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Manupatra Webinar: Useful Tips - Part II(12.01.2016)

Enrollment for Manupatra's Webinar on 12th January, 2016 is nearly concluded. The session will focus on addressing user queries and streamlining your .....

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Manupatra Webinar: What's new on Manupatra(27.08.2015)

Registration will soon close for the Webinar on the 27th of August, 2015. Conducted from 5.30pm to 6.00pm, the Webinar will introduce e-attendees to n.....

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Statute

Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 effective 15 January 2015(13.01.2016)

The Ministry of Women and Child Development notified 15th January, 2015 as the .....

Tags : Juvenile justice, 2015, in force, date

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Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2016(30.05.2016)

The Ministry of Women and Child Development released the draftread»

Education Loan Bill, 2016(11.03.2016)

The Education Loan Bill, 2016, a private member bill introduced in th.....

Tags : education loan, refusal, waiver

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Indian Trusts (Amendment) Bill, 2015(13.08.2015)

The Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha, makes amendments to the Indian Trusts Act, 1882. The Bill suggests changes to update the Act, 1882 by removing .....

Tags : trusts, autonomy, trustee, bill

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The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2015(31.12.2015)

Approved by the Rajya Sabha earlier in the year, The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 201.....

Tags : Social justice, transgender, bill 2015, reservation

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Rajasthan Vexatious Litigation (Prevention) Bill, 2015(19.10.2015)

Taking heart from Madhya Pradesh’s somewhat inappropriately timed ‘Tang Karnewali Mukadmebazi (Nivaran) Vidheyak’ or Vexatious Litigation (Prevention).....

Tags : Rajasthan, bill, vexatious, litigant, litigation, court

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Others

PF Settlement Made Quicker(11.08.2015)

The Government of India has granted authorization to market transportation fuels, namely, MS, HSD and ATF to the new entrants including the private s.....

Tags : epfo, social security, india, canada, austria

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Blast from the Past

Trading godly good will(23.08.1967)

Being able to exploit financially intellectual property has been recognised as vital to any country’s success and prosperity. And what prosperity must.....

Tags : Trade mark, ganesh, publici juris, religious

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No bail for those behind money circulation schemes(23.09.2003)

Ponzi schemes have the benefit of being complex in implementation, but easy in description. Such was one scheme run by ‘Job Work Com. Private Limited’.....

Tags : Pyramid scheme, bail, custody

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Insurers cannot be excluded from proceedings on non-statutory grounds(11.05.1959)

In 1959 the Supreme Court answered the question – can a motor vehicle insurer escape being arrayed as a defendant on grounds not mentioned in statute .....

Tags : Motor vehicles act, 1939, insurer, exclusion

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Personal laws not disturbed by fundamental rights(24.07.1951)

What could the Bombay High Court have said that stung Finance Minister Arun Jaitley so, leading him to call it “one of the most adverse judgments”. Af.....

Tags : Personal laws, bigamy, fundamental rights, social custom

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Top Story

When crying wolf 218 times is one too many(31.07.2015)

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently passed a judgment calling a Petitioner's suit (with a further 20 listed for the month of August, 2015) friv.....

Tags : vexatious, frivolous, litigation, compensation

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When crying wolf 218 times is one too many(31.07.2015)

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently passed a judgment calling a Petitioner's suit (with a further 20 listed for the month of August, 2015) friv.....

Tags : vexatious, frivolous, litigation, compensation

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Court covers its ears amidst religious caterwauling(08.04.2016)

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court avoided, narrowly, being dragged into a controversial religious debate about the use of loudspeakers dur.....

Tags : public nuisance, loudspeaker, temple, religious

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High Court laments quality of civilisation in custodial death(20.10.2015)

“…quality of a nation’s civilization can be largely measured by the methods it uses in enforcing criminal law”, opined the High Court, in determining .....

Tags : Custody, death, court, ineffective, riot

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'Tele-Law' initiative launched for legal assistance in rural areas(11.06.2017)

In wake of providing legal aid easily accessible in rural areas, Government of India has introduced a portal called ‘Tele-Law’ initiative in collabora.....

Tags : Justice, Access, Rural areas

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U.S. House of Representatives passes NDA Act, 2018 for improving defence ties with India(15.07.2017)

The United States House of Representatives has passed National Defence Authorization Act, 2018 for providing defence co-operation with India. The NDDA.....

Tags : Defence ties, US-India, Act

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Government likely to release a new industrial policy aiming to promote 'Make in India'(30.08.2017)

The process to formulate new Industrial Policy began in May 2017 by The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. The new Industrial Policy will .....

Tags : Industrial policy, Release, Comments, Invitation

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Title of religious text not ordinarily registrable as trade mark(27.10.2015)

The Supreme Court left little room for interpretation in its ruling against registration of a trade mark in ‘Ramayan’ to be used on packaging for ince.....

Tags : Trade mark, religious text , title, public juris

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Mandatory Use of Public Finance Management System (PFMS) for all Central Sector Schemes Launched(27.10.2017)

The use Public Finance Management System has been made mandatory in order to ensure that, the benefits of the various Government Schemes reach to the .....

Tags : PFMS, Mandatory use, Central schemes

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Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposed penalty on Google for "Search Bias"(08.02.2018)

Competition Commission of India fines Google for abusing dominant position amounting to Rs. 136-crore for "search bias". CCI’s order came in wake of i.....

Tags : Dominant position, Abuse, Penalty

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No mercy for abuse of position of trust(01.09.2015)

Noting that a bus conductor's position was one of trust within a transport company as he was responsible for collection of fares, and checks to bolste.....

Tags : Corruption, mercy, position of trust

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Supreme Court upholds “chief justice is master of roster”(06.07.2018)

A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan has yet again upheld that the chief justice of India is the mas.....

Tags : Cases, Allocation, Chief justice, Master, Roster

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Central Government approves capital infusion in Export Credit Guarantee Corporation Ltd.(27.06.2018)

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister has approved the capital infusion of Rs. 2000 crore for strengthening of Export Cr.....

Tags : Capital infusion, Approval, MSME exports

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India - Russia annual bilateral summit held in October, 2018(05.10.2018)

Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi and President of the Russian Federation Mr. Vladimir V. Putin met for the 19th edition of the Annual Bilater.....

Tags : Bilateral summit, Russian President, Visit

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Parliament Passes the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019(30.07.2019)

Parliament passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019, to ban practice of Triple Talaq. The bill is a historic step to prot.....

Tags : Triple Talaq, Practice, Muslim Women, Protection

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SEBI issues stricter norms to prevent client securities misuse(25.02.2020)

In order to prevent the misuse of client’s securities by broker, the Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued a circular tightening the .....

Tags : Client securities, Misuse, Norms

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Government suspends IBC qua fresh bankruptcy proceedings amid covid pandemic(05.06.2020)

In an unprecedented move, the Government of India has suspended fresh proceedings under Sections 7, 9 and 10 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 20.....

Tags : Fresh proceedings, Suspension, IBC

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RBI announces National Strategy for Financial Education 2020-2025(20.08.2020)

In order to strengthen financial inclusion in the Country, RBI announces National Strategy for Financial Education 2020-2025 (NSFE). Financial litera.....

Tags : Financial inclusion, NSFE, Announcement

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Rajya Sabha passes the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2020(19.09.2020)

Rajya Sabha amends IBC by temporarily suspending initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Ame.....

Tags : CIRP, Initiation, Suspension

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Finance Minister announces GST exemption for businesses with an annual turnover of up to Rs 40 lakh(24.08.2020)

The Finance Minister said that now, the businesses with an annual turnover of up to Rs 40 lakh are GST exempt. Earlier, this limit was Rs 20 lakh. In .....

Tags : Exemption, GST, Businesses

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Customs to begin faceless assessment of imports across India(04.09.2020)

In a step forward to ease of doing business module, the Customs Department will soon initiate pan-India faceless assessment for all imported goods by .....

Tags : Customs, Faceless assessment, Imports

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RBI releases Guidelines on Establishment of Digital Banking Units(07.04.2022)

The Reserve Bank of India released the guidelines on “Establishment of Digital Banking Units (DBUs)”. This is in pursuance of an announcement, made in.....

Tags : Guidelines, Establishment, DBUs

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Ministry of Commerce And Industries revises user charges for SEZ-online service(02.12.2021)

Ministry of Commerce and Industries has notified the revised user charges for SEZ-Online services that would be effective from November 15, 2021. Depa.....

Tags : User charges, Review, Circular

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CBDT issues clarification in respect of residential status of certain individuals under Income-Tax Act, 1961(04.03.2021)

The Central Board of Direct taxes (CBDT) issues clarification in respect of Residency under the Income tax Act, 1962 (IT Act). The Board has received .....

Tags : Clarification, Issuance, Residential status

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Central Government waives basic customs duty and health cess on import of Medical Oxygen and related medical equipments(24.04.2021)

Centre has decided to grant full exemption from Basic Customs Duty and health cess on import of Medical Oxygen and other medical equipments related to.....

Tags : Custom duty, waiver, Oxygen

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International Cases

Olympus’ ‘3D’ mark rejected(17.12.2015)

The General Court of the European Court of Justice dismissed an application by Olympus Medical Systems to register the mark, ‘3D’. The Court concurred.....

Tags : Ecj, Olympus, trade mark, 3d

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Olympus’ ‘3D’ mark rejected(17.12.2015)

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A divided legislature, now a divided court(22.03.2016)

“The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court”, screams the blankly white sheet of paper announcing the United States Supreme Court’s decision.....

Tags : usa, supreme court, deadlock

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ECHR derides pre-trial detention in Russia(24.03.2016)

The European Court of Human Rights rejected the Russian Government’s application to strike part of the case against alleged unjust pre-trial detention.....

Tags : echr, russia, pre-trial detention

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Conduct of employee must be related to relationship with employer to apportion vicarious liability(02.03.2016)

The British Supreme Court, deciding claims raising questions on vicarious liability of the employer, found that the conduct of the individual has to b.....

Tags : united kingdom, supreme court, vicarious liability, employer

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Conduct of employee must be related to relationship with employer to apportion vicarious liability(02.03.2016)

The British Supreme Court, deciding claims raising questions on vicarious liability of the employer, found that the conduct of the individual has to b.....

Tags : united kingdom, supreme court, vicarious liability, employer

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HMRC gets payday on bankers’ bonuses(09.03.2016)

Hearing a case that ties together the two bugbears of today’s commercial world - executives’ bonuses and offshore companies - the British Supreme Cour.....

Tags : bankers, bonus, purposive approach

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Religious discrimination in workplace must be for legitimate business aim(13.07.2016)

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US Supreme Court strikes down Texan law obstructing abortions(27.06.2016)

The Supreme Court of the United States of America overturned Texan law that sought to reduce reach of abortion clinics in the state.

Two pr.....

Tags : usa, texas, abortion, clinics

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ECJ rules allowances under emissions scheme invalid(28.04.2016)

The .....

Tags : europe, commission, greenhouse, emissions, allowance

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Stand aside Dunlop there’s a new penalty sheriff in town(04.11.2015)

The United Kingdom Supreme Court passed rulings that are likely to send at least a few flutters of joy amongst the contract-writing community. Determi.....

Tags : Penalty clause, unfair, united kingdom, test

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A person who suffers damage as a result of malicious prosecution of a civil suit against him is entitled to recover that damage(20.07.2016)

Principal issue in instant appeal is relating to prosecution of civil proceedings in tort of malicious prosecution. Instant appeal is from a decision .....

Tags : Malicious prosecution, Civil suit, Damages

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US Supreme Court dismisses claim against Austrian train operator(01.12.2015)

The US Supreme Court dismissed a suit against an Austrian train operator brought by an American woman who suffered severe injuries after falling onto .....

Tags : United states, sovereign immunity, Austria, injury

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Court may terminate an order made by Tribunal only if it considers that order was wrong(08.09.2016)

Claimant is a trainee doctor who, at a hearing held in private before Interim Orders Tribunal ("IOT") of Medical Practitioners' Tribunal Service ("MPT.....

Tags : Criminal Proceedings, Interim suspension, Public confidence

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Russian Constitutional Court can look into decisions of international courts(15.12.2015)

President Vladimir Putin of Russia has granted assent to a Bill that allows Russia’s Constitutional Court to look into decisions of international cour.....

Tags : Russia, international courts, constitutional courts

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Continued provision of child care by registered person to any child may expose such child to a risk of harm(01.09.2016)

Appellant appeals against suspension dated 5 August 2016. The key event leading to the imposition of a statutory suspension was that on 29 June 2016, .....

Tags : Risk of harm, Suspension, Investigation

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When driving in city, one must anticipate that pedestrians will cross road, if they see a gap in the traffic(02.12.2016)

Present action arises out of a road traffic accident which occurred at the junction of Merrion Row and Merrion Street Upper in the city of Dublin. Whi.....

Tags : Accident, Causation, Contributory negligence

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Employee must resign in response to the breach; an employee must make up his mind regarding resignation soon after the conduct of which he complains(03.01.2017)

Claimant was employed as a full-time sales assistant in the respondent’s premises in Enniskillen. She was employed from 20 April 2012 until her resig.....

Tags : Dismissal, Trust, Breach, Validity

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A case for collusion can be based on inference(10.01.2018)

In instant case, the two Respondents, Tourvest Holdings (Pty) Ltd ("Tourvest") and Trigon Travel (Pty) Ltd ("Trigon"), have filed exceptions to the Co.....

Tags : Tender, Issuance, Prices, Fixation, Collusion

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW(22.05.2018)

In the instant case the Apple group of companies is involved in the design, manufacture and marketing of various mobile communication and media device.....

Tags : Jurisdiction, Exhaustion, Patent

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Mere conflict amongst trustees themselves is not a sufficient reason for the removal of a trustee at the suit of another(23.10.2020)

Present appeal concerns the removal of the Appellant, Mr Warren Fletcher, as a trustee of the McNair Family Trust (the Trust) at the instance of the R.....

Tags : Trustee, Removal, Validity

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Let’s not play, Sony(25.01.2016)

The United States Patent and Trademark Office put to bed Sony’s application to register a trade mark in the prhase ‘Let’s Play’. Previously rejected f.....

Tags : Sony, playstation, lets play, trade mark, us

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Kiwis clear the road for TomTom registration(18.12.2015)

The High Court of New Zealand at Auckland dismissed an appeal against registration of the mark ‘TomTom’, by the eponymous maker of satellite navigatio.....

Tags : Tomtom, new Zealand, trade mark, confusion

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A trustee has a fiduciary duty to act with due care and diligence in administering property on behalf of another(06.01.2021)

The appeal has its genesis in an urgent application in the High Court, launched by the Appellant. The main relief sought was the removal of Mr. Fronem.....

Tags : Misconduct, Trustees, Removal

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Court has broad powers under Section 21 of the Charitable Trusts Act, 1962 to make orders in respect of any property, money or income subject to a trust for charitable purposes(03.03.2021)

The Plaintiffs commenced present proceedings by originating summons filed 25 January 2021. The Plaintiffs seek relief, including declarations that the.....

Tags : Trust Fund, Legal costs, Entitlement

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The exercise of public power by the executive and other public functionaries is subject to principle of legality(09.06.2021)

Maxrae Estates is the owner of the farm located within the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. Maxrae applied to the Department of Agriculture,.....

Tags : Extension, Warehouse, Ministerial discretion

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Fundamental breach of relationship justifies eviction(30.09.2021)

The Appellant’s appeal is against an order of the Land Claims Court, Randburg, which set aside an order by the Magistrate’s Court that, the Respondent.....

Tags : Eviction, Grant, Justification

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Statutory provision should not be interpreted so as to alter the common law unless the intention to do so was clearly reflected in the enactment(04.11.2021)

The appeal concerned the construction to be placed on ‘collection costs’ as defined in Section 1 and whether collection costs in Section 101(1)(g), as.....

Tags : Cost, Inclusion, Post-judgment

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Application for declaratory relief to validate trading in securities issued without a valid cleansing prospectus can be allowed where no blatant or flagrant disregard of obligations(10.12.2021)

In present case, on 18 November 2021, the Plaintiff, Arizona Lithium Ltd (Arizona), filed an originating process seeking orders under Section 1322(4)(.....

Tags : Trading, Securities, Prospectus

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In order to be eligible for declaratory relief, shares must not have been suspended from trading for more than five days in the previous 12 months(22.03.2022)

In present matter, on 1 March 2022, the Plaintiff, Buddy Technologies Limited (Buddy Technologies), filed an originating process seeking orders under .....

Tags : Shares, Sale, Cleansing prospectus

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Onus is on the prosecution to prove on a balance of probabilities that it was entitled to a forfeiture order(31.05.2022)

The issue before the SCA concerned the question of whether a Volkswagen 364 Scirocco motor vehicle with registration number FGC 937 MP (the vehicle) r.....

Tags : Unlawful activity, Proof, Onus

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A company and its sole director are vicariously criminally liable for the acts of one of company's employees, if the discharge or abandonment occurs as a result of positive act(01.05.2020)

Present appeal principally concerns whether a company and its sole director are vicariously criminally liable for the acts of one of the company's emp.....

Tags : Illegal dumping, vicarious liability, acquittal

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Burden to prove that ESTA applies in relation to a specific occupier rests on the occupier who invokes the application of the Act(29.04.2022)

The issue in present application for special leave to appeal is whether a community of about 300 people who occupied the Applicant’s property known as.....

Tags : Occupants, Onus, Proof

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The Trustee has an express power to vary the trusts created(24.06.2022)

By an originating motion filed on 17 May 2022, the Trustee seeks a direction from the court pursuant to Section 92 of the Trustees Act, 1962 (WA), tha.....

Tags : Power, Trustee, Creation

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Onus is on claimant to establish that money had been entrusted on his behalf to the attorney(28.07.2022)

The Appellant, a practising advocate made an application to the high Court for an order compelling the Respondent, the Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity F.....

Tags : Funds, Entrustment, Claim

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Release of goods for free circulation under a duty suspension arrangement can constitute unauthorised use of trademark(16.07.2015)

The European Court of Justice held in a preliminary ruling that goods placed under a duty suspension arrangement are regarded as imported and the trad.....

Tags : Trademark, duty suspension, use, in trade

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Natural as well as juristic persons may hold member’s interests as a trustee, but only in certain circumstances(07.12.2022)

Present appeal is related to the application and interpretation of Sections 29(1) and 29(1A) of the Close Corporation Act, 1984 in the event where a f.....

Tags : Trustees, Juristic persons, Interest

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If the Court hearing a restriction order application finds that the offender is a high risk serious offender, the Court must make a continuing detention order(26.11.2022)

In facts of present case, on 23 November 2021, the State of Western Australia applied for orders under the High Risk Serious Offenders Act, 2020 (HRSO.....

