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Background • Farmers have been protesting against the three Farmers’ Acts viz; Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act as they are apprehensive that the..

Over 10 Lakh cases worth settlement value of nearly Rs. 3228.Cr disposed of in last National Lok Adalat of the year 2020 organised through both virtual and physical mode Last National Lok Adalat of the year 2020 was organised through virtual and physical mode across the country under the aegis of the National Legal Services Authority on 12.12.2020. T..

THE SUPREME COURT RECENTLY HELD THAT SUMMARY EVICTION PROCEDURE UNDER SENIOR CITIZENS ACT CANNOT BE INVOKED TO DEFEAT RIGHT OF RESIDENCE OF WOMAN IN A SHARED HOUSEHOLD AS PER DVACT HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PRESENT CASE A senior citizen couple filed application for see..

Overview • The petitioner, Bhanu Pratap Singh was adopted by his uncle Rajendra Singh in 2001. His uncle had alienated from his wife before adopting the petitioner. • After Rajendra Singh’s death, the petitioner sought compassionate employment in the Forest Department as ..

BACKGROUND • A three-judge bench of the Court also explained that at the stages of Sections 8 and 11 of the Act, the Courts should undertake a prima facie examination of the validity of the arbitration agreement. • In the case of Vidya Drolia and others v Durga Trading Corporation bench observed that "Existence and validity are knotted, and arbitration agree..

SUMMARY • The FIR was based on a complaint registered by the Principal of the College who alleged that a few students had unlawfully assembled in the college premises in December 2019 to stage a protest against CAA at the Government Arts College, Bengaluru. • As per the complai..

Background Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan was found guilty of contempt of court by the Supreme Court on 14th August for two of his tweets against the functioning of the Indian judiciary. The court held that his tweets 'cannot be said to be fair criticism of the functioning of the jud..

SYNOPSIS Recently, Supreme Court while dealing a case was particularly impressed by the presentation in written submission made by the counsel for one of the parties. Advocate Sumeer Sodhi, who was representing the State of Chhattisgarh, in a criminal appeal moved by the accused in a murder case. One aspect of Mr Sodhi's ..

OVERVIEW • The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought assistance of the Attorney General K K Venugopal in exploring the possibility of extending the jurisdiction of the National Green Tribunal under Wildlife Protection Act, a view shared by the top law officer who said it should have been done. p style="text-align: just..

SYNOPSIS The Supreme Court recently overruled two of its previous judgments that precluded certain subject matters from falling under the ambit of arbitration, thereby limiting its scope. It overruled its judgment in the ‘N. Radhakrishnan’ case by making disputes involving serious allegations of fraud arbitrable. ..

BACKGROUND • The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine whether or not it can go into the Constitutional validity of the 1975 national emergency proclaimed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. • A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy is..

SUPREME COURT RECENTLY OVERRULED ITS JUDGMENT IN N RADHAKRISHNAN CASE BY HOLDING THAT ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD ALSO COME UNDER AMBIT OF ARBITRATION AS LONG AS THEY RELATE TO CIVIL DISPUTE. SUPREME COURT'S PRESENT JUDGMENT • (VIDYA DROLIA V. DURGA TRADING CORPORATION) • The three-jud..

THE SUPREME COURT RECENTLY OVERRULED ITS JUDGMENT IN HIMANGNI ENTERPRISE CASE TO HOLD THAT LANDLORD-TENANT DISPUTES ARE ARBITRABLE EXCEPT WHEN THEY ARE COVERED BY SPECIFIC FORUMS CREATED BY RENT CONTROL LAWS. WHAT WAS THE OVERRULED HIMANGNI ENTERPRISE CASE? • (Himangni Enterprises v. Kamaljeet ..

OVERVIEW • The Madras High Court on Monday observed that the delay in establishing a Bench of NCLAT in Chennai may amount to contempt of the Supreme Court's direction in the Swiss Ribbons case to establish circuit Benches of the Tribunal. • A Division bench comprising of Ju..

"Hindu religion was never so narrow. Hindu religion as professed never consisted of people who are so narrow minded." PETITIONS FILED • The Karnataka High Court on 14th December dismissed writ petitions which sought for directions that non-Hindus ..