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Guj HC | First step of turning him into a hardcore criminal will be sending him behind bars; Court allows bail

Gujarat High Court: A.S. Supehia, J. allowed a bail application in connection with FIR filed for the offences under Sections 363, 366,

Case Briefs Supreme Court

No right to keep goods and wares at hawking place overnight; Supreme Court dismisses plea of hawker of Sarojini Nagar market

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Justice M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ., affirmed the decision of Delhi High Court wherein the

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Lady IPS Officer directed to investigate in the recent matter of 4 rape cases in the villages

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Prakash Shrivastava, CJ. and Rajarshi Bharadwaj, J. took up a petition and directed Damayanti Sen,

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Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage as a Ground for Divorce

by Ioli Shukla*

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Customers caught in brothel cannot be prosecuted for immoral trafficking under Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1956

Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna J. allowed the criminal petition and quashed the proceedings in Crime No.347/2021 pending before the 32nd Additional

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Forum Shopping and Power of High Court u/s 482 CrPC; Supreme Court tells when to convert a civil complaint into criminal case

“Forum shopping has been termed as disreputable practice by the courts and has no sanction and paramountcy in law.”

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A Conflict of Principles: Confidentiality and Open Justice in Arbitration Disputes in Court

by Drasti Jain* and Aryan Deshmukh**

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Daughters also entitled for getting equal share in the property inherited by their parents; Court reiterates and allows appeal deciding validity of will

Chhattisgarh High Court: Narendra Kumar Vyas, J. allowed an appeal filed by the defendants setting aside the judgment and decree by the

Foreign Legislation Legislation Updates

Canada – Ontario | Increase in Minimum Wages w.e.f October 1, 2022

On 5th April 2022, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has announced that the minimum wage will increase from $15 to $15.55

Case Briefs High Courts

Ill-treatment meted out to respondent-mother, expelled from her own house, allegations of mental, physical and social abuse; Raj HC directs petitioner-son to vacate the house with his family

Rajasthan High Court: Sameer Jain J. dismissed the petition and refused to interfere with the impugned order. Factual Background The facts of

Case Briefs High Courts

Sikk HC | Directions issued for tracing out the missing children in the State; CCTV’s installed in police stations

Sikkim High Court: The Division Bench of Biswanath Somadder, CJ. and Meenakshi Madan Rai, J. issued certain directions in the matter of

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

SEBI terms “Asset Cover” as “Security Cover” vide SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (3rd Amendment) Regulations, 2022

On 11th April, 2022, Securities and Exchange Board of India issues Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Husband suspects paternity of child; Supreme Court allows DNA test while granting conditional compensation of 30 lakhs to wife if suspicion proves to be wrong

Supreme Court: In a case where the husband had disputed paternity of child on suspicion, though the Division Bench comprising of Indira

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC considers whether any difference exists between a case where default is committed and prosecution immediately launched and where prosecution is deferred till cheque presented again gets dishonored for second or successive time?

Orissa High Court: R K Pattnaik, J. dismissed the petition and held that the ground on which the petition is raised is

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC quotes “The Vajpayee led NDA–Government was toppled for want of one vote” and Benjamin Franklin while deciding a case of a returning candidate whose election was set aside

“…A right to elect, fundamental though it is to democracy, is, anomalously enough, neither a fundamental right nor a Common Law Right.

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Whether dishonour of cheques could have only given a cause of action to register an FIR for an offence under S. 420 IPC? MP HC answers

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Atul Sreedharan, J. allowed a petition which was filed for quashing of Crime which was registered for an

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Guj HC | First step of turning him into a hardcore criminal will be sending him behind bars; Court allows bail

No right to keep goods and wares at hawking place overnight; Supreme Court dismisses plea of hawker of Sarojini Nagar market

Cal HC | Lady IPS Officer directed to investigate in the recent matter of 4 rape cases in the villages

Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage as a Ground for Divorce

Kar HC | Customers caught in brothel cannot be prosecuted for immoral trafficking under Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1956

Forum Shopping and Power of High Court u/s 482 CrPC; Supreme Court tells when to convert a civil complaint into criminal case

A Conflict of Principles: Confidentiality and Open Justice in Arbitration Disputes in Court

Chh HC | Daughters also entitled for getting equal share in the property inherited by their parents; Court reiterates and allows appeal deciding validity of will

Canada – Ontario | Increase in Minimum Wages w.e.f October 1, 2022

Ill-treatment meted out to respondent-mother, expelled from her own house, allegations of mental, physical and social abuse; Raj HC directs petitioner-son to vacate the house with his family

Sikk HC | Directions issued for tracing out the missing children in the State; CCTV’s installed in police stations

SEBI terms “Asset Cover” as “Security Cover” vide SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (3rd Amendment) Regulations, 2022

Husband suspects paternity of child; Supreme Court allows DNA test while granting conditional compensation of 30 lakhs to wife if suspicion proves to be wrong

Ori HC considers whether any difference exists between a case where default is committed and prosecution immediately launched and where prosecution is deferred till cheque presented again gets dishonored for second or successive time?

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