LCI Learning
Master the Art of Contract Drafting & Corporate Legal Work with Adv Navodit Mehra. Register Now!

Share on Facebook

Share on Twitter

Share on LinkedIn

Share on Email

Share More

Judgments and Orders

Whether a coal mine project could be declined by the government on the basis on climate change consequences and other environmental factors

 23 May 2020

On December 19, 2017, The Minister of Planning was sued by Gloucester Res. Ltd. for the refusal of the application for the Rocky Hill Coal Project (open-cut coal mine)...

Posted in Others |   605 hits

Whether a direction can be given under Section 133 by the magistrate, if the nuisance is not deteriorating public sanctity?

 23 May 2020

It was held by the Gujarat High Court that the magistrate shall have to keep in mind that if the nuisance is not created at a public place no direction can be given under Section 133. Section 133 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that, "When..

Posted in Others |   863 hits

Accident compensation-employees income should be accessed without deduction of allowances SC

 22 May 2020

Principles related to calculation of compensation laid down by the Constitution Bench in case of National Insurance Company Limited v. Pranay Sethi were discussed and applied in the case Triveni Kodkany vs Air India Ltd & others..

Posted in Others |   1070 hits

Article 226 and Internal Governance of Sports

 22 May 2020

The court was of the opinion that, ‘BCCI has its own constitution and functions within its own rules and regulations. The petitioner has no legal right enforceable in a writ proceeding and the petitioner not having any contractual right, there could ..

Posted in Others |   1019 hits

Secondary Evidence

 22 May 2020

In the judgment of the case- Jagmail Singh & Another v. Karamjit Singh & Others, delivered on May 13, 2020, a division bench of the Supreme Court consisting of Justice Navin Sinha and Justice Krishna Murari have held that in view of the factual situa..

Posted in Others 1 comments |   924 hits

Issue of protection of people at care homes

 21 May 2020

The Supreme Court has taken proactive steps to issue guidelines for ensuring protection of people at such crowded shelters...

Posted in Family Law |   1059 hits

Unfair disposition or unjust exclusion of legal heirs in a will can be regarded as a suspicious circumstances: SC

 21 May 2020

The court examined the other circumstances and concluded that the Will in question was surrounded by various suspicious circumstances which are material in nature and have gone unexplained. The appeal was therefore dismissed with the cost of Rs. 50,0..

Posted in Others |   2187 hits

Principle of Unjust Enrichment or Unfair Competition

 21 May 2020

The Court found that the plaintiff does not have a claim for an injunction based on the principle of unjust enrichment or unfair competition. The plaintiffs claim on injunction on all accounts cannot be granted and are precluded statutorily, The Sing..

Posted in Others |   1265 hits

Ingredients of an offence under IPC 494 (Bigamy)

 21 May 2020

Whether the second marriage entered into by appellant with the second accused Kasturi, was a valid marriage under Hindu Law so as to constitute an offence under section 494 of the Indian Penal Code...

Posted in Others |   3102 hits

Issue of Remote hearing in child care matters

 20 May 2020

The Supreme Court has issued guidelines for remote hearing of cases in Suo Motu Writ (Civil) No.5/2020 Re: Guidelines For Court Functioning Through Video Conferencing During Covid-19 Pandemic. The guidelines aim at reducing the conventional practices..

Posted in Family Law |   929 hits

Nithari Killings

 20 May 2020

Two Nithari residents claimed in December 2006 that they knew where the remains of children who had gone missing in the previous two years were located: the municipal water tank behind the building. Both had missing daughters and they suspected Surin..

Posted in Criminal Law |   3146 hits

Sports Arbitration

 20 May 2020

The panel was satisfied to accept that a simple internet search would have revealed that Decadurabolin contains Nandrolone and that it is an anabolic steroid, but that the Player did not take any such precaution. Likewise, the Player does not contend..

Posted in Others |   893 hits

Special laws prevail over general laws

 20 May 2020

The Calcutta high court held that the right of the central government for appointing an Arbitrator stands forfeited as the plaintiff invoked his power under Section 11 of the Arbitration Act. ..

Posted in Others |   821 hits

Court's express concern over plight of migrant workers: Arduous journey back home

 19 May 2020

Even after the orders and directions given by various High Courts and the apex court, the fatalities among this vulnerable section have not stopped. On 16th May a road accident claimed the lives of 35 migrant workers where in one incident two trucks ..

Posted in Others |   589 hits

POCSO act will cover adults who faced sexual harassment as a minor: Andhra Pradesh HC

 19 May 2020

Andhra Pradesh High Court delivered a major verdict ruling that if a minor has been a victim sexual harassment till majority or files a case in the matter after attaining majority, the accused in such cases must be tried under the Protection of Child..

Posted in Others |   1011 hits

Attempt to commit suicide [Section 309 IPC]

 19 May 2020

A woman of age 20 years was tried for sec 302 and 309 of the Indian Penal Code. She wanted to go to her parental home, because her husband gave a beating to her. Therefore, she left matrimonial house in the night. While running, she turned around in ..

Posted in Others |   910 hits

Whether it is the right of a woman to reside in her matrimonial house

 19 May 2020

The court held that the woman had a right to reside in her matrimonial home or shared household. It stated that the object of the Domestic Violence Act was enacted to secure the right of a woman to reside in her matrimonial home. The court also state..

Posted in Family Law |   1266 hits

Consent for additional surgery is Essential

 19 May 2020

The court acquitted Dr. Prabha Manchanda of all the charges framed against her for negligence. The respondent having found endometriosis, processed removal of uterus and ovaries in order to provide a permanent relief to the appellant. The surgery cou..

Posted in Others |   1319 hits

BCCI is amenable to writ jurisdiction Under Article 226 of the Constitution

 19 May 2020

BCCI may not be State Under Article 12 of the Constitution but is certainly amenable to writ jurisdiction Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. In January 2017, the Supreme Court of India removed the BCCI’s President N. Srinivasan from his ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   1264 hits

Rejection of the new sports code

 19 May 2020

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has rejected the latest draft of the National Sports Code, as well as raising concerns regarding many of the articles in the newly drafted draft. The 2011 National Sports Code is still in place but in 2017 a new N..

Posted in Others |   670 hits