Bihar Custodial deaths of 2 men: SC refuses to entertain plea seeking SIT probe
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, JJ has refused to entertain the plea
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Section 5B of the KST Act and Rule 6(4)(m)(i) of the KST Rules operate in different spheres: SC
Supreme Court: When the bench of AM Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi, JJ was called upon to decide whether the condition of ‘use
Continue readingKer HC | Petitioner concedes to be expressly responsible for paying entire arrears of electric charges left unpaid by the old occupier; petition dismissed
Kerala High Court: Devan Ramachandran, J. contemplated a writ petition under the laws and statutory prescriptions related to supply of electricity, where
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SC directs Meghalaya Govt to transfer Rs 100 Crore from MEPR Fund to CPCB for illegal coal mining [Full Report]
Supreme Court: “Natural resources of the country are not meant to be consumed only by the present generation of men or women
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Bom HC | Application for quashing FIR under S. 376 IPC rejected where prima facie material warrants trial
Bombay High Court: S.S. Shinde, J. denied to quash the charges under Sections 376 and 420 IPC as prayed by the petitioner
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Malaysia CoA | Information received from an accused person in the custody of a police officer, as relates distinctly to the fact thereby discovered, may be proved
Malaysia Court of Appeal: A Full Bench of Mohtarudin Baki, Ahmadi Haji Asnawi, Abdul Rahman Sebli, JCA dismissed an appeal made against
Continue readingDel HC | Details of listing of husband’s business on various websites held sufficient for making prima facie assessment in favour of wife for grant of maintenance under DV Act
Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. allowed a petition filed by the petitioner-wife against the order of the appellate court whereby it had
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NCLAT | NCLT has jurisdiction to deal with all issues pertaining to rectification of register of members, and questions incidental and peripheral thereto
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): A Coram of Justice A.I.S Cheema (Judicial Member) and Justice Balvinder Singh (Technical Member) set aside
Continue readingMP HC | Period of suspension for disciplinary proceedings to be treated as “no work no pay”; appeal against order sustained
Madhya Pradesh High Court: G.S. Ahluwalia, J. contemplated a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, where the petition
Continue readingP&H HC | Interim bail granted subject to the condition imposed by the Trial Court
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Ajay Tewari J. passed an order of the bail as the applicant was already granted with bail
Continue readingRaj HC | Damages for right of spouse to compassion and care under “loss of consortium” awarded
Rajasthan High Court: P.K. Lohra, J. allowed an appeal for enhancement of the compensation amount awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal,
Continue readingKer HC | Any acknowledgment voluntarily signed towards some payment, attracts presumption under S. 139 of NI Act; acquittal set aside
Kerala High Court: Instant appeal was contemplated against acquittal order of the accused under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
Continue readingPat HC | Adjudication by lower court, on a matter which is under consideration in the Supreme Court, amounts to judicial overreach
Patna High Court: A Full Bench of Hemant Kumar Srivastava, Aditya Kumar Trivedi and Ashutosh Kumar, JJ. refrained from adjudicating on the
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Pak SC | Identification of many accused persons in one line in one go during a test identification parade held to be improper
Supreme Court of Pakistan: A Division Bench of Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, C.J. and Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, J. in the current
Continue readingAll HC | Supply of imported goods to and from Duty Free Shops – an inter-State supply under IGST Act as goods do not cross the customs frontier
Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Pankaj Kumar Jaiswal and Rajnish Kumar, JJ. dismissed a PIL seeking to ensure that the
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Cal HC | ‘Divorced wife’ who hasn’t remarried held entitled to execute order granted under S.12 of DV Act; existence of ‘domestic relationship’ dispensed with
Calcutta High Court: Madhumati Mitra, J. dismissed an application filed by the petitioner to quash the order of the Additional Sessions Judge whereby
Continue readingMP HC | In absence of any offence punishable under Companies Act, Special Court doesn’t have jurisdiction to try the case which is punishable under IPC
Madhya Pradesh High Court: S.K. Awasthi, J. dismissed the petition on the ground that trial court and not Special Court are competent
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SL SC | Appeal is not fresh suit but continuation of original proceeding; Right to sue held to survive in heir in suit for malicious prosecution
Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: An Application for leave to appeal under and in terms of Article
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Supreme Court Monthly Roundup – June 2019
TOP STORIES Can’t grant extension of time for counselling merely because graduate doctors don’t want to do PG in nonclinical subjects: SC
Continue readingKer HC | Frivolous PIL alleging security lapse in conduct of banking operation by SBI, dismissed
Kerala High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Hrishikesh Roy, C.J. and A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, J. dismissed a PIL for being frivolous
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