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“You Better Correct Yourself”: Karnataka HC Pulls Up BJP After Party Claims An Affidavit Of Not Having Held Any Public Gatherings During COVID-19 [READ ORDER]
Delhi HC Suo Moto PIL: People Associated with Judicial Functioning called “Frontline Workers”
Mukhtar Ansari Case: Dushant Dave Submits, A State can’t invoke Article 32 Against Another State
Malegaon Blast: In Open Court Concept Copy of Documents to be Given to Other Side, says Bombay HC to Purohit
Justice Deepak Gupta critical over CJI Asking Rape accused if he would marry victim
SC says Dying Declaration cannot be discarded merely because relatives of deceased were present in hospital while recording It
Punjab & Haryana High Court Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi Requests Bar Members to avoid addressing him as 'Your Lordship' Or 'My Lord'
Plea in Supreme Court against ECI over Eight-Phase Bengal Polls
Appeal Restored Before NGT Against Environmental Clearance Granted to Vishakapatnam Greenfield International Airport by SC [READ JUDGMENT]
Former French Court President Nicolas Sarkozy gets 1-year jail on corruption charge
Yes Bank prepares to raise funds through issuance of equity shares and other securities
J & K High Court Orders Testing of all Lawyers after Senior Advocate Tests COVID-19 Positive
Delhi Riots Case: HC Reprimands Delhi Police over Mishandling of Vigilance Report
Petitioner Pulled Up for using “Tom, Dick & Harry” in plea by Delhi HC
'Is this Virtual Injustice?': CJI promises to look into difficulty of new system of VC links
Allahabad HC Denies Daughter's Custody to Mother Accused of Murdering Husband; Once Acquitted Can Seek Custody
Awadh Bar Association files PIL before Allahabad HC for Establishing State Bench of GST Tribunal in Lucknow
US Court approves Settlement in $650 million Facebook Privacy Lawsuit
Huawei's CFO Meng returns to Court; signals Canada-China standoff to ease
Government defends digital media guidelines, says rule on blocking contents not new, been around since 2009
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Are Wordings Of Azaan Against Islam As Well As The Constitution Of India?

Feb 26, 2021 Lawstreet News Network 14
India that is Bharat known for its unity in diversity through its pluralistic society approach where there are numerous religious groups that practice diverse forms of worship and practice different religions, rituals, rites by keeping a religious harmony by respecting one another. A country with the biggest democracy in the world all because of...
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How to save Stamp duty, Legally?

Feb 23, 2021 Adv. Rajat Wadhwa 14
IntroductionThe Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (In short ISA) prescribes Stamp Duty payable inter-alia on transfer of Immovable Property. The mode for transfer of Immovable Property can be Sale, Gift or Exchange as defined in the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (In Short ‘TPA’). Since ‘stamp duty’ is a state subject, it varies from state to state....
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Co-accused in Kapil Sharma cheating case granted bail by Addl. Chief Metropolitan magistrate’s court, Esplanade Mumbai [Read Order]

Feb 10, 2021 Mathews Savio 8
Kanchan Harkishan Chhabria and Nihal Baldev Bajaj, the persons accused along with Dilip Kumar Chhabria for allegedly cheating comedian Kapil Sharma, were granted conditional bail by Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, 37th Court, Esplanade Mumbai today in separate bail orders.The applicants are high-level executives in the D. C. Design Pvt. Ltd....
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Insufficiency of Stalking Laws In India

Feb 25, 2021 Namah Bose 6
Have you ever felt that Bollywood portrays stalking as a desirable characteristic? The influence of Bollywood can be seen in cases like the Sandeep Baliga Australian court matter where in the person charged for stalking two women in Tasmania, argued that he had only believed that patiently pursuing women will lead to them falling in love with him,...
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Allahabad HC Denies Daughter's Custody to Mother Accused of Murdering Husband; Once Acquitted Can Seek Custody

Mar 04, 2021 Aditi Aggarwal 5
In a habeas corpus petition, the Allahabad High Court last week refused to hand over the custody of a two-year old daughter to the petitioner-woman(Gyanmati) who has been accused of murdering her husband (Krishna Kushwaha).The matter before the court:Faced with this deprivation of her minor daughter's custody, Gyanmati Kushwaha has petitioned the...
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Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh filed a petition against Bar Council of India alleging that the latter is attempting to take over its functioning [READ ORDER]

Feb 28, 2021 Aditi Aggarwal 4
Recently, the State Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh filed a petition against Bar Council of India alleging that the latter is attempting to take over its functioning. A Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singhal of Delhi High Court has sought response from the Bar Council of India on the petition filed against it. It has been asked to the...
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Protection of Senior Citizens must be ensured within Property Settlement Deeds : Madras High Court

Feb 24, 2021 Namya Bose 4
The Madras High Court recently ruled that a clause containing the protection of senior citizens in a property deed must be incorporated mentioning “the transferee will provide basic/physical needs to their parents under section 23 of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007”. The Court made the said judgement...
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Supreme Court sets Tata Motors Ltd. free of liability, says Manufacturer liable only if they had prior knowledge

Feb 23, 2021 Namya Bose 4
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court recently observed that the manufacturer cannot be held guilty unless it is proved that the manufacturer was in fact aware of the wrongful doings of the dealer in a scenario when the relationship is that of a “principle to principle” basis.  The dealer here refers to ‘Vistar Goa’, who sold...
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Right to Protest at Public Spaces- Women Protestors of Shaheen Bagh Move Supreme Court Seeking Parity With Recognition of Farmers Protest by Court

