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Allahabad High Court Upholds Validity of Criminal Proceedings Against Retired Army Officers

Application to Quash Charges of Outraging Modesty, Intentional Insult, and Criminal Intimidation Dismissed

Allahabad High Court Calls for Strict Implementation of Clinical Establishments Act

Madras High Court Dismisses Writ Petitions in Real Estate Dispute, Directs Petitioner to Seek Redressal in Appropriate Forums

HC fumes at BMC for clearing proposal to change reservation of Bandra football ground

Live-in relationship akin to marriage, parents can't interfere: Delhi HC

SC to hear review pleas against 2022 verdict upholding ED’s powers in money laundering cases

Gauhati High Court Quashes Defamation Case Against Asomiya Pratidin's Chief Editor

Gauhati High Court Acquits Accused in Rape Case Citing Insufficient Evidence of Mental Incapacity

Gauhati High Court Upholds 15-Year Sentence for Son Convicted of Raping Mother

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Tarun Tejpal moves SC against his conviction in sexual assault case

Earlier, the Goa government moved the top court seeking enhanced sentence for the former editor of Tehelka, contending that the case warrants imprisonment for life.

Aug 20

What happened in Supreme Court on Wednesday 19th Aug

LGD22 SC-LD NEET 2.10 PM Observing that there is a need to institutionalise the reforms in the National Testing Agency, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to inform it about the steps taken to implement recommendations of the Radhakrishnan panel and the Nandan Nilekani committee.

Aug 20

Ex-SP MLC Kamlesh Pathak, 9 others sentenced to life in Auraiya double murder case

The complainant alleged that a dispute had arisen over possession of the Panchmukhi temple located in the locality and the accused shot dead his brother Manjul Chaubey and sister Sudha.

Aug 19

Hyderabad court sentences 33 accused in POCSO, human trafficking case

On July 17, 2015, one victim lodged a complaint stating that when she was engaged in agricultural work a person known to her from her village approached her with the promise of arranging employment.

Aug 19

DJB corruption case: Delhi court sends Satyendar Jain, 4 others to judicial custody

Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh sent Jain, former Delhi Jal Board CEO Udit Prakash Rai, and private persons Nagendra Yadav, Raja Kumar Kurra and Pankaj Verma to 14-day judicial custody.

Aug 19

100 murder cases shifted from UP judge's court after he awards 22 death sentences in 4 months

Government counsel Kuldeep Kumar told PTI that the cases, involving offences punishable with death or life imprisonment, were transferred from the fast-track court headed by Diwakar to the court of District and Sessions Judge Virendra Kumar Singh.

Aug 19

Thane court sentences man to 15 years in prison in drugs case; co-accused gets 1 year; 1 acquitted

Additional Public Prosecutor Vibhavari Y Pathak told the court that a team from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai, raided a factory in Palghar on March 19, 2017 and recovered 238.20 kg of mephedrone in slurry form, alongside raw materials and manufacturing equipment. Additionally, 1.012 grams of the drug was seized from More’s car.

Aug 19

Two women get 10 year-RI in 2022 Thane sex trafficking case

The court also imposed a collective fine of Rs 6,000 on the convicts, identified as Jeenat Rehman Shaikh (39) and Saeeda Amin Shaikh (53).

Aug 19

Supreme Court

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SC to hear review pleas against 2022 verdict upholding ED’s powers in money laundering cases

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana took note of the submissions of senior advocate Kapil Sibal, app...

Expansive definition of 'industry' in 1978 verdict not to be used for 2020 Code: SC

On February 21, 1978, the seven-judge bench had delivered a ...

Delay in challenging tender conditions may result in refusal of judicial intervention

Supreme Court Upholds Tender Conditions in Delhi's Public Pr...

Acceptance of additional premium post-incident does not bind insurer for prior risk.

Supreme Court Rules on Insurance Premium Payment: No Retrosp...

Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Hanging as Method of Execution

Supreme Court rejects challenge to execution by hanging, aff...

High Courts

Allahabad High Court Upholds Validity of Criminal Proceedings Against Retired Army Officers

Application to Quash Charges of Outraging Modesty, Intentional Insult, and Criminal Intimidation Dismissed

Allahabad High Court Calls for Strict Implementation of Clinical Establishments Act

Madras High Court Dismisses Writ Petitions in Real Estate Dispute, Directs Petitioner to Seek Redressal in Appropriate Forums

HC fumes at BMC for clearing proposal to change reservation of Bandra football ground

Live-in relationship akin to marriage, parents can't interfere: Delhi HC

Gauhati High Court Quashes Defamation Case Against Asomiya Pratidin's Chief Editor

Gauhati High Court Acquits Accused in Rape Case Citing Insufficient Evidence of Mental Incapacity

Gauhati High Court Upholds 15-Year Sentence for Son Convicted of Raping Mother

Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against Advocate, Citing Abuse of Legal Process

Articles

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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

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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

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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 ...