Tags : High risk, Custody, Detention

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When a corporate trustee enters into external administration, the company's right of indemnity and accompanying equitable lien over the assets of the trust survives the appointment(18.01.2023)

The Plaintiffs, Kimberley Stuart Wallman and Gregory Paul Quin (collectively, the Liquidators) are the liquidators of Goldeagle Nominees Pty Ltd (Gold.....

Tags : Corporate trustee, Right of indemnity,

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Clauses in which the annexures were mentioned had to be read not in isolation, but as part of the whole agreement(20.02.2023)

The issue in the appeal was whether an agreement concluded between the appellant, the first respondent and the second respondent was: (a) void for vag.....

Tags : Agreement, Clauses, Implementation

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Google wins lawsuit against scanning of copyrighted works(16.10.2015)

A United States Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Google in a lawsuit concerning its book scanning activities. It determined that such digitisation o.....

Tags : Google, copyright, books, scan, fair use

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Power under Article 4(1) of the 1972 Order should be exercised by the Secretary of State personally(13.05.2020)

In present case, an interim custody order (ICO) was made in respect of the Appellant on 21 July 1973. The order was signed by a Minister of State in t.....

Tags : Detention, Lawful custody, Legality

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Once a business rescue plan is accepted, it will be implemented by the business rescue practitioner on the terms stipulated therein(28.04.2023)

The issue before the Supreme Court was whether in business rescue proceedings, Section 153(4) of the Companies Act, 2008 is to be applied after a bind.....

Tags : Business rescue, Proceedings, Offer

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ECHR derides pre-trial detention in Russia(24.03.2016)

The European Court of Human Rights rejected the Russian Government’s application to strike part of the case against alleged unjust pre-trial detention.....

Tags : echr, russia, pre-trial detention

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An interlocutory order is not appealable unless it disposes of any issue or any portion of the issue in the main action(22.12.2023)

This appeal is against an order of the KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court, which dismissed a point in limine to the effect that the first respon.....

Tags : Appeal, Locus standi, Maintainability

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A landlord’s hypothec comes into effect the moment rent is in arrears, and is enforceable against the debtor immediately(29.01.2024)

The Appellant, Ergomode (Pty) Limited (Ergomode), instituted legal proceedings by way of notice of motion in the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court.....

Tags : Business rescue, Hypothec, Perfection

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Non-fulfilment of the suspensive conditions renders the contract void ab initio(26.01.2024)

Present is an appeal against the judgment and order of the Gauteng Division of the high court, sitting as a court of first instance. The matter concer.....

Tags : Clause, Agreement, Validity

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Onus lies with the Plaintiff to establish the jurisdiction, finality and conclusiveness of a foreign judgment, if so challenged(06.02.2024)

The Respondent was a businessman and citizen of the United States of America, (Mr. Conteh), who now resided in Bryanston, Johannesburg. On 12 August 2.....

Tags : Sentence, Refusal, Legality

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It is permissible to add a firm to an existing complaint subsequent to an investigation. Initiation does not require any level of formality(02.05.2017)

Present appeal is against an order of Competition Tribunal in which Tribunal dismissed a series of in limine objections raised by Appellants. On 1st S.....

Tags : Collusive bidding, Investigation, Settlement, Invitation

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An application for a request for further particulars is purely interlocutory(19.04.2024)

In present case, the Respondent launched divorce proceedings in the regional court. In addition to defending the matter, the appellant instituted a co.....

Tags : Spousal maintenance, Particular, Furnishing of

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Issues once decided cannot be repeatedly re-ventilated and reconsidered(08.11.2016)

In present case, application by birth mother that, decision which was reached by Honorable Judge Singleton QC in August 2015 as to with whom this chil.....

Tags : Child, Custody, Application

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A custody order must not be made unless the alleged offence is punishable by imprisonment and the judge is satisfied that, such an order is appropriate(27.09.2017)

In facts of present case, The charges against Accused are that, he attempted to unlawfully kill his wife contrary to Section 283(1) of the Criminal Co.....

Tags : Trial, Mental fitness, Custody order

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A settlement agreement can be set aside if it was fraudulently obtained(24.07.2024)

The Appellant and the Respondent were married, out of community of property, with the inclusion of the accrual system, on 4 November, 2000. Subsequent.....

Tags : Settlement agreement, Clauses, Common mistake

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Court must not grant leave to appeal unless a ground has a reasonable prospect of success(25.09.2017)

The Appellant seeks leave to appeal against a conviction for being a reportable offender who, without reasonable excuse, failed to comply with his rep.....

Tags : Obligation, Report, Reasonable excuse

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A commercial activity is a commercial activity regardless of whether it is carried out for private profit or to achieve charitable goals(08.09.2017)

Present appeal concerns the desire of the second Respondent (Children’s Health Camps the New Zealand Foundation for Child and Family Health and Develo.....

Tags : Land, Usage, Activity, Commercial

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Location of conduct of business of company quintessential to jurisdiction(11.11.2015)

Hearing a petition against the prejudicial conduct of business by a stakeholder in the company, the Hong Kong High Court gave rather a long stretch to.....

Tags : Jurisdiction, location, conduct of business, incorporation

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A reasonable suspicion that a thing has been stolen or unlawfully obtained will necessarily fall short of certainty(06.11.2018)

In facts of present case, the Appellant was convicted after trial in the Magistrates Court of a charge of being in possession of a thing capable of be.....

Tags : Suspicion, Conviction, Legality

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Trustees are not empowered to adopt an index other than RPI unless RPI had been discontinued as an officially published index and replaced(07.11.2018)

Present appeal raises a question of interpretation of a clause in a pension scheme trust deed which defines the phrase “Retail Prices Index” and which.....

Tags : Pension scheme, Clause, Interpretation

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Copyright holders to consider fair use before initiating DMCA takedown(14.09.2015)

In case involving a takedown notification issued to an alleged infringing ‘dancing baby’ video, the United States Court of Appeal determined that Univ.....

Tags : Dmca, takedown, fair use, copyright

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Sentencer need to observe a degree of flexibility rather than adopting a mechanistic type of approach while imposing sentence(03.04.2019)

This judgment deals with an application for leave to appeal by Nathan Finn, currently in custody in Hydebank Young Offenders Centre, against a determi.....

Tags : Sentence, Quantum, Justice

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Court can refuse bail pending sentence where Applicant has been convicted of a serious offence that is very likely to result in a sentence of immediate imprisonment for a significant term(22.08.2019)

The Applicant is a 33 year old man who was found guilty for possession of methylamphetamine with intent to sell or supply, contrary to Section 6(1)(a).....

Tags : Serious offences, Bail, Grant

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Florida’s sentencing scheme given the chop(12.01.2016)

The United States Supreme Court overwhelmingly held Florida’s sentencing scheme unconstitutional under the read»

A provision of subordinate legislation which results in a breach of a Convention right must be disregarded, if it is possible to do so without affecting the statutory scheme(13.11.2019)

On 9 November 2016, present Court handed down judgment in the series of cases collectively reported as R (Carmichael) v Secretary of State for Work an.....

Tags : Housing benefit, Provision, Applicability

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Global power play spills into Russian court(19.04.2016)

Russia’s Constitutional Court ruled against acceding to a European Court of Human Rights denouncement against Russian law that prohibits prisoners fro.....

Tags : russia, constitution, disenfranchisement, echr, prisoner rights

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Judgments

No entertaining of petition by seeker of 'a halo of a persecuted man'(31.07.2015)

Taking note that the Petitioner had filed 218 petitions before court, with 20 petitions dated 20 August, 2015 alone, the High Court directed the Regis.....

Tags : frivolous, vexatious, litigation, barred

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CESTAT: Department's proclivity to raising purely interpretational disagreement(29.07.2015)

The CESTAT held that since no licence fee was payable nor was paid by customers to Oracle India (nor was any payable or paid by Oracle India to Oracle.....

Tags : customs, mens rea, non-commercial, interpretation

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Expenses incurred in preventing misuse of industrial alcohol will suffice for quid pro quo(12.08.2015)

Fee and excise duty collected from an industry to prevent illegal activities which have no causal connection with that industry will 'metamorphose int.....

Tags : fee, tax, causal relationship, quid pro quo

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Assessee cannot argue lack of jurisdiction after pursuing adjudication on merits(12.08.2015)

In a case where the Assessee after receiving a favourable interim order from the High Court chose to pursue adjudication on merits before the High Cou.....

Tags : customs, limitation, section 28

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Fee collected by State from industry must bear reasonable nexus to curbing illegal activity in the same industry(12.08.2015)

Fee and excise duty collected from an industry to prevent illegal activities which have no causal connection with that industry will 'metamorphose int.....

Tags : fee, tax, causal relationship, quid pro quo

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Property becoming more valuable subsequent to conclusion of sale by liquidator is not a relevant consideration in determining the legality of the sale(13.08.2015)

If a higher offer is received in respect of the sale of property of a company in liquidation, the Court is not justified in reopening the concluded pr.....

Tags : liquidation, sale, higher offer, conclusion

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Hindustan Motors continues to roll on its last cylinder(28.09.2015)

Hindustan Motors was granted reprieve against an order of the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction restraining it from disposing of its a.....

Tags : Hindustan motors, sick, company, formal order

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Court dismisses food adulteration proceedings against Kishore Biyani(29.09.2015)

In a case where upon finding a violation of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955 for insufficient information on the label of ‘Chana Besan’.....

Tags : Food adulteration, vicarious, management, company, misbranding

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CCI dismisses complaint against Arasu Cable TV Corporation(29.09.2015)

A complaint that Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation, wholly owned by the State, abused its vertical integration in the fixation of carriage fee and.....

Tags : Competition, abuse, vertical integration, arasu

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Practice of 'Santhara' to be treated as suicide punishable under section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(10.08.2015)

The Rajasthan High Court held the practice of Santhara (Sallekhana), fasting unto death to attain 'moksha', impermissible under Article 21 of the Cons.....

Tags : santhara, religious freedom, suicide, prohibit

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Earlier assault can bolster suspicion of murder, but is not sufficient by itself to conclude guilt of accused(15.04.2015)

In a case where the Appellant was accused of the murder of his wife, the Court held that a prior incident of assault against the wife 'stands alone' a.....

Tags : Suspicion, death, guilt, unnatural circumstances

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CCI clears Jaypee Group of abuse amidst heavy dissent(26.10.2015)

The Competition Commission of India in a majority ruling dismissed complaints against Jaypee Group’s alleged abuse of its dominant position. It determ.....

Tags : Property, jaypee, dominant, residential, abuse, position

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Expenditure on solicitor’s eye operation not business expense(28.10.2015)

The Bombay High Court upheld an order of the ITAT excluding expenditure by the Assessee on eye treatments to improve vision. The Tribunal had determin.....

Tags : Personal expense, business, tax, deduction

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“Article 370 only provision of Constitution that applies to [J&K] on its own”(09.10.2015)

In a petition against the accelerated promotion of government servants in Jammu and Kashmir, under the auspices of reservation, the Jammu and Kashmir .....

Tags : Article 370, constitution, jammu and Kashmir, status

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Millennium Bus Depot’s days may be numbered(20.10.2015)

Delhi High Court dismissed an application by the Delhi Transport Corporation for an extension of time to seek a change in land use from the Delhi Deve.....

Tags : Depot, bus, land use, delhi, DDA, DTC

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Affordable housing for cattle put on Government’s plate(14.10.2015)

The High Court, hearing a matter on housing stray cattle, and the danger they pose by straying onto a highway, directed all Panchayats in the State .....

Tags : Cattle, slaughter, constitution, housing

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Withdraw export benefits only prospectively in case of accrued vested rights(27.10.2015)

The Supreme Court has ruled that amendments to the government’s Target Plus Scheme, to increase exports of certain goods, cannot be applied retrospect.....

Tags : Target plus, duty credit, amendment, retrospective

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CCI finds cartel in “intensely competitive” air cargo(17.11.2015)

The Competition Commission of India found Jet Airways, Indigo Airlines and SpiceJet Limited guilty of contravening competition guidelines. It noted th.....

Tags : Competition, air cargo, cartel, surcharge, collusion

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Sri Aurobindo Ashram trustees granted reprieve(05.01.2016)

The Supreme Court des[s]erted the Respondents in their quest to chastise Sri Aurobindo Ashram and its administrators for not condemning a book purport.....

Tags : Aurobindo ashram, trustees, maladministration, biography

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Court looks to cut spam on Naukri.com(15.12.2015)

Delhi High Court allowed a suit for injunction by Info Edge, the company that runs the well-known job portal ‘Naukri.com’, against a person who regist.....

Tags : Naukri.com, job portal, duping customers, naukrinews

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Contradictory ‘dominance’ reports for the same market bewilder CCI(09.02.2016)

The Competition Commission of India dismissed a complaint by Mega Cab, a popular app-cab operator, for investigation into the creation of barriers to .....

Tags : Radio taxi, relevant market, financial backing, exlclusivity

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Compensation for damage 'safely inferred' to have been caused by activity(30.07.2015)

Noting that the Applicants had filed an application 5 years after construction work by the Respondents had stopped, no major structural damage had occ.....

Tags : construction, damage, nexus

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Commissioner, Service Tax cannot delve into correctness of Cenvat(30.10.2014)

On a perusal of sample debit notes, the nature of the service clarified by the Service Tax registration number, the Tribunal found in favour of the Ap.....

Tags : business auxiliary service, cenvat

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‘Ritu Kumar’ designs lose copyright battle(23.03.2016)

The Delhi High Court reiterated a ruling that “once a drawing, a sketch or a design is used for creation of dresses, then, once the dresses cross 50 n.....

Tags : Ritu kumar, designs, copyright, industrial process

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Levi Strauss denied use of ‘Live In’ for promotional material(02.03.2016)

The Bombay High Court prohibited Levi Strauss from using the words ‘Live In’ in connection with its clothing line, ‘Levi’s’.

The Plaintif.....

Tags : Levi strauss, live in, trade mark, deceptive

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Hurling abuse causes more than normal marital ‘wear and tear’(22.03.2016)

Calling of names and hurling abuse at spouse’s weight, being likely to lower self respect and self esteem, can amount to mental cruelty. In the instan.....

Tags : marital bond, abuse, physical appearance

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NSE’s defamation claim against article alleging benefits to select traders rejected(09.09.2015)

Mere boldness, strength of expression, or even exaggeration does not make a comment unfair; Plaintiffs will succeed if a reasonable person would not h.....

Tags : Defamation, nse, anonymous, journalism

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Allahabad HC: No fundamental right to encroach upon public road(03.06.2016)

The court heard provocative arguments by counsel for the Petitioner, that “people of this country are simple…normally soft whenever any religious acti.....

Tags : public highway, religious structure, encroach

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Transport Dept ought to allow representations before ruling on vehicle status(13.04.2016)

A dumper truck with rubber tyres cannot be termed ‘Construction Equipment vehicle’ under the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 unless it is shown that.....

Tags : construction equipment, motor vehicle, highway use

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Key persons involved in KFEF film ban let off hook(19.04.2016)

Competition Commission of India cannot impose penalties on individual members of a body found to have indulged in anti-competitive activities without .....

Tags : competition, penalty, notice, natural justice

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Courts should be liberal in allowing third-party locus standi(12.04.2016)

Courts should be “liberal in allowing any third party” with a bona fide connection with the matter so long as it ‘advance[s] substantial justice’, the.....

Tags : Locus standi, cognizance, third party

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CCI penalty on total turnover for collusion set aside(12.04.2016)

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Order of FSSAI banning sale of Maggi Noodles in violation of principles of natural justice(13.08.2015)

The Court held that the FSSAI did not give Nestle adequate opportunity to be heard before imposing a ban on the sale of Maggi Noodles. A show-cause no.....

Tags : Food adulteration, natural justice, show cause notice

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Disclosure of bank’s business dissuades “window-dressing”, in public interest(28.06.2016)

“Any action that results in dissuading commercial entities from indulging in practices such as window-dressing would be in larger public interest”, th.....

Tags : rti, exemption, bank, business mix, public interest

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Criminal defamation provisions to stay(13.05.2016)

The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 199 CrPC, provisions that deal with .....

Tags : criminal defamation, constitutional validity, misuse

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“Profiteering” found in HUDA-private developer transaction(13.05.2016)

An authority acquiring land under the guise of public purpose, but subsequently passing it on to a private builder amounts to acquisition for a privat.....

Tags : Land acquisition, fraud, huda, private use

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Mixed residential, commercial use envisaged in Delhi rent control(11.07.2016)

Section 2(l)(iii) of the Delhi Rent Control Act 1958 is applicable in a case where tenancy premises are residential-cum-professional, or vice versa, a.....

Tags : rent control, inherited rights, residential, commercial use

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Mixed residential, commercial use envisaged in Delhi rent control(11.07.2016)

Section 2(l)(iii) of the Delhi Rent Control Act 1958 is applicable in a case where tenancy premises are residential-cum-professional, or vice versa, a.....

Tags : rent control, inherited rights, residential, commercial use

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Vehicles purchased by company for officers’ personal use not excluded from consumer protection law(08.07.2016)

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission held that vehicles purchased by a company for its directors for their personal use are not exclude.....

Tags : consumer protection, vehicles, comercial use, directors

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Conduct of judicial officer can be used to conclude charge of misconduct(12.07.2016)

The Supreme Court upheld a 2012 judgment of the Gujarat high court that confirmed charges against the Appellant-Civil Judicial Magistrate at Bhuj in h.....

Tags : judicial officer, misconduct, sentencing, customs

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Rescue under the provision is for bona fide litigious activity(25.07.2016)

In instant case, Appellant was aggrieved by order of Additional District Judge allowing Respondent’s application under Section 14 of Limitation Act, .....

Tags : Delay, Condonation, bona fide litigious activity

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Provisions of Income Tax Act are not applicable, when situs of trademarks and intellectual property rights and owners thereof are not located in India(25.07.2016)

Situs of the owner of an intangible asset would be the closest approximation of the situs of an intangible asset

Petitioner (CUB Pty. Limited.....

Tags : Situs, Intangible assets, Levy

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SC reverses labour court’s reinstatement of defrauding bus conductor(23.06.2016)

The labour court may interfere with punishment award only when such punishment is not other justified, the Supreme Court held.

In the insta.....

Tags : bus conductor, criminal breach of trust, labour

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Guru Teg Bahadur Kalsa college gets nod to continue with admissions(20.06.2016)

Delhi High Court allowed Shri Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa College to continue admitting students under minority status.

Petitioners had filed .....

Tags : college, admission, interim relief, minority status

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Cause and reason are immaterial in determining if demand made in nexus of marriage is for dowry(13.08.2015)

Any demand for property or a valuable security, directly or indirectly, that has nexus with marriage would constitute a demand of dowry, regardless of.....