Feb 09, 2021 Gautami Chakravarty 3
The women protestors of Shaheen Bagh recently approached the Supreme Court seeking a joint hearing of the pending review petition filed against the Shaheen Bagh judgment with the farm laws petition in the view of recent developments and subsequent observations made during the farm laws challenge hearings on the right to protest.As per the plea,...
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A 'Civil Sheep' in a Criminal Wolf's Clothing is Quasi-Criminal in Nature: SC on Section 138 of the NI Act, 1881 [READ JUDGMENT]

Mar 03, 2021 Aditi Aggarwal 3
The Supreme Court has observed that criminal proceedings for the dishonour of cheque under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, are "quasi-criminal" in nature. The Court also made an interesting comment that Section 138 proceedings can be be called a "civil sheep" in a "criminal wolf's clothing".A bench comprising Justices RF...
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'No Elaborate Reasons Required to Be Recorded by the Disciplinary Authority While Imposing Punishment': Supreme Court

Feb 11, 2021 Sadaf Sheikh 3
In a recent decision dated 8th February, 2021, the Apex court of the country held that it is not mandatory for the Disciplinary Authorityto record detailed reasons while imposing punishment in accordance with the investigations done by the Enquiry officer. In this particular case, an investigation was done and a report was made that found out...
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Supreme Court Imposes Rs. 1 Lakh fine on Centre For Filing SLP with Delay of 6616 Days [READ ORDER]

Feb 09, 2021 ADITI AGGARWAL 3
On Thurdsay (February 4, 2021), the Supreme Court dismissed a special leave petition filed by the Central Government with a delay of 6616 days. The bench comprising of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy said,“The approach of the Union of India in the manner it has filed the present special leave petition...
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‘Teenage Daughter Needs Mother to Share Issues Comfortably’: Punjab and Haryana HC Upholds Daughter's Custody With Mother [ READ ORDER]

Mar 01, 2021 Aditi Aggarwal 3
Punjab and Haryana High Court judges Justice Ashok Kumar Verma and Justice Augustine George Masi while upholding daughter's custody with the mother in a matter at hand observed that - "there are so many things that a daughter can’t discuss with her father and as such mother is the best person to take care of a daughter at growing age".It was...
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“Touching of Bum is not mere teasing”: POCSO Court upon charging 22-yr Old for Sexual Assault

Feb 22, 2021 Namya Bose 3
A Special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Court in Bombay Held that touching of the ‘backside’ or posterior of a person is also to be considered sexual assault under the provisions of the section 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 and Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code 1869.The...
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Yes Bank prepares to raise funds through issuance of equity shares and other securities

Mar 04, 2021 Snehal Khemka 2
Keeping in check of the adverse financial repercussions of the Covid- 19 pandemic on businesses across the nation, Private Sector lender Yes Bank on Tuesday (March 2, 2021) said its shareholders have now approved a proposal for raising Rs 10,000 crore capital with the requisite majority with many as 98.78% of the votes being cast in favour of the...
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Medical College to Pay 5 Crores for Violating MCI Regulations

Feb 26, 2021 Namya Bose 2
An amount of Rupees Five Crores has been directed to be deposited by ‘Saraswati Medical College’ to the Supreme Court Registry for the violation of the Medical Council Regulations by intentionally granting admission to students who were not allotted admission by the Director General Medical Education. The Court ruled against Saraswati...
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Delhi Resident files Plea Seeking Establishment of a Central and State Mortal Remains Management and Disposal Protocol after Being Unable to Cremate Own Mother

Feb 11, 2021 Sadaf Sheikh 2
In a heart breaking incident, a Delhi based resident had to go through the emotional agony of not being able to cremate his mother due to the hospital’s negligence which led him to file  a plea in the Apex Court of the country seeking the establishment of a National and State Mortal Remains Management /Disposal Protocol. This tragic...
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Bar Council of Delhi cannot make enrollment a 100% online process: Delhi HC

Feb 23, 2021 Namya Bose 2
The Bench of the High Court at Delhi, observed on Monday ( February 22,2021) that the Bar Council Of Delhi cannot make its enrolment process totally online because it is seen that it is a policy decision. It stated that the Court cannot give directions to the Council to make it a 100% online process. Regardless, the Court advised the Bar...
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Delhi HC Suo Moto PIL: People Associated with Judicial Functioning called “Frontline Workers”

Mar 05, 2021 Tanya Sehrawat 2
A Suo Moto Public Interest Litigation was registered by the Delhi High Court on Wednesday (March 3, 2021) by stating that the lawyers, judges and the staff are equally at the risk of COVID-19. It went on to further say that all these people which are associated with judicial functioning are “frontline workers” and must be vaccinated at the...
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Even a Trespasser in Established Possession Can Obtain Injunction: Supreme Court

Feb 20, 2021 Gautami Chakravarty 2
The Supreme Court while upholding the Madras High Court Judgment observed that a trespasser who is in established possession of the property can obtain injunction. The bench comprising of Justice Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and MR Shah observed that the  plaintiff cannot find for a bare permanent injunction without seeking a prayer...
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Even contractual staff has the right and entitlement to maternity leave : Karnataka High Court

