The Supreme Court directed the Centre to create a National Hash and URL Database to remove child sexual abuse material and strengthen social media platforms’ accountability.
Read Full ArticleThe Calcutta High Court quashes an FIR and consequential proceedings against SLST candidates who protested against the recruitment process, holding that the allegations failed to establish the ingredients of the offences under the IPC and Disaster Management Act. The Court observes that peaceful protest and dissent are integral to democracy.
Delhi High Court holds that advocate-client privilege cannot bar a GST investigation into an advocate’s own conduct where prima facie material indicates involvement beyond legal representation.
Madras High Court holds that TNRERA is not required to adjudicate disputed questions of land title while considering project registration, leaving the objector to pursue the dispute before the civil court.
LawStreet Journal has signed a cooperation agreement with the Roscongress Foundation during the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok to strengthen India-Russia media, institutional and professional collaboration.
Supreme Court dismisses Abu Salem’s release plea, holding that overlapping custody cannot be double-counted and jail-earned remission cannot be added to the 25-year period arising from India’s sov...
Supreme Court holds that an arbitration clause in a loan agreement can bind a personal guarantor under Section 7(5) of the Arbitration Act when the guarantee is expressly made an integral and insepara...
Delhi High Court holds that taxing the same income twice constitutes genuine hardship under Section 119(2)(b), allowing Sojitz Asia to file a revised return for AY 2016-17 after six years.
The Supreme Court set aside an MP HC order, holding that an Article 226 writ cannot be treated as an Article 227 petition merely to deny the appellant an intra-court appeal.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court held that a foreign driving licence without an international permit or Indian authorisation does not permit driving in India, upholding the insurer’s right to recov...
The Supreme Court upheld Rule 6 of the Karnataka Human Rights Courts Rules, holding that a victim can directly approach the Human Rights Court without first obtaining an inquiry or recommendation from...
The Supreme Court held that criminal proceedings against a company cannot be quashed merely because no natural person has been identified or arraigned, laying down a three-stage framework for attribut...
The Supreme Court pulled up DLF and Haryana over deviations in the 24-metre road at Gurugram's DLF Primus project and directed the CBI to expedite its preliminary enquiry.
The Supreme Court revived the auction sale of 40.65 acres of land, holding that a genuine title dispute over alleged assigned land cannot be resolved through summary proceedings.
Jharkhand High Court reduces the sentence of a former fund clerk convicted in a ₹300 bribery case dating back to 1993, citing three decades of trial agony and period already undergone.
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