Apoorva, Author at SCC Times

Madras HC directs State to nominate Nodal officer to deal with requests for engaging law officers, and to look after professional fee claims

To assist the Nodal Officer, minimum secretarial staff shall be provided by the State Government.

HIV positive patients can neither be denied employment nor promotion in employment: Allahabad High Court

HIV/AIDS patients have a right of equal treatment everywhere and they cannot be denied job opportunity or discriminated against in employment matters.

Case Briefs District Court

Civil Courts' jurisdiction not barred if RERA Act and Rules cannot give relief to homebuyers: Saket District Court

As there is no provision in the RERA Act giving authority to the RERA Tribunal to deal with the subject matter of the suit, the jurisdiction of this Court cannot be said to be barred in the situation where the plaintiff requested for canceling the allotment.

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Supreme Court disposes of Union’s appeal against Rhea Chakraborty bail order; Keeps question of law open

Rhea Chakraborty and others including her brother Showik Chakraborty were accused of having facilitated the procurement of drugs for consumption by late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Case Briefs High Courts

Explained| Madras High Court tie breaker verdict in Senthil Balaji habeas corpus petition

Madras High Court concurred with the view of Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, that the petition, though maintainable cannot be entertained after remand, and in this case, it can certainly not be entertained.

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SC issues guidelines for designation of Senior Advocates by the Supreme Court of India

As per the fresh guidelines for the designation of Senior Advocates, there shall be no voting by secret ballot save in an exceptional situation, for reasons to be recorded.

Events/Webinars News

‘Arbitration Management is the need of the hour’ | The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Annual Conference 2023

The Conference marked the presence of many legal luminaries, such as Justice Madan Lokur, Judge at Supreme Court of Fiji; Justice Hemant Gupta (Retd.); Chairperson, India International Arbitration Centre and Mr. Tushar Mehta, Senior Advocate and Solicitor General of India.

High Court Round Up Legal RoundUp

HIGH COURTS JULY 2023 WEEKLY ROUNDUP| Stories on Srikant Tyagi; West Bengal Panchayat Election; Telangana Eunuchs Act; and more

A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SIT to investigate Rs. 50 Crore Gurugram Land scam; Supreme Court sets aside Punjab & Haryana HC’s anticipatory bail order

“Offences of forging documents for transferring ownership of land worth crores are grave in nature. Hence, while it is extremely important to protect the personal liberty of a person, it is equally incumbent to analyse the seriousness of the offence and determine if there is a need for custodial interrogation.”

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Mass religious Conversion Case: Supreme Court extends stay on arrest of SHUATS VC and Director till further orders

Supreme Court extended the time to file the counter affidavit to four weeks.

Case Briefs High Courts

Read why Allahabad High Court denied security to Politician Srikant Tyagi and his wife in view of threat to life

A person who has chosen violence and does not have any value of human life has no right to plead that the State should take special measures to protect his life from his rivals. The perception of threats, if any faced by such a person, is of his own making for which the State cannot come forward to provide him with security.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court disposes of contempt case against Bharatpur Bar Association with warning

Supreme Court said that it will take recourse to the coercive arm of law, if any such incident occurs in the future. Also warned that there shall be no impediment in the work of legal defense counsel.

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court directs DGP to identify cases involving consensual relationship amongst pending POCSO cases; Discontinues two-finger test and potency test

If consensual relationship cases are segregated from the pending cases, it will be easy to deal with them and in appropriate cases, the Court can also exercise its jurisdiction and quash the proceedings, if the proceedings are ultimately going to be against the interest and future of the children involved in those cases and it is found to be an abuse of process of Court.

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad HC directs JLN medical college to constitute 5-member team to examine minor rape victim for medical termination of pregnancy

In the case of sexual assault, denying a woman right to say no to medical termination of pregnancy and fasten her with responsibility of motherhood would amount to denying her human right to live with dignity as she has a right in relation to her body which includes saying Yes or No to being a mother.

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Can a wife be entitled to maintenance under S.125 CrPC if marriage is invalid? Madras HC answers

Madras High Court said that concerning the present economic scenario and the status of the parties, the fixation of the monthly maintenance at Rs. 10,000/- for the wife and daughter is very much reasonable and the same cannot be said to be excessive.

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Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Supreme Court extends Interim Bail granted to Ashish Mishra

Supreme Court had earlier granted Ashish Mishra interim bail on 25-01-2023.

Case Briefs High Courts

Accused persons are engaged in movie business and not in business of cigarettes or tobacco products: Madras High Court quashes COPTA proceedings against Actor Dhanush

COTPA was brought into force to eliminate all direct and indirect advertisements, promotion and sponsorship concerning tobacco and for providing regulation of trade and commerce, production, supply and distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products.

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WB Teacher Recruitment Scam: SC refuses to interfere with Calcutta HC order allowing CBI and ED to interrogate TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee

On April 28, the Supreme Court sat to pass a stay order on Calcutta High Court’s Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay’s order directing SC’s Secretary General to produce the transcript of his “controversial” interview, wherein he had made remarks against Abhishek Banerjee in relation to the Teachers Recruitment Scam case, which was pending before him

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Management cannot challenge Award granting reinstatement in service after allowing workmen in regular service for over 2 decades: Supreme Court

A party to a proceeding cannot be permitted to challenge the Award and abide by it at its own free will; garner benefit from it; get the opposite party to effectively alter its position; and then press its challenge after the passage of a considerable length of time.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

State Commissions cannot modify tariff adopted by Central Commission and adopt trade margin for ISTS power projects: APTEL

APTEL said that in accordance with the guidelines and the CERC Regulations, the Appropriate Commission, the trading margin shall be decided mutually by the SECI, the trading licensee and the WPPs and in turn by the distribution licensees.