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KEY TAKEAWAYS The Apex court reaffirmed that the policy in effect at the time of the deceased employee’s death is required to be taken into consideration while considering appointment on compassionate ground not any subsequent schemes that came after the demise. DETAILS u..

In a very significant development, we saw just recently on October 12, 2021 that the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a brief, brilliant, bold and balanced judgment titled Bhagwant Singh Randhawa and another vs State of Punjab in CRM-M No.42685 of 2021 (O&M) directed in no uncertain terms the Director-General of Police, Punjab to not register FIR under the SC&am..

While dismissing the criminal revision plea of a convict who hit a bike in a rash and negligent manner thereby causing the death of two persons, the Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has in a learned, latest, laudable and landmark judgment titled Devendra Valmiki Vs State of M.P. in Criminal Revision No. 2512/2021 delivered as recently as on November 2021 m..

In an Order passed in the case- Anandrao Vithoba Adsul v. Enforcement Directorate ,Govt. of India and another , delivered on October 14, 2021, a Bombay High Court division bench consisting of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Sarang V. Kotwal have reiterated the Supreme Court’s declaration in the case of M/s Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. v. state of Maharashtra &..

KEY TAKEAWAYS Section 303 of the Indian Penal Code provided for mandatory death sentence to people who committed murder while serving a life sentence. This provision was mainly enacted for the purpose of protecting the jail officials from the life convicts. It was enacted with k..

Farm Laws Will Be Repealed In Upcoming Parliament Session The farm laws, which were introduced last year and which had led to nationwide farmer protests would be repealed by the Central Government. The reason for such a step is that even though the laws were enacted for the benefit of farmers, the Government was not able to c..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Supreme Court of India, while hearing two separate appeals filed by the Attorney General of India and the National Commission for Women, set aside the controversial ‘skin to skin’ judgement of the Bombay High Court. The Apex Court held that restrict..

KEY TAKEAWAYS Justice D.Y Chandrachud observed that, "there is no one identity for women as a group or a class. There are multiple identities within the large class of women for whom the law has entitled the conferment of rights. It is important for us to understand that there must be an intersectional approach t..

It is really good to learn that in a most significant development, the Allahabad High Court has just recently on November 12, 2021 in a learned, latest, laudable and landmark judgment titled Mithlesh Narayan Tiwari vs State of U.P. and Another in Writ – C No. – 18204 of 2021 directed quite forthrightly the Uttar Pradesh State Government and all its conce..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016's retroactive applicability to real estate projects that were already underway when the Act was passed. The bench, which included Justices Uday Umesh Lalit, Ajay Rastogi, and Aniruddha Bose, stated that the RERA Act d..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Supreme Court while hearing the appeal of a terminated bank employee, held that the employee’s right to be represented by a person of his choice is subject to restrictions as mentioned in the service rules of the Bank. Interpretation of Clause 22(ix)(a) o..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Supreme Court of India has given a strict ultimatum to the Central Government to undertake detailed discussions with various state governments and frame a policy on providing community kitchen services within a period of three weeks from the order. The Bench hi..

Authorities for Consumer Protection  Introduction The Consumer Protection Act which came into force on 24th of December 1986, provides for the protection of interests of consumers. For this purpose, it makes provision for the establishment of Consumer Councils and other authoritie..

Remedies Section 14 provides that the district forum can provide the following reliefs: Remove the defects pointed out by the appropriate laboratory from goods in question. Replace the goods with new goods of similar description which shall..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Allahabad High Court has stated that when a worker is hired for a specific project, his or her services terminate after the project is over, and that such a worker cannot be given permanent status. This statement was made by the Bench of Justice Siddhartha Varm..