Bhumika Indulia, Author at SCC Times

Chh HC | Step-son held duty bound to maintain his step-mother under Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K. Agarwal, J. imposed costs of Rs 2000 while dismissing a petition filed by a step-son for setting aside

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Checklist for Disclosure of Interest by Directors

Gaurav N Pingle, Practising Company Secretary, Pune
Cite as: (2019) PL (CSP) April 70

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | Court considers plea sympathetically where copy of the order was not supplied to petitioner to be filed in appeal

Himachal Pradesh High Court: The Bench of Surya Kant, C.J. and Sandeep Sharma, J. disposed of a petition with a direction to

Law School News Moot Court Achievements & Reports

School of Law, CHRIST wins Prof. RV Dhanapalan National Moot Court Competition, 2019

Reported by Anirudh Kulkarni

Legislation Updates Notifications

Rajeev Bhardwaj, District and Sessions Judge, Shimla appointed as Judge to preside over the Special Court

S.O. 1661(E)—Whereas, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 11 of the National Investigation Act, 2008 (34 of

Appointments & Transfers News

SC Collegium recommends– Elevation of 3 Advocates as Judges of Himachal Pradesh HC

Proposal for the appointment of Satyen Vaidya, Advocate, as Judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. Proposal for appointment of following two

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Financial contribution for sale of property not a suggestion of benami transaction

Punjab & Haryana High Court: Appellant had prayed before the Bench of Surinder Gupta, J., that the Will made by mother of

Hot Off The Press News

NHRC notice over reported police action against lawyers in Howrah, West Bengal

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report supported with photograph that as many as

Appointments & Transfers News

SC Collegium recommends elevation of Advocate Dinesh Pathak as Judge of Allahabad HC

Proposal for appointment of Dinesh Pathak, Advocate, as Judge of the Allahabad High Court. Having regard to all the relevant factors, and

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Land acquired for air firing/bombing range, having been illegally encroached, would not confer any right on encroachers

Allahabad High Court: This petition was filed before the Bench of Pankaj Kumar Jaiswal and Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, JJ., praying that

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Coal Power Generation in India

Harsha Rajwanshi, Assistant Professor of Law, Gujarat National Law University
Cite as: (2019) PL (EL) April 79

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Selection for Angan Bari Sevika based on predominance of caste, without ascertaining number of beneficiaries, defeats the purpose of ICDS Scheme

Patna High Court: The Bench of Madhuresh Prasad, J. dismissed a civil writ petition, challenging cancellation of a lady’s appointment as Angan

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Panayikulam SIMI Camp Case: Five persons convicted by NIA Special Court for holding secret meeting of banned outfit, acquitted by HC

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A.M. Shaffique and Ashok Menon, JJ. hearing 6 criminal appeals clubbed together, acquitted five persons

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | A person not vigilant of his rights and who acquiesces with situation cannot claim relief that is otherwise available to vigilant man

Jharkhand High Court: The Bench of Aniruddha Bose, C.J. and B.B. Mangalmurti, J. dismissed a petition claiming arrears of pension, post retrial

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | ‘Luxurious litigation’ by litigants wanting to ferment their ego needs to be curbed; criminal appeal dismissed with costs where complaint turned dormant

Bombay High Court: V.M. Deshpande, J. dismissed a criminal appeal and imposed costs of Rs 5000 on the appellant for filing the

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | JJ Board not bound by expert opinion in preliminary assessment, may disagree with the report and not treat CCL as adult

Delhi High Court: Chander Shekhar, J. refused to interfere with the order of the Juvenile Justice Board whereby it had directed that the two

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

Civilians in Defence Services (Revised Pay) (Amendment) Rules, 2019 — Notified

S.R.O. 08(E)— In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309, and Clause (5) of Article 148 of the

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 — Notified

No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2019/011— In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 30 read with clause (c) of sub-section (2) of Section 11 of

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Election Tribunal exceeds its jurisdiction by travelling beyond the scope of the litigation involved ignoring the pleadings of the parties

Orissa High Court: The Bench of Biswanath Rath, J. entertained the writ petition challenging the order passed by the learned trial Court,

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Criminal proceeding can be quashed where allegations made in complaint do not disclose commission of an offence under Penal Code

Gujarat High Court: The Bench of A.P. Thaker, J., allowed the petition filed under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code for