According to the Kerala High Court, a promise to marry will only constitute rape if it was made with malicious intent, was tainted by fraud, or was not intended to be kept at the time it was made. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas granted bail to a lawyer ..
The Delhi High Court was hearing a plea seeking to rescind an FIR filed under sections 376 (Rape) and 506(Punishent for Criminal Intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and section 6 of POCSO Act as well as the charge sheet filed under section 376, ..
The Supreme Court bench composed of Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice J.K. Maheshwari have restated in the case M/s. Martin & Harris Private Limited &Anr. V Rajendra Mehta &Ors that once a decree for possession has been passed and the ..
The Supreme Court stated that a litigant's substantive rights should not be overturned due to a procedural error that can be corrected. In this instance, despite the fact that two different decrees were prepared, two lawsuits (one filed in 1989 ..
The Kerala High Court stated on Tuesday that it was constrained by Supreme Court precedent to the contrary and could not rule that a Muslim woman may be appointed guardian of her young child's property. Even though it may be possible to argue t ..
The Delhi High Court has noted that permitting Disciplinary Proceedings to go on indefinitely would not only be extremely harmful to the individual involved, but also harmful to the Rule of Law. Cross-petitioners filed by one Anish Gupta against th ..
A party cannot approach the High Court under Section 482 of the CrPC at his whim and caprice, according to a ruling made today by the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court. This is because there is no time restriction for bringing a plea under th ..
According to the Madras High Court, as the Central Board of Excise and Customs has given DGGI officials the authority of Central Excise Officers, they are considered "Central Excise Officers" for the purposes of Rule 3 of the Service Tax R ..
The Supreme Court reaffirmed that, if not expressly stated otherwise, a court's declaration of law will take effect retroactively. In upholding the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court's ruling that Munsiffs appointed through direct r ..
In Abdul Jaleel v. Cabinet Principal Secretary & Ors, the Kerala High Court dismissed a petition seeking the establishment of a Division Bench of the Apex Court in all the High Courts in the country to adjudicate upon cases of the poor and the m ..
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