Feb 23, 2021 Namya Bose 2
A single bench of the Karnataka High Court with Justice M Nagaprasanna, allowed a women employed on a contractual basis to rejoin her services, adding “men who man such offices become insensitive to the issue of the kind that is alleged in the petition, it would become "power at wrong hands”The court disallowed the notice issued to the woman...
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Jaipur Blasts 2008: Arrest of an Accused after Immediate Release from 12 years Custody & Discharge in 8 Similar Cases Shocks Rajasthan HC

Mar 02, 2021 Tanya Sehrawat 2
Shahbaz Ahmad (48) was kept in police custody long after he was acquitted in various cases related to the Jaipur Blasts of 2008. There has been a clear denial of the sacrosanct Right to Life and Personal Liberty as granted by our constitution, leading to its ridicule. The Rajasthan High Court was shocked on recently learning the same. The...
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Motor Accident Cases: Supreme Court to Facilitate Methods of Efficient Compensation

Mar 02, 2021 Tanya Sehrawat 2
The Supreme Court is supposed to facilitate methods of efficient and prompt compensation. The central government assented to the idea of speedy adjudication of motor accident claims by online mechanism and disbursement of compensation.  This was followed by approaching the court and laying forward the directions agreed upon, from every...
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Odisha Lawyer fined for not wearing neckband during the trial through video-conference [READ ORDER]

Feb 22, 2021 Mathews Savio 2
In the latest of a series of attempts by the judiciary to ensure that the court etiquettes are not compromised in the virtual mode of its functioning the Odisha High Court, last Monday, fined a lawyer Rs. 500 for not wearing a neckband during the hearing of a case.The court observed that every profession has a dress code that helps identify the...
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People getting too Lenient with the COVID-19 Situation, Allahabad High Court Seeks Strict Enforcement

Mar 03, 2021 Tanya Sehrawat 2
As the day-to-day life is returning to normalcy, now even more so with the formulation of the COVID-19 vaccine, it is being widely observed that people have gotten lenient with taking precautions for the pandemic. The same was observed by the Allahabad High Court on Monday (March 1, 2021) in a suo moto PIL which was registered by the HC...
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Protection of Senior Citizens must be ensured within Property Settlement Deeds : Madras High Court

Feb 24, 2021 Namya Bose 2
The Madras High Court recently ruled that a clause containing the protection of senior citizens in a property deed must be incorporated mentioning “the transferee will provide basic/physical needs to their parents under section 23 of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007”. The Court made the said judgement...
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Protest by hunger strike will not amount to an attempt to commit suicide: Madras HC [READ ORDER]

Feb 23, 2021 Matthew Savios 2
The Madras High Court while hearing a petition seeking quashing of a criminal case pending before the Judicial Magistrate Court No.2, Ponnamallee, Chennai observed that the mere fact that the petitioner has protested by sitting on hunger strike will not attract the offence under Section 309 IPC (Attempt to commit suicide).The petitioner along with...
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“Witnesses becoming hostile cannot be ignored or pardoned” :Bombay HC while acquitting the accused in a murder case [READ JUDGMENT]

Feb 09, 2021 ADITI AGGARWAL 2
The divisional bench of Justice B.U. Debadwar and Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge of the Bombay High court while acquitting the accused in a murder case called out the prosecution and remarked “the prosecution has conducted the trial in a casual and halfhearted manner.” The court further directed legal action against the hostile witnesses calling...
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Hyundai no longer in talks with Apple for manufacturing electric car

Feb 09, 2021 Gautami Chakravarty 1
In recent news, it has been confirmed by Hyundai that it is no longer in talks with Apple for electric car. The setback has come amid reports that the first Apple electric car will be built on Hyundai's electric vehicle platform and the initial model could lead to new vehicles built in association with General Motors and European manufacturer...
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Indiamart CEO, two others booked for selling Govardhan Hill rocks online, probe underway

Feb 11, 2021 Gautami Chakravarty 1
Three men, including the CEO of an e-commerce site, were recently accused for allegedly putting up for sale rocks taken from the Govardhan Hill.Govardhan Hill is considered a sacred place for Hindus in Mathura. An FIR has been filed under Section 265 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 66 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 against...
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ITC granted temporary injunction in matter pertaining to Wai Wai's 'Majedar Masala Noodles’

Mar 01, 2021 Namya Bose 1
A commercial court in Bengaluru recently granted ITC a temporary injunction against CG Foods that manufactures ‘Wai Wai Noodles’. The ex parte temporary injunction restrains CG Foods from packaging its ‘Majedar Masala Noodles’, which is similar to the look of Sunfeast Yippee Magic Masala noodles.ITC sued CG Foods, asking for permanent...
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"No One Including Media Should Be Above Scrutiny":News Laundry Responds to Times Group's Rs. 100 Cr. Defamation Suit

Feb 11, 2021 Gautami Chakravarty 1
A Rs 100-crore defamation suit was filed by BCCL in December, 2020 pertaining to two videos which was published by News Laundry, "Toadies Banega Tu: TV Newsance Episode 107," and "Explained: How to Rig TRPs," published in October, 2020 and December 1, 2020 respectively.News Laundry has said in its reply, opposing BCCLs prayer for ad-interim...
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Allahabad High Court Grants stay on the arrest of the directors and writers of the popular Amazon Prime web series ‘Mirzapur’

Feb 20, 2021 Namya Bose 1
The bench of Justice Pritinker Diwakar and Justice Deepak Verma of the Allahabad High Court granted a notice for the protection and stay on the arrest of the directors and writers of the popular Amazon Prime web series ‘Mirzapur’ in the matter of Karan Anshuman & Ors. v. State of UP. The accused persons approached the High Court...
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Allahabad HC refuses Anticipatory bail for head of Amazon Prime Video in 'Tandav' case

