The Gujarat High Court has ruled that a licence to possess a firearm under the Arms Act cannot be cancelled for reasons that are unrelated to the Act's provisions and have no bearing on the decision. The Bench of Justice AS Supehia also stated ..
The existence of an alternative remedy under Section 34 of the A&C Act is not a barrier to the maintainability of a Writ Petition to set aside an arbitral award that has been tainted by fraud and criminal conspiracy, according to the High Court ..
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court declined to hear Dr. Mandati Thirupathi Reddy's appeal after the returning officer for the Lok Sabha, Parliament House rejected her request to be considered for the upcoming election for President of India. The p ..
In K.B. Rasheed v. State of Kerala, the Kerala High Court held that the prosecution should not violate the provisions laid down u/s 279 and 281 CrPC which talks about interpretation of evidence against the accused in the language which they understa ..
In KC Rajvani v. State of MP Law and Legislative Affairs & Anr, the Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside the order of the Disciplinary Authority against a former Judge accused of misconduct. Furthermore, the order of his compulsory early retirem ..
In Charu Kishor Mehta v. Prakash Patel & Ors, the Apex Court recently observed that the Indian judicial system is highly afflicted with frivolous and false litigation and how a new category of litigants is emerging who are more interested in fil ..
A Parbhani man accused of swearing allegiance to the outlawed terrorist group Islamic State and charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act has been granted bail by the Bombay High Court. Mohammad Raisuddin was granted bail by a division ..
In Suprit Ishwar Divate v. State of Karnataka, the Karnataka High Court held that an accused arrested for a crime cannot be handcuffed under normal circumstances. The Court further held that under only extreme circumstances which involve the possib ..
According to the Karnataka High Court, unless there is an element of fraud and national economic interest is at stake, a bank cannot seek the issuing of a Look Out Circular (LOC) or prevent a person (a loan defaulter) from leaving the country. Leen ..
The Bombay High Court has ruled that a man cannot assume a woman is willing to enter into a physical relationship with him simply because they are friendly with one another. On June 24, a single-judge panel presided over by Justice Bharati H. Dangre ..