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SC clarifies law on admissibility of electronic evidence without certificate under Section 65B of Evidence Act, 1872

Supreme Court: In a reference dealing with the interpretation of Section 65B of the Evidence Act, 1872 that deals with admissibility of

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | No coercive action against schools for providing online classes to pupils below Class- II, similarly schools not to take action against parents unwilling to avail online classes

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Ujjal Bhuyan and N.R. Borkar, JJ., has directed State of Maharashtra to not take any coercive

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Vikas Dubey Case | All HC | PIL for constitution of Judicial Commission to probe alleged police encounter of Vikas Dubey — dismissed fo becoming infructuous

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Pankaj Kumar Jaiswal and Karunesh Singh Pawar, JJ., dismissed a petition filed to seek issuance for

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Bom HC | Govt. Order for payment of full wages during lockdown not applicable where management and workmen were already engaged in industrial adjudication prior to lockdown

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Ujjal Bhuyan and Riyaz I. Chagla, JJ., rejected the relief of payment of full wages to

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Bom HC | Accused alleged to have raped repeatedly a 17 year old victim granted bail in view of confession of “consent” by victim for the act

Bombay High Court: Sandeep K. Shinde, J., granted bail to a person accused for alleged offence of committing rape repeatedly, which turned out

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Del HC | Remedy regarding service matters for members of All India Services lies only with CAT: Court while dismissing writ petition

Delhi High Court: Jyoti Singh, J., refused to entertain a writ petition filed by a member of All India Services holding that the

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COVID-19| SC disposes of the petition after ICAI postpones CA exams to November 2020

Supreme Court: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has submitted before the Supreme Court that the May cycle exams, slated

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TN Custodial Deaths | Madras HC appeals to Print, Visual and Social Media not to misinterpret observations made during hearings & not to conduct media trial; CBCID to file a status report in a sealed cover

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and P. Rajamanickam, JJ., while addressing the matter of Custodial Death of “Jayaraj &

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SC upholds Travancore royal family’s right in administration of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala [Full Report]

Supreme Court: The bench of UU Lalit and Indu Malhotra, JJ has upheld the rights of the Travancore royal family in the

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Bom HC | Prohibitory order holding admin of social media groups liable, for dissemination of false information, was in force till 8th June, 2020

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of A.A. Sayed and M.S. Karnik, JJ., addressed a Public Interest Litigation, with regard to quashing and

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M.P. HC | Provisions of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 are applicable only against husband and not in-laws

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Shailendra Shukla, J., while addressing a anticipatory bail application, held that, “…applicability of the provisions of The Muslim Women

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Del HC | Centre to consider synchronization of work under National Capital Region Planning Board Act, 1985 & National Disaster Management Act, 2005 under a single nodal agency

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Prateek Jalan, J. requested Centre to consider the grievances with regard to

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

ITAT| Expenses incurred for conducting Puja before transporting goods are deductible

ITAT Kolkata: In a case relating to assessment of income tax of the assessee running transport business involving plying of trucks in

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi HC| Reconstitution of Delhi School Management Committees postponed till next hearing

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WB AAR | Definition of “recipient” under S. 2(93) of CGST Act is exhaustive: Supply of composite printing service to recipients located in India taxable under GST

West Bengal Authority for Advance Ruling (WB AAR): A Division Bench of Susmita Bhattacharya and Parthasarathi Dey, (Members) held that the supply of composite

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Del HC | Schools free to decline Online Education Facility to students whose parents fail to pay tuition fees

Delhi High Court: Jayant Nath, J., while hearing a matter with regard to parents defaulting in payment of tuition fees to schools, held

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CCI | Swiggy has no role in pricing of products on its platform: Unfair pricing complaint rejected

Competition Commission of India (CCI): The coram comprising of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma, Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi, (Members) dismissed the

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WB AAR | Facilitating legal aid and other assistance to survivors of sexual violence not “supply of service”: Charitable trust held not liable to pay GST on such assistance

West Bengal Authority for Advance Ruling: A Division Bench of Susmita Bhattacharya, Joint Commissioner, CGST & CX and Parthasarathi Dey, Additional Commissioner, SGST,

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Ker HC | Rape accused freed as prosecution fails to prove act committed without victim’s consent

Kerala High Court: P.B. Suresh Kumar, J., overturned the conviction of a rape accused by giving him benefit of doubt. Case of the

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Kar HC | Court directs RBI to monitor implementation of the Circular relating to regulatory package during COVID times

Karnataka High Court: Suraj Govindaraj, J., dealt with a petition which was filed in order to enforce the regulatory package announced by