Tags : Dowry, cause, reason, demand

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SC’s rancour over police’s disregard for individual liberty(03.06.2016)

Two women were awarded Rs. 5 lakhs each as compensation for humiliating and insensitive behaviour by the police. The Supreme Court admonished the Cybe.....

Tags : abuse of power, police, cyber cell, liberty, dignity

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Medicinal products should be clearly distinguishable(03.06.2016)

Public interest supports a lesser degree of proof showing confusing similarity in trade mark, even if two medicinal products are not identical or of t.....

Tags : pharmaceutical, trade mark, confusing similarity, drug names

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Notifications & Circulars

Anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of caustic soda from China and Korea(18.08.2015)

The Central government imposed an anti-dumping duty on imports of Caustic Soda originating in or exported from China and the Korea. The duty is effect.....

Tags : Anti-dumping, caustic soda, china, korea

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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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Authorized Economic Operator Programme(19.08.2015)

The Central Board of Excise and Customs notified that the validity of the Authorized Economic Operator certificate shall be for a period of five years.....

Tags : Customs, authorised economic operator, certificate, validity

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Clarifications on Finance Act, 1994 and Central Excise Act, 1944(18.08.2015)

The Central government issued clarifications with regard to detections made during audit, investigation or scrutiny. The clarifications relate to the.....

Tags : Show cause notice, service tax

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Duty of Court to neutralize any unjust enrichment and undeserved gain made by litigants only on account of keeping litigation alive(08.08.2016)

Respondent filed complaints against Petitioners before the Competent Authority on allegation that, Petitioners had encroached upon Government land in .....

Tags : Government land, Encroachment, unjust enrichment

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Value of work entrusted to sub-contractors or payments made shall not be taken into consideration while computing total turnover(05.09.2016)

Assessee was doing business of engineers and contractors and in this process it, executed projects under contracts with public sector undertakings, lo.....

Tags : Payment, Sub-contractor, Inclusion, Total turnover

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Doctrine of ex debito justitiae prevail over procedural law only where order of this Court passed without notice or where order has effect of eroding public confidence in justice delivery system(30.08.2016)

In instant writ petition, Petitioner assailed conviction order passed under Section 3 of Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (".....

Tags : Ex debito justitiae, Doctrine, Applicability

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In a master and servant relation, master is vicariously liable for acts of omission of servant and liable to pay compensation for negligence and deficiency in service(15.11.2016)

21-year old educated son of complainant, lost his life by drowning at Boat Club, owned by Appellant, Paradeep Port Trust. Appellant has tried to shift.....

Tags : Compensation, Liability, Vicarious

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University established by law in State granting recognized dental qualification, is entitled to representation in Dental Council of India(08.12.2016)

Petitioner, by present petition, seeks a direction to Respondent – Union of India to accept nomination of an elected representative of Petitioner as a.....

Tags : Members list, Inclusion, Elected representative

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Mazahar to not be treated as previous statement unless versions exist(08.12.2015)

Video recordings made by investigating officer during preparation of scene mahazar cannot be used as a previous statement under Sections 145 and 155 o.....

Tags : Mazahar, video, previous statement

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To have territorial jurisdiction at Delhi, whole or part of cause of action would have to accrue at Delhi(19.12.2016)

Present writ petition impugns orders passed by Respondent/Central Bank of India/ employer whereby Petitioner has been inflicted punishment of dismissa.....

Tags : Proceedings, Jurisdiction, Cause of action

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News

Supreme Court Allows Woman to Abort 26-week-old Foetus(10.08.2017)

Supreme Court has allowed a woman to terminate her pregnancy, relying on a medical report stating that the 26-week-old foetus was without a skull and .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Foetus

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SC Issues Notice In Plea For Transferring Murder Case Against BJP MLA Sushil Singh To CBI(11.09.2018)

Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition seeking transfer to CBI the case filed against BJP MLA Sushil Singh for the murder of one Ram Bihari Cha.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Sushil Singh

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Kerala High Court Directs Government To File Report In Bishop Abuse Case(11.09.2018)

Kerala HC has directed state to file an affidavit detailing the steps taken on the complaint of a nun alleging that a bishop sexually abused her for t.....

Tags : Kerela High Court, Sexual Abuse, Bishop

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Transaction Can’t Be Treated As Bogus Merely Based On Report Of Investigation Wing: ITAT(13.09.2018)

Jaipur bench of ITAT has held that a transaction cannot be treated as bogus only on the basis of the report of Investigation Wing.

Tags : NCLT, Bogus Transactions

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President of India Appoints Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the 46th Chief Justice of India(14.09.2018)

President of India has appointed Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the next Chief Justice of India. He will assume the office of Chief Justice on 3rd October, 2.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India

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CCI Rejects Unfair Business Practices Allegation against Picasso Digital(26.10.2016)

Competition Commission of India (CCI) has rejected allegations of unfair business practices made against Picasso Digital Media saying matter is relate.....

Tags : Competition Commission of India, unfair business practices, Picasso Digital Media

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Supreme Court Seeks Centre's View on Rohingya Muslim Refugees(05.09.2017)

Supreme Court has sought view of the Modi government on validity of over 40,000 Rohingya Muslims who have taken refuge in India to escape persecution .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Rohingya Muslim Refugees

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Delhi High Court: Defacing Delhi for DUSU Polls Warrants Action(06.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has issued notices to Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University, NDMC, SDMC, Delhi police and DMRC over the extent of defacement caused by .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, DUSU Polls

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Mere filing of appeal by convicted person should not be a ground to suspend conviction(16.01.2017)

Present application has been filed by Applicant-appellant under Section 389 read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) se.....

Tags : Conviction, Suspension, Entitlement

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Public Interest Litigation does not lie in service matters.(10.01.2017)

Instant writ petition is filed by Petitioner said to be an NGO being a trust registered under Indian Trust Act, 1882. Petitioner is “Central Bank Reti.....

Tags : Locus standi, Writ Petition, Maintainability

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Delhi High Court Issues Notices to Candidates Over Defacing Delhi for DUSU Polls(12.09.2017)

Delhi High Court has issued show cause notice to all candidates in the fray over a PIL showing how the campaign had left Delhi and its public property.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, DUSU Polls

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NRIs can be Appointed as Trustees of Indian Trusts Under Income Tax Act: ITAT(11.10.2018)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has held that under the Income Tax Act appointing of NRIs as trustees of valid Indian trusts is permissible.

Tags : ITAT, NRI, Trust

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Urban Improvement Trusts Not Entitled to Income Tax Exemptions: Supreme Court(15.10.2018)

Supreme Court has held that Urban Improvement Trust constituted under the Rajasthan Urban Improvement Act, 1959 is not a local authority within the me.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Urban Improvement Trusts

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NEET Not Compulsory for Admission to AYUSH Courses: Patna High Court(17.10.2018)

Patna High Court has quashed a press communique issued by State government, prescribing that admissions to Ayurvedic, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddh.....

Tags : Patna High Court, NEET, AYUSH

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Ministry of Finance Repeals SICA With Effect From Today(01.12.2016)

Ministry of Finance has repealed Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (SICA) with effect from today.

Tags : Ministry of Finance, Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985

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Bombay HC Quashes FIR Against Shoe Manufacturer for Hurting Religious Sentiments(02.12.2016)

Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a shoe manufacturer for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of a minority community observi.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, FIR, shoe manufacturer, religious sentiments

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Delhi HC Rejects Bail Plea of 15 ISIS Suspects(05.12.2016)

Delhi High Court has dismissed bail pleas filed by 15 suspected ISIS operatives who were arrested from various parts of country by the NIA for alleged.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, ISIS Suspects , Bail

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When a decree or order is of High Court and an appeal is to be filled in same court, period of limitation is of 30 days from date of decree or order(09.03.2017)

Appeal has been filed challenging judgment passed by a Single Judge whereby the arbitral award passed by sole arbitrator was upheld. Along with said a.....

Tags : Delay, Condonation, Sufficient cause

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Orissa High Court: Access to Justice is Right(02.11.2017)

Orissa High Court has ruled that access to justice cannot be denied to a person, who is unable to pay expenses of the witnesses, whom he or she wants .....

Tags : Orissa High Court, Justice, Witnesses

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Supreme Court: Case Filed Against Acquittal Should Mention Period of Custody Undergone By Accused(06.11.2017)

Supreme Court has directed the Registry to ensure that all cases filed before it against an acquittal must mention the period of custody undergone by .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Accused, Acquittal

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CCI Rejects BSNL Complaint Against Indus Towers(14.11.2018)

Competition Commission of India has rejected a complaint by state-owned firm BSNL alleging that Indus Towers abused its dominant market position by de.....

Tags : CCI, BSNL, Indus Towers

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NGT Directs CPCB to Furnish Report on 51,837 Industries in Delhi(15.11.2018)

National Green Tribunal has directed Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to submit action taken report within a month on the status of 51,837 indus.....

Tags : NGT, CPCB, Industries, Delhi

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Justice Dipak Misra Sworn In As 45th Chief Justice Of India(28.08.2017)

Justice Misra was sworn in as the 45th Chief Justice of India at a brief ceremony in the Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan. President Ram Nath Kovind .....

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Supreme Court Forms Medical Board on Plea to Abort Foetus Without Skull(29.08.2017)

Supreme Court to set up a medical board to examine a woman over a plea seeking permission to terminate her pregnancy on the ground that the 24-week-ol.....

Tags : Supreme Court, foetus

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Formulate Policy Guideline for Allowing Redevelopment in Industrial Zone: Bombay High Court(03.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has said that it is time for the civic body to formulate a policy guideline for allowing redevelopment of areas by demolishing old b.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Industrial Zone

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Rs. 1 lakh imposed as costs for duplicitous proceedings(09.03.2016)

The Supreme Court burdened a Petitioner with costs of Rs. 1,00,000 for abusing the process of the court. The Petitioner had filed a petition before th.....

Tags : abuse of process, article 226

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Post-acquisition Allottee has no Locus to be Heard in the Matter and is Neither a Necessary Nor a Proper Party(21.02.2017)

Instant appeals have been preferred against judgment and order passed by High Court of Punjab and Haryana. Question for consideration is whether a pos.....

Tags : Post-acquisition, Allottee, Locus standii

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Justice Ranjan Gogoi Sworn in as 46th Chief Justice of India(03.10.2018)

Justice Ranjan Gogoi has taken oath as the 46th Chief Justice of India, he succeeds Justice Dipak Misra who retired on October 1.

Tags : Chief Justice of India, Justice Ranjan Gogoi

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ICJ to Hold Public Hearings in Kulbhushan Jadhav Case from February 18 to 21(04.10.2018)

International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to hold public hearings from February 18 to February 21 in case concerning the execution of former Indian .....

Tags : International Court of Justice, Kulbhushan Jadhav

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Delhi High Court Slams State Over 'Deplorable' Condition of Kushak Drain in South Extension(08.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has pulled up State Government for the deplorable condition of the of Kushak drain in the South Extension area and asked the governme.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Kushak Drain

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Sunanda Pushkar Case: Delhi HC Dismisses Plea for Cancellation of Shashi Tharoor’s Anticipatory Bail(10.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea seeking cancellation of Shashi Tharoor’s anticipatory bail granted by a trial court in Sunanda Pushkar death cas.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Sunanda Pushkar

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Time Limit for Generation of GSTR-1A & 2A Extended(08.11.2017)

Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has clarified that the time limit for generation of GSTR-2A and 1A will be extended as the due date for fil.....

Tags : Central Board of Excise and Customs, GSTR-2A, GSTR-1A

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Supreme Court: Cases for Early Hearing Can Only Be Listed Before Chief Justice(13.11.2017)

Supreme Court’s registry has issued an administrative order saying that lawyers can only ask the Chief Justice of India (CJI) to list their cases for .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India

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Supreme Court: Benefit of Infirmities in Investigation is to Be Given to Accused(14.11.2017)

Supreme Court has said that benefit of infirmities in the investigation by the prosecution is to be given to the accused.

Tags : Supreme Court, Accused

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Compensation for youth tortured in police custody(21.09.2015)

In a case where the police illegally detained and tortured a young man who had applied for a position as a constable in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.....

Tags : Police, custody, torture, compensation

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Plea of juvenility could be taken up by an accused at any stage of proceedings, even after disposal of case from Supreme Court(24.05.2017)

Appellant was convicted under Sections 392 and 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and was sentenced to undergo RI for seven years, fine of Rs. 5000/-.....

Tags : Juvenility, Plea, custody, Release

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SC Demands Augusta Chopper File from Chhattisgarh govt Amid Kickback Allegations(17.11.2017)

Supreme Court has said that it wanted to examine the original file on purchasing of VIP helicopter to find out whether there was any irregularity in t.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Augusta Chopper

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Delhi High Court: Litigant Cannot Be Put at Peril For Raising Public Cause(20.11.2017)

Delhi High Court has said while while taking note of a recent assault on two persons, one an elderly woman, who filed PILs against unauthorized constr.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Litigant, Public Cause

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Delhi High Court Questions Trial Courts’ Act of Referring Serious Cases for Mediation(20.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has questioned the manner in which cases of serious nature like rape, molestation and economic fraud were being referred for mediatio.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Mediation, Serious Cases

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Sushmita Sen Not Liable to Pay Tax on Compensation Received in Sexual Harassment Case: ITAT(20.11.2018)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has deleted an addition made by department against Sushmita Sen, former Miss India Universe regarding amount rec.....

Tags : ITAT Mumbai, Sushmita Sen, Coca Cola

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Supreme Court Slams Madhya Pradesh Govt. For Inadequate Compensation to Dam Oustees(06.01.2017)

Supreme Court has castigated Madhya Pradesh Government for giving Rs 11,000 as interim help to families displaced by construction of minor dams as aga.....

Tags : Supreme Court , Madhya Pradesh, Dam Oustees

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Supreme Court: Judge Can’t Close Criminal Case by Simply Recording Its End Results(09.01.2017)

Supreme Court, while maintaining that accused are “not lone receivers of justice” and that victims of a crime must be treated equally, has ruled that .....

Tags : Supreme Court, criminal case, justice, accused, victim

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If goods are bought or services are hired or availed for commercial purpose, person concerned would not be considered as consumer(15.03.2017)

Unisource Trading (India) Pvt. Ltd. has filed instant complaint against opposite parties, namely, Continental Airline Cargo and Perfect Cargo Movers P.....

Tags : Service, Deficiency, Locus Standi

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SC Dismisses Plea Against Appointment of Madras HC Judge(04.12.2018)

Supreme Court has dismissed the petition challenging elevation of Justice Subramonium Prasad as an Additional Judge of the Madras High Court in June t.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Justice Subramonium Prasad, Madras High Court

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SC Grants Interim Protection to Rape Accused from Arrest Who Later Married the Victim(05.12.2018)

Supreme Court has granted interim protection from arrest to a ‘rape’ accused who was accused of kidnapping a girl and committing rape on her and later.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Rape victim, Rape Accused Married Victim

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NCLAT Upholds Verdict to Review Reliance & JM bid for Alok Industries(06.12.2018)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has upheld the order issued by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) directing the resolution profe.....

Tags : NCLAT, Alok Inndustries

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Supreme Court Directs High Courts to Remain Vigilant of Attempts to Misuse PILs(07.12.2018)

Supreme Court has reminded the high courts of staying watchful of attempts to misuse public interest litigations for promotion of personal agenda.

Tags : Supreme Court, Misuse of PILs

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Supreme Court Refuses Urgent Hearing on Petition Against Ex-Chief Justice(07.12.2018)

Supreme Court has declined a petition seeking urgent hearing on allegations against former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra in the light of Justice .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra

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Delhi HC Directs Social Media Platforms to Remove Weblinks of Offending Article Against Judge(21.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has directed two social media platforms to block the weblinks of an offending article levelling scandalous allegations against a high.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Scandalous allegations judge, Removal of Web Links

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It’s Neglect on Part of Husband to Maintain Wife if She Leaves Him due to Assault: Bombay HC(22.11.2018)

Bombay High Court has observed that if due to physical assault or unbearable mental harassment wife is compelled to leave house of husband, then it's .....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Neglect on Part of Husband to Maintain Wife

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Order of confiscation can only be challenged, when it reaches it's finality(17.04.2017)

Instant petition is against order passed by Collector, wherein an application for interim custody of vehicle preferred by Petitioner while proceeding .....

Tags : Vehicle, Release, Interim custody

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High Court finds in favour of Hoffmann-La Roche(27.11.2015)

The Delhi High Court allowed La Roche’s appeal for grant of injunction against Cipla with regard to infringement of patent, ‘IN ’774’, which was claim.....

Tags : Patent, la roche, cipla, inventiveness, obviousness

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RTI does not override fiduciary relationship in mediation(24.11.2015)

The Central Information Commission held that though the Right to Information Act, 2005 would override the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Sect.....

Tags : Rti, fiduciary, mediation, spouse

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Issuance of Charge Memorandum is enough, actual service of same on the delinquent officer is immaterial(27.10.2017)

The Applicant, a retired Senior Deputy Financial Advisor of the 1st Respondent-Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), filed the Origina.....

Tags : Charge Memorandum, Natural justice, Violation

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ECHR Agrees with Austrian Court Order that Fined Woman for Defaming Prophet Muhammad(22.11.2018)

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has agreed with the order of an Austrian Court by which it has fined a woman for her statements against Prophet .....

Tags : European Court of Human Rights, Australian Court, Prophet Muhammad

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Construction of Houses for Slum People Under Govt Schemes not Subject to Service Tax: CESTAT(26.11.2018)

Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Delhi has held that the construction services provided to construct houses for slum people under a.....

Tags : CESTAT, Construction of Houses for Slum People, Service Tax

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Accused’s Silence Leads to Adverse Inference Against Him: Supreme Court(27.11.2018)

Supreme Court has held that silence on part of accused as to questions put to him by the court under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, in.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Accused's Silence, CrPC Section 313

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Gauhati HC Issues Directions for Registration of Muslim Marriages Only by Licenced Registrars(27.11.2018)

Gauhati High Court has issued directions in order to ensure that only those who are duly authorised by the government under the Assam Moslem Marriages.....

Tags : Gauhati High Court, Assam Moslem Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935, Registration of Muslim Marriages Only by Licenced Registrars

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Chhattisgarh High Court: Medical Evidence Not a Conclusive Proof(16.12.2016)

Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that medical evidence is never conclusive and can be acted upon only when necessary and adequate corroboration is av.....

Tags : Chhattisgarh High Court, Conclusive Proof , Medical Evidence

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US Supreme Court Allows Full Enforcement of Trump Travel Ban(05.12.2017)

US Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump's travel ban to take full effect pending appeal, for people coming from six Muslim-majority countr.....

