What amounts to attempt to rape? Supreme Court explains in a 2005 attempted rape of minor girls
Supreme Court: In a case where the accused had lured minor girls aged 8 and 9, took them inside the room, closed
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[MV Act] Jhar HC | If the deceased is a child of tender age, how is the amount of compensation dealt with in motor accidents cases?
Jharkhand High Court: Ananda Sen, J., dismissed and held that the amount which has been awarded by the Tribunal with the interest
Continue readingMushrooming Unemployment | Madras HC on menace of job racketing and scams cropping up || Detailed report on how a person fraudulently acted as an employee of Court cheated several people
Madras High Court: Addressing the issue of the growing menace of job racketing and tackling the unemployment problem, Division Bench of N.
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Nomenclature of a Tax does not determine the nature of the levy or its true character: Supreme Court
Supreme Court: The 3-judg bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud*, Vikram Nath and BV Nagarathna, JJ has upheld the validity of Sections 52
Continue readingKer HC | Absence of salutation like M/s, Mr or Miss while drawing a cheque is immaterial for offence under S. 138 of NI Act; HC sets aside the acquittal, directs Trial Court to re-address the issue
Kerala High Court: Gopinath P., J., held that adding or omitting prefix like M/s, Mr And Mrs. while drawing the cheque is
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Anticipatory bail to an absconder? Supreme Court says no!
Supreme Court: In a case where the Patna High Court had granted anticipatory bail to an absconder, the bench of MR Shah*
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Law on Maintenance | Father having to bear expenses of other dependents can ignore from sharing equal responsibility of son’s educational expenses? Bom HC elaborates
Bombay High Court: Expressing that mother and father are equally responsible to equally share the education expenses of the child, Division bench
Continue readingUtt HC | Once a concession was made by the State before the Supreme Court, the State is equally bound by the said concession; Court dismisses appeal
Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ. and Alok Kumar Verma, J., dismissed an appeal which was filed
Continue readingLaw on Article 12 of Constitution of India | World Bank a Government Agency or not? Del HC decides
Delhi High Court: Deciding the issue of whether World Bank is a government agency or not, the Division Bench of Vipin Sanghi
Continue readingKar HC directs State to ensure that no display boards, unauthorized advertisements, hoardings in respect of various Government projects are to be displayed in public places
Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Satish Chandra Sharma, CJ and Sachin Shankar Magadum, J. directed State Government to ensure that
Continue readingSikk HC | Court issues directions in PIL filed complaining Army personnel locking army area and barring residents from using footpath
Sikkim High Court: The Division Bench of Biswanath Sommader, CJ. and Meenakshi Madan Rai, J., decided on a petition which had been
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AFT | Where lesser age is recorded in school certificate than the actual age; correct date of birth will be the one recorded by the parents in service records
Armed Forces Tribunal: Resolving a date of birth related controversy, the Division Bench of Justice Umesh Chandra Srivastava and Vice Admiral Abhay
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IBC and Limitation| Words “order is made available to the aggrieved party” consciously omitted from Section 61(1)&(2): SC. Read why
“The IBC, as a prescriptive mechanism, affecting rights of stakeholders who are not necessarily parties to the proceedings, mandates diligence on the part of applicants who are aggrieved by the outcome of their litigation.”
Continue readingSikk HC | Second appeal is maintainable if only the case involves a substantial question of law; Court dismisses appeal
Sikkim High Court: Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, J., dismissed the second appeal explaining that the second appeal is maintainable before the High Court
Continue readingPat HC | Can a person be convicted for murder solely on the evidence gathered by the police sniffer dog? Court answers
Patna High Court: Noticing discrepancies in the Trial the Division Bench of Ashwani Kumar Singh and Anil Kumar Sinha, JJ., acquitted a
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CESTAT | Whether refund claim under R. 5 of CCR can be rejected on the ground that appellant did not debit amount of refund claimed at the time of filing refund claim, but have debited such amount subsequent to the filing of refund claim but before adjudication?
Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which was filed bearing the issue as
Continue readingKer HC | “There is gulf of difference between consent and submission”; HC affirms conviction of person accused of raping his own daughter
Kerala High Court: R. Narayana Pisharadi, J., confirmed the conviction of person accused of raping his own daughter. Rejecting the defence that
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Gauri Lankesh murder| Direct role in commission of an organized crime not necessary. HC “manifestly wrong” in quashing charges against Mohan Nayak N: SC
Supreme Court: In a major development in the Gauri Lankesh murder case, the bench of AM Khanwilkar*, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar,
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Presumption and Rebuttal under NI Act: Read Court’s verdict discussing onus of proof and nature of defence where “payment stopped by drawer”
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Mayo Hall Unit, Bengaluru: Vani A. Shetty, XVII Additional Judge, Court of Small Causes & ACMM, addressed a
Continue readingPat HC | “Whether the firm was a partnership or proprietorship would be answered by way of a declaration in a proper constituted suit”; HC dismisses appeal seeking misguided relief
Patna High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjay Karol, CJ., and S. Kumar, J., denied to entertain an intra-court appeal against the
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