the Lok Sabha. The Survey has projected a GDP growth rate in the range of.....
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Supreme Court Directs Government to Start Managing Unitech(19.12.2019)
Supreme Court has directed the Government to take over the management of real estate developer Unitech after forensic auditors found diversion of fund.....
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Karnataka HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Govt Communication for Collection of Information(26.10.2021)
Karnataka High Court has issued notice to the state government on a petition filed by People's Union For Civil Liberties, challenging the communicatio.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Govt Communication for Collection of Information
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SC to Centre/States: Ensure the Effective Implementation of the Provisions of POSH(20.10.2023)
Supreme Court has issued directions to Central Government and State Governments to ensure effective implementation of POSH, especially regarding the a.....
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Madras HC to State: Show Seriousness in Removal of Invasive Plant Species Else Forests Will be Gone(19.09.2022)
Madras High Court has held that the state government should show seriousness in removing invasive plant species from forests. The bench held that if s.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Forest, Invasive Plant Species
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SC: Court Can’t Impose Bail Condition that Husband Must Resume Conjugal Life with Wife(08.12.2023)
Supreme Court has held that the High Court while granting an anticipatory bail should not impose a condition that the husband (accused under Section 4.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 498A, Conjugal Life, Bail
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SC Issues Directions for Monitoring of Early Disposal of Pending Cases Against MPs’/MLAs’(09.11.2023)
Supreme Court has issued various directions for monitoring of early disposal of pending cases against MPs’ and MLAs’ and observed that it is difficult.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Directions, MPs’/MLAs’, Pending Cases
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Bom. HC: No Legal Error in Alignment/Acquisition Proceedings of ML-4 Project(31.03.2023)
Delhi High Court has directed Vivo India to approach PMLA Appellate Tribunal to pursue its appellate remedies against the order of Enforcement Directo.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, PMLA Appellate Tribunal, Vivo, Enforcement Directorate
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Delhi HC: Public Interest Best Served When Public Money is Not Wasted(05.01.2017)
Delhi High Court, while setting aside a Delhi Government’s decision that rejected bid of a Security Service Provider for quoting a very low agency cha.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Security Service Provider, Public Money
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Kerala HC Directs State & Centre to Finalize Socio Economic Caste Survey(10.09.2020)
Kerala High Court has directed the State and Central Governments to take steps to finalise the report of socio-economic study of socially and educatio.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Socio Economic Caste Survey
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Delhi HC: Vacant Seat in Super-Speciality Course Won’t Serve Any Purpose(27.06.2022)
Delhi High Court has directed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to admit a doctor in its specialised course, in the next academic sessio.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, AIIMS, Super-Speciality Course
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Kar. HC: Non-Signatory Defendants Cannot Be Exposed to Arbitration under Section 8 of A&C Act(29.05.2023)
Karnataka High Court has ruled that the non-signatory defendants cannot be exposed to arbitration under Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation .....
Tags : Karnataka High Court has, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, Section 8
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Govt.: No Posting If Employees Fail To Submit Property Returns(19.01.2016)
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has said
that all Central Secretariat Service officers are requested to submit property returns for year .....
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Remote-controlled devices for recreational angling prohibited under the Marine Act.(16.07.2024)
The Appellants, business entities dealing in angling equipment like bait-carrying drones, sought a declaratory order from the Gauteng Division of the .....
Tags : Marine Law, Marine Act, recreational angling
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Delhi High Court Denies to Stay Penalty for Call Drops(23.12.2015)
Delhi High Court has denied to stay telecom regulator's order mandating mobile service providers to compensate subscribers for call drops beginning Ja.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, telecom regulator
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ITAT Bangalore: No Penalty If Assessee Admitted Income During Search and Paid Tax(07.11.2017)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Bangalore held that penalty under Section 271AAA of the Income Tax Act should not be levied if the assessee admi.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Section 271AAA of the Income Tax Act
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Special Judge Convicts Wildlife Offenders for Money Laundering(13.09.2019)
Special Judge has convicted two persons for committing an offence under Sections 3 and 4 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The Court also o.....
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SC: Res Judicata is Not a Ground to Reject a Plaint Under Order VII Rule 11(d) CPC(10.08.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that the Res Judicata cannot be a ground for rejection of the plaint under Order VII Rule 11(d) of the Code of Civil Proced.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Ground to Reject a Plaint
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SC: IBC Overrides Provisions of Electricity Act, 2003(18.07.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that Section 238 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) override provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003, has held that.....
Tags : Supreme Court, IBC, Electricity Act, Secured Creditors
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Madras HC Forms SIT for Investigation in Sexual Assault Case in Anna University(30.12.2024)
Madras High Court has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for investigation in alleged sexual assault of a student inside the Anna University ca.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Special Investigation Team, Anna University
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CBDT Issues Guidance on Uploading of Manually Submitted Form 15CA and Form 15CB(11.02.2022)
Central Board for Direct Taxes has allowed uploading of Manually submitted Form 15CA and Form 15CB with Authorised Dealers after the new tax filing po.....
Tags : Central Board for Direct Taxes, Manually Submitted Form 15CA and Form 15CB
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Meghalaya High Court: Trial Court Should Adopt Procedure Understandable by Illiterate Person(11.03.2024)
Meghalaya High Court has observed that the trial court while performing its duty under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, should ado.....
Tags : Meghalaya High Court, Section 313 of CrPC, Illiterate Person
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Gau. HC: Notification for Adopting Practice Directions in Proceeding Under POCSO Act, Issued(21.03.2024)
Gauhati High Court has issued a notification for the adoption of practice directions in proceedings under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offen.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, Practice Directions, POCSO
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P&H HC: Pregnancy No Hitch for AMC Selection(10.02.2016)
Punjab and Haryana HC has ruled that a woman candidate couldn't be permanently debarred from joining as doctor in Army Medical Corps (AMC) on ground t.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana HC, AMC Selection
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SLP Against Death Sentence Not to be Dismissed Without Giving Reasons: SC(23.11.2018)
Supreme Court has held that Special Leave Petitions filed in those cases where death sentence is awarded by the courts below, should not be dismissed .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Special Leave Petition, SLP Against Death Sentence, Death Sentence
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Excess payments made to the employees during the pendency of the application before the Tribunal could not be recovered(27.10.2020)
By present writ petition, the employer has approached the Court challenging an order passed by the Industrial Court, whereby a Complaint filed by the .....
Tags : Excess amounts, Recovery, Entitlement
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Delhi HC Quashes FIR Against 13 Persons Over Scuffle During Bar Association Elections at Local Court(03.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR registered against 13 persons in connection with a scuffle that ensued during Bar Association Elections at Dwarka .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Scuffle During Bar Association Elections
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Gujarat HC Issues Notice to GIFT City(17.02.2016)
Gujarat HC has issued a notice to Gujarat Internat-ional Finance Tec-City Company (GIFT City) after hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) that a.....
Tags : Gujarat HC , Gujarat Internat-ional Finance Tec-City Company
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Sector-Wise Performance of Major Services and Some Recent Government Policies to Boost the Growth of the Sector(29.01.2018)
The Services sector, with a share of 55.2 per cent in India's Gross Value Added (GVA), continued to be the key driver of India's economic growth contr.....
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Telangana High Court Directs Second Autopsy of 4 Rape Accused Killed by Police(23.12.2019)
Telangana High Court has directed authorities to conduct a second postmortem of the bodies of four accused in the gang-rape and murder of a woman vete.....
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Allahabad HC Temporarily Stays Transfer of Radio Inspector Accused of Posting Objectionable Material(26.10.2021)
Allahabad High Court has stayed the transfer order passed against a Radio Inspector who allegedly made some indecent comments against Uttar Pradesh Ch.....
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Bom. HC Quashes Rule 6(1) of the Consumer Protection Rules, 2020(23.10.2023)
Bombay High Court while quashing Rule 6(1) of the Consumer Protection Rules, 2020, has observed that rule was diluting the involvement of the judiciar.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Consumer Protection Rules, Separation of Powers
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Enhanced declaration limits for passengers coming to India(18.08.2015)
The Central Board of Excise and Customs amended the Customs Baggage Declaration Regulations, 2013. The amendments increase the customs duty free allo.....
Tags : Customs, declaration, limit, television
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Telangana High Court Orders Imprisonment of Two Collectors and RDO(05.03.2021)
Telangana High Court has sentenced Sircilla Collector D. Krishna Bhaskar, the then Joint Collector (now Collector of Wanaparthy) Yashmin Basha and Lan.....
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Allahabad HC: Failure of Investigating Agency to Record Statements to be Recorded Seriously(10.01.2022)
Allahabad High Court has observed that the failure of the investigating agency to record statements of witnesses during an investigation must be viewe.....
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All. HC: No Illegality in Taking Written Statement of Witness Under Section 161 CrPC(26.12.2022)
Allahabad High Court has held that if written statement has been submitted by the witness himself to the Investigating Officer and the IO assures its .....
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All. HC: Permission Granted to Woman to Adopt Child Despite Having 4 Biological Children(14.02.2024)
Allahabad High Court has allowed a woman who has four biological children to adopt a child, despite a legal bar under Adoption Regulations 2022 that h.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Adoption, Section 68(c) of JJ Act
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Del. HC: Confessional Statement u/s 50 of PMLA Can Only be Used for Corroboration of Evidence(11.03.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that confessional statement under Section 50 of Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) can only be used for corrobo.....
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Chhattisgarh HC Directs State in Matter Pertinent to Second Wave of Covid-19 Infections(27.04.2021)
Chhattisgarh High Court has directed the State Government to convene a meeting of all concerned to take stock of the situation as to the Oxygen supply.....
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Tel. HC: Arbitration Under Section 42 of SEZ Act Would Override Contractual Arbitration Clause(27.02.2023)
Telangana High Court has held that arbitration under Section 42 of the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Act, 2005 would override a contractual arbitration.....
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Special Court: Wife Entitled for Maintenance from Husband, Not In-Laws(12.10.2016)
A Special Court in Delhi has said that a wife is entitled to seek maintenance only from her husband and is not liable to be maintained by her in-laws.
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Payal Tadvi Case: Special Court Dismisses Bail Pleas of 3 Women Doctors(25.06.2019)
Special Court has dismissed the bail pleas of three senior doctors of a civic hospital arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of a junior colleag.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Declaration of Medicines as Essential Commodities(11.05.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Union of India and the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi in a public interest litigation see.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Declaration of Medicines as Essential Commodities
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Gauhati HC: Second Marriage Contracted by Muslim Man with Hindu Woman is Void(13.09.2021)
Gauhati High Court has observed that section 4 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 does not save a second marriage contracted by a Muslim male with a Hi.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, Second Marriage Contracted by Muslim Man with Hindu Woman
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Del. HC: Can’t Tamper with Internal Timeline for Inspection of a Medical College(16.08.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that the stage of inspection for a medical college is perhaps the most important stage, has held that allowing intern.....
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NCLAT: Can’t Terminate Lease Hold Rights in Favor of CD During Moratorium Period(24.03.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that there cannot be a termination of lease hold rights in favour of Corporate Debtor during the moratorium period unde.....
Tags : NCLAT New Delhi, Lease Hold Rights, Section 14
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Kerala HC: Our Jails are Well Equipped to Face Any Casualty to Any Prisoner(10.04.2025)
Kerala High Court has observed that our jails are well equipped to face any casualty to any prisoner. Therefore, simply because a person is sick, no c.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Section 480(1), Casualty
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CBIC Launches Online Filing of Application for Authorised Economic Operators(09.07.2021)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) has inaugurated the online filing of Authorised Economic Operators (AEO) T2 and T3 applications to en.....
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SC: Home Secretary Can’t Order Further Investigations of Case by Another Agency(02.05.2023)
Supreme Court has held that order passed by the Secretary (Home) transferring the investigation/ordering further investigation by another agency and t.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Investigation, Transfer, Home Secretary
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CCI Permits Konecranes-Terex Merger(07.01.2016)
Competition Commission of India (CCI) has permitted US cranes and mining equipment maker Terex's merger with Finland-based Konecranes, which will crea.....
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Merger approval is a "once off' affair(02.10.2017)
Effects of an acquisition of control are considered, when approval of merger is sought and obtained and cannot be revisited once it has been determine.....
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SC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Provisions of Special Marriages Act, 1954(17.09.2020)
Supreme Court has issued notice in a plea challenging provisions of the Special Marriages Act, 1954 in so far as they require the parties to the marri.....
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ITAT: Goodwill Acquired Under Slump Sale Agreement Eligible for Depreciation(04.07.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Hyderabad Bench has held that the depreciation is allowed on goodwill acquired under a slump sale agreement unde.....
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SC: In Complaint u/s 29 of ID Act Specific Averment Regarding Settlement to be Made(31.07.2024)
Supreme Court has held that in the complaint alleging commission of offence punishable under section 29 of ID Act, 1947, there has to be a specific av.....
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TDSAT Stays TRAI Order on Allowing Subscribers to Port Out of Network from Service Provider(28.12.2021)
Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has stayed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) orders which allowed subscrib.....
Tags : Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal, Allowing Subscribers to Port Out of Network
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Kar. HC: Cannot Prosecute Second Spouse or Their Family for Bigamy Under Section 494 IPC(28.03.2024)
Karnataka High Court has held that only a husband or wife who gets married for the second time during the lifetime of the first spouse shall be prosec.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Bigamy, Section 494 IPC
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ECI Recognises Eknath Shinde Group as Official Shiv Sena(20.02.2023)
Election Commission of India has recognised Eknath Shinde group as official Shiv Sena and allowed them to use official Bow & Arrow symbol and Shiv Sen.....
Tags : Election Commission of India, Eknath Shinde, Shiv Sena
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SC: App. Seeking Permission for Public Gatherings During Lok Sabha Elections to be Decided in 3 Days(22.04.2024)
Supreme Court has directed competent authorities to decide any application filed for holding any assembly, meeting, demonstration, etc during Lok Sabh.....
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Selection process has to be conducted strictly in accordance with stipulated selection procedure which needs to be scrupulously maintained(16.05.2018)
In facts of present case, the notice of Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2014 ('CGLE-2014'), issued by the Respondent-Staff Selection Commission (.....
Tags : Recruitment, Selection, Grant
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SC Issues Contempt Notices Against Telecom Companies Which Have Not Paid AGR Dues(14.02.2020)
Supreme Court has issued contempt notices to the telecom companies which have not yet paid the dues arising out of the October 2019 judgment which int.....
Tags : Supreme Court, AGR Dues, Telecom Companies
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Kerala HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Re-Opening of Schools & Technical Educational Institutions(25.01.2021)
Kerala High Court has dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Government of Kerala to permit re-opening and functioning of Schools and Technical E.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Schools & Technical Educational Institutions
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Madras HC: Third Gender Candidates Entitled To Special Reservation(14.10.2022)
Madras High Court has directed the state Health and Family Welfare Department and Directorate of Medical Education to provide special reservation to t.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Education, special reservation
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Ker. HC: Trial Courts to Determine Whether Charges u/s 304A IPC to be Added in Motor Accidents Cases(18.01.2024)
Kerala High Court has held that whenever trial courts frame charges in deaths involving motor accidents it is for them to decide that whether an alter.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Motor Vehicle, Section 304 IPC
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Bombay HC Extends Interim Protection from Arrest Granted to TISS Student by 3 Weeks(25.02.2020)
Bombay High Court has extended the interim protection from arrest granted to Kris Chudawala, a Masters student of the Tata Institute of Social Science.....
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Supreme Court Declines Plea Seeking Directions to Hold Bye Elections in Manipur(08.04.2021)
Supreme Court has declined to entertain the plea filed by BJP politician Okram Henry Singh seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Bye Elections in Manipur
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Existence of a concluded contract is sine qua non in compensation claim for loss and damages(21.04.2017)
Respondent's Suit for breach of contract and damages was decreed by Principal District Court, in Original Suit for a sum of Rs. 5,25,55,460/- with int.....
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NCLT Consults Centre, Bankruptcy Board to Resolve Jaypee Infra Deadlock(22.04.2019)
National Company Law Tribunal’s (NCLT) has sought views from government and Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) on ways to resolve the dea.....
Tags : NCLT, Jaypee Infratech
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Arbitral Tribunal is under a statutory duty to state reasons for its conclusion(20.02.2020)
In facts of present case, a tender was issued by Appellant for the work of detailed Design, Engineering, Financing, Procurement, Construction, Operati.....
Tags : Award, Payment, Direction, Legality
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Special Court, Mumbai Grants Bail to 9 Accused in Case Related to Property Sale in Delhi(17.02.2022)
Special Court in Mumbai has granted bail to nine accused including Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor, his wife Bindu and businessman Gautam Thapar in a cas.....
Tags : Special Court, Mumbai, Case Related to Property Sale in Delhi
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Delhi HC: Can’t Direct Centre to Conduct Lok Sabha, Legislative Assembly Polls Together(06.02.2023)
Delhi High Court while refusing to pass directions in PIL praying that Centre and Election Commission be directed to ascertain the feasibility of cond.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Election, Lok Sabha, Legislative Assembly
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Ch HC: Impotency of Husband Sufficient Reason for Wife to Reside Separately, Entitled to Maintenance(29.01.2024)
Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that the impotency of the husband would be sufficient reason for the wife to reside separately and in such cases .....
Tags : Chhattisgarh High Court, Maintenance, Section 125 of CrPC
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MP HC: Reg. Mandating Students to Opt Same Subjects in Classes XI & XII Has No Retrospective Appl.(06.02.2024)
Madhya Pradesh High Court while allowing a student to appear for examinations in the Biology stream of Class XII instead of Mathematics has held that .....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Retrospective Application, Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education
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Delhi High Court Pulls Up Delhi Govt. for Lack of Efforts to Ensure Finances for Pending Projects(20.03.2025)
Del. HC has pulled up Delhi Govt. for lack of efforts to ensure finances for pending project of construction of residential flats for judicial officer.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Pending Projects, Judicial Officers
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SC to Decide if Term 'Regulate' in Electricity Act Covers Trade Regulation in Electricity Industry(08.04.2025)
Supreme Court is set to decide whether the word "regulate" under Section 79(1) of the Electricity Act, 2003 is limited to framing of regulations or su.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Electricity Act, Electricity Industry
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SC Dismisses Pleas Seeking for Postponement of Bihar Assembly Elections(28.08.2020)
Supreme Court has dismissed two pleas seeking for a direction to the Chief Election Commissioner for the postponement of the impending Bihar Assembly .....
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Enforcement date of Section 4 of Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020(22.07.2021)
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 (29 of 2020), the Central Government hereby.....
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Cabinet approves Auction of IMT/5G Spectrum(15.06.2022)
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved a proposal of the Department of Telecommunications to conduct spectrum.....
Tags : Auction, IMT/5G Spectrum, Approval
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SC Issues Direction for Court’s Security Amid Recent Gun Firing Incidents in the Court in Delhi(14.08.2023)
Supreme Court has issues directions to ensure safety within court premises in light of the recent incidents of gun firing within court premises in Del.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Directions, Court Security, Gun Firing
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SC Issues Notice on Petition Challenging Amendment to Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961(04.02.2025)
Supreme Court has issued notice to Centre and the Election Commission of India in a petition challenging amendments made to the Conduct of Elections R.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Election Commission, Election Related Records
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SC: Reference to Factual Aspects in Second Appeal Not to Mean Evidence Appreciated(03.09.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that merely because the High Court, while considering a second appeal, refers to certain factual aspects in the case to rai.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Reference to Factual Aspects
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SC: Succession Issue to Mitakshara Coparcenary Property Continues to Raise its Head Time and Again(04.09.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that issue of succession to Mitakshara coparcenary continues to raise its head like an undying Hydra of Lerna, held that.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Mitakshara Coparcenary Property, Deceased Coparcener
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Supreme Court Criticizes Tahsildar Disobeying Directions of High Court(22.04.2025)
Supreme Court has criticized Deputy Collector in Andhra Pradesh who, in his capacity as Tahsildar disobeyed High Court’s directions and removed slum-d.....
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Cal. HC Strikes Down State Law Allowing Companies to Penalise Consumer Consuming More Electricity(06.05.2025)
Calcutta HC has struck down rule under Regulation 4.4 of the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) Regulation.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, State Law, Electricity Companies
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Govt. Increases Retirement Age of Presiding Officers of SAT to 70 years(30.05.2017)
Ministry of Finance has issued a Notification increasing the retirement age of Presiding Officers of Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) to 70 years.
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SC Directs Delhi HC to Fast-Track Hearing on PILs in Hate Speech Case(05.03.2020)
Supreme Court has asked Delhi High Court to fast-track hearing on public interest litigations seeking registration of First Information Reports agains.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Hate Speech Case
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Delhi HC Dismisses Execution Plea by Decree Holder for Arbitral Award(31.01.2022)
Delhi High Court has dismissed an execution petition filed under Section 36 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 by a Decree Holder for an arbi.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Execution of Arbitral Award
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Delhi HC Asks DMRC to Provide Details of Bank Account, Fixed Deposits in Execution Plea by DAMEPL(15.02.2022)
Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to give details of funds in its bank account as well as the fixed deposits on a plea.....
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Kar. HC: Revision Petition Against Order Passed u/s 148(3) of NI Act Not Maintainable Before HC(12.03.2024)
Karnataka High Court has held that a revision petition filed for release of interim compensation against an order under Section 148 (3) of the Negotia.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Interim Compensation, Section 148(3) of NI Act
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Delhi HC: Wife Openly Calling Husband Impotent Amounts To Mental Cruelty(26.03.2024)
Delhi High Court while granting divorce to a husband on the grounds of cruelty u/s 13 (1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act,1955 has said that being openl.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Hindu Marriage Act,1955, Section 13 (1)(ia)
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Karnataka HC: Not Providing Second Dose of Vaccine, a Violation of Article 21(14.05.2021)
Karnataka High Court has observed that not giving second dose of COVID-19 vaccine will be a violation of fundamental right to life under Article 21 of.....
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Del. HC: Denying ITC to Taxpayers One of the Outcomes of GST Registration Cancell. with Retrospect(29.04.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that denial of input tax credit(ITC) is one of the outcomes of cancelling a taxpayer’s Goods and Service Tax (GST) registrat.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, GST Registration, Retrospective Effect
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Kar HC: State to Not Take Action Against Old Vehicles For High-Security Number Plates Till June 12(23.05.2024)
Karnataka State Government has submitted an undertaking in the Karnataka High Court that no precipitative action shall be taken by the Government in m.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, State Government, Registration Plates, Precipitative Action
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Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Proposes To Introduce E-Hearing From June(19.05.2017)
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has proposed to introduce e-hearing facility from June, 2017.
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Complaint Need Not be Filed U/S 498A IPC by Woman Subjected to Cruelty Herself: SC(01.05.2019)
Supreme Court has held that Section 498A of Indian Penal Code does not contemplate that complaint for offence under Section 498A should be filed only .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Cruelty, Section 498A IPC
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Ministry of Labour & Employment Mandates Aadhar Information for Social Security Benefits(06.05.2021)
Ministry of Labour & Employment has now been mandated to seek the 12-digit unique identification number Aadhaar from people like employees and unorgan.....
Tags : Ministry of Labour & Employment, Aadhar Information for Social Security Benefits
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CESTAT, Delhi: No Central Excise Duty on Manufacture of CO2 Gas During Manufacture of Beer(08.04.2022)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has observed that central excise duty cannot be levied during the manufacture of beer on the.....
Tags : Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, central excise duty, manufacture of beer, carbon dioxide gas, alcoholic liquors, consumption, State subject
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CESTAT, Bangalore: Service Not Made Available Physically, Can’t be Chargeable to Service Tax(12.04.2022)
Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has observed that recipient of the service has not physically made available to the servic.....
Tags : Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, recipient, service provider, export, service tax
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Del. HC: Lookout Circular Can’t be Used by Bank as an Arm-Twisting Tactic to Recover Debt(31.05.2024)
Delhi High Court has opined that after resorting to all remedies available in law, the bank cannot open a lookout circular as an arm-twisting tactic t.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Lookout Circular, Recover Debt
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SC Issues Directions to Strengthen Law Protecting Women from Sexual Harassment at Workplace(15.05.2023)
Supreme Court while issuing directions to strengthen law protecting women from sexual harassment at workplace has stated that it is indeed a sorry sta.....
Tags : Supreme Court, POSH Act, Sexual Harassment, Directions
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SEBI clarifies on reports regarding T+0 settlement cycle(31.07.2024)
At an NSE event on July 30, 2024 the SEBI Chairperson released a report on "Indian Capital Markets: Transformative shifts achieved through technology .....
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Supreme Court: Indiscipline in Armed Forces Must Be 'Viewed Seriously'(19.12.2016)
Supreme Court has ruled that Indiscipline on part of security force personnel must be "viewed seriously" and deserting work by disobeying orders of su.....
Tags : Supreme Court, security force personnel, gross misconduct
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Convict’s Socio-Economic Condition Must be Considered While Awarding Sentence: SC(13.12.2018)
Supreme Court, while commuting death sentence awarded to a man convicted for murdering six members in a family, has observed that socio-economic condi.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Socio-Economic Condition of Convict
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SC to Centre/State: Amend CP Rules on Appointment Process of Commission Members(15.03.2023)
Supreme Court has directed Centre & States to comply with direction in Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs v. Dr. Mahindra Bhaskar Limaye (MANU/SC.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Consumer Protection Rules, Amendment, Appointment Process
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NCLAT Directs NBCC to Implement Resolution Plan Pending Appeal in Jaypee Infratech Matter(27.04.2020)
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has declined to stay the implementation of the modified resolution plan and directed NBCC Limited to acquire t.....
Tags : National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Jaypee Infratech
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Uttarakhand HC Dismisses Plea Challenging UKSSSC LT Assistant Teacher Recruitment Process 2020(06.04.2022)
Uttarakhand High Court has dismissed a plea that challenges the Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission LT Grade Teacher (Arts) Recruitme.....
Tags : Uttarakhand High Court, Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission LT Grade Teacher (Arts) Recruitment process 2020.
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ITAT, Pune: Exemption of Capital Gain u/s 54F not available for Purchase of Office Premises(11.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Pune has observed that the exemption of capital gain under section 54F of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is unavailable if th.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, capital gain, section 54F of the Income Tax Act, 1961, sale consideration
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Rajasthan HC: Appeals u/s 58 RERA Act to be Filed with Court Fees(13.04.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has held that where there is no specific provision for payment of Court fees on appeals under Section 58 of the Real Estate Regul.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Real Estate Regulatory Authority Act, 2016, Rule 37, Section 58
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Andhra Pradesh HC Passes Slew of Directions to State Authorities in Vizag Gas Leak(08.05.2020)
Andhra Pradesh High Court noted that Styrene is notified as a dangerous substance under the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act, 1986 and a.....
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Kar. HC: Executive Guidelines Can’t Impose Restriction if Works of Defence Act, 1903 is in Operation(01.09.2023)
Karnataka High Court has held that Executive Guidelines cannot be relied upon by the Union Government to impose restriction as long as the Works of De.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Works of Defence Act, Executive Guidelines
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Bom HC: Can’t Circumvent Statutory Protection under Maha. Rent Control Act by invoking Arb. Petition(21.04.2025)
Bombay High Court has observed that statutory protection afforded to tenants under the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 cannot be circumvented by in.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Section 9, Statutory Protection
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Allahabad HC: Can Grant Accused on Bail Permission to Travel Abroad Only for Pressing Necessity(05.05.2025)
Allahabad HC has observed that an accused person who has been enlarged on bail can be granted permission to travel abroad for some pressing necessity......
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Travel Abroad, Pressing Necessity
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SC to Centre: Provide Response on PIL to Decriminalise Consensual Sex Between 16-18 Year Olds(21.08.2023)
Supreme Court has sought response from the Centre on seeking a direction to decriminalise consensual sexual acts of 16 to 18 year old adolescents. The.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Consensual Sex, Decriminalise, Adolescents
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SC: If Adequately Explained, Delay in Recording Witness Statement Isn’t Fatal(26.03.2025)
Supreme Court has held that if delay in recording eyewitness's testimony has been explained properly then it would not draw an adverse inference again.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Recording Witness Statement, Eyewitness's Testimony
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Chhattisgarh HC: Infirmity in Cheque Return Memo Won’t Render Entire Trial u/s 138 of NI Act a Nullit(11.04.2025)
Chhattisgarh High Court has held that entire trial under Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act for cheque dishonor will not be rendered null even if .....
Tags : Chhattisgarh High Court, Section 138, Cheque Return Memo
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Delhi HC Stays Centre’s Decision to Reject Airlines Security Clearance(26.12.2016)
Delhi High Court has stayed Centre’s decision to reject security clearance to air charter service Air Car Airlines Pvt Ltd for transporting Rs 3.5 cro.....
Tags : Delhi HC, Airlines, Security Clearance
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Supreme Court: Chief Judicial Magistrates Competent to Deal With Applications U/s 14 SARFAESI Act(24.09.2019)
In an important ruling, SC has held that a Chief Judicial Magistrate is equally competent to deal with the application moved by the secured creditor u.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, Chief Judicial Magistrate
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Kerala HC Directs Central Govt to Make Necessary Provisions in CoWIN Portal(07.09.2021)
Kerala High Court has directed the Central government to make necessary provisions forthwith in the CoWIN portal to enable those who want to take the .....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Necessary Provisions in CoWIN Portal
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Cal. HC: Influential Accused Take Shelter in State-Run Hospital(25.07.2022)
Calcutta High Court while observing that Influential Accused Take Shelter in State-Run Hospital, has directed the Enforcement Directorate to shift Wes.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, State Hospital, Enforcement Directorate
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Securities and Exchange Board of India (Depositories and Participants) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2023(22.08.2023)
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) read with section 25 of the Dep.....
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Bombay High Court: One Needs to be Mindful of the Object Behind the Consumer Protection Act(07.04.2025)
Bombay High Court has observed that one needs to be mindful of the object behind the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 that an untrained, unwary consumer .....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Consumer Protection Act, Legal Rights
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Bom. HC: Validity Granted to the Caste Certificate Cannot Be Challenged In Election Petition(12.09.2024)
Bombay High Court has held that even an erroneous decision of the Caste Scrutiny Committee, granting validity to the caste certificate cannot be chall.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Caste Certificate, Election Petition
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Ker. HC: Body Shaming a Woman is a Wilful Conduct Attracting Section 498A of IPC(19.11.2024)
Kerala High Court has stated that body shaming and doubting the medical degree of a woman, prima facie is to be read as willful conduct which is of su.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Body Shaming, Section 498A
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Bom HC: Daughter Can’t Continue Maintenance Claim of Deceased Mother(04.08.2023)
Bombay High Court while observing that right of maintenance of wife against her husband is in personam and not in rem, has held that daughter cannot c.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Maintenance, Deceased Mother, Daughter
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Kerala HC: Bank Account Can be Attached under Section 281B of IT Act(29.01.2025)
Ker. HC has observed that the mere fact that Bank account is not explicitly provided under Section 281B of the IT Act, 1961 unlike the GST Act, 2017 w.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Bank Account, Section 281B
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SC: People don’t Want to Work because of Freebies(13.02.2025)
Supreme Court while deprecating distribution of freebies ahead of elections, has observed that because of these freebies which are launched just on th.....
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SC Proposes Independent Tribunal for Conducting Bar Elections in Haryana(16.04.2025)
Supreme Court has proposed formation of an independent, impartial, neutral Tribunal to conduct the bar elections in Haryana after noting extremely dis.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Bar Elections, Independent Tribunal
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SC: Fees to Director Not Exempted Under Clause 4 Schedule III of SEBI Stock Broker Regulations(22.03.2023)
Supreme Court while upholding SEBI’s decision to not to grant exemption to corporate entity from payment of fees to director under Clause 4 of Schedul.....
Tags : Supreme Court, SEBI, SEBI Stock Broker Regulations, Director
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Rajasthan HC Disposes PIL Seeking Compensation to Next Kin of Deceased Died Due to Black Fungus(07.02.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has observed that Black Fungus infections and the spread had not been stated to be of such a magnitude that it has been considere.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Compensation to Next Kin of Deceased
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All HC: S. 33-G UP Sec. Education Act a Benefi. Prov. for Teachers Serving for More Than 2 Decades(20.05.2024)
All. HC observed that provisions contained under Section 33-G of Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education (Service Selection Boards) Act, 1982 is a beneficia.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Sec. 33-G, Service Conditions, Beneficiary Scheme
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SC: No Direction to ECI to Publish Info. Regarding Disclosure of Final Data of Voter Turnout(24.05.2024)
Supreme Court while hearing an application by the NGO Association for Democratic Reforms has refused to pass any interim order directing the Election .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Polling Stations, Election Commission of India
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Allahabad HC: Electricity Act Inapplicable When Contract is for Supply of Materials Simplicitor(22.04.2022)
Allahabad High Court has ruled that the embargo under Section 86 of the Electricity Act, 2003 does not apply when the agreement is for supply simplici.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Section 86 of the Electricity Act, agreement, transmission, distribution
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Del. HC: Proper Officer Empowered to Grant Upto 3 Adjournments if Sufficient Cause Shown(30.04.2024)
Del. HC has held that Section 75(5) of the Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 empowers the proper officer to grant upto three adjournments if sufficient .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Section 75(5) of GST Act, Sufficient Cause
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Delhi High Court Says “Pay Salaries of Prosecutors”(07.08.2015)
Delhi High Court has directed City Government to change existing system for the clearance of payments of public prosecutors’ and government counsels w.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Salaries, Prosecutor
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Supreme Court Orders Execution of Sale Deed for Unitech Land(17.07.2018)
Supreme Court has directed execution of a sale deed for the embattled real estate firm Unitech’s land near Bangalore in favour of Devas for Rs 97. 69 .....
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Delhi HC: Non-Executive Directors of Company Immune from Cheque Dishonor Proceedings(11.03.2020)
Delhi High Court has held that the non-executive directors of a company are exempted from the cheque dishonour proceedings under Section 138 of the Ne.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Non-Executive Directors
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#Economic Survey 2021-2022: India can Withstand Monetary Policy Normalisation(31.01.2022)
Economic Survey has noted that due to accretion of large foreign exchange reserves, vulnerability indicators relating to reserves have shown marked im.....
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Madras HC Issues Guidelines for Extending Limitation Period in Criminal Cases(06.03.2023)
Madras High Court while criticizing the prosecution for failure to file application for extension of limitation while dealing with FIR related to sexu.....
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Supreme Court Directs Maharashtra to not Cut Trees for Metro Project(11.12.2019)
Supreme Court has directed the Maharashtra Government and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority not to cut trees for the Metro project .....
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CESTAT, Ahmedabad: Base Oil SN50 Cannot be Classified as High Speed Diesel(05.10.2021)
Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad, while setting aside the redemption fine and penalties imposed on Rajkamal Ind.....
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Centralized mechanism for reporting the demise of an investor through KRAs(03.10.2023)
1. It has been decided to introduce a centralized mechanism for reporting and verification in case of the demise of an investor and thereby smoothen t.....
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Amendment to the Master Direction (MD) on KYC(17.10.2023)
1. Please refer to the Master Direction (MD) on KYC dated February 25, 2016, as amended from time to time, in terms of which Regulated Entities (REs) .....
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MP HC: Conducting Preliminary Enquiry Not Sine Qua Non for Direction for Prosecution(07.02.2022)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that conducting a preliminary enquiry is not sine qua non for issuing a direction for prosecution under Section 195.....
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Courts cannot interfere with the conditions of tender, tendering Authority is the best Judge to specify a particular eligibility criteria in the tender document(13.05.2024)
By present petition, the Petitioner challenges rejection of its technical bid in the tender process initiated by Respondent No.1 for supply, installat.....
Tags : Technical bid, Rejection, Legality
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SC Directs NOIDA Authority to Commence Demolition of Supertech Twin Towers(08.02.2022)
Supreme Court has directed that the work of demolition of the twin 40-storeyed towers in Supertech's Emerald Court project in Noida shall commence no .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Demolition of Supertech Twin Towers
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SC Division Bench Delivers Split Verdict in Civil Appeal from Specific Performance Suit(16.01.2023)
Supreme Court division bench comprising Justices M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna a split verdict in a civil appeal arising out of a suit seeking specifi.....
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Ker HC: Challenge to Protocol Mandating Sexual Offence Survivor to be Examined Only by Gynae. Dism.(19.03.2024)
Kerala High Court has dismissed the petition that challenged Clause 6 of the Kerala Medico-legal Protocol for Examination of Survivor of Sexual Offenc.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Sexual Offence Survivor, Gynaecologists
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Kerala HC Notifies Electronic Filing Rules for Courts (Kerala), 2021 (Rules)(10.05.2021)
Supreme Court has reiterated that a Court must be satisfied that the dying declaration is true and voluntary, and only then could it be the sole basis.....
