Court may act on the testimony of a single witness provided he is wholly reliable
Delhi High Court: Deciding an appeal filed by the State against acquittal of the accused for an offence under Section 354 of
Continue readingPrivilege communication between husband and wife is admissible in Family Court proceedings
Rajasthan High Court: While deciding a writ petition the Court has stated that Section 65 B of Evidence Act is not applicable
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Continue readingCourt suggests Law Commission to include ‘Irretrievable breakdown of marriage’ in Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act as grounds of divorce
Allahabad High Court: The bench of Pramod Kumar Srivastava, J. held that granting divorce on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage
Continue readingPersons convicted for cow slaughter directed to pay Rs. 9000/- each for hurting the religious sentiments of people at large
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Deciding a revision petition filed against the judgment passed by the trial court which held the petitioners
Continue readingTechnical and procedural arguments cannot be allowed to come in the way of substantial justice
Delhi High Court: While dismissing a writ petition that challenged a Central Information Commission order, a single-judge bench of Manmohan, J., held
Continue readingMadras High Court’s New Disciplinary Rules for Advocates, notified
The Madras High Court has framed a set of disciplinary rules for advocates appearing before courts in the State of Tamil Nadu
Continue readingIdentity of victim/prosecutrix in sexual assault cases should not be disclosed in judgment
Delhi High Court: The Single Judge Bench of S.P. Garg, J cautioned the lower court Judges that the identity of the victim
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Racial Bias in Jury selection for death penalty case was committed by the State prosecutors
Supreme Court of United States: Ruling that prosecutors in Georgia violated the Constitution by striking every black prospective juror in a death penalty
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Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 receives President’s assent
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“Code”) received President’s assent on May 28th, 2016. The Code, seeks to consolidate and amend the
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Shri Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei, senior-most Judge of the Tripura High Court appointed to perform the duties of Chief Justice of Tripura High Court
The President appointed Shri Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei, senior-most Judge of the Tripura High Court, to perform the duties of the office of
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Ministry of HRD directs UGC to amend regulations regarding workload of teachers
The recent amendment to the UGC (Minimum Qualifications for appointment of teachers and other academic staff in Universities and Colleges and measures
Continue readingLife insurance claim cannot be denied on the ground that patient refused treatment
Punjab and Haryana High Court: An appeal was filed by the Oriental Insurance Company challenging the order of the lower court which had
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Italian Marines Case: Sergeant Girone allowed to return home subject to prescribed conditions
Supreme Court: In the closely followed “Enrica Lexie” case, a bench of Prafulla C. Pant and D.Y. Chandrachud, JJ., on Thursday relaxed
Continue readingExtraordinary delay in payment of retiral dues held harsh & unconstitutional
Allahabad High Court: Coming down heavily on the State Government for not paying the GPF (General Pension Fund) amount for more than
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Bhagyanagar Gas Ltd. is not a public authority under the RTI Act
Central Information Commission (CIC): CIC has held that Bhagyanagar Gas Ltd., which is a joint venture company constituted with participation of GAIL India
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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting frames Policy guidelines for Central Government advertisements on websites
The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting framed guidelines and criteria for Empanelment of suitable agencies and Rate fixation for advertisements on websites
Continue readingNGT bans plying of over 10-year old diesel vehicles in major cities of Kerala
National Green Tribunal (NGT): Circuit Bench of NGT at Kochi has directed that no diesel vehicle aged more than 10 years shall be
Continue readingGovt amends SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 to include “wilful defaulter”
The Government has amended the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 and inserted the definition of “wilful defaulter” to mean any person
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Narco analysis test is always to be in the aid of investigation and cannot be accepted as an evidence of a particular fact
Gujarat High Court– Allowing a plea by applicants to undergo lie detector test or narco analysis test, G.B. Shah J, agreed with
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