LawFinder.news - Your Daily Source for Legal News in India

Recent News

Custodian must pay customs duty on pilfered goods notwithstanding the provisions of Major Port Trusts Act, 1963.

Supreme Court Upholds Customs Duty Liability on Pilfered Goods for Mumbai Port Trust, The Supreme Court validates notification under Customs Act, ensuring revenue protection from pilferage, distinguishing it from civil liabilities under the Major Port Trusts Act.

HC directs UP govt to take effective steps over worsening water crisis in Lucknow's 88 villages

Allahabad HC asks UP forest dept to issue NOC to build 1.6 km road to school in Hamirpur

Disturbing circumstances prevail in UP's Basic Education Department: Allahabad HC

HC bench releases Skoda Volkswagen USD 1.4 billion tax case sans verdict; matter to be heard afresh

Relocate Hathras gang-rape victim's family in Ghaziabad or Noida within 3 months: Allahabad HC directs UP govt

Report of probe panel on Indore drinking water tragedy submitted to MP High Court

Kshatriya Karni Sena's Shekhawat free to move around, says Delhi HC

Delhi HC gives 6 weeks to residents of slums near PM's residence to move to Savda Ghevra

National News

View All

Delhi tribunal awards Rs 21.31 lakh to man injured in 2017 road accident

The tribunal held that the claimant had established through his testimony and the Detailed Accident Report, including the police chargesheet and medical records, that the truck was being driven rashly and negligently and had caused the collision. It also noted that the vehicle was registered in the name of the municipal corporation.

Aug 25

Man, two sons get second life term for murders

Four people -- Krishanpal, his sons Vivek and Vishant, along with Amit -- were sentenced to life imprisonment by a fast-track court in Kairana on Monday evening for the murder of labourer Paley Ram in Lank village on January 3, 2022.

Aug 25

Sambhal temple-mosque row: Court postpones hearing to Sept 29

The Supreme Court had in November 2024 imposed an interim stay on the survey of the 16th-century Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal and halted all proceedings regarding the dispute in the local trial court.

Aug 25

Ex-HC judge Sunil Shukre appointed Maharashtra Lokayukta

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar congratulated Shukre after he took the oath as the head of the state's anti-corruption ombudsman institution.

Aug 25

Separatist Shabir Shah should not to be unnecessarily handcuffed: Special NIA court

Disposing off an application filed by the undertrial, who had sought immediate medical treatment as well as a specific direction against handcuffing or shackling during his movement to hospital or court, special judge NIA Court Jammu Prem Sagar passed the directions on August 18.

Aug 25

Father, four others get life imprisonment for killing daughter to frame rival in UP's Pilibhit

The court awarded the girl's father Anees rigorous life imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life, describing the crime as extremely cruel and unforgivable, while his accomplices Shadab, Naseem, Saleem and Shahzade were also sentenced to life imprisonment.

Aug 25

What happened in Supreme Court on Tuesday 25th Aug

LGD 34 SC-2NDLD TARUN TEJPAL (5.33PM) The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed journalist Tarun Tejpal to surrender within three weeks to undergo his 10-year prison sentence in a 2013 rape case in which he was convicted by the Bombay high court.

Aug 25

Important cases listed before Supreme Court on Tuesday August 25:

Plea of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee seeking expeditious decision by Speaker Om Birla on petitions for disqualification of 20 rebel party MPs who have aligned themselves with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI).

Aug 25

Supreme Court

View All >

Custodian must pay customs duty on pilfered goods notwithstanding the provisions of Major Port Trusts Act, 1963.

Supreme Court Upholds Customs Duty Liability on Pilfered Goods for Mumbai Port Trust, The Supreme Court validates notification under Customs Act, ensu...

Monetary claims or domestic violence proceedings under the DV Act can not be revived after a legally valid settlement

Supreme Court Quashes Domestic Violence Proceedings, Upholds...

Election petition alleging corrupt practices cannot be dismissed in limine for defects

Supreme Court Overturns High Court's Dismissal of Election P...

SC directs Tejpal to surrender within 3 weeks, rejects plea for exemption

"The application seeking exemption from surrendering is reje...

SC refuses to hear plea against demolition of lawyers' chambers near Lucknow district court complex

The bench, which refused to refer the matter to mediation, p...

High Courts

HC directs UP govt to take effective steps over worsening water crisis in Lucknow's 88 villages

The court was informed that the Jal Nigam (Urban) had prepared a preliminary report on the revival of these 30 lakes and forwarded it to the state government's Urban Development Department. A decision on the report is still pending at the departmental level.

Allahabad HC asks UP forest dept to issue NOC to build 1.6 km road to school in Hamirpur

Disturbing circumstances prevail in UP's Basic Education Department: Allahabad HC

HC bench releases Skoda Volkswagen USD 1.4 billion tax case sans verdict; matter to be heard afresh

Relocate Hathras gang-rape victim's family in Ghaziabad or Noida within 3 months: Allahabad HC directs UP govt

Report of probe panel on Indore drinking water tragedy submitted to MP High Court

Kshatriya Karni Sena's Shekhawat free to move around, says Delhi HC

Delhi HC gives 6 weeks to residents of slums near PM's residence to move to Savda Ghevra

Allahabad HC grants interim relief to 4 citing BNSS provision in alleged cow slaughter case

Articles

View All >

When the Tenant Dies, Who Inherits the Tenancy?

The Court recognised the tenancy rights of the deceased tenant's maternal aunt's daughter (commonly referred to as Mausi-ki-Ladki), who had continuous...

Voyage From A Dominion State to Sovereign Democratic Republic

Driven by these continuous struggles and changing global dy...

Fair Trial

Section 314 Criminal Procedure Code provides that any party ...

Intervention Of Third Parties Including Defacto Complainant In Criminal Proceedings

The basic distinction drawn in the statute by introducing th...

Voice of Dissent under the Shadow of LATHI and Rule of Law

The true test of any democracy is not how it treats those wh...

Hierarchy Of Revenue Officers Under Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887

Financial Commissioner shall control all revenue officers in...

Consumer Laws

View All >

Hospital 'callous, insensitive' for delaying newborn's discharge over insurance: Consumer panel

The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC), in an order passed last month in the 2017 case, asked the hospital to pay a compensation of ...

Mumbai consumer panel orders insurance firm to cough up Rs 1.2 cr for liquor stock ruined in floods

The South Mumbai District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commis...

Delhi consumer commission fines railways Rs 25,000 for making two passengers share same blanket

A bench comprising commission president Monika Aggarwal Sriv...

Ordered iPhone, got beard oil: Flipkart, seller told to pay over 1.8 lakh to customer

The failure to investigate the complaint, recover the wrongl...

Men in 'ladies only' tour: Travel firm directed to pay compensation for service deficiency

The unilateral alteration of the itinerary after receiving t...

Taxation Laws

View All >

ITAT Delhi Bench Upholds Taxation of Excess Share Premium on CCPS Issued by OYO to Holding Company; Rejects Disallowance of Management Fees

Tribunal rules tax authorities cannot revalue shares when valuation done by registered valuers per Rule 11UA; clarifies payments to joint venture for ...