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Ker HC: Unilateral Action of Bank of Withholding Title Document After Loan is Repaid is Illegal(20.03.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that merely because the property was transferred by the petitioner during the subsistence of the mortgage, Bank is not enti.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Bank, Loan, Security Documents
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TRAI Says 'No' to Discriminatory Tariffs to Subscribers in Same Class(26.05.2017)
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has directed operators not to provide discriminatory tariffs to subscribers in same class.
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SEBI Obtains ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Certification for its Information Security Management Systems(04.04.2024)
SEBI has successfully obtained the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for the following:
(1) Information Security Management System at the Prim.....
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All. HC: Arbitrator to Decide Whether Claims Prior to Work Order are Covered by Arb. Clause or Not(15.04.2024)
Allahabad High Court has held that it is upon the arbitrator to decide whether claims between the parties prior to the work order in question can be c.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Section 11 A&C Act, Arbitration Clause
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RBI: Banks Can Accept Tax Dues in Cash under Income Declaration Scheme(09.09.2016)
Reserve bank of India (RBI) has directed banks to accept tax dues in cash under the domestic black money declaration scheme which closes on September .....
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Allahabad HC Seeks UP Govt's Response on Implementation of Anganwadi Projects(24.02.2021)
Allahabad High Court has sought the response of the Uttar Pradesh Government on the condition of Anganwadis in the State, especially with regard to nu.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Implementation of Anganwadi Projects
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SC: Conduct Bi-Monthly Drives to Identify Children for Adoption(21.11.2023)
Supreme Court while issuing directions to expedite the adoption process in the country, has directed nodal departments responsible for the implementat.....
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P&H HC: Peaceful Protest is Not a Penal Offence Under Section 188 IPC(08.12.2023)
Punjab and Haryana High Court while quashing FIR against political leaders for violating order under Section 144 CrPC, has observed that merely bringi.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Peaceful Protest, Section 188
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Bom. HC: Provide Laptops/iPads to Prosecutors for Implementing E-Filing System(09.11.2023)
Bombay High Court while observing that to make the mechanism of E-fling effective, it is absolutely essential that prosecutors are provided with the f.....
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Any entry made of a work which is not an original work would be an entry wrongly made in the Register(20.04.2018)
In instant case, before the Copyright Board, an application was preferred under Section 50 of the Copyright Act, 1957 by Hindustan Unilever Limited, t.....
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Madras HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Separate Election Manifesto for Each Constituency(03.04.2019)
Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to Election Commission of India to mandate all the contesting candidates for Lok Sabha and S.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Election Manifesto
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Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015 - Draft Regulations.(30.07.2015)
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India notified draft amendments to the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and labelling) Regulations, 201.....
Tags : Food, labelling, declaration, packaging
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#GST Rollout: Govt Defers TDS, TCS Under GST to Ensure Smooth Roll-out(27.06.2017)
Government has deferred implementation of Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) and Tax Collection Source (TCS) provisions as well as exempted from registratio.....
Tags : Government, Tax Deducted at Source, Tax Collection Source
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SC: Consent Decree Recognizing Pre-Existing Rights Does Not Require Registration(24.02.2021)
Supreme Court held that a consent decree based on admission recognising pre existing rights under Family settlement does not require registration unde.....
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Tel. HC: HC’s Power to Interfere is Limited When Election Process has Commenced(21.11.2023)
Telangana High Court has observed that jurisdiction of High Court to interfere with the process of election once the same has commenced is very limite.....
Tags : Telangana High Court, Election Process, Writ Jurisdiction
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Allahabad HC: Victim Has No Right to Drop Case of Non-Compoundable Offence of Heinous Nature(29.09.2022)
Allahabad High Court has held that a victim has no right in law to drop case of non-compoundable offence of heinous nature which badly affects society.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Victim, Non-Compoundable, Prosecution
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AP HC: Mere Projection of Prejudice Not Sole Ground to Brush Aside Principles of Natural Justice(02.04.2025)
AP HC has observed that the doctrine of prejudice does not supplant the principles of natural justice but operates as an integral part. Therefore, mer.....
Tags : AP High Court, Projection of Prejudice, Natural Justice
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SC: Can't Seek Review Under the Garb of Miscellaneous Application(08.11.2022)
Supreme Court while Centre’s Plea to modify order passed by the Court on September 8, 2021 which prevented extension of tenure of Director of Enforcem.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Miscellaneous Application, Enforcement Directorate
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Bom. HC: Touching Penis to Victim’s Private Part Constitutes Penetrative Sexual Assault under POCSO(30.01.2024)
Bombay High Court while denying bail to accused has held that mere touching the penis to the victim's vagina with sexual intent constitutes the offenc.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Penetrative Sexual Assault, Section 4 POCSO
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Supreme Court: Petition Against 2013 Judgment Infructuous Since Homosexuality Decriminalised(09.02.2024)
Supreme Court has held that the curative petition filed against the judgement of 2013 which upheld Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 that cri.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Curative Petition, Homosexuality, Decriminalised
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Calcutta HC Seeks Response in PIL Seeking Establishment of Special Courts for NDPS Cases(17.01.2022)
Calcutta High Court has sought response from the State government in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking the establishment of Special .....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Special Courts for NDPS Cases
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Kerala HC: Person Practicing Christian, Not a Scheduled Caste Member(21.03.2023)
Kerala High Court while declaring CPM candidate A. Raja's 2021 election from Devikulam Assembly constituency as void, has observed that he is not a me.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, CPM, A. Raja, Election, Void
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Bombay HC Quashes FIR Against Man Accused of Sexually Harassing Minor Niece(07.02.2022)
Bombay High Court has quashed a first information report against a man accused of sexually harassing his minor niece after both the parties agreed tha.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Man Accused of Sexually Harassing Minor Niece
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Bom HC: Authorisation to Export Necessary Even if Exporter has License to Sell Drugs for Med. Purpose(20.05.2024)
Bom. HC has observed that use of terms 'license', 'authorization, disjunctively, indicates that these terms have not been used interchangeably and und.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Section 8(c) of NDPS, Psychotropic Substance
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Extension of validity of Directions under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (AACS)- Indian Mercantile Co-operative Bank Ltd., Lucknow (U.P.)(27.04.2023)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the directions issued to the Indian Mercantile Co-operative Bank Ltd., Lucknow (U.P) for a period of thre.....
Tags : Extension, Directions, Provisions
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Kerala HC: Mere Disturbance of Law & Order is 'No' Ground To Curtail Freedom Granted To Film Maker(29.11.2017)
Kerala High Court has observed that mere disturbance of law and order was not a ground to curtail freedom guaranteed to film maker under Article 19(1).....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Speech, Expression
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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Challenging Provisions of Special Marriage Act, 1954(07.10.2020)
Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea challenging the provisions of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 that require inter-faith couples to send a n.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Special Marriage Act, 1954
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Delhi HC: Cognizance of Section 138 NI Act Offence Will Not Automatically Result in Decree(04.08.2021)
Delhi High Court has held that if the Metropolitan Magistrate takes cognizance of an offense under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881,.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Offence under Section 138 NI Act
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Karnataka HC: Rape on Woman's Dead Body Will Not Attract Section 376 of IPC(01.06.2023)
Karnataka High Court while acquitting a man of rape charges for committing sexual assault on dead body of a 21 years old girl, after murdering her has.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Dead Body, Section 376 IPC
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Madras High Court Junks Plea To Book All Who Project Women In Bad Taste(30.12.2015)
Madras High Court has junked petition seeking registration of FIR against all those who project women in bad taste in all mediums, including films.
Tags : Madras High Court , Project Women In Bad Taste
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Board Members are empowered to assess and award the marks(10.11.2017)
In facts of present case, Respondent belongs to the Army Medical Corps. He is the Major General and aspires to become Lieutenant General (Lt. Gen.), w.....
Tags : Direction, Promotion, Validity
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Bombay HC Refuses to Recall Order Restraining Financial Institutions from Recovering EMIs(23.09.2020)
Bombay High Court has dismissed an application seeking recall of a order directing various financial institutions not to recover EMIs from home buyers.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Recovering EMIs
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SEBI Bans 27 Entities from Capital Markets(06.01.2016)
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred 27 entities from the securities market for indulging in fraudulent trading in shares of Gemst.....
Tags : Securities and Exchange Board of India, Gemstone Investments, Spectacle Infotek
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Supreme Court Rejects ED Plea Against Satyam’s Successor Firm Tech Mahindra(11.12.2017)
Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Enforcement Directorate against a 2014 Hyderabad High Court judgement quashing money laundering charges.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Centre's Decision to Allow Telecasting of Sudarshan TV(14.09.2020)
Delhi High Court has issued notice on a Petition challenging the Order of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting's allowing the telecast of a show '.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Telecasting of Sudarshan TV
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CBDT Notifies Special Courts for Trial of Offences Under Income Tax Act 1961(29.06.2022)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified Special Courts for Trial of Offences under the Income Tax Act, 1961 in Dehradun.
Tags : Central Board of Direct Taxes, Special Court, Income-Tax Act
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SC: Once Special Court has Taken Cognizance of Complaint, ED Cannot Arrest Accused u/s 19 of PMLA(30.07.2024)
SC while granting bail to an accused in a complaint of money laundering filed by the ED, has observed that after the special court has taken cognizanc.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Money Laundering, Special Court
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Chhattisgarh High Court Notices State Government over Appointment of Parliamentary Secretaries(14.12.2016)
Chhattisgarh High Court has issued a notice to State Government on a Public Interest litigation questioning appointment of Parliamentary Secretaries i.....
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Application Under Sec. 7 of IBC can’t be Admitted After Settlement Between Parties: NCLAT(06.12.2018)
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has declared admission of application under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code after settlement b.....
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Del HC: Nodal Authority Appointed for Drafting Procedure to Prevent Tree Felling in North Campus, DU(28.05.2024)
Delhi Government's Chief Secretary has been appointed by the Delhi High Court as the nodal officer to draft procedure for preventing the felling of tr.....
Tags : Chief Secretary, Drafting Procedure, Nodal Authority
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ECI Directed to Ensure Appointment of Vote Counting Staff Strictly Through Prescribed Guidelines(04.06.2024)
Calcutta High Court has directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ensure the appointment of counting staff for Lok Sabha polls 2024 strictly .....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, ECI, Vote Counting Staff, Chief Electoral Officer
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Rajasthan HC Directs DGP to Monitor Investigation in 18cr Land Case(02.12.2015)
Rajasthan High Court has directed Director General of Police (DGP) Manoj Bhatt to monitor investigation into a cheating case involving Rs 18 crore in .....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Director General of Police Manoj Bhatt
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SC Refers Plea to Make Independent Collegium for Appointment of EC to Constitutional Bench(24.10.2018)
Supreme Court has referred a plea for constituting an independent mechanism for selection of Election Commissioners for the consideration of Constitut.....
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Delhi HC Upholds Order for Registering FIR for Caste-Based Questions in Recruitment Exam(16.06.2021)
Delhi High Court has upheld a trial court order directing for the registration of a First Information Report against unknown offenders under the Sched.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Caste-Based Questions in Recruitment Exam
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ITAT, Delhi: TDS u/s 194D Inapplicable to Reinsurance Commission(18.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has observed that the provisions of Tax Deducted at Source under section 194D of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is not.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Tax Deducted at Source, section 194D of the Income Tax Act, 1961
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AAAR: No GST Payable on Occupational Health Check-Up Services by Hospital(02.06.2022)
Gujarat Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling has held that no GST is payable on the occupational health check-up service by the hospital as it was co.....
Tags : AAAR, GST, Health Check-up
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SC: Possessory Right of Prospective Purchaser Protected U/S 53A of TP Act(08.06.2023)
Supreme Court has held that even though sale agreement doesn’t confer proprietary rights in an immovable property but prospective purchaser having per.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Sale Agreement, Possessory Right, Prospective Purchaser
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Non-Consideration of Defence of Accused U/s 313 CrPC can Vitiate Conviction: Supreme Court(01.11.2018)
Supreme Court has held that if there has been no consideration at all of defence taken by accused under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 313 CrPC
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SEBI: Companies to Disclose Forensic Audit Information to Stock Exchanges(30.09.2020)
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has made it mandatory for all listed entities to disclose to the stock exchanges any forensic audit that.....
Tags : Securities and Exchange Board of India, Forensic Audit Information
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Kerala HC: Limitation Period for Filing Motor Accidents Claim Applicable Only Prospectively(06.07.2022)
Kerala High Court has held that the limitation period for filing motor accident claims as per Section 166(3), which was introduced by Motor Vehicles (.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Motor Vehicles, Limitation, Prospective
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Meg. HC: State Must Prepare Long-Term Plans for Electricity Crisis in the State(28.07.2023)
Meghalaya High Court while observing that there is no band-aid solution which may be resorted for State’s electricity crisis, has stated that it is ho.....
Tags : Meghalaya High Court, Electricity Crisis. Long Term Plan
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SC: A Trust Cannot Be a Complainant Before Consumer Forum(09.03.2017)
Supreme Court has observed that a Trust cannot file a consumer dispute under provisions of Consumer Protection Act.
Tags : Supreme Court, Consumer Protection Act
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CIVIL - Bombay HC Declines to Stay Coastal Road Project in Mumbai(28.02.2019)
Bombay High Court has refused to pass any interim order to stay the Maharashtra government's coastal road project in the metropolis.
Tags : Bombay High Court, Coastal Road Project in Mumbai
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CBDT Extends Time Period for Processing Income Tax Returns with Refund Claims(01.10.2021)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) notified the extension of the time period for Processing returns with refund claims beyond prescribed time limits.....
Tags : Central Board of Direct Taxes, Income Tax Returns with Refund Claims
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Ker HC: Proliferation of Crime in Election Process Could Garner Momentum to Cripple Indian Democracy(04.10.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that if persons with criminal antecedents are permitted to continue as Members of Parliament/Legislatures even after convic.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Criminal Antecedents, Members of Parliament/Legislatures
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Supreme Court Dismisses Plea to Delay Annual Budget(23.01.2017)
Supreme Court has rejected plea seeking postponement of Union Budget presentation ahead of upcoming assembly polls in five States.
Tags : Supreme Court, Union Budget, Elections
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Cabinet approves Pact between India and Japan in Steel Sector(11.12.2019)
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between Gove.....
Tags : Pact, Approval, Steel Sector
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SC Directs Manning of Polling Booths in View of Allegations of Violence on Election Day(26.11.2021)
Supreme Court has directed the Home Secretary of Tripura Government, the State Election Commission and the Director General of Police to ensure that e.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Allegations of Violence on Election Day
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Karnataka High Court Refuses to Interfere With Stay on Bar Council of India Elections(06.12.2021)
Karnataka High Court has refused to interfere with the interim order passed by the single judge bench, by which it has stayed the holding of elections.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Stay on Bar Council of India Elections
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Madras HC Asks Police to Ensure Special Arrangements for Movement of Vehicles(07.04.2021)
Madras High Court has asked the Police authorities to ensure that in making special arrangements for movement of vehicles/ convoy of VIPs/ dignitaries.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Special Arrangements for Movement of Vehicles
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Delhi HC Asks Govt to Publish Requisite Standards on Collection of Blood Samples for COVID 19(22.02.2022)
Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government to publish requisite standards as to the collection of blood sample for conducting COVID 19 related te.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Collection of Blood Samples for COVID 19
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SC: Non-Examination of Ballistic Expert Not Fatal to Prosecution’s Case if Direct Evidence Credible(22.02.2024)
Supreme Court has held that if the direct evidence produced by prosecution is credible then omission to obtain ballistic report and non-examination of.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Direct Evidence, Ballistic Expert, Ballistic Report
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Madras HC Disposes of Plea Filed by Plea Challenging Election Notice by REPCO Bank(04.02.2022)
Madras High Court has disposed of a batch of writ petitions filed by candidates challenging the election notice issued by the returning officer of Rep.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Election Notice by REPCO Bank
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Supreme Court: Can’t Apply CrPC Retrospectively to Jammu & Kashmir Before 31.10.2019(20.05.2024)
SC has observed that the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 would come into effect only from the appointed day, and therefore has no retrospective appli.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Jammu & Kashmir, Retrospective Application
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ITAT, Mumbai: Corpus Donations Received by Trust Not Taxable, Even If Trust Is unregistered(18.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has held that the corpus donations received by a Trust for a specific purpose are not taxable, even if the Trust.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Section 12 A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, capital receipt
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Delhi HC: Restraint Order Against Husband Under DV Act from Making Arrangement for Child Visitation(21.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has ruled that the domain and extent of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and Family Courts Act, 1984, being two c.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Family Courts Act, 1984
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Bombay HC Adjourns FTIL-NSEL Merger Case till December 20(14.12.2016)
Bombay High Court has adjourned Financial Technologies of India Ltd’s (FTIL) plea against a Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) order which proposed t.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, National Spot Exchange Ltd, Financial Technologies of India Ltd’s
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HC can Execute Foreign Arbitration Award Despite Change in Pecuniary Jurisdiction: Delhi HC(04.12.2018)
Delhi High Court has held that jurisdiction to execute foreign arbitration award continues with the high court, despite the change in pecuniary jurisd.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Arbitration Award, Pecuniary Jurisdiction
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Madras HC Denies Bail to NRI Company Director Accused of Money Laundering(30.03.2022)
Madras High Court has refused to grant bail to Ahmed A.R Buhari, director and promoter of M/s Coastal Energen Private Limited (CEPL) who was accused u.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Section 3 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, of M/s Coastal Energen Private Limited
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Supreme Court Asks Supertech IRP to Segregate Homebuyers' Claims from Other Creditors(05.04.2022)
Supreme Court has directed the Interim Resolution Professional(IRP) of Supertech Ltd., undergoing insolvency resolution after demolition of its twin t.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Supertech Ltd
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Gujarat High Court Sets Aside Order Which Interfered With Reasoned Arbitration Award(17.06.2024)
Guj. HC while setting aside the order passed by District Judge interfering with arbitral award has held that arbitral awards providing reasoned interp.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Section 34, Arbitration and Conciliation Act
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Bombay HC: Now File Appeal Against Family Court’s Divorce Decree Within 90 Days(08.12.2016)
Bombay High Court has held that a warring Hindu couple now has 90 days, not 30, to file an appeal against a divorce decree granted by a Family Court.
Tags : Bombay High Court, appeal, Family Court, divorce decree
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Delhi High Court Seeks Government Reply on Special Educators(08.08.2019)
Delhi High Court has sought a reply from the AAP Government and the Chief Secretary on a contempt plea alleging failure to initiate the process of rec.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Special Educators
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CESTAT, Bangalore Holds Service, Being Export of Service, Cannot be Chargeable to Service Tax(14.04.2022)
Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has observed that service recipient has not physically made accessible any goods to the se.....
Tags : Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, service tax, service recipient, export
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Gauhati HC Allows to Intervene PILs Challenging Telecom Services Rules, 2017(23.02.2022)
Gauhati High Court has allowed an Interlocutory Application filed by the Internet Freedom Foundation, seeking permission to be impleaded as an interve.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, Telecom Service Rules 2017
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Cal HC: High Court Lacks Jurisd. When Application u/s 9A of A&C Act Filed Before Commercial Court(26.02.2024)
Calcutta High Court has held that if an application under Section 9A of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) has been filed before a comme.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Section 9A of A&C Act, Jurisdiction, Commercial Court
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SC Asks Centre to Ensure Implementation of Food Security Act(25.10.2016)
Supreme Court has said it was incumbent upon Central government to ensure that National Food Security Act, 2013, was implemented both in letter and sp.....
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Bombay HC Directs Petitioners to Deposit Rs.1 Crore as Precondition for Hearing(28.05.2020)
Bombay High Court has directed the 'Abhinav Bharat Congress' to deposit Rs. 1 Crore with the registry as a precondition for hearing the plea seeking d.....
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P&H HC: Owner of Vehicle Not Vicariously Liable for Any Misdeclaration by Owner of Goods(10.03.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the owner of the vehicle who is seeking only release of the vehicle is not liable to pay fine for the conf.....
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SC: Not Including Content Shown in Trailer, in Main Movie Doesn’t Amount to ‘Deficiency of Service’(23.04.2024)
SC has held that if movie creators do not include the contents of a movie trailer in the main movie, that does not amount to deficiency of service on .....
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Delhi HC: Magistrate Cannot Order SHO of Police Station Outside his Jurisdiction to Probe Crime(17.04.2017)
Delhi High Court has held that a magistrate under Section 156 (3) CrPC cannot direct Station House Officer (SHO) of a police station beyond its territ.....
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Madras HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Separate Election Manifesto for Each Constituency(03.04.2019)
Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to Election Commission of India to mandate all the contesting candidates for Lok Sabha and S.....
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Central Board of Direct Taxes Issues Guidelines for TDS on E-Auction Services(26.11.2021)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued the guidelines which states that no TDS (tax deducted at source) under section 194-O of the Income Tax.....
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P&H HC Orders Correction in Woman's Date of Birth by Relying Upon Her Educational Certificate(03.12.2021)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered the Haryana government to carry out a correction in the birth certificate of a woman (petitioner before the .....
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Bombay High Court Directs Railways to Pay Compensation to Deceased(24.02.2020)
Bombay High Court has directed Central railways to pay Rs.8 Lakhs as compensation to the family of Arjun Gawande who died while alighting from a train.....
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Karnataka HC: Merely Inciting Feelings of One Community Cannot Attract Offence of Section 153A IPC(12.10.2020)
Karnataka High Court has quashed a First Information Report under Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 observing that "merely inciting the feel.....
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Madras HC Imposes Stay on Office Order Directing Suo Matters to be Listed Before Bench of 3 Members(05.08.2021)
Madras High Court has imposed a stay on an office order issued by the Registrar General of the Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), w.....
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Kar HC Refuses to Quash FIR Against Gynecologist for Failing to Report Sexual Assault Against Minor(08.06.2023)
Karnataka High Court has refused to quash FIR filed against a Gynecologist under Section 21 of POCSO Act for failure to report incident of sexual assa.....
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CBDT Issues New Income Tax Reporting Norms for High Value Transactions(04.01.2016)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified norms under which cash receipts and high value transactions beyond a certain threshold will have to.....
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Green Firecrackers Only for NCR, Not for Entire Country: Supreme Country(31.10.2018)
Supreme Court has clarified that its order on green crackers is only for the National Capital Region for now and not for the whole country.
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Delhi HC Allows Plea Seeking Early Hearing in Appeals Filed in 2G Spectrum Case(30.09.2020)
Delhi High Court has allowed the applications moved by Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation seeking early hearing in 2G spectru.....
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Del. HC: Throwing Any Liquid or Substance Other Than 'Acid' on Any Person Not an Offence U/S 326B IPC(10.11.2023)
Delhi HC while quashing an FIR registered against the petitioner has held that an offence under Section 326-B of the IPC is made out only if a person .....
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SEBI Approves Reliance Retail’s Acquisition of Future Group’s Retail Assets(21.01.2021)
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approved Reliance Retail’s acquisition of Future Group’s retail assets, which is being opposed by Am.....
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Cabinet approves mechanism for procurement of ethanol by Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies under Ethanol Blended Petrol programme(10.11.2021)
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for fixing higher ethanol price derive.....
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Kar HC: All Criminal Proceedings to be Disclosed in Nomination Form(17.01.2024)
Karnataka High Court has held that while filing an election nomination form by a candidate, all the details related to the criminal proceedings irresp.....
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SC: Adequate Measures Available For Voters in Event of Error/Deletion of Names From Voter’s List(13.02.2024)
Supreme Court while closing proceedings related to duplication of names in electoral rolls, has held that there exist adequate measures for the aggrie.....
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Supreme Court: Court Should Be Cautious While Interfering with the Decision of Recruitment Agencies(07.03.2024)
SC while observing that courts have to be cautious in dealing with the recruitment process adopted by recruitment agency has held that merely because .....
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Specific prior approval of Commission is required for assigning licence to nominee of Security Trustee or transfer of any assets to them(24.05.2017)
First Petitioner, Warora-Kurnool Transmission Limited, has been granted transmission licence under Section 14 of the Electricity Act, 2003 to transmit.....
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SEBI Exempts Offshore Funds from Submitting Physical Forms(20.03.2020)
Securities and Exchange Board of India has provided exemptions for off-shore funds from submitting physical forms in wake of the Corona outbreak, allo.....
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Delhi HC Directs RBI and Finance Ministry to Bring Parity in Sections of IBC(19.03.2021)
Delhi High Court has asked the finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to consider bringing in parity in certain sections of the Insolven.....
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Delhi HC: High Court Cannot Review Order Passed Under Section 11 of A&C Act(08.12.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that the High Court cannot review an order passed under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 as the Act .....
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MP HC: Power Exercised u/s 319 of CrPC Must Come Before Acquittal Order in Case of Joint Result(01.03.2024)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that if an order has to be made in the exercise of powers under Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (.....
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Cal. HC Constitutes Humane Committee for Animal Protection(24.02.2023)
Calcutta High Court has proposed to form a Humane committee for five districts which shall takes steps for protection and preservation of the animals .....
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SC: Necessary to State Whether Decision Resolves Dispute between Parties or Lays Down Precedent(14.01.2025)
SC has observed that it is necessary to be cautious in our dispensation and state whether a particular decision is to resolve the dispute between the .....
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Allahabad HC: Non-Reporting of Seizure U/S 102 (3) CrPC Doesn't Make Such Seizure Illegal(26.04.2022)
Allahabad High Court has ruled that non-reporting of the seizure forthwith, under Section 102(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall not ips.....
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Allahabad HC: Minor Discrepancy in Sample's Weight Can't Shake Roots of Prosecution's Case(29.04.2022)
Allahabad High Court has observed a minor discrepancy in the weight of the sample sent to the Forensic Laboratory cannot shake the roots of the prosec.....
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Gau. HC: Assam Govt. Criticised for Notifying Draft Rules and the Draft Child Protection Policy(26.08.2024)
Gau. HC has observed that delay in notifying the Draft Rules as well as the Draft Child Protection Policy discloses that the State Government or its c.....
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Delhi HC: Counting of Votes for DUSU Elections to be Allowed Once Defacement Cleaned Up(09.10.2024)
Delhi High Court has stated that counting of votes for the ongoing Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections shall be allowed only after the d.....
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Calcutta HC Allows Bail Application of Former TMC aide Ayan Sil in Recruitment Scam Case(03.12.2024)
Calcutta High Court has allowed a bail application filed by the former TMC leader, Santanu Banerjee's aide Ayan Sil in connection with the recruitment.....
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DGFT Notifies Extension of Date for Mandatory Electronic Filing of Non-Preferential CoO(16.11.2021)
Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has notified the extension of the Date for Mandatory electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Ori.....
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SC: Offences Under Kerala Police Act Not Substantive(10.11.2022)
Supreme Court has held that offences under the Kerala Police Act are not substantive offences and thus the election of a person cannot be voided merel.....
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Cal. HC: Maint. Provisions in CrPC are Welfare Provisions, Not to be Proved Beyond Reasonable Doubt(02.02.2024)
Calcutta High Court has recently held that the provisions for maintenance under Section 125 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) are welfare legislati.....
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Gujarat HC Constitutes Committee on Electrocution of Lions(22.12.2016)
Gujarat High Court has set up a 10-member committee to report on deaths of lions by electrocution in and around Gir sanctuary.
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Supreme Court Permits Tamil Nadu State Cricket Association to Hold Elections(23.09.2019)
Supreme Court has permitted the Tamil Nadu State Cricket Association to hold elections to elect office bearers but said the results will be subject to.....
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Economic offences are required to be dealt with strictly especially in the matters relating to grant of bail(19.10.2020)
In present matter, the J&K State Co-operative Bank Ltd. (JKSCBL) sanctioned a loan in the amount of Rs. 250 crores without obtaining field report, bal.....
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SEBI Imposes Penalty on Viaan Industries and Promoters for Violating Insider Trading Norms(29.07.2021)
Securities and Exchange Board of India has imposed a penalty of Rs 3 lakhs on Viaan Industries and its promoters Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kun.....
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CIC to Bar Council of India: Publish Inspection Reports of Law Colleges on Website(07.06.2022)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Bar Council of India to publish inspection reports of law colleges on its website. CIC stated that t.....
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SC: Prosecution for Grim Offences Can’t be Withdrawn because Accused has Good Public Image(17.07.2024)
Supreme Court has opined that merely because an accused person is elected to the Legislative Assembly, cannot be a testament to their image among the .....
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ITAT, Kolkata: Adjudicating Authorities Cannot Grant Approval U/S 10(23C) With Retrospective Effect(27.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Kolkata has ruled that the adjudicating authorities under the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot grant approval under section .....
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Orissa HC Upholds Constitutional Validity of Section 34 RP Act(02.05.2022)
Orissa High Court upheld the Constitutional validity of Section 34 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 that specifies that eligible citizens.....
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Delhi HC: Minutes of Inter-Ministerial Meetings Cannot Supersede a Legislation(01.12.2016)
Delhi High Court, while quashing Minutes of a March 2010 Meeting of erstwhile UPA government regarding citizenship to children born to Tibetan refugee.....
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INX-Media Case: Special Court Sends Chidambaram to Tihar Jail(06.09.2019)
Special Court has sent former finance minister P Chidambaram to Tihar jail in the INX Media corruption case. The Special Judge sent Chidambaram to 14-.....
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Manipur HC Directs Government to Establish Two Special Courts(05.10.2020)
Manipur High Court has directed the State Government to create two exclusive Special Courts at Imphal at the Sessions and Magisterial levels.
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SC Grants Interim Bail to Mohammed Zubair in Hate Speech FIR by UP Police(08.07.2022)
Supreme Court has granted interim bail for 5 days to Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of fact checking website AltNews, in connection with the Hate Spe.....
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NCLAT: Secured Creditor to Pay Liquidator's Fees Under Regulations if Option u/s 52 IBC Exercised(13.12.2024)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that if the secured creditor opts to realise its security interest under Section 52 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Co.....
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s Response on PIL for Implementation of CNAP(16.01.2025)
Supreme Court while considering the prevalence of the problem of cyber fraud, has sought Centre’s response in a PIL seeking directions to Telecom netw.....
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Delhi Court to Aaj Tak: Don’t Telecast Evidence Related to Shraddha Walkar Murder Case(10.04.2023)
Delhi Saket Court while restricting Aaj Tak from telecasting any material in relation to the Shraddha Walkar murder case, has observed that any dissem.....
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SC Asks Navjot Singh Sidhu to Face Trial in 2009 Lok Sabha Election Case(27.10.2016)
Supreme Court has Politician Navjot Singh Sidhu to face trial in an Election Petition accusing him of excessive spending on newspaper advertisements a.....
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Lok Sabha Passes Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019(26.07.2019)
Lok Sabha has passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 to ban the practice of triple talaq among Muslims and punish the g.....
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Central Government Establishes Central Consumer Protection Authority(24.07.2020)
Central Government has established the Central Consumer Protection Authority with its headquarter at New Delhi, with effect from 24th July 2020.
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Allahabad HC Rejects Plea Seeking Quashing FIR Against Secretary of Gareeb Nawaz Masjid Committee(09.07.2021)
Allahabad High Court has rejected the plea filed by Secretary of the Gareeb Nawaz Masjid Committee, Mohammad Anees and a local resident of Barabanki, .....
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Del HC: Prosecution Can’t Only Recite from Complaint to Oppose Bail in Cases With Add. Conditions(03.05.2023)
Delhi High Court has observed that prosecution can’t only recite from complaint while opposing bail plea, he would have to establish foundational fact.....
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Rajasthan HC Denies Police Protection to Married Lady in Live-in Relationship(16.08.2021)
Rajasthan High Court has denied police protection to a married lady, who is in a live-in relationship with another man and who sought police protectio.....
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Bombay HC: It Is AO’s Duty to Adjust Unabsorbed Depreciation(25.07.2023)
Bombay HC while quashing the reassessment order has observed that the Assessing Officer (AO) has no jurisdiction to reopen the assessment as he had in.....
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Karnataka HC Refuses to Quash Communication Issued to Ola Electric in CCPA Investigation(08.01.2025)
Karnataka High Court while refusing to quash communication issued to OLA Electric as part of a Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) investigat.....
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Allahabad High Court: Once a Special Act Holds the Field, Provisions of General Law Would Not Apply(26.09.2024)
All. HC has held that the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 is a Special Act, which shall prevail over the general act, such as IPC, 18.....
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SC Says No to Out-of-Court Settlement between Binani Cement and UltraTech Cement(16.04.2018)
As Supreme Court has said no to out-of-court settlement, Binani Industries Ltd has withdrawn its plea seeking an end to the bankruptcy proceedings aga.....
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CBIC Waives Penalty for Non-Compliance to QR Code Provisions(01.12.2020)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) notified the waiver of penalty for noncompliance to QR code provisions if complied by April 01, 202.....
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P&H HC: Conception of Pregnancy Post Tubectomy Not Medical Negligence(21.07.2020)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the doctor performing tubectomy, at the time of child delivery, cannot be attributed medical negligence me.....
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Allahabad HC Refuses Protection to Woman/Girl Claiming to Have Married Hindu Man(08.07.2021)
Allahabad High Court has refused to pass a protection order in favor of a woman/girl claiming to have married a Hindu Man noting that she did not prod.....
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Orissa HC Quashes Election Notification Issued by Appealing Body of OMSA(01.06.2022)
Orissa High Court has quashed election notification issues by appealing body of Odisha Medical Services Association (OMSA) notifying election of Assoc.....
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Bankruptcy, Insolvency Related Work To be Done By Department of Economic Affairs(07.01.2016)
The work relating to bankruptcy and insolvency has been taken out from the domain of Law Ministry and put under Department of Economic Affairs, a step.....
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It is the duty of First Appellate Court to appreciate entire evidence and arrive at its own independent conclusion(04.12.2017)
The Appellant filed a suit in the Court of City Civil Judge, against the Respondents for a declaration and permanent injunction in relation to the lan.....
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Delhi HC Asks Stakeholders to File Suggestions for Enhancing Security Measures at Court Complexes(25.10.2021)
Delhi High Court has asked all the stakeholders concerned to file their suggestions for enhancing security measures at court complexes in the national.....
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Cal. HC: Cardinal Pre-Requisites of Responsible Journalism are Accuracy and Objectivity(18.10.2023)
Calcutta High Court while issuing guidelines for various media houses as well as investigative agencies regarding media coverage in recruitment-scam c.....
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SC to Supertech: Sink or Die, Investors Need to be Paid Back(07.09.2016)
SC has given a stern message to Supertech asking it to return money to investors saying it was not concerned whether the real estate major “sinks or d.....
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ATMs are to be treated as computers, entitled to a high rate of depreciation(16.06.2020)
Assessee is engaged in the business of manufacture of automated teller machines (ATMs) and distribution of NCR book products and commissions in India......
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Bombay HC Dismisses PIL to Change Nomenclature for Orphans in Government Records(16.09.2022)
Bombay High Court while dismissing a PIL seeking to change the nomancleature for an orphan in Government records from "anath" to "swanath" or self-mad.....
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SC: Certificate to Prove Electronic Evidence can be Produced at Any Stage of the Trial(08.11.2023)
Supreme Court has held that a certificate under Section 65-B of Indian Evidence Act, to prove electronic evidence, can be produced at any stage of tri.....
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SC: Persons With Disabilities Should Not Be Asked to Remove Prosthetic Limbs At Airport Security(03.12.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that differently abled persons with prosthetic limbs/callipers should not be asked to remove the prosthetics at airport sec.....
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JKL HC: Convicted Accused Who Can't Understand Proceedings Can Be Referred To HC u/s 341 J&K CrPC(19.04.2022)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that the case of an accused who’s convicted, although not insane, but who can’t be made to comprehend.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, section 341 of Jammu and Kashmir Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, High Court
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Delhi High Court: Bail Granted to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Liquor Policy Scam Case(21.06.2024)
Delhi High Court has granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in liquor policy scam case, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Mar.....
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Bombay HC Levies Fine of Rs.50,000 Cost on Doctor for Video-Recording Court Proceedings(17.09.2019)
Bombay High Court has levied a fine of Rs 50,000 on Dr Vikram Deshmukh and seized his mobile phone along with his AADHAAR Card after the Court clerk s.....
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SC Closes Suo Moto Case for Monitoring Sexual Harassment Complaint Against Senior Special DGP(19.08.2021)
Supreme Court has closed the suo moto case registered by the Madras High Court for monitoring investigation of sexual harassment complaint made by a I.....
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SC: District Judiciary Shall Not Be Referred as Subordinate Judiciary(22.05.2023)
Supreme Court while passing judgment on enhanced pay scale for judicial officers as per Second National Judicial Pay Commission has stated that Suprem.....