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Supreme Court: No Benefit of Deduction to an Industry If It Ceases to be a Small Scale Industry(07.12.2017)

Supreme Court has held that an assessee is not entitled to benefit of exemption if it loses its eligibility as a small scale industrial undertaking in.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Small Scale Industry

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Notes on termination to not be withheld despite ongoing investigation(29.02.2016)

The Commission noted that providing copies of file notings relating to suspension and termination of the Appellant would not affect the process of inv.....

Tags : Rti, suspension, ongoing investigation

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DRT has no jurisdiction to hear un-appointed debenture trustee(07.03.2016)

In a claim for recovery made by a debenture trustee of debentures of a company on behalf of or for the benefit of the debenture holders, the Debt Reco.....

Tags : Debenture trustee, tribunal, debt recovery

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Supreme Court Reserves Verdict on Plea Seeking Bail Cancellation to Ryan Group Trustees(07.12.2017)

Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on a plea of the father of 7-year old boy, who was found dead in a Gurugram school, seeking cancellation of the.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Ryan Group Trustees

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Issue Of Welfare Of Child Has Paramount Significance: Supreme Court(08.12.2017)

SC, while setting aside a HC judgment, which had directed a father to handover the custody of the child to its mother, has observed that issue of welf.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Custody

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Not Possible to Have One Nation, One Syllabus for Students: Supreme Court(11.12.2017)

Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking 'one nation and one syllabus' for children aged 6-14 years across the nation.

Tags : Supreme Court, Syllabus

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NAA Imposes Penalty of Rs. 223 Crores on HUL for GST Profiteering(28.12.2018)

National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA) has imposed a penalty of Rs. 233 crore on the Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) for not passing GST rate cut ben.....

Tags : National Anti-profiteering Authority, Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

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Supreme Court to Hear Aadhaar Pleas After Concluding Delhi-Centre Matter(29.11.2017)

Supreme Court to Hear Aadhaar Pleas After Concluding Delhi-Centre Matter

Tags : The Centre, meanwhile, informed the bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra that it was willing to extend up to March 31 next year the deadline fixed for mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various schemes.

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Modi Suggests Installing of 'Justice Clocks' in Court Premises(29.11.2017)

Modi Suggests Installing of 'Justice Clocks' in Court Premises

Tags : Addressing a gathering at a National Law Day event in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday suggested installing of "justice clocks" at various court premises to encourage competition among judges in disposing off cases.

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Arthur Road Jail, Sanjay Dutt's Former Prison, May House Vijay Mallya Too(29.11.2017)

Arthur Road Jail, Sanjay Dutt's Former Prison, May House Vijay Mallya Too

Tags : The Westminster Magistrates' Court had earlier this month rejected India’s extradition request for a UK-based alleged bookie, on the grounds that his human rights would be violated in Delhi’s notoriously overcrowded Tihar Jail.

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Every matter is important and equal treatment is the backdrop of the Constitution(04.01.2018)

In instant case, the Petitioner consistently harps upon denial of access to justice and injustice perpetrated upon him in not acceding to his prayer e.....

Tags : Justice, Denial, Bias

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Bhopal Court Hears Vyapam Case Till 2 am, Issues Arrest Warrants Against 200 Accused(29.11.2017)

Bhopal Court Hears Vyapam Case Till 2 am, Issues Arrest Warrants Against 200 Accused

Tags : The 1500-page CBI chargesheet had named 592 accused in connection with 2012 Pre-medical Test scam. The accused included officials of four private medical colleges involved in selling seats for profits and several government officials.

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Delhi High Court Acquits Man of Murdering Wife, Says He Was of Unsound Mind(29.11.2017)

Delhi High Court Acquits Man of Murdering Wife, Says He Was of Unsound Mind

Tags : The bench said that certain circumstances of the case, like the "ghastly manner" in which the woman was killed, which was evident from 24 injuries on the woman's body caused by several household articles, were perhaps "reflective of his chronic mental state".

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CBI Files 2012 PMT Scam Chargesheet in Bhopal Court, Names 592 Accused(29.11.2017)

CBI Files 2012 PMT Scam Chargesheet in Bhopal Court, Names 592 Accused

Tags : After a 28-month probe, the CBI has named 592 accused in the 1500-page chargesheet.

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Sessions Court can’t Exercise Revisional Jurisdiction in Cases Under Juvenile Justice Law: Delhi HC(14.12.2018)

Delhi High Court has ruled that a Sessions Court cannot exercise revisional jurisdiction under the Juvenile Justice Act and that such power only lies .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Juvenile Justice Law

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Delhi HC Allows Rajiv Gandhi Trust to File FCRA Annual Returns, Without Aadhaar Linking(18.12.2018)

Delhi High Court has allowed the NGO, Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust to file its annual returns under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust

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Cannot Escape Petition On Inheritance By Muslim Women Just Because LCI Is Examining UCC: Delhi HC(15.12.2017)

Delhi High Court has refused to exempt the Centre from filing a counter-affidavit on a petition challenging the laws of succession so far as entitleme.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Muslim Women

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When Dispute is of Civil Nature, Giving It a Criminal Colour is Abuse of Process of Law: Bombay HC(18.12.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that when dispute is of civil nature, giving the proceedings a criminal colour is abuse of the process of law.

Tags : Bombay High Court, Abuse of Process

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If an Institute seeks postponement of inspection date, it cannot be taken as a refusal for inspection on part of Institute(20.04.2018)

Vide the present petition, the Petitioner impugns the order passed by Respondent No. 1 as also the order passed by Respondent No. 2, whereby the Petit.....

Tags : Recognition, Inspection, Refusal

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Principles of natural justice brings within its wake a right to cross-examine a witness produced in a proceeding(23.07.2018)

The Petitioner assails an order in original dated February 13, 2018. The Petitioner submits that, the impugned order stands vitiated by breach of prin.....

Tags : Natural justice, Cross-examination, Witness

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CCI Clears IndusInd-Bharat Financial merger(20.12.2017)

Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the scheme of amalgamation between IndusInd Bank and Bharat Financial Inclusion.

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Juvenile Justice Board: Minor Who Allegedly Murdered Ryan Student Pradyuman To Be Tried As Adult(20.12.2017)

Juvenile Justice Board, Gurugram has held that a class 11th student arrested for the murder of a seven-year-old boy Pradyuman Thakur in the premises o.....

Tags : Juvenile Justice Board, Pradyuman

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Hyderabad High Court: No Mandamus For Enforcing Private Duty(26.12.2017)

Hyderabad High Court has made it clear that a mandamus would lie under Article 226 of the Constitution only when there was violation of public duty, a.....

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Stop Giving Alternative House Sites to Encroachers: Madras HC(10.01.2019)

Madras High Court has criticised state government's policy of providing alternative sites or houses for encroachers of public spaces and asked state t.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Alternative House Sites to Squatters

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Wife Slapping Husband Not an Instigation to Commit Suicide: Delhi High Court(10.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has said that mere act of slapping a man by his wife in front of others does not tantamount to instigating the husband to commit suic.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Wife Slapping Husband Not an Instigation to Commit Suicide

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Allahabad HC Seeks Centre’s, State’s Reply Over Kairana ‘Exodus’(20.01.2017)

Allahabad High Court has asked Uttar Pradesh Government and Centre for an explanation on alleged “exodus” in western Uttar Pradesh town of Kairana.

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Kairana, Exodus

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SC: Can Govt Allot Land to Religious Institutions?(23.01.2017)

Supreme Court has decided to address whether a government in a secular democracy like ours could allot land free of cost to a community for constructi.....

Tags : Supreme Court, religious institution, land

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A government employee is entitled to get his previous service counted for purpose of pensionary benefits(08.08.2018)

The current application has been filed seeking the relief to Direct the Respondents (DTTE, GNCT of Delhi) to count the previous/past service (w.e.f. 2.....

Tags : Pensionary benefits, Previous service, Entitlement

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Punjab & Haryana HC Seeks Status Report on Female Attendants in School Buses(23.01.2017)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed Punjab and Haryana to apprise Court within three months whether provisions made for female attendants in ve.....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Female Attendants, School Buses

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CIC: Donations Received By Electoral Trusts And Its Distribution Thereof Not Personal Information(25.01.2017)

Central Information Commission (CIC) has said that details of donation received by Electoral Trusts and their further distribution to political partie.....

Tags : Central Information Commission, Donations, Electoral Trust

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NGT Junks Plea to Demolish Haj House in Ghaziabad(20.02.2018)

National Green Tribunal has junked a plea seeking demolition of a building for Haj pilgrims in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, noting that the structure d.....

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NGT Junks Plea to Demolish Haj House in Ghaziabad(20.02.2018)

National Green Tribunal has junked a plea seeking demolition of a building for Haj pilgrims in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, noting that the structure d.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal, Haj House

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SC Asks Lawyer to Approach ECI with Plea Against Misuse of Election Conduct Rules(05.02.2019)

Supreme Court has asked an advocate to approach Election Commission of India with his plea for measures to stop misuse of Conduct of Election Rules as.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Misuse of Election Conduct Rules

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Bombay High Court: Not All Can Afford 'School Bus'(06.02.2018)

Bombay High Court, while asking the state transport department to collate data on the number of accidents in the past few years involving school buses.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, School Bus

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Hardik Patel’s application against sedition order dismissed(01.10.2015)

The Gujarat High Court turned down Hardik Patel’s application to recall a previous order by which the judge had called for an investigation to determi.....

Tags : Hardik Patel, sedition, accused, mandamus, cognizable

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Mere apprehensions of misuse of information or alleged inconspicuous actions of a citizen cannot take away their right to information(06.06.2018)

The Complainant sought information regarding under construction officer's mess, accommodation in Coastal Regulatory Zone in terms of copy of the NOC o.....

Tags : Information, Disclosure, Denial, Suspicion

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ONCE THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF CONSENSUS AD IDEM IS ESTABLISHED THEN THE FINDINGS OF THE LOWER COURT CONVICTING THE ACCUSED FOR DISHONOUR OF CHEQUE ARE LIABLE TO BE SET ASIDE(11.06.2018)

In the instant case the criminal revision petition, is directed, against, the concurrently recorded findings, whereby, both the Courts below, convicte.....

Tags : Negotiable Instrument, Consensus

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RTI is beneficial legislation cannot be used to harass(24.11.2015)

The Delhi High Court rejected claims of a Petitioner claiming willful non-compliance by the police in not providing him information under the Right to.....

Tags : Rti, police, fir, record, peruse

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Kitchen knife and Sil Batta are sufficiently dangerous weapons, if used on vital parts of a person's body can cause serious damage(30.08.2018)

In present matter, the accused challenges the judgment passed by the trial Court convicting him for the offences under Sections 326 and 342 of Indian .....

Tags : Grievous injury, Conviction, Legality

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Supreme Court Stays HC Order on Members of Shirdi Temple Management Panel(07.02.2018)

Supreme Court has stayed a judgment of Bombay High Court, wherein State of Maharashtra was directed to reconsider appointments to the managing committ.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Shirdi Saibaba Trust

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Centre Signs Off on Appointment of New Chief Justices for Five High Courts(07.02.2018)

Central Government has notified the appointment of new Chief Justices to the High Courts of Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, and Tripura.

Tags : Chief Justices, High Court

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Mark Out Bus Types to Charge New Rates: Madras High Court(13.02.2018)

Madras High Court has directed the commissioner of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) to file his response on a petition demanding not to .....

Tags : Madras High Court, Bus, Rates

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SC Rejects PIL Seeking Probe into AgustaWestland Chopper Purchase(13.02.2018)

Supreme Court has dismissed a PIL seeking a probe into alleged irregularities in the purchase of AgustaWestland helicopters for VIPs by the Chhattisga.....

Tags : Supreme Court, AgustaWestland

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Delhi HC Stays Licence Granted to Internet Firm to Broadcast Music(15.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has put on hold the interim licence granted by the copyright office to an internet broadcasting firm to communicate online the sound .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Internet, Music

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CWC can't Usurp Family Court's Jurisdiction in Child Custody Matters: Karnataka HC(15.02.2019)

Karnataka High Court has observed that Child Welfare Committee (CWC) cannot usurp the jurisdiction of Family Courts in child custody matters pending b.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Child Custody Matters

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Supreme Court Questions Maintainability of Swamy's Plea In Sunanda Murder Case(30.01.2018)

Supreme Court has asked Subramanian Swamy to satisfy it on the aspect of maintainability of his plea seeking an SIT probe into the Sunanda Pushkar cas.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Sunanda Pushkar

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Supreme Court: Religion Not The Only Norm for Custody of Child(30.01.2018)

Supreme Court, while refusing to intervene with the custodial rights granted to a maternal grandmother of a 9-year-old girl whose father is facing the.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Custody, Child

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When cost of imported goods is included in amount, which is considered for payment of royalty, then such royalty should be added in assessable value of imported goods(26.12.2017)

In the facts of present case, the Appellant is regularly importing goods from Thailand, China and Philippines. The suppliers of the imported goods viz.....

Tags : Valuation, Inclusion, Validity

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Right of appeal is not restricted to parties to suit only(30.11.2018)

Instant petition has been preferred by Petitioner under Section 104 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir read with Article 227 of the Constitution.....

Tags : Status quo, Independent suit, Remedy

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Concept of Unjust Enrichment Applicable for Export of Service: CESTAT Delhi(31.01.2018)

Delhi Bench of CESTAT has held that the concept of unjust enrichment is applicable for Export of Service under the Finance Act, 1994.

Tags : CESTAT Delhi, Unjust Enrichment

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Madras High Court: Inquire into Custodial Deaths, Give Compensation(01.02.2018)

Madras High Court has directed the government to complete inquiry regarding custodial deaths expeditiously and issue compensation to the next of kin i.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Custodial Death

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Allahabad HC Rules Playground on Campus Mandatory for School’s Affiliation(24.01.2019)

Allahabad High Court has ruled that a playground on the campus is a necessary and essential condition for a school’s affiliation.

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Playground on Campus Mandatory for School’s Affiliation

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P&H HC Issues Directions to Curb Drug Abuse in State(25.01.2019)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a slew of directions to tackle the menace of drug abuse in State, which include steps such as awareness drive.....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Directions to Curb Drug Abuse

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Gujarat HC Quashes Rape Charges Against Ex-Husband for having Sexual Relations After Alleged Divorce(30.01.2019)

Gujarat High Court recently quashed rape charges levelled by a woman against her ex-husband who allegedly cohabited with her even after the dissolutio.....

Tags : Gujarat High Court, Rape Charges Against Ex-Husband

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Delhi High Court Stays Rs. 462 Crore Demand by Anti-Profiteering Body from HUL(17.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has stayed the demand of ?462 crore, made on Hindustan Unilever (HUL) by the National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA).

Tags : Delhi High Court, Hindustan Unilever (HUL)

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Delhi HC Asks Why People have to Go to Bus Conductors for Ticket(17.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has posed the query to Delhi Government, seeking to know the rationale behind the current practice in DTC and cluster buses of making.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Bus conductors

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Court which has to be approached for grant of the assistance cannot decide the merits of the case or rights of the parties under Section 9 of Arbitration Act(14.12.2018)

Instant petition has been filed by the Petitioner under Section 9 of the J & K Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1997 for directing the maintenance of.....

Tags : Status quo, Maintenance, Grant

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Unless act done by previous Government found to be contrary to provisions or against policy, State should not change its stand merely because other political party has come into power(18.12.2018)

By way of present writ petition, the Petitioner has prayed for quashing of Communication dated 12th March, 2018 (Annexure P-7), vide which, the office.....

Tags : Rest House, Construction, Cancellation

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Delhi HC Asks Why People have to Go to Bus Conductors for Ticket(17.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has posed the query to Delhi Government, seeking to know the rationale behind the current practice in DTC and cluster buses of making.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Bus conductors

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Court Refuses to Take Cognizance in JNU Sedition Case Against Kanhaiya & Others(21.01.2019)

Patiala House Court has questioned Delhi police for filing a charge sheet against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya.....

Tags : Patiala House Court, JNU Sedition Case, Kanhaiya Kumar

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Bombay HC Upholds Conviction of Boarding House Owner for Sexually Assaulting Boys(22.01.2019)

Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction and 10-year sentence awarded to a 28-year-old man for sodomising and sexually assaulting three minor boys .....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Boarding House Owner, Sexual Assault

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Child Born Out of Marriage Between Muslim Man and Hindu Woman Entitled to Claim Father's Property: SC(23.01.2019)

Supreme Court has said that although the marriage between a Muslim man and Hindu woman is an irregular marriage, described as "fasid" in Mohamadan law.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Child Born Out of Marriage Between Muslim Man and Hindu Woman

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Proof Of Grievous Hurt Not Necessary for Conviction Under Section 307 IPC: SC(05.02.2019)

Supreme Court has observed that proof of grievous or life-threatening hurt is not a sine qua non for the offence under Section 307 [Attempt to Murder].....

Tags : Supreme Court, Proof Of Grievous Hurt

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NCLAT Rejects Tata Steel’s Plea to Uphold its Bid for Bhushan Power(05.02.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has turned down Tata Steel’s plea to consider its bid for the debt-ridden Bhushan Power & Steel as the.....

Tags : NCLAT, Tata Steel, Bhushan Power & Steel

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When arbitration clause is not applicable to particular work in question, arbitrator cannot be appointed(11.01.2019)

By way of present application filed under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, the Petitioner, said to have entered into a contra.....

Tags : Arbitrator, Appointment, Clause

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Court looks to cut spam on Naukri.com(15.12.2015)

Delhi High Court allowed a suit for injunction by Info Edge, the company that runs the well-known job portal ‘Naukri.com’, against a person who regist.....

Tags : Naukri.com, job portal, duping customers, naukrinews

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Magistrate is not bound by the conclusion drawn by the police officer(03.01.2019)

The State by means of present revision petition filed under Section 397 read with Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) has chall.....

Tags : Cognizance, Refusal, Validity

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NCLAT Rejects Tata Steel’s Plea to Uphold its Bid for Bhushan Power(05.02.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has turned down Tata Steel’s plea to consider its bid for the debt-ridden Bhushan Power & Steel as the.....

Tags : NCLAT, Tata Steel, Bhushan Power & Steel

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Magistrate Not Liable to Record Reasons for Summoning Accused in Case Instituted on Police Report: SC(06.02.2019)

Supreme Court has re-iterated that in a case based upon the police report, the Magistrate is not required to record any reason at the stage of issuing.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Magistrate Not Liable to Record Reasons for Summoning Accused in Case Instituted on Police Report

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Delhi HC Imposes a Punishment on 2G Case Accused to Plant Trees(08.02.2019)

Delhi High Court has asked Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, another businessman Rajiv Aggarwal and two private firms to plant more than 20,00.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Delhi HC Tells 2G Case Accused to Plant Trees

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Transfer by Erroneous Representation of Title will Hold Good if Transferor Acquires Title Later: SC(11.02.2019)

Supreme Court, applying the principle of "feeding the grant by estoppel" under Section 43 of the Transfer of Property Act, has granted relief to a par.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Transfer by Erroneous Representation of Title

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Religious Events Organizers Should Make Sure There is No Denigration of Other Religion: Madras HC(12.02.2019)

Madras High Court has directed authorities to obtain a written undertaking from organizers of meeting of any religious group that they would ensure th.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Religious Events, No Denigration of Other Religion

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Gujarat HC Quashes Rape Charges Against Ex-Husband for having Sexual Relations After Alleged Divorce(30.01.2019)

Gujarat High Court has quashed rape charges levelled by a woman against her ex-husband who allegedly cohabited with her even after the dissolution of .....

