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FACTS OF THE CASE A petition was filed under Section 482 CrPC. It prayed to compound the offence committed under Section 138 and to quash the one-year sentence which was awarded to the petitioner. During the course of business relationship..

FACTS OF THE CASE On 10th May 2019, a detailed order was released which provided directions for installing security systems, setting up requisite infrastructure for various tribunals and subordinate courts, providing technical staff and other necessary amenities. That order had ..

Motor Accident Claim Petition Does Not Abate On Death Of Injured Claimant The Supreme Court observed that a motor accident claim petition does not abate even after the death of the injured claimant. The right to sue survive to his heirs and legal representatives in so far as loss to the estate is concerned. The decision was g..

Key Takeaways Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman is the son of well-known jurist Fali S. Nariman. He was born on 13th August 1956. He pursued his initial legal studies in Delhi University and his Master's degree from Harvard Law School. At ..

Background of the Case In 2019, without permission, the youth association erected a statue of Dr. Ambedkar on a government land adjacent to a bus stop after which, a group of villagers voiced their displeasure and a complaint was filed. On March 5, 2020, the Gram Panchayat passe..

Background About the financial results for Q1FY20, declared post-trading hours on August 18, 2020, the Security Exchange Board of India (SEBI) 's surveillance alert system detected suspicious trading patterns in the Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) scrip. According to th..

About Justice R F Nariman Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman was a high-profile judge of the Supreme Court. He retired on 12th August 2021 after serving in the Supreme Court for seven years. Before he was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2014,..

FACTUAL BACKGROUND On 27 May 2008, the Petitioner was appointed as a District Judge in the entry level, in the direct recruitment to the Higher Judicial Services in the State of Madhya Pradesh. For the determination of seniority on the basis of point roster, he preferred represe..

BACKGROUND FACTS Two law students, Anam Kamil and Shrikant Prasad, have alleged that the Indian Penal Code has more woman favoring laws. They have moved to the Supreme Court seeking directions for amending and reconsidering the provisions under the Indian Penal Code and to make ..

CASE PROCCEDINGS The upper-limit of amount of gratuity allocated as per Section 4 of the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 was augmented as Rupees 10 lakhs from Rupees 3.5 lakh, according to the 2010 amendment. The Supreme Court had logically expressed that the 2010 amendment to the ..

CASE PROCCEDINGS Under the newly amended IT Rules, the Bombay High Court on Friday gave interim orders. These interim orders were regarding the plea on the supplication testing, as an extensive conversation had resulted on Friday, when a news entry and a journalist sure-fired th..

CASE PERCEPTIONS The Supreme Court remarked while amending a former 'wrong' order it had passed in a transfer petition that the family court could not deal with a criminal complaint for various offences under the Indian Penal Code. The Court had recently permitted a tran..

CASE BACKGROUND Under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, on Wednesday, the High Court of Kerala held that the State Government, in spite of being a statutory body, can prefer a writ petition by the Enforcement Directorate. This observation was made under a plea filed which ..

CASE BACKGROUNDS In an order issued on August 9th 2021, Monday, the Supreme Court noted that the Government not employing Supreme Court judges years after the references and commendations were released had resulted in postponements and delays in resolving cases which was a rather “unruly stance”. l..

Allahabad HC: High Court Can Nullify An Order Of Conviction Even After The Revisional Stage The case was of Rishi Mohan Srivastava V. State of UP & Anr. The decision was given by Justice Chandra Dhari Singh. The Court held that High Courts can nullify an order of conviction in a criminal revision of a cheque bouncing case..