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Chh HC | Sentence reduced for offence punishable under S. 498 A IPC due to the sentence already undergone and having no criminal antecedent; Appeal allowed

Chhattisgarh High Court: Arvind Singh Chandel J., allowed the appeal and reduced the sentence to the period already undergone by the petitioner

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P&H HC | Merely because two consenting adults get married to each other against wishes of their family members, they cannot be deprived of fundamental rights

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Alka Sarin, J., while addressing the present matter made an observation that: The alleged illegality of the marriage

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Gau HC | If a woman is divorced, will her status as a wife entitling her to maintenance under S. 125 CrPC change? Read HC’s position

Gauhati High Court: Soumitra Saikia, J., observed that “..a valid decree of divorce by itself is no ground to deny the maintenance to

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The Dawn of Human Rights Jurisprudence — A Tribute to the Judicial Statesmanship and Activism of Chief Justice P.N. Bhagwati

by N.R. Madhava Menon

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J&K HC | Non-applicant cannot be convicted on the statement of co-accused recorded under S. 67 of the NDPS Act, 1985; Application dismissed

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Division Bench of Sanjay Dhar and Rajesh Bindal, JJ. while dismissing the present application seeking leave

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CESTAT | Cenvat Credit including Education Cess and SHE cess taken on R&D services entitled to be distributed; Tribunal allows appeal

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The Coram of P.V. Subba Rao (Technical Member) and P. Dinesha (Judicial Member) allowed

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[NI Act] Kar HC | In a case where both the complainant and the accused remained continuously absent, Court ought to have “dismissed the complaint for non prosecution under S. 256 CrPC and not on merits”

Karnataka High Court: John Michael Cunha J., allowed the appeal and set aside the impugned judgment. The case involves default under Section

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Jhar HC | Whether Speaker has the power to take suo moto cognizance to treat a case under Schedule X of the Constitution; HC enumerates

Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of Dr Ravi Ranjan, CJ. and Sujit Narayan Prasad, J., allowing the present petition, discussed the

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Del HC | Can Internal Complaints Committee make comments on personal conduct of parties? Read what HC says about ‘Moral Policing’ and ‘Consensual Relationships’

Delhi High Court: Pratibha M. Singh, J., observed that: Complaints of sexual harassment are initially filed with enormous reluctance. The power of

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Bombay HC allows benefit of EWS quota to student from Maratha caste albeit a rider

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of S.V. Gangapurwala and Shrikant D. Kulkarni, JJ., directed that the petitioner, belonging to the Maratha caste,

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Del HC reiterates SC’s position on “duty of the Courts to encourage genuine settlements of matrimonial disputes”

Delhi High Court: Anu Malhotra, J., dismissed the petition in view of the dispute being settled mutually. The instant petition sought quashing of

Legislation UpdatesNotifications

Central Government notifies enforcement of certain provisions of the Code on Wages, 2019

Central Government exercising the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of Section 1 of the Code of Wages, 2019 read with Section 14

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Del HC | ‘Service Matter’ concerning persons working under Central Govt. Hospitals under Ministry of Railways. Under which provision will they be governed? HC states

Delhi High Court: Jyoti Singh, J.,  held that ‘service matter’ concerning the persons working in various Central Government Hospitals under the Ministry

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MCOCA: Expanding Realms of Penal Provisions 

by Abhishek Goyal*

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All HC | ‘Grown up adults, well aware about consequences of alleged relationship, have fundamental right of privacy’: Court while restraining any coercive action against person booked under U.P. Anti-Conversion Ordinance

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Pankaj Naqvi and Vivek Agarwal, JJ., directed for no coercive action to be taken against a

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Energy Conservation Building Code

Harsha Rajwanshi, Assistant Professor of Law and Dean of External Relations, Gujarat National Law University

Cite as: (2020) PL (EL) December 76

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WB AAR | Whether composite supply of crushed food grains to State Government shall be exempted from GST? Ambit of GST in regard to Govt. functions for public welfare [Explained]

West Bengal Authority for Advance Ruling, Goods and Services Tax: The Bench of Susmita Bhattacharya (Joint Commissioner, CGST & CX) and Parthasarathi Dey

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NGT | Who can invoke jurisdiction of NGT under Ss. 14, 15 of NGT Act? Tribunal answers

National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench, New Delhi: The Bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson) and Justice Sheo Kumar Singh (Judicial Member)

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ITAT | Will the benefit of CBDT Instruction No. 1916 take away the benefit of explained jewellery acquired by an assessee? Tribunal explains

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Jaipur: The Bench of Vijay Pal Rao, JM and Vikram Singh Yadav, AM, held that, the benefit of CBDT Instruction

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Del HC | Can continuing with an intimate relationship involving sexual activity over a significant period of time, be construed as involuntary? Court answers

Delhi High Court: Vibhu Bakhru, J., observed that it is difficult to accept that continuing with an intimate relationship, which also involves engaging