Feb 28, 2021 Namya Bose 1
The Anticipatory bail plea by the head of Amazon Prime Video’s in India, Aparna Purohit, was declined by the Allahabad High Court this Thursday ( February 25, 2021).The petitioner was accused of inappropriate depiction of Uttar Pradesh police personnel, Hindu deities as well as an adverse portrayal of a character playing the PM in the web series...
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Kangana Ranaut Moves Karnataka HC to quash FIR against her tweets opposing farmers laws

Mar 02, 2021 Namya Bose 1
Actress Kangana Ranaut recently moved the High Court of Karnataka with the want to quash the FIR registered against her for the tweets that she posted on her social media account on the farmers, opposing such laws.On October 9 2020, a direction to register an FIR against the actress was given by a Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) at Tumkur...
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Kangana Ranaut requests SC to transfer cases against her to Himachal Pradesh Courts

Mar 03, 2021 Namya Bose 1
Actress Kangana Ranaut and sister Rangoli Chandel, currently part of three criminal prosecution cases because of critical remarks made on social media, recently moved to the Supreme Court in request to transfer the cases to the Courts of Himachal Pradesh. Advocate Neeraj Shekhar, representing petitioners, submitted that “Petitioners face a...
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Sherlyn Chopra moves Bombay High Court for Anticipatory bail: A victim of piracy?

Feb 20, 2021 Namya Bose 1
An FIR was filed by the Mumbai Police Cyber Cell against actress and model Sherlyn Chopra after the initial complaint lodged a retired Customs and Central Excise Officer Madhukar Keni was verified, charging the actor with obscenity under Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 for creating and posting ‘adult content’ on various free...
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Delhi Riots Case: HC Reprimands Delhi Police over Mishandling of Vigilance Report

Mar 04, 2021 Tanya Sehrawat 1
The Delhi police was reprimanded by the court of law over vigilance inquiry report on Monday (March 1, 2021). The report was filed by Police itself with respect to the case linked to the riots in Delhi and a Jamia Milia Islamia student, Asif Iqbal Tanha was thereby arrested in May. The student alleged a media trial. He went on to add that his...
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PIL Challenging Centre’s Power over Transfer of IPS Officers Dismissed by SC

Mar 02, 2021 Tanya Sehrawat 1
On Monday (March 1, 2021), a PIL was dismissed by the Supreme Court which challenged the constitutionality of Rule 6(1) of the Indian Police Services (Cadre) Rules, 1954. It grants the power to the Central Government to override the states in matters of deputation as well as transfer of IPS Cadre Officers. The PIL had been filed by Abu Sohel, a...
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Plea in Supreme Court against ECI over Eight-Phase Bengal Polls

Mar 05, 2021 Snehal Khemka 1
A plea was filed on Monday (March 1, 2021) by Lawyer M L Sharma in the Supreme Court, challenging model code of conduct kicked in on Friday in Bengal with the election commission's decision of conducting assembly elections over eight phases in West Bengal. Claims have been made that the aforementioned proposed model is in violation of Article 14...
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Delhi Resident files Plea Seeking Establishment of a Central and State Mortal Remains Management and Disposal Protocol after Being Unable to Cremate Own Mother

Feb 11, 2021 Sadaf Sheikh 1
In a heart breaking incident, a Delhi based resident had to go through the emotional agony of not being able to cremate his mother due to the hospital’s negligence which led him to file  a plea in the Apex Court of the country seeking the establishment of a National and State Mortal Remains Management /Disposal Protocol. This tragic...
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Government defends digital media guidelines, says rule on blocking contents not new, been around since 2009

Mar 04, 2021 Snehal Khemka. 1
In the era of massive information overload, certain misgivings are also being granted regarding rule 16 under Part III of the guidelines to block internet content in cases of emergency nature. In a ministry statement itself, It has been therefore clarified that the rule to issuing directions of interim blocking issued by the secretary of the...
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Government defends digital media guidelines, says rule on blocking contents not new, been around since 2009.

Mar 02, 2021 Snehal Khemka 1
In the era of massive information overload, certain misgivings are also being granted regarding rule 16 under Part III of the guidelines to block internet content in cases of emergency nature. In a ministry statement itself, It has been therefore clarified that the rule to issuing directions of interim blocking issued by the secretary of the...
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Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case : President Competent Authority to Decide Perarivalan's Pardon, Says Tamil Nadu Governor [READ AFFIDAVIT]

Feb 09, 2021 Gautami Chakravarty 1
A writ petition was filed by Perarivalan, who was in death row for over two decades, aggrieved with the inaction of the Governor to decide on the recommendation made by the Tamil Nadu government in September 2018 to grant him pardon.An order was passed after SG Tushar Mehta had informed the Supreme Court that the Tamil Nadu Governor will decide,...
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Former French Court President Nicolas Sarkozy gets 1-year jail on corruption charge

Mar 04, 2021 Snehal Khemka 1
Former French court President Sarkozy (2007 to 2012) on Monday (March 1, 2021) was found guilty of corruption while trying to bribe a judge and instigate and promote peddling, sentencing him to 3 years of prison time. It is however contended that he may not spend any time in prison due to lenience in matters of suspension granted by the...
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Huawei's CFO Meng returns to Court; signals Canada-China standoff to ease

