Born in a district of Bihar that’s now a part of Jharkhand? Here’s where you can claim reservation
Supreme Court: The bench of UU Lalit and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has held that such persons whose place of origin/domicile on or
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SEBI | Duping investment advisory, non-co-operation in inspection, blaming undocumented employees, request to de-freeze account with Rs 1,298 | Convoluted statements and demands- Affirms Interim Order
Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Madhabi Puri Bach, Whole Time Member, while affirming ex-parte ad Interim Order on not finding any
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Judges speak through their judgments and orders: Supreme Court pens down it’s opinion on oral regimes
Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and MR Shah, JJ., while addressing a matter expressed that, The administration
Continue readingMP HC | Flag Code is not “law” under Art. 13 of Constitution, but mere compendium of executive instructions; flying of National Flag between sunset and sunrise not contemptuous
Madhya Pradesh High Court: S.A. Dharmadhikari, J., allowed a petition which was filed invoking inherent powers of this Court under Section 482
Continue readingIf Banks have to survive, borrowers must exist and not mere borrowers but productive borrowers: Del HC on whether borrowers have protection against arbitrary disposal of properties mortgaged to banks at low prices? [In-depth Report]
Delhi High Court: Asha Menon, J., expressed that, The Banks seek collaterals and security to prevent losses to themselves. It is, but
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SAT | ‘Reasonable opportunity to be heard’ to initiate inquiry is ‘unreasonable’: Show cause notice is abundant while ‘opportunity’ is redundant
Securities Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai (SAT): The Coram of Justice Tarun Agarwala, (Presiding Officer) and Justice M.T. Joshi (Judicial Member), while dismissing the
Continue readingDel HC | Will the rights of a prior user override those of subsequent user even though it had been accorded registration of its trademark? All-Inclusive Report on Trademark Infringement of ‘Rajdhani’
Delhi High Court: Jayant Nath, J., did a comprehensive analysis of the matter involving trademark infringement. Legacy of Rajdhani Plaintiff had originally
Continue readingMegh HC | State not to insist on production of Aadhaar Card as the only proof of identity for vaccination
Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Biswanath Somadder, CJ. and H.S. Thangkhiew, J. heard a PIL which was filed with two
Continue readingKar HC granted maternity leave to senior resident doctor employed on contract basis who was denied the same by Joint Director, ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Kalaburagi
Karnataka High Court: Nataraj Rangaswamy, J., allowed the petition and granted maternity leave by setting aside the impugned order. The facts of
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Whether reimbursement by Industry Partner to Third Party Aggregator of stipend paid to trainees, would attract GST? Comprehensive report on MahaGST’s decision
Maharashtra Authority for Advance Ruling (MahaGST): The Bench of Rajiv Magoo Joint Commissioner of Central Tax and T.R. Ramnani, Joint Commissioner of
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MahaGST | Whether activity of providing hostel to students on rent is taxable or not? If yes, under which exemption | Read detailed report
Maharashtra Authority for Advance Ruling (MahaGST): The Bench of Rajiv Magoo, Joint Commissioner of Central Tax and T.R. Ramnani, Joint Commissioner of
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Issue-wise analysis of why SC ordered demolition of illegal twin towers constructed by Supertech, prosecution of NOIDA and Supertech officials for collusion and possible statutory violations
‘The law must step in to protect legitimate concerns of residents whose quality of life is directly affected by the failure of
Continue readingChh HC | The principle of ‘No Work No Pay’ would not be applicable where the rule expressly direct otherwise; Matter remitted back to consider grant of full pay and allowances
Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K Agrawal, J., allowed the writ petition and remitted the matter to the appellate authority to consider the
Continue readingSEBI | Abysmal standards of service to investors, violation of maturity dates of FMP: Kotak Mahindra mulcted and trammelled from launching FMP
Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI): S.K. Mohanty, Whole Time Member while imposing penalty under Section 11B(2) read with Section 15D(b) and
Continue readingP&H HC | Huge recovery of contraband drug, failure to register FIR under NDPS Act; HC senses attempt to protect the offender by the authority; hands over the case to CBI
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arvind Singh Sangwan, J., came down heavily on State Authorities for discrepancies in investigation of the NDPS
Continue readingPat HC | Victim’s Right to appeal; Is there a right conferred on victim to appeal for enhancement of sentence? HC answers
Patna High Court: The Division Bench of Ashwani Kumar Singh snd Arvind Srivastava, JJ., reiterated that a victim has no right to
Continue readingOri HC | “India will be free when the women feel safe to walk in the streets of India in the midnight”; Conviction upheld under S. 341 IPC and S. 4 of POCSO Act
Orissa High Court: S. K. Sahoo, J., dismissed the petition being devoid of merits and upheld the conviction passed in the impugned
Continue readingSEBI | Unambiguous Supreme Court, Univocal SEBI | Believes and balked, mens rea to shudder provisions of Chapter VI A- If imputes would impede
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Prasanta Mahapatra, Adjudicating Officer, while imposing a penalty of ₹6,00,000/- on Capital First Ltd. (Noticee),
Continue readingWife commits suicide after speaking to husband on mobile phone, husband suspicioned to have instigated wife| Read whether Del HC grants bail to husband
Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J., decided a bail matter wherein the husband suspicioned to have instigated the wife to commit suicide.
Continue readingJ&K and Ladakh HC | Would refusal to repay loan amount to abetment of suicide? HC answers
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: While dealing with the intriguing question regarding criminal liability of a debtor of abetment of
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