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The Madras High Court recently imposed a condition of staying away from social media for one year for granting anticipatory bail to a Tamil Nadu resident who was booked for an alleged derogatory Facebook post against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The police had registered an FIR against Kanyakumari resident Jabin Charles under ..

The Supreme Court in a unanimous verdict on Saturday cleared the way for the construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya, and directed the Centre to allot a 5-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque. In one of the most important and most anticipated judgements in India's history, a 5-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi put..

Section 33 of the Industrial Disputes Act dealing with the conditions of service, etc., to remain unchanged under certain circumstances during pendency of any conciliation proceeding before a conciliation officer or a Board or of any proceeding before an arbitrator or]Labour Court or Tribunal or National Tribunal in respect of an industrial dispute prohibits he empl..

It has to be remarked first and foremost that in an important and a landmark observation, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has just recently on October 4, 2019 in a notable judgment titled Smt. Surbhi Trivedi Vs. Gaurav Trivedi in Misc. Petition No. 4820 of 2018, held that in a matrimonial dispute, if gender of one of the parties is questioned by the other party, the cou..

In the judgment of the case –State of Madhya Pradesh v. Udham and Others, delivered on October 22, 2019, Justices N.V.Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagouder and Ajay Rastogi, at the Supreme Court, have underlined the need of  not to take the aspect of sentencing for granted, as this part of Criminal Justice System has determinative impact on the society and in the..

Stating that courts should treat all the parties "equitably", the Central IPS Association on Tuesday demanded, all lawyers who were part of the violence should be identified, and befitting legal action, including cancellation of their licenses, should be initiated. The statement was issued in the wake of protest stage..

A Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) has issued summons against Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra in the previous government, and asked him to remain present in Court on December 4 in relation to a case filed by Advocate Satish Uke alleging that Fadnavis failed to disclose a couple of pending criminal cases against him while filing his nomination ..

National Green Tribunal on Tuesday urged the Joint Secretary, MoEF & CC, Chief Secretary, Delhi, and Member Secretary, CPCB to identify the causes and to have advance planned strategies to control Air Pollution Levels in and around Delhi. Principal Bench of Chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel, on Monday had asked officials to per..

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Jammu and Kashmir Juvenile Justice Committee comprising four High Court judges to submit a fresh report on the allegations of detention of minors in Kashmir, after addressing all issues independently. The Committee has been asked to submit the report by December 3. p style="text-ali..

In a clear, categorical and convincing observation, the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Union Territory, Chandigarh v Amit Kumar @ Rachu and others in CRM-A No. 1887-MA of 2017 (O&M) delivered just recently on October 16, 2019 minced no words in observing that absence of injury on the person of the prosecutrix would lead to an i..

Karnataka HC Directs Woman To Pay Cost Of RS 25,000 To Ex-Husband For Abusing Process Of Law By Registering Case Under Section 498A IPC To Harass Husband Also Quashes Criminal Case. . This is an unfortunate case of an highly harassed husband by abuse of process of law," the Karnataka High Court observed while quashing a cr..

In a suit for permanent injunction filed by Make My Trip (India) Pvt. Ltd., to restrain infringement of its trademarks by Make My Travel (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Defendant), the Delhi High Court, while detailing the requisites for a defense of acquiescence, upheld the temporary ad-interim injunction, restraining the Defendant from using the marks 'Make My Travel' ..

Delhi High Court issues notice to Delhi Government in a PIL seeking removal of illegal encroachments from government land meant for water reservoirs. Filed by an agriculturalist, the petition seeks court's directions to identify and remove all encroachments on the government/gram sabha lands which were used as water reservo..

In a Public Notice issued on October 24, the Bar Council of Delhi has cautioned the Advocates against advertising their services and soliciting work. Considerably, an Advocate has a duty to his colleagues under Clause 36 of Section IV under Chapter II of the Bar Council of India Rules, which prescribes the Standards of professi..

It goes without saying that in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Santosh Kumar vs Delhi Jal Board in WP (C) 10100/2017 & CM No 41286/2017 delivered just recently on October 15, 2019, the Delhi High Court has very rightly reiterated that suspension of sentence, pending an appeal, doesn’t imply a suspension of order of conviction. Justice Rekha..