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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..

Key Takeaways Rape is the term given to the act of non consensual and forceful sexual intercourse committed against a person. li style="text-alig..

Case Background The residents of the Emalia village had informed the police that five persons were cutting beef for selling purposes. The police raided the house and arrested two persons on the spot. One more person was arrested the next day. These accused were sent to jail, and..

BACKGROUND OF THE CASE A Muslim woman and a Hindu man wanted to get married last year and therefore applied for registration of their marriage. Contradicting the 2009 judgement of the High Court, the SDM issued a notice to the residence of the interfaith couple. li style..

BACKGROUND OF THE CASE After his retirement as an Intelligence Bureau officer in Delhi, on 31.10. 2006, Onkar Nath Dhar, a Kashmiri migrant requested the Government to allow him to stay in the allotted house on a nominal license fee till the circumstances at Jammu and Kashmir improve. li style="text-align: jus..

BACKGROUND OF THE CASE The Syro Malabar Church owned the disputed property pertaining to various sale deeds. This religious congregation allegedly had not complied with the requirements as per the byelaws laid down by the Church, which caused heavy financial loss to the Church and its parishioners. li style="t..

SC: No Retrospective Effect For 2010 Amendment Enhancing Gratuity Upper Limit As 10 Lakh Rupees The Supreme Court has observed that 2010 amendment of Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 is not retrospective. The decision was given by Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice A S Bopanna. The case was of Krishna Gopal Tiwary v. Union of India..

In the judgment of the case –Shri Saurav Jain & Another v. M/s ABP Design & Another, delivered on August 5, 2021, Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and Justice M.R.Shah, at the Supreme Court have held that though the appellant did not assail the finding of the trial Court on the issue of jurisdiction before the Allahabad High Court under Order XLI ..

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Constitution of India is the most important source of Law India. The power of the Parliament to amend the Constitution makes it clear that our Constitution has been drafted in such a way as to make it compatible with the changing society. li style="text..

WHAT WAS THE MATTER A bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Sanjay Krishna Kaul, was hearing a suo-motu matter on the issue of vacancies in the National and State Consumer Dispute Resolution Centers. The bench looked into the matter and observed that the 2019 Act expande..

Background of the Case In the case of Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court in 2016. It demanded debarring of convicted persons from the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. The report was submitted to the Court..

CASE BACKGROUNDS The Supreme Court has, as of late, requested the Central Government to inspect the chances from pulling out of exclusion from protection for State Corporations that run public vehicles, who can't pay for a significant stretch of time and are running in misfortunes. li style="text-align: ju..