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Judgments and Orders

Whether exclusion of judicial review under Article 226 of the Constitution amounts to violation of basic structure doctrine

 22 June 2020

The Court in the present case reiterated the principle that basic structure of the Constitution is beyond the amending powers of the Parliament...

Posted in Others |   818 hits

Whether speedy trial is a part of Article 21 of the Indian Constitution

 22 June 2020

Being accused of an offence just because of suspicion or due to false claims and being denied access to speedy justice undermines the existence of an individual. Hence the Court considering the fact that, justice delayed is justice denied made speed..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   859 hits

Whether the term law under Article 13 includes amendments made to the Constitution?

 22 June 2020

The Court by upholding the validity of the Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act,1964 held that the Parliament has complete authority to amend all parts of the Constitution including the Fundamental rights. However, this decision of the SC was ov..

Posted in Others |   1023 hits

Union of India and Insurance Company not held liable as plaintiff failed to prove loss

 22 June 2020

The court held that the plea had been raised on the wrong impressions under Disabled Persons Act. The Indian railways stand not liable on the basis of contract which was admittedly made with a foreign railway. The burden of proving that the car was l..

Posted in Others |   751 hits

The obligations under the agreement are to be performed by parties

 22 June 2020

The court held that the contentions of the defendant do not appear to be correct in the facts of the present case. The contract in itself had indicated the terms in which the respective obligations were to be performed by the parties. The court provi..

Posted in Others |   1974 hits

Version recordings: Original musical work or not?

 22 June 2020

The present case revolves around the issue whether version recordings protected under Section 52(1)(j) can be considered as original musical work...

Posted in Others |   2607 hits

Making of version recording under section 52(1)(j)

 22 June 2020

Cover versions refer to a sound recording made following Section 31C of the Copyright Act. The provision was added to the Act by the 2012 amendment. Before the 2012 amendment, making cover versions was permitted under Section 52(1)(j). The 2012 amend..

Posted in Others |   3146 hits

Whether Tandava dance performed by the Ananda Marga group in streets forms an essential religious practice under Article 25 of the Constitution of India

 22 June 2020

The rights guaranteed under Articles 25 and 26 are always subject to public order, morality and health. Since Tandava dance performed by the petitioner’s group in the present case was against public order and morality the Court obstructed their perf..

Posted in Others |   5240 hits

Right to profess practice propagate religious believes guaranteed under Article 25 of the Indian Constitution

 22 June 2020

Not all religious practices are obligatory only those which form the core principle of the religion becomes obligatory in nature. And only such practices are given protection under Article 25 of the Constitution. ..

Posted in Others |   1172 hits

Whether exclusion of judicial review under Article 226 of the Constitution amounts to violation of basic structure doctrine

 22 June 2020

Though the Court upheld the validity of Article 323A and various provisions of the Administrative tribunals Act in Sampath Kumar v. Union of India, the decision was overruled by the SC in the case of L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India holding that, j..

Posted in Others |   535 hits

Whether date of retirement can be a valid ground to decide the amount of pension

 22 June 2020

Article 14 of the Indian Constitution guarantees equality among equals. Classifying a group of pensioners who did the same work on basis of retirement date is pure discrimination under Article 14. Hence the Rules were rightly struck down in the pre..

Posted in Others |   621 hits

The Controversial Malkani Case

 22 June 2020

It was held that tape record of a relevant conversation is a relevant fact and is admissible. Tape recorded evidence is res gestae. It is also comparable to a photograph of a relevant incident. ..

Posted in Others |   4691 hits

The Poultry business was a joint venture and not the sole proprietary

 22 June 2020

The court held that the business was a joint venture and not the sole proprietary concern of the Appellant No. 1. There is no document in writing to prove partnership. Accounts had not been demanded by the plaintiffs or the defendant no. 3 for a long..

Posted in Others |   800 hits

Whether the courts could dismiss the case filed under the Domestic Violence Act

 22 June 2020

It is the duty of the Court to scrutinise the facts from all angles whether a plea advanced by the respondent to nullify the grievance of the aggrieved person is really legally sound and correct.The principle “justice to the cause is equivalent to th..

Posted in Family Law |   682 hits

Rajasthan HC: Change of lawyer not a valid ground u/s. -311 cr.p.c. for again cross examining the prosecutorix

 21 June 2020

In the case of Mukesh Kumar v. the State of Rajasthan, a petition was filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. by the petitioner against the order dated 20.08.2018 passed by the trial court, whereby, the application filed by the petitioner under Section 311 ..

Posted in Others |   542 hits

Whether women members of the Family can be removed from shared household u/Section 19(1)(b) of DV Act?

 20 June 2020

In this case it was held that in the guise of passing an order under Section 19(1)(b) of Domestic Violence Act, such women members of the family cannot be directed to be removed from the shared household..

Posted in Family Law |   1083 hits

Whether DV act proceedings can be initiated against grandsons to claim monetary and medical relief

 19 June 2020

The High Court held that the Grandsons would have been liable to pay maintenance to grandmother under Sections 22(1) of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, provided that their father had not been alive and not capable of paying maintenan..

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Whether wife living separately could file a case against parents-in law

 19 June 2020

The High Court has held that if wife and husband laves the share households to establish their own household, the domestic relationship comes to an end in respect of parents and therefore complaint under DV Act cannot be maintained against them...

Posted in Family Law |   834 hits

Violation of principles of natural justice by BCCI Commissioner under Rule 38

 19 June 2020

Rule 38 of BCCI Rules was examined and it was held that it only stipulated the creation of a committee and not a Commissioner to inquire concerning the procedure for conducting proceedings in case of misconduct, hence the appointment of commissioner ..

Posted in Others |   744 hits

Mortgage debt found to be for valuable consideration. not hit by s9A(10)(ii)(b)

 19 June 2020

Following the order of the High court, it was held that the family transferred the mortgage interest in trust to the charity for valuable consideration within the meaning of s. 9-A(10)(ii)(b) of the Act and the mortgage deed was not liable to be scal..

Posted in Others |   2659 hits