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Know Thy Judge | Supreme Court of India: Justice Rajesh Bindal

Newly elevated Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice Rajesh Bindal, celebrates his 62nd birthday today. Prior to being elevated to the Supreme Court, Justice Bindal was serving as the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court.

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Electoral officers do not have any jurisdiction to search or seize any material before the announcement of elections: Karnataka High Court

Election officers had seized a sizable number of rice bags from the petitioner’s premises apprehending that petitioner was trying to get undue benefit in the upcoming Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections.

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Know Thy Judge | Supreme Court of India: Justice Aniruddha Bose

Justice Aniruddha Bose who celebrates his 64th birthday today, had served the High Courts of Calcutta and Jharkhand as a Judge prior to being elevated to the Supreme Court in 2019.

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Know Thy Judge | Justice Pritinker Diwaker: The 50th Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court

Prior to being appointed as Allahabad High Court’s 50th Chief Justice, Justice Pritinker Diwaker had been working as the High Court’s Acting Chief Justice after elevation of former Chief Justice, Rajesh Bindal

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“A class of its own in the category of frivolous cases”: Gauhati High Court berates counsels who signed Vakalatnama for non-existent petitioner

Gauhati High Court was faced with a peculiar case where “petitioner” had followed every rule in the book to file a well-planned petition; however, in reality the petitioner did not exist!

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Workmen won’t be estopped from challenging retrenchment order if employer does not follow S. 25-F of Industrial Disputes Act: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh HC

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court stated that workmen can challenge their retrenchment order even after accepting retrenchment amount in case their employer has not followed the mandate of S. 25-F of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

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“S. 12 is heart and soul of Domestic Violence Act”; Karnataka High Court directs Magistrates to decide applications within the mandated period of 60 days

In a clinical dissection of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005, the Karnataka High Court stated that the victims’ grievances such as maintenance or shelter etc., must be addressed with immediacy, which is why the legislation has mandated a specific time frame.

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Sessions Court or Children’s Court has not been vested with revisionary power under Juvenile Justice Act: J&K and Ladakh High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court stated that revisionary power under Juvenile Justice Act vests only with the High Court

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Ukraine War Crimes: ICC issues arrest warrants against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Official Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova

In a significant move, the International Criminal Court in a press release informed the world at large that it is issuing arrest warrants against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights, Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova in connection to commission of war crimes during Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022

Case Briefs High Courts

Motor Accidents Claim| Can Insurance claim be recovered in case of death/bodily injuries of unauthorised passengers? J&K and Ladakh High Court answers

While deliberating over several appeals, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court decided the questions of liability and ‘pay and recover’ in favour of the appellant Insurance Company

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Karnataka High Court finds sexual harassment in open places like malls ‘highly improbable’; quashes charges

The Karnataka High Court while expressing its shock over unlikeliness of sexual abuse in open places, quashed the charges of sexual harassment and fraud against the petitioner

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Principle of comity of courts is salutary in nature and cannot override the consideration of best interest and welfare of the child: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court, while deliberating over a father’s prayer seeking repatriation of his minor son to Germany, dismissed the petition on ground of the child’s best interests and allowed the son to remain with his mother in India.

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Whether employees of a company alone can be prosecuted and held liable without arraignment of the company as an accused? J&K and Ladakh High Court answers

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court held that vicarious liability of a company’s directors can be imputed as per the statutory provisions in cases where a company is an offender.

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Gauhati High Court directs Assam Government to properly implement policies framed in pursuance of Right to Education Act

Gauhati High Court was deliberating over a PIL filed to highlight ineffective implementation of State govt.’s policies framed as per the mandate in Section 12(1)(c) of RTE Act, 2009

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What are the important factors which can take away the rigor of ingredients pertaining to S. 375 and S. 376 of IPC? Karnataka High Court answers

Karnataka High Court observed that consent of a woman on a promise to marry is always an enigma.

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The Exemplary Eleven: Stories of the Remarkable Women Judges of the Supreme Court

There is no better day than International Women’s Day, to celebrate and cherish 11 formidable women, who have graced the halls of the Supreme Court as Judges and have paved the way for many women to dream to reach the top!

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

[LGBTQ+ Rights] | LGBTQ+ community have the Right to Freedom of Association, which includes the right to form an association of any kind: Supreme Court of Kenya

With a ratio of 3:2, the Supreme Court of Kenya delivered a significant decision by holding that it would be unconstitutional to limit the right to form association purely based on sexual orientation.

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Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights is an advisory body and has no power to adjudicate any lis between two parties: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court held that order granting visitation rights to the father is outside the jurisdictional scope of Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights.

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US District Court | Texas’ anti-abortion laws do not have extra-territorial operation and cannot regulate abortions that take place outside the State of Texas

While deliberating over the case filed by non-profit abortion funds operating in Texas, the US District Court held that Texas’ Attorney General cannot enforce Texan anti-abortion laws outside the State of Texas

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Justice Sonia Giridhar Gokani, the First Woman Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court, retires

Justice Sonia Giridhar Gokani, who recently took oath as the Gujarat High Court’s 28th and First Woman Chief Justice, retired on 25-02-2023 after a shortest tenure of any Chief Justice in the history of Gujarat High Court