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Madras HC Permits Private Educational Institutions to Collect 85% Annual School Fee(02.08.2021)
Madras High Court has permitted private unaided educational institutions to collect 85% of the annual school fee payable for the current academic year.....
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Bombay High Court Orders Second Autopsy on Body of Minor in Custodial Death Case(07.04.2021)
Bombay High Court has ordered a second post-mortem on the body of a Minor who allegedly died in Police Custody in July 2018. The Court has directed Si.....
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Madras HC Orders Result of Coimbatore Corporation Election Shall be Subject to Further Orders(22.02.2022)
Madras High Court has ordered that the result of the Coimbatore Corporation election shall be subject to further orders by the court on a writ petitio.....
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Del. HC: Can’t Invoke Bar Given u/s 37 of NDPS Where Evidence Against Accused Appears Unbelievable(22.02.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that bar related to bail provided under Section 37 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) cannot be invoke.....
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Supreme Court Asks to File Response in Link Canal Project Case in Tamil Nadu(16.11.2021)
Supreme Court has asked Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to file their responses in six weeks in the case pertaining to Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar link canal proj.....
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Delhi HC Refuses to Stay Upcoming Delhi Municipal Corporation Elections(10.11.2022)
Delhi High Court while refusing to stay the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections, which are scheduled to be held on December 4, has stated t.....
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MP HC Suspends Sentence of Convict Citing Inconsistencies Between Dying Declaration & Oral Statement(12.12.2022)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has suspended the sentence of a murder convict on the ground that there were certain inconsistencies between the dying decla.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Murder, Dying Declaration, Inconsistencies
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MeitY: Social Media Intermediaries to Take Permission Before Launching AI Products in Country(04.03.2024)
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) has issued advisory to social media intermediaries and artificial intelligence platforms an.....
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SC Says, "Religion, In Any Form, Should Not Be Brought Into Any Election”(21.10.2016)
Supreme Court while observing that religion should not be used to invoke votes, has said that, Parliament has done nothing in last two decades to stop.....
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Ayodhya Terror Attack: Special Court Grants 4 Life Term(19.06.2019)
Special Court in Prayagraj has sentenced four of the accused to life imprisonment and acquitted one in the Ayodhya Terror Attack Case fourteen years a.....
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P&H HC: Section 377 IPC Attracted When Penetration With Sexual Intent Happens on Any Part of Body(07.03.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that this offence is attracted even in a situation where the penetration happens to be on any other part of the.....
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SC: Election Comm’r to be Appointed on Advice of Committee Consisting of PM, Opposition Leader & CJI(02.03.2023)
Supreme Court Constitution Bench has held that Election Commissioners will be appointed by President on advice of a Committee consisting of Prime Mini.....
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SC: Declaration of Law by Court Will Have Retrospective Effect if Not Stated Otherwise(05.07.2022)
Supreme Court has held that the declaration of law made by court will have retrospective effect, if not otherwise stated to be so specifically.
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Tel. HC to State Lake Protection Committee: Notify Buffer Zone for Water Bodies in Greater Hyderabad(28.07.2023)
Telangana High Court while observing that State Lake Protection Committee has not issued any guidelines in respect of tanks and water bodies, the buff.....
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MP HC: Once Selection Process Culminates into Doc. Verification It Shouldn’t Be Normally Cancelled(13.01.2025)
MP HC has observed that once a selection process has culminated into the process of document verification after selection of a candidate, it should no.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh HC, Document Verification, Technical Infirmities
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Delhi HC Directs Revenue to Grant Immunity Under Section 270AA(26.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that the assessee cannot be prejudiced by the inaction of the Assessing Officer, directing the revenue to grant immunity.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Section 270AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961, Assessing Officer
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NCLAT: Resolution Professional Can Submit An Additional Report Under Section 99 I&B Code(29.04.2022)
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has observed that the Resolution Professional can submit an additional report under Section 99 of the Insolven.....
Tags : National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Section 99, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016
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Bom. HC: Even a Written Insulting Word Lowering Dignity of a Woman Can be Penalised(23.08.2024)
Bom. HC has observed that to book someone u/s 509 of IPC, the manner in which offender lowers dignity of a woman is not restricted to oral abuse or ge.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, S. 509 of IPC, Electronic Medium
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SC to Centre: Collect Information from States on Compliance With Directions to Prevent Mob Violence(22.07.2022)
Supreme Court has asked Ministry of Home Affairs to compile information regarding preventive, corrective and remedial measures taken by the State Gove.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Remedial Measures, Hate Speech
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JKL HC: Subjective Satisfaction of Detaining Authority Doesn’t Deprive Court to Review its Orders(25.08.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that although subjective satisfaction cannot be interfered normally by the court but at the same time.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Detaining Authority, Subjective Satisfaction
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Judges of Supreme Court Decide to Make their Asset Declaration Public(04.04.2025)
Supreme Court judges have agreed to make declaration of their assets publicly available as a step towards transparency and boosting public confidence .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Asset Declaration Public, Public Confidence
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SC: Hospital's Registration Can Be Cancelled, Only if, It Is Necessary in Public Interest(07.03.2024)
SC has held that suspension/cancellation of registration of Hospital/Clinic under Sec. 20(3) of Pre-Conception and Pre-¬Natal Diagnostic Techniques (R.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Pre-Conception and Pre-¬Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation & Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994, Section 20
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Del. HC: Initiation of S. 153C Assessment Proc. Falling Beyond Max. 10 Years Block Period, Quashed(05.04.2024)
Delhi High Court quashed the initiation of assessment proceedings under Section 153C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 which was falling beyond the ten-year.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Assessment Proceedings, Section 153C of IT Act, Block Period
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SC Seeks Center, Election Commission's Views over Lifetime Ban on Convicted Politicians(15.09.2016)
SC has formally sought views of Centre and Election Commission on a public interest litigation demanding a lifetime ban on convicted politicians after.....
Tags : SC , Centre , Election Commission, Convicted politicians
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Police Not Allowed to Tutor Witnesses, Supreme Court Directs Action Against Police Officers(08.04.2024)
Supreme Court while admonishing Tamil Nadu Police for tutoring witnesses, has directed the Tamil Nadu's Director General of Police to initiate an enqu.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Tamil Nadu Police, Director General of Police
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Statement of Injured Recorded Under Sec.161 CrPC can be Treated as Dying Declaration After His Death(11.10.2018)
Supreme Court has re-iterated that the statement of an injured recorded under Section 161 of Code of Criminal Procedure can be treated as dying declar.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Dying Declaration
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SC Accepts SBI CAP Funding for 6 Amrapali Projects(04.09.2020)
Supreme Court has accepted the funding arrangements proposed by State Bank of India Capital with regard to 6 unfinished Amrapali projects.
Tags : Supreme Court, Amrapali Projects
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Kar. HC: No Bar on Adoption of Privately Owned Elephants Under Wildlife Protection Act(14.06.2022)
Karnataka High Court has held that Section 40 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 permits private ownership of live elephants and there is no bar .....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Wildlife Protection, Commercial Nature
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Kar. HC: Non-furnishing of Data by a Company Impacts Planning of the Economic Policies of Nation(31.07.2023)
Karnataka High Court while dismissing plea filed by a company to quash proceedings under Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 for non-furnishing of data.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Statistical Data, Economic Policies
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SC Constitutes SIT to Investigate if NOIDA Authorities Paid Excess Compensation to Landowners(27.01.2025)
Supreme Court has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for investigating and examining whether the officers of NOIDA paid excess compensatio.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Special Investigation Team, Excess Compensation
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Supreme Court: No Recalculation of AGR Dues of Telecommunication Companies(21.07.2020)
Supreme Court has stated that there will be no recalculation of the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues that need to be paid by the telecommunication co.....
Tags : Supreme Court, AGR Dues of Telecommunication Companies
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CBDT Extends Time to Process Refunds in Non-Scrutiny Cases for Assessment Year 2017-18(07.07.2021)
Central Board of Direct Taxes has extended the time for processing refunds in non-scrutiny cases for assessment year 2017-18 up to 30th September, 202.....
Tags : Central Board of Direct Taxes, Process Refunds in Non-Scrutiny Cases for Assessment Year 2017-18
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Gujarat HC: Journalism Experience from Govt. Company not Required for Appointment as AD of Info, I&B(31.05.2022)
Gujarat High Court has held that Assistant Director of Information (Journalism) Class II Recruitment Rules, 2015 does not prescribe for mandatory jour.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Assistant Director, Journalism
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Issuance of Electronic Policies and dispensing with physical documents and wet signature on the proposal form(10.09.2020)
1. This has reference to Regulation 4 of IRDAI (Issuance of e-Insurance policies) Regulations, 2016 and Regulation 18 read with Regulation 8 (1) of IR.....
Tags : Issuance, Electronic Policies
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Kar. HC: Bank Can't Seek Issue of Look Out Circular Unless Economic Interest of Country Is Involved(29.06.2022)
Karnataka High Court has held that the request for issuance of a Look-out Circular or preventing defaulter of loan from travelling abroad cannot be a .....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Look Out Circular, Recovery
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Budget 2024-25 Introduces Enhanced Deductions and Revised Tax Slabs(23.07.2024)
What is Income Tax?
Income tax is a government levy on the income earned by individuals and businesses during a financial year. "Income" enc.....
Tags : Income Tax Return, Commercial Properties, Securities Transaction Tax
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Del. HC: SCRB & NIC Directed to Finalize Technical Solution to Sync ICJS System With Police Database(01.08.2024)
Delhi High Court has directed State Crime Record Bureau (SCRB) and National Informatics Centre (NIC) to finalize the technical solution to sync the In.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Crime Record Bureau, Criminal Justice System
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Supreme Court Notices Centre Over National Security Policy(28.11.2016)
Supreme Court has issued notice to Centre on a plea by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, seeking framing of a cogent and clear National Security Policy co.....
Tags : Supreme Court, National Security Policy
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Disgruntled Employee’s Outcry in Social Media Part of Free Speech: Kerala High Court(12.11.2018)
Kerala High Court has ordered reinstatement of a University employee who was suspended for his social media posts against the institution and court al.....
Tags : Kerela High Court, Free Speech
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#Major Changes Implementing From Today: LPG Connection Not to be Free(01.10.2020)
Extension granted by Union government for availing free cooking gas connection under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana expired on 30th September, 2020.....
Tags : Union Cabinet, LPG Connection
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Kerala HC: Muslim Personal Law Can't be Tested on Anvil of Article 14(07.07.2022)
Kerala High Court has held that High Court cannot test validity of Muslim Personal Law under Article 14 and 15 since it is bound by the precedents set.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Muslim Personal Law, Precedent
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Supreme Court: There Has Been a Growing Tendency to Misuse Section 498A of IPC by Wife(11.12.2024)
Supreme Court has stated that inclusion of Section 498A of IPC was intended to curb cruelty inflicted on a woman by her husband and his family but the.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 498A IPC, Cruelty
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Calcutta High Court Suspends Video-Conferencing Due to Lack of Decorum(15.01.2025)
Calcutta High Court has suspended virtual appearance of advocates on the grounds of lack of decorum and ill-behaviour on part of advocates.
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Virtual Appearance, Lack of Decorum
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Bombay HC Refuses Immediate Relief to Nawab Malik for Casting Vote in Rajya Sabha Poll(10.06.2022)
Bombay High Court has refused immediate relief to Nawab Malik to cast his vote in the Rajya Sabha elections today with liberty to approach the appropr.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Rajya Sabha, Election
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Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Connectivity and General Network Access to the inter-State Transmission System) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2024 to be effective from 15.07.2024(12.07.2024)
Whereas, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Connectivity and General Network Access to the inter-State Transmission System) (Second Amendm.....
Tags : CERC, Second Amendment Regulations
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Jharkhand HC: Can’t Detain a Person on Ground of Holding Fair Elections(24.12.2024)
Jharkhand High Court while allowing a petition challenging an order of preventive detention, has observed that no person can be detained on the ground.....
Tags : Jharkhand High Court, Fair Elections, Preventive Detention
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Calcutta HC: Electricity Distribution Company Can Install Electric Poll on Private Land(28.04.2022)
Calcutta High Court has observed that West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited has the right to install electric polls on private la.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited, electric connection
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Kerala HC: Anticipatory Bail Application Can Only be Filed Before Special Court & Not High Court(05.09.2022)
Kerala High Court has held that in cases of alleged offences under the SC/ST Act, an application for anticipatory bail can be filed only before Specia.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Bail, Special Court
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SC: Section 197 of CrPC Does Not Envisage Concept of Deemed Sanction(27.02.2025)
Supreme Court while quashing a case against a public servant due to lack of prior sanction, has observed that Section 197 of CrPC does not envisage a .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Deemed Sanction, Section 197
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SC Discharges Persons Accused of Not Providing Safety Equipment to their Employees(11.03.2025)
Supreme Court has discharged persons accused of not providing safety equipment to their employees while working on a signboard by using an iron ladder.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Safety Equipment, Electrocution
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Execution of Power of Attorney (PoA) by the Client in favour of the Stock Broker / Stock Broker and Depository Participant(27.08.2020)
1. SEBI, vide circular no. CIR/MRD/DMS/13/2010 dated April 23, 2010, issued Guidelines for execution of Power of Attorney (PoA) by the client favourin.....
Tags : Execution, PoA, Stock Broker
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Delhi HC Disposes of Plea Seeking Directions to Reopen Spa Centres Amid Covid-19 Pandemic(27.07.2021)
Delhi High Court has disposed of pleas seeking directions on the Delhi Government to reopen spa centres which were closed amid Covid-19 pandemic, afte.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Directions to Reopen Spa Centres
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SC Extends Interim Protection from Arrest for BJP MLA Jayakumar Gore in Forgery Case(24.06.2022)
Supreme Court has extended the interim protection from the arrest of BJP MLA Jayakumar Gore who has been accused of allegedly forging documents in the.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Interim Protection, Forgery
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SC: Asking Woman to Not Live if She Can’t Live Without Marrying Her Lover Isn’t Abetment to Suicide(22.01.2025)
SC has observed that a remark such as asking the deceased to not be alive if she cannot live without marrying her lover will not gain status of abetme.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Abetment to Suicide, Section 306
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All. HC: Can’t Disrupt Valid Elec. Connection While Replacing Overhead Wires With Underground Cables(04.06.2024)
Allahabad High Court has observed that for undertaking the process of replacing overhead wires with underground cables, valid electricity connections .....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Underground Cables, Electricity Connections
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Supreme Court Defers Hearing of Election Petition against Sonia Gandhi(27.10.2016)
Supreme Court has deferred hearing of a plea challenging Sonia Gandhi's Election from Rae Bareli Lok Sabha Constituency in 2014 on the issue of her ci.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Sonia Gandhi, Election, Rae Bareli
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Mumbai Coastal Road Project: Apex Court Declines to Stay Bombay HC’s Decision Quashing CRZ Clearance(29.07.2019)
Apex Court has issued notice to Maharashtra Government on plea of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) seeking stay on the Bombay High Court's.....
Tags : Apex Court, Mumbai Coastal Road Project
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Central Government Notifies Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020(24.07.2020)
Central Government has notified Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020 to prevent unfair trade practices in e-commerce, direct selling and also .....
Tags : Central Government, Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020
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P&H HC Directs to Issue Appropriate Directions to Judicial Officers on Manner of Reflecting Facts(12.07.2021)
Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Director, Chandigarh Judicial Academy to issue appropriate directions to the judicial officers on the man.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Directions to Judicial Officers on Manner of Reflecting Facts
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SC Dismissed Plea Challenging 2019 Lok Sabha Election of DMK MP Kanimozhi(04.05.2023)
Supreme Court has dismissed the election petition filed challenging the election of DMK MP Kanimozhi in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls over incorrect inform.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Election Petition, Lok Sabha Election
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SC: DRAT Cannot Entertain Appeal u/s 18 SARFAESI Act Without Insisting on Pre- Deposit(03.03.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal cannot entertain an appeal under Section 18 of the Securitisation and Reconstruct.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Appeal before Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal
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SC Issues Notice on Subramanian Swamy's Plea Challenging Provisions of Places of Worship Act(26.03.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy challenging the Constitutional validity of the P.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991
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Karnataka High Court: Section 63 of Copyright Act is Cognizable Offence(02.02.2022)
Karnataka High Court has held that Section 63 of the Copyright Act, 1957 which prescribes a punishment of minimum 6 months that may extend to 3 years .....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Section 63 of Copyright Act
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SC: Reconsideration Required of the Judgement That Brought Doctors Under Consumer Protection Act(15.05.2024)
Supreme Court while deciding whether advocates can be held liable under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, has observed that the judgement that brough.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Consumer Protection Act, Reconsideration, Doctors
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Supreme Court Upholds Order Against Demolition of DLF’s Housing Project in Kochi(11.01.2018)
Supreme Court has upheld an order of the Kerala High Court allowing real estate developer DLF Ltd to regularize its housing project built along the ba.....
Tags : Supreme Court, DLF’s Housing Project
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Supreme Court Mulls Setting Up Expert Panel to Study Effect of Mining Near Eco-Sensitive Zones(05.11.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that it was thinking of setting up an expert committee to assess the effect of mining in the coal blocks near eco-sensitive.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Expert Panel to Study Effect of Mining Near Eco-Sensitive Zones
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SC: Demand of Ransom Coupled with the Threat to Life Necessary for Conviction Under Section 364A IPC(04.01.2024)
Supreme Court has held that for conviction under Section 364A of IPC, the prosecution must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, before the Court not only.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Conviction, Section 364A, Kidnapping
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Bom. HC: Candidates Converting to EWS After Striking Down of SEBC Act Ineligible For Age Relaxation(21.02.2024)
Bom. HC held that Maratha Judicial Services candidates initially applying under Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act, 2018 (SEBC) & convert.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Maratha Judicial Services, Economically Weaker Section, Age Relaxation
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SC: PMLA Prosecution Can’t Continue if Accused is Discharged from Scheduled Offence(07.11.2022)
Supreme Court has held that prosecution under the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act (PMLA) cannot continue if the accused is discharged from the sche.....
Tags : Supreme Court, PMLA, Prosecution
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Delhi HC: Unfilled EWS or DG Vacancies Carried Forward in Subsequent Year Doesn’t Violate RTE Act(30.01.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that that carrying forward of unfilled Economically Weaker Section (EWS) or Disadvantaged Groups (DG) vacancies by a school .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Economically Weaker Section, Disadvantaged Groups, Right to Education
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Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Bill, 2024 Gets Cleared by Parliament(09.02.2024)
Parliament on 08.02.2024 passed the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Bill, 2024 which amends that Water (Prevention and Control o.....
Tags : Water Pollution, Parliament, Decriminalizing, Penalties
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J&K&L HC: Enlarging Waitlist Does Not Confer Any Right on Candidates Unless Govt Approves(12.12.2022)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that mere recommendation by Selection Committee for enlarging waitlist, without there being a decisio.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Selection Committee, Waitlist
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SC: Restrictions Not Found in Article 19(2) Can’t be Imposed on Right to Free Speech(03.01.2023)
Supreme Court Constitution Bench while observing that the grounds mentioned in Article 19(2) are exhaustive, has by 4:1 majority held that additional .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Constitution Bench, Free Speech
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Electoral Bonds Data Uploaded on Election Commission of India’s Website(15.03.2024)
The Election Commission of India has uploaded on its website data related to electoral bonds that was supplied by the State Bank of India.
Tags : Election Commission of India, Electoral Bonds, State Bank of India
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Bombay High Court Sets Aside Arbitral Award Which Favoured BCCI in IPL Telecast Rights Dispute(21.03.2022)
Bombay High Court has set aside the award in favour of the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India. The court passed the order on a challenge to .....
Tags : Bombay High Court, IPL Telecast Rights Dispute
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2024 Elections: Supreme Court Directs Minimum 1/3rd Women's Reservation in Bar Association Posts(03.05.2024)
Supreme Court has directed implementation of a minimum 1/3rd women's reservation in the posts of the Supreme Court Bar Association from 2024 elections.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Bar Association, 2024 Elections
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Bombay High Court: Consider ‘Noise Mapping’ Technology(16.08.2016)
Bombay HC has directed State to consider a technology called ‘noise mapping’ which could act as strategic tool to know the silent, residential and hig.....
Tags : Bombay HC , Noise Mapping Technology
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Bombay High Court Questions Non-Working of Mumbai Debt Recovery Tribunal(24.07.2018)
Bombay High Court has questioned the shutdown of Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) following a fire in the said building premises over a month ago and expr.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Debt Recovery Tribunal
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Madras HC: Electropathy/ Electro Homeopathy System of Medicine Cannot be Allowed to Propel(13.03.2020)
Madras High Court has dismissed a Petition upholding that Electropathy/Electro Homeopathy system of medicine cannot be allowed to propel, as the same .....
Tags : Madras High Court, Electropathy, Electro Homeopathy
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Gujarat HC Orders State to Furnish Details on Women Protection Homes(09.10.2020)
Gujarat High Court has ordered the state authorities to furnish details regarding the functioning of the Women Protection Homes and the total amount o.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Women Protection Homes
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SC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Mechanism for Price Payment of Sugarcane Produce to Cane Farmers(05.08.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice in a plea filed seeking directions for setting up of a strict mechanism for payment of price of sugarcane produce to c.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Mechanism for Price Payment of Sugarcane Produce
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Kar HC: Can’t Quash Wife’s Complaint U/S 498A Merely Because Filed After Husband Demand’s Divorce(06.06.2023)
Karnataka High Court has observed that there can’t be a declaration of law that once the divorce notice is sent by the husband, the complaint register.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Complaint, Section 498A, Divorce
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CESTAT, Hyderabad: Exported Goods Cannot Be Confiscated Under Section 113 of Customs Act(26.04.2022)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Hyderabad has ruled that Section 113 of the Customs Act, 1962 only provides for confiscation of go.....
Tags : Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Section 113 of the Customs Act, 1962, confiscation of goods
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ITAT, Mumbai: No TDS on Payments to Foreign Insurers, Rules(29.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has observed that any payment prepared by the assessee company to such foreign insurers would not be chargeable .....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Section 195(1), Income Tax Act, 1961, foreign insurers
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Meg. HC: 16 Year Old Person is Capable of Making Conscious Decision Regarding Sexual Intercourse(23.06.2023)
Meghalaya High Court has observed that looking into the physical and mental development of an children of age around 16 years, it is logical that such.....
Tags : Meghalaya High Court, Sexual Intercourse, Decision, 16 Years Old
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Del. HC: IT Addition Eligible for Deduction u/s 80-IC of IT Act if Made Towards Unsub. Share Capital(04.04.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that Income Tax Addition are eligible for deduction under Section 80-IC of the Income Tax Act, 1961 if they are made towards.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Section 80-IC of IT Act, Income Tax Addition, Unsubstantiated Share Capital
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CBIC Reduces Compliances for Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Customs Duty(04.03.2022)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has notified the reduction in compliances and end-to-end automation of procedure relating to import.....
Tags : Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Reduction of Compliances, Import of Goods at Concessional Rate
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SC: Improper to Move HC Under Art. 226/227 for Release of Vehicle When Remedy Available u/s 451 CrPC(10.04.2024)
SC held that when Section 451 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 empowers criminal court to pass order for custody and disposal of property pending i.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 451 CrPC, Article 226 COI, Article 227 COI
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Supreme Court Refuses to Stay Election Commissioners' Act(26.03.2024)
Supreme Court while deciding the batch of pleas has refused to stay the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023, which .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India, Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023
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SC Warns to Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against IIT Bombay for Backing Out of Smog Tower Project(30.07.2020)
Supreme Court has warned to initiate contempt proceedings upon learning that the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay) had backed out fr.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Smog Tower Project
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Allahabad HC: Proceedings U/S 145 CrPC Has to be Discontinued if Suit for Possession is Pending(04.05.2022)
Allahabad High Court has observed that where a civil suit for possession or declaration of the title with regard to the same property is pending, the .....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Section 145, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Possession
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RBI Relaxes Rules for ECBs(01.07.2016)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said eased rules for External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs) and said that Indian companies will need to submit for appr.....
Tags : Reserve Bank of India, ECBs
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Only because signature of one of parties is missing in a document, it cannot be concluded that such person did not join in execution of instrument(10.04.2018)
The question arises in present appeal is, as to whether a registered sale deed which does not bear signature of the vendor at the place where his name.....
Tags : Sale Deed, Execution, Validity
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Madras HC Refuses to Interfere with Anna University's Decision to Collect Exam Fees(02.12.2020)
Madras High Court has refused to interfere with the decision of Anna University to collect examination fees from the students, even though the examina.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Collect Exam Fees
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SC to Centre: Either Share The Draft of Trafficking Bill or We'll Call Cabinet Secretary to Court(05.09.2022)
Supreme Court while taking exception to Centre’s disinclination in not sharing the draft of the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Care and Rehabilit.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Trafficking Bill, Cabinet Secretary
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SC Asks Union to Inform about Implementing 2020 Code on Rights of Gig Workers(24.02.2025)
SC has directed the Union to inform about the timeline in which the rules/scheme relevant to give effect to provisions of Chapter IX of the Code on So.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Gig Workers, Social Security
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SC: Considering Section 319 CrPC Application After Trial Based On HC's Revision Order Not Illegal(10.03.2025)
SC has observed that if HC passes an order in exercise of its revisional jurisdiction by either setting aside or modifying the order of Trial Court fo.....
Tags : Supreme Court, High Court, Section 319
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SC: Can Allow Examination of Additional Witness as Prosecution Witness(29.04.2025)
SC has observed that if Court finds that a person should have been examined as a prosecution witness and he/she was omitted from the list of witnesses.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Additional Witness, Prosecution Witness
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SC: Cruelty u/s 498A of IPC Can’t be Established Without Specific Instances(15.05.2025)
SC has stated that the term cruelty u/s 498A of IPC is subject to rather cruel misuse by parties, and can’t be established without specific instances......
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 498A, Complainant
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Madras HC Sets Aside Order Removing Leader of Opposition’s PA(24.11.2016)
Madras High Court has set aside an order of Assembly Secretary removing a Deputy Secretary-level officer who was appointed as Special Personal Assista.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Assembly Secretary, Personal Assistant, Leader of Opposition
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Apex Court: Protection from Criminal Prosecution not Available to PSU Employees(20.08.2019)
Apex Court has ruled that protection from criminal prosecution is not available to those public servants who work in government companies or undertaki.....
Tags : Apex Court, Criminal Prosecution
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Karnataka HC Directs Gulbarga Electricity Company to Reconsider Decision on Recovery of Dues(13.07.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company Limited to reconsider its decision to recover unpaid electricity dues of the.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Recovery of Electricity Dues
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ITAT, Pune: Revisional Jurisdiction Cannot be Invoked Sans Illegality in Original Re-Assessment(16.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Pune while quashing a revisional jurisdiction under Section 263 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, has ruled that the .....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Pune, revisional jurisdiction, Section 263, Income Tax Act, 1961
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INTERIM BUDGET – 2024(01.02.2024)
• Tax Rates to be retained for direct and indirect taxes including import duties
• Exemption granted to some IFSC units, that was expiring on March 3.....
Tags : Tax Rates, IFSC Units, Direct Tax Demands
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Delhi HC Seeks Status Report on Special Task Force on Women’s Safety from Lieutenant Governor(22.12.2016)
Delhi High Court has asked Office of Lieutenant Governor to apprise it whether any special task force (STF) on women's safety was in place in National.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Lieutenant Governor, special task force, women's safety
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Worshipper can't Maintain Suit for Recovery of Possession of Temple Property: Kerala HC(07.01.2019)
Kerala High Court has allowed a second appeal on principle that a worshipper cannot maintain a suit for recover of possession of property dedicated to.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Recovery of Possession of Temple Property
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Karnataka HC Pulls Up SEBI for Acting Promptly in Franklin Templeton Case(26.10.2020)
Karnataka High Court has pulled up the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for failing to act promptly to sustain the confidence of the inve.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Securities and Exchange Board of India, Franklin Templeton Case
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Kerala HC: Tahsildar to Recategorise & Reassess Tax, Once Paddy Land is Converted as per Statute(21.07.2022)
Kerala High Court has held that once paddy land is converted in due compliance with statutory mandates, the Tahsildar has to reassess the tax and make.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Tahsildar, Revenue Records
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SC Lays Down Factor to be Considered While Relying on Dying Declarations(25.08.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that it is unsafe to record the conviction on the basis of a dying declaration alone in the cases where suspicion is rai.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Dying Declarations, Factor
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Delhi HC: Urgent Interim Relief in IPR Cases Important to Protect Interest of Parties & Consumers(01.09.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that urgent interim relief including at ex-parte and ad-interim stage is extremely important in intellectual property rights.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Interim Relief, Intellectual Property Rights
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Del. HC: Can’t Apply Section 173(8) CrPC to Additional Doc. Already Part of Record in Incomplete Form(21.02.2025)
Delhi High Court has observed that introducing a document which was already a part of the record in an incomplete form without introducing new facts o.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Section 173(8), Fresh Evidence
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Delhi HC: Impermissible to Award Less Than Minimum Prescribed Sentence Under Wildlife Protection Act(06.03.2025)
Delhi High Court has stated that it is impermissible to award less than minimum prescribed sentence under Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 as granting a .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Minimum Prescribed Sentence, Wildlife Protection Act
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Ker. HC: Can Register Marriage Under Foreign Marriage Act Only if One of the Parties is an Indian Cit(03.02.2025)
Ker. HC has observed that on comparison of the provisions of Special Marriage Act and Foreign Marriage Act, it is apparent that a marriage between par.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Special Marriage Act, Foreign Marriage Act
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NCLAT: Can’t Categorize Security Deposit Without Intention of Commercial Effect of Borrowing, as FD(18.02.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that the security amount deposited under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) without any intention of commercial effect.....
Tags : NCLAT New Delhi, Memorandum of Understanding, Commercial Effect
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SC: Healthcare Services Covered Under Consumer Protection law(02.05.2022)
Supreme Court has said that doctors and healthcare services are not barred from the ambit of the Consumer Protection Act of 2019 and termed the concer.....
Tags : Supreme Court , healthcare services , Consumer Protection Act of 2019 , Public Interest Litigation
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Kar. HC: Daughter-In-Law Not Part of ‘Family’ Defined to Include Specific Relatives of Employee(12.09.2024)
Karnataka High Court has stated that the lawmaker as a matter of policy has framed definition of 'family' to include specific relatives of the employe.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Daughter-In-Law, Specific Relatives
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NCDRC: Pecuniary Jurisdiction to be Determined by Value Of Goods/ Services 'Paid'(07.09.2020)
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has held that for determining the pecuniary jurisdiction of Consumer fora, the value of the go.....
Tags : National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Pecuniary Jurisdiction
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Allahabad HC: Misuse of Section 498A of IPC Affecting Institution of Marriage(15.06.2022)
Allahabad High Court has held that misuse of Section 498A of Indian Penal Code (IPC) is impacting the traditional institution of marriage and live-in .....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Section 498A, Live-in Relationship
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Ker HC: Party Can’t Take Defence of Defective Title Once it Enters into Agreement to Convey Property(04.08.2023)
Kerala High Court has observed that once a party enters into an agreement to convey the property, it is not open for them to defend the claim for spec.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Specific Performance, Title, Defence
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SC Directs Compliance of High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) Order, 2018 in NCR(29.01.2025)
SC while directing compliance of High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) Order, 2018 in NCR, has stated that duplicate registration certificate, canc.....
Tags : Supreme Court, HSRP, Duplicate Registration, Cancellation of Hypothecation
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SC Issues Notice on UP Judicial Officers' Plea Against Non-recommendation of Names by SC Collegium(17.09.2020)
Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition challenging non-inclusion of certain Judicial Officers from the State of Uttar Pradesh, in the SC Colleg.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Non-recommendation of Names by SC Collegium
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SC Stays Tripura HC Order Calling for MHA Files on Security Cover to Ambani Family(29.06.2022)
Supreme Court has stayed the orders passed by the Tripura High Court seeking the production of files of the Ministry of Home Affairs relating to the s.....
Tags : Supreme Court, MHA Files, Security, Mukesh Ambani
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Supreme Court: Week Long Special Lok Adalat Commences(30.07.2024)
A Special Lok Adalat has commenced in Supreme Court from 29th of July to the 3rd of August 2024, with the aim of facilitating amicable settlements of .....
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Supreme Court: Elected Government in Delhi Must Have Some Power to Function Properly(15.12.2016)
Supreme Court, while hearing contentions of Centre and AAP Government, has observed that Delhi is no doubt a Union territory, but Elected Government m.....
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Supreme Court Gives Green Signal to 24x7 Witness Protection Scheme(06.12.2018)
Supreme Court has directed state governments to provide round-the-clock police protection to witnesses who face threats for deposing against those acc.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Witness Protection Scheme
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Kerala HC: States Can Provide In-Service Quota in PG-Super Speciality Medical Courses(12.10.2020)
Kerala High Court has directed that the 40 % in-service quota under the Kerala Medical Officers Postgraduate and Service Quota Act, 2008 should be giv.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, PG-Super Speciality Medical Courses
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President Gives Assent to Bill on Fugitive Economic Offenders(06.08.2018)
President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to a Bill that will deter fugitive economic offenders from evading the legal process in India and fleei.....
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Central Government hereby specifies the sovereign wealth fund, namely, the CDC Group Plc as the specified person for the purposes of clause (23FE) of Section 10 of the Income-Tax Act, 1961(13.05.2021)
1. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (vi) of clause (b) of the Explanation 1 to clause (23FE) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 196.....
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Orissa HC: Right of Accused to Recall Witnesses u/s 311 CrPC Cannot be Denied(07.03.2022)
Orissa High Court has ruled that the right of an accused to recall witnesses under Section 311 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 cannot be denie.....
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Del HC: Abetm. of Suicide’s Trial Can’t Solely be Based on Mention of Person's Name in Suicide Note(11.04.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that mere mention of the name of certain individuals in the suicide note, stating therein that they are responsible for his .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Suicide Note, Abetment of Suicide, Section 306 of IPC
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For specific performance of contract, Plaintiff is required to prove readiness and willingness to perform his part of obligations under contract(06.07.2017)
Present First Appeal is against judgment and decree passed by Civil Judge. By impugned judgment, Plaintiff's suit for specific performance of contract.....
Tags : Agreement, Specific Performance, Refusal, Validity
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SEBI Relaxes Rule for Minimum 25% Public Stake in Listed Companies(15.05.2020)
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has eased the 25% minimum public shareholding norm for listed companies in the wake of the Covid-19 outb.....
Tags : Securities and Exchange Board of India, Public Stake in Listed Companies
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Del. HC: Notices/Circulars Issued by DoE Should Not Be Restricted to English Language Alone(04.09.2024)
Delhi High Court has stated that it is necessary that the notices/circulars issued by the Directorate of Education should not be restricted to the Eng.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Directorate of Education, English Language
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Supreme Court: Constitutional Validity of Section 6A of Citizenship Act, 1955 Upheld(17.10.2024)
Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of Citizenship Act, 1955 that grants citizenship to immigrants who entered India be.....
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HP High Court Nullifies Law Permitting State to Appoint MLAs as Parliamentary Secretaries(14.11.2024)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has nullified the Himachal Pradesh Parliamentary Secretaries (Appointment, Salaries, Allowances, Powers, Privileges and Am.....
Tags : HP High Court, MLAs, Parliamentary Secretaries
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SC Accepts SBI CAP Funding for 6 Amrapali Projects(04.09.2020)
Supreme Court has accepted the funding arrangements proposed by State Bank of India Capital with regard to 6 unfinished Amrapali projects.
Tags : Supreme Court, Amrapali Projects
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Delhi HC Dismissed Plea Seeking FIR Against Anurag Thakur & Parvesh Verma for Hate Speeches(14.06.2022)
Delhi High Court has dismissed petition filed by CPM leader Brinda Karat and politician KM Tiwari against a trial court order rejecting their plea for.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Hate Speeches, FIR
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Del. HC to State: Conduct Survey of all Pending Applications for Ration Cards(31.07.2023)
Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Government to conduct a survey of all pending applications for ration cards to see as to whether they would be ent.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Ration Cards, Survey, Food Security Act
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SC: Preparation of Final Select List Signals Conclusion of the Appointment Process(07.10.2024)
Supreme Court has stated that the preparation of the final select list signals the conclusion of the appointment process and scrapping the entire proc.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Final Select List, Fresh Appointment
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SC: Maintainability of Second Complaint Would Depend on How the Earlier Complaint Was Rejected(06.11.2024)
Supreme Court has held that the maintainability or otherwise of the second complaint would depend upon how the earlier complaint happened to be reject.....
