J&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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Bank Guarantee: Can these be encashed during their validity period? Read Del HC’s opinion on furnishing of bank guarantees
Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Manmohan and Navin Chawla, JJ. while addressing a matter expressed that no judicial finding is
Continue readingChh HC | Can writ court decide whether Nazul property (lease hold lands) be dedicated for waqf? HC observes
Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Prashant Kumar Mishra and Rajani Dubey JJ. disposed of the petition holding that Public Interest
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Bom HC | No decision on divorce petition, yet wife creates matrimonial profile expressing will for second marriage. Can this be a ground for divorce?
Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of A.S. Chandurkar and G.A. Sanap, JJ. addressed whether prior to the decision on divorce petition,
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SAT | The word ‘liquid instrument’ wide enough to include ICDs while ‘Corporate’ substantiates the Prospectus: States assumption ‘stretched a bit too far’
Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): The Coram of Tarun Agarwala, Presiding Officer and M.T. Joshi, J. Judicial Member while allowing all the appeals
Continue readingAstrology v. Science | Can Courts direct citizens to stop believing in astrology? Read Madras HC’s opinion
Madras High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ and P.D. Audikesavalu addressed a matter wherein direction was sought to widely
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Extend benefits of welfare schemes not only to children orphaned by Covid-19 but also to children orphaned during Covid-19: Supreme Court
Supreme Court: The Division Bench of L. Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose, JJ., addressed the plight of children orphaned during Covid-19 pandemic.
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Guj HC | Distinction between ‘the law and order’ and ‘the public order’ needs to be kept in mind; Court decides in matter of detention under Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020
Gujarat High Court: Paresh Upadhyay, J., allowed petitions which were filed against the order passed by the District Magistrate whereby the petitioners
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Supreme Court of Canada clarifies statute of limitation; explains the standard of plausible inference
Supreme Court of Canada: The 7-Judges Bench comprising of Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Côté, Brown, Rowe, Martin and Kasirer, JJ., clarified the law related
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NCLAT | Personal properties of the Corporate Debtor cannot be realised by sale/transfer in the CIRP-NCLT and NCLAT at odds –Order stands quashed
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): Justice A.I.S Cheema (The Officiating Chairperson) and Dr. Alok Srivastava (Technical Member)while allowing an appeal, quashed
Continue readingSikk HC | Sole testimony of a deaf and dumb woman, unable to answer questions not reliable enough to convict rape accused; Court dismisses petition
Sikkim High Court: The Division Bench of Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari, CJ. and Meenakshi Madan Rai, J., dismissed a criminal leave petition which
Continue reading[Tikri Border Rape] P&H HC | Evidences point towards complicity of the accused; HC rejects plea for anticipatory bail
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajesh Bhardwaj, J., denied anticipatory bail to the petitioner, a member of Kisan Union Delegation who was
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SCOTUS decides to go with the landlords and end the federal moratorium on residential evictions imposed by the CDC
Supreme Court of The United States: While deciding upon the instant emergency application brought in by the Alabama Association of Realtors challenging
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Idiosyncrasies of colloquial terms, used for naming accused, could well be the difference between his conviction and acquittal: Supreme Court
Supreme Court: A Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ. took the liberty of disagreeing with one of the
Continue readingJ&K and Ladakh HC | Can FIR containing allegations which set police in motion, be quashed at threshold stage? HC answers
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Ali Mohammad Magrey, J., held that FIR under Section 482 of CrPC cannot be quashed
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NCLT| Evaluation of CoC wisdom, beyond the purview of NCLT-Is expected ‘just’ to initiate liquidation process rather
National Company Law Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench: The Coram of Madan B Gosavi (Judicial Member) and Veera Brahma Rao Arekapudi (Technical Member) was
Continue readingHP HC | Victim of sexual offence cannot have any locus standi to approach Court for quashing FIR registered for the sexual assault alleged
Himachal Pradesh High Court: Anoop Chitkara, J. dismissed the petition being devoid of merits. The factual matrix of the case is such
Continue readingSEBI | Titan on Insider Trading-Violations by 6 employees of TCL attracts Penalty | Holds-contravention disregards both honest and dishonest ignorance
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Soma Majumdar, Adjudicating Officer, in six separate Adjudication Orders, while holding the Noticees liable for
Continue readingKer HC | CGST registration; HC dismisses petition challenging cancellation registration on observing undue delay and carelessness on part of petitioner
Kerala High Court: A.M. Badar, J., dismissed the petition challenging cancellation of CGST registration observing that the petitioner had remedy of challenging
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CESTAT | Can service tax be charged on the commission which is the difference between the telephone recharge amount received from customers and amount out of the same paid to telecom companies? Tribunal answers
Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The Coram of Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) and Raju (Technical Member) allowed an appeal
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