Police post not a place where public servants are attacked with forearms, Dandas and lathis or stone pelting: Del HC
Delhi High Court: In a case wherein a police officer got injured due to an attack by an illegal weapon out of
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If wife is earning, can it operate as a bar from awarding maintenance to suit lifestyle of her husband in matrimonial home? Tel HC answers
Telangana High Court: Sathish Reddy, J., while addressing a maintenance case, expressed that, the wife’s earning capacity cannot be a bar from
Can merely smuggling of gold without any connection to threat to economic security of India amount to terrorist act? Read what Del HC says
Delhi High Court: While granting bail to men accused of smuggling gold, the Division Bench of Mukta Gupta and Mini Pushkarna, JJ.,
[Fake Rape] Utt HC | Sexual intercourse found to be a voluntary and conscious act of prosecutrix; HC acquits man wrongfully convicted for rape
Uttaranchal High Court: Ravindra Maithani, J. allowed an appeal against an order of the Trial Court which convicted a man of raping
Appointment of 2 Additional Judges at Madras High Court
President appoints (i) Shri Sunder Mohan, and (ii) Shri Kabali Kumaresh Babu, to be Additional Judges of the Madras High Court, in
Appointment of Sanjay Kumar Mishra, to be a Judge of the Orissa High Court
President is pleased to appoint Shri Sanjay Kumar Mishra, to be a Judge of the Orissa High Court, with effect from the
Ori HC analyses Right of Transgender unmarried daughter to choose gender and avail family pension
Orissa High Court: A.K. Mohapatra, J. directed to process the application for grant of family pension to the transgender woman as expeditiously
Patna High Court gets two new Judges
President appoints S/Shri (i) Khatim Reza and (ii) Dr Anshuman, to be Judges of the Patna High Court, in that order of
Centre notifies appointment of Additional Judge, Pradeep Kumar Srivastava of Jharkhand HC
President appoints Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, to be an Additional Judge of the Jharkhand High Court, for a period of two years with
SCOTUS | Courts should not make procedural rules favoring arbitration; FAA Policy not to foster arbitration
Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS): Elena Kagan, J. has clarified that a party challenging arbitration does not need to prove
Can service tax be levied on services provided by club to its members? CESTAT answers
Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi (CESTAT): The Coram of Dilip Gupta (President) and P.V. Subba Rao (Technical Member),
If a boy accused under S. 376 IPC, in consensus with the victim-girl decides to get married, can FIR filed under S. 376 IPC be quashed? Bom HC decides
Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Prasanna B. Varale and S.M. Modak, JJ., quashed an FIR filed for an offence under
If an assessee living outside India delays in filing objection to Show Cause notice by one day in asking for adjournment, Can HC deny him of his right? Here’s what Del HC observes
Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Manmohan and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, JJ., expressed that, merely because there was a delay
P&H HC | FIR against Raveena Tandon, Farah Khan and Bharti Singh stayed; No coercive steps to be taken
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Karamajit Singh, J., directed the State of Punjab not to take “coercive steps” against Raveena Tandon, Farah
Can an educational certificate be a marketable commodity? Madras HC answers while reiterating whether management can retain certificates of students
Madras High Court: G.R. Swaminathan, J., while addressing the grievance of some qualified doctors, expressed that, Educational Certificate is not a marketable
Centre notifies transfer of 6 High Court Judges
Centre Notifies the Transfer Orders of the following High Court Judges: S. No. Name of the Judge Present High Court High Court
4 Additional Judges of Kerala HC appointed as Permanent Judges
President appoints S/Shri Justices (1) Murali Purushothaman, (2) Ziyad Rahman Alevakkatt Abdul Rahiman, (3) Karunakaran Babu and (4) Dr Kauser Edappagath, Additional
7 Judicial Officers appointed as Judges of Patna High Court
President appoints S/Shri (i) Shailendra Singh, (ii) Arun Kumar Jha, (iii) Jitendra Kumar, (iv) Alok Kumar Pandey, (v) Sunil Dutta Mishra, (vi)
30 Reports to Read from Tribunals and Commissions | April and May RoundUp 2022
Central Information Commission (CIC) Framework of RTI Act restricts jurisdiction of CIC to provide a ruling on issues pertaining to access/right to
A child was found HIV + 2 decades ago, after a blood transfusion; NCDRC reprimands discussion on “ifs” and “buts” as it would be against the object of Consumer Protection Act
National Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): The Coram of Justice R.K. Agrawal (President) and Dr S.M. Kantikar (Member), on finding that a child