Tags : Gujarat High Court, Rape Charges Against Ex-Husband

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Amendments to Notification No. 12/2012- Customs(12.08.2015)

The Government made changes to Serial entries 329A, 330 and 334 and added Serial Number 333A and 333B.

Tags : customs, amendment, exemption

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"Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report" for the Quarter ending March, 2015.(12.08.2015)

TRAI released the 'Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report' showing key parameters and growth trends for telecom services and Cable TV, D.....

Tags : trai, report, telecom services, usage

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Conduct of Government Business by Agency Banks - Payment of Agency Commission(13.08.2015)

The Reserve Bank of India issued a clarification on activities that do not come under the purview of agency bank business and are not eligible for pa.....

Tags : agency commission, government business, banks

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CBEC amendment to 'Tariff values Crude and RBD Palm Oil/Palmolein'(14.08.2015)

The CBEC substituted Tables 1, 2 and 3 in Notification No. 36/2001, dated 3 August, 2001, with amended Tables.

Tags : customs, amendment, tariff, palm oil

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Court refutes arguments transposing arbitration clause from pricing clause(01.07.2016)

An arbitration clause can be incorporated in a contract where reference to the same is made as part of the contract, the Madras High Court reiterated......

Tags : arbitration, clause, incorporation, contract

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Prior publication of design is a valid defence, provided that use of design is not in breach of good faith against proprietor of design(10.04.2019)

In present matter, an interim order of injunction granted in a suit under the Designs Act, alleging piracy of a registered design, is under challenge .....

Tags : Design, Use, Injunction, Validity

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Delhi HC Dismisses Plea for CBI Probe Into Allegations of Sexual Abuse Against Clergy(30.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a PIL for a thorough investigation by CBI or an SIT into all allegations of sexual abuse made against the clergy.

Tags : Delhi High Court, Allegations of Sexual Abuse Against Clergy

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Madras High Court Seeks Report on Status of Police Reforms(30.01.2019)

Madras High Court has directed state government to file a status report on implementation of directions from the Supreme Court in 2006 on keeping the .....

Tags : Madras High Court, Status of Police Reforms

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Minor Girl Going with Accused on Her Own is a Mitigating Circumstance to Grant Bail: Gujarat HC(01.02.2019)

Gujarat High Court has granted bail to man accused of sexually harassing a 17-year-old girl and court considered it a "mitigating circumstance" that a.....

Tags : Gujarat High Court, Minor Girl Going with Accused on Her Own then is a Mitigating Circumstance to Grant Bail

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Delhi HC Tells State to Decide in 2 Weeks Parole Plea of Sikh Riots Accused Balwan Khokhar(01.02.2019)

Delhi High Court has asked Delhi Government to decide in two weeks the parole plea of Balwan Khokhar, who along with former Congress leader Sajjan Kum.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Sikh Riots Accused Balwan Khokhar

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#Budget2019: 2% Interest Subvention to Farmers Pursuing Animal Husbandry and Fisheries(01.02.2019)

Government has announced 2% interest subvention to farmers pursuing animal husbandry and fisheries and all farmers severely affected by severe natural.....

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Madras High Court Rejects Sasikala Pushpa’s Petition Challenging Cases Against Her By Police Dept(22.02.2017)

Madras High Court has dismissed petitions filed by Rajya Sabha Member L Sasikala Pushpa and her kin challenging cases registered against her by all-wo.....

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Mere presence of a body on railway premises will not be conclusive to hold that, injured or deceased was a bona fide passenger for compensation claim(09.04.2019)

The Applicant has filed present claim petition under Section 16 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 seeking compensation for an amount of Rs. 4,0.....

Tags : Cause of death, Proof, Compensation, Entitlement

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Accused is not eligible for grant of anticipatory bail, when accused fails to join investigation on false pretexts or sham/farce excuses despite being given opportunities(11.12.2019)

The Petitioner has filed the present application under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) for the grant of anticipatory bail. .....

Tags : Anticipatory bail, Grant, Gravity, Accusations

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Delhi High Court Seeks Pin Pointed Pollution Plan From AAP Govt(27.02.2017)

Delhi High Court has directed AAP Government to give a "pin-pointed" action plan for cleaning an open drain near Anand Vihar Inter State Bus Terminus .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Anand Vihar Inter State Bus Terminus

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Aarushi Murder Case: Supreme Court Admits Plea Against Acquittal of Talwars(20.03.2018)

Supreme Court has admitted for hearing an appeal against the acquittal of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the 2008 twin murder case of their.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Aarushi Murder

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Govt Notifies Postponement of Reverse Charge Mechanism till June(26.03.2018)

Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has notified that the implementation of Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) has been deferred until 30th June 20.....

Tags : Central Board of Excise and Customs, Reverse Charge Mechanism

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Madras High Court: Religious Customs Cannot Change at the Stroke of a Pen(28.03.2018)

Madras High Court has said that religious customs and practices cannot be changed by the government officials casually at the stroke of a pen “since s.....

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If High Court Remains Without Permanent Chief Justice, Speedy Justice Suffers: Supreme Court(29.03.2018)

Supreme Court has taken note of the troubles plaguing the appointment of judges to higher judiciary, particularly the non-appointment of permanent Chi.....

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CIVIL - Delhi HC Asks Liberty House to Pay Rs. 50 Lakh To SBI(25.02.2019)

Delhi High Court has asked U.K. based Liberty House Group to pay Rs. 50 lakh to State Bank of India within four weeks, as penalty for forcing bank to .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Liberty House, Amtek Auto Ltd.

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CRIMINAL - AgustaWestland Case: Delhi Court Grants Bail to Rajeev Saxena(26.02.2019)

A Delhi court has granted bail to Rajeev Saxena, who was arrested in the Rs. 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money-laundering case.

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For framing of a charge against the accused, not only suspicion but grave suspicion that accused is likely to have committed the offence is required(19.03.2020)

Petitioner impugns order, whereby, the Trial Court has discharged Respondent No. 2 of all charges. Deceased - was married to son of Respondent No. 2. .....

Tags : Suspicion, Discharge, Legality

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CRIMINAL - Madras HC Issues Ultimatum to External Affairs Ministry Regarding Sailors Missing in Russian Waters(28.02.2019)

Madras High Court has warned secretary to external affairs ministry to submit a report on efforts taken to rescue missing Indian sailors in Russian wa.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Indian Sailors Missing in Russian Waters

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CRIMINAL - Gurugram School Murder: P&H HC Asks Pinto to Give Rs. 1 Crore Surety Bond(28.02.2019)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked Ryan Augustine Pinto, CEO of Ryan group of Institution, to furnish a surety bond amounting to Rs. 1 crore to e.....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Gurugram School Murder, Ryan International, Ryan Augustine Pinto

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DIRECT TAXATION - Omission by CA Reasonable Cause for Not Claiming Refund in Time: Delhi HC(28.02.2019)

Delhi High Court has held that omission on the part of the Chartered Accountant/ auditor would constitute a reasonable cause delay in claiming the ref.....

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DIRECT TAXATION - Omission by CA Reasonable Cause for Not Claiming Refund in Time: Delhi HC(28.02.2019)

Delhi High Court has held that omission on the part of the Chartered Accountant/ auditor would constitute a reasonable cause delay in claiming the ref.....

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CIVIL - Madras HC Issues Ultimatum to External Affairs Ministry Regarding Sailors Missing in Russian Waters(28.02.2019)

Madras High Court has warned secretary to external affairs ministry to submit a report on efforts taken to rescue missing Indian sailors in Russian wa.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Indian Sailors Missing in Russian Waters

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CIVIL - Delhi HC Upholds Eviction Order, Asks AJL to Vacate Herald House(28.02.2019)

Delhi High Court has upheld eviction order passed against National Herald publisher Associated Journals Limited to vacate ITO premises where Herald ho.....

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Jurisdiction of the Court is required to be determined with respect to the situs of the property(07.04.2018)

In facts of present case, the Respondents filed a suit for declaration seeking to declare a communication dated 04th October, 2013 issued by Petitione.....

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In absence of complete cause of action for declaring election of returned candidate to be void, election petition is to be summarily dismissed without trial(11.02.2020)

Present election petition filed under Section 80 read with Section 100(1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 challenges the election of the.....

Tags : Non-compliance, Provisions, Cause of action, Absence

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US Supreme Court Upholds Legality of Patent Review Process(25.04.2018)

U.S. Supreme Court has given its stamp of approval to a government review process prized by high technology companies as an easy and cheap way to comb.....

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PhD Not Required for Promotion to Post of Professor in Medical College Under AMU: SC(25.04.2018)

Supreme Court has held that PhD is not required for promotion to the post of Professor in a medical college under Aligarh Muslim University.

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Bombay High Court: Minor Girls Have Right to Deny Sexual Abuse(26.04.2018)

Bombay High Court has observed that even a minor girl has the right to live with dignity and has the right to make a choice, which includes denying se.....

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Supreme Court: Stop Clogging Courts with Frivolous Cases(01.05.2018)

Supreme Court has castigated the Centre for repeatedly filing appeals on identical questions of law despite being fined earlier for clogging the justi.....

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Karnataka High Court: Weak Financial Status 'No Ground' to Deny Child's Custody to Mother(01.05.2018)

Karnataka High Court has asserted that an ATM cannot be considered a substitute for a mother, and rejected weak financial status as a parameter to den.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Child’s Custody

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INSOLVENCY - NCLT Approves RIL-JM Financial ARC's Rs. 5000 cr Bid for Alok Industries(11.03.2019)

National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Ahmedabad has approved joint bid by Reliance Industries Ltd-JM Financial Asset Reconstruction Co. Ltd. for insolv.....

Tags : NCLT, Alok Industries, Reliance Industries Ltd-JM Financial Asset Reconstruction Co. Ltd.

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ARBITRATION - Pre-Deposit Clauses to Invoke Arbitration Makes Arbitral Process Ineffective: SC(12.03.2019)

Supreme Court has observed that pre-deposit clauses to invoke arbitration would render the arbitral process ineffective and expensive, and also struck.....

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Arbitration tribunal empowered to recall order ‘in the interest of justice’(08.07.2016)

An arbitration tribunal can exercise its inherent powers to “secure the ends of justice”, the Chhattisdarh High Court said, allowing claims that the t.....

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Temporary non-use of premises due to the lockdown cannot be construed as rendering the lease void(21.05.2020)

The present revision petition was filed by the Appellants/Tenants (“Tenants”) challenging the order passed by the learned Senior Civil Judge-cum-Rent .....

Tags : Eviction, Suspension, Rent, Entitlement

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Assessee has right to challenge inclusion of comparable, even if it clears the filters(18.05.2020)

By way of the present appeal under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 ('the Act'), the Appellant (Revenue) assails the impugned order passed by .....

Tags : Comparables, Exclusion, Legality

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Supreme Court: Time to Introspect on Streamlining Justice Delivery System(28.02.2018)

Supreme Court while dealing with a suit related to an 1986 agreement to sell land in the national capital, said the case before it exemplified the nee.....

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Delhi High Court to Cops, Govt: What Are You Doing to Make Buses Safe(28.02.2018)

Delhi High Court has flagged the issue of safety of women passengers travelling in buses. It asked the AAP government and Delhi Police to apprise it .....

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Supreme Court to Unemployed Husband: You Say You're a Homemaker But Where's the Home(01.03.2018)

"You say you are a homemaker but where is the home to make?" the Supreme Court asked a man while hearing a bunch of matrimonial dispute cases.

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Bombay High Court: Muslim, Homeopathy Student Can Pursue her Course Wearing Hijab(15.03.2018)

Bombay High Court has ruled in the favor of a female Muslim student from a Thane-based homeopathy college, ordering the college to allow her to wear a.....

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Parents Should Send Children to School by Bus: Bombay High Court(16.03.2018)

Bombay High Court, while observing that parking in a city like Mumbai should be treated as social interest rather than commercial, has suggested the M.....

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CRIMINAL - AgustaWestland: CBI Court Directs to Shift Christian Michel to Cell Meant for Undertrials(06.03.2019)

A Special CBI Court in New Delhi has directed to shift Chirstian Michel, the alleged middleman in AgustaWestland case, to cell meant for undertrails f.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Christian Michel, AgustaWestland

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CRIMINAL - Sunanda Pushkar Case: Delhi HC Rejects Arnab Goswami’s Plea to Quash Order to File FIR Against(07.03.2019)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition moved by Arnab Goswami seeking quashing of magisterial court order for registration of FIR against them on c.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Shashi Tharoor, Sunanda Pushkar, Arnab Goswami, Republic TV

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Pre-deposit clauses to invoke arbitration struck down by Supreme Court as it makes arbitral process ineffective and expensive(11.03.2019)

In present case, the Respondent issued notice inviting tender for extension and augmentation of water supply, sewerage scheme, pumping station and sew.....

Tags : Arbitral process, Pre-deposit, Clause

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CIVIL - Prosecution Under Customs Act Not Barred in Regard to Art Treasures: SC(28.02.2019)

Supreme Court has held that prosecution under Sections 132 and 135(1)(a) of the Customs Act, 1962, is not barred in regard to the antiquities or art t.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Customs Act, Antiquities, Art Treasures.

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CUSTOMS - Prosecution Under Customs Act Not Barred in Regard to Art Treasures: SC(28.02.2019)

Supreme Court has held that prosecution under Sections 132 and 135(1)(a) of the Customs Act, 1962, is not barred in regard to the antiquities or art t.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Customs Act, Antiquities, Art Treasures.

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CUSTOMS - Prosecution Under Customs Act Not Barred in Regard to Art Treasures: SC(28.02.2019)

Supreme Court has held that prosecution under Sections 132 and 135(1)(a) of the Customs Act, 1962, is not barred in regard to the antiquities or art t.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Customs Act, Antiquities, Art Treasures.

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CIVIL - Bombay HC Paves Way for Two Housing Projects Near Defence Land(01.03.2019)

Bombay High Court has quashed refusals by defence ministry for naval and army No Objection Certificates (NOCs) and allowed construction of two residen.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Housing Projects Near Defence Land

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CIVIL - International Finance Corporation Not Absolutely Immune from Suit Filed by Gujarat Farmers: US SC(01.03.2019)

United States Supreme Court has held that International Finance Corporation is not absolutely immune from suit filed against it by Gujarat farmers and.....

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CIVIL - Bombay HC Denied Permission to Woman Who Wants to Abort 28-Week-Old Foetus(05.03.2019)

Bombay High Court has rejected a petition filed by a 24-year-old woman seeking permission to terminate her 28-week pregnancy, following report of medi.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Abort 28-Week-Old Foetus

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CIVIL - Madras HC Orders Release of Former AIADMK Minister K Ponnusamy’s Properties(05.03.2019)

Madras High Court has ordered release of properties belonging to the wife and daughter of former AIADMK minister K Ponnusamy, confiscated in connectio.....

Tags : Madras High Court, AIADMK Minister K Ponnusamy’s Properties

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Definition of "employee" includes workers engaged either directly or indirectly in connection with work of establishment and are paid wages(24.07.2019)

In facts of present case, the Respondent Company engaged women workers who were provided with cut fabric, thread, buttons, etc. to be made into garmen.....

Tags : Employees, Status, Wages

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Where Assessing Officer has accepted a particular contention/issue without any enquiry or evidence, the order is erroneous(03.08.2020)

Present appeal preferred by the Assessee emanates from the order of the learned principal Commissioner of Income Tax-1, for the assessment year 2014-1.....

Tags : Revisionary jurisdiction, Erroneous, Legality

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CRIMINAL - Delhi HC Refuses to Spare 2G Accused of Punishment of Nurturing Trees(07.03.2019)

Delhi High Court has declined request of Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa and others to spare them the task of nurturing trees, which they wer.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, 2G Accused, Punishment of Nurturing Trees, Swan Telecom

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FAMILY - Extramarital Affairs Dangerous Social Evil: Madras HC(07.03.2019)

Madras High Court has observed that extramarital affairs have become a social evil and asked Union ministry of family welfare about the possibility of.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Extramarital Affairs Dangerous Social Evil

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CRIMINAL - Sunanda Pushkar Case: Delhi HC Refuses to Quash Order to File FIR Against Arnab Goswami(07.03.2019)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition moved by Arnab Goswami seeking quashing of magisterial court order for registration of FIR against them on c.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Shashi Tharoor, Sunanda Pushkar, Arnab Goswami, Republic TV

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CIVIL - Mere Refusal to Marry is Not Instigation to Commit Suicide: Chhattisgarh 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.....

Tags : Chhattisgarh High Court, Mere Refusal to Marry is Not Instigation to Commit Suicide

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CRIMINAL - Mere Refusal to Marry is Not an Instigation to Commit Suicide: Chhattisgarh HC(07.03.2019)

Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that mere refusal to marry is not an instigation to commit suicide and will not attract charges of 'abetment to s.....

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FAMILY - Customary Divorce is Not a License to Remarry: SC(08.03.2019)

Supreme Court has ruled that marrying second time on the basis of a "customary divorce" from the first wife would render the second marriage void.

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Under trial prisoners who have completed half of maximum sentence prescribed for offence for which they were arrested, not be detained in jail(26.10.2018)

The Petitioner/Appellant has filed the instant application seeking suspension of sentence and for grant of bail in case in which he stands convicted v.....

Tags : Sentence, Suspension, Grant

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Mere suspicion could not be a ground to invoke jurisdiction under Section 263 of IT Act(11.09.2020)

By way of present appeal, the Assessee contest correctness of revisional jurisdiction under Section 263 of Income Tax Act, 1961 (IT Act) as exercised .....

Tags : Suspicion, Jurisdiction, Legality

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Offence under Section 307 of IPC is a crime against the society and so proceedings under the same cannot be quashed only on the ground of compromise(20.09.2021)

The present petition was filed under Section 482 of code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C) for quashing FIR registered for offences under Sections .....

Tags : Crime of serious nature, Quashing of proceedings, Compromise

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ELECTION - Kerala HC Bans Use of Flex and Non Biodegradable Materials for Election Campaigning(12.03.2019)

Kerala High Court has banned use of flex and other non-biodegradable materials for campaigning throughout state ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

Tags : Kerala High Court, Lok Sabha Elections 2019, Use of Flex and Other Non-Biodegradable Materials

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SERVICE - Suspension is Not Punishment: Madras HC(13.03.2019)

Madras high court has made it clear that suspension from service cannot be construed as punishment, as it is only an interim arrangement to keep publi.....

