On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered the release of prominent civil rights activist Binayak Sen, who is lodged in a Chhattisgarh jail for the past two years. A vacation bench of Justices Markandey Katju and Deepak Verma ordered Sen's release on his s ..
Observing that 1.62 crore cases were pending in Indian courts, Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said he was not worried about the pending cases but would like more cases to come to courts.‘We are not worried about the pending cases. We are worrie ..
The Supreme Court has held that a court cannot interfere with the course of investigation of a crime by directing any investigating agency to focus on any particular office and do the investigation accordingly.A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasay ..
The Supreme Court has held that the Electricity Appellate Tribunal cannot determine the electricity tariffs for trading.A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and Asok Kumar Ganguly, while allowing the appeal of CESC Limited against the judgment ..
The Supreme Court has directed that the courts in the country should not encourage and regularise the transactions, conducted during the pendency of the case in connection with the suit property. A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat, Lokeshwar ..
C.M. Girish Babu v C.B.I., Cochin, High Court of Kerala 24/2/2009. Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - section - and 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) - conviction under - was acquitted of the charge under Section 120B of the IPC -the appellant preferred an ..
The Supreme Court has ruled that a girlfriend or a concubine is not a relative and therefore cannot be prosecuted for an offence under section 498 (A) of the IPC (cruelty for dowry). A bench comprising Justices S P Sinha and R M Lodha, while allowing ..
IN A first-of-its-kind judgement, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) recently ruled that a recipient of an interest-free loan from a non-relative is not liable to pay tax. The judgement will come as a major relief for people who borrow money fr ..
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Siddharth Mridul, Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court, to be a Judge of the Delhi High Court with eff ..
Government of India have announced the sale (re-issue) of (i) “7.59 percent Government Stock 2016” for a notified amount of Rs.6,000 crore (nominal) (ii) “7.94 percent Government Stock 2021” for a notified amount of Rs.3,000 c ..