Mar 04, 2021 Snehal Khemka 1
The Justice Department continues to pursue Meng, the eldest daughter of Huawei’s billionaire founder Ren Zhengfei for extradition, where she’s wanted on fraud charges for misleading banks into handling transactions violating U.S sanctions on Iran.Among the banks the U.S. claims Meng to have misled the HSBC Holdings Plc. Furthermore, being...
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US Court approves Settlement in $650 million Facebook Privacy Lawsuit

Mar 04, 2021 Snehal Khemka 1
US has recently approved a $650 million class action privacy violation lawsuit against Facebook and other similar family apps of social networking for allegedly using its facial recognition feature without the permission of its users.There were 1.6 Million members who had their biometric data and facial features stored in Facebook’s database...
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Allahabad HC calls for details of Police Stations that donot have toilets for women in response to PIL for the facility

Feb 09, 2021 Mathews Savio 1
The Status of Policing in India Report 2019 stated that 20% Policewomen complained about lack of appropriate toilets in their respective Police Stations and who it is affecting their work. Now in a Public Interest Litigation, a group of Law Students have approached the Allahabad HC seeking directions to construct separate toilets for women in...
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Allahabad HC grants interim protection from coercive action to Amazon Prime’s content head in the Tandav Controversy [READ ORDER]

Feb 09, 2021 Mathews Savio 1
The Allahabad High Court on 4th February 2021 while considering an anticipatory bail plea moved by Aparna Purohit, Amazon Prime’s Original Content Head (India) granted her interim protection from coercive action till order was pronounced.The anticipatory bail plea is related to an FIR filed against the applicant in Gautam Budh Nagar in Uttar...
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Apex Court Acquits Man Accused of Kidnapping Girl Who Later went on to Marry the Main Accused

Feb 09, 2021 Sadaf Sheikh 1
In a recent Judgement dated 3rd February, 2021,  the Apex Court acquitted  a man accused of abducting a women who later on went on to marry the main accused.  This judgement was pronounced by the Court in an Appeal against an order dated 16th October, 2020,  passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court which dismissed a...
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Apex Court Stays Order of Rajasthan High Court Mandating Private Schools to Forego a Certain Percentage of School Fees

Feb 09, 2021 Sadaf Sheikh 1
In a recent judgement dated 8th February, 2021, that came as a relief to Private School Managements , the Supreme  court of the country stayed an order of the Rajasthan High Court dated 18th December,2020 under which such schools were directed to forego 30% tuition fee.According to the directions issued by the State Education Department in...
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Appeal Restored Before NGT Against Environmental Clearance Granted to Vishakapatnam Greenfield International Airport by SC [READ JUDGMENT]

Mar 04, 2021 Aditi Aggarwal 1
The Supreme Court in a case titled ‘Sridevi Datla v. Union Of India’ set aside an order of National Green  on Monday which dismissed an appeal filed against the grant of environmental clearance for construction of the Greenfield International Airport, Bhogapuram, Vishakapatnam. The NGT, to dismiss the appeal filed by Sridevi Datla,...
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Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Ex-BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta in TRP Scam Case

Mar 03, 2021 Aditi Aggarwal 1
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (March 2, 2021) granted bail to the former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council(BARC), Partho Dasgupta, in the case registered by the Mumbai police over the ‘alleged manipulation of Target Rating Points(TRPs) of news channels to give undue favours to Republic TV.’Dasgupta, who was BARC's CEO between...
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Bombay HC grants bail to Varavara Rao on health grounds under writ jurisdiction despite a statutory ban [READ JUDGMENT]

Feb 23, 2021 Mathews Savio 1
The Bombay High Court through its order dated 22February 2021 granted temporary bail to Dr PV Varavara Rao, one of the accused in the Bhima Koregaon- Elgaar Parishad case. Mr Rao was booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 1967 for allegedly being a senior member of a banned organization-Communist Party of India (Maoist)....
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Bombay HC rejects plea seeking extension of filing GST returns

Mar 02, 2021 Snehal Khemka 1
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the time limit for filing annual returns has been extended till February 28, 2021 instead of the ordinary December 31, 2020 under Section 44 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act .A petition raised in the Bombay HC seeking further extension of the due date was rejected on the basis that the the filing of...
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“Cannot act as an Appellate Authority over a decision taken at the highest level in the Government” : Delhi HC [READ JUDGMENT]

Feb 09, 2021 ADITI AGGARWAL 1
A single judge bench of Justice V. Kameswar Rao of Delhi High Court on Tuesday ( February 4, 2021) observed that “they cannot sit as an Appellate Authority over a decision taken at the highest level in the Government.” The HC thereby refused to grant study leave to the petitioner, to pursue Postgrad in Paediatrics from PGI Chandigarh in a case...
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Carry bags printed with store logo and name must be given free of cost to customers: District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission – II, Hyderabad [READ ORDER]

Feb 23, 2021 Mathews Savio 1
In deciding a complaint filed by a 21 years old student, Baglekar Akash Kumar, the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission – II, Hyderabad ordered the opponent supermarket to provide the carry bags which contain the store name and logo free of cost to all customer.The complainant made a purchase at the store of the opposing-party in June...
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Daiichi Sankyo Case: Supreme Court Asks Banks & Financial Institutions To Disclose Documents Related To Fortis Healthcare- IHH Healthcare Deal. [READ JUDGMENT]