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NCLAT: Can Set Aside Fraudulent Initiation of CIRP while hearing appeal u/s 61 of IBC(02.12.2024)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that while hearing an appeal under Section 61 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, NCLAT can set aside fraudule.....
Tags : NCLAT New Delhi, CIRP, Section 61
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SC: Sexual Intercourse on Dead Body Doesn’t Attract Sections 375 or 377 of the Indian Penal Code(05.02.2025)
SC while refusing to interfere with acquittal order of accused who had sexual intercourse with dead body of the accused, has stated that provisions of.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Sections 375, Indian Penal Code
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Supreme Court: Plaint to be Rejected Where None of Reliefs Can be Granted Under Law(22.09.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that a court has to reject a plaint if it finds that none of the reliefs sought in it can be granted to the plaintiff under.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Rejection of Plaint
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SC: Young Couples Can't be Made to Wait 3-4 Years to Adopt(29.08.2022)
Supreme Court has held that asking young couples to wait three to four years to adopt a child is not correct and that the adoption process in India ne.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Adoption, Reconsideration
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Supreme Court: Plaint Can't Be Rejected If Limitation Is A Mixed Question Of Law & Fact(20.09.2021)
Supreme Court has held that a plaint cannot be rejected under Order VII Rule 11(d) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 if the issue of limitation is .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Rejection of Plaint
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J&K&L HC: PF & Pecuniary Benefits Received By Legal Heirs of Deceased Have No Co-Relation With MAC(23.08.2022)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that Provident Fund (PF), and other pecuniary advantages receivable by heirs on account of one's deat.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Motor Accident Claim, Pecuniary Advantages
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SC: No Need for Written Agreement to Arbitrate Between Parties to Attract S. 11 of SARFAESI Act(26.05.2025)
SC has held that Section 11 of the SARFAESI Act, 2002 provides for a statutory arbitration for any dispute mentioned therein between any of the partie.....
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Bombay HC: Candidate Disclosing Information about Second Spouse No Ground to Unseat Him(25.06.2025)
Bombay High Court has stated that if a candidate’s religion allows polygamy and such candidate discloses details of second spouse in Form 26 Affidavit.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Form 26 Affidavit, Second Spouse
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SAT Sets Aside SEBI Order of Imposing Penalty on Reliance Petroinvest(09.12.2015)
Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has set aside an order by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) against Reliance Petroinvestments in a ca.....
Tags : Securities Appellate Tribunal, Securities and Exchange Board of India, Reliance Petroinvestments
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Supreme Court: Ex-Parte Decree On Being Set Aside Becomes Non-Est(12.09.2017)
Supreme Court has said that ex-parte decree, once set aside, will cease to exist and cannot be regarded as decree of the court of first instance.
Tags : Supreme Court, ex-parte decree
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SC Asks “Which Rule Permits the AoR to Authorise Another Advocate to Argue?”(07.02.2025)
SC while hearing a matter asked an Advocate-on-Record (AoR) that which rule permits the AoR to authorise another advocate to argue. The Court further .....
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Delhi HC: Can’t Reject Plaint Due to Arbitration Clause Unless Application u/s 8 is Filed(30.06.2025)
Delhi High Court has held that Courts cannot reject plaint under Order VII Rule 11(d) of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 due to existence of an arbitra.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Arbitration Clause, Section 8
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Allahabad HC: Unnatural Sexual Intercourse by Man With His Wife, Without Consent is Punishable(07.05.2025)
Allahabad High Court has held that unnatural sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife without her consent, even if she is above 18 years, would b.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Unnatural Intercourse, Section 377
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SC Grants 3 Months Interim Bail to Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi in Dharma Sansad Case(18.05.2022)
Supreme Court has granted three months interim bail to Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi with regard to the Haridwar Dharma Sansad case linking alleged inf.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi, speeches, Muslims
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SC: Court Must Consider Cross-Objections in Full Before Adjudicating on the Same(05.07.2023)
Supreme Court has observed that while cross objections are filed within an already existing appeal, however, as per Order 41 Rule 22 of CPC, cross obj.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Cross-Objections, Appeal, Adjudication
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Delhi HC Quashes Order Rejecting Plea Seeking Statement of VK Jain in Chief Secretary Assault Case(21.10.2020)
Delhi High Court has set aside the Order of the Trial Court wherein the Court did not allow Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Minister Manish S.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Chief Secretary Assault Case
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Madras HC Directs TNSTC to Pay Compensation Amount Via Electronic Fund Transfer(26.12.2016)
Madras High Court has devised a new methodology to ensure that Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) does not delay payment of compensation i.....
Tags : Madras HC, TNSTC, compensation, electronic fund transfer
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SEBI Imposes Rs. 22 Crore fine on Aurobindo Pharma for Insider Trading(24.09.2019)
Securities and Exchange Board of India has imposed a fine of Rs. 22.7 crore on Aurobindo Pharma Ltd., its promoters and related entities for insider t.....
Tags : Securities and Exchange Board of India, Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.,SEBI
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CBDT Notifies Exception to Faceless Assessment Scheme(07.09.2021)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified that Assessment Orders to be passed by National Faceless Assessment Centre (NaFAC) under section 144.....
Tags : Central Board of Direct Taxes, Faceless Assessment Scheme
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Delhi HC: Explanation to Section 14A of Income Tax Act Will Not Apply Retrospectively(25.07.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that the Explanation to Section 14A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, added vide the Finance Act, 2022, cannot be presumed to be .....
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TRAI releases recommendations on "License Fee and Policy Matters of DTH Services"(21.08.2023)
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today issued the recommendations on "License Fee and Policy Matters of DTH Services".
The Mi.....
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NCLT: Can’t Call Speculative Investment a 'Financial Debt' in Absence of Commercial Effect of Borrowi(07.04.2025)
NCLT New Delhi bench while dismissing an application under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 has held that a speculative inv.....
Tags : NCLT New Delhi, Financial Debt, Commercial Effect
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Ker. HC: Can’t Allow PSU Employees to Continue in Service Unless Decision taken on Retirement Age(11.02.2025)
Kerala High Court has observed that Public Sector Undertakings (PSU’s) employees cannot be allowed to continue in their service irrespective of their .....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Public Sector Undertakings, Retirement Age
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Del HC: Stay on Delhi Govt’s Circular Asking Private Unaided Schools to Get Sanction Before Fee Hike(02.05.2024)
Delhi High Court has stayed the circular issued by the Delhi Government making it mandatory for private unaided schools to get prior sanction from the.....
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Hyderabad High Court Stays Telecom Call Data Case(10.08.2015)
Hyderabad High Court stayed all further proceedings relating to orders passed by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Vijayawada, AP State who directe.....
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Financial Crisis is a ‘Reasonable Cause’ for Delayed Deposit of TDS: ITAT(19.07.2018)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) held that financial crisis can be a reasonable cause for not depositing the TDS amount with the Government accoun.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Section 273B of IT Act
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NCLAT Rejects Government Plea to Remove Board of 63 Moons Technologies(13.03.2020)
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has set aside the Government’s plea to supersede the board of 63 Moons Technologies. The Tribunal further uphe.....
Tags : National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, 63 Moon Technologies
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#Economic Survey 2021-2022: Railways to Emerge as Engine of National Growth(31.01.2022)
The Indian railway sector in the next 10 years will see a very high level of capital expenditure leading to it eventually becoming the engine of natio.....
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#Economic Survey 2021-2022: Impact of Pandemic on Capital Markets(31.01.2022)
India’s capital markets has done exceptionally well and has allowed record mobilization of risk capital for Indian companies.
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Delhi HC to State: Undertake Recruitment Drives to Fill PwD Vacancies(07.03.2023)
Delhi High Court has directed Chief Secretary of the Delhi Government to undertake special recruitment drive for filling up backlog of vacancies for p.....
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Bombay HC: Explore Technology to Detect Foreign Objects on Rail Tracks(20.03.2017)
Bombay High Court has suggested Railways and Maharashtra Government to explore if there is any technology to detect presence of foreign objects on rai.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Foreign Objects, Rail Tracks
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CIVIL - Why Check Dams are Not Constructed to Preserve Water: Madras HC(22.02.2019)
Madras High Court has posed a series of questions to government regarding check dams in state and observed that successive governments in Tamil Nadu h.....
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Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi: 10% Presumptive Tax on Hiring of Security Guards(19.10.2021)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Delhi has ruled that 10% Presumptive Tax shall be applicable on business of hiring security guards for customers.....
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Del. HC: Provisions of Motor Vehicles Act Applicable for Electric Vehicles(15.09.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that all the provisions under the Motor Vehicle (MV) Act and the Central Motor Vehicle Rules pertaining to requirement of re.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Electric Vehicles, Motor Vehicles Act
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NCLAT: When CD Doesn’t Unequivocally Admit Debt, Application u/s 9 Must Not be Entertained(28.02.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that when the debt is not unequivocally admitted by the Corporate Debtor (CD), application under Section 9 of the Insol.....
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All. HC: Bail Granted to Assessee Since Proceedings u/s 70 and 74 of GST Act Pending for Too Long(04.03.2024)
Allahabad High Court while granting bail to an assessee who had availed excess input tax credit, has stated that since the proceedings under Section 7.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Bail, Section 70 of GST Act, Section 74 of GST Act
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SC: Provide Highest Z+ Security to Ambani & Family Throughout Indian and Abroad(01.03.2023)
Supreme Court has directed Maharashtra Government and Ministry of Home Affairs to ensure Highest Z+ Security Cover provided to Mukesh Ambani and his f.....
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SC: Can’t Include Time Spent in Contesting Bonafide Litigation at Wrong Forum, While Computing Limi.(04.04.2024)
SC has held that Section 14 of Limitation Act, 1963 makes it clear that an applicant who has prosecuted another civil proceeding with due diligence, b.....
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Jharkhand HC Directs State Govt. to Ensure Basic Necessities for Transgenders(20.04.2020)
Jharkhand High Court has directed the State Government to ensure that the basic necessities such as food and shelter are provided to transgender peopl.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Age Criteria for Appointment of DMRC Managing Director(03.03.2022)
Delhi High Court has issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation filed by Advocate Aswhini Kumar Upadhyay, challenging the age criteria for appointm.....
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Delhi High Court: Political Parties Can be Covered Under the Ambit of PMLA(10.04.2024)
Delhi High Court after analyzing Section 70 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002(PMLA) and Section 2(f) and 29A of the Representation of Pe.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Section 70 PMLA, Section 2(f) of RP Act, Section 29A of RP Act
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CCI Permits Avago's Acquisition of Broadcom(04.01.2016)
Competition Commission of India (CCI) has given its nod to $37 billion acquisition of Broadcom Corporation by chipmaker Avago Technologies Ltd.
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Supreme Court Gives Liberty to Election Commission to Fight Paid News(31.10.2018)
Supreme Court has stayed a Delhi High Court order that questioned EC’s remit over content of speech and paid news.
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SC: Circumstances Not Put to Accused Under Section 313 CrPC Cannot be Used Against Him(29.09.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that the circumstances not put to an accused under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 cannot be used again.....
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CCPA: Hotels/Restaurants Can't Add Service Charge Automatically or by Default in Bill(05.07.2022)
Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued an order barring Hotels and restaurants from levying service charges automatically or by defau.....
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SC Extends Term of ED Director SK Mishra's Till September 15(28.07.2023)
Supreme Court has extended the term of the Director of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) SK Mishra till September 15 and added that no further appli.....
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SC: Students File PIL against BCI Directions Mandating Cri. Background Check, Simultaneous Degree(13.01.2025)
Supreme Court has issued notice in public interest litigations filed by law students against the circulars issued by Bar Council of India that mandate.....
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Delhi HC: Nominative Fair Use Permissible If it Does Not Depict Sponsorship by Trademark(26.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has ruled that the nominative fair use is permitted in so far as the use is such that it does not illustrate sponsorship by the trade.....
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All. HC: Application u/s 34 Can’t be Dismissed for Non-Filing of Certified Copy if Explanation Given(03.10.2024)
All. HC has observed that in an application under Section 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, signed copy of award given by arbitrator must .....
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Delhi HC: Directors Responsible for Conduct of Business Can't be Liable If No Offence Is Attributed(10.05.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that if no offence is attributed to the company, it is but the natural corollary, that its Directors and other persons r.....
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Calcutta HC to IG CSF: Submit Report on Alleged Poll Violence(11.07.2023)
Calcutta High Court has directed Inspector-General (IG) of the Central security forces (CSF) to submit report pertaining to the alleged violence durin.....
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SC: Appeal Against Retrospective Application of Electricity Act, 2003, Allowed(04.11.2024)
Supreme Court has allowed an appeal against the judgment of the MP High Court concerning the retrospective application of Electricity Act, 2003 and ha.....
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NCLAT: In Absence of Debt & Default, Application Under Section 7 of IBC Can’t be Admitted(29.11.2024)
NCLAT Delhi bench has held that in absence of any debt and consequent default on the part of the corporate debtor, application under section 7 of the .....
Tags : NCLAT Delhi, Debt & Default, Section 7
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SC Orders Unitech to Pay Interim Compensation of Rs 5 Crore to Noida Flat Buyers by Aug 12(01.07.2016)
SC has ordered Unitech to compensate the buyers in its Burgundy Society in Noida by August 12. The court has asked Unitech to pay interim compensation.....
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Gauhati HC: Protection to Judges While Discharging Judicial Functions is Absolute(21.09.2020)
Gauhati High Court has stated that the protection available under the Judges (Protection) Act, 1985 is absolute and is available not only to a sitting.....
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SC: HCs Can Issue Additional Directions Under Article 226/227 While Considering Bail Pleas(16.05.2023)
Supreme Court has held that High Courts can issue directions by virtue of powers under Article 226/227 while considering bail pleas and observed that .....
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SC: Directors Can’t be Vicariously Liable for Offence of Company Unless their Involvement Shown(03.08.2024)
Supreme Court has held that directors of a company cannot be made vicariously liable for offence committed by the company under the National Housing B.....
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Orissa HC: Remand Date to be Excluded From Calculation of Statutory Period for Granting Default Bail(26.04.2022)
Orissa High Court has reiterated that while calculating the statutory period for granting default bail under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Pr.....
Tags : Orissa High Court, statutory period, default bail, Section 167(2), Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, res integra
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Rajasthan HC: Engagement of Child Not Offence U/S 11 Of Child Marriage Act(29.04.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has observed that Section 11 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 makes it abundantly clear that organizing marriage is.....
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CESTAT, Mumbai Allows Refund of CENVAT Credits on Service Tax Paid on Import of Services(11.05.2022)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has allowed the refund of CENVAT credits against payment of Service Tax paid during the Goo.....
Tags : Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, CENVAT credits, Service Tax, Goods and Service Tax, Reverse Charge Mechanism
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SC: As Decree was Passed After 38 Years, Defect of Suit Being Filed Before 5 Years of Tenancy Cured(13.07.2023)
Supreme Court while allowing the appeal of a landlord, who filed an eviction suit within 5 years of tenancy, observed that even though such suits are .....
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HP HC: Parties Must Object to Tribunal’s Jurisdi. u/s 16 of A&C Act Before/During Defence Statement(08.11.2024)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that if any party has objections regarding the tribunal’s jurisdiction then by virtue of Section 16(2) of A&C Act.....
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Del. HC: Collection of Funds to Commit Offence in Future Not Money Laundering Under PMLA(05.12.2024)
Delhi High Court has stated that the proceeds of crime has to be generated as a result of criminal activity. The collection of funds in an illegal way.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Money Laundering, Collection of Funds
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Raj HC: PP Bound to Prosecute Accused Once Application u/s 321 CrPC Rejected(03.06.2024)
Rajasthan High Court has held that once an application filed for withdrawal of prosecution against the accused under Section 321 of the Code of Crimin.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, S. 321 of CrPC, Withdrawal of Prosecution, Public Prosecutor
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SC Dismisses NSEL Plea Challenging Applicability of Maharashtra’s Depositors Protection Law(27.10.2016)
Supreme Court has dismissed a case filed by National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL), challenging applicability of Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depo.....
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NGT Expands Scope of Hearing in Case Against Use of Firecrackers in Delhi NCR(05.11.2020)
National Green Tribunal has decided to consider measures for improving the air quality in as many as 18 States and Union Territories, in addition to D.....
Tags : National Green Tribunal, Use of Firecrackers
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Cabinet Approves Major Reforms in Telecom Sector(15.09.2021)
The Union Cabinet has approved a number of structural and process reforms in the Telecom sector. These are expected to protect and generate employment.....
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SC: MACP Scheme Applicable from 01.09.2008(24.08.2022)
Supreme Court has held that the Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) Scheme is applicable with effective from 01.09.2008. Under MACP entitlement.....
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J&K HC: Cannot Pass Interim Directions Under Order 39 Rule I & II of CPC against Non-Parties(26.05.2025)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that it is not the scope of Order 39 Rule 1 and 2 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 to pass interim d.....
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Gauhati HC Notifies Rules for Electronic Communication & Hearings(25.06.2025)
Gauhati High Court has notified Rules for use of Electronic Communication and Audio-Video Electronic Means for avoiding delay in judicial proceeding d.....
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SC: Clause for Forfeiture of Earnest Money is Not Penal in Ordinary Sense(05.05.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that a clause for the forfeiture of earnest money is not penal in the ordinary sense, rendering Section 74 of the Indian Co.....
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Guj. HC Allows Gujarat University to Start 3 Years LLB Course(29.06.2023)
Gujarat High Court has allowed Gujarat University to start admission process for students who intend to join 3 Year LLB Course in the Institutions in .....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Gujarat University, Gujarat University, De-Recognition
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Orissa HC: Remand Date to be Excluded From Calculation of Statutory Period for Granting Default Bail(26.04.2022)
Orissa High Court has reiterated that while calculating the statutory period for granting default bail under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Pr.....
Tags : Orissa High Court, statutory period, default bail, Section 167(2), Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, res integra
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AP HC: Caste-Based Insult Over Telephone Conversation Not an Offence U/S 3 SC/ ST Act(29.04.2022)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has reiterated that to constitute an offence under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevent.....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, Section 3(1)(x), Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
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Del. HC: Deepfake Going to be a Serious Issue, Government Needs to Act on it(29.08.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that deepfake technology is going to be a serious menace in the society and the Union Government has to act on the issue. Th.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Deepfake Technology, Union Government
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SC Asks MP SEC to Notify Local Body Election Programme Within 2 Weeks(11.05.2022)
Supreme Court has directed the Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) to notify the programme for local body elections in the state within two.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission, local body, elections
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AP HC: Non-Disclosure of Criminal Cases by Contesting Person Amounts to Corrupt Practice under RPA(17.07.2023)
Andhra Pradesh High Court while observing that purity of the election process will only be ensured if the voter knows his candidate fully, has held th.....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, Election, Corrupt Practice
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Chhattisgarh HC: Husband’s Unnatural Sex with Wife is not an Offence(12.02.2025)
Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a husband committing non-consensual anal sex or any other non-consensual sexual act, cannot be held liable for r.....
Tags : Chhattisgarh High Court, Unnatural Sex, Section 375
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Cal. HC: No Need to Corroborate Dying Declaration if Given In Fit State of Mind(12.08.2022)
Calcutta High Court has held that a dying declaration is a conclusive piece of evidence, admissible for the conviction of the accused, wherein corrobo.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Dying Declaration, Corroboration
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Cal. HC Dismisses PIL Seeking New Process for Scrutiny of Candidates Contesting Bengal Elections(15.04.2025)
Calcutta High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought a new process for the scrutiny of candidates contesting the Bengal el.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Public Interest Litigation, Bengal Elections
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SC: Can’t Fully Disregard Evidence of Hostile Witness Cross-Examined by Prosecution(29.04.2025)
SC has observed that whether there is declaration of 'hostility' or not, evidence of witness who has been cross-examined under Section 154 Evidence A.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Hostile Witness, Section 154
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SC: Section 10 of TPA Not Applicable to Government Allotments(15.05.2025)
Supreme Court has stated that Section 10 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 invalidating absolute restraints on alienation is not applicable on gov.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 10, Government Allotments
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To Review Effectiveness of Maharashtra Slum Areas Act, Bombay HC Constitutes Special Bench(14.08.2024)
Bombay High Court has issued a notification for constitution of a special bench for hearing the PIL filed for comprehensive audit of the Maharashtra S.....
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Supreme Court Tells Parliament to Rethink Powers of Speaker to Disqualify(22.01.2020)
Supreme Court has said to the Parliament to rethink whether the Speaker of a House should continue to have powers to disqualify, observing that he als.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Speaker's Power to Decide Pleas
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Bombay High Court Directs PWD to Follow Due Process in Theur Road Project(05.02.2021)
Bombay High Court has directed the public works department (PWD) and other respondent authorities “not to go ahead with the construction” of the Theur.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Theur Road Project
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Calcutta HC Seeks Response in Plea Alleging Issuance of Fake Recommendation Letters in Appointments(15.12.2021)
Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal Central School Service Commission to file a detailed affidavit regarding vacancies declared, recommen.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Issuance of Fake Recommendation Letters in Appointments
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Tripura HC Directs State to Frame Comprehensive Electric Vehicle Policy for Environmental Protection(29.12.2021)
Tripura High Court has directed the State Government to take urgent steps to frame a comprehensive electric vehicle policy for the State of Tripura in.....
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Madras High Court: Can’t Freeze Bank Account Under UAPA in Absence of Central Government’s Order(01.04.2024)
Madras High Court has held that authorities cannot freeze the bank account of Tamil Nadu Development Foundation Trust under the Unlawful Activities Pr.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Section 7(1) of UAPA, Bank Account
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SC Accepts Govt.'s Request for Not Cancelling Admissions Already Granted to Engineering Students(12.09.2016)
SC, while reprieving Gujarat Govt, has accepted its request for not cancelling admissions already granted to students in engineering colleges in accor.....
Tags : SC,10% quota for economically backward
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SEBI Eases Norms on Consolidated Numbers for Banks, Insurance Companies(13.05.2020)
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has exempted banks and insurance companies from publishing consolidated financial results for the June q.....
Tags : Securities and Exchange Board of India, Banks, Insurance Companies
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ITAT, Delhi: Penalty Notice Issued Without Applying Mind in Stereotyped manner is Not Valid(30.03.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has observed that a penalty notice issued in a stereotyped manner under section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act, .....
Tags : Delhi Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, stereotyped, Section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act, 1961
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Del. HC to Vivo: Approach PMLA Appellate Tribunal in Plea Against Freezing of Debt Accounts(31.03.2023)
Delhi High Court has directed Vivo India to approach PMLA Appellate Tribunal to pursue its appellate remedies against the order of Enforcement Directo.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, PMLA Appellate Tribunal, Vivo, Enforcement Directorate
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SC: BMW Directed to Pay Rs. 50 Lakhs as Compensation for Supply of Defective Car(15.07.2024)
Supreme Court has directed BMW to pay compensation of Rs. 50 Lakhs to a customer as compensation for supplying a defective car in 2009.
Tags : Supreme Court, Defective Car, BMW
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Delhi HC Disposes Petition Seeking to Quash Bar Election(05.01.2017)
Delhi High Court has said that it hopes impending elections to Delhi Bar Association are conducted in a free and fair manner and in congenial atmosphe.....
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Delhi HC Directs Police Not to Take Coercive Steps Against Founder of Fact-Checking Website(10.09.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed police not to take any coercive steps against a founder of a fact-checking website for allegedly threatening and torturi.....
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US Supreme Court Strikes Down New York Law Limiting Guns in Public(24.06.2022)
United States Supreme Court has struck down a New York law that placed strict restrictions on carrying concealed firearms in public for self defense b.....
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Calcutta HC Restrains WB Minister's Daughter from Continuing as Teacher until Further Orders(20.05.2022)
Calcutta High Court has ordered that the daughter of West Bengal Minister, Paresh Chandra Adhikari
should not be allowed to enter the school premises.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, West Bengal, Teacher Recruitment Scam
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SEBI: Principal Officer to Obtain Certification from National Institute of Securities Markets(09.09.2021)
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has notified that the Principal Officer having decision making authority related to fund management has .....
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Digitalization of Supreme Court and High Court Records(10.08.2023)
Digitization of court records is an administrative matter falling under the domain of the respective High Courts and the Supreme Court of India and th.....
Tags : Digitalization, Records, E-Governance
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Ker. HC: Quashing Charges u/s 185 MV Act Won’t Nullify Prosecution u/s 279 of IPC(20.03.2025)
Kerala High Court has observed that there is absolutely no merger of the ingredients of Section 279 of IPC, 1860 and Section 185 of the MV Act, 1988 t.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Section 279, Section 185
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Delhi HC: Place Where Tormented Lady Gets Compelled to Kill Herself has No Bearing(09.04.2025)
Delhi High Court has stated that place where a tormented lady gets compelled to kill herself has no bearing. For purposive interpretation of the provi.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Tormented Lady, Section 304B
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Existence of an arbitration clause does not debar the court from entertaining a writ petition(12.05.2021)
Present Petition under Article 136 of the Constitution of India, 1950 filed by the Petitioner (UPPTCL), is against a final Judgment passed by the High.....
Tags : Direction, Quashing of, Jurisdiction
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Ker. HC: Payment of Interest Can’t be Reviewed or Added While Enforcing Foreign Award(01.05.2024)
Ker. HC has held that the executing court cannot review a foreign award or add anything to it. Moreover, the executing court cannot go behind the decr.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Executing Court, Foreign Award, Payment of Interest
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Hyderabad HC Refuses to Stay Cricket Association’s Election(12.01.2017)
Hyderabad High Court has refused to stay elections of Hyderabad Cricket Association scheduled to be held on January 17.
Tags : Hyderabad High Court, Hyderabad Cricket Association, Election
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Delhi HC Stays Centre’s Notification Relaxing EC Norms for Construction Projects(28.11.2018)
Delhi High Court has stayed two notifications of the Ministry of Environment and Forest granting exemption from environmental clearance to building pr.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, EC Norms for Construction Projects
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Chhattisgarh HC: High Court Cannot Decide on When Hindu Can Execute Will(24.08.2021)
Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that a High Court, while exercising its Public Interest Litigation jurisdiction, cannot decide the question as to.....
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Digitalization of Supreme Court and High Court Record(04.08.2022)
Digitization of records forms a very important part of the ICT development of the Judicial set up. Digitization was proposed to be made a part of the .....
Tags : Digitalization, SC Record, HC Record
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SC Sets Aside Election Notification for LAHDC-Kargil(06.09.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Party (JKNC) is entitled to use the 'plough' symbol, has set aside the electi.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Election Notification, LAHDC-Kargil
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P&H HC: Electricity Consumer Liable to Pay Surcharge if Consumption in Excess of Sanctioned Load(18.07.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that in case of electricity consumption beyond the sanction load, the electricity consumer is liable to pay pen.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Electricity Consumer, Demand Surcharge
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Cal. HC: Misuse of Section 498A Unleashing New Legal Terrorism(22.08.2023)
Calcutta High Court while quashing a criminal proceeding has remarked that the legislature has enacted the provision of Section 498A to strike out the.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Section 498A, Legal Terrorism
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AP HC: Insurance Company Can File Execution Petition Only after Paying Compensation to Claimant(27.03.2025)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has observed that execution petition can be filed by the insurance company against the owner of an offending vehicle only af.....
Tags : AP High Court, Execution Petition, Compensation
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SC: Magistrate Not Required to Record Statement of Public Servant Complaint Before Summoning Accused(05.08.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that a Magistrate is not required to record statement of a public servant who filed the complaint in discharge of his offic.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Record Statement of Public Servant
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Madras HC: Media Must be Enlightened With Regards to Limitations on Freedom of Speech & Expressions(08.06.2023)
Madras High Court while making observation about media trial in criminal cases stated that the real need of the hour is to educate and enlighten media.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Freedom of Speech & Expressions, Media Trial, Criminal Cases
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SC: Arbitral Tribunal Can Grant Post Award Interest Included in Sum of Award(26.04.2022)
Supreme Court has ruled that the Arbitral Tribunal can grant post-award interest on the sum of the award including the interest component. The Court r.....
Tags : Supreme Court, arbitral tribunal, Section 31(7), Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
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NCLAT: If Credit Facility Agreement is Unstamped, Petition U/S Section 7 is Maintainable(29.04.2022)
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has observed that if a credit facility agreement is unstamped, then petition under Section 7 of the Insolvency.....
Tags : National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, credit facility, Section 7, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016
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MP HC: Minor Differences in Nomination Form Can’t be Called Substantial Defect(26.08.2024)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that mere minor differences in the nomination form or non-disclosure of some information regarding dues cannot be s.....
Tags : MP High Court, Nomination, Substantial Defect
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Leviability of Service Tax on declared service "Agreeing to obligation to refrain from an act, or to tolerate an act or situation, or to do an act" under Section 66E(e) of Finance Act, 1994(28.02.2023)
1. An issue has arisen on the levy of service tax on liquidated damages arising out of breach of contract, forfeiture of salary or payment of bond amo.....
Tags : Leviability, Service Tax, Declared service
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Madras HC Requests Advocate General to Arrange for Inspection of Renault-Nissan Unit(01.06.2021)
Madras High Court has requested Advocate General R. Shunmugasundaram to arrange for an inspection of Renault-Nissan automobile manufacturing unit at O.....
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Calcutta HC: Benefit under Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme is Optional(04.04.2022)
Calcutta High Court has observed that the benefit provided under the Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme is optional while condoning the delay in a bun.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Direct Tax, Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme
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Self Declaration Certificate Before Publishing/Broadcasting Any Ads. Made Mandatory by Centre(05.06.2024)
Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued a Press Information Bureau making it mandatory for advertisers and advertising agencies to s.....
Tags : Self Declaration, Ministry of I&B, Advertising Agencies
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Hyderabad HC Directs Election Commission on Mass Deletions from Voters List(04.12.2015)
Hyderabad High Court has directed Election Commission of India to pass final orders and intimate final decision by December 10, on mass deletion of 6......
Tags : Hyderabad High Court, Election Commission of India
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Application to Set Aside Ex Parte Divorce Decree Not Infructuous Because Spouse Remarried: Kerala HC(26.10.2018)
Kerala High Court has held that remarriage of the spouse who obtained an ex parte decree of divorce, after the filing of the application for setting a.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Ex Parte Divorce Decrree
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SC Gives Relief to Litigant Who Suffered Ex-Parte Decree Due to Boycott by Bar Association's of Court(15.02.2019)
Supreme Court has set aside an ex-parte decree passed by Subordinate court in 2009 providing relief to defendant who suffered ex-parte decree because .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Court-boycott call by Bar Association, Ex-Parte Decree
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Madras High Court Restrains TV Channels from Telecasting Vulgar Advertisements(04.12.2020)
Madras High Court has issued an interim order against the telecast of obscene and vulgar programmes and Advertisements on TV Channels, observing that .....
Tags : Madras High Court, Telecasting Vulgar Advertisements
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SC: SEBI Circular on Standardisation of Procedure for Debenture Trustees Has Retroactive Application(05.09.2022)
Supreme Court has allowed retroactive application of SEBI Circular on Standardisation of procedure to be followed by Debenture Trustee(s) in case of d.....
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SC Grants One Week’s Protection to NewsClick in Relation to Tax Recovery(24.02.2025)
Supreme Court has granted one week’s interim protection to the news portal NewsClick in relation to tax recovery demands and has granted it liberty to.....
Tags : Supreme Court, NewsClick, Tax Recovery
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SC: App. u/s 47 Raising Question of Right/Title to be Treated as Application Under Order 21 Rule 97(10.03.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that an application filed under Section 47 of CPC raising questions of right, title, or interest in the property would be d.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 47, Question of Right
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ITAT: Entertainment Subsidy Falls Under Capital Receipt(22.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Pune Bench has held that Entertainment subsidy falls under capital receipt.
Tags : ITAT, Entertainment Subsidy, Capital Receipt
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Del. HC: S. 129 of GST Act Can’t be Interpreted as Being Intended to Override Section 126 of GST Act(20.01.2025)
Delhi HC has observed that the non-obstante clause in Section 129 of GST Act cannot possibly be interpreted as being intended to override what had bee.....
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SC Passes Order Imposing Year Long Ban on Firecrackers in Delhi NCR(04.04.2025)
SC has passed an order imposing ban of one year on the use, manufacture, sale and storage of firecrackers in the Delhi-National Capital Region. The Co.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Article 21, Firecrackers
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Rajasthan HC Directs ICMR to Brief Hospitals to Discharge Completely Cured Corona Affected Patients(25.03.2020)
Rajasthan High Court has asked the Director of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to pass necessary instructions to all medical and health .....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Discharge of Corona Affected Patients
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Kerala HC Directs Status Quo in Proceedings of Election for SNDP Yogam Office Bearers(20.01.2022)
Kerala High Court has ordered that status quo be maintained for ten days in the proceedings of election for the SNDP Yogam office-bearers scheduled fo.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Election for SNDP Yogam Office Bearers
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SC Allows Disbursal of Rs 1 Crore to 15 Homebuyers on Pro Rata Basis(14.12.2022)
Supreme Court has in matter of compensation sought by homebuyers of Supertech Twin Towers, directed the disbursal of INR One crore that has been depos.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Interim Resolution Professional, Pro Rata Basis, Supertech Twin Towers
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HP High Court: State Not Competent to Enact Law on Levy of Cess on Water Usage for Electricity(06.03.2024)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that the matter related to the levy of cess on water usage for electricity generation is beyond the legislative c.....
Tags : Himachal Pradesh High Court, Electricity, Levy of Cess
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Lok Sabha Passes Income Tax Amendment Bill(29.11.2016)
Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill 2016, which proposes 30% tax on undisclosed income plus 10% penalty beside a 33% surcharge and 75% tax and 10% p.....
Tags : Taxation Laws, Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill 2016, demonetisation, Lok Sabha
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NCLAT: Cannot Treat Claims Arising u/s 11E of Central Excise Act as Secured Debt(27.01.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi Bench has held that claims that arise under Section 11E of the Central Excise Act, 1944 cannot be treated as a secured debt.
Tags : NCLAT New Delhi, Secured Debt, Section 11E
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Protection and Enforcement of Interests in Aircraft Objects Bill, 2025 introduced in Rajya Sabha(11.02.2025)
The Protection and Enforcement of Interests in Aircraft Objects Bill, 2025 has been introduced in the Rajya Sabha which seeks to protect interests in .....
Tags : Rajya Sabha, Cape Town Convention, Aircraft Object
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Karnataka HC Directs Authorities to Not Grant Permission for Construction Near Protected Monuments(05.06.2025)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State Urban Development Department to issue a circular restricting officers from granting permission allowing to.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Urban Development Department, Protected Monuments
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CESTAT, Delhi Quashes Service Tax Commissioner Order Confirming Recovery of CENVAT Credit(26.08.2021)
Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Delhi has quashed the Service Tax Commissioner’s Order confirming recovery of CENVAT cre.....
Tags : Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Order Confirming Recovery of CENVAT Credit
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J&K&L HC: Magistrates Can't Forward Original Complaints to Police(08.08.2022)
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that a Judicial Magistrate may face administrative action as well as charge for destroying the record o.....
Tags : Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Original Complaint, Court Record
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SC Grants Protection to Editors Guild of India Members from FIRs by Manipur Police(06.09.2023)
Supreme Court has granted interim protection to members of the Editors Guild of India from the FIRs registered by the Manipur police over a fact-findi.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Editors Guild, Interim Protection, Manipur Violence
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Raj. HC: Can’t Extend ‘Child Specific’ Safeguards to Victim to Attaining Majority During Trial(30.05.2025)
Rajasthan HC has held that procedural safeguards given under Section 3392) and 37 of POCSO Act, 2012 cannot be extended to victim who attained majorit.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Child Specific, Procedural Fairness
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SC Allows Stone Crusher Operation Issue to be Raised in Kerala High Court(30.06.2025)
Supreme Court while allowing withdrawal of a petition, has allowed the issue, whether a stone crusher unit can operate in the Eco Sensitive Zones (ESZ.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Eco Sensitive Zones, Kerala High Court
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SC: To Enforce Firecrackers' Ban, NCR States to Issue Directions Under S.5 Environment Protection Act(07.05.2025)
Supreme Court while hearing a matter concerning air pollution in Delhi NCR, has directed the states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana to issue d.....
