Bhumika Indulia, Author at SCC Times

Megh HC | To contend that re-trial helped prosecution fill up gaps and lacuna is otiose theory where no such plea agitated during the re-trial

Meghalaya High Court: A Bench of Mohammad Yaqoob Mir, CJ, and H.S. Thangkhiew, J. dismissed an appeal filed against the trial court decision

Law School News Moot Court Achievements & Reports

BVDU wins runners up trophy at 2nd MP Nambiar National Moot Court Competition, 2019

Reported by Rupesh Jain

Call For Papers Law School News

Call for Papers | Indian Journal of Law and Technology (IJLT) Vol 15

The Board of Editors of the Indian Journal of Law and Technology (IJLT) is pleased to invite original and unpublished manuscripts for

Law School News Others

GNLU Brand achieves Record of Job Placement

GNLU achieves highest ever placement of its yet-to- graduate students in the leading national and international law firms. Out of 82 students

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | No arbitrariness by Public Service Commission where marks deducted for candidate’s failure to abide by its instructions

Patna High Court: The Division Bench of Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, CJ and Anjana Mishra, J. rejected an appeal filed by a candidate

Hot Off The Press News

CCJ | Import Tax dispute on “Cement” settled

Port of Spain, Trinidad: Judgment was delivered today by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the consolidated matters of Trinidad Cement

Case Briefs District Court

District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum | “BATA” directed to provide free carry bags to customers and stop “unfair trade practice”

District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, U.T. Chandigarh: The Bench of Rattan Singh Thakur (President) and Surjeet Kaur and Suresh Kumar Sardana (Members)

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Representation of People Act: BJP MLA Pabubha Manek’s 2017 election to Gujarat Legislative Assembly declared void and set aside

Gujarat High Court: The Bench of Paresh Upadhyay, J. declared the election of BJP candidate Pabubha Manek to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly

Conference/Seminars/Lectures Law School News

Jamia Millia Islamia | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Memorial Lecture

Reported by Syed Haroon

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Divorced wife cannot file application under Domestic Violence Act; application filed under Ss. 12 and 18 rejected in absence of “domestic relationship”

Bombay High Court: M.G. Giratkar, J. refused to interfere with an order of the Judicial Magistrate as confirmed by the Sessions Judge, whereby

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL CoA | Discrepancies that do not go to the root of the matter and assail the basic version of the witness cannot be given too much importance in deciding cases

Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka: The Bench of M.M.A. Gaffoor and K.K. Wickremasinghe, JJ. dismissed the appeal of the accused-appellant who

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Divorce decree upheld where wife not maintaining marital cohabitation with husband for over two years

Delhi High Court: A Bench of G.S. Sistani and Jyoti Singh, JJ. upheld a decree of divorce granted by the family court

Interviews

Fauzia Shakil on her experience on working in Bihar’s Shelter Home Case

Interviewed by Syed Haroon

Call For Papers Law School News

Call for Papers | GNLU Student Law Review

Reported by Hrithik Khurana

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Maintenance allowance granted to wife cannot be considered as debt – Exemption under S. 11 of Pensions Act, 1871 cannot be granted to husband

Bombay High Court: The Bench of M.G. Giratkar, J., partly allowed a criminal revision application by modifying the maintenance amount being provided

Appointments & Transfers News

SC Collegium | Elevation of Judges in the Supreme Court

Against the sanctioned strength of 31 Judges, the Supreme Court of India is presently functioning with 27 Judges, leaving 04 clear vacancies.

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | To waive off “mandatory 6 months period” for reconsidering the decision of divorce, personal inconvenience as a ground — denied

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Bench of G.S. Ahluwalia, J., dismissed a revision filed in respect of waiving off of the mandatory

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Pak SC | A contract employee is debarred from approaching High Court under constitutional jurisdiction

Pakistan Supreme Court: The Bench of Gulzar Ahmed, Faisal Arab and Ijaz UL Ahsan, JJ., dismissed the petition filed against a Judgment

Hot Off The Press News

Suspension of LoC Trade between J&K and PoJK

Ministry of Home Affairs has issued orders to suspend the LoC trade in Jammu & Kashmir w.e.f 19-04-2019. This action has been

Legislation Updates Notifications

Central Government : “Services” engaged in “Banking Industry” with the status of “Public Utility Service” be extended with the same for a period of 6 months

S.O. 1614(E) — Whereas the Central Government is satisfied that public interest so requires that the services engaged in the Banking industry,