Bhumika Indulia, Author at SCC Times

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PMLA | Search, seizure and retention of property pertaining to offence of money laundering requires compliance with provisions of PMLA, 2002

Appellate Tribunal for SAFEMA, FEMA, PMLA, NDPS & PBPT Act: A Coram of Manmohan Singh (Chairman), J. and G.C. Mishra (Member) set

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Disputed defense of accused can’t be considered when evidence gathered by IO can’t be scrutinized by Court

Allahabad High Court: Dinesh Kumar Singh, J. quashed the application under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on the ground

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Gau HC | Mere fixing of matter for judgment on a subsequent date by itself cannot be construed as termination of trial; petition challenging summoning of witness dismissed

Gauhati High Court: Achintya Malla Bujor Barua, J. dismissed a petition against the order of the trial court whereby it had summoned the

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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to remove requirement of minimum educational qualification for transport vehicle drivers

In a move to benefit skilled persons from economically underprivileged sections of the society, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has

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P&H HC | Transfer adjustments bonafide when Govt. taking step to curtail unproductive expenditure and utilize idle staff

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajan Gupta, J. dismissed the petition on the ground that order taken by the State Government cannot

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Breaking | Quebec Bill 21 : Ban on wearing ‘religious symbols’ in Quebec, Canada

As reported by media, Bill 21 would ban certain public-sector workers — including teachers, judges, Crown prosecutors, police and prison guards —

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SA HC | Discernment of a trial court not to be altered unless justified

South Africa High Court, Free State Division, Bloemfontein: A Division Bench of Mathebula and Chesiwe, JJ. dismissed the present appeal against convictions

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Advisory to all Private Satellite TV Channels for appropriate representation of children in dance based Reality Shows

Information & Broadcasting Ministry has noticed that several dance-based reality TV shows portray young children performing dance moves originally done by adults

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Guj HC | Knowledge of the caste enough to invoke Ss. 3(2)(v) and (v-a) of the SC/ST Act

Gujarat High Court: Umesh A. Trivedi, J. dismissed the present writ petition preferred under Section 14-A of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled

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WIPO | India Joins — Three Key WIPO International Classification Treaties

India has joined three WIPO treaties designed to ease the search for trademarks and industrial designs, helping brand owners and designers in their

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Utt HC | Compensation in a motor accident must be awarded by applying suitable multiplier by tribunal; appeal sustained

Uttaranchal High Court: Appeal against the order of Motor Accident Claim Tribunal was entertained by Alok Singh, J. where the petitioner sought

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Botswana HC | Colonial-era law criminalizing homosexuality struck down for being ultra vires the Constitution – Reliance placed on SC of India’s judgment in Navtej Singh Johar

“Criminalising consensual same sex in private, between adults is not in the public interest. Such criminalization….disproportionally impacts on the lives and dignity

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NHRC notice to Union Health Ministry and Govt. of Bihar over increasing deaths of children due to Encephalitis

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports about the rising number of deaths of

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Jhar HC | Person authorized to drive a vehicle by its owner, when dies – covered under insurance policy on same terms and conditions, as applicable to the owner of vehicle

Jharkhand High Court: Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J. allowed an appeal made by an insurance company regarding their extent of liability towards a

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NGT | Guidelines laid down for implementation of a robust institutional mechanism to tackle rising incidents of forest fires

National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi: The Coram of Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson), J. and S.P. Wangdi (Judicial Member), K. Ramakrishnan (Judicial

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Minor discrepancies in statement of witnesses, when considered in entirety can be rejected – Sentence of advocate convicted for murder of a colleague, affirmed

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of K.N. Phaneendra and H.B. Prabhakara Sastry, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by an Advocate who

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J&K HC | Statutory rules or executive orders would override an advertisement by Service Selection Board

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Ali Mohammad Magrey, J. while dismissing the present writ petition directed the respondent Service Selection Board to

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Sikkim HC | “Personal occupation” of landlord includes requirement of dependents; eviction decree confirmed in absence of special equities in favour of tenant

Sikkim High Court: Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, J. confirmed a decree of eviction passed against the appellant-tenant by the District Judge on the bonafide

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Raj HC | Temporary injunction not granted when there was an irreparable loss to the party against whom it was prayed

Rajasthan High Court: Sabina, J. dismissed the appeal on the ground that party will suffer an irreparable loss if the application was