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SERVICE - Suspension from Service is Not Punishment: Madras HC(13.03.2019)

Madras High Court has made it clear that suspension from service cannot be construed as punishment, as it is only an interim arrangement to keep publi.....

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ELECTION - Delhi HC Seeks Clarity on Expenses in JNUSU Elections(15.03.2019)

Delhi High Court has asked Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to furnish details of procedure followed to calculate poll expenses of students’ union me.....

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DIRECT TAXATION - ITAT Shields Tax Relief on New House(15.03.2019)

Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai bench has held that investment-linked capital gains tax exemption, available on purchase of a new house, .....

Tags : ITAT, Second House, Capital Gain, Tax Relief

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CIVIL - US Court Quashes Suit Against Apple, Infosys(15.03.2019)

A California Court has quashed a lawsuit against Apple and Infosys that alleged Apple and Infosys conspired to violate immigration law by having two I.....

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SEBI Bans Reliance Industries, Others From Equity Derivative Market For 1 Year(27.03.2017)

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)has barred Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and 12 other entities from dealing in equity derivatives futures.....

Tags : Securities and Exchange Board of India, Reliance Industries

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Petition of Impeachment Motion Against CJI Withdrawn by Congress(08.05.2018)

Petition of impeachment motion filed against the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra by the Congress MPs has been withdrawn by senior party leader Kapi.....

Tags : Chief Justice of India, Impeachment Motion, Kapil Sibal

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CONSTITUTION - SC: Remand Order Cannot Be Challenged in Habeas Corpus Petition(28.03.2019)

Supreme Court has observed that the act of directing remand of an accused is a judicial function and same cannot be challenged in a habeas corpus peti.....

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COMPANY - SC: Companies Act Does Not Stipulate Any Fixed Period for Completion of Serious Fraud Investigation(28.03.2019)

SC while holding that there is no stipulation of any fixed period for completion of a Serious Fraud investigation observed that stipulation in Section.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Section 212(3) of the Companies Act, 2013, Serious Fraud investigation

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CRIMINAL - Bombay HC Refuses To Stay Defamation Case Against Tata, Others(28.03.2019)

Bombay HC has refused to stay proceedings in a 2016 criminal defamation case filed by Nusli Wadia against Ratan Tata and some other directors of Tata .....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Nusli Wadia, Ratan Tata

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SERVICE - Drunkenness While on Duty A Serious Misconduct: SC(29.03.2019)

Supreme Court has upheld dismissal of a police constable for drunkenness and misbehavior with the public and observed that drunkunness while being on .....

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Bombay HC Directs Institute to Issue Certificate to Woman Without Husband’s Name(01.04.2019)

Bombay High Court has directed an institute in Parel to issue a 31-year-old doctor from Jalgaon her diploma certificate in dermatology and venereology.....

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US Supreme Court Says Trump's Travel Ban is Legal(27.06.2018)

US Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of President Trump's travel ban.

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US Supreme Court Rules in Favour of Anti-abortion Clinics(27.06.2018)

US Supreme Court has said that State of California may not require religiously oriented “crisis pregnancy centers” to supply women with information ab.....

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US Supreme Court Rules Against Public Sector Unions(28.06.2018)

US Supreme Court has ruled that public sector unions cannot charge agency fees (which are charged to employees who are not union members but are repre.....

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US Supreme Court Rules Against Public Sector Unions(28.06.2018)

US Supreme Court has ruled that public sector unions cannot charge agency fees (which are charged to employees who are not union members but are repre.....

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US Supreme Court Partly Rejects Redrawn North Carolina Election Districts(29.06.2018)

U.S. Supreme Court threw out part of a lower court ruling that had invalidated a series of state legislative districts drawn by Republicans in North C.....

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Deduct Re 1 Per Day from Salaries of Top State Officials: Bombay High Court(06.07.2018)

Bombay High Court has directed state government to deduct Re 1 per day from the salaries of Chief Secretary, Principal Secretaries of Urban Developmen.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Illegal Religious Structures

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Bombay HC Fines 75-year-old Woman Rs. 10 Lakh for Frivolous Litigation(03.05.2019)

Bombay High Court has imposed a fine of Rs. 10 lakh on a 75-year-old businesswoman for filing a “frivolous litigation” against the Brihanmumbai Munici.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Frivolous Litigation

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In a case of revocable Trust, the provisions of Section 61 to 63 of IT Act were applicable and the assessee could not be assessed as AOP(15.09.2021)

Assessee is a Trust created by Asset Reconstruction Company India Ltd. (ARCIL) for the purpose of liquidating/recovering/realizing the non-performing .....

Tags : Revocable Trust, applicability of provisions

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INSOLVENCY - NCLAT Allows Withdrawal of Liberty House Bid for ARGL(08.03.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has allowed withdrawal of UK-based Liberty House bid for ARGL on the plea of resolution professional o.....

Tags : NCLAT, ARGL, Liberty House

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CRIMINAL - Accused Not Entitled to Bail Solely on Ground That She is a Woman: Himachal Pradesh HC(11.03.2019)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has observed that an accused is not entitled to bail solely on ground that she is a woman and said that it is discretion .....

Tags : Himachal Pradesh High Court, Accused Not Entitled to Bail Solely on Ground That She is a Woman

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CIVIL - Unnatural Sex, Excess Sexual Act of Husband Not Instigation for Wife's Suicide: Chhattisgarh HC(11.03.2019)

Chhattisgarh High Court, while discharging a man accused of instigating his wife's suicide, has observed that excess sexual acts by a husband and unna.....

Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Unnatural Sex, Excess Sexual Act of Husband, Instigation for suicide,

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CRIMINAL - Unnatural Sex, Excess Sexual Act of Husband Not Instigation for Wife's Suicide: Chhattisgarh HC(11.03.2019)

Chhattisgarh High Court, while discharging a man accused of instigating his wife's suicide, has observed that excess sexual acts by a husband and unna.....

Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Unnatural Sex, Excess Sexual Act of Husband, Instigation for suicide,

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FAMILY - Father in live-in Relation can’t Get Child’s Custody: Punjab and Haryana HC(11.03.2019)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that if custody of a child is granted to a person in a “livein” relationship without dissolution of previous ma.....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Live in Relationship, Child's Custody

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INSOLVENCY - NCLAT Directs NCLT to Decide on JSW's Bid for Bhushan Power & Steel by March 31(11.03.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has directed Delhi bench of NCLT to decide over JSW Steel's bid for debt-ridden Bhushan Power & Steel .....

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Dispute arising under the lease being governed under Transfer of Property Act are arbitrable(18.12.2020)

The Petitioner has instituted present petition under Section 11(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking appointment of a Sole Arbitra.....

Tags : Arbitration Clause, Appointment, Arbitrator

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Registration of the assessee trust cannot be rejected merely on basis that it is for the benefit of a restricted group of employees of the Company(21.10.2021)

In facts of present case, International Centre for research on Women Ltd. ('ICRW') is a non-profit organisation with the object of promoting social an.....

Tags : Registration, Trust, Eligibility

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Once there is an arbitration clause in the agreement, it is obligatory for the court to refer the parties to arbitration in terms of the said agreement(09.11.2021)

The present petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India impugns the judgment passed by the Additional District Judge, whereby the applicat.....

Tags : Existence, Arbitration clause, Jurisdiction

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SC Imposes Cost of Rs. 1 lakh on Central Government for Frivolous Appeal Against Retired Soldier(16.04.2018)

SC has imposed costs of Rs. 1 lakh on Central Govt. for filing an appeal against a former soldier, Naik Balbir Singh when similar appeals had already .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Frivolous Appeal, Cost

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CRIMINAL - Bombay High Court Stays Nusli Wadia Defamation Case Hearing Against Ratan Tata, Others(19.03.2019)

Bombay High Court has stayed criminal defamation case proceedings filed by Nusli Wadia against Ratan Tata and some other directors of Tata Sons till 2.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Tata Sons, Nusli Wadia, Ratan Tata

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CIVIL - Centre Appoints Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose as First Lokpal of India(20.03.2019)

Centre has appointed former Supreme Court judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose as Chairperson of first Lokpal under the Act.

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CIVIL - Bombay HC Asks Industrialist Vijaypat Singhania Not to Release Autobiography till March 25(22.03.2019)

Bombay High Court has restrained industrialist Vijaypat Singhania from releasing his autobiography "The Incomplete Man" till March 25.

Tags : Bombay High Court, Industrialist Vijaypat Singhania

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CIVIL - Delhi HC Stays Order Barring JNU Students from Official Meetings(22.03.2019)

Delhi High Court has stayed order of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) executive council barring office-bearers of JNU student’s Union (JNUSU) from at.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, JNU, JNUSU

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CRIMINAL - Delhi HC Refuses to Hear 2G plea Unless all Trees Planted as per its Earlier Order(27.03.2019)

Delhi High Court while refusing to hear 2G plea observed that it will not proceed with the case until the accused, including Swan Telecom's Shahid Usm.....

Tags : Delhi HC, 2G plea, Swan Telecom's Shahid Usman Balwa

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ELECTION - SC Directs EC to Consider Alloting of Common Symbol to TTV Dhinakaran’s Party(27.03.2019)

Supreme Court has directed Election Commission of India to consider alloting a common symbol for 59 candidates of unregistered political party Amma Ma.....

Tags : Delhi HC, 2G plea, Swan Telecom's Shahid Usman Balwa

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US Supreme Court Says States Can Collect Online Sales Tax(22.06.2018)

US Supreme Court has said that states can collect sales taxes on purchases from online retailers even if that company doesn't have a physical presence.....

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US Supreme Court: Police Need Warrant for Mobile Location Data(25.06.2018)

U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that government needs to obtain a court-ordered warrant to gather location data on mobile device users.

Tags : US Supreme Court, Mobile

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No leniency to TNUSRB in Fake Expert Opinion Case : Madras HC(23.04.2019)

Madras High Court has held that no leniency or misplaced sympathy shall be shown to the persons manning the TN Uniformed Services Recruitment Board (T.....

Tags : Madras High Court, TN Uniformed Services Recruitment Board (TNUSRB)

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SC Asks Lawyer for Proof on Claim of Conspiracy to Frame CJI(24.04.2019)

Supreme Court has asked a Punjab-based lawyer to furnish material in support of his claim that there was a conspiracy to frame Chief Justice Ranjan Go.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India, Sexual Harassment

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P&H HC Asks NCLT to Hear Out Bhushan Power Promoters(24.04.2019)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked National Company Law Tribunal to hear promoters of Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd. who claimed that lenders did not.....

Tags : Punjab & Haryana High Court, Bhushan Power

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Bombay HC Imposes Rs. 5 Cr Costs on Firm Dealing in Spurious Carbon Pipes(24.04.2019)

Bombay High Court has imposed an unprecedented cost of Rs.5 crore on defendants in a suit for selling spurious carbon seamless pipes in a trademark in.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Spurious Carbon Pipes

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SC: Justice A K Patnaik to Enquire Conspiracy by Fixers to Target CJI Gogoi(25.04.2019)

Three Judge Bench of Supreme Court has ordered that former SC judge Justice A K Patnaik will hold enquiry regarding alleged conspiracy by fixers and d.....

Tags : Supreme Court, CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice A K Patnaik

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Delhi HC Allows Para-Athlete with Muscular Dystrophy to Continue with Stem Cell Therapy(17.04.2019)

Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to a para-athlete, suffering muscular degeneration, to continue with stem cell treatment which was stopped.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Para-Athlete, Muscular Dystrophy

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Fine Imposed on CPWD for Arbitrary Rejection of Bid to Build Prime Ministers Museum: Delhi HC(17.04.2019)

Delhi High Court has imposed costs of Rs 1.5 lakh on the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) for its unjustified rejection of a bid to construct a .....

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Delhi HC Imposes Fine on CPWD for Arbitrary Rejection of Bid to Build Prime Minister's Museum(17.04.2019)

Delhi High Court has imposed costs of Rs. 1.5 lakh on Central Public Works Department (CPWD) for its unjustified rejection of a bid to construct a Pri.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Prime Ministers Museum

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Delhi HC Orders Justdial to Remove Mark of PVR Cinemas from its App & Websites(18.04.2019)

Delhi High Court has asked Justdial to restrain from using registered mark of PVR or any deceptive variant thereof which is identical or similar to PV.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Justdial, PVR Cinemas

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Delhi HC asks BCD to Consider Rouse Avenue Bar Associates as a Bar Association(18.04.2019)

Delhi High Court has directed Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) to consider application filed by Rouse Avenue Bar Associates seeking recognition as a bar ass.....

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AgustaWestland: CBI Court Dismisses Christian Michel's Interim Bail Plea to Celebrate Easter(19.04.2019)

Special CBI Court has dismissed an interim bail application by British Businessman Christian Michel alleged middleman arrested in AgustaWestland chopp.....

Tags : CBI Court, AgustaWestland Chopper Scam

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Karnataka HC Dismisses KSAT Chairman's Plea Claiming Salary Equivalent to HC CJ(19.04.2019)

Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by its former Judge Justice K Bhakthavatsala, who is presently, Chairman of Karnataka State Admini.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal, Justice K Bhakthavatsala

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Vicarious liability as a principle cannot be applied to a case of contempt(26.10.2021)

The present appeal has been filed against the order of the High Court finding the Appellants guilty of willful disobedience of the order passed in Wri.....

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US Supreme Court Lets States Legalize Sports Gambling(15.05.2018)

US Supreme Court has the way for states to legalize sports betting, striking down a 1992 federal law that had prohibited most states from authorizing .....

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Supreme Court: Elephant Tusk is Govt Property(22.05.2018)

Supreme Court has held that elephant tusk is a property of the Government and presumption under Section 69 of the Kerala Forest Act is attracted, whet.....

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Why Government Officials are Managing Religious Places and Temples: SC(09.04.2019)

Supreme Court has asked as to why should government officials manage religious places and temples in the country while taking note of the fact that se.....

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Delhi HC Dismisses Plea Challenging House Session(10.04.2019)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea challenging legality of a two-day winter session of Delhi Legislative Assembly held on January 17-18, 2017 on th.....

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Refund Authority can’t Rectify Mistakes of Importer Under Customs Act: Madras HC(12.04.2019)

Madras High Court has held that a mistake committed by the importer can be corrected under Section 154 of Customs Act by the assessing officer and not.....

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IT Deduction Available on Purchase of Two Houses Even If Investment is Not of Capital Gain: ITAT(12.04.2019)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai bench has held that deduction under section 54 Income Tax Act is available on purchase of two residential.....

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Absconding, by Itself, Hardly Any Evidence of Guilt: Bombay HC(15.04.2019)

Bombay High Court has held that if a person is found to be on run after committing a crime, it will not be counted as “conclusive evidence” to prove h.....

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Any self-governed organization cannot be subjected to overarching state control(28.01.2022)

Present appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment of a Division Bench of the High Court, dismissing an appeal. The judgment confirmed a.....

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Provisions of unjust-enrichment of Rule 9B(5) of Central Excise Rules, 1944 cannot be applied retrospectively(17.01.2022)

The issue involved in the present case is that, whether the unjust-enrichment is applicable in the facts of this case where the duty was paid provisio.....

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SC: Writ of Habeas Corpus Can’t Be Used For Mere Enforcement of Foreign Court’s Order(05.07.2017)

Supreme Court has observed that remedy of writ of habeas corpus cannot be used for mere enforcement of directions given by foreign court against a per.....

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Supreme Court: Justice Karnan’s Case Calls for Reviewing Judges’ Selection Process(06.07.2017)

Supreme Court has said that Justice C S Karnan’s case calls for revisiting the process of selection of judges to the constitutional courts.

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Trend of Targeting Judges Must Stop: Supreme Court(21.08.2018)

Supreme Court has expressed anguish over an emerging trend of targeting judges, while indicating that it may impose an exemplary cost of Rs 25 lakh on.....

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Supreme Court Orders Scrutiny of Entry, Hygiene, Assets of All Religious Shrines(23.08.2018)

Supreme Court has begun a massive judicial audit of all religious places and charitable institutions with regard to hygiene, assets, access and accoun.....

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Delhi High Court: Two Rooms Sans Kitchen Can’t Be Called 'House'(27.08.2018)

Delhi High Court, while asking the government to decide the plea of a woman for an alternate plot in lieu of acquired land, has reiterated that two ro.....

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Supreme Court: Suspension Must Necessarily Be For A Short Duration(27.08.2018)

Supreme Court, while reiterating that suspension must necessarily be for a short duration, has upheld a Madras High Court judgment that had quashed th.....

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ITAT Delhi: Rent from Fit-Out Hire Charges Will Fall Under Business Income(13.06.2019)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Delhi has noted that the income received from Fit-out Hire Charges would constitute “business income” under the .....

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Bombay High Court Raps Animal Husbandry Department Over ‘poor quality food’(26.07.2018)

Bombay High Court while observing that it is only concerned with the ‘quality’ of food being served to the public, the Bombay High Court has rapped th.....

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Supreme Court: Essential Religious Practices, If Biased, Can be Struck Down(26.07.2018)

Supreme Court while making It clear that fundamental rights do not offer iron cast protection for “essential and integral” religious practices observe.....

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EU Court: KitKat Does Not Merit Trademark Protection(26.07.2018)

European Court of Justice has ruled that KitKat’s four-fingered chocolate bar did not merit protected status(trademark) in the EU.

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HP High Court: Judgment Passed by Single Member of the Juvenile Justice Board is Void Ab Initio(03.06.2019)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that judgment passed by a single member of the Juvenile Justice Board is void ab initio as per the provisions of .....

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Supreme Court: Woman Gets Nod to Stay With In-Laws While Husband is in jail(03.06.2019)

Supreme Court has permitted a 22-year-old woman to stay with the family of her husband who is serving a life sentence for murder, setting aside a Madr.....

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ITAT Delhi: ‘Personal Use’ has Important Role in Granting Depreciation on any Vehicle(04.06.2019)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Delhi has held that the element of personal use has a significant role to play while granting depreciation on any.....

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Relaxation of additional fees and extension of last date of filing of AOC-4, AOC-4 XBRL and MGT-7 E-Forms under the Companies Act, 2013(28.10.2015)

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has released a General Circular notifying the relaxation of additional fee payable on forms AOC-4 and AOC-4 XBRL up .....

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Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Seventh Amendment) Regulations, 2015(27.10.2015)

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has introduced Regulations to amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclo.....

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Format for Business Responsibility Report(04.11.2015)

The Securities and Exchange Board of India released a ‘Suggested Format for Business Responsibility Report’ pursuant to the SEBI (Listing Obligations .....