Feb 22, 2021 Snehal Khemka 1
A three-Judge Bench comprising of Justices UU Lalit, Indira Banerjee and KM Joseph on Thursday, (February 18, 2021) directed the banks and financial institutions to place on record various documents related to loans advanced or financial accommodations extended in respect of alienation of Fortis Healthcare's shares through its deal with IHH...
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Delhi High Court Stays Attachment of Deccan Chronicles' Properties in ED Proceedings in a Plea by the Union Bank of India [READ ORDER]

Feb 12, 2021 Gautami Chakravarty 1
A bench of Justice Prathiba Singh in the Delhi High Court has stayed proceedings arising out of the attachment of properties of Deccan Chronicles Holding Ltd by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), on a plea by Union Bank of India (UBI) stating that corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) was already initiated against Deccan Chronicles and...
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Delhi HC extends terms for inquiry on Tis Hazari Incident

Feb 26, 2021 Namya Bose 1
The Delhi High Court has recently granted extension to the Inquiry Commission on their terms on the Tis Hazari parking incident that took place in 2019. The terms of Commission to collect all eye-witnesses in the matter has been extended up to December 31 2021 by the Delhi bench of Justice D. N. Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh, considering the...
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Delhi HC Quashes the entire selection process Conducted By Lalit Kala Academy

Feb 09, 2021 ADITI AGGARWAL 1
Delhi High Court judges - Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh on Thursday (February 4,2021) issued a notice in a plea seeking quashing of the entire selection process, which was conducted by the Ministry of Culture. The selection process was conducted for the post of Chairman of the Lalit Kala Akademi and appointment of the...
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Delhi HC issues directions to be followed by residential societies in Delhi with regard to street dogs

Mar 02, 2021 Namya Bose 1
Justice Pratibha Singh in the Delhi High Court, recently issued directions to be followed with regards to street dogs that are in residential colonies. A petition filed against the Residents Welfare Association by 3 animal lovers from the area of Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, for causing hindrance in feeding and taking care of the street dogs. The...
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FIR can be quashed if there is abuse of process of law: SC

Mar 03, 2021 Namya Bose 1
A High Court can quash an FIR, invoking the power given under article 226 of the Indian Constitution, if it is found to be abusive to the due process of law- observed the Supreme Court. The Allahabad High Court dismissed a writ petition which was made by the accused, for quashing of the FIR which was registered under Section 420 and 406 of...
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J&K High Court to Resume Physical Hearings From February 8, 2021 [READ ORDER]

Feb 09, 2021 ADITI AGGARWAL 1
After eight months, the Full Court of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has decided that physical hearing shall resume with effect from February 8, 2021. The HC has decided to resume physical hearing of cases in both High Court as well as Subordinate Courts and Tribunals in the Union Territory.However, with a view to ensure that there is no...
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Justice Deepak Gupta critical over CJI Asking Rape accused if he would marry victim

Mar 05, 2021 Snehal Khemka 1
In an extremely unfortunate turn of events, India’s top judge, Sharad Arvind Bobde is facing calls to resign after asking a 23 year old accused rapist whether he would marry the 16 year old schoolgirl victim to avoid losing his job as well as jail-time. Much criticism and disgust has been expressed by various judges such as Justice...
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Karnataka HC Issues Notice to State Government in Private Schools' Plea for Collecting 100% Tuition Fees

Feb 28, 2021 Aditi Aggarwal 1
The Karnataka HC recently heard a petition challenging the state government notification dated January 29, 2021 by which all categories of Private Educational Unaided Institutions only for the Academic Year 2020-21 are directed to collect only 70% Tuition Fees from the parents as collected for the academic year 2019-20 and other charges are not be...
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“You Better Correct Yourself”: Karnataka HC Pulls Up BJP After Party Claims An Affidavit Of Not Having Held Any Public Gatherings During COVID-19 [READ ORDER]

Mar 05, 2021 Aditi Aggarwal 1
The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) filed an affidavit filed in which it stated that no public rally or gathering was held by the party during the COVID-19 pandemic times.The counsel BJP withdrew the affidavit on Wednesday before the Karnataka High Court and and expressed that he would like to file a fresh one. This happened after the Court warned...
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Madras HC takes suo moto cognizance on Allegations of a Woman IPS officer's Sexual Harassment by Senior DGP

Mar 03, 2021 Tanya Sehrawat 1
The Madras High Court has taken Suo Moto cognizance of the allegations of sexual harassment of a woman IPS Officer by her senior, Special Director General of Police (DGP). The said matter was taken by a single bench of Justice N Anand Venkatesh who criticised the incident severely. He went to express his resentment about how allegedly the DGP...
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Malegaon Blast: In Open Court Concept Copy of Documents to be Given to Other Side, says Bombay HC to Purohit

Mar 05, 2021 Tanya Sehrawat 1
The accused in the case of Malegaon blasts of 2008, Lt. Colonel Prasad Purohit was not allowed by the Bombay High Court to furnish some ‘confidential’ documents that were related to his service in the Indian Army without giving a copy to the intervenor, who is a victim of the blast. The Division Bench comprising of Justices Manish Pitale...
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Delhi HC seeks response from the Gandhis and AICC General Secretary in National Herald Case

Feb 24, 2021 Mathews Savio 1
The Delhi High Court on Monday ( February 22, 2021) was hearing a plea moved by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy seeking direction from the court to allow him to lead evidence before the trial court which was hearing the National Herald Case.The trial related to a private criminal complaint filed by the BJP MP alleging the Congress leaders of offences of...
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Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 covered under Section 14 of the Insolvency Bankruptcy Code, 2016 : Supreme Court

