others

Key Takeaways A party is not barred from raising an additional ground for setting aside an arbitration award in arbitration appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,1996, merely because the said ground was not raised in the petition under Section 34 to set aside. li style="text-align: ju..

Key Takeaways The practice of handwritten clauses in mediation settlements needs to be discontinued forthwith unless it is countersigned or initialled by the Mediator or Counsellor as well as by the parties in their presence. Background li style="text-ali..

Key Takeaways Journalist ShyamMeera Singh and other activists arrested by the Tripura police under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) have petitioned the Supreme Court to quash the first information report filed against them Background li style..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Supreme Court on Monday postponed until November 29, 2021 the hearing on a writ petition seeking public disclosure of vaccine clinical trial data and post-vaccination data, as required by international medical norms. A bench of Justices LN Rao and AS Oka made t..

KEY TAKEAWAYS In response to the recent judgement convicting former Delhi High Court Bar Association President Rajiv Khosla for assaulting a woman lawyer Sujata Kohli in the year 1994, the Coordination Committee of All District Court Bar Associations of Delhi unanimously resolved to go on complete work abstinence tomo..

Strict Liability and Absolute Liability Introduction Generally, a person is liable for his own wrongful acts and one does not incur any liability for the acts done by others. In certain cases, the liability of one person for the act done by another person may arise. Such liability can ..

NUISANCE Nuisance is the wrong committed by a person by unlawfully interfering with another person’s enjoyment of property or exercise of a lawful right. Any act that disturbs the comfort, health, or safety of a person is nuisance. In Ratanlal & Dhirajlal’s“The Law of Torts”, nuisance was defined a..

Key Takeaways The Bombay High Court has set aside a special court order and granted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody of Anil Deshmukh till November 12 in connection with a money laundering case. Background The Enfor..

Key Takeaways The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the turban is an "essential religious symbol" and uploading the photograph of an elderly person in an injured condition without the turban on social media, amounts to the offence of hurting religious sentiments. h2 style="text-alig..

Party Not Barred From Raising New Grounds To Set Aside Award In An Section 37 Appeal The name of the case was State of Chhattisgarh v. Sal Udyog Private Limited. The decision was given by a bench which consisted of CJI NV Ramana, Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli. The Supreme Court held that a party is not barred from raisin..

Delhi HC Issues Timeline For Completing Age Determination Of Juveniles In Conflict With Law The Delhi High Court has issued directions for streamlining the process of inquiries relating to juveniles in conflict with law and scrupulous compliance by all authorities. The directions were issued by Justice Siddharth Mridul and Ju..

Key Takeaway The Apex Court held that the principle of the initial date of appointment or officiation shall be the valid principle while determining the inter se seniority when any rule or guidelines are absent to the contrary. The Bench that decided on the case of Sudhir Kumar ..

Key takeaways The Apex Court passed a judgement stating that prior sanction of the Magistrate is not required for investigating cases of non-cognizable offences along with cognizable offences. The Bench comprised of Justices MR Shah and AS Bopanna and the judgement was given in ..

Will Cannot Be Revoked By Subsequent Agreement, Revocation To Be Done Only By Modes Under S.70 Of Succession Act The Supreme Court has held that a will cannot be revoked by an agreement and can be revoked only as per the modes specified under Section 70 of the Indian Succession Act. The case was of Badrilal v. Suresh & Or..

Key Takeaways The Commission while taking cognizance of the matter has asked the Cyber Crime Cell for registering an FIR against persons who gave rape threats to the child. Background The Delhi Commission for Women took suo..