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Format for Business Responsibility Report(04.11.2015)

The Securities and Exchange Board of India released a ‘Suggested Format for Business Responsibility Report’ pursuant to the SEBI (Listing Obligations .....

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Additional Director of DRI Not Empowered to Confiscate Goods Under Customs Act: Calcutta HC(12.07.2018)

Calcutta High Court has held that Additional Director of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence is not entitled to invoke Section 124 of Customs Act, 196.....

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NCLAT Refuses to Stay Resolution Process of Bhushan Power and Steel(13.07.2018)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has turned down the plea of U.K.-based Liberty House to stay the resolution process of Bhushan Power a.....

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Honorarium Paid to Chairman of Govt Company is Business Expenditure: ITAT(13.07.2018)

Delhi bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal in has held that honorarium paid to Chairman of a Government Company is allowable as business expenditure.....

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Sunanda Pushkar Case: Supreme Court Terms Subramanian Swamy's Plea 'Infructuous'(16.07.2018)

Supreme Court has disposed of a plea by Subramanian Swamy seeking an SIT probe into the death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar say.....

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CESTAT:Free – Distribution of Toothbrushes in Combo Pack Does Not Attract Excise Duty(17.05.2019)

Customs, Excise, Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has observed that no excise duty can be levied on the free-distribution of toothbrushes in th.....

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Supreme Court: Accused Cannot be Indefinitely Kept in Jail for his Inability to Produce Regd Surety(21.05.2019)

Supreme Court has observed that an Accused cannot be indefinitely kept in jail for his inability to produce registered surety for reasons beyond his c.....

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Delhi High Court Directs Customs Department to Pay Rs 94 Lakhs to Foreigner(22.05.2019)

Delhi High Court has directed the Customs Department to pay Rs 94 lakh to a foreigner for hurriedly selling off nearly 4 kg gold seized from her even .....

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Assessing Officer can impose penalty for default in making payment of tax, but same shall not exceed amount of tax in arrears(01.07.2017)

In the present case, Income Tax Return of Respondent-Assessee was processed under Section 143(1) of Income Tax Act, 1961, demand was raised and penalt.....

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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.....

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Vicarious liability arises only when the company or firm commits the offence as the primary offender(09.05.2022)

The issues raised in present appeal by the Appellant is against the impugned order of conviction under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.....

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Delhi High Court Prevents Asus from Using Zen as Trademark(05.06.2019)

Delhi High Court has prevented mobile manufacturing company Asus Technology from using the mark “ZEN", “ZENFONE" and other similar terms while selling.....

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Plastic Use:NGT Directs FSSAI to Constitute Committee for Determination of the Subject of Restriction(06.06.2019)

National Green Tribunal has asked for examination by an Expert Committee comprising of the representatives of Food Safety Standards Authority of India.....

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Delhi High Court Stays Order Granting Permission to Agusta Westland Approver to Travel Abroad(07.06.2019)

Delhi High Court has stayed the permission granted to Rajeev Saxena, a middleman-turned-approver in a money laundering case related to the AgustaWestl.....

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Kerala High Court: Immovable Property Can Constitute Essence of Offence of Criminal Breach Of Trust(07.06.2019)

Kerala High Court has observed “In order to establish "entrustment or dominion" over property to an accused person the mere existence of that person's.....

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Bombay High Court: License for Carrying Catering Business Mandatory(09.08.2018)

Bombay High Court has upheld the vires of Section 394 of Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act of 1888 and ruled that a license under the provision is mand.....

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Application for setting aside of the award has to be made within three months after receipt of arbitral award and a further period of thirty days, but not thereafter(04.05.2022)

Appellant impugns order whereby the application filed by the Appellant under Section 34(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration .....

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Word "sufficient cause" should receive a liberal consideration, when delay is not on account of any dilatory tactics(22.04.2022)

Applicant, who is a promoter, has moved present application for condonation of delay of 36 days in filing appeal on the ground that due to surge of se.....

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Justice V.K. Tahilramani Sworn-in Chief Justice of Madras High Court(13.08.2018)

Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani has sworn-in as Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.

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Justice KS Jhaveri Sworn In as Chief Justice of Orissa High Court(13.08.2018)

Justice Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri has sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court.

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Justice Aniruddha Bose Sworn In As Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court(13.08.2018)

Justice Aniruddha Bose has sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court.

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Justice Gita Mittal Sworn In As Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir High Court(13.08.2018)

Justice Gita Mittal has sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court.

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NCLAT Holds Tata Steel Eligible to Bid for Bhushan Steel(13.08.2018)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has upheld the sale of Bhushan Steel to Tata Steel, rejecting allegations of its ineligibility by the .....

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Supreme Court Expresses Concern Over Sexual Abuse of Children in Shelters(16.08.2018)

Supreme Court has expressed concern over sexual abuse of children living in shelter homes across the country and asked the centre what action was bein.....

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SC to Rajeev Saxena: Get Rs. 10 Crore Surety to Travel Abroad(26.06.2019)

Supreme Court has told Rajeev Saxena, the accused who has now turned an approver in the Agusta Westland chopper deal scam, to get two sureties worth R.....

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NGT Declines to Unseal Haj House in Ghaziabad(27.06.2019)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has declined to unseal the Haj House in Ghaziabad for failing to setup a sewage treatment plant. The Haj House in Uttar .....

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Not ‘Comfort’, But Overall Welfare of Minor Is Sole Criterion to Determine Custody: Tripura HC(17.09.2018)

Tripura High court has observed that it is not the comfort alone to be considered, but the overall welfare of the minor is the sole and predominant cr.....

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Expression "District Magistrate" and the "Chief Metropolitan Magistrate" under Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act includes Additional District Magistrate and Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate(27.07.2022)

The borrower has preferred the present appeal against impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court, by which, the Division Bench of the High C.....

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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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SC Grants 60 Day Deadline to Centre to Set Up Courts in Every District for Child Abuse Cases(26.07.2019)

Supreme Court has ordered the Central Government to set up in 60 days exclusive courts in every district of the country to deal with cases related to .....

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NGT Calls for Factual Report from Centre to Make Household Wastage of Water Penal Offence(29.07.2019)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked for a factual and action taken report from the Centre on a plea for making household wastage of water a penal .....

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Calcutta High Court: Bongaon Civic Trust Vote Misrepresentation of Democracy(30.07.2019)

Calcutta High Court has observed Bongaon Municipality trust vote as an example of democracy lying on the footpath and called it a perversion of justi.....

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Parliament Passes Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019(31.07.2019)

Parliament has passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 five days after it got the nod from Lok Sabha. This comes nearly .....

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Supreme Court Explains Whether Arbitration Clause Can be Invoked After Parties Compromise(01.08.2019)

Supreme Court has ruled that when the parties to a contract containing arbitration clause have settled their differences and have arrived at a comprom.....

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Delhi High Court to Centre: What Action Taken With Regard to Missing Artifacts From National Museum(16.07.2019)

Delhi High Court has directed the Centre what action it has taken with regard to the alleged disappearance of artifacts from the National Museum. The .....

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ICJ to Pakistan: Review Death Sentence of Kulbhushan Jadhav(18.07.2019)

International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Pakistan must review the death sentence for Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav after more than two year.....

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Calcutta High Court: High Court Has Responsibility to Protect Honest Businessmen(19.07.2019)

Calcutta High Court has observed that the inherent powers of the Court should be used in appropriate cases to meet the ends of justice. The Court whil.....

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National Green Tribunal Imposes Penalty of Rs 1 Crore on Grasim Industries(24.07.2019)

National Green Tribunal has imposed an interim penalty of Rs 1 crore on Grasim Industries Limited for storing huge stock of the mercury, obtained as a.....

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Karnataka High Court Permits Rape Survivor to Abort 21-Week Foetus(24.07.2019)

Karnataka High Court has permitted a rape survivor to terminate her 21-week-old foetus. The Court directed the Vani Vilas hospital in Bengaluru to car.....

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Delay should not be permitted to defeat the rights of a person to approach the Court of law(25.07.2022)

The petition challenges the order passed by University and College Tribunal, whereby the application of the petitioner seeking condonation of delay of.....

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Exit Offer to Dissenting Shareholders(01.12.2015)

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has released a discussion paper titled “Exit Offer to Dissenting Shareholders”. It draws attention to insta.....

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Guidelines for handling and storage of valuable goods seized by Department(01.12.2015)

Due to the recent increase in loss and theft of high value goods from Department godowns, guidelines reiterating the manner in which confiscated goods.....

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Justice Dattu's record as judge (Source: www.Livelaw.in)(10.12.2015)

‘How’ a judge decides, which way he or she leans, is it a favourable bench, were once the great unknowables – rather, known by the few. But with today.....

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Inclusion or exclusion of comparables per se cannot be treated as a question of law unless it is demonstrated that the Tribunal took into account irrelevant consideration(22.09.2022)

Present appeal has been filed seeking a direction for setting aside the order passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ('ITAT') in with respect to .....

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Delhi High Court Restrains Move to Allot Night Shelter as AAP MLA Office(30.10.2018)

Delhi High Court has sought to know the stand of the Delhi government and the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board for allegedly alloting a night she.....

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Bombay HC Directs Registry to Take Options from Judges as per Seniority Regarding Judges' Housing(31.10.2018)

Bombay High Court has passed directions to the state to formulate a policy for allotment of houses to judges of the High Court and the Supreme Court a.....

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Bal Niketan Sexual Abuse Case: P&H High Court Upholds Conviction of Former Supervisor(31.10.2018)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld the conviction of former supervisor of Bal Niketan, Manish Arora, who had been accused of molesting inmates b.....

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Delhi High Court Rejects Plea to Allow Women Entry to Religious Places(05.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a plea for allowing entry of women of all ages at temples, mosques and Zoroastrian fire temples and observed.....

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US Supreme Court Declines to Take on Net Neutrality Challenges, Upholds Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rule(06.11.2018)

United States Supreme Court has declined to hear a number of challenges to Obama-era "net neutrality" regulations that barred internet service provide.....

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US Supreme Court Declines to Take on Net Neutrality, Upholds Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rule(06.11.2018)

U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a number of challenges to Obama-era "net neutrality" regulations that barred internet service providers from g.....

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Calcutta High Court Judge Accepts Recusal Plea on Ground of Being Facebook Friend with Lawyer(16.09.2019)

Calcutta High Court Judge has recused himself from a hearing a matter after a party raised objection over his being a Facebook friend of an appearing .....

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Companies dealing with hazardous substance must forthwith pay compensation for deaths & injuries to victims as per WCA, 1923 wherever applicable or the principle of restitution wherever applicable(03.02.2021)

Matter arises out of an incident occurred in Bharuch district of Gujarat. The respondent factory is the manufacturer of several hazardous chemicals, i.....

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When term of a contract is unfair, particularly by adopting an unfair trade practice, the aggrieved party has to be extended the resultant relief(09.11.2022)

The Appellant secured a Standard Fire and Special Perils policy from the Respondent. The Policy was meant to cover a shop situated in the basement of .....

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High Court under Section 260-A of the IT Act would interfere only if it finds that the reasoning given by the authorities below is perverse(09.11.2022)

Present Income Tax Appeal has been filed challenging the order passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ('ITAT'). The issue urged by the Revenue co.....

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Bombay High Court Stays Pune Police's Notification on Luxury Bus Movement(16.11.2018)

Bombay High Court has granted an interim stay till November 26 on a Pune Police notification banning entry and movement of private luxury buses in the.....

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Calcutta High Court Issues Directions to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse in Schools(19.11.2018)

Calcutta High Court has directed authorities to appoint counsellors in about one lakh educational institutions in West Bengal to protect students from.....

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Delhi High Court Asks About Pay of Judges' Spouse(19.11.2018)

Delhi High Court has asked for details of gainful employment of spouses of officers of Delhi Higher Judicial Service and Delhi Judicial Service, which.....

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Uttarakhand High Court: Every Accused has Right to be Defended(04.09.2019)

Uttarakhand High Court has restrained all bar associations of the State from passing resolutions to prevent advocates from representing a person or pe.....

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Calcutta High Court: Accused has Right to Remain Silent(06.09.2019)

Calcutta High Court has exonerated a convict from a murder charge by observing that Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 does not discharge th.....

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Punjab and Haryana High Court Declines to Stay Ban on Telecast of Ram Siya Ke Luv Kush in Punjab(10.09.2019)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to stay the ban on the telecast of the television series Ram Siya Ke Luv Kush imposed by the State of Punjab.....

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PIL cannot be filed in service matters(27.02.2017)

Instant writ petition is filed by a non-legal person and which is Forum of Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes Legislators and Parliamentarians. Petiti.....

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Registration of a composite mark does not necessarily grant exclusive right in respect of any part of the trademark(02.11.2022)

The Appellant has filed the present appeal impugning an order passed by the learned Commercial Court, whereby the Appellant's application under Order .....

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Kerala HC: Cannot Direct School to Allow Muslim Girls To Wear Headscarf & Full Sleeved Shirt(12.12.2018)

Kerala High Court while observing that individual interest must yield to the larger interest has refused to interfere with school’s decision of not al.....

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Supreme Court: Acting CJ not Entitled to Pensionary Benefits Available to Chief Justice of High Court(23.09.2019)

Supreme Court has noted that a judge who retires as an Acting Chief Justice of a High Court is not entitled to the same pensionary benefits available .....

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Google Wins Landmark "Right-To-Be-Forgotten" Case in Top European Union Court(24.09.2019)

In a land mark case, European Court of Justice has ruled that Google does not have to apply the right to be forgotten globally which means that firm n.....

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SC to Centre: Frame Regulations to Curb Social Media Misuse(24.09.2019)

Supreme Court has asked the Centre to frame Regulations to check social media misuse and to strike a balance between the privacy and reputation of ind.....

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Supreme Court: Accused Party Armed with Weapons Cannot Claim Advantage of Sudden Fight(30.09.2019)

Supreme Court has noted that when the Accused Party came armed at the scene of crime it clearly indicates that the occurrence did not take place in th.....

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Allahabad HC: Failure to Give Enquiry Report to Employee is Violation of Principle of Natural Justice(30.09.2019)

Allahabad High Court has ruled that failure to give enquiry report to an employee undergoing disciplinary proceedings amounts to denial of reasonable .....

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Mere passage of time cannot be a ground for grant of bail under NDPS Act(31.10.2022)

The present bail application has been filed by the Petitioner seeking regular bail in FIR under Sections 21/29/61/85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychot.....

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Kerala HC Quashes Appointments of Four Assistant Professors by AMU for Violating UGC Norms(29.11.2018)

Kerala High Court has set aside the appointments of four assistant professors in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) at Malappuram centre and observed tha.....

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Karnataka High Court Lets Muslim Girl Marry Hindu Man(03.12.2018)

Karnataka High Court has ordered release of a Muslim girl from the state women’s hostel and asked police to provide security to her and her Hindu boyf.....

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Delhi High Court Orders Asiad Circus to Reveal Hippo's Whereabouts(14.10.2019)

Delhi High Court has ordered Asiad Circus to reveal the whereabouts of a lonely male hippopotamus it is currently holding in isolation, apparently ill.....

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NCLAT Halts Bhushan Power Sale to JSW Steel(15.10.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has directed the Enforcement Directorate to release the attached properties of Bhushan Power and Steel and di.....

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Kerala High Court Issues Notice to Malayalam Actor Mohanlal for Possession of Elephant Tusks(16.10.2019)

Kerala High Court has issued a notice to superstar Mohanlal on a petition that the permission granted to him to keep elephant tusks should be cancelle.....

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Period of parole is to be excluded for the purpose of considering actual imprisonment(05.01.2023)

The original Petitioners are all convicts undergoing life imprisonment. The original writ Petitioners have preferred the present Petitions feeling agg.....

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Delhi HC Asks Petitioners to Approach CVC Regarding Alleged Misuse of Funds by Delhi Govt Hospitals(14.01.2019)

Delhi High Court has asked two advocates to place before the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) their petition against alleged misappropriation/misuse.....

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Madras High Court Appoints Officials to Inspect Fares at Theatres in Madurai and Usilampatti(14.01.2019)

Madras High Court has appointed 23 advocate commissioners to carry out inspection regarding fares at cinema theatres in the city and Usilampatti.

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US Court Refuses to Strike Down Work Permits for Spouses of H1B Visa Workers(11.11.2019)

United States Court has refused to strike down, for the time being, an Obama-era rule that permitted spouses of H-1B visa holders to work in America. .....

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NGT: Industrial Development Cannot be Done on Graves of Human Beings(11.11.2019)

National Green Tribunal has observed that industrial development cannot be done on the graves of human beings and should not be done at the cost of "a.....

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Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response on PIL Challenging Child Custody Laws(15.11.2019)

Supreme Court has asked the Centre to respond to a petition that tests the validity of laws governing child custody and guardianship. The public inter.....

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Right to residence is not an indefeasible right of residence in shared household especially when the daughter-in-law is pitted against aged father-in-law and mother-in-law(17.05.2021)

In instant case, Parties to the present petition are related to each other in a way that Petitioner is the daughter-in-law and Respondents are her par.....

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By a mere fact that a person is having a licence and doing business in a particular shop, he is not entitled to the auction platform as a matter of right(03.03.2023)

Present appeal is against impugned common judgment and order the Division Bench of the High Court confirming the order passed by the learned Single Ju.....

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Assessee is entitled to reduce the book profits by the amount of loss brought forward (excluding depreciation) or unabsorbed depreciation(10.03.2023)

The assessee has challenged the computation of adjustment allowable in terms of clause (iii) of Explanation-1 to Section 115JB(2) of Income Tax Act, 1.....

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Bombay High Court Tells State to Conduct Census of Street Children(19.12.2018)

Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra Government to consider conducting a census of street children in Mumbai and other parts of the state.

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Delhi HC Dismisses Plea Challenging Election of DUSU President Ankiv Baisoya(19.12.2018)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea of NSUI's Sunny Chillar challenging the election of ex-Delhi University Students' Union president Ankiv Baisoya .....

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Ensure No Pollution is Caused Due to Immersion of Idols and Religious Festivals: Bombay HC(20.12.2018)

Bombay High Court has issued directions to Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) for ensuring that the river Godavari remains pollution-free.

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Don't Deny Legal Aid to Accused in Court Martial: Supreme Court(21.12.2018)

Supreme Court has ruled that principles of natural justice demanded that whenever an accused Army person sought legal assistance during trial, he/she .....

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Delhi HC Rejects Associated Journals Ltd Plea Against Centre's Order to Vacate Herald House(21.12.2018)

Delhi High Court has dismissed the plea by Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), publisher of National Herald, challenging the Centre’s order to vacate the p.....

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Madras High Court: Absence of Injury No Ground to Say there was No Sex Abuse(21.10.2019)

Madras High Court has ruled that mere absence of injury on the body of a sexually abused minor cannot be a ground to say there has been no offence com.....

