COVID-19| SC extends limitation prescribed under the A&C, 1996 and the NI Act,1881
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA Bobde, Deepak Gupta and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ has directed extended the limitation prescribed under the
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Del HC |”Court cannot direct or advise executive in matters of policy”; Plea for extending benefits of Hazard or Risk Pay to health workers dealing with COVID19 dismissed
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Manmohan and Sanjeev Narula, JJ. while addressing a petition with regard to extending benefits of Hazard
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Patna High Court: A Division Bench of Anil Kumar Sinha and Dinesh Kumar Singh, JJ., addressed a petition with regard non-provision of food
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Scandalous allegations against SC judges| All 3 advocates to undergo 3 months simple imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 2000
Supreme Court: After finding advocates Vijay Kurle, Nilesh Ojha and Rashid Khan Pathan guilty of levelling scandalous allegations against Justice RF Nariman
Continue readingMadras HC | State Policy of opening or re-opening of State liquor shops cannot be interfered as Centre already indicated allowing the same
Madras High Court: A Division Bench of Dr Vineet Kothari and Pushpa Sathyanarayana, JJ., while addressing a petition on announcing total prohibition of
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COVID-19| Indians stranded in Nepal to be brought back on May 7: Centre tells SC
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and BR Gavai, JJ disposed of the petition seeking a direction to expedite
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228 advocates registered as Advocates-on-Record of the Supreme Court
Supreme Court: After 228 advocates have filed their application for registration as Advocate-on-record, Justice BR Gavai directed that the names of all
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SARFAESI Act applicable to Cooperative Banks: Constitution Bench
Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose, JJ has held that “’banking’
Continue reading“Dark satirical comedy, attempting to expose ills of various professions”; Del HC refuses to restrain streaming of web series ‘Hasmukh’ as it would be against Art. 19(1)(a)
Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J., while addressing the concern with regard to derogatory remarks being canvassed in the Netflix Web Series “Hasmukh”
Continue readingDel HC | Adequate remedial measures been taken by Delhi Govt. to expedite receipt of reports for testing patients for COVID-19 infection
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad, JJ. while addressing a petition with concern in regard to COVID-19
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Bom HC | An unsatisfied order/Judgment in personam is no bar to proceedings in rem
Bombay High Court: R.I. Chagla, J., while addressing a matter held that, “Cause of action in rem does not merge with the Order
Continue readingMadras HC | For visual media, there are no regulations in force except self-regulation; PIL for issuing guidelines for visual media — dismissed
Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and M. Nirmal Kumar, JJ., while addressing a PIL held that, “With regard to
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No coercive action against Advocate Prashant Bhushan over his ‘opium’ tweet on Ramayan re-telecast: SC
Supreme Court: The bench of Ashok Bhushan and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ, on Friday, granted protection to activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan from any
Continue readingTelangana HC | Plight of Transgender Population: State Govt. directed to provide essential commodities, ration, etc. to transgender community without insistence on ration/white card
Telangana High Court: A Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ and A. Abhishek Reddy, J., while addressing a petition directed the State
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Merit, not seniority in the erstwhile cadre, basis for he inter se placement of the candidates selected to the Cadre of District Judge through LCE
Supreme Court: The bench of UU Lalit and Vineet Saran, JJ has held that the inter se placement of the candidates selected
Continue readingDel HC | Second marriage of a mother is by itself not sufficient to deprive her of custody of her biological child
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Hima Kohli and Asha Menon, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by the appellant-father against the
Continue readingCruelty & Desertion |Del HC | A typical case that showcases as to what would amount to cruel behaviour on part of one spouse to utter detriment of other
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Hima Kohli and Asha Menon, JJ., while addressing a matrimonial application stated that, “Marriage is no
Continue readingKar HC | Police Officers can exercise power under S. 102(3) CrPC to give custody of vehicles seized for COVID-19 guidelines violation owners
Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Abhay S. Oka, CJ and B.V. Nagarathnna, J. held that , owners of seized vehicles due
Continue readingDel HC | Schools imparting online education cannot be treated as “closed”: Petition for directing private unaided schools to not charge tuition fee rejected
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and C. Hari Shankar, J. dismissed a writ petition that sought modification
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Cal HC | “Responsible journalism includes exclusion of irresponsible reporting”; Court advices those in need of information to access HC website
Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, CJ and Arijit Banerjee, J., while addressing a petition stated that responsible journalism
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