Mar 02, 2021 Namya Bose 1
On Monday( March 1, 2021), the Supreme Court held that criminal proceedings for dishonour of a cheque under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 against the corporate debtor is covered under section 14 of the Insolvency Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016.Justice RF Nariman says, “We hold that a Section 138/141 NI Act proceeding...
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“Non filing of charge sheets despite being forwarded by a senior officer amounts to undermining the hierarchy and discipline of service” : Delhi HC to Police Authorities

Feb 23, 2021 Namya Bose 1
A court in Delhi, disappointed over the police authorities due to the delays in the filing of charge sheets, ordered to sought the status of filing of all charge sheets in the last 3 years (2018 to 2020) from the concerned Investigating Officer (IO). The delay was seen even after the ACPs of the case completed the investigation and had forwarded...
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NO MORE ONLINE RUMMY ? : Kerala HC passes order declaring it illegal when played for stakes

Mar 02, 2021 Namya Bose 1
Online rummy to be considered illegal when played for stakes, declares Kerala government by issuing notice. The Kerala Government had invoked Section 14A of the Gaming Act, 1845 of the State by exempting ‘rummy’ by the issue of a 1976 notice. At present, the government on 23rd February 2021 made amendments and added to the notice,...
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Order of the State Election Commission Directing the House Arrest of Minister Stayed by Andra Pradesh HC

Feb 09, 2021 Sadaf Sheikh 1
The order of the Election Commission of the State of Andra Pradesh directing the house arrest of  P. Ramachandra Reddy who holds the State Ministry  for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Mines and Geology has been stayed by the Andhra High Court. In a rare incident that occurred on the 6th February,2021,  the Andra Pradesh...
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Panchayati divorce has no recognition in the eyes of law : Punjab and Haryana High Court [READ ORDER]

Feb 09, 2021 Gautami Chakravarty 1
A Criminal Writ Petition was recently filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court u/A 226 of the Constitution of India for the issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondent to safeguard the lives of the petitioners by providing police help to the petitioners and further directing the respondent not to interfere with the life...
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Petitioner Pulled Up for using “Tom, Dick & Harry” in plea by Delhi HC

Mar 04, 2021 Tanya Sehrawat 1
In a recent case, the Petitioner was upbraided by the Delhi High Court on Tuesday, (March 2, 2021) over usage of phrases like “Tom, Dick & Harry.” The court said that such language must not be used in pleadings before the court of law. The plea was being heard by a single-judge bench of Justice Pratibha M Singh. It was filed by Group...
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Plea Against 'Aaj Tak' for Alleged Misreporting of Tractor Rally Adjourned by Delhi HC

Feb 28, 2021 Aditi Aggarwal 1
A division bench led by the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, along with Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh on Friday ( February 26, 2021) said that it will not hear the petitions seeking action against 'Aaj Tak' news channel over alleged misreporting of the tractor rally, and that the case will be assigned to another...
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Providing Medical Assistance to Wife Wouldn't Absolve Abetment to Suicide Charge Against Husband: Allahabad HC [READ ORDER]

Feb 09, 2021 ADITI AGGARWAL 1
In a recent case of Sameer Ali Khan v. State of U.P, the Allahabad High Court dismissed the bail plea of a Husband who was booked for abetting his wife's suicide while noting that only providing medical assistance to his wife would not go to absolve the applicant from the allegations.“Where the accused had, by his acts or omission or by a...
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Representing Case Sitting in Stationed Car in 'a Casual Manner' Amounts to Disrespecting Court Proceedings: Madras High Court

Feb 09, 2021 Gautami Chakravarty 1
While noting that a Lawyer appeared for a virtual hearing from a stationed car and "in a casual manner", the Madras High Court on Wednesday ( February 3, 2021) expressed its displeasure at Lawyer's conduct.In related news, the Delhi High Court on Thursday (February 4, 2021) had said that it is "simply shocking" that advocates are arguing or...
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SC says Dying Declaration cannot be discarded merely because relatives of deceased were present in hospital while recording It

Mar 05, 2021 Snehal Khemka 1
The Supreme Court observed recently that a dying declaration cannot be disbelieved because parents and relatives of the deceased were present in the hospital while recording it. In the declaration, recorded by the Judicial Magistrate, the deceased stated that the accused has poured kerosene oil and set her ablaze. Challenging the concurrent...
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Supreme Court Pulls Up Bihar Legal Department For 'Misadventure' of Filing Suit Against Arbitration Award [READ ORDER]

Mar 02, 2021 Aditi Aggarwal 1
A three judge bench of Supreme Court comprising of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Hrishikesh Roy on 25.02.2021 came down heavily on the legal department of the State of Bihar for instituting a wholly non-maintainable legal proceedings.The bench was headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and while dismissing a...
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SC to discontinue the usage of Whatsapp to share video conference links for hearings

Mar 02, 2021 Snehal Khemka 1
In compliance with the new Information Technology (guidelines for intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, effective from March 1 2021, the SC has now been directed to discontinue the use of Whatsapp as a means to share video conference links for court hearings. As an alternative, such links shall be shared via authenticated...
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Toolkit not Seditious? :Delhi Court to Reserve Order on Disha Ravi’s Bail Plea