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Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response on Entry of Muslim Women into Mosques(25.10.2019)

Supreme Court has sought response of the Centre on a Public Interest Litigation seeking entry of Muslim women in all mosques of the country. The Court.....

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Lender banks have to provide an opportunity of hearing to the borrowers before classifying their account as fraud(27.03.2023)

The civil appeals arise out of a challenge to the Reserve Bank of India (Frauds Classification and Reporting by Commercial Banks and Select FIs) Direc.....

Tags : Master Directions, Natural justice, Legality

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If the trustees are removed from the trust, the charges against them are to be proved very strictly(24.04.2023)

The Appellant was the President of the sansthan/trust. The Respondent No. 3, the Joint Charity Commissioner, examined the Charity Inspector as well as.....

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In the absence of any contrary term in the service contract, a transfer order is a normal incidence of service(05.06.2023)

Present Petition takes exception to the judgment passed by the learned Member, Industrial Court, Mumbai, whereby the learned Member dismissed the comp.....

Tags : Transfer order, Business exigencies, Legality

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Reasons behind any decision are necessary to be assigned by the administrative authorities(27.04.2023)

The present petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950 against the impugned Memorandum dated 10th March, 2023 passed.....

Tags : Principles, Natural justice, Admission

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Bombay High Court Allows Surrogate Mother to Abort 24-Week Foetus(29.12.2018)

Bombay High Court has allowed a surrogate mother to abort her 24-week foetus, as the foetus had numerous heart abnormalities.

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Reasonable Force Used by Teacher to Discipline Student Not a Crime : Kerala HC(02.01.2019)

Kerala High Court has given relief to a school teacher by quashing a criminal case initiated against him for punishing a student and observed that par.....

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Madras High court Suggests Making Uniform Syllabus Across Country(03.01.2019)

Madras High Court has observed that it is time that government introspected the need to make syllabus uniform across the country based on recommendati.....

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CBIC Notifies Jurisdiction of Jammu Commissionerate Over UT of J&K and Ladakh(04.11.2019)

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has notified Jurisdiction of Jammu Commissionerate over Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Unio.....

Tags : Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, Union Territory of Ladakh, CBIC

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Supreme Court Says No to Tata Housing Project Near Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh(05.11.2019)

Supreme Court has said no to Tata Housing and investors of the Rs 1,800-crore Tata Camelot Housing Project and has held that the project in Chandigarh.....

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SAT Quashes SEBI's Order Banning Tree House Education, Accessories and Officials(08.11.2019)

Securities Appellate Tribunal has set aside Securities and Exchange Board of India order banning Tree House Education and Accessories and its official.....

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SC Asks Centre to Decide in 4 Weeks Representation on Petrol Pumps Fleecing Customers(04.02.2019)

Supreme Court has asked Centre to take call on petition highlighting how petrol pumps have been swindling customers by dispensing less fuel for price .....

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Flat Owners Consent is Must Before Any Additional Construction in Housing Society: Bombay HC(04.02.2019)

Bombay High Court has held that it is mandatory for promoters to fully disclose their construction plans in a sanctioned layout plan to flat owners an.....

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Delhi High Court Directs Media House to Tender Apology for Revealing Identity of Rape Victim(17.12.2019)

Delhi High Court has asked a media house to tender "a nicely worded apology" along with an affidavit for revealing the identity of the Hyderabad rape .....

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Supreme Court Dismisses BJP Leader's PIL Seeking Minority Status for Hindus in 8 States(17.12.2019)

Supreme Court has refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation seeking that minority communities should be defined on the basis of state-wise pop.....

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NCLAT Restores Cyrus Mistry as Chairman of Tata Group(18.12.2019)

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has upheld charges by Cyrus Mistry that he was improperly ousted as Chairman of the $110 billion Tata Group, p.....

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DHC: Writ Court Cannot Direct Refund During Investigation for Breach of Provisions Under Customs Act(19.12.2019)

Delhi High Court (DHC) has observed that Writ Court cannot direct refund of duty while an investigation for breach of the provisions under the Customs.....

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Minority Status to AMU: SC Refers Matter to Seven Judge Bench(12.02.2019)

Supreme Court has referred to seven-judge bench issue of determining the correctness of minority status granted to Aligarh Muslim University.

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Criminal Complaints can't be Quashed Just because Allegations Appear to be of Civil Nature: SC(13.02.2019)

Supreme Court has observed that criminal complaints cannot be quashed only on the ground that the allegations made therein appear to be of a civil nat.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Criminal Complaints, Criminal Complaints can't be Quashed Merely Because Allegations Appear to be of Civil Nature

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Hindu Marriage Between Hindu and Non-Hindu Individuals is Valid: Bombay HC(14.02.2019)

Bombay High Court has held, if a marriage is performed as per Hindu rites by two individuals, in which one is of another religion, then their marriage.....

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NCLT Grants Gail India Status of Operational Creditor in Alok Industries Case(14.02.2019)

National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has accepted Gail India Ltd's plea to be treated as operational creditor in the textile player Alok Industries' i.....

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Supreme Court Permits Vyapam Scam Accused to Travel Abroad for Studies(09.12.2019)

Supreme Court has allowed Vyapam Scam Accused, Sanket Vaidya, to travel abroad for further studies on the ground that he furnishes a fixed deposit of .....

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Supreme Court Stays High Court Proceedings Against Cadila Pharma CEO in Child Custody Case(16.12.2019)

Supreme Court has stayed the proceedings before the Bombay High Court against Rajiv Modi, Chairman and CEO of Cadila Pharmaceuticals, on a petition fi.....

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Person receiving donation is under obligation to maintain the identity of donors indicating the name and address(03.05.2023)

The present appeal is directed at the instance of the revenue against the order of the Learned Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals). The sole issue ra.....

Tags : Assessment, Anonymous donations, Deletion

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CIVIL - US Court Quashes Suit Against Apple and Infosys(15.03.2019)

A California Court has quashed a lawsuit against Apple and Infosys that alleged Apple and Infosys conspired to violate immigration law by having two I.....

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CIVIL - Heart Wrenching to See Children Suffering in Custody Battle Between Parents: SC(18.03.2019)

Supreme Court, while delivering a judgment in yet another custody battle between parents, has expressed concern about children, and observed it is hea.....

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FAMILY - Heart Wrenching to See Children Suffering in Custody Battle Between Parents: SC(18.03.2019)

Supreme Court, while delivering a judgment in yet another custody battle between parents, has expressed concern about children, and observed it is hea.....

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ITAT, Pune Allows Claim for Set-off of Loss by Husband Invested in Wife’s Business(30.01.2020)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Pune has held that the wife’s separate income can be clubbed into husbands total income and in the case of any loss inc.....

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Special Court, New Delhi Rejects Tharoor's Plea Seeking Production of Pushkar's Tweets(31.01.2020)

Special Court, New Delhi has dismissed Shashi Tharoor's plea seeking a copy of tweets posted by Sunanda Pushkar moments before her death, stating that.....

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Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs Extends Waiver of Late Fee of All Pending Form GSTR-1(13.01.2020)

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has extended the waiver of late fee of all pending Form GSTR-1 from July 2017 to November 2019 till 17th J.....

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Apex Court Says it Will Decide Larger Issue of Women’s Entry Into Religious Places(14.01.2020)

Apex Court has said that it would only examine the larger issue of faith based customs violating the fundamental rights of women and lay down guidelin.....

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Supreme Court Allows Nusli Wadia to Withdraw Criminal Defamation Case Against Tata(14.01.2020)

Supreme Court has allowed Nusli Wadia to withdraw criminal defamation suit against Tata group executives and board members after Ratan Tata said that .....

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Karnataka High Court Upholds Tax on Captive Electricity Usage(14.01.2020)

Karnataka High Court has upheld the validity of the levy of tax on electricity captively generated. The Court has discussed that the incidence of tax .....

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CESTAT Hyderabad: Import of Multi-Functional Digital Copies Not Prohibited(15.01.2020)

Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal- Hyderabad has held that the importing of Multifunctional digital copies is not prohibited and there.....

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CESTAT Mumbai: Clearances to Special Economic Zones Developers is Export(15.01.2020)

Customs Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal- Mumbai has ruled that the clearances made by the Appellant without payment of duty to Special Economi.....

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Oversight of Government Business in Agency Banks(07.04.2016)

The Reserve Bank of India put in place a new system of oversight of government business conducted with agency banks. The new enlarged review will now .....

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CBEC’s ambiguous clarification on gifts from abroad(11.04.2016)

The Central Board of Excise and Customs threw the baby out with the bathwater with its latest memo to customs and excise Chief Commissioners. As anyon.....

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Clarification on levy of tax for services provided by government or authority(13.04.2016)

The Central Board of Excise and Customs issued a comprehensive clarification on the levy of service tax on services provided by the government or a lo.....

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CESTAT: Refund of Unutilised Credit Can't Denied if Amount Voluntarily Debited/Credited in GSTR-3B(20.01.2020)

Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has held that the refund of unutilized credit cannot be denied if the Assessee voluntarily d.....

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RBI Allows Financial Institutions to Conduct Business in Indian National Rupee in IFSC(20.01.2020)

Reserve Bank of India has allowed the Financial Institutions to conduct businesses in Indian National Rupees in International Financial Services Centr.....

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CESTAT, Kolkata: Service Tax Refund Can Be Claimed on Basis of Monthly Consolidated STTG Certificate(20.01.2020)

Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal has ruled that the Service Tax Refund can be claimed on the basis of monthly consolidated Service Ta.....

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Supreme Court Says Parents Denied Custody Should be Allowed to Talk to Child Daily(21.01.2020)

Supreme Court has said that where both parents are estranged and locked in a matrimonial dispute, the parent who has been denied the custody of the ch.....

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AAR: 18% Goods and Service Tax Applicable on Entry Fee and Amusement Facility in Public Park(21.01.2020)

Authority for Advance Ruling, Rajasthan has ruled that 18% of Goods and Services Tax would apply to the entry fee and amusement facility in the public.....

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ITAT: Normal Business Advances Not in Nature of ‘Loan’ are Not Deemed Dividend(21.01.2020)

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has held that the transaction where advance is received in the normal course of business and which is not taken a.....

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For the activities outside India, it is mandatory to obtain necessary approval as per Section 11(1)(c) of the IT Act(08.08.2023)

The assessee is a trust registered under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882. The assessee filed application in Form 10A along with documents for obtaining re.....

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AgustaWestland Case: Delhi Court Dismisses Christian Michel's Bail Plea(18.02.2019)

Delhi court has dismissed bail plea of Christian Michel, arrested in connection with an alleged scam in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper.....

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Even if Injury Caused by Knife is Minor, Accused Deserves Full Punishment: Bombay HC(18.02.2019)

Bombay High Court has refused leniency to a convict, who had injured four persons of a family during a robbery attempt and ruled that just because inj.....

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CIVIL - Madras HC Seeks Number of Religious Places Using Cone Speakers(20.02.2019)

Madras High Court has sought a report from Director General of Police (DGP) regarding number of religious places violating norms on usage of cone-shap.....

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CIVIL - Madras HC Seeks External Affairs Ministry’s Response on Indian Sailors Missing in Russian Waters(21.02.2019)

Madras High Court has sought response of external affairs ministry on steps it has taken to find missing Indian sailors in Russian waters.

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CIVIL - Karnataka HC Asks Son to Vacate Parent's House for Manhandling Parents(25.02.2019)

Karnataka High Court has directed a man to vacate his parent's house, taking serious note of the fact that he had manhandled them and observed that ou.....

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Supreme Court Rues ‘Unfortunate Gap’ in Juvenile Justice Act, 2015(10.01.2020)

Supreme Court has held that a gross mistake has been made by framers of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 that allows a juv.....

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Investigation report containing documents of private and confidential nature pertaining to the accused cannot be provided to any person unless a clear locus is established(22.08.2023)

The Petitioner filed an application dated 21st February, 2019 before the Special Judge under Section 212(13) of the Companies Act, 2013 to obtain a co.....

Tags : Investigation report, Copy, Locus standii

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CESTAT Chennai: CA’s Certificate Certifying Tax Burden can be Considered as Evidence(15.01.2020)

Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Chennai has ruled that the Chartered Accountant’s Certificate that categorically certifies that the.....

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CESTAT Mumbai: Cleaning Service Provided Through Manpower Not Taxable Service(15.01.2020)

Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal- Mumbai has held that the company providing cleaning services through Manpower engaged by it were un.....

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Bombay High Court Allows Auction of Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited Assets(15.01.2020)

Bombay High Court has allowed a Public Interest Litigation seeking auction of all Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited assets, either mortga.....

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CESTAT: No Vivisection in Service and Material Components of Contract is Composite Works Contract(16.01.2020)

Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal Hyderabad has held that where a contract cannot be vivisection between service component and mater.....

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CESTAT Hyderabad: Service Tax Paid on GTA Services Available as Refund and Is Not Exempt(16.01.2020)

Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal Hyderabad has held that where the conditions for availing a refund of service tax on Goods Transpo.....

Tags : Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Goods Transport Agency Services, Service Tax

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Supreme Court Quashes Madras High Court's Direction to Form Committee for Reforms(16.01.2020)

Supreme Court has set aside a Madras High Court Order that directed the State to constitute a committee to recommend reforms in the Criminal Justice S.....

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Delay can be condoned, only if, Applicant assigns a sufficient cause to the satisfaction of the Appellate Tribunal for not filing the Appeal in time prescribed(21.07.2023)

Present appeal has been filed with an Application for seeking condonation of delay of 13 days in filing the present Appeal. Counsel for the Applicant .....

Tags : Delay, Condonation, Sufficient cause

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Delay can’t be condoned, when a party is found to be negligent, or have not acted diligently or remained inactive(31.07.2023)

The Appellant/original defendant has challenged the order passed by learned District Judge. The Appellant had filed an application under section 5 of .....

Tags : Delay, Condonation, Refusal

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CBIC Sets Deadline for Deactivation of Facility of Beneficiary Uploading Documents Through e-SANCHIT(22.01.2020)

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has said that the facility of beneficiary uploading the documents through e-SANCHIT will be deactiv.....

Tags : Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Deadline for Deactivation of Uploading Documents Through e-SANCHIT

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CESTAT: No denial of Credits to Recipient Even if Duty was Legally Not Payable by Supplier(23.01.2020)

Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that Input tax credits cannot be denied to the recipient even if the duty was lega.....

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CESTAT: No Service Tax on ‘Club or Association Service’ if Received Amount Wholly Transmitted(23.01.2020)

Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Mumbai has held that the department cannot levy Service Tax on amounts received by the App.....

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CESTAT: No Penalty Can be Imposed on Partners if Penalty Imposed on Partnership Firm(23.01.2020)

Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad has held that when a penalty is imposed on a partnership firm, a penalty canno.....

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International Court of Justice Orders Myanmar to Protect Rohingya(24.01.2020)

International Court of Justice has ordered Myanmar to take urgent measures to protect Rohingya from genocide in a lawsuit launched by the Gambia accus.....

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Andhra Pradesh High Court Orders Status Quo on Shifting State Capital(24.01.2020)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has ordered status quo on shifting the state capital from Amravati. The Court has directed the Government not to relocate an.....

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Bombay High Court Allows Egyptian Man's Habeas Corpus Plea Against In-Laws(31.01.2020)

Bombay High Court has allowed a criminal writ Petition filed by Khaled Kassem, an Egyptian citizen who sought the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus .....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Writ of Habeas Corpus, Illegal Confinement of Child

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Delhi High Court States Use of Chemicals to Ripen Fruits Amounts to Poisoning Consumers(31.01.2020)

Delhi High Court has observed that use of pesticides and chemicals to ripen fruits amounts to poisoning the consumer while noting that invoking penal .....

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CESTAT, New Delhi: No Service Tax on Charging License Fee for Quick Heal Antivirus Software(31.01.2020)

Customs Excise Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi has held that the Quick Heal Antivirus software is deemed goods but whether the tran.....

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Supreme Court: Section 92 CPC Procedure not Applicable in Suit by Trust(01.02.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that the procedure prescribed under Section 92 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 would not be applicable in a suit by a Trus.....

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#Union Budget 2020-2021: Additional Rs 1.5 Lakh Tax Benefit on Affordable Housing Loans Introduced(01.02.2020)

Central Government has extended additional Rs 1.5 lakh tax benefit on interest paid on affordable housing loans to March 2021.

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Madras High Court Directs Police to Set Up Special Cells to Check Social Media Abuse(03.02.2020)

Madras High Court has directed the Director-General of Police to constitute dedicated cells in every police station in the State to track unscrupulous.....

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CESTAT, Mumbai: ‘Casino Vessels’ Classifiable as ‘Passenger Ship’ and Not ‘Pleasure Boats’(05.02.2020)

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Mumbai has held that ‘casino vessels’ could not be classified as ‘pleasure boats’. The Co.....

Tags : Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Casino Vessels

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Assessment of State Implementation of Business Reforms(14.09.2015)

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry released a report assessing implementation of business reforms by the States. It delves into the different areas.....

Tags : Business, state, implement, graphs, ease of doing

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Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets(13.06.2016)

The Reserve Bank of India formulated a scheme for resolution of large stressed accounts. The Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets, or.....

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Single Window Project-Simplification of procedure in SWIFT(14.06.2016)

The Central Board of Customs notified several items under different customs tariff heads, which are chemicals not drugs, to not be sent to the Assista.....

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Monitor Guest Houses, Hostels: Delhi HC to Police(15.04.2019)

Delhi High Court has stressed the need to have some oversight by police on private hostels and paying guest accommodations, especially for women, to e.....

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CESTAT, Chennai Allows Excise Duty Exemption to Pepsico on ‘Nimbooz’(19.02.2020)

Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT ), Chennai has observed that the brand ‘Nimbooz’ is not lemonade and allowed excise duty exe.....

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CESTAT, Mumbai: Cenvat Credit Permissible on Renting Premises Outside Manufacturing Factory Unit(19.02.2020)

Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Mumbai has held that Cenvat Credit is permissible on renting of premises outside the manuf.....

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CESTAT, Mumbai: Application for Compounding of Offence Can Not be Rejected on Technical Grounds(20.02.2020)

Custom, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Mumbai has held that the purpose of compounding of offence against the payment of compoundin.....

Tags : Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Application for Compounding of Offence

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NCRDC: Exclusion of Song from Movie Which Was Included in Trailer Amounts to Unfair Trade Practice(20.02.2020)

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has held that inclusion of a song in the promo of the movie when it is not a part of the movie deceive.....

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Principles of Section 20 of CPC do not apply to the arbitration proceedings(31.10.2023)

Present petition is filed by the Petitioner under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking interim relief from this Court to re.....

Tags : Jurisdiction, Clause, Applicability

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