Tags : Supreme Court, NCR States, Environment Protection Act, National Capital Region
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Bombay High Court Directs Mumbai Police to Protect Trans Person(19.07.2021)
Bombay High Court has directed the Mumbai police to protect a 23-year-old person identifying as a transgender male, from being forced to leave the cit.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Protection to Trans Person
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ITAT, Kolkata: Non-Mentioning of Relevant Limb in Penalty Notice is Not Curable Defect(17.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Kolkata has ruled that the failure to mention a crucial limb in the penalty notice is not a curable defect, and the pro.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, crucial limb, curable defect
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Del HC: HC can Pass ‘Pro-Term Security’ Order if Implementer Fails to Make Payment to SEP Holder(04.07.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that High Court can pass ‘pro-tem security deposit’ order if the implementer fails to make payments to a Standard Essential .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, SEP Holder, Pro-Term Security
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EU-India join forces to promote start-up collaboration on Recycling of E-Vehicles Batteries under Trade and Technology Council(09.04.2024)
The European Union (EU) and India today launched an Expression of Interest (EoI) for startups working in Battery Recycling Technologies for Electric V.....
Tags : Collaboration, Recycling, E-Vehicles Batteries
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Kerala HC: Legislative Intent is to Complete RS Election Process Before Members' Retirement(13.04.2021)
Kerala High Court has emphasized that the election to Rajya Sabha seats is to be conducted before the retirement of members, stating that the legislat.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Rajya Sabha Election Process
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Kar. HC: RERA Has No Authority Over Projects Granted Partial OC Prior to Enforcement of Act(05.01.2023)
Karnataka High Court has held that due to issuance of occupancy certificate (OC) prior to enforcement of Act, the project loses its character, as an o.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Occupancy Certificate, RERA, Jurisdiction, Ongoing Project
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High-Level Committee Submits its Report on ‘One Nation, One Election’(15.03.2024)
A High-Level Committee appointed by the Union has submitted its report on ‘one nation, one election’ and has suggested general elections to the House .....
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P&H HC: Second FIR Can Be Quashed if First FIR to Same Incident Has Already Been Registered(21.03.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that in case an FIR with respect to an incident has already been registered, then a second FIR with respect.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Second FIR
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SC: Trial Judges Should Take Participatory Role in Trial & Not Act as Mere Tape Recorders(06.05.2024)
SC has observed that it is the duty of the court to arrive at truth and subserve the ends of justice. Courts have to take a participatory role in tria.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Tape Recorders, Participatory Role
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Rajasthan HC: Respondents Have Right to Legal Representation Before Regulatory Authority/ Tribunal(29.04.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has observed that Section 56 of the Rajasthan Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, inasmuch as it excludes right o.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Section 56 of the Rajasthan Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, Appellate Tribunal, Regulatory Authority, adjudicating officer, ultra vires
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SC: In Matters of Regularization of Service, Decision-Making Authority Can’t Act on its Whims(23.08.2024)
SC while dealing with the issue of regularization of services of an Assistant Professor, has observed that the discretion vested in the Executive Coun.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Regularization, Executive Council
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Ker. HC: The Term ‘Dumb’ Now Considered as Ethically and Technically Inaccurate(04.10.2024)
Kerala High Court has stated that in later years “dumb” came to mean silent, but remained offensive because it also connotes cognitive disablement. Th.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Cognitive Disablement, Technically Inaccurate
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SC: Refusing to Marry Someone Doesn’t Attract Offence of Abetment to Suicide(02.12.2024)
Supreme Court while setting aside conviction of a person charged with abetment to suicide, has observed that merely refusing to marry someone will not.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Abetment to Suicide, Section 306
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Pat. HC: For Initiating Section 145 CrPC Proceeding Magistrate’s Satisfaction is Condition Precedent(24.02.2025)
Patna High Court has observed that condition precedent for initiating proceedings under Section 145 CrPC is the Executive Magistrate’s satisfaction re.....
Tags : Patna High Court, Magistrate’s Satisfaction, Section 145
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SC: Each and Every Document Pertaining to an Election is Important(10.03.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that candidate in the election wanting to keep an eye on voting during the day and inspect records of the same is something.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Election, Inspect Records
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Delhi High Court Asks Police to Protect Rape Accused from His Accuser(22.10.2018)
Delhi High Court has asked Delhi Police to protect a man, after he alleged that a woman, who has lodged a rape case against him, is harassing him phys.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Rape Accused Protection
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Karnataka HC Asks Govt to Explain if Cauvery Calling Project was Approved by State(23.07.2020)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to file a proper supplementary statement in two weeks explaining whether it had approved the 'C.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Cauvery Calling Project
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SC Refuses to Entertain Plea Seeking Clarification on Declaration of Loan Accounts as NPA(09.07.2021)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea seeking clarification and modification of its 23rd March 2021 judgement whereby it vacated the stay on d.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Declaration of Loan Accounts as Non-Performing Assets
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Kar. HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Permission for NRIs to Caste Vote From Abroad During Elections(03.05.2023)
Karnataka High Court has rejected a PIL filed by a Non Resident Indian (NRI) seeking grant of voting rights to NRIs from the countries they reside in,.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Karnataka Assembly Elections
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Public Sector Firms to Pay 30% Dividend(08.01.2016)
Finance Ministry has asked Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) to shell out 30% dividend to the government, and that CPSEs with large cash reser.....
Tags : Finance Ministry, Central Public Sector Enterprises , Dividend
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Delhi HC Seeks Report from State of Impartial Decision on Pre-Mature Release of Lifers(14.12.2018)
Delhi High Court has issued notice to state government on a petition seeking transparency and fairness in working of the Sentence Review Board (SRB), .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Decision on Pre-Mature Release of Lifers
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SEBI Modifies NAV Rules for Mutual Funds(18.09.2020)
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has asked mutual funds to uniformly apply net asset value (NAV) across schemes upon realisation of funds.....
Tags : Securities and Exchange Board of India, NAV Rules for Mutual Funds
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J&K&L HC: J&K Special Tribunal Can Refer Contempt Matters to High Court(29.05.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that J&K Special Tribunal is deemed to be a court subordinate to High Court for purposes of Secti.....
Tags : J&K&L HC, J&K Special Tribunal, Contempt of Courts Act
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SC Seeks Statement from Speaker in Plea for Decision on Disqualification of Defected MLAs(23.09.2020)
Supreme Court has sought the statement of the Speaker in the plea seeking a decision by the Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly on disquali.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Disqualification of Defected MLAs
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Delhi HC Issues Notice to DCPCR & Others on Plea for Rehabilitation of Affected Children(13.08.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice to DCPCR & Others on a petition seeking requisite steps to eradicate the problem of child beggary and related probl.....
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JKL HC: S.482 CrPC Cannot be Invoked to Challenge Proceedings Initiated U/S 12 J&K DV Act(25.07.2023)
Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh HC has held that Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) cannot be used to challenge the proceedings initiated under.....
Tags : Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh HC, Code of Criminal Procedure, Jammu and Kashmir Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2010
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SC: On Account of Defective Investigation Benefit Will Not Inure to Accused Persons(07.01.2025)
SC has held that, on account of defective investigation the benefit will not inure to the accused persons on that ground alone. It is well within the .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Defective Investigation, Accused Persons
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Del. HC: Arbitral Tribunal Should Not Insist on Production of Document Classified as ‘Top Secret’(26.09.2024)
Del. HC has stated that if any information is stated to be protected and classified as ‘Top Secret’ under the Official Secrets Act, 1923 by Government.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Arbitral Tribunal, Top Secret
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SC Recalls Judgement Holding 2018 Amendment to SRA to be Applicable Prospectively(11.11.2024)
Supreme Court while exercising its review jurisdiction, has recalled its 2022 judgement in which it was held that the amendment to the Specific Relief.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Specific Relief Act, Review Jurisdiction
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Gau. HC: Thorough Enquiry to be Conducted before Declaring a Monument as Ancient(05.12.2024)
Gauhati HC has observed that the condition precedent for declaring any monument including tumulus/burial ground/cemetery as an ancient monument is tha.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, Condition Precedent, Ancient Monument
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Delhi HC Sends Back to EC Plea to Cancel BSP Symbol 'Elephant'(11.07.2016)
Delhi HC has remanded back to Election Commission a plea seeking cancellation of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) symbol 'Elephant', for alleged misuse of pu.....
Tags : Delhi HC, Election Commission
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Magistrate Shall Specify Whether Sentences Would Run Concurrently or Consecutively in Order: SC(18.02.2019)
Supreme Court has held that it is a mandatory legal requirement to specify whether sentences awarded to an accused convicted for two or more offences,.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Sentences Would Run Concurrently Or Consecutively
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Guidelines for Value Free Transfer of Government Securities(05.10.2021)
1. A reference is invited to Notification No.78 dated November 16, 2018 on Value Free Transfer (VFT) of Government Securities - Guidelines under which.....
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Cal. HC: Cheating Case Against Directors Can’t Survive w/o Impleading Company(12.09.2023)
Calcutta High Court has held that when the agreement was entered into by and between the companies, criminal proceedings in a cheating case can’t surv.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Directors, Impleading Company
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SC: If Recovery Isn't Proved to be Based on Disclosure of Accused then S.27 Can't Aid Prosecution(27.02.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that if recovery is not proved to be in furtherance of the confessional statement by accused then Section 27 of Indian Evid.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Disclosure of Accused, Section 27
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Orissa HC: Few Doctors Acting Merely for Pecuniary Advantage Malign the Noble Profession(18.08.2023)
Orissa High Court while observing that no sensible professional would intentionally commit an act or omit to do an act which would result in loss of l.....
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Del. HC: Union to Inform about Regulatory Mechanism to Ensure Taxi Apps are Disabled Friendly(25.03.2025)
Del. HC has directed the Union Government to file an affidavit to place on record the regulatory mechanism that is in place to ensure that taxi applic.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Regulatory Mechanism, Taxi Apps
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NCLAT: No Requirement of Opportunity of Being Heard at Stage of Report Submission u/s 99 of IBC(10.04.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that there is no requirement of the opportunity of being heard at the stage when a report under Section 99 of the Insol.....
Tags : NCLAT New Delhi, Section 99, Recommendatory
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Karnataka High Court: In a Suit for Title, Party Should Clearly Disclose the Right to Sue(12.03.2024)
Karnataka High Court has held that in a suit for declaration of title, if there is failure on the part of the party to disclose a clear right to sue, .....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Right to Sue, Declaration of Title
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Mad. HC: No Appeal Shall Lie Against Interim Maintenance Passed Under Section 24 of HM Act(22.03.2024)
Madras High Court has held that an order of interim maintenance passed under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (HM Act) is only an interlocut.....
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GST rate for specified items for Physically Challenged Persons(04.07.2017)
Some questions are raised about GST rates fixed for specific devices for physically challenged persons. This matter is explained here in below.
Tags : GST rate, Specified items, Physically Challenged Persons
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Lok Sabha Passes Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019(27.06.2019)
Lok Sabha has passed the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill seeks to allow trusts to set up units in special economic zones by am.....
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Allahabad HC: Deaths of Persons Suspected to be Covid Positive to be Computed as Covid-Deaths(12.05.2021)
Allahabad High Court has directed that deaths of persons who were suspected to be affected by the Covid-19 virus after antigen tests will be computed .....
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Cal HC: Subsequent Undertaking by Transferee to Provide Basic Amenities is Part of Transfer Deed(27.03.2023)
Calcutta High Court has held that declaration is in form of an undertaking given by transferee containing specific condition that he would look after .....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Declaration, Gift Deed, Amenities
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SEBI Relaxes Delisting Procedure for Small Companies(01.12.2015)
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in order to weed out a large number of illiquid stocks has relaxed delisting norms for small companies a.....
Tags : Securities and Exchange Board of India , Small Companies
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SC: Can’t Fix Time-Line for Disposal of Execution Matter as Judges of Bombay HC are Overburdened(07.10.2024)
Supreme Court has observed that, considering the fact that the judges of the Bombay High Court are overburdened direction to fix a time-line for dispo.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Bombay High Court, Execution Applications
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Supreme Court: Section 197(1) of CrPC Will Apply to Cases Under PMLA(06.11.2024)
Supreme Court has held that Section 197(1) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 which provides for requirement of prior sanction from Government to pro.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 197(1), PMLA, Public Servants
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SC Rejects Plea Challenging SC/ST Reservations in Punjab's Gram Panchayat Posts(03.12.2024)
The Supreme Court has rejected the plea challenging reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes/Tribes in Gram Panchayat elections in village in Ferozep.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Gram Panchayat elections
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SC: Absolute Scrupulousness in Selection Process Rejuvenates the Faith of Public(11.03.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that in India, there are far more takers of Government jobs than there are jobs available. Absolute scrupulousness in the p.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Selection Process, Absolute Scrupulousness
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Del. HC Seeks Clarifi. Whether Special Courts Designated as MP/MLA Courts Can Adjudicate Other Cases(05.02.2025)
Del. HC has approached the SC seeking clarification on whether special courts constituted under the NIA Act, 2008 , if designated as a Special MP/MLA .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Special Courts, MP/MLA Courts
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Karnataka HC: Salvation of the Country Lies in Identifying Human Beings as a Human Being(30.06.2025)
Karnataka High Court while appreciating communal harmony in Hyderabad and Karnataka, has observed that the salvation of the country lies in identifyin.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Human Beings, Secondary Role
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SC: Return of Cheques Dishonoured Simpliciter doesn’t Create an Offence u/s 138 NI Act, 1881(19.03.2025)
SC has observed that the return of the cheques dishonoured simpliciter does not create an offence under section 138 NI Act, 1881. The cause of action .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Cheques Dishonoured, Section 138
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SC Disagrees Proposal to Allow State to Withdraw Criminal Cases Against Malicious Prosecution(26.08.2021)
Supreme Court has disagreed with a proposal to allow state governments to withdraw criminal cases against sitting and former MPs/MLAs on ground of mal.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Cases Against Malicious Prosecution
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Delhi HC: Sex Worker Entitled to All Rights But Cannot Claim Special Treatment if She Violates Law(08.08.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that although a sex worker is entitled to all rights available to a citizen, but at the same time, if she violates the law, .....
Tags : Delhi High Court has held that although a sex worker is entitled to all rights available to a citizen, but at the same time, if she violates the law, she would be subjected to the same consequences under law and cannot claim any special treatment.
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Del. HC: Issuing Fake Invoices for GST Evasion is an Economic Offence(07.09.2023)
Delhi High Court has observed that issuing fake invoices and e-way bills for the purposes of GST evasion is an economic offence involving loss to the .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, GST Evasion, Fake Invoices, Economic Offence
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AP HC: If a “Necessary Party” is Not Impleaded, the Suit Itself is Liable to be Dismissed(25.04.2025)
AP High Court has observed that a “necessary party” is a person who ought to have been joined as a party and in whose absence no effective decree coul.....
Tags : AP High Court, Necessary Party, Effective Decree
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Delhi HC: If Use of Smoke Cannister a Terrorist Act then Every Holi & IPL Match Will Attract UAPA(25.04.2025)
Delhi High Court while hearing bail plea of accused in 2023 Parliament security breach case, has remarked that if use of smoke canister comes under th.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Parliament Security Breach, Terrorist Act
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SC: Can’t Take Cognizance of Offence Under S.186 IPC on Police Report/Chargesheet(12.05.2025)
SC has clarified that S. 195 of IPC provides that no court shall take cognizance of offence under S. 186 except on a complaint in writing by the aggri.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 195, Section 186
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ITAT: Non-Cooperation With Dept Cannot be Sole Ground for Addition U/S 69A(13.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Ahmedabad has ruled that mere non-cooperation with the department cannot be the sole ground to make an addition under S.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Section 69A, Income Tax Act, 1961
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Delhi HC: S.148 NI Act Will Extend to Appeals Out of Complaint Filed Prior to 2018 Amendment(19.05.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that the applicability of Section 148 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 will be extended to appeals arising out of.....
Tags : Section 148 Negotiable Instruments Act 1881, Appeals, 2018 Amendment
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Kar. HC: Process of Recruitment for Government Jobs Must be Conducted Periodically(09.08.2024)
Karnataka High Court has stated that recruitment for Government jobs should take place periodically because when accumulated vacancies are continued i.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Government Jobs, Recruitment
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SC: In Absence of Prayer for Declaratory Relief, Suit for Specific Performance is Not Maintainable(07.04.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that in absence of a prayer for declaratory relief that termination/cancellation of the agreement is bad in law, a suit for.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Declaratory Relief, Specific Performance
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Del HC: Regular Training to be Provided to Officers Holding Summary Security Force Court Proceedings(29.08.2024)
Del. HC has directed mandatory regular trainings of officers holding the Summary Security Force Court (SSFC) proceedings under the Border Security For.....
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SC: Public Sector Undertakings Can’t Appoint Arbitrators Unilaterally(11.11.2024)
SC has held that Public Sector Undertakings cannot, unilaterally appoint arbitrators for deciding disputes with private contractors. It was further he.....
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Ker. HC: Loss in Derivative Business Would be a Business Loss for Purposes of Section 72 of IT Act(05.12.2024)
Kerala High Court has observed that a loss in the derivative business would consequently be a business loss for the purposes of Section 72 of the Inco.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Derivative Business, Section 72
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Ker. HC: Government Must Be Able to Determine Strength of Local Bodies for Effective Governance(27.02.2025)
Ker HC while overturning decision invalidating delimitation exercise for municipalities & panchayat, has observed that the Govt. must be able to deter.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Local Bodies, Effective Governance
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J&K HC: Individual Seeking Reservation in EWS Must Not Fall Under Reserved Categories(17.03.2025)
J&K HC has observed that an individual seeking to claim reservation in the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category must not fall under any of the .....
Tags : J&K High Court, Economically Weaker Sections, Scheduled Castes
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SC: Registry Not Authorised to Delete Case Notified on Cause List Unless Ordered by Concerned Court(05.02.2025)
Supreme Court has held that once a case is notified on the cause list, unless there is a specific order to that effect, either of the bench concerned .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Cause List, Specific Order
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Bombay HC Restrains Identities from Using Bottles Deceptively Similar to Trade Dress of ‘Parachute’(27.06.2025)
Bombay High Court has restrained Zee Hygiene Products Pvt. Ltd. and other identities from using labels, packaging that are deceptively similar to regi.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Parachute, Deceptively Similar
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Gauhati High Court Sets Aside Ex-Parte Order Declaring Man as Foreigner(14.09.2021)
Gauhati High Court has observed that citizenship, being an essential right of a person, ordinarily, should be decided based on merit by considering th.....
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JH HC Issues Directions to Ensure Strict Implementation of Fire Safety Measures Across State(21.08.2023)
Jharkhand High Court has issued directions to ensure stringent implementation of fire safety measures across the State. This came in response to the t.....
Tags : Jharkhand High Court, Fire Safety Measures, Directions
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Tel. HC: Can Challenge Order Rejecting Jurisdictional Objections under Section 34(26.03.2025)
Telangana High Court has observed that challenge to an order rejecting jurisdictional objections under Section 16 of the Arbitration and Conciliation .....
Tags : Telangana High Court, Jurisdictional Objections, Section 34
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HP HC: Section 5 of Limitation Act Isn’t Applicable to Petition u/s 34 of A&C Act(14.04.2025)
HP High Court has held that since Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 is not applicable on a petition filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration and .....
Tags : HP High Court, Section 34, Section 5
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Calcutta HC: Award Holder U/S 36 of Arbitration Act Entitled To Be Secured Of Entire Award Value(23.06.2022)
Calcutta High Court has held that award holder has the statutory safeguard under Section 36 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act to secure the entire a.....
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Ker HC: Can’t Lay Down Ratio that Allegations against Relatives of Husband are to be Viewed as False(20.01.2025)
Kerala High Court has stated that it is not possible to lay down a ratio that allegations against the relatives of the husband under Section 498A of I.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Relatives, Section 498A
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SC: Strong Measures Required to Infuse Purity, Fairness in Election Process of Sports Federation(05.02.2025)
SC has remarked that some strong measures are required to be taken in order to infuse purity, fairness, autonomy and independence in the election proc.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Election Process, Sports Federation
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Kerala HC Issues Notice on PIL Challenging Order to Implement Economic Reservation(06.11.2020)
Kerala High Court has issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition which challenges the recent decision of the Government of Kerala to.....
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CBDT Notifies Income Tax Exemption for BCI IRR India Holdings Inc. on Eligible Investment(22.09.2021)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has specified the BCI IRR India Holdings Inc. for the purposes of the said clause in respect of the eligible inve.....
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Del. HC: Misuse of Firecrackers has Potential Not Only to Cause Ocular Injuries but Also Other Injuri(20.03.2025)
Delhi High Court while hearing a PIL regarding the issue of ocular injuries caused due to usage of firecrackers, has observed that misuse of firecrack.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Misuse of Firecrackers, Ocular Injuries
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Centre Notifies Effective Date of Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025(09.04.2025)
Central Government has notified that 8th April, 2025 shall be the date from which provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 shall come into force.
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#Economic Survey 2021-2022: Impact of Pandemic on Balance of Payments(31.01.2022)
India’s balance of payments remained in surplus throughout the last 2 years, allowing the Reserve Bank of India to keep accumulating foreign exchange .....
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Kerala HC: Collector Should Oversee Implementation of Solid Waste Management Rules(09.03.2023)
Kerala High Court while hearing suo motu proceedings initiated in light of fire at Brahmapuram Solid Waste Management Plant, has observed that whateve.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Solid Waste Management Rules, District Collector, Brahmapuram Fire
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CBIC initiates electronic disbursal of duty drawback amount directly to exporter’s bank accounts(05.06.2024)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) initiates electronic disbursal of duty drawback amount directly to exporter’s bank account in a tra.....
Tags : Electronic disbursal, Duty drawback, Launch
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NCLT: Financial Debt Constitutes Disbursal Against Time Value of Money(14.04.2025)
NCLT Kolkata bench while allowing an application filed under Section 7 of the IBC, has observed that financial debt exists where money is disbursed ag.....
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Sikkim HC: Section 29A as Amended in 2019 is Applicable on All Arb. Proceedings Pending at the Time(12.05.2025)
Sikkim High Court has held that Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 as amended by the 2019 Amendment shall be applicable on all .....
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Supreme Court: No Retrospective Application of Section 143A of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881(31.07.2019)
Supreme Court has clarified that Section 143A of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 will have no retrospective application, as a result of which it .....
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Allahabad HC Directs State Election Commission to Ensure Free and Fair Elections(02.07.2021)
Allahabad High Court has directed the State Election Commission of Uttar Pradesh to ensure free and fair elections to be conducted of Zila Panchayat C.....
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Kerala HC Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail to Politician PC George in Hate Speech Case(24.05.2022)
Kerala High Court has granted interim anticipatory bail to senior political leader PC George in a hate-speech case over alleged statements against Mus.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Hate Speech, Muslims
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SC Gives Split Verdict on ‘Can Tax Exemption be Claimed Based on Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation’(15.05.2023)
Supreme Court division bench comprising of Justices M.R. Shah and Krishna Murari has rendered a split verdict on whether tax exemption can be claimed .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Sales Tax, Exemption, Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation
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Delhi HC Quashes IT Notice to Bharti Airtel over Inter-Connection Charges(20.12.2016)
Delhi High Court has quashed notices by Income Tax Department which required Bharti Airtel Ltd. to provide details of inter-connection charges paid by.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Bharti Airtel, inter-connection charges
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Supreme Court: Regulatory Commissions, Not Courts To Determine Electricity Tariff(22.06.2017)
Supreme Court has reiterated its stand that it would not be proper for Court to examine fixation of electricity tariff rates or its revision.
Tags : Supreme Court, Electricity Tariff
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An architect of building/structure has no right to restrian demolition of structure or to claim any damages for demolition(28.05.2019)
The suit has been filed, seeking mandatory injunction against Union of India and Indian Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) to compensate the Plaintif.....
Tags : Architect, Building, Right
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Chhattisgarh High Court Allows Plea of Accused to Recall Prosecutrix in POCSO Case(02.03.2022)
Chhattisgarh High Court has held that the right to cross-examination is a part of right to fair trial which every person has in the spirit of right to.....
Tags : Chhattisgarh High Court, Recall Prosecutrix in POCSO Case
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Supreme Court: Deceased Partner’s Legal Heirs Not Liable for Liability of Partnership Firm(09.04.2024)
Supreme Court has held that upon the death of a partner of the partnership firm, legal heirs of the deceased do not become liable for any liability of.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Partnership Firm, Legal Heirs, Deceased Partner
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SC: Defence That 'Cheque Issued as Security' Not Believable in Absence of Further Evidence(17.02.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that the defence of the accused that the cheques were given by way of security is not believable in the absence of further .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Cheque Issued as Security
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DGFT Notifies Indian Trade Classification (Harmonised System) 2022 as per Finance Act, 2021(11.02.2022)
Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has notified the Indian Trade Classification (Harmonised System) 2022 (ITC (HS) 2022) to sync with the Fina.....
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Mad. HC: Provision Preventing Arrest of Women is Directory not Mandatory(10.02.2025)
Madras High Court has observed that provisions of Section 46(4) of CrPC, 1973 and Section 43(5) of the BNSS Act, 2023 that prevent arrest of a woman a.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Directory, Arrest of Women
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NGT Bans Sale/ Use of Firecrackers in Delhi NCR And Places All Over India with Poor/ Worse AQI(09.11.2020)
National Green Tribunal has imposed a total ban on sale/ use of all kinds of firecrackers in Delhi NCR from the midnight of November 9-10, 2020 to the.....
Tags : National Green Tribunal, Ban on Sale/Use of Firecrackers in Delhi
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Central Board Direct Taxes Issues E-Filing ITR 6 Schema Changes for AY 2021-22(23.09.2021)
Central Board Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued e-Filing ITR 6 Schema Changes for Assessment Year 2021-22. The purpose of this document is to track the c.....
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SC: When Selected Candidate Resigns After Joining, Fresh Selection Must be Done to Fill Vacancy(25.09.2023)
Supreme Court has held that if one of the selected candidates joins and then resigns, it gives rise to a fresh vacancy which should be filled up witho.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Selected Candidate, Fresh Vacancy, Merit List
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Delhi HC: Students Shouldn’t be Excluded from Admission because of Untimely Declaration of Results(04.06.2025)
Delhi High Court while underlining that here has to be proper coordination between the counselling bodies and all the Boards conducting class XII exam.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Declaration of Results, Admission
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SC: As Per Section 362 of CrPC Only Clerical Errors Can be Corrected(25.04.2025)
Supreme Court while disapproving with Allahabad High Court invoking Section 362 of CrPC to modify High Court's judgment, has underscored that under Se.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Allahabad High Court, Section 362
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P&H HC Dismisses Petition Seeking Second Autopsy of the Body of Gangster Jaipal Singh(18.06.2021)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition filed by slain gangster Jaipal Singh Bhullar’s father seeking directions to the State of Punjab.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Second Autopsy of the Body of Gangster Jaipal Singh
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Delhi HC: Denial of Conjugal Relationship Ground for Divorce But Not Exceptional Hardship(19.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that although denial of conjugal relationship is a ground for divorce and equivalent to cruelty, the same cannot be said.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, conjugal relationship, divorce, cruelty, Section 14 of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955
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Delhi HC to ECI: Decide AIADMK’s Representation for Updation of Its Amended By-Laws Within 10 Days(12.04.2023)
Delhi High Court has directed Election Commission of India (ECI) to decide the representation of AIADMK for updation of its amended by-laws with the r.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Election Commission, AIADMK, Bye Laws
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CBIC Issues Circular Regarding De-Notification of ICDs or CFSs or AFS(18.08.2021)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued the Circular de-notification of Inland Container Depots (ICDs) or Container Freight Stat.....
Tags : Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, De-Notification of ICDs or CFSs or AFS
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SC: Definition of ‘Consumer’ Includes ‘Consumers’(17.05.2023)
Supreme Court while referring to Brigade Enterprises Ltd. v. Anil Kumar (MANU/SC/1285/2021) has held that upon a conjoint reading of Section 2(1)(b)(i.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Consumers, Consumer Protection Act
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GST collections and other relevant data will henceforth be available on the GST Portal(01.08.2024)
The monthly data regarding the Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections (gross and net) and IGST settlement state wise for the month of July, 2024 has.....
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Supreme Court Grants Relief to Farmers Battling Limestone Mining by Ultra Tech(03.09.2019)
Supreme Court has set aside an order of the National Green Tribunal by which the latter refused to condone the delay in filing of an appeal by village.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Ultra Tech
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#Major Changes Implementing From Today: New Tax Collected at Source (TCS) Regime(01.10.2020)
Income Tax Department has issued guidelines for applicability of Tax Collected at Source (TCS) provision which requires an e-commerce operator to dedu.....
Tags : Income Tax Department, Tax Colleced at Source, E-Commerce Operator
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NCLAT: Members Can't Transfer Case to Another Bench in Another Place After Recusal from Hearing(07.07.2022)
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), has held that if Members of NCLT Bench recuse from hearing a case, they cannot transfer the same to a.....
Tags : NCLAT, Recusal, Transfer
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SC: Enforcement Directorate Can Give Instructions to Public Prosecutors on Facts of the Case(12.12.2024)
SC has held that Enforcement Directorate and its Director can give instructions to public prosecutors on facts of the case. However, they cannot give .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Enforcement Directorate, Public Prosecutor
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Calcutta High Court's Judge Suspends Video-Conferencing Due to Lack of Decorum(15.01.2025)
Calcutta High Court’s judge suspended virtual appearance of advocates in his court on the grounds of lack of decorum and ill-behaviour on part of advo.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Virtual Appearance, Lack of Decorum
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Gauhati HC: Children Can't Seek Claim in Property Not Inherited by Deceased Father(04.03.2022)
Gauhati High Court has held that there is no claim on property of a deceased person by his children if the said property was not inherited by the dece.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, Claim in Property Not Inherited by Deceased Father
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Andhra Pradesh HC Cancels State's 6.4-Gw Solar Project Tender(21.06.2021)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that the State had awarded solar power tenders in contravention of the Electricity Act, 2003, and quashed the reque.....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh HC, Solar Project Tender
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ITAT, Delhi: Fulfillment of Twin Conditions is Mandatory for Invoking Jurisdiction u/s 263(19.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has observed that fulfillment of twin conditions is obligatory for invoking the jurisdiction under section 263 of.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, section 263 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, jurisdiction
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Kar. HC Permits Unrecognized Political Party to Use Private Vehicle/Loudspeaker for Campaigning(17.04.2023)
Karnataka High Court while observing that Model Code of Conduct does not indicate any distinction that could be made by the authorities before the nom.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Unrecognized Political Party, Election Campaigning
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National Food Security Act Gets Pan-India Coverage(04.11.2016)
National Food Security Act (NFSA), which envisages supply of subsidized food grains, has been implemented across the country.
Tags : National Food Security Act
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Supreme Court: Second Petition Under Section 482 CrPC Valid Under Changed Facts and Circumstances(31.07.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that second application for quashing of the complaint under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 cannot be rejected.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 482CrPC
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Calcutta HC Directs State to File Report on Withdrawal of Security of BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari(02.07.2021)
Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal State government to submit a comprehensive report on the State government's withdrawal of security of.....
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SC Dismisses Plea Challenging Denial of Sanction to Prosecute Yogi Adityanath in Hate Speech Case(26.08.2022)
Supreme Court has dismissed a plea challenging denial of sanction to prosecute Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a case alleging making .....
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Supreme Court Clarifies Observations on Mumbai Gateway of India Jetty Project(30.05.2025)
Supreme Court has clarified that it had not made any observations on the merits of the case while rejecting challenge to the Maharashtra Government's .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Mumbai Gateway, India Jetty Project
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Kar. HC: When Commercial O.S. is for First Time Instituted before Court, Sec. 12A becomes Mandatory(27.06.2025)
Karnataka High Court has observed that when Commercial O.S. is for the first time instituted before the Court, Section 12A under Commercial Courts Act.....
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Delhi HC Asks Centre to Submit Report on Permanent Mechanism to Deal with Inter-Country Adoptions(03.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed the Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India to file a report before it regarding the man.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Permanent Mechanism to Deal with Inter-Country Adoptions
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Bom HC: SC/ST Act Applicable Even if Victim not Recognized as SC/ST in Place of Offence(04.09.2023)
Bombay High Court has held that a person belonging to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe is entitled to protection under SC/ST Act in any other part o.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Protection
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Allahabad HC: Liking a Post Does Not Amount to Publishing or Transmitting it(22.04.2025)
Allahabad High Court has observed that liking a post will not amount to publishing or transmitting the post, therefore such an act will not attract Se.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Section 67, Publishing
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SC: Section 204 of CrPC Requires No Explicit Reasons to be Stated by Magistrate(25.04.2025)
SC has observed that summoning order under Section 204 of CrPC requires no explicit reasons to be stated because it is imperative that the Magistrate .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 204, Explicit Reasons
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SC Refuses to Interfere With Judgment that CCTV Can’t be Installed without Consent of Occupants(12.05.2025)
Supreme Court has dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed against judgment of Calcutta High Court while held that parties cannot install CCTV cameras.....
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Madhya Pradesh HC Junks Saklecha’s Contempt Petition Against CJ’s Remark(04.12.2015)
Madhya Pradesh HC has junked a contempt petition filed by ex-MLA Paras Saklecha against the remark of Chief Justice on his attire on October 15, 2015.
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Strict Proof of Marriage Not Needed for Maintenance Proceedings: Supreme Court(25.10.2018)
Supreme Court has set aside a Karnataka High Court order that had dismissed a maintenance petition for want of proof of marriage and has reiterated th.....
Tags : Supreme Court, CrPC, Section- 125
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SEBI Bars Shri Research Services and Proprietor from Market for Two Years(18.06.2021)
Securities and Exchange Board of India has barred Shri Research Services and its proprietor Gourav Kumar Gour from the securities markets for at least.....
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ITAT, Chennai: Provisions of Sec 44AD Not Applicable to Commission Agents(18.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Chennai has observed that the provisions of Section 44AD of the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be applied to commission ag.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Section 44AD of the Income Tax Act, 1961, commission agents
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SC: For National Security Interest, Inquiry Proceedings of Civil Servant Can be Done Away With(15.05.2023)
Supreme Court has held that inquiry proceedings of civil servants can be done away with if President or Governor is satisfied that inquiry would not b.....
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All. HC: District Inspector of Schools Can’t Interfere With Seniority List Issued by Institution(31.07.2024)
Allahabad High Court has held that the District Inspector of Schools has no authority under provisions of the regulations framed under the U.P. Interm.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Seniority List, District Inspector
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SC Bans Permanent Structures in ESZ; Mandates Minimum 1 KM ESZ for Protected Forests(03.06.2022)
Supreme Court has directed that protected forests should have an Eco Sensitive Zone (ESZ) of 1 kilometer and no permanent structure within the ESZ or .....
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Implementation of Hon'ble Supreme Court direction in judgment dated 28.04.2023 in matter relating to ' pre-import condition'(08.06.2023)
1. Reference is drawn to the Hon'b1e Supreme Court's judgment dated 28.04.2023 in matter of Civil Appeal No. 290 of 2023 (UOI and others vs. Cosmo Fil.....
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Supreme Court Dismisses PIL for Action Against Political Parties for Misusing Religion in Elections(23.10.2018)
Supreme Court of India has dismissed PIL seeking directions to Centre and Election Commission of India to take strict action against political parties.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Elections, Religion
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Central Board of Direct Taxes Notifies Cost Inflation Index for FY 2021-22(16.06.2021)
Central Board of Direct Taxes has notified the cost inflation index (CII) for the financial year (FY) 2021-22 in a notification dated 12th June, 2021,.....
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ITAT, Bangalore Allows Capital Gain Exemption Since Sale Deed was Registered Within Given Time(18.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has observed that the date of completion of construction of new property is immaterial to allow exemption und.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, section 54F, Income Tax Act, 1961, statutory period
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ITAT, Ahmedabad: Higher Rate of Depreciation Available to Vehicles Let Out on Hire(22.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Ahmedabad has ruled that the assessee can avail higher rate of depreciation that is accessible to vehicles to let out o.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, assessee, higher rate, depreciation
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Madras HC Rules ‘Mere FIR Cannot Debar a Candidate from Contesting Election’(27.10.2016)
Madras High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking to reject nomination of AIADMK candidate for Aravakurichi constituency, Senthil Balaji, stating that an .....
Tags : Madras HC, FIR, Election, Aravakurichi, AIADMK
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NGT Junks Plea Against Banning Spray of Disinfectants in Aircrafts(18.10.2018)
NGT Junks Plea Against Banning Spray of Disinfectants in Aircrafts.
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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea of MP Seeking CRPF Protection Against Threats(22.07.2020)
Delhi High Court has issued notice to Ministry of Home Affairs in a plea moved by Member of Parliament from Andhra Pradesh, Kanumuru Raghu Rama Krishn.....
