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KEY TAKEAWAYS The Supreme Court today postponed the hearing on a writ petition seeking new guidelines to combat hacking, cyber crime, data theft, and other related issues until November 26, 2021. The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar ordered that the petitioner..

SC: Impermissible For Co-Operatives To Deny Membership To Single Women It has been held by the Supreme Court that denial of membership to single women, members of a particular community and people who eat particular food is not permissible by co-operative societies. This decision was given by a bench of Justices D Y Chandrach..

Key Takeaways A High Court cannot place reliance on a "draft charge-sheet" which is yet to be placed before the Magistrate to quash the criminal proceedings under Section 482 of CrPC Background An FIR was register..

Key Takeaways A High Court in a criminal appeal under Section 374(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure is duty-bound to consider the entirety of the evidence. Background The trial court had convicted all the forty-four accused...

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Court noted that applying the two-year limit to awards issued under Section 24(1)(a) of the 2013 Act could result in practical absurdities and paradoxes. The Supreme Court ruled that the provision of the Land Acquisition Act of 1894 mandating a two-year waiting..

KEY TAKEAWAYS According to the Supreme Court, the 2015 change to Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 will only apply to Section 34 applications filed after the amendment's effective date. In a case where the applicability of S.34 to foreign business dispu..

Key Takeaways The Supreme Court held that losing a case after an argument cannot be termed as a deficiency in service on the part of an advocate. The Coram consisted of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna which gave this judgement in the case of Nandlal Lohariya V. Jagdish Chand ..

FALSE IMPRISONMENT AND MALICIOUS PROSECUTION I. FALSE IMPRISONMENT False imprisonment, in simple terms, is the detention and restraint of a person that is not authori..

2015 Amendment Won't Apply To Section 34 Applications Filed Prior To It The name of the case was Ratnam Sudesh Iyer v Jackie Kakubhai Shroff. The decision was given by a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.M. Sundresh. In this case, the court affirmed the judgment of the Single Judge and Division Bench to the exten..

Key Takeaways Section 25 of the 2013 Act would apply to the awards made and published under Section 24(1)(a) of the 2013 Act. Background The State of Maharashtra, on 16th June 2011, issued a land acquisition notification un..

RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CONSUMER Rights Right to Safety- Right to be protected against the marketing of goods and services, which are hazardous to life and property. Right to Information- Right to be informed about the quality, quantity, pur..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Supreme Court has ruled that a complaint submitted on behalf of a company under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act cannot be rejected just because the Managing Director's name appears first, followed by the company's name. Justices Sanjay Kis..

KEY TAKEAWAYS On Monday, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court held that when two adults choose each other as life partners in a consensual manner, it is a manifestation of their choice that is recognised under Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution, and that any violation of that right is a constitutional viola..

KEY TAKEAWAYS Justice NV Ramana, Chief Justice of India, on the occasion of legal services day addressed law students at an even organized by National Legal services Authority (NALSA). CJI spoke about the legal aid movement and elaborated on the contribution of legal profession ..

A) VICARIOUS LIABILITY In some cases, a person may be held liable for acts committed by others. In the case of vicarious liability, both the persons at whose behest the act is done, as well as the person who does the act, are liable. It is a type of strict liability, where liability arises due to a relation between the princi..