Who is Mehul Choksi Mehul Choksi is an Indian fugitive jeweler who is involved in a Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case of Rs. 13,500 Crore. He had been residing in Antigua as a citizen since 2018.Previous Proceedings He went missing from Antigua a ..
BACKGROUND OF THE CASE A three judge Bench of the Supreme Court headed by then Chief Justice of India, J S Khehar, had obtruded on the Suraz India Trust, an NGO, an outstanding cost of Rs 25 lakhs. This was done in the view that the NGO had filed var ..
BACKGROUND OF THE CASE In the present case, the High Court had granted bail to the accused but under one condition. They must pay Rupees 2 Lakhs each to the victims as compensation.CASE BEFORE THE APEX COURT The accused, before the Apex Court, appeas ..
BACKGROUND OF THE CASE The case was filed in 2011 by the two accused in the hand chopping case, originally registered against 31 people. Since then, several persons have been convicted or acquitted during the trial. However, the petitioners Sajil Mak ..
SC Strikes Down The Minimum Age Limit For Appointment As Tribunal MembersThe Supreme Court has held that the age of 50 years being the minimum age limit required for Advocates to be considered for appointment as members in various Tribunals is unfair ..
Factual Background The name of the case is Govind Swaroop Chaturvedi and Ors. v. State of NCT of Delhi. A Committee of 12 members was constituted by the Delhi Government which would propose schemes for the welfare of advocates and an outlay of Rs. 50 ..
BACKGROUND OF THE CASE A group of students filed an FIR against a college lecturer under Section 3 of Prevention of insult to National Honour Act, 1971. According to them, he showed disrespect to the National Anthem in the function conducted by India ..
BACKGROUND OF THE CASE A plea was filed before the Patna High Court against the CAT’s decision and challenging the Office Memorandum which was issued by Central Body Instituted of AIIMS to provide 80% reservation for women during the recruitmen ..
FACTS The petitioner, Assistant Commissioner (Assessment), Commercial Taxes, Thrissur was alleged to have taken a bribe from one M/s. Nano Excel Enterprises and help them evade taxes. The said information was given by the Commissioner of Commercial T ..
CASE BACKGROUND The case here has been titled ‘Baby and Another vs. State of UP and 6 others’ and it is due for next hearing. A woman has alleged that she was thrown out of her matrimonial house by her husband and his relatives. After her ..