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Whether the workwoman employed in Beedi manufacturing process is covered under the purview of Employees’ Compensation Act? Telangana High Court answers

Telangana High Court: M Laxman, J. allowed the appeal and remanded the matter for adjudication on merits and held that

‘High-time to revisit S.126 of Representation of People Act’ ; Gauhati High Court dismisses proceedings against Assam CM for violating Model Code of Conduct

Gauhati High Court: Rumi Kumari Phookan J. dismissed the criminal proceedings against Chief Minister of Assam, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma for violating

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Can waitlist candidates be considered for filling up vacancies caused by resignation of the selected/appointed candidates? J&K and Ladakh HC answers

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: On the issue of whether wait list candidates can be considered for filling up vacancies

High Court Round Up Legal RoundUp

100+ Reports from High Courts | Case relating to Kashmiri Pandits, Arya Samaj, Reproductive Rights, Sodomy, Arms Act and more | June Round Up 2022

Allahabad High Court Disability In a case where an employee of Central Bank of India petitioned to be exempted from routine transfers

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

Formation of Project Screening Committee to screen project proposals for use of forest land vide Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2022

On 28-06-2022, Central Government notified new rules namely, “Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2022” to further carry out the protection and preservation of forests

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Allahabad High Court | Parity can only be persuasive in nature and cannot be binding; Bail orders not to be given without assigning any reasons

Allahabad High Court: While dismissing the bail application in case registered under Section 302, 120-B Penal Code, 1860, Sameer Jain, J. held

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Kerala High Court| Can pre-arrest bail be granted to accused sitting abroad? Co-equal bench doubts order in Vijay Babu’s case; Larger Bench to decide

Kerala High Court: While adjudicating a question of law as to whether pre-arrest bail can be granted to an accused while he

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Bombay High Court | Criminal proceedings cannot be proceeded with if accused was exonerated in departmental proceedings based on identical/similar charges

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of S.B. Shukre and G. A. Sanap, JJ. allowed an application setting aside an FIR for

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Meghalaya High Court| Minimum 7 days time to be provided to respond to the reassessment notice under S. 148 of IT Act, 1961

Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ. and W. Diengdoh, J. disposed of a petition holding that the assessee

Know thy Judge

Know Thy Judge | Justice V. Ramasubramanian

by Ritu Singh†

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Bombay High Court | Friendship with the person of fairer sex, does not confer a licence upon a man to force himself upon her; Anticipatory bail application, rejected

Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J. rejected an anticipatory bail application which was filed apprehending arrest for the offences punishable under Sections

Legislation Updates Notifications

Uttar Pradesh | Women employee cannot be bound to work in night shifts

The Governor of Uttar Pradesh notified elaborate rules explaining conditions to restrict working of ‘women employee’ between 7:00 pm and 6:00 am.

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Orissa High Court grants compensation to a woman who conceived after sterilisation

Orissa High Court | Arindam Sinha, J. criticised the State for not following the procedure and granted compensation to a

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Kerala High Court| Consider compulsory licensing of breast cancer drug Ribociclib; HC directs Central Government

Kerala High Court: While adjudicating a petition filed by a breast cancer patient seeking to afford life-saving medicines which otherwise cost more

Legislation Updates Notifications

SEBI issues circular on Adjustment in derivative contracts for dividend announcements to review the framework

On 28-06-2022, Securities and Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI’) issued a circular in order to protect the interest of the investors in

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Provisions of S. 37 of the NDPS Act shall not apply to an unaware service courier driver; Gauhati High Court explains

Gauhati High Court: While granting bail to the applicant herein, under Section 439 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) for a case

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Can non-resistance by rape survivors be the ground for acquittal for the accused? Patna High Court decides

Patna High Court: While dealing with a case of rape, A M Badar, J. observed that mere non-offering of physical resistance by

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Right to get reimbursement for foreign travel under LTC scheme is not an absolute right; Madras High Court upheld withdrawal of the scheme for SBI officers

Madras High Court: S M Subramaniam, J. upheld the decision taken by Indian Banks Association to unilaterally withdraw the facility for State

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Know Thy Judge| Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari

by Suchita Shukla†

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Gujarat High Court| Amount of PPF account shall not be liable to any attachment in respect of any debt or liability

Gujarat High Court: A.S. Supehia, J. allowed a writ petition directing Bank to deposit PPF amount deducted for settlement of liability. Petitioner