Feb 22, 2021 Namya Bose 1
After a 3 hour long Court hearing in the Patiala House Court in Delhi on February 23, 2021, regarding the matter of lawyer environmentalist and engineer, Disha Ravi, being arrested for the supposed offence of sedition under Section 124A IPC, 1860 and being accused for sharing and creating the toolkit for the farmers protest, the court reserved its...
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Plea Seeking Direction to State of UP to Bring Law to Compensate COVID-19 Vaccinated Individuals Dismissed by Allahabad High Court [READ ORDER]

Feb 12, 2021 Gautami Chakravarty 1
The Bench of Justice Sanjay Yadav and Justice Jayant Banerji was hearing the plea of one Gajendra Singh Yadav (a law student), who drew inference from the United States of America having National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act 1986 and other countries having similar enactment to ensure compensation to person who suffer any loss/ injury due to side...
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Victim Sending Friend Request on Facebook Does Not Mean She Intended to Have Sexual Relationship With the Accused: Himachal Pradesh HC [READ ORDER]

Feb 09, 2021 Gautami Chakravarty 1
Just because the victim sent a friend request to the accused does not give him the right and liberty to establish sexual relations with her, the Himachal Pradesh High Court observed while dismissing a bail application filed by a man accused of raping a thirteen year old child. "It no way implies that children who create social media accounts do so...
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SC issues notice to CBI and Central Government in matter related to West Bengal Coal Mining Scam

Feb 24, 2021 Mathews Savio 1
The apex court of the country has issued notice to CBI and Central Government in a matter related to West Bengal Coal Mining Scam.The notices were issued on Monday (February 22, 2021) when the Supreme court was considering a plea filed by one of the accused in the West Bengal Coal Mining Scam. The plea was filed challenging an order by a Single...
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4 New Additional Judges Appointed to Kerala High Court

Feb 23, 2021 Namya Bose 1
The Kerala High Court recently saw the appointment of four new additional judges by the President of India, of which two were advocates and other two were Judicial officers. All four Additional Judges, namely-Advocates Murali Purushottaman, Ziyad Rahman, District Judges Karunakaran Babu and Kauser Edappaghath have been appointed for the...
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Awadh Bar Association files PIL before Allahabad HC for Establishing State Bench of GST Tribunal in Lucknow

Mar 04, 2021 Namya Bose 1
The Awadh Bar Association filed a PIL in the Allahabad high Court, proposing the want and need to establish a separate GST Tribunal with State Bench in Lucknow. The PIL was filed on recently and has been listed for hearing on March 4,this Thursday. One day’s time was given to the Central government, the GST Council, the Uttar Pradesh...
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Constitute a Committee to Look Into Issue of Vaccination of Lawyers and Hybrid Hearings: Delhi High Court Orders DHCBA's Executive Committee [READ ORDER]

Mar 02, 2021 Aditi Aggarwal 1
The Delhi High Court on Friday, i.e. 26th February, 2021 asked the Executive Committee of the Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) to hold a meeting on 1st March, 2021 at 4:00 pm for discussion and for constitution of a committee for submitting its recommendations on the issue of vaccination to lawyers and hybrid hearings. After...
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Delhi Assembly is Well Within its Authority to Constitute a Committee to Look into Peace and Harmony of the National Capital: Senior Counsel Singhvi on behalf of the Delhi Assembly Panel in SC

Feb 09, 2021 Mathews Savio 1
Recently, Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Senior Counsel, appeared on behalf of the Delhi Assembly Panel in the Supreme Court in the consideration of a petition filed by the Facebook India Vice-President, Ajith Mohan, challenging two summonses issued to him by the panel.The summons were issued to Mr. Mohan in September 2020 while the Delhi Assembly...
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J & K High Court Orders Testing of all Lawyers after Senior Advocate Tests COVID-19 Positive

Mar 04, 2021 Tanya Sehrawat 1
At the Srinagar wing of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court one of the senior advocates tested positive for COVID-19. After this, all the lawyers practicing in the High Court have been asked to undergo the COVID-19 test in order to ensure collective safety. An order was issued by the Registrar Judicial, Srinagar which stated: “It has...
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Mukhtar Ansari Case: Dushant Dave Submits, A State can’t invoke Article 32 Against Another State

Mar 05, 2021 Tanya Sehrawat 1
Senior Advocate Dushant Dave appeared on behalf of the state of Punjab and Jail Superintendent in Uttar Pradesh Government’s plea which seeks transfer of BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari from Ropar Jail in Punjab to Ghazipur Jail of Uttar Pradesh. He submitted, “A State cannot invoke article 32 against another State.” The bench hearing the matter...
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Punjab & Haryana High Court Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi Requests Bar Members to avoid addressing him as 'Your Lordship' Or 'My Lord'

Mar 05, 2021 Snehal Khemka 1
In the light of words such as "My Lord" and "Your Lordship" reflecting relics of Colonial post, the Punjab and Haryana has issued a note requesting the Members of the Bar to avoid addressing Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi as 'Your Lordship' Or 'My Lord'. Furthermore, he has also urged Bar Members to also avoid the usage of words such as 'Obliged' and...
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'Is this Virtual Injustice?': CJI promises to look into difficulty of new system of VC links

Mar 04, 2021 Namya Bose 1
Steps and measures to improve and ensure proper working of links for Virtual Court hearings to be taken, says Chief Justice of India SA Bobde. On Wednesday (March 4, 2021), a lawyer expressed difficulty in accessing the VC links for the hearings, to which the CJI expressed, “We will give appropriate instructions. Everybody has to get a...

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