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SC Refuses to Mark Presence of Advocate Who Did Not Argue the Matter(25.10.2024)
Supreme Court has refused to mark presence of an advocate who did not argue in a matter and stated that Advocate-on-Record should be invariably presen.....
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Ker. HC: Under 'Recruitment by Transfer', Prescribed Conditions Need to be Scrupulously Followed(25.11.2024)
Ker HC has stated that when term used in relevant rules is that candidate is said to be “recruited by transfer” to service if his appointment to the s.....
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SC Dismisses Plea Challenging Shorthand Test as Criteria for Post of Private Secretary to Judges(31.08.2022)
Supreme Court while dismissing plea filed against Bombay High Court order on plea challenging prescription of shorthand test as selection criteria for.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Shorthand Test, Private Secretaries
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SC Sets Aside Madras HC Ruling that Modified Financial Directives in Relation to Formula 4 Racing Eve(21.02.2025)
Supreme Court while setting aside Madras High Court’s order that modified key financial directives related to the Formula 4 racing event in Chennai, h.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Financial Directives, Formula 4
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SC: Can’t Hold Independent Directors Liable under NI Act Unless Direct Involvement Shown(06.03.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that non-executive and independent directors cannot be held liable under Section 138 read with Section 141 of the Negotiabl.....
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Bombay HC Rejects Plea Challenging Declaration of Account as NPA by IL&FS(03.11.2020)
Bombay High Court has rejected a writ petition filed by a private company against declaration of loan account as Non-Performing Asset over a 100 crore.....
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Chhattisgarh HC: Validity of Section 148 Notices Issued Between March 1 to June 30 Due to Covid Lockd(06.09.2021)
Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld the validity of the section 148 notices issued between March 1, 2021, to June 30, 2021 without following section 14.....
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Ker HC: Eagerness to Maintain Secrecy Relevant for Considering Reasonable Grounds U/S 37 of NDPS Act(04.09.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that eagerness to maintain secrecy is relevant for considering 'reasonable grounds' as provided under section 37 of NDPS Ac.....
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IP Office Declares Starbucks, NDTV and Economic Times as Well-Known Trademark(22.04.2025)
Intellectual Property Office has declared Starbucks, New Delhi Television (NDTV) and Economic Times as well-known trademark. Process of designating a .....
Tags : Intellectual Property Office, Starbucks, Economic Times, NDTV
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SC: Mere Execution of Full & Final Settlement Receipt or Discharge Voucher Can’t be Bar to Arbitratio(07.05.2025)
SC has observed that mere execution of a full and final settlement receipt or a discharge voucher cannot be a bar to arbitration even when validity th.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Final Settlement Receipt, Discharge Voucher
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SC Directs CARA to Issue NOC for Ease in Inter-Country Adoption(27.03.2025)
Supreme Court while hearing a plea relating to ease the procedure for inter-country adoption, has directed the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CA.....
Tags : Supreme Court, CARA, No Objection Certificate, Adoption Process
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SC: Any Attempt to Spread Communal Hatred or Indulge in Hate Speech Must be Dealt With Iron Hand(09.05.2025)
Supreme Court has clarified that any attempt to spread communal hatred or indulge in hate speech must be dealt with an iron hand. Hate speech cannot b.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Hate Speech, Communal Hatred
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Mad. HC to State: Provide Reservation to Transgender Persons in Local Body Elections(24.08.2023)
Madras High Court has directed State Government to initiate all appropriate steps to grant reservations to Transgender persons in the local body elect.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Transgender Persons, Local Body Elections
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SC Reserves Judgment on Pleas Challenging Centre’s Order Allowing Ex-Post Facto Clearance(04.04.2025)
Supreme Court has reserved its judgment on pleas challenging notifications issued by the Central Government that allowed ex-post facto clearance for m.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Ex-Post Facto, Mining Projects
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SC: Committee Invites Suggestions Regarding Reforms in SCBA Bye-laws(17.03.2025)
The committee constituted to propose reforms of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election provisions has invited suggestions from members of SCBA .....
Tags : SCBA, Bye-laws, Election Provisions
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Del. HC: Foreigners Can’t Seek Release from “Executive Detention” by Invoking Foreigners Act(23.01.2025)
Delhi High Court has held that release from ‘executive detention’ imposed by the Central Government cannot be sought by a foreign national by invoking.....
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SC Upholds Constitutionality of Law Delegation Power of Issuing Transport Permits to STA Secretary(10.02.2025)
Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of Karnataka Motor Vehicles Taxation and Certain Other Law (Amendment) Act, 2003 that grants power of i.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Transport Permits, STA Secretary
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Delhi HC: Larger Bench to Decide Whether Section 149(1)(c) of IT Act Applies Retrospectively(04.06.2025)
A larger bench of Delhi High Court is set to decide whether Section 149(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 providing an extended period of reassessment.....
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Cal HC to State: Why Candidates Tainted with Scam being Given Opportunity to Reapply for Recruitment(01.07.2025)
Calcutta High Court has asked the Government of West Bengal why candidates tainted with cash-for-jobs recruitment scam were being permitted to reapply.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Recruitment, West Bengal
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Chhattisgarh High Court: Must Invoke Section 348 of BNSS with Great Caution(24.04.2025)
Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that Section 348 of BNSS granting the Courts power to summon any person or examine them, or recall and re-examine.....
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SC Sets Out Procedure for Verification of Electronic Voting Machines(08.05.2025)
Supreme Court has specified the procedure which is required to be followed to conduct verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and mock polls.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Electronic Voting Machines, Election Commission
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SC: Successors Cannot Enforce Rights on Property Through a Deed Executed by Person Without Title(11.04.2024)
Supreme Court has held that if a deed regarding any property has been executed by a person without title, the successors or future owners shall not ha.....
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CCI Approves UltraTech Cement’s Rs16,189 Crore Deal with Jaiprakash Associates(11.08.2016)
Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved UltraTech Cement’s Rs16,189 Crore deal with Jaiprakash Associates.
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SC Directs Political Parties to Submit Details of Donations Received Through Electoral Bonds to EC(12.04.2019)
Supreme Court has declined to stay Electoral Bond Scheme ahead of 2019 general elections after noting that issue of Electoral Bonds (EB) is a weighty .....
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Securities Appellate Tribunal Grants Securities and Exchange Board of India time in CG Power Case(19.02.2020)
Securities Appellate Tribunal has granted Securities and Exchange Board of India time till 10th March, 2020 to pass the final order in the matter rela.....
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Supreme Court Imposes Costs for Taking Foreign Medical Admission with False Age Declaration(15.02.2022)
Supreme Court while deprecating the practice of getting admission in a medical course in a Foreign University without an eligibility certificate obser.....
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Supreme Court: Unnecessary Intervention Should be Avoided by Judiciary in Administrative Decisions(13.03.2024)
Supreme Court has held that the judiciary must exercise restraint and avoid unnecessary intervention qua administrative decision(s) of the executive i.....
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Karnataka High Court Extends Stay on ED Attachment of Xiaomi India Pvt. Assets(24.05.2022)
Karnataka High Court has extended the stay granted on the Enforcement Directorate’s order dated April 29 till June 1. By the said order ED has directe.....
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Del. HC: No Retrospective Effect of Section 23 of Senior Citizens Act, 2007(15.05.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that unless terms of statute expressly provide, retrospective operation should not be given to a statute, has dismiss.....
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Kerala HC Permits KTU to Go Ahead with Examinations of B.Tech Courses on Offline Mode(30.07.2021)
Kerala High Court has permitted the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) to go ahead with the first and third semester examinations of B.Tec.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Examinations of B.Tech Courses on Offline Mode
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ITAT: Profits from Providing Technical Services to Other Airlines is Covered Under DTAA(08.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Delhi while upholding the decision of Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) has held that profits from providing .....
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Del. HC: Notice Issued on Plea for Reservation of 33% Seats for Women in Lawyers' Bodies Elections(18.07.2024)
Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea seeking 33% reservation for women lawyers in elections of Bar Council of Delhi (BCD), Delhi High Court Ba.....
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SC: Order XLI Rule 22 CPC- Cross Objection Not Necessary to Challenge Adverse Findings(06.08.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that a party in whose favour a court has decreed the suit can challenge an adverse finding before the appellate court witho.....
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Convict’s Socio-Economic Condition Must be Considered While Awarding Sentence: SC(13.12.2018)
Supreme Court, while commuting death sentence awarded to a man convicted for murdering six members in a family, has observed that socio-economic condi.....
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SEBI Levies Fine on Karvy Financial Service Ltd. for Delay in Announcing Acquiring of Shares(30.07.2021)
Securities and Exchange Board of India has levied a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Karvy Financial Services Ltd for delay in making public announcement to acqu.....
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Delhi HC: TDS Deduction on Payment of Interconnect User Charges Cannot be Categorised as FTS(08.06.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that TDS deduction on payment of interconnect user charges cannot be categorized as the fee for technical service (FTS).
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SC: Once Leave is Granted in SLP, Doctrine of Merger Comes into Play(18.07.2024)
SC has held that once leave has been granted in a SLP, regardless of whether the appeal is subsequently dismissed with or without reasons, doctrine of.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Doctrine of Merger, Special Leave Petition
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Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Launches New Tool for Parties to Receive Legal Assessment of Dispute(06.08.2021)
Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce has launched the “SCC Express,” a new tool in which parties can receive a legal assessment .....
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Delhi HC to Controller General: Ensure Recommendation Are Duly Signed by Members of Opposition Board(11.07.2022)
Delhi High Court has directed the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) to ensure that the recommendations are duly signed b.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Controller General of Patents, Recommendations
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Union Government: Deposits Above Rs 5,000 in Scrapped Currencies Allowed Once Per Account Till Dec 30(19.12.2016)
Central Government has said that deposits totaling more than Rs 5,000 in scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes can be made only once per account until De.....
Tags : Central Government, Demonetisation, deposits, Rs 500, Rs 1,000, December 30
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Madhya Pradesh HC Rejects Plea Alleging Lack of Sufficient Security to EVMs(11.12.2018)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a plea of a Congress leader who had expressed his concern over the alleged lack of sufficient security in some.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Sufficient Security to EVMs
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SC Seeks Centre’s Response in Plea for Introducing Penal Laws for Protection of Transgenders(13.10.2020)
Supreme Court has sought the Centre’s response on a Public Interest Litigation seeking to fill a void in penal law to protect transgenders from sexual.....
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Delhi HC Corrects Arithmetic Error in an Order Which Imposed Rs. 12.5 Cr. Cost on a Private Company(07.06.2022)
Delhi High Court has made an arithmetic correction in its order which imposed a cost of Rs. 12.5 crores on a private company, SARR Freights Corporatio.....
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MHA: Can’t Designate Police Stations as Place for Examination of Witness Via Electronic Means(17.07.2024)
Union Ministry of Home Affairs has written to the State Governments stating that for purposes of Sections 265, 266 and 308 of BNSS, 2023, police stati.....
Tags : MHA, Electronic Means, Examination of Witnesses, Police Stations
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Karnataka HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Direction to Not Conduct 2023 State Assembly Elections(27.04.2022)
Karnataka High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking instructions to the State and Chief Election Commissioner to not conduct the 2.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, public interest litigation, Election Commissioner, Assembly election, people's representatives
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NCLAT: Assignee’s Name Absent in Balance Sheets Doesn’t Negate Applicability of Limitation Act(06.05.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that absence of assignee’s name to whom debt was assigned, from the balance sheets does not negate the applicability of.....
Tags : NCLAT New Delhi, Balance Sheets, Section 18
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Gauhati HC: Section 29 and 30 POCSO Act Doesn’t Relieve Prosecution of Burden to Prove Case(15.09.2021)
Gauhati High Court has observed that Section 29 & 30 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 doesn't actually relieve the prosecu.....
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SC: Election is Purely a Statutory Proceeding(21.08.2023)
Supreme Court has observed that Election contest is not an action at law or a suit in equity but purely a statutory proceeding, provision for which ha.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Election, Statutory Proceeding
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SC Passes Directions for Effective Implementation of DMR Act(27.03.2025)
Supreme Court has passed directions for the State Government for the effective implementation of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertise.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Effective Implementation, DMR Act
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Telangana HC: HC Can Extend Mandate of Arbitrator Only When it Appoints the Arbitrator(14.04.2025)
Telangana High Court has held that the mandate of the arbitrator can be extended by the High Court under Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliati.....
Tags : Telangana High Court, Mandate of Arbitrator, Section 11(6)
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SC: HC Can’t Conduct Mini Trial Under Section 482 of CrPC(12.04.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that at the stage of quashing of criminal proceedings under Section 482 CrPC, Court is not required to conduct a mini tr.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Mini Trial, Quashing Proceedings, Section 482 CrPC
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Transfer of securities only in demat form - Deadline extended till April 1, 2019(03.12.2018)
The Board, on March 28, 2018, decided that except in case of transmission or transposition of securities, requests for effecting transfer of securitie.....
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SC: Specific Performance Suit Filed Within Limitation Cannot be Dismissed on Sole Ground of Delay(13.10.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that a suit for specific performance filed within limitation cannot be dismissed on the sole ground of delay or laches.
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SC Sets Aside Bombay HC Judgment that Dismissed WP by Citing SC Judgment in N.G Projects Ltd. Case(07.06.2022)
Supreme Court has set aside a Bombay High Court judgment which dismissed a writ petition by referring to observations made in M/s N. G. Projects Ltd. .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Bombay High Court, N.G. Projects Ltd.
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Karnataka HC: Aim of Preventive Detention is to Ensure Peace in Society(16.07.2024)
Kar. HC has observed that women, children & aged have become vulnerable sections at hands of hooligans. Sensible sections of society live in anxiety,.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Preventive Detention, Vulnerable Sections
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Uttarakhand HC Issues Notice to State on Plea Seeking Direction to Notify Rules for Sikh Marriages(09.07.2021)
Uttarakhand High Court has issued a notice to the state government on a plea urging that State Government should notify the rules under the Anand Marr.....
Tags : Uttarakhand High Court, Direction to Notify Rules for Sikh Marriages
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SC Upholds Rejection of S. 8 Application as Reliefs Claimed Fell Outside the Arbitration Clause(03.05.2023)
SC while upholding the rejection of an application filed under Section 8 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 observed that the cause of action o.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Arbitration, Section 8 of A&C Act
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All. HC: District Inspector of Schools Can’t Interfere With Seniority List Issued by Institution(31.07.2024)
All. High Court has held that the District Inspector of Schools has no authority under provisions of regulations framed under the U.P. Intermediate Ed.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Seniority List, District Inspector
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Supreme Court Puts on Hold Delhi HC Order on Unitech Compromise Meets with Homebuyers(15.12.2016)
Supreme Court has stayed Delhi High Court order, which had directed realty firm Unitech to hold meetings with home buyers and opening escrow accounts .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Unitech, Compromise Meets, Homebuyers
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Prior Permission Mandatory for Erecting Flag Poles: Madras High Court(10.12.2018)
Madras High Court has directed local administration department authorities to ensure that no one can erect flag poles or arches along/across public ro.....
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Procedure for inspection of ICDs/CFSs/AFSs(08.10.2020)
Kind reference is drawn to Audit Report 16 of 2018 on Working of Inland Container Depots (ICDs) and Container Freight Stations (CFSs) wherein several .....
Tags : Procedure, Inspection, ICDs
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Karnataka HC: Second Petition U/S 482 CrPC Maintainable Only in Cases of Changed Circumstances(02.06.2022)
Karnataka High Court has held that second petition under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, for quashing the criminal proceedings will be mai.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Section 482 CrPC
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SC: Can’t Reduce Compensation Only because Business of Deceased Over Taken by Dependants(03.02.2025)
SC has observed that merely because the dependants stepped into the shoes of deceased, by such factum itself, dependants would not be capable of runni.....
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NCLAT: Non-Registration of Charge not Sine Qua Non for Creditor to be Treated as ‘Secured Creditor’(18.02.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that non-registration of “charge” as per Section 77 of Companies Act, 2013 is not a sine qua non for a Creditor to be t.....
Tags : NCLAT New Delhi, Sine Qua Non, Secured Creditor
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Supreme Court Dismisses Dalmia Petition Challenging NCLAT Order on Binani Cement(20.11.2018)
Supreme Court has dismissed Dalmia Bharat’s plea challenging National Company Law Appellate Tribunal’s order allowing UltraTech Cement to acquire bank.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Binani Cement, Ultratech, NCLAT
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Bombay HC Allows Waiving of Cool-Off Period u/s 13B Hindu Marriage Act, 1955(02.11.2020)
Bombay High Court has allowed a Joint plea for waiving the Cooling-off period as specified under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and asked.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Coof-Off Period Under Section 13B
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CBDT Extends Last date of Payment Under Vivad se Vishwas(02.09.2021)
Central Board of Direct Tax (CBDT) has notified the extension of the last date of payment under Vivad se Vishwas which was earlier extended to 31st Au.....
Tags : Central Board of Direct Tax, Last date of Payment Under Vivad se Vishwas
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All. HC: Relationship Between Logic and Experience Important in the Context of Invoking Precedents(28.08.2023)
Allahabad High Court has observed that to decide a case with similar facts and circumstances, relationship between logic and experience is important i.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Precedents, Context
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NGT Gives Nod to Long Awaited Neutrino Project(06.11.2018)
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has upheld the environmental clearance earlier granted to India based Neutrino Observatory (INO) project by the ministry.....
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CBIC Extends Due Date for Filing FY19 GST Returns(30.09.2020)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has extended the due date for filing annual goods and services tax returns for the financial year ended Ma.....
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SC: Substantive Right Should Not be Defeated Citing Procedural Defects Capable of Being Cured(07.07.2022)
Supreme Court has held that substantive right accrued to the litigant should not be defeated citing a procedural defect capable of being cured.
Tags : Supreme Court, Substantive Rights, Procedural Defects
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Must AddSection 304(II) of IPC In Accidents Involving Drunk Drivers(10.12.2024)
Calcutta HC has stated that in all cases of drinking and driving, where an accident had occurred, culpable homicide not amounting to murder underSecti.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Section 304(II), Reckless Driving
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NCLAT: While Dismissing Appeal for Non-Prosecu., Adj. Authority Can’t Direct Dismissal on Merits Too(14.01.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that when an adjudicating authority dismisses an appeal on ground of non- prosecution, it cannot add a direction that a.....
Tags : NCLAT New Delhi, Adjudicating Authority, Non-Prosecution
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Delhi HC: Stamp Duty Insufficiency on Arbitration Agreement is Jurisdictional Issue U/S 16 A&C Act(26.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has ruled that the sufficiency of the stamp duty on the arbitration agreement is a jurisdictional issue under Section 16 of the Arbit.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, stamp duty, arbitration agreement, Section 16, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
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Madras HC: Section 34 Proceedings Are Summary in Nature; Does Not Permit Additional Evidence(29.04.2022)
Madras High Court has ruled that the challenge proceedings under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 are summary in nature, hence.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Section 34, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, arbitral tribunal
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SC: P&H HC Judgment Allowing Minor Muslim Girl to Marry Shouldn’t be Treated as Precedent(16.01.2023)
Supreme Court has observed that judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in case Javed v. State of Haryana, which held that Muslim girl aged 15 y.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Precedent, Minor Muslim Girl, Marriage
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SC: Factors Deciding Term of Sentence to be Undergone by Murder Convicts Before Remis., Summarised(21.03.2024)
Supreme Court has summarized the factors to determine term of sentence to be undergone before remission could be sought by accused of murder cases. Th.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Murder Convicts, Criminal Antecedents
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Supreme Court to Courts: Lean in Favour of Nation's Economic Interest(30.05.2017)
Supreme Court has held that economic analysis and economic impact of its decisions must weigh heavily for Courts in cases where major business interes.....
Tags : Supreme Court, economic analysis
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ITAT, Mumbai: Wrong Assumption or Incorrect Application Would Make Order Liable for Revision(04.03.2020)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai has held that the wrong assumption of facts or incorrect application of the law would make the order liab.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Wrong Assumption or Incorrect Application
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NCLAT: Superseded Director Not Entitled to Notice of CoC Meeting(31.01.2022)
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has held that there exists a difference between supersession of Directors under the Reserve Bank of India Act,.....
Tags : National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Superseded Director
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Kerala HC: Individuals with Criminal Antecedents Not Allowed to Run Stalls in Temple Premises(04.02.2022)
Kerala High Court has established that individuals with criminal antecedents or those without a Police Clearance Certificate are not allowed to run or.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Individuals with Criminal Antecedents
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ITAT, Delhi: Revisional Jurisdiction Can be Invoked in Very Gross Case of Inadequacy in Inquiry(29.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has ruled that the Revisional jurisdiction under section 263 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 can be invoked in a very.....
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SC: Board to Examine Whether Candidate with Speech Disability is Eligible for Medical Education(04.09.2024)
Supreme Court has directed Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College, Pune to constitute a medical board for examining whether a candidate with s.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Speech Disability, Medical Education
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HP HC: Can’t Set Aside Award Unless Patent Illegality Established u/s 34 of A&C Act(14.11.2024)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has stated that an interference with the award can only be made under Section 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.....
Tags : HP High Court, Section 34, Patent Illegality
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Patna High Court: Gazette Notification Not Sine Qua Non For Setting Up EOPS(16.03.2017)
Patna High Court has held that there is no requirement in law that an ‘Economic Offence Police Station’ (EOPS) can only be created by a Gazette Notifi.....
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CIVIL - SC Strikes Down Rule 5A of Bihar Civil Service(Judicial Branch)(Recruitment) Rules(21.02.2019)
Supreme Court has struck down Rule 5A of Bihar Civil Service(Judicial Branch)(Recruitment) Rules 1995, as per which only 10% of the candidates who app.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Bihar Civil Service(Judicial Branch)(Recruitment) Rules
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Madras HC Directs State to Conduct Periodical Inspections of Children's Homes(18.10.2021)
Madras High Court has directed the concerned State authorities to conduct periodical inspections of Children's Homes in order to regulate the living c.....
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SC: When Contract Doesn’t Fix Time for Specific Performance, Limitation Runs from Notice of Refusal(14.09.2023)
Supreme Court has held that when no time is fixed for specific performance of the contract, the court will have to determine the date on which the pla.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Specific Performance, Limitation, Time
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‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill Introduced in Lok Sabha(18.12.2024)
Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has introduced the Constitution 129th Amendment Bill, 2024 as well as the Union Territories Laws Amendment Bill, 2024 i.....
Tags : Lok Sabha, Simultaneous Elections, General Elections
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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Case against Ex-Bharti Airtel CEO(17.01.2025)
Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a former Chief Executive Officer of Bharti Airtel booked for 'obscene' messages received by a p.....
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ITAT, Delhi: Fee for Cloud Services Not Royalty(27.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi while granting relief to a subsidiary company of Information Technology giant Microsoft Corporation, Ministry of .....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Information Technology, Microsoft Corporation, Ministry of Law Corporation, subscription fee, royalty, cloud computing
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Bombay HC: Agreement on Name of Arbitrator Would Not Amount to Waiver of Notice(02.05.2022)
Bombay High Court has observed that simply because the Arbitration agreement provides for the name of the arbitrator, the same would not amount to a w.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Section 21, Arbitration agreement
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SC: Execution Court Can Entertain Application u/s 28 of Specific Relief Act(05.09.2024)
SC has held that an application under Section 28 of Specific Relief Act, 1963 either for rescission of contract or for extension of time, can be enter.....
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Delhi HC Criminalizes Marital Rape; Holds Exception 2 Of Section 375 IPC Unconstitutional(11.05.2022)
Delhi High Court has passed a split verdict challenging the Exception 2 of Section 375 of Indian Penal Code, 1860, exempting forceful sexual intercour.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Section 375 , sexual intercourse, marital rape, unconstitutional
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Safeguards to address the concerns of the investors on transfer of securities in dematerialized mode(20.03.2024)
1. Para 1.12 of SEBI Master circular for Depositories dated October 06, 2023 prescribed guidelines to address the concerns arising out of transfer of .....
Tags : Safeguards, Transfer, Securities
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Del. HC: ED Cannot Invoke Section 50 of PMLA Against Citizens Who Aren’t Suspects(01.05.2024)
Del. HC while bashing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for invoking Section 50 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) to record statements.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Enforcement Directorate, PMLA
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Bombay High Court to IMD: Give Four-Hour Weather Forecast During Monsoon(07.08.2015)
Bombay High Court has suggested to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) to consider issuing weather forecast every four hours during the monsoo.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, IMD, Weather forecast
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Telecom Users Have Right Over Personal Data: TRAI(18.07.2018)
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has said users have primary right over their personal information while entities controlling or processin.....
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Securities and Exchange Board of India Bars Sonu Nigam from Selling Agricultural Land(12.03.2020)
Securities and Exchange Board of India has barred Sonu Nigam from disposing or transferring agricultural land in Karjat area, Maharashtra that he had .....
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#Economic Survey 2021-2022: India to Spend USD 1.4 Trillion to Step Up Infrastructure Investment(31.01.2022)
Economic Survey has said that to achieve USD 5 trillion GDP by FY'25, India needs to spend about USD 1.4 trillion over this period on infrastructure t.....
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Madras HC Directs TNSEC to Submit Assets Declarations of all Elected Councillors(01.12.2016)
Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC) to submit statements of declaration of assets made by all Elected Councill.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Tamil Nadu, Election Commission, Assets Declarations
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NCLAT Sets Aside Sterling Biotech Liquidation(04.09.2019)
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has set aside a lower court order to liquidate debt-ridden Sterling Biotech, permitting its promoters .....
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MP HC: Authorities Responsible for Execution of COVID Protocol are Unable to Discharge Their Duties(01.10.2020)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that the executive authorities who are responsible for the execution of the COVID Guidelines are unable to disc.....
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SC: Landlord Entitled to Mesne Profits from Tenant When Execution of Eviction Decree is Stayed(08.07.2022)
Supreme Court has held that once a decree for eviction is stayed, it is necessary for the appellate court to fix the mesne profits to be paid by the t.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Mesne Profit, Tenant, Eviction Decree
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SC: Ban on Firecrackers Required Not Only to Curb Air Pollution but also Noise Pollution(13.12.2024)
Supreme Court while directing Delhi government and NCR states to decide on a complete year-round ban on firecrackers, has stated that this is the requ.....
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Del. HC: ECI Should Consider Adoption of Technological Tools for Elimination of Duplicate Names(16.01.2025)
Delhi HC while hearing a PIL seeking action against voters maintaining several entries in voters list, has asked the Election Commission of India to c.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Technological Tools, Duplicate Names
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Allahabad HC: Maintenance U/S 125 CrPC Can be Granted if Restitution of Conjugal Rights is Passed(27.04.2022)
Allahabad High Court has held that there is no bar under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to grant maintenance to a wife, even agai.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Section 125, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, conjugal rights
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Supreme Court: Registry to Give Explanation When Case Not Listed Despite Specific Orders(28.08.2024)
Supreme Court has observed that when there is a specific order of the Court that a particular petition shall be listed, the minimum expectation from t.....
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MP HC: For Order Rejecting Correction of Records, Sub-Divisional Officer Must Give Reasons(17.10.2024)
MP High Court has held that for rejecting application for correction of revenue records, Sub-Divisional Officer must give reasons in support of the fi.....
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New format of Abridged Prospectus for public issues of Non-Convertible Debt Securities and/or Non-convertible Redeemable Preference Shares(04.09.2023)
1. Section 2(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 defines an abridged prospectus as a memorandum containing such salient features of a prospectus as may be s.....
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SC Distinguishes between 'Legislative Decisions' and 'Proceedings in the Legislature'(27.02.2025)
SC while distinguishing between 'Legislative decisions' and 'proceedings in the Legislature', has observed that 'proceedings in the Legislature' are i.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Legislative Decisions, Procedural Irregularities
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NCLAT: Existence of Financial Debt Essential for Initiating Proceedings under Section 7 of IBC(11.03.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench while dismissing a petition filed under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, has stated that for initiating pr.....
Tags : NCLAT New Delhi, Financial Debt, Section 7
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SC: Review Petition Filed against SC Order Rejecting Plea to Confiscate Electoral Bond Donation(23.01.2025)
A review petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking review of the order whereby the Court rejected the plea to confiscate the amount recover.....
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CBIC Extends Due Date For Filing of GSTR-3B(18.05.2022)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has extended the due date for filing of GSTR 3B to May 24th, 2022 due to the technical glitches in .....
Tags : Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, GSTR 3B, Infosys, GSTR-2B
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Meghalaya HC Expresses Concern Over 50% Electricity Deficit in the State(06.07.2023)
Meghalaya High Court while expressing serious concerns and observing that it is completely unacceptable that the quantum of deficit would be in excess.....
Tags : Meghalaya High Court, Electricity Deficit
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SEBI Disposes of Legal Proceedings in Bharti Insider Trading Allegation(23.10.2020)
Securities and Exchange Board of India has disposed of legal proceedings against Bharti Telecom, Sunil Bharti Mittal and two other senior officials in.....
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Kerala HC: Selection of Candidates Can be Based on Rational Criteria if Applicants Exceed Vacancies(20.07.2022)
Kerala High Court has held that Selection Committee can shortlist qualified applicants to trim down the number of such eligible applicants, provided t.....
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JKL HC: Section 96 CPC Mandates that Appellant Must Challenge Both Decree Judgment(24.08.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that Section 96 of Civil Procedure Code (CPC) amply make out that the appellant is required to ch.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, CPC, Decree, Judgment
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SC Lays Down Key Principles for Courts When Dealing with Challenges to Appointment(04.04.2025)
Supreme Court has laid down key principles to be considered by the Court when it is tasked with the issue of whether the entire selection procedure sh.....
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Karnataka HC: Can’t Provide Free Bus Service to Enable Voters to Reach Polling Booth(17.05.2024)
Karnataka High Court has observed that free bus services cannot be provided to enable voters to reach polling booths and stated that the Chief Electio.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Polling Booth, Chief Election Commissioner
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SC Expresses Concern Over Visit of Devotees to Places of Worship Situated in Protected Areas(01.05.2023)
Supreme Court has expressed concerns uncontrolled visits of the devotees at certain places of worship situated in protected areas as it results in pro.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Protected Areas, Worship, Uncontrolled Visits
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Preservation of CCTV recordings(08.06.2021)
1. Please refer to circular DCM (Plg) No. 1712/10.27.00/2016-17 dated December 13, 2016 wherein the banks were advised to preserve the CCTV recordings.....
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ITAT, Mumbai: Corpus Donations Received by Trust Not Taxable, Even If Trust Is unregistered(18.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has held that the corpus donations received by a Trust for a specific purpose are not taxable, even if the Trust.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Section 12 A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, capital receipt
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Supreme Court Extends Mohammed Zubair's Interim Bail in Hate Speech Case(12.07.2022)
Supreme Court has extended the 5 days' interim bail granted to Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of fact checking website AltNews, in connection with th.....
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SC: In a Compromise Decree Acquiring Property with Pre-Existing Right, No Stamp Duty is Required(23.12.2024)
Supreme Court has observed that if a person acquires a property through compromise decree in which he already has a right then there is no need of reg.....
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Delhi HC: Benchmark of Rs. 50 Lakh Income to be Met at Initiation of Reassessment Proceedings(17.01.2025)
Delhi High Court has held that benchmark of minimum Rs. 50 lakh income escapement that has been prescribed under Section 149 of the Income Tax Act, 19.....
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Delhi HC Asks on Provision of Second Dose of Covaxin Within 6 Weeks(04.06.2021)
Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government as to whether it will be in a position to administer the Covaxin's second dose to all willing and elig.....
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Delhi HC Orders Appointment of Full-Time Chairperson & CEO With Intellectual Disabilities(27.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has directed the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment to make sure appointment of full-time Chairperson and Chief executive offic.....
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Delhi HC: Executing Court Can't Go Behind Decree & Give Relief to Judgment Debtor(02.05.2022)
Delhi High Court has reiterated that the executing Court can’t go behind the decree that is to be implemented and give relief to the judgment debtor t.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Executing Court, Judgment debtor
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SC Delivers Split Verdict on Disciplinary Action to be Taken Against an Advocate-On-Record(18.04.2025)
Supreme Court has delivered a split verdict on disciplinary action to be taken against an Advocate-on-Record and his assisting Advocate who filed a pe.....
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SC: Prior Service Must Not be the Basis of Seniority in Direct Recruitment through Exam(05.05.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that when recruitment has been done on the basis of an examination then seniority must be based on the performance of indiv.....
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SC Upholds Authority of CERC to Award Compensation for Delays(19.05.2025)
Supreme Court has upheld the authority of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission's (CERC) under Section 79 of the Electricity Act, 2003 for awa.....
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Karnataka HC Removes Petitioner in PIL Against 'Cauvery Calling' Project(16.10.2020)
Karnataka High Court has observed that the conduct of petitioner A V Amarnathan was not that of a pro-bono litigant and accordingly it converted the p.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, ‘Cauvery Calling’ Project
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Delhi HC Seeks Response on Plea Challenging Provisions of Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993(13.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has sought response of the Centre on a plea challenging provisions of Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993 regarding appointmen.....
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Del HC: Scope of Writ Jurisdiction Cannot be Allowed to Trounce the Statutory Obligation(16.08.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that scope of writ jurisdiction can’t be allowed to trounce the statutory obligation, on the stratagem of efficacious.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Writ Jurisdiction, SARFAESI, Recovery Proceedings
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Bom. HC: Reasons for Delay Could Not Constitute Information as Defined Under RTI Act(18.10.2024)
Bom. HC has observed that under section 2(f) of RTI Act, 2005 "information" means any material in any form, including records, documents, memos, e-mai.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, RTI Act, Delayed Decision
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P&H HC: In Criminal Cases, Courts are Required to Not Accept Piecemeal Settlements(14.11.2024)
P&H HC has stated that to ensure that the victim/complainant, does not become the driver of the criminal justice system, through makings of piecemeal .....
Tags : P&H High Court, Piecemeal Settlements, Criminal Cases
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SC Imposes Cost on States Failing to Comply with Direction of POSH Act Implementation(12.02.2025)
Supreme Court has imposed cost on States that have failed to comply with directions that were passed for the effective compliance of the Sexual Harass.....
Tags : Supreme Court, POSH Act Implementation, Effective Compliance
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SC Affirms Calcutta High Court's Ban on Sale & Bursting of Firecrackers in West Bengal(11.11.2020)
Supreme Court has affirmed the Calcutta High Court order banning the sale and bursting of firecrackers during Diwali, Chatt Puja, Kali Puja, etc. in t.....
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Delhi HC Directs Delhi Government to Appoint New Director of IHBAS(24.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to appoint, as expeditiously as possible, a new Director to head the Institute of Human Behaviour a.....
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MP HC to DGP: Think of Creating WhatsApp Groups for Purpose of Summoning Witnesses(26.09.2023)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed Director General of Police (DGP) and Director, Prosecution to take suggestion from police officers and other ex.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, WhatsApp Groups, Summon, Protection, Witnesses
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NCLAT: Cannot Disconnect Electricity Supply During Moratorium Period as Per Section 14(2) of IBC(27.02.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that during moratorium period under section 14 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code), electricity being an.....
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Supreme Court Extends Tenure of Justice Gita Mittal Committee(18.03.2025)
Supreme Court has extended the term of Justice Gita Mittal Committee till 31st July, 2025 which is constituted to handle several humanitarian aspects .....
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Delhi HC Sets Aside Ruling to the Extent of Restraining Indiamart to Provide ‘PUMA’ Search Option(05.06.2025)
Delhi High Court has allowed Indiamart to provide registered trademark “PUMA” as search options in its drop down menu presented to prospective sellers.....
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Del. HC: Legislative Intent of 2018 Amendment of SRA was Towards Stronger Enforcement of Contracts(06.09.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that intent behind 2018 Amendment of Specific Relief Act was to introduce more certainty in enforcement of contracts,.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Specific Relief, Enforcement of Contract
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SC: For Annulment of Deed, Non-Executant Only has to Seek Declaration that Deed is Invalid(25.04.2025)
SC has observed that where executant of a deed wants it to be annulled, he has to seek cancellation of deed u/s 31 of Specific Relief Act, 1963. But i.....
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SC: Can Admit Unregistered Agree. to Sell as Evidence to Prove Contract in Specific Performance Suit(12.05.2025)
Supreme Court has held that to establish the existence of a contract in a suit seeking specific performance, an unregistered agreement to sell may be .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Specific Performance, Unregistered Agreement
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Cal. HC: Five Days is Inadequate Time for Filing Nominations for Panchayat Elections(12.06.2023)
Calcutta High Court while observing that five day's time provided for filing nomination papers is prima facie inadequate and directed State Election C.....
