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Unauthorized and impermissible commercial use in residential areas not allowed

Supreme Court cracks down on illegal coaching centres, unauthorized land use and selective sealing by civic authorities, Court orders priority action against commercial activity in residential zones, warns against pick-and-choose enforcement, and issues contempt notice to Uttarakhand for non-compliance

SC seeks response of Delhi government on plea for free treatment for EWS patients at ILBS

Framing of Charge: Accused cannot insist on all documents - Documents not in possession of CBI cannot be directed to be produced

Bail in economic offences - Prolonged pre-trial incarceration is not justified

Preventive detention cannot be sustained when it is founded on an extra-judicial confession

Curative plea moved in SC for recall of Sep 23 split verdict on law on appointment of CEC, ECs

Won't impose complete ban, won't allow incessant fireworks either: SC

Lovely Professional University protest: HC seeks status report from Punjab govt

Antilia bomb scare: Bombay HC stays Waze's bail; NIA claims special court order 'wrong'

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Delhi court convicts man for outraging woman's modesty, sexual harassment

Additional Sessions Judge Sachin Jain was hearing a case against Vikas Kumar alias Vicky and convicted him of charges under BNS Sections 74 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 75(3) (sexual harassment via sexually colored remarks) and 79 (word, gesture, or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman).

Sep 30

Land-for-jobs scam against Lalu Yadav, family: Delhi court to hear arguments afresh

Special Judge Prashant Kumar on Wednesday said, "Counsel for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeks some time to advance fresh arguments on the point of charge. Put up for arguments on charge on October 14."

Sep 30

Senior journalist Anjum moves SC on issue concerning legislative privileges

Earlier, stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra and journalist Seema Chishti moved the top court seeking nod to intervene and assist in the upcoming hearing on legal questions about how far the special powers and privileges of state legislatures can extend, particularly when those powers come into conflict with fundamental rights such as freedom of speech and personal liberty.

Sep 30

Five get life term in 7-year-old double murder case in Maharashtra's Latur

Based on a complaint, the police registered a case under sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 148 and 147 (rioting), 143 and 149 (unlawful assembly) and 504 (intentional insult) of the Indian Penal Code.

Sep 30

Meerut court likely to deliver verdict in 'blue drum' murder case

District Judge Arvind Kumar Mishra is expected to first decide whether Rajput's wife Muskan and her alleged accomplice Sahil are guilty of the murder. If they are convicted, the court will hear arguments on the quantum of sentence.

Sep 30

Keralam court sentences man to life term for murder, robbery of paramour

Ernakulam Additional District and Sessions Court judge Kavitha Gangadharan sentenced the accused -- Anwar -- to life imprisonment for the offence of murder under the IPC.

Sep 30

What happened in Supreme Court on Tuesday 29th Sep

LGD7 SC-RAGGING-PIL (11:36 AM) The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a central law and uniform guidelines to deal with bullying and ragging in schools and pre-university educational institutions across the country

Sep 30

Important cases listed before Supreme Court on Wednesday September 30:

SC to hear a plea of TMC MP Mahua Moitra against her eviction from a guest house in West Bengal.

Sep 30

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Unauthorized and impermissible commercial use in residential areas not allowed

Supreme Court cracks down on illegal coaching centres, unauthorized land use and selective sealing by civic authorities, Court orders priority action ...

SC seeks response of Delhi government on plea for free treatment for EWS patients at ILBS

A bench comprising Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Shree ...

Framing of Charge: Accused cannot insist on all documents - Documents not in possession of CBI cannot be directed to be produced

Supreme Court limits accused’s right to demand copies of unr...

Bail in economic offences - Prolonged pre-trial incarceration is not justified

Supreme Court Grants Bail to Two Accused in Rajasthan Jal Je...

Preventive detention cannot be sustained when it is founded on an extra-judicial confession

Supreme Court Quashes NSA Detention of Sambhal Riots Accused...

High Courts

Lovely Professional University protest: HC seeks status report from Punjab govt

Violence also broke out on the campus, with students saying that some outsiders with their faces covered indulged in vandalism, damaged property, ransacked shops and also set several places on fire on the LPU campus.

Antilia bomb scare: Bombay HC stays Waze's bail; NIA claims special court order 'wrong'

Antilia bomb scare: Bombay HC orders interim stay on bail granted to ex-cop Waze

Cal HC dismisses ISF's plea challenging EC's reassignment of 'envelope' poll symbol to another party

Antilia bomb scare: HC bench recuses from hearing NIA's appeal against bail to ex-cop Waze

Delhi riots 2020: HC refuses bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam in UAPA case

T'gana HC directs DGP to identify police personnel who 'misbehaved' with women BRS MLAs

LPU protest: PIL filed in Punjab and Haryana HC, seeks CBI probe into vandalism

Allahabad HC stays arrest of CJP student-member who circulated video of govt school

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Women’s Safety in the Digital Age

FROM WOMEN’S SAFETY TO DIGITAL FREEDOM India has developed institutions for protecting women in the physical world. Those protections must now evolve...

When the Tenant Dies, Who Inherits the Tenancy?

The Court recognised the tenancy rights of the deceased tena...

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...

Consumer Laws

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Keralam: Widow denied access to deposits, consumer commission directs bank to pay Rs 14L

The Thiruvananthapuram District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission directed the bank to pay the amount to the woman within 30 days of receiving th...

CCI Dismisses Allegations Against Mahindra & Mahindra for Anti-Competitive Warranty Practices

Competition Commission of India finds no violation of Sectio...

CCI Dismisses Abuse of Dominant Position Allegations Against Kerala Government's Free Travel Scheme for Women and Transgenders

Competition Commission of India holds that Kerala's welfare ...

Delhi consumer commission orders bank to pay Rs 49,600 over failed Rs 10,000 ATM transaction

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission also dir...

EPFO ordered to pay 6 Percent interest for 35-day delay in settling claim

The EPFO argued that he had not submitted the required joint...

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 ...