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Introduction: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has underscored the serious professional responsibility that advocates owe to their clients, holding that a litigant should not be made to suffer the consequences of negligent or potentially deliberate lapses by the lawyer engaged to represent them. While setting aside ex parte proceedings initiated against a woman who had […]
Introduction: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has underscored the serious professional responsibility that advocates owe to their clients, holding that a litigant should not be made to suffer the consequences of negligent or potentially deliberate lapses by the lawyer engaged to represent them. While setting aside ex parte proceedings initiated against a woman who had […]
Introduction: The Gujarat High Court has dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by an Indian citizen seeking the release of his Bangladeshi wife and infant daughter, holding that their detention could not be treated as illegal when it was supported by orders passed under the applicable immigration and foreigners laws. A Division Bench comprising Justice […]
Introduction: The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has reiterated that judicial proceedings cannot be misused to delay or frustrate the enforcement of lawful court orders, particularly those directing payment of maintenance. Dismissing a petition challenging recovery proceedings initiated for outstanding maintenance arrears, the Court observed that a litigant who has already received adequate […]
Introduction: The Telangana High Court has upheld the cancellation of bail granted to a man accused of having sexual intercourse with a woman through deceitful means, holding that the allegations of threatening and physically assaulting the complainant after his release prima facie demonstrated misuse of the liberty granted by the court. Justice J. Sreenivas Rao […]
Introduction: The Bombay High Court has set aside the bail granted to former police officer Sachin Waze, a prime accused in the Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiren murder case. A Division Bench comprising Justice Girish Kulkarni and Justice Dr. Neela Gokhale allowed the appeal filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), thereby quashing the […]
Introduction: The Kerala High Court has clarified that its earlier restrictions on the use of Thekkinkadu Maidan in Thrissur were not intended to prohibit public addresses by eminent personalities, government-sponsored programmes, Independence Day celebrations or School Youth Festivals. The Court has maintained the prohibition against political activities, protests and demonstrations while emphasising that the Cochin […]
Introduction: The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that converting a suit for permanent prohibitory injunction into one seeking recovery of possession does not necessarily change the fundamental nature or character of the suit, particularly when both reliefs arise from the same dispute concerning the same property. The Court observed that an […]
Introduction: The Madras High Court has directed the Regional Passport Office and the concerned passport authorities to process the passport application of A.G. Perarivalan, one of the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, within four weeks. The Court held that the authorities could not indefinitely keep his application pending merely because they were awaiting […]
Introduction: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Srinagar has reiterated that the acquisition of private land by the State or its instrumentalities does not, by itself, create an enforceable right to public employment for the landowner or any member of the affected family. The Court further held that a policy providing […]
Introduction: The Allahabad High Court has strongly disapproved of the conduct of advocates who allegedly obstructed court staff from entering a courtroom and disrupted judicial proceedings amid protests against Justice Ajay Bhanot. Observing that judicial work cannot be allowed to remain paralysed because lawyers deliberately abstain from their professional duties, the Court recorded that a […]
Introduction: The Karnataka High Court has quashed criminal proceedings initiated against members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over allegations that they raised the slogan “Pakistan Zindabad” during a political protest in Mandya in December 2022. The Court observed that it was highly improbable that protesters participating in a demonstration organised by the BJP would […]
Introduction: The Supreme Court of India has reaffirmed an important principle of criminal jurisprudence that credible and trustworthy eyewitness testimony cannot be rejected merely because the witnesses are related to the deceased. The Court has further clarified that direct ocular evidence, when found reliable, carries greater evidentiary value than uncertain medical inferences, particularly when such […]
Introduction: The Supreme Court of India has stayed the Madras High Court’s direction for constituting a five-member Board of Management to take over the administration of the historic Chidambaram Nataraja Temple in Tamil Nadu from the Podhu Dikshitars. The interim order provides significant relief to the traditional administrators of the temple, who challenged the High […]
Introduction: The Supreme Court of India has raised significant constitutional and social concerns over the continued validity of laws that disqualify individuals having more than two children from contesting elections to local self-government institutions. Observing that India’s demographic circumstances have undergone a substantial transformation over the past two decades, the Court expressed the strong opinion […]
Introduction: The Bombay High Court has granted ad-interim protection to the personality, publicity and moral rights of Sukhvinder Kaur, popularly known as Radhe Maa, directing Google and other concerned authorities to take down objectionable online content that allegedly misused her identity and caused harm to her dignity and reputation. The order was passed on Tuesday, […]
“While the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.” – Andrew Carneige The tussle between Epic games and Google started way back in the U.S., wherein the biggest gaming giant on August 2020, approached the […]
The Supreme Court today issued a notice on the petition filed by the top woman wrestlers of India seeking registration of FIR against a BJP MP as well as the wrestling federation of India’s president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for alleged sexual harassment. Advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for the petitioners stated that the woman wrestlers […]
“The sovereignty of scriptures of all religion must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.”– Dr. B.R Ambedkar In the case of Farhan Tasaddukhussain Barodawala v. Onali Ezazuddin Dholkawal, Allahabad High Court imposed cost of rupees 25,000 on petitioners who were objecting on the fact that how a […]
Reported By: Ankita Bhardwaj The case of KUSH KALRA v. UOI & ANR has brought forward the interesting notion of barring the entry of married men and women in Judge Advocate General (JAG) claiming it in the benefit of public interest and national security. A PIL is filed against the policy by Kush Kalra seeking the […]
“We direct all High Courts to establish online RTI portals within 3 months from today. High Courts can formulate adequate provisions to facilitate the supply of adequate information. Information is to be passed onto the secretary generals of High Courts for administrative directions from the Chief Justices (of High Courts). The same directions are to […]
Introduction: The Calcutta High Court recently upheld an industrial tribunal’s ruling that an accountant, Dulal Chatterjee, was a ‘workman’ under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, dismissing a writ petition filed by Swarnakshar Prakasani Pvt. Ltd. The case arose when Chatterjee was terminated from employment in July 2013, leading to a legal dispute over whether his […]
The Madras High Court in the case of G Sundararajan v The Secretary held that the exemption from payment of entertainment tax is just a concession by the government and cannot be claimed as a right. The court thus refused relief to the producer and distributor of the 2015 Tamil film, “I” which was claimed […]
The Karnataka Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR), in the case of Myntra Designs Private Limited modified the decision of AAR, has observed, “input tax credit (ITC) is not available on the vouchers and subscription packages procured by Myntra from third-party vendors.” They relied on the judgement of the Karnataka High Court in the case […]