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Special CBI Court, Lucknow Acquits All Accused in Babri Masjid Demolition Case(30.09.2020)
Special Central Bureau of Investigation Court, Lucknow has acquitted all 32 persons accused of hatching the criminal conspiracy behind the demolition .....
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SC Upholds Bombay HC Order: Hold Goa Panchayat Elections Within 45 Days(07.07.2022)
Supreme Court has upheld the order of Bombay High Court at Goa which had directed the State of Goa and the State Election Commission to ensure that th.....
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SC to ED: Withdraw LOC Against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee & Wife Rujira Banerjee(31.07.2023)
Supreme Court has directed Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to withdraw the Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wif.....
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HP HC: Mentioning of Wong Provision Not Fatal to Application(14.01.2025)
HP High Court while hearing an application filed under S. 151 of CPC rather than Section 29A of A&C Act, has held that it is well-settled law that mer.....
Tags : HP High Court, Incorrect Provision, Application
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Gujarat HC: Relief Can't be Granted as it Amount to Main Relief in Section 9 Arbitration Application(26.04.2022)
Gujarat High Court has held that once an application under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking interim measures has been d.....
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ITAT, Bangalore: Subsidy Expenditure Does Not Attract TDS Provision(29.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has ruled that subsidy expenditure not attracts Tax Deducted at Source provision and set asides the order dis.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Tax Deducted at Source, Section 40(a)(ia), Income Tax Act, 1961
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SC to State Govts.: Implement S 136A of MV Act for Electronic Monitoring & Enforcement of Road Safety(03.09.2024)
SC has issued directions to all state governments to take immediate steps to implement Section 136A of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (MV Act), which provid.....
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SC Asks Centre to File Detailed Affidavit Regarding Completion of Smog Tower Project in Delhi(31.07.2020)
Supreme Court has directed the Centre to file a comprehensive affidavit highlighting all details about the smog tower project in Delhi and why the sam.....
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Gujarat HC: Reassessment Should Only be Done by Officer or His Successor(04.05.2022)
Gujarat High Court, while invalidating the reassessment initiated by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, has ruled that the officer who did the a.....
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Orissa HC: Government is Not Required to Refer National Security Issues to National Tribunal(11.05.2022)
Orissa High Court has ruled that it is not obligatory for the Central Government to refer a matter of national importance to the National Industrial T.....
Tags : Orissa High Court, Central Government, National Industrial Tribunal, Section 7-B, Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
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Cal HC to CBI & ED: Submit List of Beneficiaries in Teachers Recruitment Scam(17.07.2023)
Calcutta High Court has directed CBI and ED to place on record the details of the beneficiaries of the teachers recruitment scam particularly the teac.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Teachers Recruitment Scam, Beneficiaries
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CBDT Releases ITR-1 Validation Rules for AY 2022-23(21.04.2022)
Central Board of Direct Taxes has released Income Tax Return -1 Validation Rules for Assessment Year 2022-23. The Rules include: List of category defe.....
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Pat. HC: Secondary Evidence Determining Victim’s Age to Stand Proven if No Challenge Made by Accused(01.07.2024)
Patna High Court has observed that secondary evidence produced by the prosecution to determine the victim’s age under the POCSO Act, 2012 shall stand .....
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The discretion to order security for costs is unfettered, and depends on an examination of all of relevant circumstances(10.01.2018)
The Defendants have applied for an order that, the Plaintiff give security for the costs of this action and for consequential orders, including that t.....
Tags : Costs, Security, Grant
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SC: Regulatory Regime for Use of Disinfectants on Human Body Required(06.11.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that there has to be a regulatory regime for the use of disinfectants, fumigation or UV ray on the human body.
Tags : Supreme Court, Use of Disinfectants on Human Body
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SC: Amount of Income Tax Deductible or Collectible at Source Can be Reduced by Assessee(21.09.2021)
Supreme Court has held that the amount of income tax which is deductible or collectible at source can be reduced by the assessee while calculating adv.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Income Tax Deductible or Collectible at Source
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J&K&L HC: Acts Which Gravely Prejudice Public Order Qualify as Acts Prejudicial to Security of State(26.08.2022)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that every act which is prejudicial to the security of the state would qualify to be an act prejudici.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Public Order, Security of State
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JKL HC: Creation of Special Authority No Reason to Condone Delay(06.03.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that creation of an Authority under special legislation cannot be a reason to condone delay and i.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Special Authority, Delay
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Punjab and Haryana High Court: Can’t Base Rules for Recruitment on Political Agenda(05.06.2024)
P&H HC while setting aside rules for recruitment of Group C and D posts which provided for additional five percent marks under socio-economic criteria.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Political Agenda, Socio-Economic Criteria
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DGFT Removes Import Restrictions on Refined Palm Oil, Refined Palm Olein, Potatoes(02.07.2021)
Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has temporarily removed import restrictions on refined palm oil, refined Palm Olein, Potatoes. According to a.....
Tags : Director-General of Foreign Trade, Import Restrictions on Refined Palm Oil, Refined Palm Olein, Potatoes
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Calcutta HC Lifts Stay on Teacher Recruitment Process for Upper Primary Schools(12.07.2021)
Calcutta High Court has lifted the interim stay order that had been imposed on the West Bengal government's ongoing process of recruitment of teachers.....
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Amendment to the Master Direction (MD) on KYC - Instructions on Wire Transfer(04.05.2023)
1. This is with reference to the Master Direction (MD) on KYC dated February 25, 2016, as amended from time to time, in terms of which Regulated Entit.....
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Gujarat High Court: Offences Under NDPS Act Have a Cascading Effect(07.02.2025)
Gujarat High Court while denying bail to an individual booked under NDPS Act, has observed that these offence have a cascading effect and are in vogue.....
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Cal. HC: To Convict Person u/s 304B of IPC, Conclusive Proof of Cruelty before Death Required(30.06.2025)
Calcutta High Court while setting aside conviction of a husband, has held that to convict a person under Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 c.....
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Mad. HC: Directing ED to Serve Copy before Conducting Search Might Lead to Destruction of Evidence(24.04.2025)
Mad. HC has observed that omnibus direction mandating the Enforcement Directorate that all search must be conducted by serving a copy of reason to bel.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Section 17, Enforcement Directorate
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Supreme Court: NCLAT Cannot Condone Appeal Filed beyond 45 Days(08.05.2025)
Supreme Court has held that under Section 61(2) of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) does not h.....
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Delhi HC: While Investigating NDPS Cases Efforts Should Be Made to Use Technological Means(06.06.2025)
Delhi HC has observed that the use of technology enhances efficacy & transparency of police investigation and assures fairness. Therefore, ideally whi.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Technological Means, NDPS Cases
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SC Refuses Pre-Arrest Bail to Man Accused of Making Objectionable Facebook Post Against Smrit Irani(12.07.2021)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a petition filed by a man seeking anticipatory bail in a First Information Report registered by the Uttar Prade.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Man Accused of Making Objectionable Facebook Post Against Smrit Irani
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Calcutta HC: Gazetted Officer Who Is Part Of Raid Is Not 'Independent Person'(16.05.2022)
Calcutta High Court has held that a Gazetted Officer who is a member of the raiding party cannot be said to be an independent person. The Court furthe.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Search, Section 50 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act
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Non-Compliance of S. 148A Notice: Rajasthan HC asks Income Tax Dept to Follow SC Judgment(19.05.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has directed the income tax department to proceed with the notices quashed earlier under Section 148A of Income-Tax Act, 1961, in.....
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Supreme Court: Can’t Apply Decision to Reduce Pay Scale, Retrospectively(12.08.2024)
Supreme Court has held that any decision taken by the State Government to reduce an employee's pay scale and recover the excess amount cannot be appli.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Pay Scale, Retrospectively
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NCLAT: To Reject Application u/s 9 of IBC Reflection of Genuine Pre Existing Dispute Sufficient(24.03.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi Bench has held that for rejection of an application under Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC), reflection of a.....
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Bombay HC: Can’t Accept Adoption Deed as Having Presumptive Value Only because it is Registered(10.04.2025)
Bombay HC has observed that only because the adoption deed is a registered document it cannot be accepted as having presumptive value under Section 16.....
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Gauhati HC: Assam Minerals Dept Can't Stop Railway From Moving Goods in Course of Inter-State Trade(29.04.2022)
Gauhati High Court has prima facie observed that the Assam Mineral Development Corporation can't stop the Railways from transporting goods, in this ca.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, Assam Mineral Development Corporation, No Objection Certificate, inter-state trade
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Del. HC: Denying Admission After Seat Allotment by DoE Violates Objective of RTE Act(27.08.2024)
Delhi High Court has observed that if a student is denied admission once he/she has been allotted seat by the Directorate of Education (DoE), it would.....
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Supreme Court: A Sale Cannot be Said to be a Contract(15.10.2024)
SC has observed that though an agreement to sell is a contract of sale, going by its definition under Section 54 of TPA, a sale cannot be said to be a.....
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SC: Candidate in Select List Doesn’t Have Indefeasible Right to Be Appointed(08.11.2024)
Supreme Court has held that a candidate placed in the select list gets no indefeasible right to be appointed even if vacancies are available but the S.....
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Del. HC: Judgment Requiring ED to Supply ‘Reasons to Believe’ to Arrestee to be Applied Prospectively(04.12.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that the judgment in Arvind Kejriwal Vs. Directorate of Enforcement (MANU/SC/0610/2024; 2024 INSC 512), requiring supply of .....
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ITAT: Income Tax Penalty U/S 271E Cannot be Levied In Absence of Regular Assessment(13.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Ahmedabad has ruled that the income tax penalty under Section 271E of the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be levied in the .....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Income Tax Act, 1961, Section 271E, assessee
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Supreme Court Reiterates Section 18 Limitation Act Is Applicable To IBC Proceedings(19.05.2022)
Supreme Court reiterates that the provisions of Section 18 of the Limitation Act are applicable to proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy C C.....
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Bombay High Court: Judgement Reserved in Kunal Kamra’s Petition Challenging IT Amendment Rules, 2023(09.08.2024)
Bombay High Court has reserved its judgement in the petition filed by comedian Kunal Kamra challenging the IT Amendment Rules, 2023 that empower the U.....
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Allahabad HC Dismissed With Cost, Protection Plea Filed by Married Woman and Her Live-In Partner(22.07.2022)
Allahabad High Court while dismissing a protection plea filed by married woman and her live-in partner with cost has held that they failed to demonstr.....
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SC: Can’t Dismiss Execution Petition Merely Because Property's Possession is Lost to Third Party(28.08.2023)
Supreme Court has held that Court can’t dismiss an execution petition as inexecutable, merely on the basis that the property has been lost to a third .....
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SC: Electricity Act Empowers State Commissions to Regulate Open Access Within their Respective States(04.04.2025)
SC has observed that Section 42(2) of the Electricity Act, 2003 expressly empowers State Commissions to regulate open access within their respective s.....
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SC: Can’t Use Section 106 of Evidence Act to Make Up Prosecution's Inability(27.02.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 must be used with care and cannot be invoked to make up the inability of .....
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Gujarat High Court, Constitutional Validity, State Government(11.03.2025)
Gauhati High Court has observed that mere breach of contract cannot give rise to criminal prosecution for cheating unless fraudulent or dishonest inte.....
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Calcutta HC Orders Mandatory Videography of Recovery Procedure Under NDPS Act(24.06.2022)
Calcutta High Court has directed that in all cases involving recovery of narcotic substances, seizing officers shall make a video recording of the ent.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Videography, Recovery Procedure, NDPS
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Bom. HC: Strong Message Needs to be Sent to ED to Act Within Parameters of Law(22.01.2025)
Bom. High Court while levying exemplary costs on Enforcement Directorate (ED), has stated that a strong message needs to be sent to ED that they shoul.....
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Del. HC: Election Expenditure Not Property Maintained Doesn’t Constitute ‘Corrupt Practice’(07.02.2025)
Delhi High Court while dismissing an election petition, has held that a candidate failing to maintain proper accounts of election expenditure or inacc.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Corrupt Practice, Election Petition
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Gujarat HC Grants Leave to Complainant under Section 12 Despite Completion of Inquiry(02.06.2025)
Gujarat High Court has allowed a government woman employee to remain on leave under Section 12 of POSH Act, 2013 even though the inquiry was complete .....
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SC: P&H HC Needs to Take Firm Stand for Ensuring Proper Bar Election in Haryana(28.05.2025)
SC while criticizing P&H State Bar Council for not taking firm stand regarding irregularities in bar election, has remarked that if procedure has not .....
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Delhi HC: Chargesheet Filed Without Obtaining Sanction to Prosecute Under Arms Act Not Incomplete(27.06.2025)
Delhi HC has observed that chargesheet filed by the investigating agency for offences under the Arms Act 1959, without obtaining sanction under Sectio.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Section 39, Section 193(3)
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Allahabad HC: Application U/S 47 CPC is Not Maintainable in Execution Proceedings(31.05.2022)
Allahabad High Court has ruled that an application under Section 47 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) is not maintainable in the execution pr.....
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SC: To Combat Vehicular Pollution, Remote Sensing Technology Can be Used(29.07.2024)
Supreme Court has suggested the usage of remote sensing technology within the National Capital Region in order to tackle the vehicular pollution and a.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Remote Sensing Technology, Vehicular Pollution
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Kerala HC: Details of Funds in Possession Not Necessary in Plaint for Specific Performance(26.04.2022)
Kerala High Court has ruled that even if the plaintiff has not provided details of funds in her possession in a suit for specific performance or the w.....
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ITAT, Jaipur: FDRs Interest Made for Business Purposes Shall be Treated as Business Income(29.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Jaipur has ruled that the interest income received from the Fixed Deposit Receipt made for business purposes and for ge.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Fixed Deposit Receipt, Income from Other Sources, Income Tax Act, 1961
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Kerala HC: Can Admit Unregistered Sale Agreements as Evidence in Specific Performance Suits(30.06.2025)
Kerala High Court has held that an unregistered sale agreement can be admitted as evidence in suits for specific performance of contract.
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SC: Market Value of Acquired Land Must be Determined From the Date of Issuance of S. 11 Notification(23.04.2025)
Supreme Court has held that the market value of the acquired land under Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitatio.....
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SC: Not Necessary to Establish Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt to Summon Additional Accused(08.05.2025)
Supreme Court has held that it is not necessary to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in order to summon an additional accused under Section 31.....
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SC: Centre Can't Hold Tribunal Appointments Cleared by SCSC Citing New Inputs(18.05.2022)
Supreme Court has struck down the practice of Central Government to delay appointments to Tribunals notwithstanding recommendations from the Search-cu.....
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Del HC: Awarding Effective Opportunity to Accused Can’t Mean Lack of Opportunities to Prosecution(05.07.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that it is the duty of trial court to ensure that prosecutor is not arbitrarily denied opportunity to avail legitimat.....
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SC: Woman is the Ultimate Decision Maker on Abortion(22.08.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that right of dignity entails recognising authority of every woman to take reproductive decisions, including the decisio.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Abortion, Reproductive Decisions
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Cal. HC to SEC: Requisition Deployment of Additional Paramilitary Forces for WB Panchayat Election(22.06.2023)
Calcutta High Court has directed West Bengal State Election Commission (SEC) o requisition the deployment of additional central paramilitary forces fo.....
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All. HC: No Power to HC for Extension of Limitation Period in Filing Election Petition(03.10.2024)
Allahabad High Court has observed that under the Representation of the People Act, 1951 Courts do not have the power to extend the period of limitatio.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Election Petition, Limitation Period
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Gujarat HC: Sample Analysis Report of Central Insecticides Lab is Conclusive Evidence(10.05.2022)
Gujarat High Court has observed that the sample analysis report received from the Central Insecticides Laboratory under Section 24(4) of the Insectici.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Central Insecticides Laboratory, Section 24(4), Insecticides Act, conclusive
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Cal HC: Process of Selection Adopted by a Public Undertaking is Required to be Transparent(11.07.2023)
Calcutta High Court has observed that the process of selection of tender adopted by a public undertaking is required to be transparent to ensure wider.....
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NCLAT: Dissenting Financial Creditor Entitled to Liquidation Value of its Secured Interest only(28.10.2024)
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has observed that as per Section 30(2)(b) of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC), a dissent.....
Tags : National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Section 30(2)(b), Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016
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SC: Recovery on Basis of Statement by Accused before Section 27 Disclosure is Not Admissible(29.11.2024)
Supreme Court has held that recovery of materials on the basis of statements given by accused prior to recording of statement under Section 27 of Indi.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Statement by Accused, Section 27
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Kar. HC: Offence Under Widlife Protection Act Shouldn’t be Kept Pending for Very Long(05.09.2024)
Karnataka High Court while dealing with a forest offence committed in the year 2008, has stated that offence under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 s.....
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Bom. HC: MSMED Act Does Not Provide Mechanism for Challenging Award Passed Under Section 18(18.10.2024)
Bombay High Court has held that Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED Act) does not provide any mechanism for challenging t.....
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SC: Offence of Hate Speech is Specific & Cannot be Equated With Wrong Assertions or False Claims(15.11.2024)
Supreme Court while dismissing a PIL over prevention of 'provocative speech' by political leaders, has observed that the offence of hate speech is spe.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Provocative Speech, False Claims
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SC: If there are 2 Judgments Inconsistent with Each Other, Court Should Try to Reconcile them Both(03.03.2025)
SC has observed that if two decisions of this Court appear inconsistent with each other, the High Courts are not to follow one and overlook the other,.....
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MP HC: Repeat Appeal for Bail after Dismissal of the Appeal Would Not be Maintainable(19.03.2025)
MP High Court has observed that the repeat appeal for bail after dismissal of the appeal would not be maintainable even if the accused wishes to prefe.....
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SC: Mere Mention of Section 307 in FIR Doesn’t Bar Quashing of Case(12.02.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that in an FIR, mere mentioning of Section 307 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 will not bar the High Court from quashing the cas.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 307, Quashing of Case
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644 declarations made during Black Money compliance window(06.01.2016)
Totaling about Rs 4,164 crores, 644 declarations were received during the compliance window provided under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income.....
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HC can’t Go Beyond Decree of Trial Court While Dismissing Appeal in Absence of Cross Appeal: SC(18.12.2018)
Supreme Court has observed that, while dismissing an appeal filed by a defendant, the high court could not pass any further order beyond the judgment .....
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SC: Relief of Specific Performance of Contract No Longer Discretionary(21.09.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that relief of specific performance of a contract is no longer discretionary, after the 2018 amendment.
Tags : Supreme Court, Relief of Specific Performance
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SC: While Recording Statement Involving Large Number of Prosecution Witnesses, Utilize S.313(5) CrPC(16.05.2023)
Supreme Court has opined that while recording statement under Section 313 of CrPC in cases involving large number of prosecution witnesses, Judicial O.....
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Supreme Court: Debt Recovery Tribunal to be Established in Jammu and Kashmir(05.08.2024)
Supreme Court while hearing a plea against the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court's decision to allow challenges to actions under the SARFAESI Ac.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Debt Recovery Tribunal, Jammu and Kashmir
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Delhi HC Directs DU To Declare Results for PG And Some UG Courses(13.10.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi University to declare results for all the postgraduate programmes by the end of October, 2020.
Tags : Delhi High Court, Delhi University, Declaration of Results
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Calcutta HC Orders Removal of Chairman of WB Board of Primary Education(21.06.2022)
Calcutta High Court has removed Trinamool MLA Manik Bhattacharya from the post of Chairman of the Board of Primary Education with immediate effect in .....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Primary Teacher Recruitment Scam
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SC: High Time that Investigating Agencies are Sensitised About Law Laid Down u/s 306 of IPC(20.01.2025)
SC has observed that it is time that investigating agencies are sensitised to the law laid down by this Court under Section 306 of IPC so that persons.....
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Delhi HC: Fees Paid by ‘Remfry & Sagar’ to Acquire Goodwill is Expense Deductible u/s 37 of IT Act(04.02.2025)
Delhi High Court has observed that to acquire the goodwill vested in a company run by the family members, the fees paid by law firm Remfry & Sagar sha.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Goodwill, Section 37
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Contempt Application Filed By Telecom Watchdog(03.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice on an application for initiation of contempt, filed by Telecom Watchdog in the case pertaining to grant of telecom .....
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SC: HC Can Exercise Power U/S 482 CrPC Even When Chargesheet filed During Pendency of Plea(01.09.2023)
Supreme Court has observed that it is a well settled law that the High Court would continue to have the power to entertain and act upon a petition fil.....
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NCLAT: NCLT Can’t Carry Out Rectification Without Providing Hearing Opportunity to Parties(21.04.2025)
NCLAT Chennai bench has held that if an order has been uploaded on the website it is considered to be on public domain and NCLT cannot rectify or amen.....
Tags : NCLAT Chennai, Hearing Opportunity, Rectification
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ITAT: Payment Made by Mobile Service Provider for Roaming Can’t be Considered as Technical Service(06.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), New Delhi, has held that payment made by a one mobile service provider to another for roaming cannot be consider.....
Tags : ITAT, Income-Tax Act, 1961. Roaming, Technical Service
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Ker. HC: Second Opinion to Determine Authenticity of Disability Certificate Can be Sought by MACT(16.07.2024)
Ker. HC has observed that MACT cannot sit as mute spectators while considering claims and are expected to take a pro-active role in decision making pr.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, MACT, Disability Certificate, Second Opinion
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ITAT, Mumbai: Deemed Dividend Would Not Attract Loans and Advances Out of Commercial Consideration(26.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has observed that the provisions of deemed dividend under Section 2(22)(e) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 would be .....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Deemed Dividend, Section 2(22)(e), Income Tax Act, 1961
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ITAT, Bangalore: Income Tax Penalty Can’t be Imposed on Expenditure Due to Wrong Professional Advice(29.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has ruled that the income tax penalty under section 271(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be imposed for .....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, income tax, section 271(1), Income Tax Act, 1961, Chartered Accountant
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Gau. HC: In Absence of Clear Guidelines for Recruitment Docs., Applicant Can’t be Denied Appointment(30.08.2024)
Gauhati High Court while hearing a petition for appointment of petitioner to the post of Junior Engineer, has held that if clear and proper guidelines.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, Recruitment Documents, Appointment
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SC Restores Punishment of Cashiering' Imposed on Army 'Medical Specialist(31.07.2020)
Supreme Court has restored the sentence of cashiering from service imposed on an Army Officer who while working as Medical Specialist had allegedly mi.....
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Karnataka HC Directs NLSIU to Conduct Special Repeat Exam for Student(12.11.2020)
Karnataka High Court has quashed and set aside a communication issued by the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) to one of its students by.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Special Repeat Exam
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Tripura HC Stays Investigation Against Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee(24.09.2021)
Tripura High Court has stayed investigation against Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, MP Dola Sen, West Bengal Minister Bratya B.....
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Delhi HC to UGC: Ensure Strict Compliance of UGC Act, 1956, with Regard to Specification of Degree(28.09.2023)
Delhi High Court has directed University Grants Commission (UGC) to take appropriate necessary actions to ensure compliance of the provisions of the U.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, University Grants Commission, Unspecified Degrees
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J&K HC: Cannot Allow Writ Petition to be Withdrawn on Basis of Unjustified Ground(06.06.2025)
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the COI cannot be allowed to be withdrawn on the ba.....
Tags : J&K High Court, Article 226, Procedural Technicalities
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SC Dismisses Special Leave Petition Filed by NLSIU Against Order of Karnataka High Court(26.08.2021)
Supreme Court has dismissed the special leave petition filed by the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) against an order of the Karnataka .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Special Leave Petition Filed by NLSIU
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SC: Marks Obtained by Candidates in Selection Process Can’t be Held to be 'Personal Information’(12.11.2024)
SC has held that marks obtained by candidates in a selection process cannot ordinarily be held to be ‘personal information, disclosure of which has no.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Selection Process, Personal Information
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Kar. HC: No Compassionate Appointment of Sister Upon Death of Married Brother(13.09.2023)
Karnataka High Court as held that under Karnataka Civil Services (Appointment on Compassionate Grounds) Rules, 1996, sister doesn’t figure in the defi.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Compassionate Appointment, Sister, Deceased Male
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NCLAT: NCLT Empowered to Decide if SRA Liable to Pay Pre-CIRP Electricity Dues u/s 60(5) Of IBC(27.02.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that NCLT has the authority to decide whether Successful Resolution Applicant is liable to pay Pre-CIRP electricity due.....
Tags : NCLAT New Delhi, Successful Resolution Applicant, Electricity Dues
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Ker. HC: Motherhood is a Deeply Personal and Fundamental Aspect of Life(17.03.2025)
Ker HC while setting aside the decision in Rajitha P.V. and Ors. Vs. Union of India and Ors.(MANU/KE/0432/2025), has observed that motherhood is a dee.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Fundamental Aspect, Motherhood
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Del. HC: Restriction u/s 37 of NDPS Act Cannot take Precedence Over Accused’s Right u/a 21(24.01.2025)
Delhi High Court has stated that restrictions on grant of bail given under section 37 of NDPS Act cannot take precedence over the accused’s rights gua.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Section 37, Article 21
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Mad. HC: Can’t Bar Court from Entertaining more than One Application u/s 29A of A&C Act(10.02.2025)
Madras High Court has held that Courts are not prohibited from entertaining more than one application under Section 29A of the Arbitration and Concili.....
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Kerala High Court: Need Effective Laws to Combat Cyber Bullying(27.03.2025)
Kerala High Court has observed that it is of grave concern that, in this digital age, there is a lack of comprehensive and effective legislation to co.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Effective Laws, Cyber Bullying
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Madras HC: Initiation of Malicious Prosecution by Income Tax Dept. is Abuse of Power(04.05.2022)
Madras High Court has ruled that the suppression of material facts, the intentional suggestion of falsehood and the non-application of mind shows that.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Income Tax department, malicious prosecution, falsehood
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Keep Sedition Law In Abeyance Until Reconsidered: SC(11.05.2022)
Supreme Court has directed to put 152-year-old sedition law under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in abeyance till the Union Government re.....
Tags : Sedition Law, Section 124A, IPC, Indian Penal Code
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Del HC to Delhi Police: Submit Fresh Status Report on Strengthening Security Arrangements in Courts(17.07.2023)
Delhi High Court has sought fresh status report from Delhi Police on the issue of strengthening and increasing the safety and security of court comple.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Delhi Police, Security, Court Complexes
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Bom. HC: Making Daughter-in-Law Sleep on Carpet, Not Allowing Her to Watch TV isn’t Cruelty(11.11.2024)
Bombay High Court has held that allegations by a daughter-in-law of not allowing her to watch television or making her sleep on a carpet cannot consti.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Daughter-in-Law, Section 498A
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Kerala HC: Eligible Woman Can Undergo IVF Even if Husband Ineligible(27.02.2025)
Kerala High Court while permitting woman to undergo Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) procedure, has observed that a married woman of eligible ag.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Assisted Reproduction Technology, IVF Treatment
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J&K HC: Cannot Disengage SPOs without Following Due Process(17.03.2025)
J&K HC has observed that Special Police Officers (SPOs) cannot be disengaged from service without being provided a reasonable opportunity to show caus.....
Tags : J&K High Court, Special Police Officers, Regular Police Officers
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SC: There is a Pattern of ED of Making Allegations without Reference(06.05.2025)
Supreme Court while hearing a bail plea of an accused in alleged Chhattisgarh liquor scam, has remarked that there is pattern of Directorate of Enforc.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Directorate of Enforcement, Chhattisgarh Liquor Scam
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AP HC: Second Wife who is Not Legally Wedded Wife Entitled to Service Benefits of Deceased Husband(21.08.2023)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that second wife who did not acquire the status of wife, for the marriage having been contracted during the subsist.....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, Second Wife, Service Benefits
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AP HC: Can’t Entertain Second Execution Petition When First Petition was Dismissed(26.03.2025)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that if the first petition for enforcement of an award has been rejected on merits then the second execution petiti.....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh HC, Second Execution Petition, First Petition
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SC: Can Dismiss Suit as Time Barred Even If No Specific Issue Regarding Limitation Was Framed(14.04.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that because of the mandate of Section 3 of the Limitation Act, 1963 a suit can be dismissed as time barred even if no spec.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Time Barred, Section 3
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Allahabad HC: Weapon's Recovery From Place in Exclusive Knowledge of Accused Makes Recovery Reliable(08.08.2022)
Allahabad High Court has held that if the place of hiding the weapon is exclusively within the knowledge of the accused and that place cannot be or is.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Weapon Recovery, Reliable
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SC: New Legislation Passed w/o Curing Defects of Ultra Vires Legislation Would also be Ultra Vires(08.09.2023)
Supreme Court has held that where a legislature merely seeks to validate acts carried out under previous legislation which has been struck down by a C.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Legislation, Defects, Ultra Vires
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SC: High Court Should be Cautious While Quashing FIRs of Economic Offences(28.04.2025)
Supreme Court while refusing to quash FIR against a company involved in economic offences, has stated that economic offences by their very nature stan.....
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NCLAT: To Satisfy Requirement of S.8 Service of Demand Notice on Registered E-Mail of CD Sufficient(12.05.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that to meet the requirements of Section 8 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 issuance of a demand notice to t.....
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Guj. HC: Elected Members Must Not Disrepute the Institution to Which they are Elected(25.09.2023)
Gujarat High Court has held that it is expected from the elected members that they must ensure that no conflict arises between the public duties and t.....
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Madras HC: Certification of an Entire Film Cannot be Denied Without Specifying the Objections(05.06.2025)
Madras High Court has observed that the certification of an entire film cannot be denied without specifying the objectionable portions and expect a fi.....
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Delhi HC: Notice of Complaint Should Issue Separately to Company & its Members to Initiate Proceeding(13.05.2022)
Delhi High Court has ruled that if the company is the drawer of the cheque, a notice of complaint should issue separately to the company and its membe.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, section 138, Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881
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Calcutta HC: Charge of Retaining Stolen Articles Fails, If Prosecution Fails to Prove Dacoity(19.05.2022)
Calcutta High Court has observed that if the prosecution has failed to prove the charge of dacoity then the charge under Section 412 of the Indian Pen.....
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Mad. HC: Can’t Grant Police Protection to Person Inviting Threat Due to His Criminal Activities(06.08.2024)
Madras High Court has held that Police protection can be given by Court only in appropriate case based on threat perception. If a person invites a sit.....
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Cabinet approves the "Signing and Ratification of MoU for Establishment of the BIMSTEC Grid Interconnection"(12.04.2017)
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Power for Signing of "Memorandum of Un.....
Tags : MOU, Ratification, Grid Interconnection
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Bom. HC: Can Proceed with Trial if Accused Neither Appears Nor Seeks Exemption from Attendance(24.01.2025)
Bombay High Court has observed that Court can proceed with the offence under Section 138 of NI Act, 1881 in absence of the accused if the accused neit.....
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Bom. HC Issues Contempt Notice against Woman Circulating Objectionable Comments against SC & HC(10.02.2025)
Bombay High Court has issued a criminal contempt notice against a woman for circulating objectionable and derogatory comments against Supreme Court an.....
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Karnataka HC Grants Time to Comply with Direction for Reservation to Transgenders for Recruitment(23.09.2021)
Karnataka High Court has granted four weeks time to the state government to comply with an earlier order directing it to consider providing 1% reserva.....
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SC: Court in Second Appeal Must Frame Substantial Question of Law at Admission Stage Itself(25.09.2023)
Supreme Court has held that a Court sitting in second appellate jurisdiction is to frame substantial question of law at the time of admission, save an.....
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SC Declines to Interfere with HC’s Order to Decide Schedule for Tiruchendur Temple Consecration(05.06.2025)
Supreme Court has refused to interfere with Madras High Court’s order constituting a committee for deciding the schedule for consecration ceremony for.....
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SC: S.162 CrPC Doesn’t Prevent Judge from Looking into the Papers of Chargesheet Suo Moto(05.09.2023)
Supreme Court has held that nothing in Section 162 CrPC prevents a Trial Judge from looking into papers of chargesheet suo moto and himself using the .....
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SC: Prospective Accused Can’t Challenge Direction for CBI Investigation Once FIR is Registered(25.04.2025)
SC has observed that once an FIR is registered and investigation has taken place, direction for an investigation by the CBI is not open to challenge b.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Prospective Suspect, Entrusting Investigation
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J&K HC: S. 37 of NDPS Act Comes Into Play When Bail of Accused is Being Considered on Merits(09.05.2025)
J&K HC has observed that Section 37 of NDPS Act comes into play when bail of an accused involving commercial quantity of contraband is being considere.....
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ITAT: Deduction U/S 80IA IT Act Cannot be Disallowed on Failure of Form No.10CCB Submission(19.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has observed that the Claim of deduction under Section 80IA of Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be disallowed only.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Section 80IA, From NO.10CCB, due date
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MP HC: Admission of Unauthorised Recordings of Wife's Conversations Declined(06.08.2024)
Madhya Pradesh High Court while addressing the issue of admissibility of electronic evidence, has observed that unauthorized recordings of wife’s conv.....
Tags : MP High Court, Electronic Evidence, Privacy Rights
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Benefits of GST for the Transport Sector(26.07.2017)
The transport sector stands to benefit from the recently rolled out GST in several ways. Pre- GST, the complex tax structure and paper work forced the.....
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SEBI Eases Norms for Foreign Portfolio Investors(30.06.2016)
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has allowed Foreign Portfolio Investors who had issued participatory notes under the erstwhile regulatio.....
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An order of detention cannot be rendered illegal merely because it does not specify period of detention(10.04.2018)
In instant case, the High Court has set aside an order of detention issued under Section 3(1)(ii) of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Preventi.....
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Mere existence of vacancies or empanelment does not create any indefeasible right to appointment(01.04.2019)
In present case, the Appellant is aggrieved by the direction to make appointments against 97 vacancies on the post of Blacksmith Grade II. The sanctio.....
Tags : Vacancies, Appointment, Direction, Validity
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SC Raps Unitech for Delaying Completion of Residential Project(02.09.2016)
SC has rapped Unitech, which had been asked to deposit Rs. five crore by August 5, 2016, for delaying completion of a high-end residential project Bur.....
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Amendment to Master Direction (MD) on KYC(29.05.2019)
1. Government of India, vide Gazette Notification G.S.R. 108(E) dated February 13, 2019, has notified amendments to the Prevention of Money-laundering.....
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SC Slams Centre over Noncompliance of its Direction to Tackle Drought(06.10.2016)
SC has slammed Central Government and States for not complying with its directions to supply food grain to the drought-affected areas under the Nation.....
Tags : SC, drought-affected areas, National Food Security Act
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Bye-election for the seat of Smriti Zubin Irani in the Council of States, elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Gujarat(18.06.2019)
WHEREAS, the seat of Smriti Zubin Irani in the Council of States, elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Gujarat, .....
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Delhi HC: A Person in Custody Has No Vested Right to be Released For Poll Canvassing(27.02.2017)
Delhi High Court has refused parole to gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari to campaign in ongoing Uttar Pradesh election.
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Submission of Information to the Office of Informant Protection(24.12.2019)
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 (PIT Regulations) was amended, vide notification dated Septe.....
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Union Finance Minister said Goods and Services Tax is an efficient tax system which not only checks tax evasion but also helps evolving India to become very strong society(29.05.2017)
Inaugurating the National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics (NACIN) Campus in the Bengaluru today, the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun.....
Tags : GST, Efficient, Tax evasion, Checks
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SC: Unregistered Individuals Cannot Designate Themselves as Architects(18.03.2020)
Supreme Court has held that Section 37 of the Architects Act, 1997 does not prohibit individuals not registered under the Act from undertaking the pra.....
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Indian Railways launches e-Procurement and e-Tendering systems(01.02.2016)
The Ministry of Railways launched Works Module of Indian Railways E-Procurement System and Implementation of 'e-Tendering in Works Contracts'. The new.....
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Courts can't Mechanically Summon Persons as Accused Not Named in Charge-Sheet: SC(21.11.2018)
Supreme Court has held that power under Section 319 of Cr.P.C to proceed against any person who is not named in F.I.R. or charge sheet does not mean t.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 319 Cr.P.c
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Cabinet approves Memorandum of Cooperation between India and Japan on cooperation in the field of Information and Communication Technologies(29.10.2020)
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between India .....
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Central Government approves recapitalisation of Export-Import Bank of India(16.01.2019)
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister has approved the recapitalization of EXIM Bank. Recapitalization Bonds by Government of India to the.....
Tags : Recapitalisation, Exim bank, Approval
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Supreme Court Issues Notice on Plea Against Mining in Densely-Forested, Eco-Sensitive Areas(15.12.2020)
Supreme Court has issued notice to various States and the Union on a Public Interest Litigation against mining in densely- forested and eco-sensitive .....
