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“Courts must be permitted to consider the State’s interest in preventing gun violence” Read SCOTUS Dissent on New York Gun Law being declared unconstitutional for violating 2nd Amendment

“Question of firearm regulation presents a complex problem—one that should be solved by legislatures rather than courts”.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLT| Ongoing or fresh debt related legal proceedings against personal guarantor should remain stayed during interim moratorium period

National Company Law Tribunal, Kolkata Bench I: The Bench of Rajasekhar V.K., judicial member and Balraj Joshi, technical member has held that

Hot Off The Press News

RBI encourages cardholders to tokenize their cards for their own safety; Extends card tokenisation deadline by three months

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the deadline for tokenisation of debit and credit cards by another three months to

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court| Order XLI, Rule 5(1) of the CPC grants the court discretion to stay the execution of a decree for ‘sufficient cause’; Award by arbitral tribunal upheld

Calcutta High Court: Shekhar B. Saraf, J. upheld the award granted by the Arbitral Tribunal holding that the award holder

Case Briefs High Courts

Meghalaya High Court | Duty of Trial Court to bring to the specific attention of accused to any material which proves the guilt of the accused

Meghalaya High Court: While disposing off the petition, the division bench comprising of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ. and W. Diengdoh, J. set aside

Case Briefs High Courts

Karnataka High Court | Illicit relationship with husband of the complainant not necessary ground to constitute offence under S. 498-A IPC

Karnataka High Court: Hemant Chandangoudar J. quashed the FIR against accused 5 being the woman who had illicit relations with

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi HC refrains from interfering with the Federation decision regarding the team selected for Women’s Table Tennis in Commonwealth Games 2022

Delhi High Court: Dinesh Kumar Sharma, J. denied relief to Swastika Ghosh and Manush Shah (‘Petitioner(s)'), table tennis players who

Case Briefs High Courts

Writ under Art 226 maintainable for grant of extension of parole; Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed petition under S. 482 CrPC

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Vivek Singh Thakur, J. dismissed the petition filed under Sec 482 Criminal Procedure Code (‘CrPC') for

Case Briefs High Courts

Punjab & Haryana High Court| Muslim girl over 15 years of age competent to marry person of choice as per the Muslim law

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A writ petition was filed seeking the relief of protection of life and liberty at the hands

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SCOTUS| New York’s “proper cause” requisite to possess concealed firearms, declared unconstitutional for preventing law-abiding citizens from exercising their Second Amendment right

Supreme Court of The United States: In a crucial decision, the SCOTUS while deliberating upon New York’s “proper cause” requirement to possess

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

“With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women…we dissent.” Read SCOTUS dissent on Right to Abortion case

“After today, young women will come of age with fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers had”.

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SCOTUS| United States’ Constitution does not confer any right to abortion; Roe v. Wade overruled after 49 years

Supreme Court of The United States: In a far-reaching decision concerning an American woman’s right to abortion, the Court held that the

Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI | Insider Trading case against Varun Beverages Chairman Ravi Kant Jaipuria comes to a close after payment of Rs. 56 Lakhs

Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI): The proceedings against Varun Beverages’ Ravi Kant Jaipuria came to an end after a settlement of

Cases Reported SCC Weekly

2022 SCC Vol. 5 Part 4

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Or. 23 R. 3-A and Or. 7 R. 11(d) — Bar under Or. 23 R.

Case Briefs High Courts

Rigour under S. 33(5) POCSO Act gets diluted once the child attains majority; Kar HC allowed cross-examination under S. 311 CrPC

Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna, J. allowed the petition filed seeking further cross examination of the child victim as the victim has

Case Briefs High Courts

Gauhati High Court| Only Food Inspectors can investigate offences under the FSS Act; Rs 2 Lakhs cost imposed on Maharashtra Police for seizing goods from Gauhati factory

Gauhati High Court: Rumi Kumari Phookan J. held that Maharashtra Police neither had the jurisdiction nor the authority to investigate offences under

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

CBDT inserts new TDS forms 16E and 26QE under Income Tax Rules, 1962

The Central Board of Direct Taxes has notified the Income Tax (19th Amendment Rules) 2022 in order to amend Income Tax Rules,

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court| State Legal Service Authority can’t run away from compensating victims by citing insufficient funds; directions issued

Calcutta High Court: Moushumi Bhattacharya, J. heard a petition and issued directions relating to a matter of non- payment of victim compensation

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala High Court | Assisted Reproductive Technology Act, 2021 cannot be invoked to stultify right of a couple to use their own embryo for developing it into a fetus

“Life inside a human embryo remains frozen, awaiting its opportunity to be born as a child to its parents”

Case Briefs High Courts

Himachal Pradesh High Court | Lack of immediate remedy under Arbitration Act not a ground to challenge an arbitral order passed on miscellaneous application before High Court

Himachal Pradesh High Court: In the case where it was argued before the Court that the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (for