Notice to a dead person under S. 148 of Income Tax Act cannot be issued: Bom HC
Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of K.R. Shriram and N.J. Jamdar, JJ., reiterated that notice under Section 148 of the Income
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Utt HC | Court directs to conclude the elections which were suspended; petition dismissed
Uttaranchal High Court: Sharad Kumar Sharma, J. disposed of a writ petition filed against the order of Cooperative Election Tribunal, resulting in
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Can judicial separation be granted instead of divorce for which party has approached the Court? Read what Del HC says
Delhi High Court: Expressing that the Family Court’s decision was based on optimism and hope rather than the actual factual matrix of
Continue readingUtt HC | Denial of bail on sole ground of apprehension that he may commit crime again, overturned by the Court
Uttaranchal High Court: R.C. Khulbe, J. granted bail in a criminal revision petition moved against the order of Juvenile Justice Board (JJB),
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“Notaries operating from public taxis around vicinity of Court”: Dignity of the profession needs to be maintained and the legal profession cannot be allowed to function from the streets | Bom HC
Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of S.J. Kathawalla and Milind N. Jadhav, JJ., requested the Department of Legal Affairs to give
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11 Legal Stories of the Week: From Hijab ban to a Sexual Harassment complaint from an employee in ScoopWhoop & more
Let’s have a look at the most interesting legal stories reported this week on the SCC Online Blog from High Courts, Foreign
Continue readingMegh HC | Unequivocal confession leads to dismissal of appeal in a Rape case with minor
Meghalaya High Court: The Division bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ. and W. Diengdoh, J. dismissed the appeal which was filed on behalf
Continue readingMP HC | Appropriate application to be filed to gain recognition from the Madhya Pradesh Olympic Association; Court dismisses petition
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Nandita Dubey, J. dismissed a petition seeking interim relief majorly in order to obtain a direction for recognition
Continue readingIf a person keeps tobacco at residence, would that amount to being an offence? Ker HC answers
Kerala High Court: While addressing a matter for an offence alleged under Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, Juvenile Justice Act and
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Money laundering offence under PMLA is, layered and multi-fold and includes stages preceding and succeeding offence of laundering money: Del HC
Delhi High Court: While expressing the object of PMLA Act Chandra Dhari Singh, J., expressed that, offence of money laundering is threefold
Continue readingMP HC | What would be an appropriate factor by which market value of land was to be multiplied to assess the compensation in the case where the land was situated in the rural area? [NH- 148N land acquisition]
Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Vivek Rusia and Rajendra Kumar Verma, JJ. took up a bunch of petitions which
Continue readingMP HC | State directed to decide on pending representation within 90 days in the matter of appointment date of State Forest Officer
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vishal Mishra J. disposed of the petition without expressing any opinion on the merit in a petition filed
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Husband killed wife brutally in a heat of passion leaving husband with a wounded pride: Bom HC decides whether the said offence will come under “Murder” or “Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder”
Bombay High Court: Stating that, in the moment of anger spouses almost forgot about the two children who were hardly three years
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Uphaar Case | Manner in which judicial records tampered revealed well-planned & methodical attempt to subvert justice system: Suspending sentence of Ansal brothers would amount eroding faith of public? Read Del HC’s decision
Delhi High Court: Stating that the manner in which Court records tampered was insidious and revealed a well-planned and methodical attempt to
Continue readingMP HC | Unless the acquittal in criminal trial is honourable/clean, the employer has enough discretion to find a candidate to be unfit for employment
Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Sheel Nagu and Sunita Yadav, JJ. while hearing a petition under Article 227 against
Continue readingDoes Lokayukta have power to pass directions upon disciplinary authority to take action against erring officials? Jharkhand HC elaborates in light of Jharkhand Lokayukta Act, 2001
Jharkhand High Court: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J., addresses a very pertinent question of whether the Jharkhand Lokayukta Act, 2001 provides power for
Continue readingMegh HC | “It is elementary that when the law requires a certain thing to be done in a particular manner, it has to be done in such manner or not at all”; Court upholds the dismissal of police official for passing information to outlaws
Meghalaya High Court: Sanjib Banerjee CJ. & W. Diengdoh J. while hearing a petition didn’t interfere with the judgment and order impugned
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Bombay HC rejects argument that a dispute cannot be referred for arbitration on account of fraud: Read why
Bombay High Court: B.P. Colabawalla, J., addressed an arbitration application filed under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Instant
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Law on Review | Can review be sought wherein Court has to delve into materials, apply its mind afresh after re-evaluating materials? Del HC throws light
Delhi High Court: Expressing that, Minor mistakes of inconsequential importance are insufficient to seek a review, Asha Menon, J., elaborated that, while
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To Wear or Not to Wear? Precedents on dilemma of wearing ‘Headscarf’ from the Kerala High Court
In Nadha Raheem v. C.B.S.E, 2015 SCC OnLine Ker 21660, Kerala High Court’s Single Judge Bench in the year 2015 dealt with
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