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Multiple life imprisonment sentences to not run consecutively(01.01.1900)
A constitution bench of the Supreme Court held that though multiple sentences for life imprisonment can be awarded for multiple crimes, the same canno.....
Tags : murder, sentence, life imprisonment, consecutive
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You’ve No Right to be in Office: SC to Assam Chief Secretary(26.04.2019)
Supreme Court has given a dressing-down to Assam chief secretary for his submission that the state government is not bound by any decision of foreigne.....
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SC Directs High Courts to Reconsider and Update Rules Relating to Execution of Decrees(28.04.2021)
Supreme Court has directed the High Courts to reconsider and update all the Rules relating to Execution of Decrees, made under exercise of its powers .....
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NGT Directs Firecracker Firm to Stop Production(20.01.2016)
National Green Tribunal (NGT), Pune, has ordered Suraj Firecrackers in Solapur to stop production of firecrackers due to its impact on animals, enviro.....
Tags : National Green Tribunal , Suraj Firecrackers
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Clarification of India's position on the acceptance of MAP and bilateral APA in cases of countries where Article 9(2) of OECD Model Tax Commentary is absent(27.11.2017)
A number of references have been received from time to time regarding the acceptance of applications pertaining to Transfer Pricing MAP cases and Bila.....
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Gujarat HC: Legislature Conferred Precedence of POCSO Act Over SC/ST Act(08.10.2020)
Gujarat High Court has ruled that the comparative analysis of provisions of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Precedence of POCSO Act Over SC/ST Act
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Madras HC Directs HC Registry to Take Steps to Notify Witness Protection Scheme 2018(05.08.2021)
Madras High Court has directed the High Court Registry to take steps through the government to notify the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018, and impleme.....
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Delhi HC for Bye- Elections in 13 MCD Wards Within 3 Months(29.01.2016)
Delhi High Court has directed State Election Commission to hold bye-elections within three months in 13 municipal wards of Delhi.
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Gauhati High Court Orders Release of Akhil Gogoi Detained Under NSA(22.12.2017)
Gauhati High Court has ordered release of peasant leader Akhil Gogoi who was detained under the National Security Act, 1980.
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SC Issues Notice on CPI MP Binoy Viswam's Plea Seeking Data Protection on UPI Platforms(16.10.2020)
Supreme Court has issued notice in a Public Interest Litigation filed by Binoy Viswam, which sought for directions to Reserve Bank of India and Nation.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Data Protection on UPI Platforms
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Mutation Entry Does Not Confer Any Right, Title Or Interest In Favour Of Any Person(06.09.2021)
The original Respondent No.6 has preferred the present special leave petition feeling aggrieved with the impugned judgment and order passed by the Hig.....
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For appointment on Compassionate ground, policy prevalent at the time of employee's death applies and not the subsequent one(18.11.2021)
The State of Madhya Pradesh has preferred the present appeal feeling aggrieved with the impugned judgment passed by the he High Court by which the Div.....
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Payments to Medical Labs & Technicians engaged under Govt Programme subject to TDS(18.04.2022)
The assessee is a society under the control of Commissioner of Health, Gandhinagar and entered into agreement with different entities for the purpose .....
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AP HC: Criminal Proceedings Can't be Quashed if Specific Accusations Made Against Accused U/S 482(28.04.2022)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has reiterated that when there are definite accusations in the First Information Report, charge sheet and witness statement .....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, First Information Report, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Section 482
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Delhi HC Looks for Govt’s Reply on Installation of Electricity Plant Working on Heaps of Garbage(19.10.2015)
Delhi High Court has directed Centre and Delhi Government to file reply explaining their stand on plea seeking direction to install an electricity pla.....
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Distribution of false or misleading information that is capable of harming the business interests of another undertaking constitutes a deceptive marketing practice(10.08.2017)
In facts of present case, the Complainant is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of consumer household, antiseptic, and pharmaceutical products.....
Tags : Deceptive marketing practices, Provisions, Violation
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Delhi HC Grants Relief for Anil Ambani in Rs1,200 Crores Loan Recovery Case(28.08.2020)
Delhi High Court has granted relief to Reliance Communication’s chairman Anil Ambani and stayed the insolvency resolution process (IRP) proceedings ag.....
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NGT Constitutes Committee for Recommending Remedial Measures Against Ground Water Contamination(26.07.2021)
National Green Tribunal has constituted a five member joint committee in order to recommend the remedial measures to curb the contamination of ground .....
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Release of "Test Guide Document for CAS and SMS for Broadcasting Sector"(15.06.2022)
1. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) of the Department of Telecommunications have releas.....
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CBDT: Assesse Having Annual Income of over Rs 50 Lakh Must Declare Cost Price of Expensive Assets(05.05.2016)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has said people with annual income of over Rs 50 lakh will have to disclose the acquisition cost of all the asset.....
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SAT: Regulator Abetting Corruption in Insurance Business Can’t Be Tolerated(19.03.2018)
Securities Appellate Tribunal has directed Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India to relook into the complaint of a United Kingdom-ba.....
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Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh Quashes Appointment of Director General of Police, Punjab(20.01.2020)
Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh has quashed the appointment of Dinkar Gupta as the Director-General of Police, Punjab.
Tags : Central Administrative Tribunal, Director General of Police, Punjab
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Delhi HC Grants Time for Filing Note on Removal of Objectionable Content of Woman From Internet(10.11.2021)
Delhi High Court has granted ten days time to amicus curiae Senior Advocate Saurabh Kirpal for filing a note on the aspect as to how the objectionable.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Removal of Objectionable Content of Woman From Internet
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Government notifies Amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 for an Open, Safe and Trusted and Accountable Internet(29.10.2022)
In a major push towards an Open, Safe and Trusted and Accountable Internet, the Ministry of Electronics and IT notified amendments to the Information .....
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Uttarakhand High Court: Seal, Seize All EVMs Use in Vikasnagar Constituency Polls(28.04.2017)
Uttarakhand High Court, while hearing a petition alleging tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in Vikasnagar constituency, has ordered that .....
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Penalty Proceedings can’t be Initiated Without a Specific Charge: ITAT(19.04.2019)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Indore bench has ruled that no penalty proceedings can be initiated on a suspected defaulter assessee without sp.....
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Delhi High Court Sets Aside Trial Court Order Which Misread Direction(02.03.2020)
Delhi High Court has clarified that there is a difference between "addition" of charge and "alteration" of charge under Section 216 of the Code of Cri.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Trial Court Order Which Misread Direction
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AAR, Karnataka: 18% GST Payable on Income Earned Through Guest Lectures(17.02.2022)
Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR), Karnataka has ruled that 18% goods and services tax is payable on Income earned from conducting guest lectures.
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Debts Recovery Tribunals and Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals Electronic Filing (Amendment) Rules, 2023(01.02.2023)
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (ccd) of sub-section(2) of section 36 of the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993 (51 of 1993), th.....
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NGT Order Setback for Financial Restructuring of Maheshwar Hydel Project(05.11.2015)
NGT, in order to carry out financial restructuring of much-delayed 400 MW Shree Maheshwar hydel project on Narmada river, has directed Government that.....
Tags : NGT, Maheshwar Hydel Project
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Government of India, Government of Rajasthan and World Bank sign a $250 Million Agreement to Support Electricity Distribution Sector Reforms in Rajasthan(28.08.2018)
The Government of India, the Government of Rajasthan and the World Bank signed here today a $250 million Development Policy Loan (DPL) to support the .....
Tags : Agreement, Signing of, Electricity Distribution, Reforms
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Bombay HC: WhatsApp Group Administrator Not Liable for Member's Objectionable Post(26.04.2021)
Bombay High Court has held that a Whatsapp group administrator cannot be held liable for objectionable content posted by a member of the group, in the.....
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Non-consideration of the decision of the High Court/Supreme Court constitutes mistake apparent from record and is rectifiable within the meaning of Section 254(2) of the IT Act(17.02.2023)
Present is a Miscellaneous Petition (MP) filed by the Revenue under Section 254(2) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (IT Act) praying for rectification of t.....
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CBDT: Sebi-Registered FPIs get I-T Filing Relief(11.12.2015)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has clarified that incomplete or deficient returns filed by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) would not be treat.....
Tags : Central Board of Direct Taxes , Foreign Portfolio Investors
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Supreme Court Says '50 Lakh Crackers Should Be Enough For Delhi, NCR'(12.09.2017)
Supreme Court has banned transportation of firecrackers in the National Capital. In the order Court mentioned that there is enough stock of firecracke.....
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NCLT: Filing of Default Record Necessary for Section 7 IBC Filings(13.05.2020)
National Company Law Tribunal has directed filing of default record from Information utility along with new Petitions under Section 7 of the Insolvenc.....
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ITAT, Delhi: Registration of Trust is Deemed in Absence of Refusal of Registration(31.03.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has held that trust is deemed to be registered under section 12AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 in the absence of r.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, section 12AA, 6 months
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Phased Implementation of Electronic Cash Ledger (ECL) in Customs w.e.f 01.04.2023(30.03.2023)
1. The Electronic Cash Ledger (ECL) functionality is envisaged in Section 51A of the Customs Act, 1962. It provides enabling provision whereby the imp.....
Tags : Implementation, ECL, Provision
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Delhi HC to IG Prisons: Need of Isolation Wards In Jails To Avoid Interim Bail In Serious Offences(07.09.2022)
Delhi High Court has directed Inspector General (Prisons) to ensure that isolation medical wards or quarantine zones are created in all city jails to .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Inspector General, medical wards, contagious
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High-Level Committee approves the Recovery and Reconstruction (R&R) plan of Rs. 1658.17 crore for Joshimath(30.11.2023)
Under the leadership of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, all technical agencies under the guidance of NDMA were put into action and they helped .....
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No Absolute Bar to Summon Aged Woman Before Enforcement Directorate: Madras High Court(27.04.2018)
Madras High Court has dismissed plea of senior advocate Nalini Chidambaram, challenging summons to requiring her personal appearance before Enforcemen.....
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Allahabad High Court: Section 164(2) of Companies Act is Constitutionally Valid(21.01.2020)
Allahabad High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013, which stipulates that a Director whose compa.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Quashing of Selection for Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi(05.02.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea seeking quashing of the entire selection process conducted by the Ministry of Culture for the post of Cha.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Process of Selection of Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi
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Special NDPS Court Denies Bail to Siddharth Pithani, Flatmate of Late Actor Sushant Singh Rajput(16.12.2021)
Special Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Court, Mumbai has rejected the bail application filed by Siddharth Pithani, flatmate of late actor.....
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CBIC Extends Deadline for Filing of Returns in Forms GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C(30.12.2021)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has extended the deadline of Goods and Services Tax Annual Returns, Forms GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C for th.....
Tags : Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Filing of Annual Returns
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Kerala High Court: Discretion of Appellate Court to Waive/Deposit of Minimum 20% Fine(29.03.2024)
Kerala High Court has held that under Section 148 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, it is at the discretion of the Appellate Court to either order a .....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Section 148 of NI Act, Appellate Court, Fine
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CBDT: Corrupt Can’t Use Black Money Window(23.05.2016)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has said that corrupt individuals will not be eligible to declare their black money under compliance window that .....
Tags : Central Board of Direct Taxes, Black Money Window
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SERVICE - Delhi HC Asks Lower Courts to Speedily Decide Old Cases(26.02.2019)
Delhi High Court has asked the six district courts that come under it to allow a maximum of three adjournments in civil cases that are 10 years old or.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Lower Courts, Speedily Decide Old Cases
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Delhi High Court Refuses Interim Bail to Unitech Promoter Ajay Chandra(30.11.2020)
Delhi High Court has declined to extend the interim bail of one month granted to Unitech Ltd promoter Ajay Chandra due to the illness of his wife who .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Interim Bail, Unitech
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Cal. HC Formulates Guidelines for Executive Magistrates Exercising Jurisdiction U/S 111 CrPC(04.08.2022)
Calcutta High Court has laid down guidelines for Executive Magistrates exercising jurisdiction under Section 111 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.....
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Secured Creditor can File Winding Up Petition After Obtaining Recovery Certificate from DRT: SC(30.01.2019)
Supreme Court has held that a secured creditor can file a winding up petition after obtaining a decree from the Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) and a re.....
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Calcutta HC: Trespassers Entitled to Electricity Unless Evicted by Due Process of Law(28.12.2020)
Calcutta High Court has held that even a trespasser, unless evicted by due process of law, is entitled to electricity. The Court has further clarified.....
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SC Refuses to Modify Order Granting Compensation to Families Displaced by Sardar Sarovar Project(23.09.2022)
Supreme Court has dismissed an application seeking clarification/modification of order passed by the Supreme Court, wherein it had directed concerned .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Sardar Sarovar Project, Compensation
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Delhi HC: Failure to Comply with Section 144C of Income Tax Act Invalidates Assessment Order(04.01.2021)
Delhi High Court has held that the failure of the assessing officer to adhere to the "mandatory requirement" of Section 144C (1) of the Income Tax Act.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Failure to Comply with Section 144C of Income Tax Act
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Extension of validity of Directions under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (AACS) - Indian Mercantile Co-operative Bank Ltd., Lucknow (U.P.)(25.10.2022)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the directions issued to the Indian Mercantile Co-operative Bank Ltd., Lucknow (U.P.) for a period of thr.....
Tags : Extension, Validity, Directions
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CRIMINAL - Complaint U/s 138 NI Act Maintainable Where Cheque Was Issued in Pursuance of Agreement for Sale: SC(27.03.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is maintainable when there is dishonour of cheques iss.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act
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Delhi HC Finalizes Draft Rules Governing Patent Suits & Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules(13.12.2021)
Delhi High Court has published the final drafts of High Court of Delhi Rules Governing Patent Suits, 2021 and Delhi High Court Intellectual Property R.....
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Central Government specifies pension fund, BPC Penco XVII Corporation as specified person in respect of eligible investment made by it in India(01.11.2023)
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (iv) of clause (c) of the Explanation 1 to clause (23FE) of section 10of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (4.....
Tags : Pension fund, Specified person, Eligible investment
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Electronic Filing of First Appeal before CIT (Appeals)(31.12.2015)
Electronic filing of appeal before CIT(Appeals) has been made mandatory for persons who are required to file the return of income electronically. The .....
Tags : CIT(Appeals), Electronic filing
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A document is restricted information, if the disclosure of same could reasonably be expected to frustrate the deliberative process of the Competition Commission(13.10.2017)
The initial complaint was submitted to the Commission by Mr Parsons ("the Parsons complaint") wherein he alleged that the tyre manufacturers simultane.....
Tags : Litigation privilege, Documents, Disclosure, Protection
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SEBI Eases Rules for Rights Offers(24.09.2020)
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has revised fund-raising rules to make it easier for listed entities to get more capital. The rules incl.....
Tags : Securities and Exchange board of India, Rights Offers
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Allahabad HC: Proviso on Recording of Sexual Offence Victim’s Statement Not Being Followed(16.08.2021)
Allahabad High Court has observed that in majority of cases, 1st and 2nd proviso to Section 161 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, which man.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Proviso on Recording of Sexual Offence Victim’s Statement
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SC Allows Project 39A to Intervene in PIL Challenging Execution of Death Penalty by Hanging(25.07.2023)
Supreme Court has allowed Project 39A of Delhi NLU to intervene in a PIL seeking to abolish the present practice of executing a death row convict by h.....
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Ker. HC: To Prefer a Protest Petition, Complainant is Entitled to Her Own Section 164 CrPC Statement(09.01.2025)
Kerala High Court has stated that in order to prefer a protest petition, a complainant can seek copy of her own statement recorded under Section 164 o.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Protest Petition, Section 164
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TRAI Directs Reliance Jio to Withdraw 15-days Extension on Jio Prime plan(07.04.2017)
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has directed Reliance Jio to withdraw 15-days extension on Jio Prime plan.
Tags : Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Jio Prime, Reliance Jio
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CONTEMPT OF COURT - Allahabad HC Sentences Addl Chief Secretary Till Rising of Court & Imposes Fine for Contempt(29.03.2019)
Allahabad High Court has sentenced Additional Chief Secretary Mahesh Kumar Gupta till rising of the court, holding him guilty of contempt of court.
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Telangana HC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Conduction of Election for Municipal Corporations(16.02.2021)
Telangana High Court had issued notices to State government in a Public Interest Litigation petition seeking to conduct elections to Warangal and Kham.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Pleas Seeking Recognition of Marriage of Lesbian Couples(01.12.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Central Government on two pleas seeking recognition of marriage of Transgender persons and lesbian couples......
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Del. HC: Refund Can’t be Denied if Application Couldn’t be Uploaded Due to Technical Glitches(28.12.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that the assessee’s legitimate right to seek refund couldn’t be foreclosed if he attempted to upload his application for ref.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Refund, Technical Glitches
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Ker. HC: Demand of Bribe to be Established by Prosecution in Case of Obtainment & Not in Acceptance(24.01.2024)
Kerala HC while explaining the provisions of Sec. 7 of Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 1918 has observed that in the case of acceptance of b.....
Tags : Kerala HC, Section 7 of PC Act, Demand of bribe
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Stay of Execution of Decree Pending Suit Shall Be Granted Only in Exceptional Cases: Chhattisgarh HC(24.09.2018)
Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that stay of execution of decree pending suit between decree-holder and judgment-debtor shall be granted only in .....
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Delhi HC Directs Police to Provide Protection to Run-away Homosexual Wife(11.03.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed Police to provide protection to a woman who ran away from her matrimonial home saying she was a homosexual, but was thre.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Protection to Run-away Homosexual Wife
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Gauhati HC Sets Aside Order of Forigners Tribunal Declaring Resident of Jorgah Village as Foreigner(14.01.2022)
Gauhati High Court has set aside an order passed by a Foreigners' Tribunal declaring a resident of Jorgah village, Sonitpur as a foreigner after notin.....
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Kerala High Court: Advocate Not to be Arrested Without Giving Notice of Appearance U/S 41A CrPC(05.02.2024)
Kerala High Court has directed that the Advocate who allegedly committed sexual harassment of a woman client, cannot be arrested without issuance of n.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Section 41 A CrPC, Sexual Harassment
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CBDT Issues Clarification on Continuation of Concessional Rate of Tax on Interest Income of FPIs(18.03.2021)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued the clarification on the continuation of the concessional rate of tax on interest income of Foreign Po.....
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SC Sets Aside HC Direction to Give 72 Hours' Notice to Accused if State Intends to Arrest Him(07.12.2022)
Supreme Court while setting aside a direction issued by Bombay High Court to the State to give 72 hours' notice to an accused in the event it intends .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Arrest, Direction, Bombay High Court
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Del HC: No Restraint in Grant of Bail Under S. 37 of NDPS Act For Undue Delay in Completion of Trial(29.02.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that Section 37 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) does not put a restrain on granting bail .....
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SC: Special Court Can Take Cognizance of Offence Without Committal if Special Act Authorizes It to Do(24.07.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that when there is a clear provision in the Special Act empowering the Special Court to take cognizance of an offence without .....
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Delhi High Court Modifies Guidelines for Expediting Execution of Decrees, Awards(01.07.2021)
Delhi High Court has modified the guidelines issued by it with regards to the execution of decrees and awards by directing the lower Courts to expedit.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Execution of Decrees, Awards
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ITAT Deletes Addition u/s 68 of IT Act, Says Firm not Taxable for Capital introduced by Partner(09.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Chennai has observed that the Firm cannot be made taxable for the capital introduced by the Partner as section 68 of th.....
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Del HC: Subsidy Received as Incentive to Establish Industrial Unit is Capital Receipt(10.07.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that if the subsidy received by assessee is an incentive given to establish an industrial unit in a backward area and, thus,.....
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Delhi HC: Impermissible to Use Section 45 of PMLA as a Tool Which Lead to Unreasonable Long Detention(28.10.2024)
The Delhi High Court has held that where it is evident that the trial in the money laundering case is not likely to conclude in a reasonable time and .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Section 45, PMLA
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SC Dismisses Petitions Challenging Inclusion of Words 'Socialist' & 'Secular' in Preamble(26.11.2024)
SC while dismissing petitions challenging inclusion of words ‘Socialist’ and ‘Secular’ in Preamble of the COI, has observed that there is no legitimat.....
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All. HC: Candidates with Criminal Background Will Pose Severe Threat to Democracy if Elected(29.04.2024)
All. HC has observed that persons with criminal background having a long criminal history pollute the process of election and when such persons turn i.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Criminal Background, Elected Representatives
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SC: Sanofi Case Needs Consideration(23.09.2015)
SC has admitted I-T department's appeal to recover R1,058 crore in taxes from the French company for its 2009 purchase of Hyderabad-based Shantha Biot.....
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ITAT Cochin: ‘Secret Commission’ to Doctors for Scanning & Medical Examinations Are Subject to TDS(20.06.2017)
ITAT, Cochin has held that assessee-company is liable to pay TDS under section 194H of Income Tax Act in respect of payment of secret commission to do.....
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Karnataka HC Dismisses PIL Challenging Issue of Average Consumption Electricity Bills(13.04.2020)
Karnataka High Court has dismissed a Petition filed challenging a Government circular, directing electricity supply companies to issue average consump.....
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Delhi HC: Prior Inaction Cannot Possibly Constitute Basis of Invocation of Doctrine of Legitimate Exp(28.02.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that prior inaction cannot possibly constitute a basis for invocation of the doctrine of legitimate expectation which it.....
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Kerala HC: Child Can’t be Forced to Live With a Parent Totally Unacceptable to Him/Her(08.04.2024)
Kerala High Court while permitting a child to live with his deceased father’s relatives in a habeas corpus petition filed by the mother, has observed .....
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CBDT Notifies Forms for Firms to Avail Lower Corporate Taxes(17.02.2020)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified Forms 10-IC and 10-ID for existing companies that want to avail lower Income Tax rates and new manuf.....
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AP HC: Executing Court Cannot Appoint Advocate Commissioner in Execution Proceedings(09.02.2022)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has ruled that the Executing Court cannot appoint Advocate Commissioner in execution proceedings after the trial court has a.....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, Execution Proceedings
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SC Strikes Down Section 10(26AAA) Income Tax Act as Unconstitutional(16.01.2023)
Supreme Court while striking down exemption provision under Section 10(26AAA) Income Tax Act as unconstitutional for excluding Sikkimese woman because.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 10(26AAA) Income Tax Act, Unconstitutional, Sikkimese woman
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Kar. HC: Can’t Accept Photostat Copy of Unregistered Sale Agreement as Secondary Evidence(19.03.2024)
Karnataka High Court has held that for a trial being held under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, a photocopy of an unregistered sale agr.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Section 138 of NI Act, Unregistered Sale Agreement, Secondary Evidence
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SC Directs Authorities to Consider Concerns of Inmates for Protection from Covid(10.05.2021)
Supreme Court has asked the authorities to be considerate to concerns of inmates in relation to extraordinary cases of prisoners who might not be will.....
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Telecom equipment in the context of notification No. 02/2019-Customs dated 29-01-2019 amending notification No. 57/2017-Customs dated 30.06.3017(13.03.2023)
1. Attention of the field formations is invited to Notification No. 57/2017-Customs dated 30.06.2017 amended by Notification No. 02/2019-Customs dated.....
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CBDT Forms Committee to Recommend Measures For Expeditious Recovery of Tax Arrears(29.05.2017)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued an Office Memorandum to constitute a 7 member committee to recommend measures for expeditious recovery.....
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Delhi HC Issues Directions for Streamlining Recording of Victims/Witnesses Testimonies(04.03.2020)
Delhi High Court has issued a series of directions to the Delhi Government, Delhi Police and the Trial Courts, to make the process for collecting the .....
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Electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin (CoO) through the common digital platform for India's exports w.e.f. 15th April 2021(25.03.2021)
1. In continuation to the earlier Trade Notice 42/2020-2021 dated 19.02.2021, it is informed that the electronic platform for Certificate of Origin (C.....
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Madras HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Allocation of Specific Area for Loading/Unloading Tomatoes(03.02.2022)
Madras High Court has dismissed a plea filed by Thanthai Periyar Tomato Traders Association seeking exclusive allocation of a specific area for loadin.....
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SC: Accused Can’t be Arrested by ED After Special Court has Taken Cognizance of PMLA Complaint(17.05.2024)
SC has observed that after cognizance is taken of offence punishable under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) based on a complaint under .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Enforcement Directorate, PMLA
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Allahabad HC: Absconder/ Proclaimed Offender Not Entitled to Anticipatory Bail(07.04.2022)
Allahabad High Court has refused anticipatory bail to a POCSO accused who raped a minor girl and her mother, holding that if anyone has been declared .....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, anticipatory bail, The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Section 82
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ITAT, Bangalore: No Rationale in Making Additions to Income on Violation of RBI Notifications(11.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has observed that there is no rationale in the action of the Assessing Officer of making additions to income .....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, rationale, Assessing Officer, assesse, Section 68 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, Reserve Bank of India
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JKL HC Constitutes Committee for Implementation of Safety Measures Under CEA Regulations, 2010(28.04.2023)
Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court has constituted committee to ensure strict implementation of safety measures under Central Electricity Authority (.....
Tags : Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court, Safety Measures, Central Electricity Authority
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Access To Electricity Supply Should Be Considered Human Right: Chhattisgarh HC(16.01.2018)
Chhattisgarh High Court has said that access to electricity should be construed as a human right and that denial of the same, even upon satisfying th.....
Tags : Chhattisgarh High Court, Electricity
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SC Directs Centre to Consider Banning/Regulating Usage of Disinfectant Tunnels(06.11.2020)
Supreme Court has directed the Central Government to issue necessary direction regarding ban/Regulation on the usage of disinfection tunnels/ exposure.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Usage of Disinfectant Tunnels
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Kerala HC Directs State to Ensure All Food Business Operators to Obtain Necessary Food Licence(21.09.2021)
Kerala High Court has directed the State government to ensure that all food business operators obtain necessary food licence/registration in accordanc.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Necessary Food Licence
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P&H HC: State Security Can't be Demanded to Display Authority And Flaunt Status(24.08.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the government to make fresh assessment in respect of security threats of 45 ex-Ministers, MPs and other pe.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Security Threats, Authority
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Delhi HC: False Cases under Section 498A of IPC Give Rise to Suspicion against Genuine Victims(26.05.2025)
Delhi High Court has stated that false allegations under Section 498A of Indian Penal Code, 1860 have wide ranging consequences across the society as .....
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Uttarakhand HC Stays All Proceedings Concerning the Panchayat Elections till Further Orders(26.06.2025)
Uttarakhand High Court after noting that the state had not yet issued the gazette notification for the new rotation reservation rules for polls, has s.....
Tags : Uttarakhand High Court, Panchayat Elections, Gazette Notification
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Gujarat HC: High Court Can Quash Domestic Violence Act Complaints like FIRs(30.11.2015)
Gujarat HC has held that HC can quash complaint filed by women against their in-laws under Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005 under .....
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'No Firecracker Sale in Delhi-NCR This Diwali', Rules Supreme Court(09.10.2017)
Supreme Court has upheld its earlier verdict banning sale of firecrackers in the Delhi-NCR region ahead of Diwali. The Court said that it wants to tes.....
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MP HC Imposes Installation of Water Harvesting/Recharge System as Bail Condition(10.08.2020)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Bail applicants to install Water Harvesting System or Water Recharge System in his/her lodge/house in which.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Water Harvesting/Recharge System
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Madras HC: Writ Petition is Not Maintainable to Enforce Arbitral Award(18.04.2022)
Madras High Court has observed that a writ petition cannot be filed to enforce an arbitral award when an alternative remedy is available under section.....
Tags : Madras High Court, arbitral award, section 36 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
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Madras High Court Grants Bail to Godman Siva Shankar Baba in POCSO Case(21.04.2022)
Madras High Court has granted bail to CN Siva Sankaran, self styled godman (commonly known as Siva Sankar Baba) accused under the Protection of Childr.....
Tags : Madras High Court, CN Siva Sankaran, godman, Siva Sankar Baba, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences, 2012
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Mechanism for providing evidence of compliance of conditions of Section 15(3)(b)(ii) of the CGST Act, 2017 by the suppliers(26.06.2024)
1. In cases where the discounts are offered by the suppliers through tax credit notes, after the supply has been effected, the said discount is not to.....
Tags : Mechanism, Compliance, Conditions
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SC Raps Tripura High Court over Dismissing Woman's Plea to Clailm ‘Streedhan’(23.11.2015)
SC has rapped Tripura HC for dismissing plea of woman for 'streedhan' on ground that she lost right over it after judicial separation. The court said .....
Tags : SC, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, streedhan, Tripura HC
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Petitions U/S 482 CrPC to be Filed Only After Completion of 15 Days: Madras High Court(12.10.2018)
Madras High Court has issue directives that petitions under Section 482 CrPC challenging refusal by SHO to record information to be filed only after c.....
Tags : Madras High Court, CrPC, Section 482
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Bombay HC Disposes of PILs Seeking Directions for Relief Against 'Inflated' Electricity Bills(17.07.2020)
Bombay High Court has disposed of two Public Interest Litigations seeking directions for relief against the allegedly inflated and exorbitant electric.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Inflated Electricity Bills
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Department of Telecommunications Proposes Imposition of Penalty on Pesky Callers(06.07.2021)
Department of Telecommunications has proposed to impose a penalty on pesky callers of Rs 10,000 for every call and SMS made by telemarketers after 50 .....
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CGST: Refund of Duty Deposit Paid on or After Amendment of 2014 Can Invoke Section 35FF(30.05.2022)
Central Goods and Services Tax Authority, Panipat observed that refund of duty deposit paid on or after the amendment of 2014 can invoke Section 35FF .....
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s Opinion over Conflict Between POSCO, IPC(06.01.2017)
Supreme Court has asked Central Government to examine need to amend a colonial-era provision in IPC that provides immunity to a man from being prosecu.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Indian Penal Code, Protection of Children of Sexual Offences, Rape
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SC Seeks Evidence Suggesting Alleged Terror Links of Suspected LeT Operative(10.09.2020)
Supreme Court has granted two weeks to the National investigating Agency (NIA) for placing on record requisite evidence as to why Mohammad Irfan Gaus,.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Alleged Terror Links of Suspected LeT Operative
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Gujarat HC Refuses to Quash FIR for Dumping Chemicals in Open Land(27.06.2022)
Gujarat High Court has refused to quash a FIR lodged for violation of the Environment (Protection) Act against a factory owner for allegedly dumping c.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Dumping Chemicals, Environment (Protection) Act
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Madras HC: Liability to Be Fastened on Temple Trustee & EOs for Stealing Electricity(29.05.2023)
Madras High Court has observed that whenever electricity is stolen for the conduct of temple festivals, the liability under the Electricity Act has to.....
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P&H HC Grants Bail to Former AIG Ashish Kapoor In Bribery Case(01.06.2023)
Punjab and Haryana High Court while taking note of petitioners' "substantial period" of custody of more than seven months, has granted bail to former .....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Assistant Inspector General of Police, Ashish Kapoor, Bribery Case
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SC Affirms HC’s Order for Deployment of Central Forces for Panchayat Elections in West Bengal(20.06.2023)
Supreme Court has affirmed the direction of Calcutta High Court which directed West Bengal State Election Commission to requisition central forces for.....
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Bom. HC: Division Bench Declares Amendment to IT Rules, 2021 as Unconstitutional(27.09.2024)
Division Bench of Bombay High Court while allowing the appeals against amendments to IT Rules, 2021, has struck down the amendment that allowed Centra.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, IT Rules Amendment, Fact Check Units
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CBIC Waives Penalty for Non-Compliance to QR Code Provisions(01.12.2020)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) notified the waiver of penalty for noncompliance to QR code provisions if complied by April 01, 202.....
Tags : Central Board of Indirect Txes and Customs, Penalty for Non-Compliance to QR Code Provisions
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Allahabad HC: No Rule to Deny Bail in Case of Grave Economic Offence(02.09.2022)
Allahabad High Court while granting bail to Kanpur based businessman in case for allegedly stashing cash amounting to Rs. 196.57 Crores, has held that.....
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Chh. HC: Attacks by Naxalites on Security Forces Not Mere Criminal Acts but Part of Larger Insurgency(21.02.2025)
Chhattisgarh High Court while upholding the conviction of persons involved in naxal attack, has observed that attacks/ambush by Naxalites on security .....
Tags : Chhattisgarh High Court, Security Forces, Naxalites
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SC Directs HCs to Call for Information Regarding Pendency of Execution Petitions in District Courts(07.03.2025)
SC has directed HCs to call for necessary information from their respective district judiciary regarding pendency of execution petitions. The HCs shal.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Execution Petitions, District Courts
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SC Sets Aside P&H HC’s Directions on Appearance of Prosecution Witnesses(14.08.2023)
Supreme Court has set aside directions issued by the Punjab & Haryana High Court in 2022 regarding the issuance of summons to prosecution witnesses in.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Directions, Prosecution Witnesses, Appearance
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NCLAT: Can’t Interfere with CoC’s Commercial Wisdom to Distribute Amount Based on Security Interest(03.02.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi has observed that if the provisions of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 are complied with then there cannot be interference in the.....
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SC: Section 437(6) Application to be Treated Liberally When No Prejudice to Prosecution Shown(19.02.2025)
SC has observed that where there is absence of positive factors going against accused showing possibility of prejudice to prosecution or accused being.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 437(6), Delay in Trial
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CBDT Notifies Constitution of Boards for Advance Rulings and Headquarters(03.09.2021)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified the constitution of the Boards for Advance Rulings and its Headquarters. The government empowered un.....
Tags : Central Board of Direct Taxes, Boards for Advance Rulings and Headquarters
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Del. HC: Gender-Specific Laws are Not Meant to be "Anti-Opposite Gender"(29.08.2023)
Delhi High Court has observed that it is crucial to recognize that gender specific laws aren’t meant to be "anti-opposite gender" but rather serve the.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Gender-Specific Laws, Anti-Opposite Gender
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Patna HC: Bail to the Juvenile is a Rule and Refusal of the Same is an Exception(21.04.2025)
Patna HC has observed that it clearly emerges that Section 12 of J.J. Act, 2015 overrides the bail provisions as contained in the Criminal Procedure A.....
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SC: View of HC that Presentation of a Defective Election Petition is Not Compliance is Reasonable(05.05.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that the view of the Gujarat High Court that mere presentation of an election petition which is full of defects will not be.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Defective Election Petition, Sufficient Compliance
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CCI Junks Complaints against Prestige Estates Projects(18.12.2015)
Competition Commission of India (CCI) has dismissed allegations of unfair business practices made against Bengaluru-based Prestige Estates Projects.
Tags : Competition Commission of India , Prestige Estates Projects
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Bombay HC: Married Woman Can’t Rely On Husband’s Caste To Contest Reserved Seat(24.10.2017)
Bombay High Court has held that a married woman cannot simply rely on her husband’s caste to contest an election from a reserved seat.
Tags : Bombay HC, Election
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BCI Notifies Mediation with Conciliation as Compulsory Subject for LLB Courses(17.08.2020)
Bar Council of India has notified that "Mediation with Conciliation" shall be a compulsory subject to be taught with effect from the Academic Session .....
Tags : Bar Council of India, Mediation and Conciliation as Subjects
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Kerala HC Quashes Tender Floated by KSEB for Procurement of Electric Poles(16.07.2021)
Kerala High Court has quashed the tender floated by the KSEB for procuring electric poles of 8 m length with a working load of 140 kg. The Court has c.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Tender Floated by KSEB for Procurement of Electric Poles
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ITAT, Kolkata: Disallowance U/S 14A Not to be Considered While Computing Book Profit(16.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Kolkata has ruled that the disallowance under Section 14A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be considered while comput.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Section 14A, Income Tax Act, 1961, book profit
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Kar. HC Dismisses Twitter’s Plea Challenging Blocking Order Issued by MeiTY(30.06.2023)
Karnataka High Court has dismissed the plea filed by Twitter challenging the blocking orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Tec.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Twitter, Blocking Order, Information Technology Act
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SC: Prosecutors are Not Representatives of Any Party(21.08.2023)
Supreme Court while placing reliance on 154th Law Commission report and observing that Prosecutors are not representatives of any party, has stated th.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Prosecutors, Duty
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Delhi HC: When No Seat/Venue Specified in Agreement, Jurisdiction to be Decided Under CPC(25.03.2025)
Delhi High Court has observed that court's jurisdiction under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is to be decided under the Civi.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Venue Specified, Civil Procedure Code
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Delhi HC: Can Dispense Personal Hearing Only if Assessee's Rectification Application Is Allowed(11.04.2025)
Delhi High Court has observed that Courts can dispense with the personal hearing of the assessee only if rectification application filed by an assesse.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Rectification Application, Personal Hearing
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