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26/06/2023, 3 years ago

Bombay High Court Orders Fair Police Inquiry into Attack on Advocates Case

Briefs Facts  In the Matter of Sadhana O. Yadav v. Nasir Kulkarni a Criminal Writ Petition in which the petitioners, who were active solicitors, levelled severe charges against the Mumbai Antop Hill Police Station officers. The petitioners had claimed that Antop Hill Police Station officers had brutally treated them. On May 20, 2023, the petitioners […]

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25/06/2023, 3 years ago

Calcutta High Court: Proof of Intent Required to Establish Husband-Wife Property Transfer as Benami Transaction

Factual Matrix  In the Matter Sekhar Kumar Roy v. Lila Roy, The mother of the respondent bought the suit property from her’stridhan’s property and thereafter became its sole owner. Her spouse or the appellant-son did not object to the transfer deed that was in her name at the time. Because the appellant had abandoned her […]

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25/06/2023, 3 years ago

Bombay Court Denies Petition to Transfer Liquor License to Legal Heirs

Factual Background  In the matter of Dattaram Govind Naik v. State of Goa, A writ petition was filed opposing the Commissioner of Excise’s decision to revoke a liquor licence for the retail sale of country liquor and liquor created in India for consumption. In the current case, a Deed of Partnership between the petitioner and […]

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24/06/2023, 3 years ago

Bombay High Court Criticizes Government’s Delay in Providing Smartphones to Anganwadi Staff

Briefs Facts  In the case of Anganwadi Karmachari Sanghatana v. ICDS Commissionerate, the Anganwadi Karmachari Sanghatana filed a writ suit to replace broken phones with smartphones that work with the Poshan Tracker app. Due to the non-operational handsets or mobile phones that were handed to them, Anganwadi employees in the situation at hand were unable […]

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24/06/2023, 3 years ago

Kerala High Court Questions PhD Teaching Experience for Assistant Professor Position, Rules in Favor of Appellant

Background Matrix  In the case of Priya Varghese v. Dr. Joseph Skariah a writ appeal against a single judge’s ruling in a case challenging the provisional rank list for the appointment of an associate professor in the department of Malayalam at Kannur University on the grounds that the first-place candidate’s credentials and years of experience […]

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24/06/2023, 3 years ago

Supreme Court Rules Full Chain of Circumstantial Evidence Required for Conviction, Overturns Appellant’s Guilt Verdict

Briefs Facts  In the Matter of Laxman Prasad v. State of Maharashtra an appeal against the decision and order made by the Madhya Pradesh High Court on September 28, 2010, which upheld the conviction and life sentence imposed under Section 302 of the Penal Code, 1860, and dismissed the appeal Analysis of court order  The […]

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24/06/2023, 3 years ago

Supreme Court of Appeal Invalidates Section 6(1)(a) of South African Citizenship Act, Orders Restoration of Citizenship

Factual Background  In the case of Democratic Alliance v. Minister of Home Affairs The case centres on the constitutionality of Section 6(1)(a) of the South Africa Citizenship Act, which states that adult citizens who voluntarily take up citizenship in another nation without first securing ministerial approval to retain the citizenship will “automatically” lose their South […]

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24/06/2023, 3 years ago

Supreme Court Rules Third-Party Rented Shop Cannot Be Considered as Security by a Surety

Factual Matrix  In the matter of Arti Dixit v. Sushil Kumar Mishra, a civil appeal was filed in opposition to the Allahabad High Court’s decision to dismiss the appellants’ writ petition and rule that no application for the removal of surety was made in that court’s ruling. The respondents in the case at hand were […]

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24/06/2023, 3 years ago

Meghalaya High Court Dismisses POCSO Case Against Boyfriend, Citing Competence of 16-Year-Old Girl to Make Decisions for Her Well-Being

Factual Background  In the Matter of John Franklin Shylla v. State of Meghalaya a criminal complaint brought under Section 482 of the 1973 Code of Criminal Procedure to annul and nullify the whole Special Case against the petitioner for violations of Sections 3(a) and 4 of the 2012 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. […]

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