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Though causing death of someone in itself is perversity, however causing death by smothering and inflicting injuries by jack handle though opined to be consistent with intense torture, cannot be held to be a diabolic or seriously perverse manner of committing murder so as to shock the collective conscience of the society and fall in the category of rarest of rare cases.
The Standing Orders ought to be respected by the investigating agencies and non-compliance of those Standing Orders may naturally invoke a reasonable doubt relating to the process of sampling which is the most critical procedure to be carried out to ascertain the nature of the substance and its quantity.
Section 127 of IT Act to the extent it permits transfer from one Assessing Officer under a Principal Commissioner of Income Tax to another Assessing Officer under another Principal Commissioner of Income Tax who are holding non-concurrent charges remains untouched and continues to apply in its pristine form.
by Kritika Krishnamurthy* and Anuroop Omkar**
The Court said that it prima facie seems that the petitioner was merely acting as a trader and was not in the conscious possession of the contraband hidden in the consignment.
Delhi High Court noted that the Duty Magistrate has the power to decide the application under Section 437 CrPC
During a certain phase when the alleged forceful sexual intercourse was committed, the student was a minor.
Liberty is granted to Court Commissioners to approach the Court in case of difficulty or non-compliance of the orders or non-cooperation by any agency. Signboards shall be put up at prominent places to inform the public that the plantation has been carried out under the directions of the Delhi High Court.
The mark having a combination of words and devices had to be considered as a whole for the purposes of grant of registration.
by Shubham Priyadarshi*
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
The ineligibility of an Arbitrator goes to the root of his jurisdiction and the Arbitral Award cannot be considered as valid.
A tree was a living being and it must be given, at least a “last look” and accorded a final inspection before a decision was taken to permit its felling or sanctioning extensive amputation of its live branches.
The manner of representation of the label with the defendants’ impugned product, where the unique manner of representation with first letter in black and the rest of the letters in the word in red colour is identical.
The success of any student is the result of his hard labour and the infinite efforts he puts into the goal he has set to achieve. Therefore, dragging a child in a litigation driven by commercial interest between two competing coaching institutions claiming credit for the success of a child is an insult to his endless efforts and cannot be permitted.
Kent Cables who is admittedly prior registrant of the trade mark ‘KENT’ has, prima facie, succeeded in showing ‘prior user’ and adoption of the trade mark ‘KENT’ for fans.
The Delhi Government had come up with a ban on 2-wheeler taxis in the National Capital, which was stayed by the Delhi High Court. In a recent development, the Supreme Court reversed the High Court’s order and brought the stay on bike taxis back.
Delhi High Court observed that Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board v. R. Rajappa, 1978 (3) SCR 207 acts as a North star for the courts to reach the conclusion regarding the applicability of the Industrial Dispute Act to an organization by laying down elaborate guidelines with respect to the definition of ‘industry’ under Section 2(j) of the Industrial Dispute Act.
The Court directs that the petitioner should be released on bail after noting the FSL report which shows that the DNA of the unborn child of the prosecutrix did not match with the accused.