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Engineering Projects (India) Ltd., a Government of India undertaking, was represented by Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., which successfully argued that the ICC arbitration, seated in Singapore, was oppressive, unconscionable, and contrary to the public policy of India.
The Collegium led by Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai held a meeting on 28-07-2025 to approve and recommend the appointment of several judges in Karnataka, Calcutta, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, and Bombay High Court.
Marriage entails mutual respect and adjustment. Some parties take less time to adjust while the other takes longer time, but it is expected of both the parties to show due respect to each other. The foundation of a sound and healthy marriage is tolerance, adjustment and mutual respect.
The accused has continuously maintained that he had no knowledge of the parcel and was only collecting it for his neighbour. In this regard, he even showed the NCB officials the WhatsApp message sent to him by his neighbour instructing him to go to collect the parcel. The role ascribed to the accused appears confined to the act of collecting the parcel. There are no incriminating call records, financial transactions or digital communications that show that the accused had purchased any of the contraband seized from him.
The Court presumed that the absence of a reason for not disclosing the higher amount in the Agreement to Sell (‘ATS’), and the lack of explanation for payment of sale consideration disguised as rent is likely to evade taxes. This suppression made the 1982 ATS illegal, and against the public policy as per, Section 23 of the Contract Act, 1872.
“Pertaining to the allegations of wrongful confinement as well as voluntary hurt by way of beatings, the statement of prosecutrix in the FIR is clear and specific that the same was done by both the accused persons with a common intent.”
Ministry of Law and Justice notified the appointment of 10 Judges for 2 High Courts- 3 for Delhi High Court whereas for 7 for Rajasthan High Court.
The complainant, being a well-educated woman, preparing for Ph.D. entrance, cannot be considered a gullible or uninformed individual, and her conscious refusal to undergo medical examination despite the nature of allegations, is a relevant factor in the investigation.
Where the defamatory statement is repeated by the plaintiff while responding to employment inquiries or during job interviews, the defendant’s liability does not stand extinguished. Where the plaintiff has no meaningful choice but to disclose the defamatory rationale to prospective employers, such compelled republication imposes continuing responsibility upon the defendant.
Once the husband had voluntarily accepted the wife and her kids from her previous marriage, he could not subsequently use that as a defence to resist his statutory obligation of paying maintenance.
The suicide note has no date, creating doubt about when it was written. It neither spells out any circumstance, which can be labelled as abetment on the part of wife and her brothers, nor does it disclose any proximate reason for the suicide.
Vedanta is engaged in a product sharing contract with the government of India, for exploration, discovery, development and production of petroleum resources in relation to an onshore oil and gas block known as Rajasthan Block, since 1995.
The facts and documents on record clearly establish that both Chile and Peru, are using the word PISCO for their alcoholic beverages, and the impugned order had completely disregarded their shared history regarding manufacture of the beverage PISCO.
The Court highlighted the egregious misuse of Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 and observed that there are huge number of cases, where very well-off tenants enjoying financial prosperity, unjustly occupy premises for decades on-end, paying pittance for rent. While in the process, their landlords are forced into impecunious and desperate circumstances.
Section 15 of the PNGRB Act mandates registration of entities that are establishing or operating LNG terminals after the ‘appointed date’.
The present incident took place on 4-1-1984, and since then the proceedings have been continuing for over four decades, with the trial itself taking nearly 19 years to conclude, and the present appeal remaining pending for more than 22 years.
Delhi’s legal system reinforces efficiency and judicial integrity through digital proceedings under Electronic Evidence and Video Conferencing Rules 2025
“The specific incidents pleaded in the complaint against the husband has already resulted in initiation of criminal proceedings against him and the reliefs sought in the complaint are being pursued against husband and being heard by the Trial Court.”
