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The bench of Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and Justice Hrishikesh Roy has issued notice in a special leave petition filed by an Insurance Company against a Karnataka High Court Judgment. The contention raised (in Branch Manager Legal, National Insurance Company Limited vs. Pintu) by the insurance company was that since the ..

The Supreme Court has asked the Governments, both Centre and States to create additional force for investigation of POCSO offences to ensure that all stages of investigation as well as trial, are completed within the time frame stipulated under the Act. Shocking state of affairs, remarked the bench while perusing the report by ..

"Mosques are essential for religious practice of Muslims. Building the same Mosque at some other site in situations like this, is also not permissible as per Islamic Law," a statement from the AIMPLB read. A five judges bench of the Supreme Court had, on November 9, in a unanimous decision held that the disputed land ..

The Supreme Court on Friday held former Ranbaxy promoters Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh guilty of contempt of court for violating its order asking them not to divest their shares in Fortis Healthcare Limited. The apex curt had earlier asked the Singh brothers to give it a plan as to how they would honour the arbitral awar..

Once partners retire from a firm, one of the foremost questions that they need to deal with would be on the capital gains that will be applicable on receiving assets from the firm after many years of practice. The Income Tax Act itself does not clearly answer the question and hence we need to depend on case laws from courts and..

A writ of mandamus is a court order issued by a judge at a petitioner's request compelling someone to execute a duty that they are legally obligated to complete. A writ can also be issued when the authority of a higher court is required to order a lower court or government agency to complete a duty to uphold the law or to correct an abuse of discretion..

What is a Look-Out Circular, and who can issue and when can it be issued? Does LOC lead to arrest? Whether anticipatory bail can be granted by Competent Court even if LOC was issued? Look Out Circular or LOC is nowhere defined in Criminal Procedure Code, although, in common parlance, LOC means a document i.e. letter used by aut..

The Supreme Court closed the contempt proceedings against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with 'a word of caution for the contemnor to be more careful in future.' The Bench comprising CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice KM Joseph said that the persons holding such important positions in the political s..

In a major political setback for the Congress and its former president, Rahul Gandhi, the Supreme Court on Thursday not only dismissed the review petition in the Rafale case but also censured Gandhi for wrongly attributing his remark “Chowkidar chor hai" to the apex court. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded an apology from Gandhi and his party, alleging th..

While referring the Sabarimala case to larger bench, the majority judges observed that the matters involving the interpretation of the provisions of the Constitution touching upon the right to profess, practise and propagate its own religion,should be heard by a larger bench, for an authoritative pronouncement in these matters. p style="text-align: justify;"..

The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Centre over the worsening air quality in Delhi-NCR and most other regions in northern India, ordering that the government look for an appropriate solution." "The whole of North India is suffering and not much has been done by the government", criticised the bench of Ch..

It is official now that the seniormost Judge of Supreme Court - Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde to take over from the incumbent Chief Justice of India (CJI) - Justice Ranjan Gogoi on November 18 just a day after Justice Gogoi retires as CJI on November 17! PK Mishra who is the Principal Secretary to the PM Narendra Modi presented the warrant of appointment to the CJI-desi..

Observing that there is a general lack of sensitivity much less duty towards the disabled, the Bombay High Court held that the state government must conduct training programmes and workshops in order to make State officials aware of The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. The division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikar..

The High Court of Kerala on Monday held that investigation should be carried out into the alleged encounter killings of two Maoists - Karthika Kannan and Manivasakam - by Kerala police in Agali forests two weeks ago. Disposing of the petition filed by the relatives of the slain Maoists, Justice R Narayana Pisharadi ordered :/p..

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the decision of former Karnataka Speaker's decision to disqualify 17 rebel MLAs on the ground of defection. However, in partial relief to the MLAs, the apex court held that the duration of disqualification cannot be till the end of the term of the house. This means that they can re-contest in..